Indiana Leadership Conference - Q1 2017 Edition

Welcome to the Indiana State Leadership Conference for 2016!

This conference will be hosted by Games to Die For in Indianapolis, Indiana, on Saturday, February 4th, at 10AM.

Who Can Attend?

This conference is for Level 2+ judges and has a cap of 15 attendees. We invite any Indiana Level 2 Judge to attend, along with any Great Lakes Region Level 3 Judge.

What will we be doing?

We will be continuing what was started in November. As the collective leadership in the state of Indiana, we want everyone to play an active role in the conference. In lieu of traditional lectures and presentations, we will instead be holding panel discussions on a few selected topics.

Format of panels

At each panel, we will ask that a judge prepare a brief position statement (10 minutes or less) on a suggested topic, which we will then open up to everyone for discussion and Q&A. During each of these panels, we would also like a second judge to volunteer to take notes, moderate the discussion, and present a summary of the discussion at the end of each panel topic. If deemed useful, position papers and chairs’ summaries could be uploaded to the GL web pages. The default schedule for each such panel is:

Statement:                 10 min (up tp)
Q&A:                          50 min (up to)
Moderator's summary: 10 min (up to)
              TOTAL:         70 min max

Conference Schedule

10 am                       Welcome
 & Summary of Previous Conference

10:10am – 11:20am  Mission Statement - Matt Sauers - Moderated by Patrick Nelson

11:30am – 12:40pm  2017 Conference Planning - Patrick Nelson, Moderated by Marcos Sanchez

12:40pm – 1:45pm    Lunch Break

1:45pm – 2:55pm      Strategies for Regional Leadership - David Elden, Moderated by Patrick Cobley

3:05pm – 4:15pm      Growing the Ranks of L2 in Indiana - Marcos Sanchez, Moderated by Sam Robinson


4:25pm – 5:35pm      State of the Region Discussion

5:45PM - ¿¿¿              Open Gaming / Commander


How to apply

Fill the application including the questionnaire. No cover letter required; comments, however, are always welcome.

Foil Support Notice:

Foils will be handed out differently for the leadership conferences this year. As we will be having 4 over the year, we want judges to participate in continuing development in the state. So to receive foils, one must attend at least 2 of the 4 to receive a foil packet. These will be distributed at the end of the year, at or about the 4th leadership conference. We are looking into something for those that attend all 4.

Applications are due by Tuesday, January 3rd, 10pm EST. No extensions, no, don’t even ask.