Recognizing Excellence
Exemplar Wave 2 is now closed. In total, 2077 recognitions have been submitted in this wave (meaning that about 60% of all available slots were used), so thank you to everyone who took the time to write a message for judges who they had seen demonstrating inspiring or exemplary behaviour. The next stage in this […]
Apparently , quite a number of judges had problems with submitting their Exemplar recommendations as they had assumed that the window closed at midnight CST and so missed it closing at midnight GMT. As many other things on judge apps operate on CST (event applications in particular), we’ve decided to reopen the window for two […]
As you may now have realised through the miracle of social media, the mailings associated with the first Exemplar wave have started to be received by recognised judges in the US. All of the mailings were sent at the same time and as such they will take a little longer to get to other parts […]
I’m pleased to announce that all of the technical issues that delayed the first wave of Exemplar have now been resolved, and that foils will soon be on their way to judges recognised within that wave. Which means that everything is in place to get things started to wave 2! Wave 1 was advertised as […]
Hey everyone. Due to some technical issues linked to the recent Wizards database changes, there’s been some delay in terms of getting the Exemplar wave 1 mail out sorted. I’ve been hearing that some judges have been voicing concerns that the delay on this front indicates that the program has been abandoned, so I just […]
First and foremost, the Senior Judges of the Judge Program want to thank all of the Judges who participated in the first pilot wave of the Exemplar Program. We received almost 900 recognition messages in this first pilot wave! Messages came to and from Judges across the globe in a variety of languages, which recognize […]
The deadline for the first wave of recognitions to be submitted under the Exemplar Program is Sunday, September 7. If you are a L3+ Judge, you can submit your recognitions using this form. As a reminder, you can read more about how to write an effective recognition message here. Note that you can return to […]
The Exemplar Program will be run as a pilot program through the end of 2014, including two waves of recognition messages to be collected and distributed. We will communicate specific deadlines for submitting recognitions to the L3+ Judges as they are finalized. For a quick reference, recognitions can be submitted using this form here. But before you […]
Level 5 judge Lems dives deeper into the Exemplar Program and why he's excited about it.
The initial announcement about the Exemplar Program, as posted by Andy Heckt.