Editor’s Note: This article is part of our series of highlighted exemplar recognitions. See our introduction post for all the details, or view all the posts in this series. This article was written by New Hampshire Area Rep Christopher Wendelboe.

Dan Collins is a Level 2 Judge from Toms River, New Jersey. His recognitions this wave are for work within the region and online:

Dan, I wanted to recognize you for your work on the Welcome Wagon and conference planning. Since taking over the Welcome Wagon from Joe, you have done a great job keeping it updated and relevant to the changing aspects of the program. I know that it has been a valuable resource to many new L1s. In addition, you have already put a great deal of work into the upcoming Judge Conference. Though you still have much work to do for the conference itself, I wanted to recognize the work you put into the conference proposal. You gathered a great deal of information about the conference you wanted to organize. This information was valuable in determining if the proposed conference made sense going forward. I look forward to seeing the work come to fruition. – Shawn Doherty

It was great seeing how involved you were with clarifying the Hidden Card Error infraction. There was a ton of discussion about this through Slack and the forums and you really took charge of making sure we got “o” responses and then getting that information out to the group at large. – Christopher Wendelboe

Dan, Thank you for taking an hour after an event to go over your feedback for me. Dropping a big review on me would have helped quench my thirst for feedback, but taking that time to go through the review and give me possible paths for improvement was even more helpful. – Jason Riendeau

Here’s what Christopher Wendelboe had to say about these recommendations:

Dan Collins, an L2 from Toms River in New Jersey, is yet another area rep we are shining a spotlight on. In addition to his work with that project, he is involved with this website, the L1 Welcome Wagon, Exemplar Metrics, and managing the Northeast Conference Coordination Group. He is an amazing asset to the program at events as well as online, where he regularly contributes to discussions on the forums and our Slack channels. When Hidden Card Error became a thing, Dan posed many challenging questions in regards to how the new infraction was to be handled in an attempt to help everybody understand how much things have changed. These efforts were extremely helpful in those early days and have helped many, including myself, to better understand that aspect of policy. Thank you Dan, for your dedication to the events you are on and to the program as a whole.