Peoria Mini-Conference

Organizer: Zeke Davis
Judge manager: Samantha Short
Event type: Judge Conference
REL: N/A
Format: No Format
Event date(s): Dec. 15, 2018
Location: Peoria, Illinois, United States
Venue: Titan Games
4450 N. Prospect Rd C
Peoria Heights, IL 61616
Applications accepted through: Dec. 10, 2018

Event Information

Welcome to the application for another Central Region mini-conference!  This conference will be hosted by Titan Games, and will be foil supported.

For those of you who haven't heard about the way Central Region conferences will be working this year, let me fill you in.  Instead of running a few large conferences for our region, we will be running a lot of little conferences, all with foil support.  Since the smaller conference model allows cities without a ton of judges to still have a local conference, we're hoping that more judges will be able to come out and learn with us.  Because our aim is to allow the most number of unique judges possible to attend a conference in 2018, we will be giving priority to judges who have not yet been accepted to a 2018 conference.  Keep in mind, should you be planning to attend a conference closer to your city at a later date, by getting foils at this conference, you will be less likely to get them at that closer conference later.  But, if you just want to come to a bunch of conferences to hang out with great judges and learn from interesting and informative presentations, and you couldn't care less about the foil support, feel free to come to as many as you'd like.

Schedule: See forum post for schedule and presentation information.

 
This conference can accept 25 judges.
 
To be accepted, please write a cover letter.  Applications with no cover letter will be accepted at a lower priority.  Priority will be given to L1s and unseasoned L2s over more experienced judges.
 
Everyone who applies to the conference will be put as either "attendee" or "standby".  "Standby" means that, for one reason or another, you are not eligible for foils.  I am not actually declining anyone so that those who are not eligible for foils can still read the forum posts and get important conference information.
 
Testing for L1 and L2 will likely be available.  If you would like to test, make sure to mention it in your application, and be prepared to show us proof of your readiness when we follow up.  If you do not inform us beforehand, we are unlikely to test you at the conference.

Staff Members

Name Level Region Role
Joshua Collier
Level 2 (Judge Academy) USA - Plains Attendee
Zeke Davis
Level 2 (Judge Foundry) USA - Great Lakes Staff
Nathaniel Graham
Level 2 (Judge Academy) USA - Plains Staff
Jason Lauborough
Level 2 (Judge Academy) USA - Great Lakes Presenter
Samantha Short
Level 2 (Judge Academy) USA - Great Lakes Presenter
Karl Weisling
Level 2 (Judge Academy) USA - Great Lakes Attendee
Greg Atherton
Level 1 (Judge Academy) USA - Great Lakes Attendee
Jacob Gonzalez
Level 1 (Judge Academy) USA - Great Lakes Attendee
Grant Gordon
Level 1 (Judge Academy) USA - Great Lakes Attendee
Bryce Wanamaker
Level 1 (Judge Academy) USA - Great Lakes Standby
Richella Wyss
Level 1 (Judge Academy) USA - Plains Attendee
Chris Draggist
Uncertified USA - Great Lakes Attendee
Eric Levine
Uncertified USA - Pacific Northwest Staff
Andy Moore
Uncertified USA - Great Lakes Presenter