{"id":465,"date":"2017-11-25T14:50:18","date_gmt":"2017-11-25T14:50:18","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blogs.magicjudges.org\/coordinators\/?p=465"},"modified":"2017-12-30T13:51:35","modified_gmt":"2017-12-30T13:51:35","slug":"program-coordinator-travel-diaries-chapter-1","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blogs.magicjudges.org\/coordinators\/2017\/11\/25\/program-coordinator-travel-diaries-chapter-1\/","title":{"rendered":"Program Coordinator Travel Diaries &#8211; Chapter #1"},"content":{"rendered":"<style>p { text-align: justify; line-height: 26px; }<\/style>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<div class=\"wp-caption alignleft judgeimg\"><a href=\"https:\/\/apps.magicjudges.org\/judges\/dci\/79083152\"><img src=https:\/\/apps.magicjudges.org\/dci\/avatar?dci=79083152&size=200 alt=\"Written by Riccardo Tessitori\nLevel 3 (PC), Italy\"><\/a><p class=\"wp-caption-text\">Written by Riccardo Tessitori<br \/>\nLevel 3 (PC), Italy<\/p><\/div>\n<p>Dear judges,<br \/>\nthe Program Coordinators wish to offer you more information about their activities, their efforts, and their results. The \u201cStatus of the Judge Program\u201d will take the shape of a quarterly series of articles and will keep its formal and informative style. Here you have what we call the \u201cTravel Diaries\u201d, intended to be a monthly series of notes about what we have been working on recently, with a glimpse of their plan for the coming months. The style is very different, it\u2019s very informal and it tells&#8230; about the voyage of a ship? With pictures of pirates? A real Ixalan story!<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/i.imgur.com\/PJyoVL1.png\" \/><\/p>\n<p>Ahoy, treasure hunters! Congratulations, you found one the legendary travel diaries that belonged to the Program Coordinators.<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/i.imgur.com\/Fn8XYO9.png\" \/><\/p>\n<p>Secrets and wisdom will be found in its pages, and enlightened people will be able to decipher the strange, scribbled sentences. Pages have been torn off and others are half ripped, but it appears that some sentences are still readable. If you are brave, and succeed in getting back home alive, let the world know about your discovery!<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/i.imgur.com\/qOFPv5Y.png\" \/><\/p>\n<p><strong>October &#8211; November 2017, setting sail on a new journey<\/strong><br \/>\nFinally, the ship is ready, its sails are strong, and the crew is about to arrive. Fifteen long years of preparation, many trials, many attempts, and now it\u2019s time for this life=changing journey. Let the winds blow strong and help us safely reach the shores of&#8230;<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/i.imgur.com\/RYPIn1n.png\" \/><\/p>\n<p><strong>New PC selection and announcement:<\/strong><br \/>\nOctober 3rd: Selection communicated.<br \/>\nOctober 5th: Selection process discussed.<br \/>\nOctober 17th: Assignment received officially.<br \/>\nOctober 17th: Selection <a href=\"https:\/\/blogs.magicjudges.org\/coordinators\/2017\/10\/21\/announcing-the-program-coordinator-class-of-fall-2017\/\">results published<\/a>.<br \/>\n<em>Note: Government ambassadors may be ambushed along the way; when planning the next journey, add two weeks to take bureaucracy into account, to avoid delay<\/em>.<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/i.imgur.com\/OkkYb7r.png\" \/><\/p>\n<p><strong>JCC updates:<\/strong><br \/>\nOctober 17th &#8211; October 22nd: JCC lead selection.<br \/>\nOctober 19th &#8211; October 25th: Discussion about direction of the JCC.<br \/>\nOctober 25th: Communication to the new JCC Lead.<br \/>\nNovember 2nd &#8211; November 7th: Comments on the draft of the <a href=\"https:\/\/blogs.magicjudges.org\/conduct\/2017\/11\/15\/judge-conduct-committee-investigation-process-and-some-common-myths\/\">article<\/a> about the JCC.<br \/>\nNovember 7th &#8211; November 8th: Comments on the draft of the <a href=\"https:\/\/apps.magicjudges.org\/forum\/topic\/39591\/?page=1#post-241921\">announcement<\/a> of the 2018 JCC selection.<br \/>\n<em>Note: loved the article about the common myths, great job Johanna, good luck Cristiana, inclusiveness first<\/em>!<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/i.imgur.com\/1DvzJD0.png\" \/><\/p>\n<p><strong>JudgeApps, Judge Center, and Exams:<\/strong><br \/>\n<em>..Oct&#8230;tool&#8230;JudgeApps&#8230;nks Paul&#8230;Dan&#8230;<\/em><br \/>\nOctober 18th: RCs informed about the creation of the <a href=\"https:\/\/apps.magicjudges.org\/exams\/\">exam tool in JudgeApps<\/a>.<br \/>\nOctober 19th: Contacted Judge Center test leads about the creation of tests in JudgeApps.<br \/>\nOctober 20th: Prepared mail for L3 forum, informed content leads.<br \/>\nOctober 25th: Public <a href=\"https:\/\/blogs.magicjudges.org\/judgeapps\/2017\/10\/24\/exams\/\">announcement<\/a>.<br \/>\nNovember 9th: Judge Exams content project.<br \/>\n<em>Note: great effort, what a group of passionate and skilled people, content coming soon.<\/em><\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/i.imgur.com\/OEP42nj.png\" \/><\/p>\n<p><strong>Requests for feedback to each L3 judge: 2018 focus:<\/strong><br \/>\nOctober 27th &#8211; November 2nd: Draft of the message to the L3s.<br \/>\nNovember 6th: First message to the L3s (focus for 2018).<br \/>\nNovember 14th: Reminder sent to L3s.<br \/>\nNovember 14th: Collection and first analysis of the first 57 items recommended by 24 judges.<br \/>\n<em>Note: prepare one every month, teamwork is important, listening to different opinions is the key!<\/em><\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/i.imgur.com\/YZSKdyF.png\" \/><\/p>\n<p><strong>PCs and Sphere Leaders Nominations:<\/strong><br \/>\nOctober 24th: Request previous sphere nominations.<br \/>\nNovember 6th: Collection of data from the past PC and sphere waves.<br \/>\nNovember 7th: Request to JudgeApps team to have the PC and sphere nominations visible to both PCs and Sphere Leads (past nominations) and recipients.