Canada East and West The RAs of these regions, Chris H. and Cardan W., wanted to highlight a Judge Conference occurring on Thursday, August 20th in Toronto, Canada at Face-to-Face: Command Fest Toronto. If you want to know more about this Judge Conference or apply to attend, take a peek at the JudgeApps event. Thank […]
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So, you are thinking about writing a review to give a fellow judge the gift of feedback. That’s great! Whether you just worked your second event of the year or your twentieth, writing a review is a great way to wrap things up and get ready for whatever’s next. Here are a couple tips to
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Judge Foundry is pleased to announce that the election process for Board of Directors and Regional Advocate positions is starting now! Judge Foundry is led by a five-member Board of Directors. Each of the eleven regions is represented by a Regional Advocate. Our bylaws require an election for a new Board of Directors be held
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Quick, gather your notebooks, pens, and calculators; school is in session for the Secrets of Strixhaven Set Update Quizzes! For this season, there is a standard quiz for Level Two and Level Three Judges, and an advanced quiz for Level Four and Level Five Judges. Each quiz is five questions: four on rules and one
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As summer rolls along, it’s time to start looking ahead to one of the most important events on the Judge Foundry calendar: our Annual Meeting. This year’s Annual Meeting will take place in September in the Seattle area. After considering our options, the Board has selected a venue that best matches our organization’s needs: the
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As I collaborate and reflect with regional leadership and judges at events, the same questions keep getting posed to me: Khailyn, does my Grant need to be MTG focused? Can they pay me for the work that I do? – No, your Grant does not need to be MTG focused. The Grants Committee is actually
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Northeast The RA of this region, Dennis Bradford, wanted to highlight a Judge Conference occurring on Sunday, April 26th in Bernardsville, New Jersey at The Bearded Dragon Games. If you want to know more about this Judge Conference, apply to attend, or help Dennis administer higher-level advancement exams, take a peek at the JudgeApps event.
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Last year, Judge Foundry sponsored a year-long review contest. This year it’s back, bigger, and better! More than $1700 of judge’s dues will go back out to the community in this contest, rewarding multiple regions for their collective efforts and at least ten judges for investing time and energy in their fellow judges. As with
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Northeast The RA of this region, Dennis Bradford, wanted to highlight a Judge Conference occurring on Sunday, April 26th in Bernardsville, New Jersey at The Bearded Dragon Games. If you want to know more about this Judge Conference, apply to attend, or help Dennis administer higher-level advancement exams, take a peek at the JudgeApps event.
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Running a conference is a fun way to gather judges and candidates, help people learn magic rules and policy, and find ways to build community in your area, as well as help people learn and grow as people themselves. Many skills of judging are very useful in other careers and in the community, so we
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