{"id":586,"date":"2016-05-15T16:38:07","date_gmt":"2016-05-15T13:38:07","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blogs.magicjudges.org\/europeeast\/?page_id=586"},"modified":"2018-01-15T01:24:59","modified_gmt":"2018-01-14T22:24:59","slug":"welcome-to-l1-and-to-europe-east","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/blogs.magicjudges.org\/europeeast\/welcome-to-l1-and-to-europe-east\/","title":{"rendered":"Welcome to Level 1 and to Europe \u2013 East"},"content":{"rendered":"

You\u2019re a newly certified judge – congratulations!<\/span><\/p>\n

If you haven\u2019t read the \u201c<\/span>Welcome to Level 1<\/span><\/a>\u201d letter, this is a good time to do so. It will take you just a few minutes.<\/span><\/p>\n

Welcome to the Europe \u2013 East Region!<\/b><\/h1>\n

Being part of the Judge Program for <\/span>Magic<\/b>: The Gathering\u2122 is not only about judging tournaments and knowing the rules, but also about getting to know other judges and being part of the judge community.<\/span><\/p>\n

The regions are geographic areas that were created to help the judge program with managing an ever growing worldwide judge community. Each region has a Regional Coordinator (RC) who manages the region\u2019s logistics, coordinates regional affairs and serves as a source of information for all the judges in the region.<\/span><\/p>\n

The \u201cEurope \u2013 East\u201d region is one of the biggest regions geographically and it includes 16 countries: Albania, Bosnia, Bulgaria, Croatia, Cyprus, Greece, Israel, Kuwait, Macedonia, Montenegro, Qatar, Romania, Serbia, Slovenia, Turkey and United Arab Emirates. The region is further divided to country coordinators who take care of a specific country (some are in charge of several countries). If you don\u2019t know who your country coordinator is, you can check <\/span>this<\/span><\/a> list. The list also contains a short bio of each of the coordinators, so you can get to know them better.<\/span><\/p>\n

You are now part of our region – welcome!<\/span><\/p>\n

We\u2019re looking forward to get to know you.<\/span><\/p>\n

Now what?<\/b><\/h1>\n

Now that you\u2019re one of us, you should know our RC. His name is <\/span>Giorgos Trichopoulos<\/span><\/a> and he\u2019s a nice Greek L3 currently residing in Cyprus. You can feel free to ask him any questions. You can email him at <\/span>george.trichopoulos@gmail.com<\/span><\/a> (don\u2019t be shy, helping you is on the RC job description).<\/span><\/p>\n

After getting to know the technicalities of our region, let\u2019s get to know the important stuff: the people. We encourage you to introduce yourself in the \u201c<\/span>Get to know topic<\/span><\/a>\u201d on the <\/span>regional forum<\/span><\/a> on <\/span>JudgeApps<\/span><\/a>.<\/span><\/p>\n

You should also ask to join our <\/span>regional Facebook group<\/span><\/a>. That\u2019s where we do some casual talk, joke around and get to know one another in a less formal setting.<\/span><\/p>\n

Some countries have their own forum, Facebook group or both. Make sure to ask your country coordinator or the judge who certified you how to get access.<\/span><\/p>\n

And there\u2019s more\u2026<\/b><\/h1>\n

If you want to be more involved (totally voluntary, but it\u2019s fun), you can take part in one or more of our regional activities:<\/span><\/p>\n