International Judge Program

A Community For Judges By Judges

About Us

Who Are We?

 

The International Judge Program is a Community-driven, nonprofit association for judges with a goal to provide certification and education to its members and create an inclusive and welcoming environment.

Inclusion, Mentorig and Quality

Why Are
We Here?

Provide Certification

Provide the opportunity to judges to certify for the level they deserve.

Ensure Quality

Ensure judges maintain a minimum level of quality through a maintenance and recertification process.

Provide education

Foster a community where judges mentor each other.

foster Community

A place to find friends, improve your strengths and overcome your weaknesses. 

Pillars of our Community

Values That We Live By

Non-Profit

This is a non-profit association that relies on volunteer work made by its members, funded by membership fees and Tournament Organizers donations.

Built by Community

The International Judge Program will do as much as the community wants to support. Volunteer a few minutes or a few hours.

Ensure Judge Quality

The best thing the International Judge Program can give to its members is a certification the Tournament Organizers want to use.

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Mission And Vision

What do
we want?

Goals

Our primary goal of is to facilitate the self-improvement of its members in their skills to operate in tournaments and events. The secondary goal is to bond them in a community focused on enabling members in their self-improvement of these skills and mentorship by other members. The tertiary goal is to market the value of its members to organizers of tournaments and events.

Mission

The IJP provides a framework for judges around the world to improve and connect. To facilitate this, we provide judges with guidelines for self-improvement and a structure to collaborate. We will also facilitate communications with event organizers and the growing network of other Judge associations. The International Judge Program aims to partner and collaborate with these other Judge associations with the goal of delivering unified and reliable infrastructures for development, certification and maintenance. We wish to help improve the skills that make our members experts in their field while respecting the diverse needs of the judge community worldwide.

Vision

To create an inclusive community of recognized event experts who lead and operate welcoming, fun, and fair tournaments and events for players and attendees.

judge Certification

The International Judge Program will try to provide MTG judge certification to all regions without a certification organization.

meet the team

Founders of International Judge Program

Alfonso Bueno
Sergio Perez
Luca Chiassoni
Davide Succi
Dan Schuster
Christian Gienger
Andrew Heckt
Philip Ockelmann
Khanh Le Tien

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Andrew Heckt
Former Judge Program Manager

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