i was glad i found my name on the active members list. earlier today i was exploring about merits here on this forum, and i've read alot about merit source application and issues in our local boards Pilipinas. after exploring for a while I came across this thread and i could literally tell the difference if you didn't have merit source, although there are fellow Filipinos trying to supplement the lack of merit supply, it was still not enough and you could actually see that on the statistics. i am hoping that this month things will change, or maybe one of our local veteran would try to apply as merit source, coz as i have seen earlier about @crwth his application was few years ago, i have even seen someone talking it here on this thread specifically and some other issues with our past merit source which was @cabalism.