The Merit system works on all boards, what do you mean by introducing it for local boards?
I think he is talking about merit source. Can't remember anyone has applied for being merit source in Dutch Local Board.
Anyway, I think there is some members who are giving sMerits to quality posts.
For example-
https://bitcointalk.org/index.php?topic=3494821.0https://bitcointalk.org/index.php?topic=5030464.0@OP
I wish theymos recruites merit source for each and every local board (Although depends on availability)