Here are the April 2016 judge anniversaries!
10 years
Maxim Antipov from Vitoria-Gasteiz, Spain
Bryan Alcorn from Unknown, United States
Shaun Mack from Bristol, United States
Brandon Petitpren from Garden City, United States
5 years
Vicente Davis from Merced, United States
Drew Herr from Bangor, United States
Joshua McCurley from Lewisville, United States
William VanDyke from Hampton, United States
Nigel Garrett from Birmingham, England
Michael Lum from Victoria, United States
Pete Picard from , United States
Ronny Alvarado from Katy, United States
Violet Edgar from Sindelfingen, Germany
Lamberto Franco from Scandicci, Italy
James Vogel from Costa Mesa, United States
william christopher from nottingham, United States
John Laitinen from Fargo, United States
David Dean from Hickory, United States
Michael McCliment from Montreal, Canada
Bob Narindra from Grants Pass, United States
Lucas Piccoli from Santa Fe, Argentina
Dustin Gilliland from Tuscaloosa, United States
Milosz Krysinski from Groblice, Poland
Jose Estorga from Moerno Valley, United States
Alex Jerard Muhich from South Milwaukee, United States
Jim Horng from Taipei, Taiwan, Province of China
Joshua Gang from Highland Park, United States
Emily Blasdell from Seattle, United States
Walter Deshazo from Ruther Glenn, United States
Aaron Eng from Fayetteville, United States
Arrian Ordonez from Quezon City, Philippines
Cristiam Padilla from greenfield park, Mexico
Nick Rutkowski from El Cerrito, United States
Congratulations, and thank you for all your hard work!
This month, we have 2 features! Our first featured judge is Brandon Petitpren. His RC, Jarrod Williams, has this to say about Brandon:
Next we have Michael McCliment, a judge in Gavin Duggan‘s Region:
After a few months off, Level 3 anniversaries are back! This month we celebrate two Level 3 anniversaries. Back in 2011, Kevin Binswanger and Kenji Suzuki
each certified for L3.
“Chiao, You’ve been one of the super leaders in the Japanese Region since many years ago. Especially online, you have a blog that has been updated every single time some important information is sent out from somewhere. You are exactly a vision of what a leader is supposed to be, I aim. I am very surprised you’ve been doing such hard work for so many years!! Please feel free to tell me if you get tired from doing it! I am ready to take it over from you. The most I was surprised, you may remember, is one time we were casually talking about feedback. You suddenly sent me an e-mail about coming to work at the store to write a review and mentor all of our judges and left the store! Thank you very much. All of us appreciate you very much. We all hope your life will be well!!”
We asked David Hibbs“When Kevin moved to Texas in 2008, I didn’t know him. It wasn’t long, however, before he began to make his presence known in the Texas judge community. He became an L1 that year, and before the end of 2009 he was an L2. At a time when there weren’t many judges in Texas that were both willing and qualified to HJ PTQs, Kevin started picking up events that I simply couldn’t reach. I began to think of us as the two bishops on the chess board–each managing various aspects of the field yet never able to link and cross paths. I could see judge numbers increasing, and I could sense the quality of those judges improving as they moved between our events. I could feel his presence and effect, I just couldn’t seem to meet him!
Fast forward a few years, to 2011. As another long-time judge, Jeff Zandi, wrote to me, ‘When Kevin became a level three judge he firmly established a new face on judging in Texas. He immediately imparted a more professional and serious image for us all.’
Since that time, Kevin has grown and developed both the state of Texas and the region as a whole. When I asked others about him, I heard a few common themes. Kevin is a great judge who’s always quick to help when called upon. Kevin always thanks other judges for their hard work. He’s always willing to share his knowledge and experience with others. He knows when to trust another judge’s skills, and when to test those skills.
As area captain Alex Tune noted to me, there are so many judges in this region that could neither have advanced in the program nor continued to operate as part of it without his support and guidance.
Congratulations, Kevin, on 5 years as L3!”
Happy anniversary to all of you! We look forward to many more years of judging from you all.