Grand Prix Houston 2016 (Judge)

Organizer: ChannelFireball
Judge manager: Christopher Richter
Event type: Grand Prix
REL: Competitive/Professional (GP)
Format: Standard
Event date(s): Feb. 26, 2016-Feb. 28, 2016
Location: Houston, Texas, United States
Venue: George R. Brown Convention Center
1001 Avenida De Las Americas
Houston, TX 77010
Applications accepted through: Dec. 18, 2015

Event Information

On behalf of ChannelFireball, I want to thank you for your interest in working at Grand Prix: Houston 2016! The dates for this event are February 26-28, 2016. Please be sure to read the entire application carefully before applying. The application window will close on Friday December 18, 2015.

Expectations


This application covers judging roles, including the Main Event, Scheduled Side Events, and On Demand Events. If you are only interested in ADMINISTRATIVE roles such as Registration, Customer Service, Prize Wall, V.I.P., or Artist Alley, please apply to the Admin Application posted concurrently with this post. Please note that you may apply to both applications, though you will only be selected through one.  If you are selected for judge staff, you may still be asked to do take on administrative roles if needed.  If selected for a judging role, you may be asked to do any of the following:

You may send any questions regarding the above information specifically or your application in general to judge@channelfireball.com or mashi@channelfireball.com. 

If you are selected for staff, please check the forum periodically for important news.

Tangible Benefits For You
All staff members will receive a Grand Prix: Houston JUDGE playmat in addition to the following: 

Saturday Extended Shift

In an effort to continue evolving the Grand Prix experience we are seeking out judges who would like to volunteer to work shifts that will last as long as the full nine rounds of the Main Event.  This will allow us to have more stability for the judge staff, create a more consistent experience for players, and offers some of you the opportunity to make more over the course of the weekend.  If you are interested in volunteering for this, please indicate so on your application. The additional compensation for the extended Saturday shift is:

If you have volunteered for the Saturday Extended Shift and are selected for the event you will be informed as to whether you will have the Saturday Extended Shift at the time of your selection, so that you can make an informed decision regarding your ability to join us at the event.

Status types
You may apply for one or both statuses: Confirmed or Standby.

Please apply for all status types you will accept. If you select Standby and Confirmed, we will consider you for Confirmed staff first. If you select Confirmed, but do not select Standby, we will not consider you for Standby.

Paperwork
Please note that all staff members are independent contractors and will be required to complete US tax paperwork prior to beginning their shift. 

The I-9 form is only required once; however the remaining paperwork is required for each ChannelFireball Grand Prix, even if you have previously completed these forms for ChannelFireball.

Hotel
We have arranged a discounted room block at the Hyatt Regency Houston. The hotel is close to the convention center and rates start at $99.99 / Night. Rooms are available for reservation until Monday January 25th or until the room block is fully booked, whichever comes first.

Hyatt Regency Houston
1200 Louisiana Street
Houston, TX 77002

(713) 654-1234

To reserve your room, please visit the link below:

https://aws.passkey.com/g/54444377

As noted above, if there are any questions about any part of this feel free to contact either judge@channelfireball.com or mashi@channelfireball.com.

Thank you, and hope to see you at Grand Prix: Houston 2016!

 

