in conjunction with J__R (very very impressive case put forward by the way ) as the site grows, we do need bigger servers or it'll take a minute just to load one page, i reckon that some of the registered users no longer come on here anymore

why not delete all the members who have been inactive for say 4 months? Sure it might make advertisers want to pay you less to advertise on the site but smaller servers will be cheaper?

just my 2 pence