C'mon Trevor, we're really just debating the semantics of what "active member" means. I guess you're arguing active should mean "been here recently and posting", whereas the current definition in the minds of the people that wrote the forum software is "people that created an active account".
Other than that the definition isn't going to matter that much is it? (unless Mike starts giving away free G11s to "active members" - hmmm, there's an idea.....)