Overnight, I went from a rep of 10 to a 1 -- somewhere around troll status.
So either the calcs require some review, or I really should not be posting. I'll wait to hear from Jason before subjecting the forum to any further ?negative participation.
I changed the default reputation from 10 to 1 and then recalculated. Not to worry. It basically just means that no one has given you points yet! Look in your User CP and if anyone has, you'll see it there.