On May 3, 2007, at 9:47 AM, William Harford wrote:

> Tim Rowledge generously sent me 45 silver and 5 gold badges. We  
> were able to sell 27 silver badges raising $324 Canadian for the  
> Squeak Foundation.

Well I was there in Tim's office when he offered to provide a special  
badge if you kick in $1000.
And as you've noted the *cheaper* badges are great quality.

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