L1s – 1 \u201cany\u201d slot per wave
L2s – 1 L1 slot per wave, 1 \u201cany slot\u201d per wave
L3s – 1 L1 slot per wave, 1 L2 slot per wave, 1 \u201cAny\u201d slot per wave.
L4s – 1 L1 slot per wave, 1 L2 slot per wave, 2 \u201cAny\u201d slot per wave.
L5s – 1 L1 slot per wave, 1 L2 slot per wave, 3 \u201cAny\u201d slot per wave.<\/p><\/p>\n\n\n\n
Role Based Slots:<\/strong> I’m also going to plug the nominations from Wave JF01<\/a> again. If you haven’t read all the good things people are doing, you ought to! Maybe you’ll be inspired. Or maybe you’ll just get all misty-eyed as someone waxes poetic about one of your friends.<\/p>\n\n\n The goal of Exemplar is to highlight the exceptional actions of other judges. As part of that effort each wave we pick a recognition each wave to highlight, and as part of that recognition, we allow the recipient to take part in the creation of the token for the following wave. We evaluate nominations based on our criteria, and we vote for the one that we feel excels in all categories. <\/p>\n\n\n\n The Exemplar Program is pleased to announce that Wave 2\u2019s Vanguard is Khailyn Schaefer, an L3 from the Great Lakes region based on the recognition they received from PJ Wynn Moonsetter. Here’s what Wynn wrote:<\/span><\/p>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n Khailyn, I’m still mystified by how you are able to juggle your educational duties to your students, manage community aspects for your region as RA, and collaborate with others to upkeep MTG Judge Resources. Not to mention your continuous work on the Knowledge Pool project with Matt Muckle, which updates often! Community management and educational involvement can be a tireless endeavor, often asking for more from its facilitators than what might feel possible.<\/span> The more I interact with you and see what you value in others, as well as in yourself, the more I understand why you were drawn to nurturing these aspects – not just in your personal career, but in your judging career as well! Observing the effort you put into those various pursuits is nothing short of inspiring for those around you – it has even caused myself to look at reviving a previous project I managed. I look forward to seeing where this effort takes yourself and those that learn from you, as I’m sure it will be quite far. Thank you for all that you do!<\/div><\/span><\/p><\/p>\n\n\n\n This nomination covers multiple specific things, from Khailyn’s contributions to local growth to online collaboration on various projects. It’s also exemplary – so much so that PJ is talking about reviving one of their projects. (As an aside, if you’re reading this, you should also think about starting or joining a project!)<\/p><\/p>\n\n\n\n But we also wanted to call out another nomination, funnily enough written by<\/i> Khailyn, for Rob McKenzie<\/b><\/a>, an L5 from the Plains region. This nomination was neck and neck for the Vanguard spot, and we thought the only thing better than highlighting one great exemplar nomination was highlighting two (there are probably more better things, but we can’t count terribly high).<\/p><\/p>\n\n\n\n This is a great recognition. It starts fairly broad – big picture Here Are Things Rob Excels At – and then narrows scope to talk about a specific community effort Rob and some other MN judges pulled together. But not everyone can create a $1K tournament on short notice. Excellent large behaviors are built upon more subtle ones. Not recognition needs to be this long or cover such a big scope! Here are a few more examples of nominations that we think are pretty great.<\/p><\/p>\n\n\n\n Here we have a judge focused on creating a league for players as well as mentoring judges. And coordinating a space everyone can be at at the same time? Anyone that’s ever tried to run a D&D game knows that’s a difficult accomplishment.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Here we have an L1 writing tournament reports, making them publicly available and teaching others through their own experiences. Definitely something we want to hold up as something we would like more judges to emulate.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Here we have something I think is special on a few different axis. First, stepping outside your comfort zone to learn something new and help an event is great. Providing actionable feedback is awesome too. But here’s something subtle about this nomination: Erin Leonard is not a Judge Foundry member. This nominations was made via proxy. Why I think this bears mentioning, is that it’s one thing for someone to sit down and think about the impressive stuff they’ve seen another judge do. Its something else to impress someone so much that they tell someone else about you. <\/p>\n\n\n\n An exemplary action doesn’t have to be some grand, sweeping thing. It just has to be something we want to encourage more of. The next time you’re at an event, or a conference, or anywhere there’s another judge around, and you see something that makes you think, “Oh, that was great, I should start doing that immediately” or “I wish more people did this thing” – that is exemplary.<\/p>\n\n\n\n See something you think is worth shouting from the rooftops? Great! Tell us about by submitting a recognition here<\/a>. <\/p>\n\n\n\n
Regional Advocates – 3 Additional \u201cAny\u201d Slots
Area Communicators – 1 Additional “Any” Slot
Core Judge Foundry Project leads will receive additional \u201cAny\u201d slots tied to the size\/scope of the respective project.<\/p>\n\n\n\nWave 2 Vanguard<\/h2>\n\n\n
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<\/figure>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\nFrom Khailyn Schaefer to Rob McKenzie<\/h4>\n\n\n\n
From Kyle Evans to Sean Schumacher<\/h4>\n\n\n\n
From Cardan Wood to Alex Sowa<\/h4>\n\n\n\n
From Joe Klopchic to Garrick Brooks<\/h4>\n\n\n\n
Final Thoughts<\/h2><\/h3>\n\n\n\n