MagicFest Providence 2019

Organizer: CFB Events
Judge manager: CFBEvents Staff Manager
Event type: Grand Prix
REL: Competitive/Professional (GP)
Format: Team Limited
Event date(s): May 24, 2019-May 26, 2019
Location: Providence, Rhode Island, United States
Venue: Rhode Island Convention Center
1 Sabin St
Providence, RI 02903
USA
Applications accepted through: March 1, 2019

Event Information

CFB Events is excited to invite you to join an amazing community of people who will create some tremendously fun Magic: the Gathering experiences for guests of MagicFest Providence featuring the Grand Prix on May 24th - 26th, 2019. This application will allow you to apply to be a Judge or Operations Team Member for this event.

Please be sure to read the entire application carefully before applying. The application window will close at 11:59 PM (23:59) CST on Friday, March 1st, 2019.

2&3DayPositions

In an effort to create opportunities for as many people as possible, we are offering two day positions (Friday/Saturday & Saturday/Sunday) in addition to three day positions. Applicants available for two day positions will be given higher priority than those only available for three day positions. Please select only those groups of days for which you are available to work.

 

Most operations positions are three day commitments which require availability from Friday morning at 8:00 AM (8:00) through Sunday evening at 8:00 PM (20:00). As you are answering the application questions, please select only those groups of days for which you are available to work.

 

Expectations

Please note that you may apply for multiple roles, and may have more than one role over the course of the weekend. If you are selected as a judge, you may be asked to take on operations tasks if needed.

 

LEADS

Moving forward we will be staffing Leads exclusively through the CORE application and Lead applications will not be available on individual event postings. You can read more information here:

https://apps.magicjudges.org/forum/topic/46187/

 

SCOREKEEPERS

Scorekeepers are staffed exclusively through a seperate Scorekeeper application (similar to CORE) and applications will not be available on individual event posting. You can read more information here:

https://apps.magicjudges.org/forum/topic/46187/

 

JUDGES

If selected for a judging role, you may be asked to do any of the following:

 

If selected to judge, you will be expected to work a minimum of two days, either Friday/Saturday or Saturday/Sunday. Some number of judges will be selected to work all three days.

 

Judges working towards their Day Two Team-Lead-In-Training Position (“TLTP”) will receive the regular Floor Judge compensation rate. The judge assigned to supervise and assess a candidate for the TLTP certification will be selected from CORE Leadership.

 

Judges who have received the TLTP certification and are chosen to Team Lead on the Main Event will receive an extra box of the most recent Standard set in addition to their regular compensation for each day they are a Team Lead on the Main Event.

 

OPERATIONS

If selected for the Operations Team, you may be asked to work in one or more of the following areas:

 

Most Operations Team Members will be expected to work all three days, although a few may be scheduled to work Saturday and Sunday only.

 

ALL STAFF

The typical shift length is 10-12 hours with a one hour lunch break and at least one thirty minute break.  Typical shift length for leads is 10-14 hours with a one hour lunch break and at least one thirty minute break. Please note that leads on the main event are expected to work all of the rounds on Day One and through the end of the Top 8 on Day Two. In order to give us flexibility in scheduling the event, all Operations Team members are expected to be available from 8:00 AM (8:00) Friday morning until at least 8 PM (20:00) on Sunday.

 

If you are selected for this event, you are responsible for monitoring the event forum for important news prior to and during the event.

 

ThursdaySetup

We will need help on Thursday to assist with preparing the hall and other miscellaneous setup. Anyone selected to join us on Thursday will receive $150.00 plus two Booster Boxes or $270.00 for the day. Lunch will be provided.

 

This shift starts at 10:00 AM (10:00) on Thursday and continues until the room is fully set up for the MagicFest. This typically takes between ten (10) and twelve (12) hours. Our goal is to be completed by 8:00 PM (20:00). However, the shift can go later if all of the setup tasks are not complete. If you select this as an option, please be prepared for physical tasks, and please make sure you are available for the full day.

