I think Vtns should be picked from people who have really contributed and continue to contribute to the community stiff like:
Vtn Requirements
Contribution factors like:
-How active they are
-How much do they vote (make like 40+votes a month a written requirement?)
-How helpful they are to other players
-(maybe) Have they ever donated?
-(maybe) Have they made something that helps out the community
Honesty factors
-Do they get banned?
-Are they causing fights?
-Have they scammed people?
-Do they go too far when they troll people? (this one hurts me
)
Old Timer factors
-1 year+
-500 hours+
-Knowledge on server History Commands and Rules so they can explain 'Why' if someone asks them about something.
Most of those are written requirements already.
Lastly as this thread is a thing about de-moating inactive Vtns yes, if they are not active they are not helping the server anymore or contributing anymore, not only that but a large percent of the playerbase does not know them and therefor does not trust them.
Like I said before, if the person wen't through the vtn votes again and could not get it then maybe they should not be a vtn.
Here's the thing though, those players worked hard to get the rank, they were trusted in the past, and should not be dropped back down to Rsd or Ctzn thats just asking for rage when they start playing again, so, how about a new rank;
Retired:
-A rank for ex-mods or ex-vtns who don't play anymore.
-If a retired person comes back to stay on the server and is poping a good amount of hours per month, they should be
put back in the vtn votes for the next vtns because of their past good actions and support to the server
-Can do the same command stuff as a vtn they just don't have the shiny dark green title.
This means there should be no rage from players who come back and see that they were de-moated, I know if I quit for a bit and then came back I would understand why I was put in.