{"id":495,"date":"2017-03-30T06:13:40","date_gmt":"2017-03-30T06:13:40","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blogs.magicjudges.org\/riccardotessitori\/?p=495"},"modified":"2017-04-01T04:45:03","modified_gmt":"2017-04-01T04:45:03","slug":"my-view-on-program-coordinators","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blogs.magicjudges.org\/riccardotessitori\/2017\/03\/30\/my-view-on-program-coordinators\/","title":{"rendered":"My view on… Program Coordinators"},"content":{"rendered":"

What are the Program Coordinators?<\/u><\/strong><\/h2>\n

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Interesting question\u2026<\/p>\n

*I don\u2019t know.*<\/p>\n

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\u2026 and this exactly the point I want to make.<\/p>\n

Actually, it\u2019s the advice I want to give to the Program Coordinators:<\/p>\n

*Please, tell us what you are.*<\/p>\n

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OK, now, it may look that I have no idea at all; I fooled you, right?<\/p>\n

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\u2026 I have my own idea about what they can be, and I would like to share it with you, starting with a little history.<\/p>\n

First, a disclaimer: what you will read is my way to describe the past and the current roles in the judge program, so don\u2019t take them for the \u201cabsolute truth\u201d; this column is called \u201cMY view on\u2026\u201d and it means that I can describe the topics with some, well, poetry \ud83d\ude09<\/p>\n

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The old levels<\/u><\/strong><\/h2>\n

Until about a year ago, the Magic judge program had five levels.<\/p>\n

Level one and level two fluctuated a little in the years.<\/p>\n

When I started judging:<\/p>\n

L1 judges had to know the IPG and they were fewer, a lot fewer than today.<\/p>\n

L2 judges in my region were the ones entitled to head judge PTQs of 100 to 200 players<\/p>\n

L3 judges had a very low activity (at that precise time), but I was told that they had been more active in the past years and that there were very active L3s in the other countries. Yes, it was a period of change of \u201cjudge generation\u201d in my region.<\/p>\n

When I started travelling (2002), I met some L4 judges; I vaguely remember that they were very very few; the legendary Sheldon Menery was still a L3.<\/p>\n

When I became L3 (2003), there was only one L5, but it seems like he wasn\u2019t an active judge; he was the \u201cowner\u201d of the judge program, and I had no opportunity to know him well.<\/p>\n

After another year (2004), there was a very big change in the judge program, and we had the first L5s (they are the first class of the Hall of Fame).<\/p>\n

After a dozen of years (2016), there has been another very big change in the judge program, and we now have no more L4 and L5.<\/p>\n

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What were L4 and L5?<\/u><\/strong><\/h2>\n

I give you my very brief description of the levels:<\/p>\n

L1: the local rules expert, who takes care of local tournaments and communities.<\/p>\n

L2: the local tournament expert, who is able to operate in tournaments of any level and who guides the judges in his city\/area<\/p>\n

L3: the community expert, who, in addition of being a great tournament judge, takes care of the regional\/national community.<\/p>\n

Note: this description above now has a very specific role, with a name: Regional Coordinator.<\/p>\n

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OK, now we get to a level that doesn\u2019t exist anymore.<\/p>\n

L4: a very expert judge who is able to effectively run an event with thousands of players and up to a hundred of judges (it\u2019s much much much more than making announcements at the microphone and handling appeals!), who is able to take care of an area of the program and who is able to inspire all judges.<\/p>\n

Note: the description above is the sum of:<\/p>\n