All - I thought you might like to know that I recently posted a blog
post titled "Why CII best practices gold badges are important":
https://www.linuxfoundation.org/blog/2020/06/why-cii-best-practices-gold-badges-are-important/

It's on the Linux Foundation's blog, so hopefully at least some others
will notice. The post emphasizes advantages of badges, including the
gold level.

People here already know this info, I think, but I thought you'd like
to know about efforts to let *others* know.

--- David A. Wheeler
Director of Open Source Supply Chain Security, The Linux Foundation