I definitely support your application, and I'm pretty sure the forum could use more merit sources at the moment--especially ones who want the job.  I haven't seen many merit source applications lately, and I also don't think there's been a lot of ranking up among the lower ranks (unless I'm mistaken).  

When was the last time Theymos tapped any new sources?  I recall last September as when he last made a bunch of new ones, myself included, and some of those hadn't even applied.  It's possible some dropped out since then or lost interest, so now's probably a good time for Theymos to take a good look at the situation and make sure there's enough merits being circulated.

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Good, that's kind of why I gave them to you.