Judge Foundry Annual Member Meeting 2024

Greetings!

On behalf of Judge Foundry, we would like to welcome you all to the the Judge Foundry Annual Member Meeting for 2024.

This will be held in Crystal, Minnesota at the Crystal Community Center.

The conference to be in-person for as many people as want to attend, with full online presentation of the meeting and all conference presentations.  There will also be a route for online-only attendees to participate in all the member meetings.  Saturday will have all our member business and election of the board, and a small number of presentations.  Saturday is going to be a gathering day for in-person attendees where we get together, have a cookout, and get the chance to just chat and be a community together.

Sunday we will be gathering at Basset Creek Park's picnic area, starting at 10am and running until approximately 4pm.  Bring your own drinks, food will be provided.  No alcohol is allowed in the park.  

Official meeting notice

The annual meeting of Judge Foundry will be held on Saturday, September 14, 2024, at 9:30 a.m. Central Daylight Time, at the Crystal Community Center, 4800 Douglas Drive North, Crystal, Minnesota, and also by videoconference.

IMPORTANT! If you are a voting member of Judge Foundry and you want to vote during the annual meeting, you must apply to the event in JudgeApps no later than Thursday, September 12. More information on how to fill out the application is later in this notice and also on the application.

Remote connection instructions

Join via Zoom at https://us06web.zoom.us/j/82535581394

Notice of bylaw amendments

The bylaws committee gives notice of four amendments to the bylaws to be considered at the meeting.

• Bylaws committee notice
• Amendment 1: Affiliate Members
• Amendment 2: No Write-In Votes
• Amendment 3: Election Committee
• Amendment 4: Board Vacancies

Notice of election rules

The election committee gives notice of the election rules to be considered at the meeting.

• Proposed election rules

Documents for the meeting

In addition to the bylaw amendments and election rules above, these documents will be important during the meeting:

• Proposed meeting rules
• Proposed agenda (more detailed than schedule below and only for the business portions of the meeting)
• Standing rules

Election of the Board of Directors

Details on the board of directors and elections can be found on the Judge Foundry Elections Page.  This includes statemetns from each of the board of directors candidates.

Proposed Saturday Schedule
(all times Central Daylight Time, GMT-5) 

• 8:00 am — Setup and check-in
• 9:30 am — Annual meeting begins
  • Welcome
  • Quorum check and test vote
  • Adoption of rules
  • Adoption of agenda
  • Speeches from candidates for Board of Directors
• At conclusion of candidate speeches — Voting begins for election of directors
• 12:00 noon — Recess for lunch
• 1:00 pm — Annual meeting resumes
• 2:00 pm — Recess for keynote and conference sessisons
  • 2:00 pm — Conference keynote
  • 2:30 pm — Conference Session 1 - Joe Klopchic, Maintenance Update and Q&A on Maintenance 
  • 3:30 pm — Conference Session 2 - Dan Milavitz, Best Practices for Exams
  • 4:30 pm — Conference Session 3 - Paul Baranay, Regular Judging Locally and at Conventions
• 5:30 pm Annual meeting resumes
• No later than 6:30 pm Meeting adjourns

Please apply either if you are planning to attend in person or online.  In-person folks should select "Basic Sponsorship" and online should select "Standby."  Nobody will be declined, we are looking for RSVPs for planning purposes.  We also have a question about dietary restrictions - lunch will be provided, and we want to make sure we have a lunch that will work for everyone.

We are also interested in finding a couple of presenters - either answer the question about presentations or email us at board@judgefoundry.org to discuss presenting at this event.