 

Strike

We always appreciate having a hard working and fun-loving crew to tear down the hall and pack up the equipment with us on Sunday night. The Strike shift will start at 4:00 PM (16:00) on Sunday and will go until the MagicFest is completely packed up (generally Midnight, (00:00), occasionally later). This shift has a 30 minute break. If selected, you will receive $300.00 plus two Booster Boxes or $420.00 for the shift. Please note that being selected for Sunday Strike means you won't be selected to be a judge or operations staff on Sunday morning; no staff member is meant to be scheduled to work two shifts in one day.

 

Please be prepared for physical work, both in your attire and capabilities. Lifting and loading are a large part of the duties. Because of this, you are free to wear whatever attire allows you to be the most comfortable and safe while doing this work. Please be aware that you will also be late in attending the staff party, which starts at 9:00 PM (21:00), but we always save a little extra cheer of for the Strike Team to celebrate a job well done!

 

Compensation

Staff members will receive both monetary and product compensation per day worked, as shown in the table below. If requested, CFBE will arrange sale of a staff member’s product to a third party prior to the MagicFest; this request must be submitted along with the staff scheduling survey, seven (7) weeks before the event. The default compensation rate is the mix of payment and product and staff members who fail to fill out the survey or fail to indicate that they prefer the all payment option will receive the payment plus product option. Please note that arranging sale of the product is an all or none decision and CFBE will not arrange partial sale of an individual staff member’s product.

 

Role

Payment + Product* Option (Daily Rate)

All Payment Option (Daily Rate)

Notes

Judge Staff

$150 + 2 boxes

$270

 

Operations Team

$150 + 2 boxes

$270

 

Event Setup Team

$150 + 2 boxes

$270

Thursday Only

Event Strike Team

$300 + 2 boxes

$420

Sunday Only

* Product will be in the form of boxes from the most recent standard set.

 

Paperwork

Please note that all staff are independent contractors and will be required to complete appropriate paperwork which includes a contract with CFB Events for this MagicFest.

 

You can see a copy of a blank contract here:

https://drive.google.com/open?id=1PCoM359ORAttBrkHebkmytD21yFpInMo

 

Please also note that all selected applicants will be checked against the National Sex Offender Registry located at https://www.nsopw.gov.

 

StaffParty

We love celebrating the hard work and fantastic job our team does at each and every event.  As usual, there will be a post event staff party with desserts, drinks, and lots and lots of drafting!  The party runs from 9:00 PM (21:00) until at least 12:00 AM (0:00) on Sunday night after the event. Information and location will be provided to staff during the weekend.  We hope that everyone on staff will be able to stay and join us for the festivities!