Staff Members

Name Level Region Role
John Alderfer
Level 5 (Judge Foundry) USA - Northeast Staff
Shawn Doherty
Level 5 (Judge Foundry) USA - Midatlantic Floor Judge
Travis Lauro
Level 5 (Judge Foundry) Canada - Western Provinces Floor Judge
John Brian McCarthy
Level 5 (Judge Foundry) USA - Midatlantic Floor Judge
Eliana Rabinowitz
Level 5 (Judge Foundry) USA - Pacific Northwest Floor Judge
W. Matt Williams
Level 5 (Judge Foundry) USA - Southeast Floor Judge
Amanda Coots
Level 4 (Judge Foundry) USA - Southwest Floor Judge
Scott Marshall
Level 4 (Judge Foundry) USA - Southwest Floor Judge
Nicolette Apraez
Level 3 (Judge Academy) USA - Southeast Floor Judge
Michael Arrowsmith
Level 3 (Judge Foundry) USA - Northeast Floor Judge
Meg Baum
Level 3 (Judge Academy) USA - Great Lakes Floor Judge
Eric Dustin Brown
Level 3 (Judge Academy) USA - Midatlantic Floor Judge
CJ Crooks
Level 3 (Judge Foundry) USA - Midatlantic Floor Judge
David Hibbs
Level 3 (Judge Foundry) USA - Southwest Floor Judge
Damián Hiller
Level 3 (Judge Academy) Hispanic America - South Head Judge
Nate Hurley
Level 3 (Judge Academy) USA - Southwest Floor Judge
Jason Lemahieu
Level 3 (Judge Academy) USA - Great Lakes Staff
Bryan Spellman
Level 3 (Judge Academy) USA - Southwest Floor Judge
John Temple
Level 3 (Judge Academy) USA - Great Lakes Floor Judge
Ronald Thompson
Level 3 (Judge Academy) USA - Pacific Northwest Floor Judge
Riva Arecol
Level 2 (Judge Academy) USA - Northeast Floor Judge
Nathaniel Bass
Level 2 (Judge Academy) USA - South Central Floor Judge
Casey Brefka
Level 2 (Judge Academy) USA - South Central Standby
Joe Brooks
Level 2 (Judge Academy) USA - Southwest Floor Judge
Mike Combs
Level 2 (Judge Academy) USA - Plains Floor Judge
Jason Daniels
Level 2 (Judge Academy) USA - Southwest Standby
Jonathan Dean
Level 2 (Judge Academy) USA - Southwest Floor Judge
Kyle Evans
Level 2 (Judge Foundry) USA - Southwest Floor Judge
Jeremy Fain
Level 2 (Judge Academy) USA - Northeast Floor Judge
Jeph Foster
Level 2 (Judge Academy) USA - Midatlantic Floor Judge
Justin Gardner
Level 2 (Judge Academy) USA - Plains Floor Judge
Billy Gilmore
Level 2 (Judge Foundry) USA - Plains Floor Judge
Casey Hanford
Level 2 (Judge Academy) USA - Plains Floor Judge
Tim Hardick
Level 2 (Judge Foundry) USA - Southwest Standby
Caitlyn Hebert
Level 2 (Judge Academy) USA - Pacific Northwest Floor Judge
Matthew Hoskins
Level 2 (Judge Academy) USA - Southwest Standby
Alex Jacques
Level 2 (Judge Foundry) USA - Plains Floor Judge
Ben Johnston
Level 2 (Judge Academy) USA - Southwest Floor Judge
Alex Kelemen
Level 2 (Judge Academy) USA - Pacific West Floor Judge
Brogan King
Level 2 (Judge Academy) USA - Midatlantic Floor Judge
Eric LeBlanc
Level 2 (Judge Academy) USA - South Central Floor Judge
Jessica Livingston
Level 2 (Judge Academy) USA - Southwest Floor Judge
Josh McCurley
Level 2 (Judge Foundry) USA - Northeast Floor Judge
Eli Meyer
Level 2 (Judge Foundry) USA - Northeast Floor Judge
Ian Murillo
Level 2 (Judge Foundry) USA - Southwest Standby
Mitchell Nitz
Level 2 (Judge Foundry) USA - Southwest Floor Judge
Ben Petrila
Level 2 (Judge Academy) USA - Southwest Floor Judge
Jonathan Reasoner
Level 2 (Judge Foundry) USA - Southwest Floor Judge
Jason Riendeau
Level 2 (Judge Foundry) USA - Northeast Floor Judge
Krystal Rose
Level 2 (Judge Academy) USA - Pacific Northwest Floor Judge
Nicholas Sabin
Level 2 (Judge Academy) USA - Midatlantic Floor Judge
Chris Schafer
Level 2 (Judge Academy) USA - Plains Floor Judge
Jim Shuman
Level 2 (Judge Academy) USA - Southwest Floor Judge
JD Smith
Level 2 (Judge Academy) USA - Southwest Floor Judge
Alex Tune
Level 2 (Judge Academy) USA - Southwest Floor Judge
Chris Vlastelica
Level 2 (Judge Academy) USA - Southwest Floor Judge
Ben Wallace
Level 2 (Judge Academy) USA - Southwest Floor Judge
Trevor Baker
Level 1 (Judge Academy) USA - Pacific Northwest Staff
Matthew Johnson
Level 1 (Judge Academy) USA - Pacific West Floor Judge
Joshua Quimby
Level 1 (Judge Foundry) USA - Southwest Standby
Nathan Wang
Level 1 (Judge Academy) USA - Pacific West Floor Judge
Yuki Wong
Level 1 (Judge Academy) USA - Southwest Standby
Brandon Arsenault
Uncertified USA - Pacific Northwest Floor Judge
Emma Bareis
Uncertified USA - Southwest Floor Judge
Kevin Binswanger
Uncertified USA - Southwest Floor Judge
Katie Bishop
Uncertified USA - Northeast Floor Judge
Brian Bradshaw
Uncertified USA - Southeast Floor Judge
Steven Briggs
Uncertified USA - Great Lakes Floor Judge
Robert Brown
Uncertified USA - Southwest Floor Judge
David Carroll
Uncertified USA - Southwest Floor Judge
Evan Cherry
Uncertified USA - Southwest Staff
William Colton
Uncertified USA - Southwest Standby
Jason Crone
Uncertified USA - Southwest Standby
Jess Dunks
Uncertified USA - Southeast Floor Judge
Daniel Dusang
Uncertified USA - Southwest Standby
Jarrod Feight
Uncertified USA - Southwest Floor Judge
Robert Forrest
Uncertified USA - South Central Floor Judge
Greg Lauro
Uncertified USA - Pacific West Floor Judge
Juan Mendoza
Uncertified USA - South Central Standby
Wayne Miller
Uncertified USA - Southwest Floor Judge
Justin Miyashiro
Uncertified USA - Southwest Floor Judge
Scott Neiwert
Uncertified USA - Pacific Northwest Floor Judge
Phillip Painter
Uncertified USA - Pacific West Floor Judge
Christopher Richter
Uncertified USA - Great Lakes Judge Manager
Zach Robinson
Uncertified USA - Pacific Northwest Floor Judge
Joshua Rylander
Uncertified USA - Southwest Standby
Jon Saso
Uncertified USA - Pacific West Tournament Organizer
Mashi Scanlan
Uncertified USA - Pacific West Staff
Tanner Sorensen
Uncertified USA - Southwest Floor Judge
Jacob Sudds
Uncertified USA - Southwest Floor Judge
Jasonn Tate
Uncertified USA - Southwest Standby
Jeffrey Vandenberg
Uncertified USA - Pacific Northwest Floor Judge
Markus Wilson
Uncertified USA - Southwest Standby
Andrew Wilson
Uncertified USA - Southwest Floor Judge
Montell Wright
Uncertified USA - Southwest Floor Judge