Thank you to the Otterspace team and the Distribution of Influence Workstream for putting this together! 
The Otterspace NTT badges have many versatile, customizable features and use cases that could be used for a multitude of things as explained in this post. Beyond being a useful coordination & voting tool, but I could also possibly see them being used as a reputation-building element for contributors.
This is an important feature. We cannot always assume folks who want to contribute or participate in the project will want the responsibility or label that comes with the different badges.
I also like how these badges have use cases beyond on-chain mechanisms. While their use will be helpful to address some the issues posed with coin voting mentioned above, I think distributing influence should go beyond purely on-chain actions, and the badges allow teams to explore different ways they can organize themselves and interact with each other on a more “casual” level.
Beyond the badges themselves, the Otterspace team seems open and committed to working closely with their users to develop a product that fits their needs. A long-term partnership would be important as the needs of our community evolve over time.
While I am generally in support of this proposal moving forward, I would like to see more feedback from a variety of different contributors/core teams to gain a better understanding of how they personally could imagine using the badges and if they would enjoy coordinating with each other in this way.