Thanks everybody
This whole experience has been great. The actual badge isn't all that special. What has been special has been the great outpouring of support from friends and strangers alike. I'd especially like to thank those people that helped campaign for this in their respective regions, RMBs, forums, etc. without ever having been asked. That means a lot to me.
I'd also really like to thank Ransium for writing the proposal. It has been great working with him ever since he came to Got Issues and especially after he became an editor, and it was just as great working with him to draft a well-written proposal.