Why applying it? In what form did you trying to achieved to become a Merit Source?
This is another one perception that got it wrong..
Merit point is to given point to good poster or people that deserved it with your available value.. Not turning it to become a politic about it.
And gain more by telling you are active bla bla and gain a source of it and start abusing it as you now has the power to doing so..
Not that I'd say that you are gonna abuse it.. but it is already abused if this kind of application is posted here without legit and guaranteed reasons.
I'm relatively apolitical, I leave that to anyone who like talk about that.
I am responding to a request that it would be nice to have local members.
I think I understand that the top rank should co-opt the bottom ranks. So in addition to increasing my local, I'm also thinking about getting to know the active people.
After that, it is not an attempt of putch on my part, nor is it an attempt of monopoly. I'm just applying, and obviously you have no power over me or my proposal. I'm not doing this to gain any advantage, and I'm not going to commit a friendship or insider offence.
just a demand, no stress ! It probably won't get far. But it shows at least one tenaciousness: p