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My vote is kind of a weird one, because it has several parts:

Mostly, I would prefer Equations stay at Scribbld, relatively unchanged (A). However, some changes to the monthly requirements (B) would benefit community activity, and give credit to those who are active. Here is what I propose:
1. In addition to a required duel/steal and 20 points to remain a member, add that all members are required to vote in at least 5 duels/steals per month to encourage more votes. It would reduce the amount of "last minute so I don't get cut" stuff, because people would need to check in more than just at the end of the month to do this easily.

2. With the first idea, it would be nice if votes after the required 5 if you went with it helped for additional points - like 1 point/vote. 

3. Working with both points, I think it would ease the work for the mods if members provided the links to their votes once they reached the required 5. This should not be hard to do, especially as there are often times we have 5+ duels/steals at a time. They could be listed as a comment on a mod post or elsewhere as a link on the site (like the ones we use for suggestions/cashing in points, etc.).

4. I think there should be a limit to how many times someone can be cut for inactivity and be accepted again, or a way of forcing more activity for those who continually do this (I'm personally getting really tired of voting on the same people over and over again when they get cut for this). My thinking is:
A. If a member gets accepted before the 10th of the month, they should be responsible for completing all the same requirements for that month, period. You can obtain all required points in one day if you take an hour on it.
B. If a member is a "repeat offender" of getting cut for inactivity, after their third time of getting cut/reapplying, in their first month back they should have a higher point level to obtain, and must vote on more duels/steals than other members in an attempt to establish a pattern of regular activity.
C. If someone gets cut for inactivity more than 3 times in a year, they should have to wait to reapply - a month or more. 
D. If someone does this more than 5 times in a year, is their membership worthwhile? A longer waiting period and/or harder application process or an additional community vote to voice concerns is necessary at that point - and at least 50% of the community should be involved in that decision/reach a majority.

5. I think there should be a limit on hiatus lengths - if it's more than a month, then people should have to put a reason to the community and allow them to vote on the extended time. If the reason is "OMG my life is too busy", perhaps they should just leave and reapply when they have more time instead of taking an extended break penalty-free. However, for reasons like family emergencies, personal crisis, study abroad situations, service deployments, childbirth, etc., I feel most members would okay an extended hiatus time, as long as they check in or have an end-date in sight. 

However, if there is a majority for moving to LJ, I prefer to start with (D), and also implement some changes to the application structure/look into _BleedingBeauty and see what works there. I am happy to volunteer as a member for the mirror site, and it would be nice for people to gain points at either location during the trial. I think our participation requirements should be about the same (perhaps with some of my suggestions), but the application should be more extensive than it is currently to see if the applicants will fit well here. Existing members should need to complete any new sections of the application upon moving or submit a completely new application, get voted on, etc. I think choosing 10 volunteers plus mods would be sufficient to try this. I think 1-2 months of this trial period would be fine, and everyone should maintain membership in both places, even if they are only active at one site or another, then vote again for a move.

Feel free to make my comment viewable if you'd like, I don't care who knows my positions/suggestions. :)