Greetings!

I am Rob McKenzie, your Judge Manager for GP Omaha. I strongly reccomend you read the entire event posting – this contains information you need to know for the GP, including how compensation is being handled (this is different from prior Legion GPs!) and how Standby judges are being handled.

Applications for judge staff for GP Omaha the weekend of January 10th-11th are now open. This event will be at the CenturyLink Center Omaha.

CenturyLink Center Omaha

Exhibit Hall A

455 North 10th ST

Omaha, NE 68102

The main event will be Modern and the head judge will be Chris Richter.

Application dates / process

Applications are open now and will close on Sunday, November 9th. Staffing will be announced as soon as we can after the application window has closed. Expect this to be no less than 8 weeks before the event, and expect to know if you are scheduled for Friday no less than 6 weeks before the event.

Compensation

All certified judges selected for staff will receive compensation in the form of cash and MTG product.

We reserve the right to increase pay on a per-event basis, provide other promotional items, or provide other inducements on a per-person or per-event basis.  These compensation levels are minimums, not maximums. 

EDIT:

Due to a misunderstanding on my part, I posted slightly incorrect pay numbers for L3+ judges.  The goal was to pay an amount per day that put them under the 1099 limit, but my understanding of the 1099 requirements was not clear.  I have adjusted the L3+ payment slightly (It is now based on $299 a day) in order to avoid having to 1099 an L3 that works only one event for Legion.  My apologies for the mistake.

Carpool Bonus

If you bring multiple judges that are accepted as either standby or staff and are carpooling, we are offering a carpool incentive of $50 per judge in a single car.  This is being provided to the driver of the carpool to defray gas.

There will be a google doc posted on the event forum that you can use to generate a carpool.  This doc will be used by us to verify the size of your carpool, and thus what incentive the driver receives.  If your carpool is not listed in this doc, you will not be getting the carpool incentive.

As a reminder for drivers, it is strongly encouraged to use a milage deduction for this event on your taxes.  The 2014 federal milage deduction is $.56 per mile, which for most drivable cities will make the cost of travel deductible.

General Information

---Foils

There are no judge foils being provided to judges that attend GP Omaha.  Please be aware of this when applying and making travel plans.

---Hotel

There is no hotel sponsorship for this event. Judges are expected to make their own arrangements regarding where they stay.  The compensation provided is expected to cover hotel costs.

You can find some information on hotels in the area around the convention center here:

http://www.visitomaha.com/visitors/hotels/

Once our hotel block is finalized, that will be posted in the event forum.

Once staff has been selected it is recommended that you make contact with other judges to get hotel rooms. A link to a Google Doc sheet with hotel sharing information will be posted on the event forum after staff selection has been completed.

Certification testing

We will be offering L1 and L2 certification. If you are an L1 and interested in testing for L2 at this event make sure to include the following information in your application:

• How long you have been a L1 judge?
• Who tested you and at what event?
• What events you have worked? (It does not need to be complete, just a few for examples)
• Some other judges you have worked with.
• The score of your last L2 practice (and the date taken)
• Your status on the L2 pre-certification requirements, found at http://wiki.magicjudges.org/en/w/Judge_Levels#Level_2_-_Area_Judge

If you know of anyone that is L0 and interested in testing for L1 at this GP, please have them email me at rob@legionevents.com. We may still accept ‘walk ups’ but getting information from interested judge candidates beforehand would be useful.

Standby Judging

If you plan to apply as a Standby Judge, there are a few things you should know:

All Standy Judges must be available for Saturday. We may activate people Friday if there are unusual numbers of side events, but the primary goal of Standby is to provide Judges for the main event on Saturday.

All Standby Judges must be L2+. We will not be accepting L1 Judges as Standby, as we won't activate you to be on the floor of the main event on Saturday. This is a change from prior Legion Standby policy.

All Standby Judges will recieve free main event entry. This will be in the form of a coupon usuable to reduce the cost of online pre-registration by $60 (the cost of a normal main event entry). In order to make use of your free main event entry, you must preregister online. Your coupon will be usable exactly once, and is non-transferrable. Please do not attempt to trade or give away your coupon, this is free entry just for you. You may preregister online until midnight Friday January 9th. If you fail to preregister online, you will not be entered into the main event. If you pay for additional bonuses (like Sleep-In Special or VIP) and are activated for the main event, you will have those costs refunded within 7 days of the event.

Info needed in application

-Which days you are available to work. (Most judges will be expected to work Saturday and Sunday, we will need a few for the Grinders that start on Friday. Also be sure to note if you can work later on Sunday evening.)

-If you wish to test for L2 (be sure to include information requested in the above section)

-Any special requests or needs, comments or concerns.

Application type:

If you wish to be on staff you need to select 'Full Sponsorship.'

If you are able to be added as a replacement or at the event itself select 'Standby.'

You can choose to select both if wish to be considered for staff and want the potential to be added if initially declined.