I think the idea is good, but I would like to offer a suggestion to expand it.
In theory Tman shouldn't need to provide any merit points. If the system is working, then 30 good posts should generate 10 merit points anyway. Now no system is perfect, so it may be that a good new poster needs a few points to top up his credits. If Tman put his points into a pool, and just used the points needed, he could expand this to help more than one poster.
that's the whole idea... if someone has tried hard and then re posts in this thread, I will give them 10.. if there are multiple people then newbies actions will be seen by other members who have sMerits. I will save 50 of my own so I can honor what I have offered here a few times and any more I get will go into the pot.
people are giving me merits for doing this so I need to pay it forward.