{"id":638,"date":"2018-04-27T12:42:25","date_gmt":"2018-04-27T12:42:25","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blogs.magicjudges.org\/coordinators\/?p=638"},"modified":"2018-04-27T12:42:25","modified_gmt":"2018-04-27T12:42:25","slug":"status-of-the-judge-program-winter-2018","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blogs.magicjudges.org\/coordinators\/2018\/04\/27\/status-of-the-judge-program-winter-2018\/","title":{"rendered":"Status of the Judge Program: Winter 2018"},"content":{"rendered":"<style>\np { text-align: justify; }<br \/><\/style>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Hello judges! Spring has arrived and we want to let you know what happened in the last 3 months, and about the Program Coordinators\u2019 goals for the next quarter. You can find previous Program Coordinators articles <a href=\"http:\/\/blogs.magicjudges.org\/coordinators\">here<\/a>.<\/span><\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<p><b>Changes in the Sphere structure<\/b><\/p>\n<p><b>New Technology Sphere leader: <span class='judge-tooltip'><a href='https:\/\/apps.magicjudges.org\/judges\/dci\/5223921934' >Paul Baranay<\/a><span class='avatar'><img width='200' height='200' src='https:\/\/apps.magicjudges.org\/dci\/avatar?dci=5223921934&size=200'><\/span><\/span><\/b><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">We want to give a great \u201cthank you\u201d to <span class='judge-tooltip'><a href='https:\/\/apps.magicjudges.org\/judges\/dci\/79945451' >Lems<\/a><span class='avatar'><img width='200' height='200' src='https:\/\/apps.magicjudges.org\/dci\/avatar?dci=79945451&size=200'><\/span><\/span> for creating and driving this vital sphere for many years. Could you imagine how different the judge program would be without JudgeApps or without our blog network?<\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><br \/>\n<\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><br \/>\n<\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">But fear not, we have the best possible leader for the Technology Sphere. Lems and Paul have been working together for years and they have ensured a smooth transition. We have great trust in Paul and we\u2019re sure he will lead our platforms to even better standards.<\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><br \/>\n<\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><br \/>\n<\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Thank you both!<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">You can find details about the other existing Spheres <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/blogs.magicjudges.org\/o\/spheres\/\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">here<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">We would also like to remind you about the existence of the <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/apps.magicjudges.org\/media\/project_files\/267\/243246\/Chart_LatestVersion.pdf\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Organization Chart<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">, you can find the list of current international projects here. <\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">If you observe any errors or missing projects, please let us know at <a href=\"mailto:mail-the-pcs@googlegroups.com\">mail-the-pcs@googlegroups.com<\/a>, we\u2019ll forward it to <span class='judge-tooltip'><a href='https:\/\/apps.magicjudges.org\/judges\/dci\/38173682' >Zohar Finkel<\/a><span class='avatar'><img width='200' height='200' src='https:\/\/apps.magicjudges.org\/dci\/avatar?dci=38173682&size=200'><\/span><\/span>, the creator of and person responsible for the Chart.<\/span><\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<p><b>Summary of Advanced Roles rotations<\/b><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><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>, <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>, and <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> become the new class of Program Coordinators,\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/blogs.magicjudges.org\/coordinators\/2018\/03\/31\/program-coordinator-class-of-spring-2018\/\">announced<\/a><\/span> <span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">on March 31st.<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><span class='judge-tooltip'><a href='https:\/\/apps.magicjudges.org\/judges\/dci\/1204257097' >Sebastian Pekala<\/a><span class='avatar'><img width='200' height='200' src='https:\/\/apps.magicjudges.org\/dci\/avatar?dci=1204257097&size=200'><\/span><\/span> has been <a href=\"https:\/\/blogs.magicjudges.org\/coordinators\/2018\/04\/07\/announcing-the-2018-regional-coordinator-leader\/\">re-elected<\/a> by the Regional Coordinators as RC Leader.<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span class='judge-tooltip'><a href='https:\/\/apps.magicjudges.org\/judges\/dci\/2102310469' >Nicolette Apraez<\/a><span class='avatar'><img width='200' height='200' src='https:\/\/apps.magicjudges.org\/dci\/avatar?dci=2102310469&size=200'><\/span><\/span> was <a href=\"https:\/\/blogs.magicjudges.org\/blog\/2018\/01\/02\/new-regional-coordinator-usa-southeast\/\">announced<\/a> as new Regional Coordinator for the USA-Southeast region at the beginning of January.<\/li>\n<li>During Q3 of 2018, GP Head Judge Lead selection will take place.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<hr \/>\n<p><b>Goals of the Program Coordinators for the Spring-Summer period.