For what it's worth, I have fourteen gold merits and zero are based on events. And you can earn some multiple times. For instance, I have three staff gold merits, representing a total of fifteen years volunteering as staff. And I have three Senior Membership gold merits, two of which count...
Currently 19 people have the relevant 13+ gold merits.
I agree that something besides an extra bond would be great to look into. For myself, since I rarely go to real-live events and such, I'd be much more likely to make use of the second extra bond than anything else. And it's super easy to...
Thanks, Ilverin. That's unfortunate. Who can we talk to about proposing a change in this policy?
Changing it harms no one, it affects maybe 1% of users (maybe 2-3% of active users), it's super difficult to attain and takes over a decade of active membership usually (I have seventeen years...
I saw this section added to the library and I really like it!
Question: What if we have 10+ extra gold merits? Do we get two extra bonds instead of just one? I feel like that's fair as it goes way beyond normal involvement.
(This is a biased question because I qualify for it.)