Mark,
>What this proposal consists of is a slight modification of how the monthly rewards are awarded. Currently the top 5 members in the points standings get 3 months free PUTM. The first part of the proposal is to revise how awarding of the PUTM is determined. There would be an establishment of a minimum number of points needed to qualify for a random drawing at the end of each month for the 3 months free PUTM. The proposal is, that to qualify for the raffle, a member needs at least 50 total points.
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I don't think you can specify a threshhold on points for something like this. However, I think the drawing is a good suggestion. Put the top 5 or 10 points makers in the drawing. I think the minimum points scenario wouldn't work on slow months or months where bulls$%t reigns (this happens occasionally). If the top points makers only had 35 or 40 points, they should still be eligible, IMO.

>The second part of the proposal is to modify the points awarded. The points [10] for a solution would remain the same. However, the points for a helpful reply would be changed to 3 instead of 2 while the originator would only be awarded 1 point for each reply marked as either helpful or the solution. Currently, the originator gets 2 points for each reply marked as either helpful or the solution, while the provider of a helpful reply also gets 2 points. The provider of the solution gets 10 points.
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One modification to this would be that originators wouldn't get points for every assignation they made. If they made at least one, they would get the 1 point.

>The third part of the proposal would remove the overall point standings from the main pages and only provide them from the Reports option from the messages area.
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No opinion.

Thanks for the ideas.