Hi, everyone. We’re making a small change to the application requirements for L3. Your self-review is now valid for 12 months instead of 6. However, if, at the time you send your application to me and your RC, your self-review is more than 6 months old, then your application must include a brief update on the various Qualities of Regional Judges. For example:
Assessment of Other Judges: After attending a seminar on reviews, I have learned some new techniques for giving specific and useful to other judges after events. I have put this knowledge into practice for several of my more recent reviews.
Investigations: Since my self-review, I have conducted three more serious investigations, one of which led to the discovery of a cheater that I probably would not have caught a year ago.
…and so forth.
We believe this will give applicants a bit more flexibility and a bit less time pressure, while maintaining quality and ensuring that our L3 candidates are not “stagnant” judges who will stop improving as soon as we promote them.
Other Topics
But wait! There are several more things to cover today!
In a previous blog post, I talked about my team. There’s been a small change to it: Nathan Brewer has stepped down as leader of the Verification Committee, so Ben McDole is now the lead. I’d like to take this opportunity to thank Nathan for his work and thank Ben for taking the reins. Thanks, guys!
Speaking of Ben, he just put a very useful article on his blog about snags we’ve seen among recent L3 candidates. Many of the rejected applications that we’ve seen recently are rejected for one of two reasons:
- Insufficient review quality
- Insufficient participation in the judge program outside of events, or insufficient detail in the application about that participation
Read Ben’s blog post to find out more, and to learn how to avoid having your application rejected by the Verification Committee!
Speaking of blog posts, one of our newest L3s, Rob McKenzie, wrote a very informative post about what the L3 interview is really like. It helps demystify the process, so check it out!
And remember that article series about the Qualities of Regional Judges? Here’s the next one: Investigations, by Ryan Stapleton. And more articles are on the way, so stay tuned.
Whew. Lots of reading material for you all today, but if you read it all, you will increase your chances of having a smooth road to L3. Thanks, everyone!
-J-Mo