I had a quick look at Dans post about this today and have explained why I haven't been as proactive at least as much as I would like to be.
Putting my situation to one side, ive given this quite a lot of thought and I don't believe it is in the forums best interest to remove green tags from members.
The way I see it the TA tag is something earnt and acheived. I can't really see its merit primarily is on forum activity. If it was Lee from protilers would achieved his a lot lot sooner, and even Tea bag would be in the running for one!
From an outside perspective it is seen as it reads "trusted advisor". For those newbies and diyers looking for advice it holds water. Someone who has been recognised for their knowledge base as oppose to post count.
Just because someone has been away from the forum for a breif time doesn't make their advice any less trustworthy does it? I know we're all looking to rekindle the forum a little and push things forward, but I feel stripping someone of recognition, acheivement and dare I say it status (at least to the outside members/newcomers) can only effect the forum negatively surely?
At the moment I get the sense that there has been a big increase in work. I for one am rushed off my feet doing 17 hour days, 7 days a week. If anyone else in the green room, or of any other "banding" (for want of a better word) are experiencing the same increase in workload, they might not be able to participate as much as they did or would like to. But I'd like to think that when they do log on and contribute something that their input held the same weight and merit as it did when they kast logged on, regardless of how long ago that was.