MagicFest Montréal 2019

Organizer: CFB Events
Judge manager: CFBEvents Staff Manager
Event type: Grand Prix
REL: Competitive/Professional (GP)
Format: Sealed Deck
Event date(s): Oct. 4, 2019-Oct. 6, 2019
Location: Montréal, Quebec, Canada
Venue: Place Bonaventure
800 Rue De La Gauchetière Ouest
Montréal, QC H5A 1K6
Canada
Applications accepted through: July 12, 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 Montréal featuring the Grand Prix on October 4th - 6th, 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, July 12th, 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.

 

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). Judges interested in joining the Friday staff are required to be available at 1:00 PM (13:00) at the latest, and for those applying to a Sunday position, the expectation is that you'll be available until at least 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

Judge Leads are staffed exclusively through the CORE application and Lead applications are not be available on individual event postings. You can read more information here:

https://apps.magicjudges.org/events/11708/

 

SCOREKEEPERS

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

https://apps.magicjudges.org/events/11710/

 

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 interested in joining the Friday staff are required to be available at 1:00 PM (13:00) at the latest, and for those applying to a Sunday position, the expectation is that you're available until at least 8:00 PM (20:00).

 

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 200 CAD plus two Booster Boxes or 350 CAD 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 400 CAD plus two Booster Boxes or 550 CAD 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

200 CAD + 2 boxes

350 CAD

 

Operations Team

200 CAD + 2 boxes

350 CAD

 

Event Setup Team

200 CAD + 2 boxes

350 CAD

Thursday Only

Event Strike Team

400 CAD + 2 boxes

550 CAD

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 Tournament Center, the company handling all staffing for this MagicFest.  Submission of Tax and/or TIN information (for example, a Social Security Number in the United States) is required in order to work at this event.

 

You can see a copy of a blank Tournament Center contract here:

https://drive.google.com/file/d/17v929J1ltnHd6SdPyntpkzsOz0l5mwGn/view?usp=sharing

 

