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FIELD NOTES

Badgering

A Tongue-in-Cheek Approach

James Wantz, DTM

Did you know that you can give fellow club This email caused me to ponder their
members a special badge in Pathways? Few know conundrum and create Badgering 101 (Enjoy!)

that this most excellent tool of recognition even
exists! Alas!
A recent email to me inquired about Badge
Etiquette. The member had stumbled on the

Badge page (much as someone might stumble
on an exposed 2 x 4 with a rusty nail sticking
out of it—eye opening!), saw that there was
a way to give badges to fellow club members,

and asked me about it.
“Is there badge etiquette? If not, should
there be? My “etiquette” questions were
things like “How long after being given a

badge is it still OK to thank someone for
the badge? Or is it OK to thank them? Or is
it more than OK, perhaps encouraged?”
And, “Is it a good idea to give someone

a badge two or more weeks in a row?”
Perhaps they go above and beyond two
or more weeks in a row, and you
want to recognize them for

that. But maybe giving badges
“too frequently” dilutes their
effectiveness. The “frequency” is
another etiquette question.”

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