just putting my little two cents in...
One, being Elite means we should be out there talking to the members and getting participation up. Yeah, we should be, but lets face it, sometimes we dont. And aslo, since us Elites dont have any power, it's kinda unfair to all those who have power because they are overwhelmed with all the problems and such. so if, as Rave suggested, make the Elites have the power to deliete spam messages, since after all, if we are suppose to increase morale in the members, deleting spam would fall under that. Because if i'm on a forum where there is a bunch of spam, i don't think i'd want to be too active. Think about it. "If they can't take care of the spam issues, maybe they're not really caring about their members, maybe they don't even READ the threads that they create." ((That'd be the members thoughts, or potential new members...)) So, that's just my whole 'logically' we Eilites, if morale is our job, that'd fall under it.
Next, again, i'm all for overhauling LPF to make it bigger and better and get people to be more active, just tell me what do to and i'll be up for it.
~Foxxy~