What does the numbers on my gamer card mean?

for the new update on xbox live they made the gold subscriptions look newer and there's a number on the right hand corner of it. NOT MY GAMER SCORE but i have a 1 and my friend has a 2 and i dont know what it means, any idea's?|||It's how many years you've been an Xbox Live Gold member. My card has 4. The first gamertag, e, was created on August 13, 2002, and will turn 7 on Thursday.|||They said in the update information that it would be how long you've had Xbox Live. Like if you just got Xbox Live you wouldn't have one, if you've had it for about a year there'd be a 1 and etc. If your subscription runs out and you added more after you became a silver member I think it resets, not sure but not that much of a big deal. Hope this helps!|||It means how many years you have played on that profile for, but you have to get a SOLID year, so say i had a 1 and it was the 364 day of the year it would still be a 1 untill it was the next year then it would be a 2.|||It is how many years you have been with xbox live.