{"id":140,"date":"2017-01-03T12:40:47","date_gmt":"2017-01-03T12:40:47","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blogs.magicjudges.org\/coordinators\/?p=140"},"modified":"2017-07-28T09:16:45","modified_gmt":"2017-07-28T09:16:45","slug":"announcing-the-2017-winter-class","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blogs.magicjudges.org\/coordinators\/2017\/01\/03\/announcing-the-2017-winter-class\/","title":{"rendered":"Announcing the 2017 GP HJ Winter Class"},"content":{"rendered":"<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">First, we would like to thank all the evaluators who did a tremendous job at making all of this process work:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><span class='judge-tooltip'><a href='https:\/\/apps.magicjudges.org\/judges\/dci\/1203743114' >Jurgen Baert<\/a><span class='avatar'><img width='200' height='200' src='https:\/\/apps.magicjudges.org\/dci\/avatar?dci=1203743114&size=200'><\/span><\/span><\/li>\n<li><span class='judge-tooltip'><a href='https:\/\/apps.magicjudges.org\/judges\/dci\/2208242225' >Steven Briggs<\/a><span class='avatar'><img width='200' height='200' src='https:\/\/apps.magicjudges.org\/dci\/avatar?dci=2208242225&size=200'><\/span><\/span><\/li>\n<li><span class='judge-tooltip'><a href='https:\/\/apps.magicjudges.org\/judges\/dci\/70274285' >Alfonso Bueno<\/a><span class='avatar'><img width='200' height='200' src='https:\/\/apps.magicjudges.org\/dci\/avatar?dci=70274285&size=200'><\/span><\/span><\/li>\n<li><span class='judge-tooltip'><a href='https:\/\/apps.magicjudges.org\/judges\/dci\/58806265' >Matteo Callegari<\/a><span class='avatar'><img width='200' height='200' src='https:\/\/apps.magicjudges.org\/dci\/avatar?dci=58806265&size=200'><\/span><\/span><\/li>\n<li><span class='judge-tooltip'><a href='https:\/\/apps.magicjudges.org\/judges\/dci\/91426501' >Damian Hiller<\/a><span class='avatar'><img width='200' height='200' src='https:\/\/apps.magicjudges.org\/dci\/avatar?dci=91426501&size=200'><\/span><\/span><\/li>\n<li><span class='judge-tooltip'><a href='https:\/\/apps.magicjudges.org\/judges\/dci\/29870351' >Daniel Kitachewsky<\/a><span class='avatar'><img width='200' height='200' src='https:\/\/apps.magicjudges.org\/dci\/avatar?dci=29870351&size=200'><\/span><\/span><\/li>\n<li><span class='judge-tooltip'><a href='https:\/\/apps.magicjudges.org\/judges\/dci\/725295' >Scott Marshall<\/a><span class='avatar'><img width='200' height='200' src='https:\/\/apps.magicjudges.org\/dci\/avatar?dci=725295&size=200'><\/span><\/span><\/li>\n<li><span class='judge-tooltip'><a href='https:\/\/apps.magicjudges.org\/judges\/dci\/78154923' >Sergio Perez<\/a><span class='avatar'><img width='200' height='200' src='https:\/\/apps.magicjudges.org\/dci\/avatar?dci=78154923&size=200'><\/span><\/span><\/li>\n<li><span class='judge-tooltip'><a href='https:\/\/apps.magicjudges.org\/judges\/dci\/11134222' >Johanna Virtanen<\/a><span class='avatar'><img width='200' height='200' src='https:\/\/apps.magicjudges.org\/dci\/avatar?dci=11134222&size=200'><\/span><\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><div class=\"wp-caption alignleft judgeimg\"><a href=\"https:\/\/apps.magicjudges.org\/judges\/dci\/5208109925\"><img src=https:\/\/apps.magicjudges.org\/dci\/avatar?dci=5208109925&size=200 alt=\"Jeremie Granat\"><\/a><p class=\"wp-caption-text\">Jeremie Granat<\/p><\/div>But above all, I&#8217;d like to especially thank <span class='judge-tooltip'><a href='https:\/\/apps.magicjudges.org\/judges\/dci\/5208109925' >Jeremie Granat<\/a><span class='avatar'><img width='200' height='200' src='https:\/\/apps.magicjudges.org\/dci\/avatar?dci=5208109925&size=200'><\/span><\/span> for:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Maintaining the process on schedule even when I was drowning<\/li>\n<li>Running all the technical part, coding ways to automatically implement entries from Google Forms into exportable files to make everybody&#8217;s life easier and minimizing the risk for mistakes.<\/li>\n<li>Keeping me sane \ud83d\ude00<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h2><\/h2>\n<h2><strong>The New Class<\/strong><\/h2>\n<p>And now, going to the heart of the subject, I&#8217;m thrilled to welcome the following judges to the Grand Prix Head Judge role.<\/p>\n<p><strong>APAC<\/strong><br \/>\n<div class=\"wp-caption alignnone judgeimg\"><a href=\"https:\/\/apps.magicjudges.org\/judges\/dci\/29614562\"><img src=https:\/\/apps.magicjudges.org\/dci\/avatar?dci=29614562&size=200 alt=\"Edwin Zhang\"><\/a><p class=\"wp-caption-text\">Edwin Zhang<\/p><\/div><\/p>\n<p><strong>Europe<\/strong><br \/>\n<div class=\"wp-caption alignnone judgeimg\"><a href=\"https:\/\/apps.magicjudges.org\/judges\/dci\/98669220\"><img src=https:\/\/apps.magicjudges.org\/dci\/avatar?dci=98669220&size=200 alt=\"Guillaume Beuzelin\"><\/a><p class=\"wp-caption-text\">Guillaume Beuzelin<\/p><\/div><div class=\"wp-caption alignnone judgeimg\"><a href=\"https:\/\/apps.magicjudges.org\/judges\/dci\/19451179\"><img src=https:\/\/apps.magicjudges.org\/dci\/avatar?dci=19451179&size=200 alt=\"Cristiana Dionisio\"><\/a><p class=\"wp-caption-text\">Cristiana Dionisio<\/p><\/div><div class=\"wp-caption alignnone judgeimg\"><a href=\"https:\/\/apps.magicjudges.org\/judges\/dci\/79083152\"><img