<\/b><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">We are back to four Program Coordinators! Congratulations to the new PCs (Johanna and CJ) and to the renewing PC (Alfonso).<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Now that we are back to a reasonable amount of Program Coordinators, we would like to take a more efficient approach and assign the leading of some areas to specific PCs. This doesn&#8217;t mean only one PC will work in this area or each PC will only work on their area. The PC in charge is responsible for controlling the timing and to lead the work to completion in that area, but many other people (and likely every other PC will contribute). These areas are designed as six-month goals. After six months we\u2019ll set up new goals; some goals may be repeated while others will be new, according to the judge program\u2019s needs. After those six months PCs will analyze the results and share a summary in the From the PCs desk article.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The areas:<\/span><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><strong>Johanna Virtanen<\/strong>\u00a0<\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">&#8211; Advanced roles rotation -&amp;- Communication of the PC group.<\/span><\/li>\n<li><strong>Riccardo Tessitori\u00a0<\/strong>&#8211; Quality and Level maintenance for all 3 levels.<\/li>\n<li><strong>CJ Crooks<\/strong> &#8211; Reevaluate the levels structure and propose future actions.<\/li>\n<li><strong>Alfonso Bueno<\/strong> &#8211; Coordinate and update the international projects and Sphere structure.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<hr \/>\n<p><b>Messages and announcements from the Sphere Leaders<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><br \/>\n<\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">We\u2019re adding this section to the Status of the Judge Program article, based on the feedback received at the Planar Bridge meeting in GP Seattle. The goal of this section is providing the program with an insight of what each sphere has done and is planning to do.<\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><br \/>\n<\/span> <span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><br \/>\n<\/span><b>Translation Sphere \u2013 Juan del Compare<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><br \/>\n<\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The translation Sphere has done a lot in the last months to have available the exams in Apps translated. At the moment we have the following exams in the following languages.<\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><br \/>\n<\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><strong>L1 Practice:<\/strong> Chinese (simplified), French, German, Italian, Japanese, Portuguese, Russian, Spanish<\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><br \/>\n<\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><strong>L1 Exam:<\/strong> Chinese (simplified), French, German, Italian, Portuguese, Spanish<\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><br \/>\n<\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><strong>L2 Practice:<\/strong> German, Italian, Portuguese<\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><br \/>\n<\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><strong>L2 Exam:<\/strong> German, Spanish<\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><br \/>\n<\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><br \/>\n<\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">More questions are added daily. The goal is to have enough content for at least two translated exams in each language, and the grand goal of having all the questions in circulation translated and updated when new content is added.<\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><br \/>\n<\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><br \/>\n<\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">If you want to help with translations in your language, please contact Juan Del Compare and he&#8217;ll put you in touch with the projects in need of help.<\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><br \/>\n<\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><br \/>\n<\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">This is the list of people working on the project in Apps:<\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><br \/>\n<\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><br \/>\n<\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Juan Del Compare; Mitsunori Makino; Julien Al-Rubei; Nemesio Alejandro Bola\u00f1os Guti\u00e9rrez; Alexey Chernyshov; Leonardo da Luz; Maximiliano de la Fuente; Rapha\u00ebl Delbarre; Markus Dietrich; Hao Du; Arseniy Egorov; Lamberto Franco; Arman Gabbasov; J\u00e9r\u00e9my Ganivet; Arturo Garcia; Christian Genz; Mathias Grontzki; Lo\u00efc Hervier; Lev Kotlyar; Stefan Ladst\u00e4tter; Ricardo Leite; Siyang Li; Eleazar Magnere; Sandro Manfredini; Rodrigo Mascarenhas; Nelson Mendoza Moral; Mauricio Morua; Asuka Nagashima; J\u00f6rg Nottebrock; Carlos Rangon; Nicolas Rosa; Xisco solivelles; Julio Sosa; Florencia Valle; Federico Verdini; Pierrick Visentin; Edwin Zhang; Herbert Zurita.<\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><br \/>\n<\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><br \/>\n<\/span><b>Technology Sphere \u2013 Paul Baranay<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><br \/>\n<\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Paul would like to highlight this announcement about <a href=\"https:\/\/apps.magicjudges.org\/forum\/topic\/42334\/\">OpenID Connect Provider<\/a>.