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The official volunteer terms say selected volunteers will receive a GrrCON staff badge, but do not identify paper, plastic, metal, a lanyard, dimensions, printed design, barcode, QR code, RFID/NFC, display, PCB, controller, battery, components, manufacturer, production quantity, variants, or final physical form.
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planned staff identity-artifact classification and physical-form gap · official 2026 volunteer terms · staff-badge commitment documented; form and technology unspecified
The record is deliberately modeled as a planned staff identity artifact rather than an electronic badge or a more specific physical credential unsupported by the organizer's public wording.
- Badge
- GrrCON 2026 Staff Badge
- Category
- planned staff identity-artifact classification and physical-form gap
- Severity
- note
- Confidence
- official 2026 volunteer terms
- Status
- staff-badge commitment documented; form and technology unspecified
- Timeframe
- before September 24, 2026
- Source note
- GrrCON official 2026 volunteer terms.
official organizer event page
Primary organizer page for the planned September 24-25, 2026 DeVos Place conference in Grand Rapids. It establishes event context only and does not describe the staff badge's form, technical function, allocation, or delivery. The September 27 and 28, 2026 post-date rechecks found the page still in pre-event wording with active ticket links and no wrap-up.
Badge: GrrCON 2026 Staff Badge
official organizer volunteer terms
Primary organizer source stating that selected volunteers will be given a GrrCON staff badge and that dismissal revokes that badge. It does not identify a physical or electronic form, a technical access role, badge design, ticket relationship, selection count, handoff process, or completed issuance.
Badge: GrrCON 2026 Staff Badge
GrrCON · retrieved 2026-10-01
Primary official organizer source for the September 24-25, 2026 DeVos Place event setting in Grand Rapids. It provides conference context but does not specify a 2026 attendee or staff badge. The September 27 through October 1, 2026 rechecks after the elapsed dates still found pre-event wording with a Get Tickets call to action and no wrap-up or recap.
Badge: GrrCON 2026 Staff Badge
GrrCON · retrieved 2026-05-15
Primary official volunteer-terms source stating that selected volunteers will be given a GrrCON staff badge and that dismissal revokes their GrrCON badge. It does not specify the artifact's material, technology, credential function, production, or delivery.
Badge: GrrCON 2026 Staff Badge