Northwest Fall Judge Conference 2017

Organizer: Marc DeArmond
Judge manager: Marc DeArmond
Event type: Judge Conference
REL: N/A
Format: No Format
Event date(s): Nov. 16, 2017
Location: Portland, Oregon, United States of America
Venue: Oregon Convention Center
777 NE Martin Luther King Jr Blvd
Portland, OR
97232
Applications accepted through: Oct. 1, 2017

Event Information

Overview

Cascade Games has graciously offered some of the convention space for this years NorthWest Fall Judge Conference. Please join us on Thursday, November 16th and stick around to enjoy GP Portland.

 

All Certified Judges are welcome to register for this conference by applying to this JudgeApps event. The deadline for registration is October 1st. Certified judges who have registered by this date and attend a seminar during each time slot will receive a package of foils. If you are not a certified judge or you wish to join us after the deadline has passed, you are welcome to attend the conference but will not receive any foils.

 

 

Schedule

12:30pm to 6pm

We will be opening with a keynote address and running a number of concurrent sessions throughout the day. Each session will be about 45 minutes and there will be topics useful to all levels of judges each hour.

 

Cover Letter

I take writing cover letters very seriously as it has a large impact on your ability to work events. Please do yourself a favor and take the time to write a serious cover letter.

 

Testing

Testing will be available at the conference and throughout the weekend and we are happy to test you. Please note that L0s testing at this conference are not eligible to receive foils even if you pass your test but we would still love to have see you. Please contact Brandon Welch via email if you are interested in testing.

 

Presenting

We will primarily be staffing presenters by reaching out to people for the specific topics we are interested in seeing presentations on. If you feel you have a topic of specific value to present, please contact Marc DeArmond via email.

 

Dinner

After the conference we will be gathering for dinner. (Location TBD). Please join us for this time of comradery and probably some Magic.




