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Message: [QUOTE="Consigliere, post: 4678215, member: 559"] It is actually a pretty simple system and meant to balance current year giving with lifetime donations. First criteria is Giving Level - All Conference, Captain, Varsity, etc. You are assigned a level based on your commitment for the current year. That way if you choose a payment plan you are given full credit for the entire donation amount of your season tickets as soon as you make the first payment even if payment in full isn’t complete for months. Second criteria is Priority Points. You only accrue Priority Points when you actually make a donation. And there are different weightings for current year donations to Athletics and lifetime giving to Athletics and the general University. Priority Points rank within a giving level only, so it is possible that someone with fewer priority points but at a higher giving level for the current year may hold a better Donor Rank. At the lower giving levels there are thousands of donors with relatively low priority points so the few hundred dollars that a donor who pays in full by the lock date can move him or her up hundreds of spots. May seem unfair, but it’s just math. Most of our ACC peers assign solely based on current year giving and only two other programs were awarding a donation credit for virtually every level of season ticket purchase when this system was put in place. Any ranking system will end up with somebody feeling it is unfair to their specific scenario, but the fact of the matter is that there was enough inventory available the last two years to give every season ticket holder the opportunity to purchase an A or B level parking pass. Best way to improve your ranking is to move up a giving level. If your total pledged donation is within a menial amount of the next giving level, making a small donation outside of ticket purchases prior to the lock date can move you up hundreds of spots. If you are not close to the next level simply prepaying one payment on your payment plan before the lock date can have a significant impact as well. [/QUOTE]

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