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
Abraham Corson
Level 5 (Judge Foundry) USA - Midatlantic Floor Judge
Brook Gardner-Durbin
Level 5 (Judge Foundry) USA - Great Lakes Floor Judge
Jon Goud
Level 5 (Judge Foundry) Canada - Eastern Provinces Floor Judge
Florian Horn
Level 5 (International Judge Program) France Floor Judge
Àre Maturana
Level 5 (International Judge Program) France Floor Judge
John Brian McCarthy
Level 5 (Judge Foundry) USA - Midatlantic Appeals Judge
Steven Zwanger
Level 5 (Judge Foundry) USA - Midatlantic Floor Judge
Michael Hill
Level 4 (Judge Foundry) Canada - Eastern Provinces Floor Judge
Kyle Ryc
Level 4 (Judge Foundry) Canada - Eastern Provinces Floor Judge
Tobias Vyseri
Level 4 (Judge Foundry) Canada - Western Provinces Floor Judge
Ryan Wood
Level 4 (Judge Foundry) USA - Pacific Northwest Floor Judge
Jurgen Baert
Level 3 (International Judge Program) BeNeLux Head Judge
Jona Bemindt
Level 3 (Judge Academy) BeNeLux Staff
Diego Bolaños
Level 3 (International Judge Program) Hispanic America - North Staff
Kevin Desprez
Level 3 (Judge Academy) France Appeals Judge
Samuel Duralde
Level 3 (Judge Foundry) USA - Pacific Northwest Floor Judge
Antonio Faillace
Level 3 (International Judge Program) Brazil Floor Judge
Jonah Kellman
Level 3 (Judge Academy) USA - Northeast Floor Judge
Elliot Raff
Level 3 (Judge Academy) USA - Midatlantic Floor Judge
Gerard Trpin
Level 3 (International Judge Program) France Floor Judge
Emilien Wild
Level 3 (International Judge Program) BeNeLux Floor Judge
Jason Wong
Level 3 (Judge Academy) Canada - Eastern Provinces Floor Judge
Remy Abdelatty
Level 2 (Judge Foundry) Canada - Eastern Provinces Staff
Christian Aguilar
Level 2 (Judge Academy) USA - Northeast Floor Judge
Alice Araujo
Level 2 (International Judge Program) Brazil Scorekeeper
Jordan Baker
Level 2 (Judge Foundry) USA - Great Lakes Scorekeeper
Sierra Black
Level 2 (Judge Foundry) Canada - Eastern Provinces Floor Judge
Jeremy Blackwell
Level 2 (Judge Academy) Canada - Eastern Provinces Floor Judge
Andrew Blizzard
Level 2 (Judge Foundry) USA - Northeast Floor Judge
Kris Burningham
Level 2 (Judge Academy) Canada - Eastern Provinces Floor Judge
Tyrone Cabral
Level 2 (Judge Academy) Canada - Western Provinces Floor Judge
Dominik Chłobowski
Level 2 (Judge Academy) Canada - Eastern Provinces Floor Judge
Jason Clark
Level 2 (Judge Foundry) Canada - Western Provinces Floor Judge
Adam Cousins
Level 2 (Judge Academy) Canada - Eastern Provinces Floor Judge
Jeffrey Darran
Level 2 (Judge Academy) USA - Midatlantic Scorekeeper
Peter Davies
Level 2 (Judge Foundry) Canada - Western Provinces Floor Judge
Jan de Vlaming
Level 2 (Judge Academy) Canada - Western Provinces Floor Judge
Kenny Dolson
Level 2 (Judge Academy) Canada - Eastern Provinces Floor Judge
Luke Dowling
Level 2 (International Judge Program) United Kingdom, Ireland, and South Africa Floor Judge
Jeffrey Emery
Level 2 (Judge Academy) USA - Northeast Floor Judge
Maxime Emond
Level 2 (Judge Academy) Canada - Eastern Provinces Floor Judge
Jovy Eramela
Level 2 (Judge Foundry) Canada - Western Provinces Staff
Janice Exel
Level 2 (Judge Academy) Canada - Eastern Provinces Floor Judge
Jeph Foster
Level 2 (Judge Academy) USA - Midatlantic Floor Judge
Matthew Fox
Level 2 (Judge Foundry) USA - Plains Floor Judge
Lamberto Franco
Level 2 (International Judge Program) Italy and Malta Staff
Alex Frank
Level 2 (Judge Academy) Canada - Eastern Provinces Floor Judge
Darren Gamble
Level 2 (Judge Academy) Canada - Western Provinces Floor Judge
Cyril Germain
Level 2 (International Judge Program) France Floor Judge
Brett Horrocks
Level 2 (Judge Foundry) Canada - Eastern Provinces Floor Judge
Chris Hrichishen
Level 2 (Judge Foundry) Canada - Western Provinces Floor Judge
Freyja Keogh
Level 2 (Judge Academy) Canada - Eastern Provinces Floor Judge
Emmanuel Leal
Level 2 (International Judge Program) Hispanic America - North Floor Judge
Steve Lee
Level 2 (Judge Foundry) Canada - Western Provinces Floor Judge
Jessica Livingston
