{"id":1489,"date":"2017-02-13T14:07:30","date_gmt":"2017-02-13T11:07:30","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blogs.magicjudges.org\/europeeast\/?p=1489"},"modified":"2017-03-07T14:20:38","modified_gmt":"2017-03-07T11:20:38","slug":"europe-east-highlights-january-2017","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blogs.magicjudges.org\/europeeast\/2017\/02\/13\/europe-east-highlights-january-2017\/","title":{"rendered":"Europe East Highlights \u2013 January 2017"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft size-thumbnail wp-image-454\" src=\"http:\/\/blogs.magicjudges.org\/europeeast\/files\/2016\/02\/europeeasthighlights2-150x150.png\" alt=\"europeeasthighlights2\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" srcset=\"https:\/\/blogs.magicjudges.org\/europeeast\/files\/2016\/02\/europeeasthighlights2-150x150.png 150w, https:\/\/blogs.magicjudges.org\/europeeast\/files\/2016\/02\/europeeasthighlights2.png 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 150px) 100vw, 150px\" \/>Dear East European Judges,<\/p>\n<p>Welcome to another edition of monthly highlights in our region, meant to sum up everything interesting and relevant that has happened here over the last month. <br style=\"clear: both; height: 1px; margin: -1px 0pt 0pt; overflow: hidden;\"><\/p>\n<p><strong>NEWS<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>2017 brings with it many changes:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Aether Revolt has brought along with it some <a href=\"http:\/\/blogs.magicjudges.org\/telliott\/2017\/01\/16\/policy-changes-for-aether-revolt\/\" target=\"_blank\">policy changes<\/a>.<\/li>\n<li>There are also <a href=\"http:\/\/magic.wizards.com\/en\/articles\/archive\/feature\/aether-revolt-update-bulletin-2017-01-20\" target=\"_blank\">a few changes<\/a> to the Comprehensive Rules and even Oracle.<\/li>\n<li>Hopefully you won&#8217;t have to deal with it, but in case you do, there&#8217;s an <a href=\"http:\/\/blogs.magicjudges.org\/o\/disqualification-process\/\" target=\"_blank\">update to the Disqualification Process<\/a>.<\/li>\n<li>And last but not least, <a href=\"http:\/\/magic.wizards.com\/en\/articles\/archive\/news\/return-nationals-and-changes-grand-prix-2017-02-09\" target=\"_blank\">Nationals are coming back<\/a> (as well as some changes to GPs).<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong>EVENTS<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Copenhagen, Denmark (May 26\u201328, Modern) &#8211; Application window should open soon.<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/apps.magicjudges.org\/events\/7242\/\" target=\"_blank\">Amsterdam<\/a>, Netherlands (June 2\u20134, Standard) &#8211; Application window closes on the 18th.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong>ADVANCEMENTS<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><span class='judge-tooltip'><a href='https:\/\/apps.magicjudges.org\/judges\/dci\/19318586' >Uri Hershkovitz<\/a><span class='avatar'><img width='200' height='200' src='https:\/\/apps.magicjudges.org\/dci\/avatar?dci=19318586&size=200'><\/span><\/span>, <span class='judge-tooltip'><a href='https:\/\/apps.magicjudges.org\/judges\/dci\/59287293' >Alon Luski<\/a><span class='avatar'><img width='200' height='200' src='https:\/\/apps.magicjudges.org\/dci\/avatar?dci=59287293&size=200'><\/span><\/span> &amp; <span class='judge-tooltip'><a href='https:\/\/apps.magicjudges.org\/judges\/dci\/9102757865' >Elli Eirini Osmantzikidou<\/a><span class='avatar'><img width='200' height='200' src='https:\/\/apps.magicjudges.org\/dci\/avatar?dci=9102757865&size=200'><\/span><\/span> have been <span lang=\"EN-US\">certified as L2s during the Europe East Winter Conference.<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong>ANNIVERSARIES<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><span class='judge-tooltip'><a href='https:\/\/apps.magicjudges.org\/judges\/dci\/52880260' >Martin Robic<\/a><span class='avatar'><img width='200' height='200' src='https:\/\/apps.magicjudges.org\/dci\/avatar?dci=52880260&size=200'><\/span><\/span> is celebrating 5 years in the judge programs.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong>FEATURED<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Exemplar wave 7 features debuts with <a href=\"http:\/\/blogs.magicjudges.org\/europeeast\/2017\/01\/17\/exemplar-wave-7-features-milorad-pavlovic\/\" target=\"_blank\">Milorad Pavlovic<\/a>.