I don't think that I'll have any problems checking IFC daily myself, so let's start with every other day and see how that works out. We can always scale back later if it proves too much!Since we are checking it so frequently, if a topic hasn't been posted in for four days I'm going to put up a query about whether to lock it or let it ride. We may get busy, and if that's the case there's no reason to close something we're working on as actively as we can; on the other hand, there's no reason to leave it open clogging up our to-do list if we're effectively done with it. In the lock it or let it ride query, once I've put that up I'll give it three days for people to respond (as it only takes a moment) and if I get nothing I'm going to close it down. We can always unlock it later if we need to. All you have to do to keep a particular topic open is to say, "hey! Don't close this," and we'll leave it be. 
Introductions and all its topics I'm going to leave permanently open; there's no telling when one of us will feel the urge to create a new character.
If someone goes missing or locks us down for an extended period of time we'll have to discuss whether we want to leave it open and work on something else or invent some contrivance to close it. What we will *not* do is hang around for many moons waiting for our recalcitrant companion to close it up before doing anything else. This is the only circumstance in which godding may take place, so be warned! If you lock us, we may puppet your character into a coma / mental breakdown / suddenly-realizing-his-hair-is-on-fire-ness so update mindfully.