Level 2 (Judge Academy) USA - Southwest Staff
Riccardo Mangano
Level 2 (Judge Academy) BeNeLux Floor Judge
Leonardo Martins
Level 2 (International Judge Program) Brazil Staff
Kaitlin McLachlan
Level 2 (Judge Academy) Canada - Eastern Provinces Floor Judge
Rick Miles
Level 2 (Judge Academy) Canada - Eastern Provinces Floor Judge
Jason Ness
Level 2 (Judge Academy) Canada - Western Provinces Staff
Matt Newnam
Level 2 (Judge Academy) USA - Southeast Scorekeeper
Michael Nixon
Level 2 (Judge Academy) Canada - Eastern Provinces Floor Judge
Jeffrey Orom
Level 2 (Judge Academy) Canada - Western Provinces Floor Judge
June Pagé
Level 2 (Judge Academy) Canada - Western Provinces Floor Judge
Christina Paz
Level 2 (Judge Foundry) Canada - Eastern Provinces Floor Judge
Leah Petryk
Level 2 (Judge Foundry) Canada - Western Provinces Floor Judge
Stephen Phung
Level 2 (Judge Academy) Canada - Eastern Provinces Floor Judge
Fabio Pierucci
Level 2 (International Judge Program) Italy and Malta Floor Judge
Justin Purcell
Level 2 (Judge Academy) USA - Northeast Staff
Norman Ralph
Level 2 (UK Magic Officials) United Kingdom, Ireland, and South Africa Scorekeeper
David Rockwood
Level 2 (Judge Academy) USA - Southeast Floor Judge
Nelson Salahub
Level 2 (Judge Academy) Canada - Western Provinces Floor Judge
Graham Schofield
Level 2 (Judge Foundry) Canada - Eastern Provinces Scorekeeper
Nick Sirman
Level 2 (Judge Foundry) Canada - Eastern Provinces Floor Judge
Alexander Smith
Level 2 (Judge Academy) USA - Great Lakes Staff
Gregory Titov
Level 2 (Judge Academy) Canada - Eastern Provinces Floor Judge
Stephen Tran
Level 2 (Judge Academy) Canada - Eastern Provinces Floor Judge
Andrea Wallace
Level 2 (Judge Academy) USA - Southwest Staff
John Williams
Level 2 (Judge Academy) Canada - Eastern Provinces Floor Judge
Antonio Zanutto
Level 2 (International Judge Program) Brazil Floor Judge
Herbert Zurita
Level 2 (International Judge Program) Hispanic America - North Floor Judge
Saul Arreola
Level 1 (Judge Academy) Hispanic America - North Staff
Garth Beavers
Level 1 (Judge Academy) USA - Southwest Staff
Stephen "Jack" Cummings
Level 1 (Judge Academy) USA - Great Lakes Staff
Allyson Eichorn
Level 1 (Judge Foundry) USA - Pacific West Floor Judge
John Farquhar
Level 1 (Judge Academy) None Floor Judge
Stefanie Flavell
Level 1 (Judge Academy) Canada - Eastern Provinces Floor Judge
Amir Hassan
Level 1 (Judge Academy) Canada - Eastern Provinces Staff
Kyle Hilliar
Level 1 (Judge Academy) USA - Southwest Staff
Tony Houst
Level 1 (Judge Academy) USA - Northeast Staff
Hugo Leclerc
Level 1 (Judge Academy) Canada - Eastern Provinces Floor Judge
Taylor Metz
Level 1 (Judge Academy) Canada - Western Provinces Staff
Kyle Peterson
Level 1 (Judge Foundry) Canada - Eastern Provinces Floor Judge
Joseph Sapp
Level 1 (Judge Academy) USA - Pacific West Staff
Charles Trottier
Level 1 (Judge Academy) Canada - Eastern Provinces Floor Judge
Richella Wyss
Level 1 (Judge Academy) USA - Plains Staff
Félix Bouchard
Uncertified Canada - Eastern Provinces Floor Judge
Christopher Chop
Uncertified Canada - Eastern Provinces Floor Judge
Angus Davis
Uncertified Canada - Eastern Provinces Floor Judge
Nicolas Glik
Uncertified Iberia Staff
Charles-William Guay
Uncertified Canada - Eastern Provinces Floor Judge
Kacey Hogan
Uncertified USA - Southeast Staff
Emilia Jorge de Aratanha
Uncertified Brazil Staff
Isaac King
Uncertified Canada - Western Provinces Floor Judge
Duncan McGregor
Uncertified Canada - Eastern Provinces Floor Judge
Michelle Miles
Uncertified Canada - Eastern Provinces Staff
Lonneke Onrust
Uncertified BeNeLux Staff
Jon Saso
Uncertified USA - Pacific West Tournament Organizer
Marc Saumur
Uncertified Canada - Eastern Provinces Staff
Mashi Scanlan
Uncertified USA - Pacific West Staff
Jeremy Sivaneswaran
Uncertified Canada - Eastern Provinces Floor Judge
CFBEvents Staff Manager
Uncertified USA - Great Lakes Judge Manager
Amanda Stedile
Uncertified Brazil Scorekeeper
Ellen Van Akelyen
Uncertified Canada - Eastern Provinces Staff