e will will start at 8AM Thursday December 6th at the Jacob K. Javits Center in New York.

Mike Guptil is Head Judge for this event.

Gijsbert Hoogendijk will coordinate Seminars and Collin Jackson will coordinate Interviews.

Steve Port will be managing side-events. We fully expect to rotate nearly all the judges between the main events and side-events, so expect to work at side-events. The venue closes at midnight each night, so priority will be on running timely events. Overnight play will be occurring at Neutral Ground which we are not staffing.

As we must man side-events during Judge Dinner I'll be asking for volunteers to stay behind before having to assign judges.

There are 60+ judges attending. Please take time to talk with judges from different areas and learn how things are different elsewhere. If you are seeking advancement at this show or in coming months I encourage you to speak to higher-level judges in attendance for input and encourage them to officially make the comments in the Judge Center.

Anyone not familiar with the Judge Center should login before this show as you'll be expected to write reviews after (upload a photo if you have one of yourself in stripes). I encourage you to look over recent judge articles as well.

I would like to thank the large number of volunteers already, but if you still wish to volunteer for this event, please let me know so we can include you in the full schedule. We expect to have many worthwhile seminars occurring and time to talk with senior judges about questions or concerns you have on the program. I hope to have information from local judge staff about the area and possible affordable restaurants, hotels, and transportation.

Thanks!
Andy