<\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><br \/>\n<\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><br \/>\n<\/span><b>Players Investigations Committee \u2013 Johanna Virtanen<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><br \/>\n<\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The Player Investigation Committee&#8217;s current term ends on June 30th. Applications for the 2018-2019 term will open soon and all Level 3 judges are welcome to apply<\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><br \/>\n<\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><br \/>\n<\/span><b>Levels Sphere \u2013 Alfonso Bueno<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><br \/>\n<\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">We\u2019re currently working on an update of all levels and certifications. No major changes are planned; we are not creating the new-new-new world order. We\u2019re just reevaluating some of the testing or maintenance requirements. Our expectations are submitting the draft for feedback to the leadership of the program in the next days, and then after acting on the feedback received we\u2019ll make it public together with a survey to collect feedback from the entire judge program, hopefully during May.\u00a0\u00a0<\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">After that, the Levels sphere will analyze the feedback and will keep permanently reviewing the levels structure of the judge program. However, we don\u2019t expect any other change regarding levels during 2018.<\/span><\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<p><b>The project of the Season:Leadership Meetings. \u00a0<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><br \/>\n<\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><br \/>\n<\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">This season we want to highlight a project that many of you may not know about: The Leadership Meetings.\u00a0\u00a0<\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Those are meetings of Level 3 judges, happening at most GPs and PTs. In them, present judges suggest topics that can be improved, present judges discuss them and brainstorm improvements and solutions. To guide the discussion we&#8217;ve some rules, the most important one is the discussion must be oriented to improve the judge program. At the end of the discussion of each topic, present judges, may create an Action Item, which is a specific set of actions, led by a volunteer judge and with a predefined goal. <\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><br \/>\n<\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The Leadership meeting project members schedule the meetings, find the organizers when they aren\u2019t present and keep track of Action Items. The team of judges in the project are: <\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><strong>Leader:<\/strong> Christian Gawrilowicz. <\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><strong>Members:<\/strong> Riccardo Tessitori, Matteo Callegari, CJ Crooks, Nicola DiPasquale, Dami\u00e1n Hiller, Eric Levine, Sergio Perez, Ivan Petkovic, Edwin Zhang, Steven Zwanger, Alfonso Bueno.<\/span><\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<p><b>The project contributors of the Season<\/b><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">There are many other judges contributing to different aspects of the program. We would like to highlight a few people doing awesome in their projects. We know there are many, many, many more judges going above and beyond in their volunteer contributions to projects, and we will be featuring more judges in the future issues of the Status of the Judge Program articles.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><b>Grand Prix Santa Clara &#8211; <\/b><span class='judge-tooltip'><a href='https:\/\/apps.magicjudges.org\/judges\/dci\/9102402960' >Joe Hughto<\/a><span class='avatar'><img width='200' height='200' src='https:\/\/apps.magicjudges.org\/dci\/avatar?dci=9102402960&size=200'><\/span><\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">\u00a0for his efforts to make judges welcome to the GPs with the Welcome to the Fold Project.<\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><br \/>\n<\/span><b>Grand Prix Indianapolis &#8211; <\/b><span class='judge-tooltip'><a href='https:\/\/apps.magicjudges.org\/judges\/dci\/9111498514' >Mike Gyssels<\/a><span class='avatar'><img width='200' height='200' src='https:\/\/apps.magicjudges.org\/dci\/avatar?dci=9111498514&size=200'><\/span><\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> for his work on the Articles project. He implemented a lot of structure, did a lot of heavy lifting in a time where the project was less active and had a large turnaround time.<br \/>\n<\/span><b>Grand Prix Houston &#8211; <\/b><span class='judge-tooltip'><a href='https:\/\/apps.magicjudges.org\/judges\/dci\/13431210' >Daniel Lee<\/a><span class='avatar'><img width='200' height='200' src='https:\/\/apps.magicjudges.org\/dci\/avatar?dci=13431210&size=200'><\/span><\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> is one of the most active judges in the new set quizlet project<\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><br \/>\n<\/span><b>Grand Prix London &#8211;<\/b> <span class='judge-tooltip'><a href='https:\/\/apps.magicjudges.org\/judges\/dci\/7213609673' >Saverio Adamo<\/a><span class='avatar'><img width='200' height='200' src='https:\/\/apps.magicjudges.org\/dci\/avatar?dci=7213609673&size=200'><\/span><\/span> <span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">for the GP quiz.