Wow, full moon isn't until next week and Chris and I have BOTH agreed with something Mark has posted this week???

Like Robi has said, don't put the cart before the horse. People should be joining for other reasons, well in advance of the elim event.
And, as I have posted many, many, many times, I totally favor bringing points into HCA standings from the AC elims. There is no real downside to this.
Mike