Here are the January 2015 judge anniversaries!
15 years
Philip SchulzJean-Christophe Stefani
Stephane Gastaud
10 years
Frederic TangNaoaki Umesaki
Ben Bowers
Etienne BRUN
Sergio Gonzalez Cruz
Jose Luis Leal
5 years
Johann SalaunEugen Libkin
Mike Ames
Joseph Klopchic
Kyle Edwards
Alexei Gousev
Franco Vaca
Slawomir Nowaczyk
Andrew Hall
Stephen Young
Carsten Haese
Todd Palmer
William Williams
Henry Guille
Congratulations, and thank you for all your hard work!
Our featured judge this month is Philip Schulz from Germany. Regional coordinator Michael Wiese writes:
“Philip is the oldest active German judge who made it to his anniversary, that would be enough for me to feature him. He lives in the northern part of Germany in a small city in the area of Hamburg. You might recognize his name, just because he is posting the monthly summaries of judge articles, which is at the moment quite a lot, because many judges are writing many articles. So if you are looking for a spefic article you might check his thread on judge apps in the unofficial annoucements forum.
I first met Philip on German Nationals 2004 and since then we met at least every year on German nationals (which he head judged in 2006) and other bigger events in Germany and sometimes even worldwide. I will always remember Worlds 2007 in New York and especially the evening with the other German judges in a steakhouse. That was one of the those evening where you really feel that judging is more then answering rules questions, but its spending time with others and just enjoying what we are doing. He is a former L3 but due to the normal life changing, he stepped back some years ago. Still he is the corner stone of the judge program and the German community in the north of Germany. He is a good mentor and is willing to give others a chance to shine if possible.
Thanks Philip for being around for the Last 15 years and i really hope that will at least another 15 years with you in the community. :)”