This is definitely one of those fringe cases that takes longer because it rides the line between being fair and passing judgement for cheating, and making an exception because of honesty, knowledge, and prior history. If anything, while I agree that you should probably be granted a second shot, you should ideally receive some kind of punishment aside from a little while away from the game.
This being said, I would vote for an accepted appeal on the terms of:
A revokation of membership should you be a current member (or higher [i.e. veteran])
A ban on membership application for a minimum of 6 months
Confiscation of any ill-obtained loot
to be donated or destroyed
Time away will do no one any good, especially with the server rebooting, and I sincerely don't believe you'd mess up again given the chance. I only choose to repeal status as a means to avoid associating CSi with favoritism and being viewed as outside the rules. Hopefully the other admins will agree and see it similarly.