Staff Members

Name Level Region Role
Stephan Classen
Level 5 (Judge Foundry) USA - Northwest Attendee
Joe Klopchic
Level 5 (Judge Foundry) USA - Northwest Presenter
Daniel Lee
Level 5 (Judge Foundry) USA - Southwest Presenter
Bryan Spellman
Level 5 (Judge Foundry) USA - Northwest Presenter
Steven Zwanger
Level 5 (Judge Foundry) USA - Midatlantic Presenter
Scott Marshall
Level 4 (Judge Foundry) USA - Northwest Presenter
Brandon Welch
Level 4 (Judge Foundry) USA - Northwest Staff
Ryan Wood
Level 4 (Judge Foundry) USA - Northwest Attendee
Michael Arrowsmith
Level 3 (Judge Foundry) USA - Northeast Presenter
Eric Dustin Brown
Level 3 (Judge Academy) USA - Midatlantic Attendee
Maria Alex Chernov
Level 3 (Judge Foundry) USA - Southwest Attendee
Samuel Duralde
Level 3 (Judge Foundry) USA - Northwest Attendee
Matt Marheine
Level 3 (Judge Foundry) USA - Northwest Attendee
Christian Aguilar
Level 2 (International Judge Program) USA - Northeast Attendee
Derek Barbee
Level 2 (Judge Academy) USA - Northwest Presenter
Christopher Bordwell
Level 2 (Judge Foundry) USA - Northwest Attendee
Steven Boston
Level 2 (Judge Foundry) USA - Northwest Attendee
Tavis Chan
Level 2 (Judge Academy) USA - Northwest Attendee
Angela Chandler
Level 2 (Judge Academy) USA - Southwest Attendee
Misha Chernov
Level 2 (Judge Academy) USA - Southwest Attendee
Tom Davis
Level 2 (Judge Academy) USA - Northwest Attendee
Vicente Davis
Level 2 (Judge Academy) USA - Southwest Attendee
Marc DeArmond
Level 2 (Judge Academy) USA - Northwest Staff
Jeremy Fain
Level 2 (Judge Academy) USA - Northeast Attendee
Oren Firestein
Level 2 (Judge Academy) USA - Northwest Attendee
Xander Forral
Level 2 (Judge Academy) USA - Southwest Attendee
Davis Gibson
Level 2 (Judge Foundry) USA - Southwest Attendee
Andrew Goulart
Level 2 (Judge Foundry) USA - Northwest Presenter
Steve Guillerm
Level 2 (Judge Academy) USA - Northeast Attendee
Kent Hays
Level 2 (Judge Academy) USA - Northwest Attendee
Aaron Henner
Level 2 (Judge Academy) USA - Northwest Attendee
Jeff S Higgins
Level 2 (Judge Academy) USA - Northwest Attendee
Steven Hill
Level 2 (Judge Academy) USA - Northwest Attendee
Erin Leonard
Level 2 (Judge Academy) USA - South Presenter
Megan McGuire
Level 2 (Judge Foundry) USA - Northwest Attendee
Cassidy Melczak
Level 2 (Judge Academy) USA - Midatlantic Attendee
Richard Neal
Level 2 (Judge Foundry) USA - Northwest Attendee
Jonathan Page
Level 2 (Judge Academy) USA - Northwest Attendee
Aaron Paio
Level 2 (Judge Foundry) USA - Northwest Attendee
Jeff Phillips
Level 2 (Judge Foundry) USA - Northwest Attendee
Brad Rutherford
Level 2 (Judge Foundry) USA - Northwest Attendee
Frank Stanley
Level 2 (Judge Foundry) USA - Northwest Attendee
Jason Stewart
Level 2 (Judge Academy) USA - Northwest Attendee
Ben Yan Hao Tai
Level 2 (Judge Academy) USA - Southwest Attendee
Christopher Wohlwend
Level 2 (Judge Academy) USA - Northwest Attendee
Jeremy Albert
Level 1 (Judge Academy) USA - Northwest Attendee
Trevor Baker
Level 1 (Judge Academy) USA - Northwest Attendee
EJ Drew
Level 1 (Judge Foundry) USA - Southwest Attendee
Alexander Marks
Level 1 (Judge Academy) USA - Northwest Attendee
Anson Miyamoto
Level 1 (Judge Academy) USA - Northwest Attendee
Jacob Nickel
Level 1 (Judge Academy) USA - Northwest Attendee
James Niesen
Level 1 (Judge Academy) USA - Northwest Attendee
Patrick O'Boyle
Level 1 (Judge Academy) USA - Northwest Attendee
Jeremy Perez
Level 1 (Judge Academy) USA - Northwest Attendee
Robert Riley
Level 1 (Judge Academy) USA - Northwest Attendee
Joseph Sapp
Level 1 (Judge Academy) USA - Southwest Presenter
Ryan Shetler
Level 1 (Judge Foundry) USA - Northwest Attendee
Ron Wiediger
Level 1 (Judge Academy) USA - Northwest Attendee
gabriel bostic
Uncertified USA - Southwest Attendee
Frank Chafe
Uncertified USA - Northwest Attendee
Adena Chernosky
Uncertified USA - Northwest Attendee
Arthur Halavais
Uncertified USA - Southwest Attendee
Christopher Leclercq
Uncertified USA - Northwest Attendee
Jaden Ledkins
Uncertified USA - Southwest Attendee
Justin Miyashiro
Uncertified USA - Northwest Attendee
Trygg Monson
Uncertified USA - Northwest Attendee
Scott Neiwert
Uncertified USA - Northwest Presenter
Sean O'Connor
Uncertified USA - Northwest Attendee
Talia Parkinson
Uncertified USA - Northwest Presenter
Christina Paz
Uncertified Canada Attendee
Matthew Riecks
Uncertified USA - Northwest Attendee
Nick Rutkowski
Uncertified USA - Southwest Attendee
David Scott
Uncertified USA - Northwest Attendee
Craig Teppert
Uncertified USA - Northwest Attendee
Robert VanNostrand
Uncertified USA - Northwest Attendee
Tom Williams
Uncertified USA - Northwest Attendee
Kevin Yu
Uncertified USA - Central Attendee