Thanks for all the clarifying answers (I completely missed the image about the multiplier, as I was searching the term in the text itself.
A closing thought about this item.
I agree that is tricky, but maybe there is room for something specific for topics that are discussed over multiple months.
In January, 2 topics were also considered in December. That inadvertently penalized delegates that engaged with the topic in December, as usually, if you present a suggestion/change or comment in the proposal and that item is dealt with, you won’t comment/engage with that topic any more, unless BIG changes happen.
My suggestion: for the multiplier calculation, if the delegate made a valid comment on that topic/thread in the previous month, it should be considered in the current month. Make it “mandatory” to engage with the conversation within that month can lead to unwanted results.