{"id":1248,"date":"2026-10-20T01:59:18","date_gmt":"2026-10-20T01:59:18","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blogs.magicjudges.org\/exemplar\/?p=1248"},"modified":"2026-10-20T01:59:18","modified_gmt":"2026-10-20T01:59:18","slug":"judge-foundry-exemplar-program-wave-4-is-released-and-wave-5-begins","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blogs.magicjudges.org\/exemplar\/judge-foundry-exemplar-program-wave-4-is-released-and-wave-5-begins\/","title":{"rendered":"Judge Foundry Exemplar Program Wave 4 is Released and Wave 5 Begins!"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<div class=\"wp-block-columns is-layout-flex wp-container-core-columns-is-layout-8f761849 wp-block-columns-is-layout-flex\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-column is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\" style=\"flex-basis:33.33%\">\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"227\" height=\"222\" src=\"http:\/\/blogs.magicjudges.org\/exemplar\/files\/2025\/07\/Exemplar_200_200.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-1102\" \/><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">Written By Bryan Prillaman<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-column is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\" style=\"flex-basis:66.66%\">\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">We have three announcements for this update. <br><br>First, Wave 4 Recognitions have been published. If you received a recognition, it will be visible <a href=\"http:\/\/apps.magicjudges.org\/recognitions\/\">here<\/a>. You can use the<a href=\"https:\/\/apps.magicjudges.org\/recognitions\/search\/?creator=&amp;creator_id=&amp;subject=&amp;subject_id=&amp;window=24&amp;text=&amp;targetpage=\">\u00a0search tool<\/a>\u00a0to see all the awesome things your fellow judges are doing: at home, at events, online, or in their community. The search tool will also allow you to read recognitions from the previous waves under the legacy program.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Second,  we are announcing that Wave 4 of the Judge Foundry Exemplar Program is already open.  If you missed the deadline for submitting a recognition last wave, go ahead and write those today!  It will open <strong>TODAY<\/strong>\u00a0and will close\u00a0<strong>Tuesday January 5th at midnight PST<\/strong>.  Judges will have the same number and types of slots as they did for the previous waves:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>Level Based Slots<\/strong>:<br>L1s \u2013 1 \u201cany\u201d slot per wave<br>L2s \u2013 1 L1 slot per wave, 1 \u201cany slot\u201d per wave<br>L3s \u2013 1 L1 slot per wave, 1 L2 slot per wave, 1 \u201cAny\u201d slot per wave.<br>L4s \u2013 1 L1 slot per wave, 1 L2 slot per wave, 2 \u201cAny\u201d slot per wave.<br>L5s \u2013 1 L1 slot per wave, 1 L2 slot per wave, 3 \u201cAny\u201d slot per wave.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>Role Based Slots:<\/strong><br>Regional Advocates \u2013 3 Additional \u201cAny\u201d Slots<br>Area Communicators \u2013 1 Additional \u201cAny\u201d Slot<br>Core Judge Foundry Project leads will receive additional \u201cAny\u201d slots tied to the size\/scope of the respective project.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Finally, I want to give an update on the token printing.  We hit some delays and our formatter\/printer was unable to meet our timelines.  We are still committed to making this happen, and are in talks with another   token creator.  The plan has shifted to printing and providing the whole years worth of tokens all at once. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Stay tuned for our next article where we highlight a few nominations we particularly liked from this last Wave<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Until next time, stay awesome!<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>We have three announcements for this update. First, Wave 4 Recognitions have been published. If you received a recognition, it will be visible here. You can use the\u00a0search tool\u00a0to see all the awesome things your fellow judges are doing: at home, at events, online, or in their community. 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