{"id":1728,"date":"2019-08-08T09:34:51","date_gmt":"2019-08-08T13:34:51","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blogs.magicjudges.org\/northeast\/?p=1728"},"modified":"2019-08-08T09:34:51","modified_gmt":"2019-08-08T13:34:51","slug":"welcome-to-august","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blogs.magicjudges.org\/northeast\/welcome-to-august\/","title":{"rendered":"Welcome to August"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Hey friends, welcome to August! As usual, here&#8217;s a little about what to expect this month.<\/p>\n<p><strong>News<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>&#8211; There was a recent announcement about the Judge Program moving over to Judge Academy in October. You can read more about that <a href=\"https:\/\/blogs.magicjudges.org\/northeast\/judge-academy-announcement\/\">here<\/a>, there are several related announcements linked.<\/p>\n<p>&#8211; <a href=\"https:\/\/apps.magicjudges.org\/recognitions\/\">Exemplar<\/a>\u00a0is open for nominations for Wave 18 until Tuesday, August 13th. After this wave, <a href=\"https:\/\/blogs.magicjudges.org\/exemplar\/exemplar-wave-18-and-beyond\/\">Exemplar is going on hiatus and making some changes<\/a>, so if you have someone you&#8217;d like to recognize, don&#8217;t wait!<\/p>\n<p><strong>Discord<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>&#8211; Note about the <a href=\"https:\/\/discordapp.com\/invite\/kb8fPwV\">Regional Discord Server<\/a>: If you&#8217;d like to have your level noted, please make sure that your display name for the server contains at least part of your name and is identifiable, then ask someone with the L3 or Leadership Council roles to assign your level.<\/p>\n<p>&#8211; The next <a href=\"https:\/\/discordapp.com\/invite\/kb8fPwV\">Discord<\/a> hangout\u00a0is Monday, August 19th from 8-9 pm. It\u2019s been mostly social but I\u2019m also always there to answer questions, feel free to drop in.<\/p>\n<p>&#8211; If you&#8217;re interested in hosting an educational or social discussion on Discord, let me know! I&#8217;ll post about it here.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Events<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>\u2013 In region tournaments and conferences with applications open right now can be found <a href=\"https:\/\/apps.magicjudges.org\/events\/?filter_region=7\">here<\/a>. We have several in region MCQs looking for judges right now. If you&#8217;re near the edge of the region, don&#8217;t forget to check out events hosted by our neighbors in <a href=\"https:\/\/apps.magicjudges.org\/events\/?filter_region=1\">Canada<\/a>, the <a href=\"https:\/\/apps.magicjudges.org\/events\/?filter_region=28\">Great Lakes<\/a>, and the <a href=\"https:\/\/apps.magicjudges.org\/events\/?filter_region=8\">Mid-Atlantic<\/a>!<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>As always, if there&#8217;s anything on your mind, feel free to contact me:<br \/>\n<a href=\"mailto:MissLinscott@gmail.com\">Email<\/a><br \/>\n<a href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/profile.php?id=1405966822\">Facebook<\/a><br \/>\n<a href=\"https:\/\/goo.gl\/forms\/6IBn1Ee7ZGa9pKgp1\">Slack<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Hey friends, welcome to August! As usual, here&#8217;s a little about what to expect this month. News &#8211; There was a recent announcement about the Judge Program moving over to Judge Academy in October. 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