Being a Local Merit Source means you are a volunteer for your local board. If your intention is to work selflessly for your people then I respect your application. It is very good to see when a person applies for Merit Source to help people if he is a qualified person. Although I do not know OP well, but his profile makes me feel his contribution in the forum. Although I do not know the future but I hope that if OP ever becomes Merit Source then he will definitely be a good Merit Source and work selflessly for his local board.