Announcing our 2019 Regional Captains – Who are they and what do they do?! For additional information about the Captain system, check out our article from last year’s selection process! Conference Captain – Andrew Keeler Our region’s Conference Captain will be the Area Captains’ point of contact for mini-conferences, mock tournaments, or even helping support someone […]
Tennessee to join the USA-Southeast Region
Mid-Atlantic and Southeast Judges: As Regional Coordinators, the most important part of our jobs is taking care of the judges in our region. This means helping facilitate interaction between judges, travel to in-region events and conferences, and taking advantage of proximity to other judges in order to pool knowledge and help each other grow. For […]
June Maintenance is LIVE
You’ve been hearing whispers since January. You may have even gotten a preview if you were flagged during Spot Maintenance. Either way, it’s time for our Regional Maintenance! So what does this mean? Below you’ll find the requirements for maintaining your Level 1 and Level 2 certifications. Level 3 Judges in the region will be […]
March Update (Judge Classes!)
Hello, friends! For this month’s blog post, I wanted to have a guest join us all the way from…well…Georgia. Nik Zitomer is our Region’s Education Captain, and he’s got some updates for us on the new Initiatives he’s been working on over the last month. Before we get into that post, I want to give […]
USA-SE Captains
Captains – Who are they and what do they do? Conference Captain – Jacob Smith Our region’s Conference Captain will be the Area Captains’ point of contact for mini-conferences, mock tournaments, or even helping support someone who might be hosting a large Regional Conference for the first time. I will work with them to coordinate […]
2018 Office Hours, Captains, Conferences, and Maintenance
Hey, there’s a lot to talk about today! Before we jump into things, I wanted to give an official “hello” to those of you I have not met! My name is Nicolette Apraez, I am a Level 3 in Georgia, and as of January 1st, I am the new Regional Coordinator of the USA-Southeast Region. […]
Judging in Your Spare Time! by David Maddox
Hello! My name is and I am a Level 2 judge from Thomasville, GA. One of the hardest parts about judging for me is finding the time to judge at various events. I own my own business, and often have to work Saturday mornings, the prime time for Magic Competitive REL events. In fact, at […]
Regional Online Judge Classes
It’s a new year, and now is a time of goal-setting and resolutions. For all of you out there with the goal of certifying for L2 this year, I’d like to suggest an upcoming online course as an option to help get you there! You may have seen recently posting in Regional FaceBook groups soliciting […]
State of the SE Region – November 2016
Good time of day, judges! This is the first in a series of monthly posts detailing the state of the region. This month, let’s see what we got. Big News I am awful at mailing exemplars and made a post on the regional Facebook telling people the status and to reach out if they have […]
Level Up: Telling Time
Hello all, This is the first, in what will be a semi-regular blog post on small tips and tricks designed to help you “level up” your judge skills. There are many resources dedicated to helping judges learn the rules, and understand policy, but smaller tips and tricks often don’t get the space they deserve. The […]