Although it's not exactly the topic on which this is a comment, the basic theory IMO runs thus:
Badge colour represents something that a person can only be one of. You can't be a Child member and an Adult member simultaneously, so Child members get one colour and Adults get another. Assuming nobody can be more than one member, you can't logically be both a Full Attending member and a Saturday Only member, so those are separate colours.
Things that you can (in theory) be more than one of are ribbons. At least in theory, you can be on Committee, a Dealer, and a Program Participant all at the same time. So each of these gets a ribbon and the seriously busy person ends up with a Committee ribbon, a Dealer ribbon, and a Program Participant ribbon.
Ribbons are sometimes used for access control. For instance, Dealers may access the Dealers Room at times when the room is closed to the general membership but open to dealers. To enter the DR during those times, you would need to have a Dealer ribbon.
Program Participants can access the Green Room, but usually the general membership can not. So Program Participants get a Program Participant ribbon.
Why use ribbons instead of different-coloured badges? Because it's bad practice to have a situation where a single individual needs to be issued multiple badges, and if you use badge colour for access to specific areas, you end up needing multiple badges for some people.
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Ribbons
Date: 2005-11-21 10:54 pm (UTC)Badge colour represents something that a person can only be one of. You can't be a Child member and an Adult member simultaneously, so Child members get one colour and Adults get another. Assuming nobody can be more than one member, you can't logically be both a Full Attending member and a Saturday Only member, so those are separate colours.
Things that you can (in theory) be more than one of are ribbons. At least in theory, you can be on Committee, a Dealer, and a Program Participant all at the same time. So each of these gets a ribbon and the seriously busy person ends up with a Committee ribbon, a Dealer ribbon, and a Program Participant ribbon.
Ribbons are sometimes used for access control. For instance, Dealers may access the Dealers Room at times when the room is closed to the general membership but open to dealers. To enter the DR during those times, you would need to have a Dealer ribbon.
Program Participants can access the Green Room, but usually the general membership can not. So Program Participants get a Program Participant ribbon.
Why use ribbons instead of different-coloured badges? Because it's bad practice to have a situation where a single individual needs to be issued multiple badges, and if you use badge colour for access to specific areas, you end up needing multiple badges for some people.