......really? How does everyone except the top points winner (by a huge margin, 190 points) in A's get moved up? I am curious about this, it makes NO sense.

Oh yes i forgot please bump lee cramer up to opens, just kidding lee, yes i know that may look a little funny , but the kids that were on the list asked to get moved up, just because you have the most points in your division does not make you an elite player overnight, and i also looked at who i lost to during the season, and there age and there ability to become open players in the next couple years.
If anyone has any questions or concerns on these promotions please call at cascade athletic club 503-665-4142. thanks Brian Ancheta

Fair enough if they asked to get moved up. It wasnt a comment about anyones skill level as much as logistically to move that many people from one division up to another seems odd to me (since they can no longer sign up for the lower division). If anything I would just tend to not bump people up and let them play at the level they think is best for them. Especially because I dont think there is anyone on that list that would play at a level lower then they should really be at. They are all rapidly improving and eager to move up and get the best compitition they can.

I guess the concept of wanting to be ranked higher is a little beyond me, so it was more a comment about the ranking system. I am a fan of how things used to be done with the pointing out system. I think its best when there are guidelines for that sort of thing that take as much judgement and opinion out as possible and just let a set system take care of it. It prevents people like me from making dumb comments :)
Proves I shouldnt make comments without all the info thats out there.

I think what would happen in the past is the top points winner ended up the player who just played the most tourney's, so to bump that player to a higher level wasn't really fair.
under the new rule if you are rated at a higher level and you play two tourneys at that level and you get destroyed you can appeal to the board to move back down.
thanks again Brian

Makes sense. I guess there is no perfect way to do it. A question that goes hand in hand with this is, what is an Elite player? I have seen it reffered to in the rule book and a couple other places as an Open drop down division. Which would mean to me that anyone that typically loses in the first round of Opens is technically an Elite player. There is definitely a split in Opens between people that enter (like me) and people that actually have a shot at winning the tourney or finishing in the top 4 .

Since the Elite division has been created its been a pretty mixed bag from year to year in terms of level of play and number of entrants. I think that might make it a bit more confusing to look at then the other divisions. The first year that Elites ran it was pretty clear who fit well in the division I thought, even if there were only 6-8 of us that played, since then its gotten a little more cloudy.