Yep, you read that right. After this round, I will no longer be a judge in the regular rounds (I may still judge in the Mega-Challenges).
So, what does that mean? Well, from now on, the two judges selecting the finalists will consist of the winner from the previous round (same as before) and a guest judge. That means YOU. Yep, by entering these challenges you are also submitting yourself to spend a round sitting things out and then judging. You don't have to give critiques, but it is always helpful.
Guest judges will be selected at random and I would like to line up a few rounds at a time (at least). First, I would like to get a list of willing volunteers for this task in our Challenge community. I would like a pool of enthusiastic people to choose from, and don't want to burden anyone with judging too frequently (of course, if you win frequently, that will happen naturally ).
So...add yourself in this thread if you are willing to be a guest judge in future rounds. It really is an extremely worthwhile experience and your opinion is ALWAYS VALID NO MATTER WHAT YOUR EXPERIENCE OR SKILL LEVEL. So come on...let's get this next phase rolling!
Oh...and look out for a few other changes happening too.
I'm willing to be a judge. I'm new at this, but I can probably figure it out.
You can add me to the list. Being fairly new to the board though, I would not mind seeing another competition or two play out before being called upon.
Seems like you have enough volunteers to fill 2009 but I'll throw my name in there as well. Been doing more critiquing than entry the last few months anyways.
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Oh dear... do we really want to inflict that on her?! :lol
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I'm willing to be a judge. I'm new at this, but I can probably figure it out.
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I too am willing to help when needed.
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I was hoping to become a judge someday by winning one of these darn rounds but I'll happily take on the judging duties through other means
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I'm willing to take a stab at it.
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