The second window for Exemplar recognitions is now open. Recognitions can be submitted by level 2+ judges through the new judge apps interface, accessible through the ‘Recognitons’ option on the menu on the left hand side.

Full details of this second wave are explained on the Exemplar blog, here: http://blogs.magicjudges.org/exemplar/exemplar-wave-2/

Edited Mark Brown (Sept. 1, 2015 10:46:15 AM)

With mailings starting to arrive from the first Exemplar Wave, here's a blog post giving information on recognitions awarded in an Exemplar Alpha program even earlier than that wave: http://blogs.magicjudges.org/exemplar/exemplar-wave-1-mailings-arriving/

We're also going to be doing an FAQ post in the near future - see the above blog post to find out how to send us a question!

Hi everyone.

Just a quick reminder - the deadline for Exemplar wave 2 recognition submissions is February 28th, which is this Saturday. If you have not made your submissions yet, you should do so as soon as possible. Late submissions will not be accepted to this wave, and will have to be submitted in a future wave instead.

Apparently , quite a number of judges had problems with submitting their Exemplar recommendations as they had assumed that the window closed at midnight CST and so missed it closing at midnight GMT. As many other things on judge apps operate on CST (event applications in particular), we've decided to reopen the window for two more days to give judges the chance to submit those recognitions.

The Exemplar Wave 2 window will close for the final time at 23:59 GMT Monday, March 2nd. There will be no further extensions or late submissions accepted past this deadline, so please get your recognitions in now via the recognitions tab.

Please spread this message widely.

Thank you to everyone who has submitted recognitions as part of this wave.

There's a new post up on the Exemplar blog, explaining what happens next and answering some of the questions that we have received about the program: http://blogs.magicjudges.org/exemplar/what-happens-next-and-faqs/

I am pleased to be able to inform you that we've finished working away on this at the back end, and the recognitions from Exemplar Wave 2 are now live! Blog post here: http://blogs.magicjudges.org/exemplar/exemplar-wave-2-recognitions-published/

(Or I guess that you could go and look at the ‘All Recognitions’ and ‘My Recognitions’ options in the Exemplar sub menu first, if you wanted. But you really should take a look at that post, too.)

Just a quick post to let you know that we're still working away behind the scenes on Exemplar - if you have any comments that you think should be considered as we work out the details of the next wave, please get in touch!

http://blogs.magicjudges.org/exemplar/wave-23-update/

Exemplar Wave 3 will open for recognition submition in the week following the Modern Masters 2015 Grand Prix, when we have time to write up a blog post explaining the changes that we are making. For now, Jack Doyle has written a blog post looking at examples of good recognitions that have been submitted in the first couple of waves and identifying some common traps people are falling into when writing these:
http://blogs.magicjudges.org/exemplar/the-anatomy-of-a-recognition/

Exemplar wave 3 will be opening later on today! There have been some changes, with details available in this blog post: http://blogs.magicjudges.org/exemplar/begin-wave-3/

Hello everyone!

There was a small error in the blog post where the link did not take you to the correct page to submit recognitions. Let me assure you that this has now been rectified, the window has been open, and you can submit them here: http://apps.magicjudges.org/recognitions/

New Exemplar guest post - Jasper and Carlos talk about recognising L1 judges here: http://blogs.magicjudges.org/exemplar/recognizing-level-1-judges/

We've just set things in motion for collecting mailing addresses from judges recognised during Exemplar Wave 2, and there is also some information on this in the post.

A lot of people have expressed interest in seeing some summary statistics on how Exemplar recognitions were used in the first wave; I'm pleased to be able to present a guest post by Eric Levine giving some overview on this on the Exemplar blog: http://blogs.magicjudges.org/exemplar/wave-2-the-numbers/

This post also serves as a reminder to provide us with your mailing address details via the google form if you were recognised in Exemplar Wave 2, and that you have about five weeks left to submit recognitions to Exemplar Wave 3. Check it out, and share it widely!

Just a short post to update people on the fact that the mailing addresses for Wave 2 have now been sent onto Wizards of the Coast, and with a reminder that the deadline for Wave 3 is August 31st at 23:59 GMT:
http://blogs.magicjudges.org/exemplar/wave-2-mailings-update/

Also - we're looking to get more of the Exemplar blog posts localised! If you feel up to the task, please send us a copy and we can host it on the blog :)

Hello all,

This is a reminder that Exemplar Wave 3 ends at 23:59 GMT on Aug 31st. Depending on your timezone, this may be in the afternoon, so dont wait until the last minute.

Also, there is a new blog post on the state of Wave 3 and an update on Wave 2. Check it out here: http://blogs.magicjudges.org/exemplar/wave-3-countdown-plus-bonus-wave-2-update/

If you have any questions, concerns, comments, feel free to send them to exemplarprogram@gmail.com