I'm a goldbadge holder at Progpower too. And it's not really worth much these days. All that it really gives me is a nice little laminated souvenir. The raffle while kind of fun isn't worth that much and it's more hassle for my Jax than anything since she runs the thing, so it's just more work for her.
It was nice when we had our own little space at the Pre-party, but no more...
Plus they hand them out so early on Thursday it's impossible to get there from the west coast to even pick it up on time. So you have to get there on Wednesday to get it by Thursday...
I think they are a great idea though if they provide the right perks, if BARfest had them I'd be in for sure... Then we could throw a BARfest Goldbadge party!!! (they discovered gold in California right?)