Staff Members

Name Level Region Role
John Alderfer
Level 5 (Judge Foundry) USA - Northeast Staff
Paul Baranay
Level 5 (Judge Foundry) USA - Northeast Appeals Judge
Abraham Corson
Level 5 (Judge Foundry) USA - Midatlantic Floor Judge
Shawn Doherty
Level 5 (Judge Foundry) USA - Midatlantic Floor Judge
Eliana Rabinowitz
Level 5 (Judge Foundry) USA - Pacific Northwest Floor Judge
Joseph Steet
Level 5 (Judge Foundry) USA - Northeast Floor Judge
W. Matt Williams
Level 5 (Judge Foundry) USA - Southeast Floor Judge
Seth Arar
Level 4 (Judge Foundry) USA - Northeast Floor Judge
Kyle Ryc
Level 4 (Judge Foundry) Canada - Eastern Provinces Floor Judge
Tobias Vyseri
Level 4 (Judge Foundry) Canada - Western Provinces Floor Judge
Michael Arrowsmith
Level 3 (Judge Foundry) USA - Northeast Floor Judge
Jurgen Baert
Level 3 (International Judge Program) BeNeLux Head 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 Staff
Adrian Estoup
Level 3 (International Judge Program) Hispanic America - South Floor Judge
Antonio Faillace
Level 3 (International Judge Program) Brazil Floor Judge
Jonah Kellman
Level 3 (Judge Academy) USA - Northeast Floor Judge
Jason Lemahieu
Level 3 (Judge Academy) USA - Great Lakes Staff
Elliot Raff
Level 3 (Judge Academy) USA - Midatlantic Floor Judge
John Shannon
Level 3 (Judge Foundry) USA - Northeast Floor Judge
Jacen Simon
Level 3 (Judge Foundry) USA - Northeast Floor Judge
Niels Viaene
Level 3 (Judge Academy) BeNeLux Floor Judge
Jason Wong
Level 3 (Judge Academy) Canada - Eastern Provinces Floor Judge
Beau
Level 2 (Judge Academy) USA - Midatlantic Floor Judge
Jordan Baker
Level 2 (Judge Foundry) USA - Great Lakes Scorekeeper
Guy Baldwin
Level 2 (Judge Academy) United Kingdom, Ireland, and South Africa Floor Judge
Michael Bauman
Level 2 (Judge Academy) USA - Northeast Floor Judge
Sierra Black
Level 2 (Judge Foundry) Canada - Eastern Provinces Floor Judge
Andrew Blizzard
Level 2 (Judge Foundry) USA - Northeast Staff
Leo Castellblanch
Level 2 (Judge Academy) USA - Northeast Staff
Mani Cavalieri
Level 2 (Judge Academy) USA - Northeast Floor Judge
Benjamin Coursey
Level 2 (Judge Academy) USA - Northeast Floor Judge
Chase Culpon
Level 2 (Judge Foundry) USA - Northeast Floor Judge
Joseph Curran
Level 2 (Judge Foundry) USA - Northeast Floor Judge
Jeffrey Darran
Level 2 (Judge Academy) USA - Midatlantic Scorekeeper
Kenny Dungar
Level 2 (Judge Academy) USA - Northeast Floor Judge
Alfred Dziewit
Level 2 (Judge Academy) USA - Southeast Floor Judge
Arseniy Egorov
Level 2 (Judge Academy) Russia and Russian-speaking countries Floor Judge
Adam Eidelsafy
Level 2 (Judge Foundry) USA - Northeast Floor Judge
Ben Eldridge
Level 2 (Judge Academy) USA - Northeast Floor Judge
Jeffrey Emery
Level 2 (Judge Academy) USA - Northeast Floor Judge
Janice Exel
Level 2 (Judge Academy) Canada - Eastern Provinces Floor Judge
Omar Gonzalez
Level 2 (International Judge Program) Hispanic America - North Floor Judge
Samuel Hammond
Level 2 (Judge Academy) USA - Northeast Floor Judge
Benjamin Harris
Level 2 (Judge Academy) USA - Midatlantic Floor Judge
Brett Horrocks
Level 2 (Judge Foundry) Canada - Eastern Provinces Floor Judge
Joshua Hudson
Level 2 (Judge Foundry) USA - Northeast Floor Judge
David Jimenez
Level 2 (International Judge Program) Hispanic America - North Floor Judge
Ian Kernohan
Level 2 (Judge Foundry) USA - Northeast Floor Judge
Dess Knight
Level 2 (Judge Academy) USA - Plains Staff
Tuvia Lerea
Level 2 (Judge Academy) USA - Northeast Floor Judge
