Sector 4 Barely Improves

Feliz Navidad, Elves! Greetings from Ecuador.

Last week was not as good as I hoped. In fact, we barely moved the needle this year.

Of course, this is par for the course for Sector 4. I don’t know why that is. In my years over this sector I have seen us kind of cruise along in recruiting and reporting and THEN at the very end we surge. It happens most of the time. Could that be the case this year? I hope so. It seems the closer we are getting to launch the more behind we become in our goals. I am hoping we can see some good progress this week! Here are the numbers:

North Pole Tracker Elves: 2,789
Freelance Tracker Elves: 537,330
Total Tracker Elves: 540,119

And here are the report tallies:

North Pole Tracker Elf Reports: 11,993
Freelance Tracker Elf Reports: 1,880,655
Total Tracker Elf Reports: 1,892,648

It is still pretty early. But I’m hoping for a good jump by this time next week.

Feedback from Santa:
Hello, my fellows elves. I know Tubby was really disappointed last week but I have to commend you because your elf totals compared to a year ago are UP. So good job there! He is right in that the number of believers in Sector 4 is huge, so we should be growing our elf base larger too. Part of our problem is that our efforts are still quite small in Spanish and Portuguese. We’re working on that though! So be patient. Those elves we do have who can follow along in English or have the patience for an online translator are doing an exceptional job. So don’t be discouraged. In fact, how are you doing? I’m going to ask Tubby to address this question personally and he will be directing what you need to do. I want to hear from you individually, okay? On my mind right now is the weather, particularly in South America. I know Greenland is going to be dark and stormy, because it always is. It’s like Wyoming, except much much larger. Tough place to be! In any event, thank you for your efforts and keep plugging away at it. I know you are few compared to other sectors but you are doing a great work! – Santa

Instructions for this week, please send in the following reports:

• Home and Family Report – Santa has asked for this personally from each of you
• Public Observance Report
• Weather Report – a five day local forecast would be great!
• Air Traffic Report – there could be sleighs in your sky this next week

About this Elf: Elf Tubby Ryder

Elf Tubby is well known to those familiar with North Pole flight operations, where he has served as an Associate Director Flight Director for many years. He has given Christmas Eve flight service in many places all over the world, most notably in 1994 when Santa had to move all his flight operations to the South Pole. Elf Tubby coordinated that project.

Tubby has a large family of 18 children. He, his wife Delores and children live on a converted reindeer ranch not far from town. Tubby is an avid skier and is often found on Mt. Frosty here at the North Pole after Christmas is over, where he volunteers as a Ski Patrol member. Tubby is also a master chef, having attended school in Italy many years ago.