src=https:\/\/apps.magicjudges.org\/dci\/avatar?dci=79083152&size=200 alt=\"Riccardo Tessitori\"><\/a><p class=\"wp-caption-text\">Riccardo Tessitori<\/p><\/div><\/p>\n<p><strong>Latin America<\/strong><br \/>\n<div class=\"wp-caption alignnone judgeimg\"><a href=\"https:\/\/apps.magicjudges.org\/judges\/dci\/49113484\"><img src=https:\/\/apps.magicjudges.org\/dci\/avatar?dci=49113484&size=200 alt=\"Carlos Ho\"><\/a><p class=\"wp-caption-text\">Carlos Ho<\/p><\/div><\/p>\n<p><strong>North America<\/strong><br \/>\n<div class=\"wp-caption alignnone judgeimg\"><a href=\"https:\/\/apps.magicjudges.org\/judges\/dci\/20516399\"><img src=https:\/\/apps.magicjudges.org\/dci\/avatar?dci=20516399&size=200 alt=\"John Alderfer\"><\/a><p class=\"wp-caption-text\">John Alderfer<\/p><\/div><div class=\"wp-caption alignnone judgeimg\"><a href=\"https:\/\/apps.magicjudges.org\/judges\/dci\/5223921934\"><img src=https:\/\/apps.magicjudges.org\/dci\/avatar?dci=5223921934&size=200 alt=\"Paul Baranay\"><\/a><p class=\"wp-caption-text\">Paul Baranay<\/p><\/div><div class=\"wp-caption alignnone judgeimg\"><a href=\"https:\/\/apps.magicjudges.org\/judges\/dci\/7208201978\"><img src=https:\/\/apps.magicjudges.org\/dci\/avatar?dci=7208201978&size=200 alt=\"CJ Crooks\"><\/a><p class=\"wp-caption-text\">CJ Crooks<\/p><\/div><\/p>\n<p>If you would like to know more about the process, its challenges and how we resolved them, we have published a <a href=\"http:\/\/blogs.magicjudges.org\/coordinators\/2017\/01\/03\/grand-prix-head-judges-selection-wave-2-lessons-learned\/\">Lessons Learned article<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>Congratulations to the new class!<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>Finally, I would like to thank the three now former GP HJs leaving the group this class. They have all chosen to not reapply after years and years of service but aren&#8217;t leaving the Judge Program.<\/p>\n<p>Thank you <span class='judge-tooltip'><a href='https:\/\/apps.magicjudges.org\/judges\/dci\/1200175953' >Sean Catanese<\/a><span class='avatar'><img width='200' height='200' src='https:\/\/apps.magicjudges.org\/dci\/avatar?dci=1200175953&size=200'><\/span><\/span>, <span class='judge-tooltip'><a href='https:\/\/apps.magicjudges.org\/judges\/dci\/40645391' >Toby Elliott<\/a><span class='avatar'><img width='200' height='200' src='https:\/\/apps.magicjudges.org\/dci\/avatar?dci=40645391&size=200'><\/span><\/span> and <span class='judge-tooltip'><a href='https:\/\/apps.magicjudges.org\/judges\/dci\/79945451' >Jason Lemahieu<\/a><span class='avatar'><img width='200' height='200' src='https:\/\/apps.magicjudges.org\/dci\/avatar?dci=79945451&size=200'><\/span><\/span> for your hard work throughout these years!<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<span class='judge-tooltip'><a href='https:\/\/apps.magicjudges.org\/judges\/dci\/61182474' >Kevin Desprez<\/a><span class='avatar'><img width='200' height='200' src='https:\/\/apps.magicjudges.org\/dci\/avatar?dci=61182474&size=200'><\/span><\/span>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Congratulations to the Grand Prix Head Judge Class of Winter 2017: Edwin Zhang, Guillaume Beuzelin, Cristiana Dionisio, Riccardo Tessitori, Carlos Ho, John Alderfer, Paul Baranay and CJ Crooks!<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":77,"featured_media":86,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":"","_links_to":"","_links_to_target":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"language":[],"class_list":["post-140","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.magicjudges.org\/coordinators\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/140","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.magicjudges.org\/coordinators\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.magicjudges.org\/coordinators\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.magicjudges.org\/coordinators\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/77"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.magicjudges.org\/coordinators\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=140"}],"version-history":[{"count":21,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.magicjudges.org\/coordinators\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/140\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":416,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.magicjudges.org\/coordinators\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/140\/revisions\/416"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.magicjudges.org\/coordinators\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/86"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.magicjudges.org\/coordinators\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=140"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.magicjudges.org\/coordinators\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=140"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.magicjudges.org\/coordinators\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=140"},{"taxonomy":"language","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.magicjudges.org\/coordinators\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/language?post=140"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}