I'm not sure that's what this thread is all about, but I wouldn't doubt it.  But assuming it's not, there's already the ranking-up pipeline thread that's active and helps to guide merit sources as far as who they might want to help out next--and that's already been mentioned a few times here already.

And me?  I'm exactly an infinite number of merits away from my next rank, seeing as how Legendary is the end of the road.  It's too bad there aren't more ranks, because I think if there were maybe 15-20 of them, members would be gratified a little more often for their hard work and effort.  Going from Newbie to Full Member already takes massive commitment, luck, and the generosity of merit-givers, as well as a lot of time to achieve.  If the 15-20 ranks (or more) that I mentioned were spread out over maybe a 2500 merit requirement, it might make the ranking up process more fun.