Jessica Livingston
Level 2 (Judge Academy) USA - Southwest Staff
Jorge Lopez Morales
Level 2 (International Judge Program) Hispanic America - North Floor Judge
Scott Markwart
Level 2 (Judge Academy) USA - Great Lakes Floor Judge
Alex Martin
Level 2 (Judge Academy) USA - Northeast Floor Judge
Leonardo Martins
Level 2 (International Judge Program) Brazil Staff
Eli Meyer
Level 2 (Judge Foundry) USA - Northeast Floor Judge
Rick Miles
Level 2 (Judge Academy) Canada - Eastern Provinces Floor Judge
Erik Mock
Level 2 (Judge Academy) USA - Southeast Scorekeeper
Violet Moon
Level 2 (Judge Foundry) USA - Pacific West Floor Judge
Andy Parris
Level 2 (Judge Academy) USA - Northeast Floor Judge
Christina Paz
Level 2 (Judge Foundry) Canada - Eastern Provinces Floor Judge
Philip Phelps
Level 2 (Judge Foundry) USA - Midatlantic Floor Judge
Justin Purcell
Level 2 (Judge Academy) USA - Northeast Floor Judge
Norman Ralph
Level 2 (UK Magic Officials) United Kingdom, Ireland, and South Africa Scorekeeper
Meg Rickman
Level 2 (Judge Academy) USA - Midatlantic Floor Judge
Jason Riendeau
Level 2 (Judge Foundry) USA - Northeast Floor Judge
Vona Rustay
Level 2 (Judge Academy) USA - Northeast Floor Judge
Samantha Short
Level 2 (Judge Academy) USA - Great Lakes Floor Judge
Alexander Smith
Level 2 (Judge Academy) USA - Great Lakes Staff
Andrea Wallace
Level 2 (Judge Academy) USA - Southwest Staff
Hank Wiest
Level 2 (Judge Academy) USA - Northeast Floor Judge
Sam Wiles
Level 2 (Judge Foundry) USA - Midatlantic Floor Judge
Antonio Zanutto
Level 2 (International Judge Program) Brazil Floor Judge
Joseph Achille
Level 1 (Judge Foundry) USA - Northeast Floor Judge
Felipe Colussi-oliva
Level 1 (International Judge Program) Brazil Floor Judge
Stephen "Jack" Cummings
Level 1 (Judge Academy) USA - Great Lakes Staff
Rich DiLeo
Level 1 (Judge Academy) USA - Northeast Floor Judge
Allyson Eichorn
Level 1 (Judge Foundry) USA - Pacific West Floor Judge
Jose Alberto Estrada Diaz del Castillo
Level 1 (International Judge Program) Hispanic America - North Staff
Cody Gavigan
Level 1 (Judge Academy) USA - Northeast Staff
Daniel Haberek
Level 1 (Judge Academy) USA - Northeast Floor Judge
Tony Houst
Level 1 (Judge Academy) USA - Northeast Staff
Jenn O'Keefe
Level 1 (Judge Academy) USA - Northeast Floor Judge
Timothy Pittenger
Level 1 (Judge Academy) USA - Northeast Floor Judge
Joseph Sapp
Level 1 (Judge Academy) USA - Pacific West Staff
Kate Skelly
Level 1 (Judge Academy) USA - Northeast Floor Judge
Dylan Stephano-Shachter
Level 1 (Judge Academy) USA - Northeast Floor Judge
Kristin Allison
Uncertified USA - Great Lakes Scorekeeper
Zachary Apony
Uncertified USA - Northeast Floor Judge
Talia Bael
Uncertified USA - Northeast Floor Judge
Charlotte Descans
Uncertified BeNeLux Staff
Jason Flatford
Uncertified USA - Northeast Scorekeeper
Nicolas Glik
Uncertified Iberia Staff
Kacey Hogan
Uncertified USA - Southeast Staff
Emilia Jorge de Aratanha
Uncertified Brazil Staff
Isaac King
Uncertified Canada - Western Provinces Floor Judge
Ashley Kurtz
Uncertified USA - Northeast Staff
Megan Linscott
Uncertified USA - Northeast Floor Judge
Wouter Maenhaut
Uncertified BeNeLux Staff
Vanessa Nguyen
Uncertified USA - Pacific West Staff
David Nunez
Uncertified USA - Northeast Floor Judge
Maria Luiza Rodrigues Garcia
Uncertified Brazil Floor Judge
Jon Saso
Uncertified USA - Pacific West Tournament Organizer
Mashi Scanlan
Uncertified USA - Pacific West Staff
CFBEvents Staff Manager
Uncertified USA - Great Lakes Judge Manager