2013 Minnesota Midwest Judge Conference

Organizer: Outpost 2000 and Beyond
Judge manager: Rob McKenzie
Event type: Judge Conference
REL: N/A
Format: No Format
Event date(s): Nov. 10, 2013
Location: Coon Rapids, Minnesota, United States
Venue: Outpost 2000 and Beyond
536 Northdale Blvd NW
Coon Rapids, MN 55448
Applications accepted through: Oct. 21, 2013

Event Information

Greetings all,

I am proud to announce the 2013 Minnesota Midwest Judge Conference!

This event will be hosted by Outpost 2000 in Minneapolis (well, Coon Rapids, on the north end of the city area), and is being held Sunday, November 10th.  We will have a TCGPlayer Platinum ($1,000) event on Saturday, November 9th as a lead in to the conference. If you need to be on event staff for the Platinum event in order to make the trip economical, please note that in your application to that event here.

The conference will run from 11am until a currently unknown time based on the number of presentations we get - it should not be longer than five hours, with a break in the middle.

This judge conference is focused more on local judging than on higher level judging - most of the presenters will be experienced L2s, and topics I have had discussed with me so far include confidence in delivering rulings, tips for working paper/slips on a larger event, and how to do a successful deck check.

Seminars will be approximately 30 minutes in duration.

Seminars will be recorded and reposted on the internet after the event, barring technical difficulties.

 




Hey, we have presenters!

The actual time slots are being ironed out right now, but we have a list of people and what they are presenting!  Without further ado:

Rob McKenzie - Back that thing up: Recognizing GRVs and how to handle them

Steven Briggs - Feedback vs. Criticism

Pete Jahn - Your First Big Event

Ingrid Lind-Jahn - Event logistics - dos, don'ts, and tips for making events smoother

Jordan Baker - Umpiring for Judges/Judging for Umpires

DJ Johnson - Being a successful deck checks team member

Josh Marin - Running a paper team

Victor Rogachevsky - Running a successful store-level prerelease

Zach Rivers - Dealing with unusual/uncomfortable situations

Patrick Cool - Getting Involved in a Judge Project

David Bornitz - When Judge Calls Go Wrong: A Survival Guide 

Stefan Mackiewicz - Judge Networking: Hows, whys, and working with social anxieties

Staff Members

Name Level Region Role
Rob McKenzie
Level 5 Judge (Judge Foundry) USA - Plains Staff
Dan Milavitz
Level 3 Judge (Judge Foundry) USA - Plains Floor Judge
Erick Carlsted
Level 2 Judge (Judge Foundry) USA - Plains Floor Judge
Stacy Winchell
Level 2 Judge (Judge Foundry) USA - Plains Floor Judge
Derek Johnson
Level 1 Judge (Judge Foundry) USA - Plains Floor Judge
Jesse Abrahamson
Uncertified USA - Plains Floor Judge
Brandon Arsenault
Uncertified USA - Pacific Northwest Floor Judge
Jordan Baker
Member (Judge Foundry) USA - Great Lakes Floor Judge
Ken Bearl
Member (Judge Foundry) USA - Plains Floor Judge
Nathaniel Becker
Uncertified USA - Great Lakes Floor Judge
George Bochenek
Uncertified USA - Pacific Northwest Floor Judge
David Bornitz
Uncertified USA - Great Lakes Floor Judge
Kayla Bossom
Uncertified USA - Plains Floor Judge
Steven Briggs
Uncertified USA - Great Lakes Staff
Thomas Burchers
Uncertified USA - Plains Floor Judge
Robert Caldarale
Uncertified USA - Plains Floor Judge
Jian Liang Chu
Uncertified USA - Plains Floor Judge
Ashley Coatl
Uncertified USA - Great Lakes Floor Judge
Patrick Cool
Member (Judge Foundry) USA - Plains Floor Judge
Peter Crawford
Uncertified USA - Great Lakes Floor Judge
Lucas Dimmel
Uncertified USA - Plains Floor Judge
Steven Farkas
Uncertified USA - Plains Floor Judge
Greg Fenske
Uncertified USA - Plains Floor Judge
Nita Flaskerud
Uncertified USA - Plains Floor Judge
David Gentry
Uncertified USA - Great Lakes Floor Judge
James Gray
Uncertified USA - Great Lakes Floor Judge
Jack Hesse
Uncertified USA - Great Lakes Floor Judge
Jason Horning
Uncertified USA - Plains Floor Judge
Kevin Hundt
Uncertified USA - Great Lakes Floor Judge
Peter Jahn
Uncertified USA - Great Lakes Floor Judge
April King
Uncertified USA - Plains Floor Judge
John Laitinen
Uncertified USA - Plains Floor Judge
Ingrid Lind-Jahn
Uncertified USA - Great Lakes Floor Judge
Jonathan Lovelace
Uncertified USA - Great Lakes Floor Judge
Marc Lunde
Uncertified USA - Pacific West Floor Judge
Stefan Mackiewicz
Uncertified USA - Great Lakes Floor Judge
Joshua Marin
Member (Judge Foundry) USA - Plains Floor Judge
Alex Jerard Muhich
Uncertified USA - Great Lakes Floor Judge
Steve Peterman
Uncertified USA - Midatlantic Staff
Jeff Phillips
Uncertified USA - Pacific Northwest Floor Judge
Hank Rhody
Uncertified None Floor Judge
Zach Rivers
Uncertified USA - Plains Floor Judge
Victor Rogachevsky
Uncertified USA - Plains Floor Judge
Joseph Solberg
Uncertified None Floor Judge
Paul Totzke
Uncertified USA - Great Lakes Floor Judge
Jourdan Vivier
Uncertified USA - Plains Floor Judge
Brendan Weiskotten
Uncertified USA - Plains Floor Judge
Morgan Wentworth
Uncertified USA - Great Lakes Floor Judge