The badge is for members of the talkfreelance design team. In order to apply please visit http://www.talkfreelance.com/apply.php. If you are accepted (in most cases you will be) then you will be able to participate in contests ran on this forum.
that sounds interesting.
unfortunately, i wasn't logged in when i applied. should i re-apply now? the name for the application was "Derek Lapp" in case.
IDS your portfolio was down when i tried to access it and it still is. Sorry you didn't make the team but their were specific reasons for this and that was the reason. Please feel free to apply again when you have your website up.