Washington DC - Americas Georegion Conference

Welcome to the first Americas Georegion Conference!

We are happy to announce this conference for the Americas Georegion, and invite you to Washington DC.

This is a special conference centered on the Americas region but welcoming everyone, aimed at having an amazing time of sharing, education and community building.

What is a georegional conference?

A georegional conference is a special type of conference meant to bring the community of the georegion (and beyond) together to learn and grow in a weekend full of seminars, workshops but also good food, activities and adventures!

Overview

The conference will be 9:00am-3:30pm on Saturday and 1:15pm-6:45pm on Sunday
There will also be social activities in the morning/evenings for people interested.

In order to provide some snacks and refreshments, we will be collecting $40 from every attendee, directly at the event. We are looking for someone to assist with organizing this, if you are interested, please indicate on the presenter form.

There will be attendee and presenter support.
You need to attend all but 1 seminar/workshops to be eligible for receiving attendee support.

This event does have a cap of 86 judges and we highly encourage you to write a cover letter.
We will process the acceptances based on these criteria
1) We will prioritize Judges from the Americas regions.
2) We will accept at least 1 Judge per region (so you can share what you've learned with your community).
3) We will accept Judges that are working towards L2 and have completed most of the checklist.
4) We will also request feedbacks to the JCRs in case of need, to evaluate community involvement and mentoring activity.

We strongly encourage you to write a good cover letter, outlining why you'd like to attend this Conference and your involvement in the Judge Community, especially if you've been on Staff on a few Premier Events.

We will processing acceptances every week, to allow attendees to plan accordingly. We recommend you apply at your earliest convenience.

We will not decline some of the applications once the cap is met. If any of the accepted judges withdraw, we will process more acceptances till we reach full capacity again.

Schedule

Saturday
9:00-10:00 Introductions and Team Building
10:00-11:00 Ward Warren - Applying for Events 
11:15-12:45 Joe Klopchic - Pursuit of Knowledge Greatest Hits 
12:45-14:15 - Lunch 
14:15-15:30 - Flex Time

Sunday
10:00-12:00 - John Brian McCarthy - Scavenger Hunt 
12:00-13:15 - Lunch 
13:15-14:15 -  Amber Zee - Feedback
14:30-15:30 - Nic Paqueo - Rosetta Rules 
15:45-17:15 - Ellen Petrila - Creating Compelling Judge Conference Presentations 
17:15-18:00 - Closing Remarks and Networking time

Extra activities

This is a special conference built around community building. We will plan extra activities around the DC area. These are optional and intended to facilitate networking.
We expect them starting earliest Friday afternoon, if you get in Friday, and last until Sunday afternoon.

Venue

The conference will take place at Lubber Run Community Center in Arlington, VA 

Judge recognition

- The base recognition is one pack per Judge, needs to be L1+ certified by the end of the conference.
- L1+ Judges will receive one extra pack for attendance for the first georegion conference they do each year.
- You may attend more than one georegion conference, if space permits, but for every one beyond your first,  you will be provided only 1 Judge pack as your attendee recognition. 
- Attendees need to attend all seminar slots but one to be able to receive support. 

Presenters and Organizers will receive 2 additional Judge packs.

Travel support

There is a limited amount of Judge packs available to support judges. 
You may indicate the need in the dedicated application questions. Amount and availability is decided by the Judge Community Leads for America.

Room Block

Room Block can be found here

Holiday Inn Arlington $159/night

10m walk from the conference venue

Code - "FNB"

Valid until September 6

Contact

For any additional questions not covered here, please contact Ben Petrila via discord (gentlegiant303) or email (judgepetrila@gmail.com), Lamberto Franco as Conference Lead via discord (lambertus) or email (conferences@fabjud.ge) or Klaus Lassacher (fab_judge_program_manager) or klaus@legendstory.com via email.