Festival Magic Montreal 2020

Organizer:	Le Valet d'Coeur, L'Expédition
Judge manager:	Robert Hinrichsen
Event type:	Other
REL:	N/A
Format:	Mixed Formats
Event date(s):	March 6, 2020-March 8, 2020
Location:	Montreal, Quebec, Canada
Venue:	Sandman Hotel 999 Rue de Sérigny, Montréal, QC J4K 2T1 (450) 670-3030
Applications accepted through:	Feb. 29, 2020

Event Information

Hi Judges!

L'Expédition and Le Valet d'Coeur are looking for some keen staff for the Festival de Magic de Montréal 2020! This year we will be moving to a new venue: the Sandman Hotel in Longueil

Event Facebook page: https://www.facebook.com/festivalmagicmontreal/

Event Website:

Please find the event schedule below. The Modern Team Trios on Saturday and Pioneer Championship on Sunday are at Competitive REL, and all other events are Regular.

Friday

14:30 - Doors Open

16:00 - Draft 1

19:00 - SUPER FNM (Legacy, Modern, Pioneer, Standard -- 4 separate simultaneous FNM events, flat 4 rounds)

20:00 - Draft 2

Saturday

9:00 - Doors Open

10:00 - Team Trios Modern (non-unified) (COMP REL)

11:00 - Draft 1

15:30 - Draft 2

19:00 - Simultaneous Constructed events: Legacy, Modern, Pioneer (flat 4 rounds each)

20:00 - Draft 3

Sunday

9:00 - Doors Open

10:00 - Pioneer Championship (COMP REL)

11:00 - Draft 1

14:00 - Simultaneous Constructed events: Legacy, Modern, Pioneer (flat 4 rounds each)

15:00 - Draft 2

Judge Requirements

As a judge, you are expected to:

Be up to date on all Standard set mechanics and interactions (see the Release Notes for each set) as well as all required documents for judging at Regular and Competitive REL (IPG, MTR, JAR).
Wear proper judge attire, as outlined in the official judge uniform guidelines here (under the section entitled "The black judge shirt"). In particular, you should always strive to maintain a clean and professional appearance while working the event.
Contribute to the success of our events and have a positive, helping, and professional attitude toward players, staff, and partner stores at all times.

Note: Strong preference is given to judges fluent in French over those who are not.

Shifts and Compensation

Just like last year, we will be structuring compensation based on role rather than level. All compensation amounts are in Canadian dollars.

Note that while the start time for each shift listed below is firm, the end time is not. This is to allow us to be flexible with our staffing based on the actual circumstances and player turnout. However, every judge who is accepted is GUARANTEED to be paid for at least 3 hours of their shift, even if they are let go before the listed end time. If judges are requested to continue beyond their listed end time, and would be working more than 8 hours in their shift, they will be paid at the overtime rate for hours beyond 8 (not including the 1 hour lunch break, which is unpaid).

Floor Lead

On each of Saturday and Sunday, there is one Floor Lead position available. The Floor Lead will be a senior/experienced judge who will assist the Head Judge in running the main (Comp REL) event on each day, as well as supervising the rest of the Floor Judges. He or she will be expected to be very competent in Comp REL rules and policy, so while all judges are welcome to apply for this position, it is expected that only L2+ judges will be selected.

Shifts available:

DATE	START TIME (FIXED)	END TIME (FLEXIBLE)	APPROX. TOTAL COMPED HOURS
Saturday, March 7th	9:00	18:00	8
Sunday, March 8th	9:00	20:00	10

Floor Lead compensation: $18 per hour for first 8 hours per day (excluding break), then $27 per hour afterwards

In addition to the above, one meal each day will be provided for each judge on staff during his or her one-hour break, however the break itself will be unpaid.

Floor Judge

Floor Judges are responsible for taking calls from the floor, performing deck checks, and executing other necessary tasks as directed by the Floor Leads or Head Judge.

Shifts available:

DATE	START TIME (FIXED)	END TIME (FLEXIBLE)	APPROX. TOTAL COMPED HOURS
Friday, March 6th	15:30	00:00	7.5
Friday, March 6th	18:30	00:00	4.5

Saturday, March 7th	9:00	18:00	8
Saturday, March 7th	10:30	19:30	8
Saturday, March 7th	14:30	00:00	8.5

Sunday, March 8th	9:00	18:00	8
Sunday, March 8th	10:30	19:30	8
Sunday, March 8th	13:30	20:00	5.5

NOTES:

On Saturday and Sunday, multiple Floor Judges will be selected for the early shift (9:00-18:00).
On Saturday, multiple Floor Judges will be selected for the late shift (14:30-00:00).

Floor Judge compensation: $16 per hour for first 8 hours per day (excluding break), then $24 per hour afterwards

In addition to the above, one meal each day will be provided for each judge on staff during his or her one-hour break, however the break itself will be unpaid.

Travel Bonus

A bonus of $100 cash or $130 credit is available for judges travelling more than 150 km to Montreal, provided that you apply and are selected for a shift on at least two different days. See the eligibility map here (everyone from outside the red boundary is eligible).

Eligibility is based on primary residence, as indicated on a government-issued photo ID (Driver's license, Medicare card, Passport, etc.) If you are not sure whether you are eligible, please don't hesitate to contact us.

Notably, judges from Ottawa, Kingston, and Quebec City DO qualify for the bonus.

Invoices

Judges accepted on staff for this event will be expected to submit an invoice for their services to the Tournament Organiser, including their Social Insurance Number and date of birth for tax purposes. This applies regardless of whether you choose to take compensation in the form of cash or credit.

Applying

When submitting your application, please indicate all shifts for which you would like to be considered. You may apply for multiple shifts on the same day if you wish to be considered for each of them. If you have any preferences about which shifts you would like on each day, you may indicate this in your cover letter, but please note that these preferences may not be able to be accommodated. If you absolutely do not want to judge a given shift, please do not indicate that you are applying for it.

You may apply for both a Floor Lead and a Floor Judge position on the same day if you still wish to be considered for Floor Judge even if not selected for a Lead position.

L1 judges applying to this event should be sure to describe in detail their level of experience with Comp REL rules and policy in their cover letters, as well as giving the name of their L2+ mentor judge.

Applications are open until February 22nd!

Staff will be announced no later than February 29th

Staff Members

Name	Level	Region	Role
Dom Barrieau	Level 3 (Judge Foundry)	Canada - Eastern Provinces	Floor Judge
Robert Hinrichsen	Level 3 (Judge Foundry)	Canada - Eastern Provinces	Head Judge
Maxime Emond	Level 2 (Judge Academy)	Canada - Eastern Provinces	Team Lead
David Lachance-Poitras	Level 2 (Judge Academy)	Canada - Eastern Provinces	Floor Judge
Eric Paré	Level 2 (Judge Foundry)	Canada - Eastern Provinces	Floor Judge
Rick Salamin	Level 2 (Judge Academy)	USA - Northeast	Scorekeeper
Steve Giannopoulos	Level 1 (Judge Academy)	Canada - Eastern Provinces	Floor Judge
Simon Jarry	Level 1 (Judge Academy)	Canada - Eastern Provinces	Floor Judge
Guillaume Garant-Rousseau	Uncertified	Canada - Eastern Provinces	Tournament Organizer
Charles-William Guay	Uncertified	Canada - Eastern Provinces	Team Lead

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