i don't know why it's so hard to get Merit in my local council (indonesia)..but i will be honest it's very different when i read,,then see most of the newbies in each local council can easily get Merit,,both that Non-source of Merit nor source of Merit is very generous.
i have never entered to Indonesia local community before, but when looking at other local boards they really contribute for their forum offsprings upliftment, the major concern to the seniors there is to educate the young once, like guide on what to do, some people in different board get acquainted of the forum through their local communities communication. Indonesia old forum users help your people, I'm not from there. But it's what i have to say.
i don't mean to compare. .but the reality is like that... both the Non-source of Merit and the source Merit that I see are very generous... then what's the point he of accommodating Merit?
To be honest - I see many Indonesian members prefer to interact on the global side rather than on the local side. .
I really like this point of yours in one perspective, everyone knows it more better that accommodating Smerit don't have any help to any person that has it, Smerit is meant to be dispense to every user who are doing absolutely well, in normal circumstances, someone have to embrace it's local community first before going out to global community, shall we can't blame merit source from there specifically, because before you become a merit source during the application you will make a mentioned of specific board your Merit will be dispense or distributes before such portfolio Will be given, but at least some who earn Merit have to be helping hands to their newbies.