Actually we are the same case but in my local board there's a reason why our merit source didn't active interms of giving Merit.
Did you mean merit source in your local board is inactive? Well, it's not anyone’s job though they have their own responsibility to share merit on good quality post. If you think someone (merit source) is inactive in terms of giving merits, you are free to apply to be a merit source if you believe your local need an active merit source. theymos may consider including you as merit source based on your judgement of sharing merits.