{"id":123,"date":"2018-02-07T03:45:58","date_gmt":"2018-02-07T03:45:58","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blogs.magicjudges.org\/southeast\/?p=123"},"modified":"2018-02-07T03:45:58","modified_gmt":"2018-02-07T03:45:58","slug":"usa-se-captains","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blogs.magicjudges.org\/southeast\/2018\/02\/07\/usa-se-captains\/","title":{"rendered":"USA-SE Captains"},"content":{"rendered":"

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Captains – Who are they and what do they do?<\/strong><\/h2>\n

Conference Captain<\/strong> – Jacob Smith<\/p>\n

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 foil allocations, number of conferences, what areas have had events recently, and all else conference. Jacob is NOT responsible for organizing every mini-conference, but is instead a point of contact to ensure someone who wants to organize a conference doesn’t have to do it alone and from scratch.<\/p>\n

Education Captain<\/strong>\u00a0– Nik Zitomer<\/p>\n

Our Region’s Education Captain and I will help to organize, consolidate, and share current education materials and efforts between Area Captains, as well as others wanting to run Online or In-Person Classes. Nik has been running classes since before I even moved to Atlanta, and over the past few years we’ve grown and developed our shared resources. I’m excited to expand education efforts to the entire region, and look forward to bringing many new judges into our wonderful community, as well as building those already here.<\/p>\n

Area Captains<\/strong> are meant to be \u201cpoint people\u201d in their area \u2013 they help judge candidates connect with mentors, stores connect with judges, give feedback about up-and-coming judges, and know the judges and stores in their local areas well. They are by NO means the only ones allowed to run conferences, test judges, or work with stores! However, it helps to have a single point of contact who is familiar with the area and can help connect people to the best person for each particular job. The Area Captains for our region are below:<\/p>\n

Area Captain (Mississippi) –\u00a0Steven L. Romero<\/p>\n

Area Captain (Alabama) –\u00a0Gary Roland<\/p>\n

Area Captain (North Georgia\/Atlanta Area) –\u00a0Adam Blaylock<\/p>\n

Area Captain (South\/East Georgia) –\u00a0Michael Starr<\/p>\n

Area Captain (South Carolina) –\u00a0Brendan Whatley<\/p>\n

Area Captain (North Florida\/Panhandle) –\u00a0Benjamin Bloodworth<\/p>\n

Area Captain (Central Florida) –\u00a0Matthew Newnam<\/p>\n

Area Captain (South Florida\/Keys) – Casey Sutliff<\/p>\n

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What\u00a0don\u2019t<\/em>\u00a0Captains do?<\/h2>\n

The USA North made some great clarifications on what Captains do and don’t do, which I’ve included below as reference.<\/p>\n

Captains don\u2019t have to solve all problems themselves. \u00a0They are enablers \u2013 they exist to help people connect with other people. \u00a0They aren\u2019t responsible for certifying or mentoring everyone themselves, and will probably connect you to someone else.\u00a0 That\u2019s what they are supposed to do!<\/p>\n

Captains don\u2019t arbitrate disputes between stores, judges, players, or Wizards of the Coast. \u00a0If there is an issue with a judge,\u00a0contact the Regional Coordinator<\/a>. \u00a0If there is an issue with a store doing something like breaking street date, report that to\u00a0investigations@wizards.com<\/a>. \u00a0If you have an issue with a player, write up the details and\u00a0pass it to the Regional Coordinator<\/a>, who can open a case with the Player Investigations Committee.<\/p>\n

Captains don\u2019t force judges to judge events \u2013 they help find judges, but judges aren\u2019t required to judge any particular event. \u00a0Being hired for an event is between the judge and the Tournament Organizer. \u00a0If a judge has agreed to judge an event and backed out or done something bad related to that event, please\u00a0contact the Regional Coordinator<\/a>, who handles conduct disputes. \u00a0(If you would rather be anonymous or the issue is with the Regional Coordinator, the\u00a0Magic Judge Feedback Form<\/a>\u00a0is available.)<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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 […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":159,"featured_media":111,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":"","_links_to":"","_links_to_target":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[4],"language":[],"class_list":["post-123","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-uncategorized","tag-regional-coordinator"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.magicjudges.org\/southeast\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/123","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.magicjudges.org\/southeast\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.magicjudges.org\/southeast\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.magicjudges.org\/southeast\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/159"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.magicjudges.org\/southeast\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=123"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.magicjudges.org\/southeast\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/123\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":125,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.magicjudges.org\/southeast\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/123\/revisions\/125"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.magicjudges.org\/southeast\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/111"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.magicjudges.org\/southeast\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=123"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.magicjudges.org\/southeast\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=123"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.magicjudges.org\/southeast\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=123"},{"taxonomy":"language","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.magicjudges.org\/southeast\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/language?post=123"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}