I think vacation days should suspend any timing clocks just as they do for a game ... and maybe it is just a requirement to move in any game (thereby showing taht you are active) would suffice, but once the time is up (30 days if only a move required) then the decay begins. Of course there could be special circumstances for suspending accounts and ratings but Fencer is such a great bloke I am sure these few cases could be dealt with adequately.