New Xbox Update Today Put a 1 next to my gamer tag when i view my gamer card?

Today August 11,2009 there was a new xbox live update. Now when i view my gamer card, next to my gamer tag there is a 1 in a circle. Does anyone know why this is?|||That is the length of time you have been a gold member. For you it's one year and counting.|||It is an update for Xbox Live. Basically what it is, is a number telling you and whoevers gamercard you look at how long that person has had a gold membership for xbox live. If you have a 1 it means you've had xbox live gold membership for 1 year, going on 2. My gamercard has a 4. If your friends do not have any numbers then either they havent signed on for the update or they have not had their gold membership for at least 1 year, which results in no number.|||it couldmean anything from the amount of gamerscore to microsoft points to awaerds to lenghth uve been on xbox update anything i have a threelol|||but if thats true mine is messed up because i have been a gold member for well over a year and mine is a 1