From what can be seen, 8 members have confirmed that they have become MS, and there are another 14 people on the public list who have applied, including myself. I haven't received any message yet, nor do I see anything changed on the sMerits page.
This would literally mean that there will be no new MS until the end of this decade.
How come I haven't came across your application all these while or could it be that he didn't comes across your application or maybe it wasn't including on the general list where a user made a compilation of merits applications. If your application wasn't honored then I presumed that you didn't applied for the area lacking merits, for instance; his major focused was mostly on local board. Even if he approved other sections of the forum then it would be minimal enough Ms was approved and this is a based on the request towards local board to make it that helpful for people to gain merits from the respective local board.