So I've gotten a few different questions about this from various people, so I figure I'll make a public post about it and try to clear up any confusion.

There are currently no plans to dramatically change how badge and hotel reimbursement is calculated (or how eligibility for complimentary badges or rooms are determined).

I do have different ideas on how I'd like to change things and I'm always considering tweaks and adjustments, but no sweeping changes will be made without offering GMs time to respond, offer feedback and voice concerns, just like how we did with the new badge point system a couple years back.

I outlined the plan, we talked about it a bit, made some tweaks and then put it in place.

There certainly will not be any shift to a discreet "run X games of any size, get badge" model nor will there be an significant cutting back of current GM benefits (nor, technically, has there been during the last few years - I haven't made many changes to the hotel policy, for example, I"m just actually following up on and enforcing the policy that's been there for years).

Unfortunately, I can't just blithely chat about different ideas I have on how to develop the rules and policies in the future (because most of those ideas go nowhere and there's no point in confusing the issue) but I try to be as open and accessible as I can. If you hear some rumor about a big change, check with me. If you don't see anything here in this forum, then it probably ain't happening but just drop me a note and I'll let you know what the plan is.

Make sense?