<br \/>\nNovember 14th: First draft of PC nominations.<br \/>\n<em>Note: make it public, make it known, let\u2019s give to Caesar what belongs to Caesar!<\/em><\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/i.imgur.com\/6nEkh1R.png\" \/><\/p>\n<p><strong>PC and Sphere recognitions re-allocation:<\/strong><br \/>\nOctober 24th: Analysis started.<br \/>\nNovember 6th: Collection of data from the past PC+sphere recognition waves.<br \/>\nNovember 10th: First draft of PC\/spheres recognitions reallocation.<br \/>\nNovember 14th: Second draft of PC\/spheres recognitions reallocation.<br \/>\n<em>Note: update Project Chart, ask for strategic information to sphere leaders, align sphere\/project efforts to vision. How many precious and hidden projects are out there? I need to discover them all!<\/em><\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/i.imgur.com\/drv1M8L.png\" \/><\/p>\n<p><strong>L3 maintenance and evaluation:<\/strong><br \/>\nNovember 7th: Conversation about a maintenance\/demotion process on the shared PC and RC mailing list.<br \/>\nNovember 8th: Conversation with <span class='judge-tooltip'><a href='https:\/\/apps.magicjudges.org\/judges\/dci\/7208201978' >CJ Crooks<\/a><span class='avatar'><img width='200' height='200' src='https:\/\/apps.magicjudges.org\/dci\/avatar?dci=7208201978&size=200'><\/span><\/span> about the results of the &#8220;L3 maintenance&#8221; poll; plan of future structure of the projects and messages on the L3 forum.<br \/>\nNovember 9th &#8211; November 14th: First draft of the L3 demotion process.<br \/>\nNovember 9th &#8211; November 10th: Creation of the L3 maintenance and L3 evaluation projects.<br \/>\nNovember 13th &#8211; November 14th: Direction and clarifications to members about the L3 maintenance\/evaluations\/demotion projects.<br \/>\n<em>Note: goal is to offer a training system, not added bureaucracy, not fear of demotion.<\/em><\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/i.imgur.com\/B92hy0h.png\" \/><\/p>\n<p><strong>PC selection process:<\/strong><br \/>\nOctober 9th &#8211; October 17th: PC selection process evaluation.<br \/>\nOctober 17th: Draft of PC selection announcement.<br \/>\nOctober 18th &#8211; October 21st: Draft of message to L3s about PC selection process.<br \/>\nOctober 24th &#8211; October 25th: First draft of the changes to the PC selection process (PCs only).<br \/>\nOctober 27th &#8211; November 4th: Shared PC\/RC mailing list brainstorming.<br \/>\nNovember 2nd &#8211; November 3rd: Comments about the changes to the PC selection process (PC\/RC mailing list).<br \/>\nNovember 7th &#8211; November 14th: Second draft of the changes to the PC selection process (PCs and other selection process leads).<br \/>\nNovember 8th &#8211; November 14th: Conversations about the division of tasks among PCs.<br \/>\n<em>Note: need more pirates, need good pirates!<\/em><\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/i.imgur.com\/ThgiAfV.png\" \/><\/p>\n<p>&#8230;and here ends the first chapter of the travel diary. There were fragments of other pages, where we could only identify half sentences like \u201cCommittees: workload and diversity\u201d, \u201cL2 RC and access to L3 forums\u201d, \u201cPC recognitions Q4 2017 at GPs\u201d, \u201csurveys with judges about inclusivity\u201d and \u201cRe-evaluation of the level system\u201d, but the rest of these pages was burnt.<\/p>\n<p>One last page has a big compass and, on its four directions, these sentences with question marks:<br \/>\n\u201c2018?\u201d<br \/>\n\u201cProjects?\u201d<br \/>\n\u201cSelection process?\u201d<br \/>\n\u201cMaintenance and evaluation?\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Do they indicate the route the PC ship will be taking in the next month? Find out in the next issue of PC Travel Diaries!<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/i.imgur.com\/tlcAasu.png\" \/><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Riccardo shares the first PC Travel Diary &#8211; summarising the activity of the Program Coordinators in the last month.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":68,"featured_media":492,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":"","_links_to":"","_links_to_target":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"language":[5],"class_list":["post-465","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-uncategorized","language-en"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.magicjudges.org\/coordinators\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/465","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\/68"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.magicjudges.org\/coordinators\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=465"}],"version-history":[{"count":19,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.magicjudges.org\/coordinators\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/465\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":499,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.magicjudges.org\/coordinators\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/465\/revisions\/499"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.magicjudges.org\/coordinators\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/492"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.magicjudges.org\/coordinators\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=465"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.magicjudges.org\/coordinators\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=465"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.magicjudges.org\/coordinators\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=465"},{"taxonomy":"language","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.magicjudges.org\/coordinators\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/language?post=465"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}