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To Brandon Borowicz, L1 from USA – South Recognized by David Hibbs, L3	Brandon has been working with judges both in his area and across the border in Mexico. Who else does that?! He’s also helped newer TOs get started running PTQs and staffing them, keeping event quality very high and aiming higher. Great Job, Brandon!
To Brandon Borowicz, L1 from USA – South Recognized by Evan Cherry, L3	Brandon is exemplary because he appreciates both judges and stores and helps make events better. He’s appreciative of the growing community in his area and helps it grow. Brandon deserves recognition for how much he enjoys all the amazing work he does.
To Brandon Borowicz, L1 from USA – South Recognized by Kevin Binswanger, L3	I appreciate the way you’ve been going out of your way to work with your RC to help develop the area so that by the end of the year we could have 2 L2s there. Your ideas are always welcome!
To Bryan Prillaman, L3 from USA – South Recognized by Abe Corson, L3	I choose to recognize Bryan for doing an excellent job leading a project that I’ve been involved with: The Annotated IPG. Bryan has displayed a level of management and diplomacy that’s been very effective at organizing the efforts of the project members. I strive to better emulate this style not just in my own project work, but in leadership situations both in judge and “real life” contexts.
To Chris Vlastelica, L2 from USA – South Recognized by David Hibbs, L3	Chris is a new L2 (congrats, Chris!), but even as an L1 he really stepped up to help Empire Central to run their legacy power series events — helping to plan staff and line up the HJs has been great!
To David Carroll, L2 from USA – South Recognized by Mitchell Waldbauer, L3	David has been to traveling quite a bit recently to major events. And I keep hearing the same thing from them, “David taught me so much.” David is clearly sharing what he learns with others.
To David Hibbs, L3 from USA – South Recognized by Aaron Hamer, L3	For being a voice of reason and politely calling leadership on their failings.
To David Hibbs, L3 from USA – South Recognized by Evan Cherry, L3	Hibbs is the paramount of L3 service: mentoring judges, discussing regional issues, taking a stand, helping projects, and making the occasional graph. Helping others is just a natural part of who David is, and his dedication to others is exemplary.
To David Hibbs, L3 from USA – South Recognized by Fabian Peck, L3	Thank you for being a voice of reason and calm amidst all the recent announcements. In particular I think your posts on Facebook and blog giving some perspective on the history of judge foils helped people see how they’d drifted from their original purpose
To David Hibbs, L3 from USA – South Recognized by James Bennett, L3	At SCG Indy in June you HJ’d an Open. And then you went above and beyond on Sunday, filling an unexpected XO role, lending your experience to help triage and defuse all manner of unbelievably weird stuff, and capped it off with an hours-long incredibly thorough mentoring session.
To David Hibbs, L3 from USA – South Recognized by Sean Catanese, L4	You provided the voice of reason and a role model when several of our cohort found discretion difficult. You then took it a step further and wrote about it in depth. I’m glad to see you develop an interest in setting a tone among the L3+, and I’m happy to see that tone be so constructive!
To Evan Cherry, L3 from USA – South Recognized by Aaron Hamer, L3	For standing up against a crowd who smelled blood in the water, and in so doing remaining polite and respectful towards all involved.
To Evan Cherry, L3 from USA – South Recognized by David Hibbs, L3	Running the articles project is not easy. He herds cats into editing and manages to post quite a few things with neat formatting — and even helped me out with some of the special judge blog tags while I was working on my last post. Thanks, Evan!
To Evan Cherry, L3 from USA – South Recognized by Joe Wiesenberg, L3	Evan, I really appreciate the influence your online presence has. In the judge forums you’re consistently a voice of reason, exercising diplomacy when people get too focused on the wrong thing. Your work on the articles project is tireless and judge education is vastly improved as a result.
To Evan Cherry, L3 from USA – South Recognized by Kim Warren, L4	The more that I have interacted with you, the more impressed I’ve been. I have appreciated the rational and considered voice you bring to discussions, especially about Regular REL online. Thanks. Kim.
To Evan Cherry, L3 from USA – South Recognized by Lems, L5	Evan: I love the path you took with Judge Articles. You wrote a few yourself and seemed to enjoy it, then put yourself in a position to help others do the same! Under your guidance, the Judge Articles blog is a consistent source of great content. – Lems
To Evan Cherry, L3 from USA – South Recognized by Sean Hunt, L3	Thanks for always being a wonderful voice of reason on the forums, Evan! Your posts are always well-thought out and clear. It’s important that judges of all levels participate in the forums and you do a great job of it.
To Jonathan Reasoner, L2 from USA – South Recognized by David Hibbs, L3	Jonathan has been running classes, teaching judges, and he’s even stepped in to judge events at other stores. He hasn’t been able to travel much, but I think he’s doing great things where he’s at–and I’m thrilled to have him in my area!
To Jonathan Reasoner, L2 from USA – South Recognized by Evan Cherry, L3	Jonathan has much responsibility and limitations on his travel, but continues to be active in mentorship and at multiple stores in his area. Jonathan is exemplary not for teaching leadership whenever he can, but because he integrates his studies of and passion for leadership.
To Joshua Locke, L2 from USA – South Recognized by Evan Cherry, L3	Josh deserves recognition for doing what we tell people not to do, and that is take too much onto themselves. Joshua cares deeply about the program enough to continue to serve it even if he disagrees with the direction it’s going. His quality expectations for the program are truly exceptional.
To Joshua Locke, L2 from USA – South Recognized by Kevin Binswanger, L3	You went way above and beyond as L1 Coordinator. You were personally involved in a dozen candidates as well as staying in close communication with me. I never had to wonder how you were doing or whether things were going okay.
To Kevin Binswanger, L3 from USA – South Recognized by Rob McKenzie, L3	Kevin has been doing great work helping my (first) stint as Judge Manager at an upcoming GP in his region. He has helping me get judges, commenting, and checking in regularly to make sure this event goes well, not just assuming things are doing fine.
To Mike Ames, L2 from USA – South Recognized by Kevin Binswanger, L3	Mike, it’s not just that you tested a ton of candidates this year (most of whom passed). It’s that you went out of your way to rotate them through and train them as a group. It’s also worth noting that you also did it by communicating with your RC.
To Trevor Nunez, L1 from USA – South Recognized by Justin Turner, L3	Trevor, We’ve been through a ton together over the years and I’m consistently impressed by your progress. I know it’s frustrating waiting for others to catch up to what I see, but I hope this helps keep you motivated to succeed! -Turner
To Trevor Nunez, L1 from USA – South Recognized by Kevin Binswanger, L3	Trevor, you don’t give up. Ever. Your doggedness is inspiring. The way you’ve used the judge program for personal growth, benefiting your local community and yourself, is awesome. And you’ve grown the judge program while doing it.