Tbh, I dont think LLM has been in the "bad area" here, by kicking some of the inactive members. Well, I dont know of course, but I dont think those inactive members ever contributed much to the team, and therefore it was right to kick them. LLM werent as good before as they are now, and probably did as most amateur teams, allowed "bad drivers" to join their team. People who may have dissapeared right away etc.
Of course, there might have been exceptions, where they did a bad decision, I dont know. But they are in the process of building a team, and then why not get rid of the bad guys in the process? If they never did anything to the team, never talked to anyone etc, why should they be in their team? :-P
Its another story if you've been in the team for a longer period, or been a core member of the team. But if you've just joined and done nothing, I dont see the reason why they should keep them "in case" they come back. Then, they should re-apply to join if they ever come back :-)
So dont get me wrong here, I am not saying kick all the inactive ones. But I do believe LLM has had some... "dead"... guys in their team. I remember that we were facing the same problem in teams I was in when I was new to LFS, and in LRT
Just my words :-P