Let's see this as an advantage.
If theymos sends 100 smerits to him per month and his inactive for 8 months. It means he will have 800 smerits, so whenever he appears online, he will still spend them. So, there's no problems with this. It is just a delay and not denial.
no
those monthly merits go away afrer 30 days if not sent. so after 8 months he will still only have 100 smerits
Ops, I never knew it's how it works.
If so, OP has a valid point.
Maybe another person from the local can apply for merit source in the interim.