<\/span><b><br \/>\n<\/b><b>Grand Prix Toronto Winter &#8211; <\/b><span class='judge-tooltip'><a href='https:\/\/apps.magicjudges.org\/judges\/dci\/7214017288' >Cassidy Melczak<\/a><span class='avatar'><img width='200' height='200' src='https:\/\/apps.magicjudges.org\/dci\/avatar?dci=7214017288&size=200'><\/span><\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> \u00a0for excellent work in the Judge Buddy Project and taking care of the people who are not the loudest at GPs (and are quite often overlooked). But there is a lot of knowledge and observation hidden in the introverts that by teaching them how to be more visible. I like your ambitious plan to make the project more international and global. I am happy to help! <\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><br \/>\n<\/span><b>Grand Prix Lyon &#8211; <\/b><span class='judge-tooltip'><a href='https:\/\/apps.magicjudges.org\/judges\/dci\/93462131' >Sashi Loco<\/a><span class='avatar'><img width='200' height='200' src='https:\/\/apps.magicjudges.org\/dci\/avatar?dci=93462131&size=200'><\/span><\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> for taking care of the GP Staff photography at many GPs.<\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><br \/>\n<\/span><b>Grand Prix Memphis &#8211; <\/b><span class='judge-tooltip'><a href='https:\/\/apps.magicjudges.org\/judges\/dci\/9102402960' >Joe Hughto<\/a><span class='avatar'><img width='200' height='200' src='https:\/\/apps.magicjudges.org\/dci\/avatar?dci=9102402960&size=200'><\/span><\/span> <span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">for his valuable activity in the project &#8220;Welcome to the fold&#8221;, dedicated to all the judges at their first GP.<\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><br \/>\n<\/span><b>Grand Prix Madrid &#8211;<\/b> <span class='judge-tooltip'><a href='https:\/\/apps.magicjudges.org\/judges\/dci\/99306419' >Emilien Wild<\/a><span class='avatar'><img width='200' height='200' src='https:\/\/apps.magicjudges.org\/dci\/avatar?dci=99306419&size=200'><\/span><\/span> <span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">for the contribution to forum discussions (especially the tournament reports)<\/span><b><br \/>\n<\/b><b>Grand Prix Phoenix &#8211; <\/b><span class='judge-tooltip'><a href='https:\/\/apps.magicjudges.org\/judges\/dci\/8213969381' >Ronald Thompson<\/a><span class='avatar'><img width='200' height='200' src='https:\/\/apps.magicjudges.org\/dci\/avatar?dci=8213969381&size=200'><\/span><\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> Judge Anniversaries project, Project Manager.<\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><br \/>\n<\/span><b>Grand Prix Santiago &#8211;<\/b> <span class='judge-tooltip'><a href='https:\/\/apps.magicjudges.org\/judges\/dci\/7300287456' >Federico Verdini<\/a><span class='avatar'><img width='200' height='200' src='https:\/\/apps.magicjudges.org\/dci\/avatar?dci=7300287456&size=200'><\/span><\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">, very active and instrumental in the edition of the new L1 exam in spanish.<\/span><b><br \/>\n<\/b><b>Grand Prix Amsterdam &#8211; <\/b><span class='judge-tooltip'><a href='https:\/\/apps.magicjudges.org\/judges\/dci\/6028640922' >Mikael Rabie<\/a><span class='avatar'><img width='200' height='200' src='https:\/\/apps.magicjudges.org\/dci\/avatar?dci=6028640922&size=200'><\/span><\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> for the card counting challenge.<\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The Program Coordinators share their update bulletin for the Judge Program after the Winter 2018 season.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":68,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":"","_links_to":"","_links_to_target":""},"categories":[27],"tags":[],"language":[5],"class_list":["post-638","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-status","language-en"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.magicjudges.org\/coordinators\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/638","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=638"}],"version-history":[{"count":5,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.magicjudges.org\/coordinators\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/638\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":643,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.magicjudges.org\/coordinators\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/638\/revisions\/643"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.magicjudges.org\/coordinators\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=638"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.magicjudges.org\/coordinators\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=638"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.magicjudges.org\/coordinators\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=638"},{"taxonomy":"language","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.magicjudges.org\/coordinators\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/language?post=638"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}