Start of Judge Level Maintenance for 2024
Hello Judges, As 2024 comes to a close, it’s time to reflect on the past year and prepare for the annual maintenance of judge levels within the International Judge Program (IJP). During January 2025, all IJP members (unless they leveled up during 2024, using the autmatic path (path1) to Level 4 or 5, does not […]
Call for the First Elections of the International Judge Program (2025)
Hello, judges around the world! The time has come to elect the first group of Regional Representatives (RR) and Program Leads (PL) for the International Judge Program (IJP). New Regional Distribution for 2025 Every IJP member has the right to vote for their Regional Representative. The Temporary Regional Advisors (TRA) have unanimously approved the following […]
November 2024 Call for Volunteers
A Program from Judges for Judges! As we approach the first anniversary of the IJP and its first democratic elections, it’s time to pass more decision making and responsibility to the community. Everything done in the International Judge Program is designed, made and carried out by volunteers and it is time for more volunteers to […]
2024 IJP Level Maintenance
Hello once again my judges friends! I would like to treat one really, really, really important topic: Judge Level Maintenance. In the past of the judge program we have lacked quality control and maintenance of judge levels. This is something the IJP has decided to address from the very beginning. In the definition of each […]
Statement on Judge Programs situation
Hello judges and other readers. We, the current Program Leads of the International Judge Program (IJP), would like to make a brief statement about the current situation about the IJP and other judge programs regarding support from Wizards of the Coast (WotC), the publisher of our beloved game Magic the Gathering. As you may have […]
Transition Phase Wrap-Up and Lessons
Hello judges! The transition period is over and we would like to use this opportunity to look back, learn and improve the future of the International Judge Program. We Love Stats Let’s start with some statistics, because everybody likes statistics, right? At the time of writing this article we have the following number of members, separated […]
The End of the IJP Transition Period
Hello judges! In a few days, at the end of the month of June 2024 (anywhere in the world) the Transition Period for the International Judge Program will close. This has some important consequences that we would like to make as clear as possible for everybody. 1. No Judge Academy Levels After June 30th, 2024, […]
Extension of the Transition Phase
Changelog May 30th: Added wording to “4. Level Maintenance in 2026” to clarify that only judges who obtain a new level (through non-automatic means) will do their first maintenance in 2026. Judges who transitioned their previous level but did not level up, as well as judges who leveled up via automatic advancement, will need to […]
International Judge Program Update #2 – April 2024
Hello Judges! We are back for with a brief summary of news and updates for this month. Town Hall Meetings To follow up the Program Lead Ask Me Anything we’d like to organise some open Q&A sessions in the style of town hall meetings or all hands where all judges who would like to join […]
April 2024 Level Adjustments
After receiving valuable feedback on the levels system, we are adjusting to levels 2, 3, 4 and 5. This article has the details.