<\/li>\n<li>We continue with <a href=\"http:\/\/blogs.magicjudges.org\/europeeast\/2017\/01\/27\/exemplar-wave-7-features-jernej-lipovec\/\" target=\"_blank\">Jernej Lipovec<\/a>, who is also the guy behind the new <a href=\"http:\/\/blogs.magicjudges.org\/judgeapps\/2017\/01\/23\/launching-our-mobile-optimized-design\/\" target=\"_blank\">mobile-optimized<\/a> version for JudgeApps.<\/li>\n<li>Third time&#8217;s the charm, with <a href=\"http:\/\/blogs.magicjudges.org\/europeeast\/2017\/02\/08\/exemplar-wave-7-features-alexander-papageorgiou\/\" target=\"_blank\">Alexander Papageorgiou<\/a>.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong>ARTICLES<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><span class='judge-tooltip'><a href='https:\/\/apps.magicjudges.org\/judges\/dci\/8102513564' >Theodoros Millidonis<\/a><span class='avatar'><img width='200' height='200' src='https:\/\/apps.magicjudges.org\/dci\/avatar?dci=8102513564&size=200'><\/span><\/span> introduces a new article series about conference presentations &amp; storytelling: #1 <a href=\"http:\/\/blogs.magicjudges.org\/conferences\/2017\/01\/24\/storytelling-1-the-hero\/\" target=\"_blank\">The Hero<\/a>, #2 <a href=\"http:\/\/blogs.magicjudges.org\/conferences\/2017\/02\/09\/storytelling-2-the-mentor\/\" target=\"_blank\">The Mentor<\/a> .<\/li>\n<li><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> introduces the new 2017 <a href=\"http:\/\/blogs.magicjudges.org\/europeeast\/2017\/01\/30\/introducing-the-global-judge-project-org-chart-of-2017\/\" target=\"_blank\">Org Chart<\/a>.<\/li>\n<li><span class='judge-tooltip'><a href='https:\/\/apps.magicjudges.org\/judges\/dci\/89137901' >Yuval Tzur<\/a><span class='avatar'><img width='200' height='200' src='https:\/\/apps.magicjudges.org\/dci\/avatar?dci=89137901&size=200'><\/span><\/span> brings his report about the 2016 end <a href=\"http:\/\/blogs.magicjudges.org\/europeeast\/2017\/02\/01\/2016-regional-leadership-conference-report-zemun-serbia\/\" target=\"_blank\">Regional Leadership Conference<\/a>.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>That&#8217;s it for this month&#8217;s highlights edition.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p style=\"font-size:140%\">Europe East Highlights \u2013 January 2017<\/p>\n<p>\u200bThe sum of everything interesting and relevant that has happened in our region.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":277,"featured_media":454,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":"","_links_to":"","_links_to_target":""},"categories":[106],"tags":[],"language":[],"class_list":["post-1489","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-highlights"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.magicjudges.org\/europeeast\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1489","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.magicjudges.org\/europeeast\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.magicjudges.org\/europeeast\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.magicjudges.org\/europeeast\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/277"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.magicjudges.org\/europeeast\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1489"}],"version-history":[{"count":18,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.magicjudges.org\/europeeast\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1489\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":1575,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.magicjudges.org\/europeeast\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1489\/revisions\/1575"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.magicjudges.org\/europeeast\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/454"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.magicjudges.org\/europeeast\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1489"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.magicjudges.org\/europeeast\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1489"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.magicjudges.org\/europeeast\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1489"},{"taxonomy":"language","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.magicjudges.org\/europeeast\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/language?post=1489"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}