##Badge Type
Good: Badge is plastic envelope with paper inside, has cord attachments on both corners to not flip, and is printed on both sides.
Better: Badge is a preprinted, recycleable plastic card printed on both sides (ala DockerCon).
Best: Badge is a little booklet with the summary conference schedule inside. Printed/stickered on both covers with my information.
Fun Alternative: no badges, only name stickers (PyDX).
##What goes on badge
In order of most important to least important. Less important items can be left off entirely.
- My Name
- My twitter/IRC handle and/or email (my choice)
- Project affiliation(s)
- Conference Roles (Speaker, Committee, Exhibitor, etc.)
- Employer
- City/Country of residence
... and nothing else. Please not my street address, or pithy sayings, or any advertising BS.
##Ribbons
Can we please stop with the ribbons? Some confereences, I feel like a South American dictator. If you want to mark that I am a sponsor/exhibitor/speaker/etc., please put it on the badge.
##Greening
I go through a couple dozen badges a year. They are mostly non-recyclable. Can we please fix this? I know it's hard to find a recyclable lanyard, but recyclable plastic envelopes cost like $0.05 more than the non-recyclable versions.
#We don't need no stinking badges