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JUDGE'S SELECTION PROCESS
Sonja Donaldson, Chair, Judge Selection Committee
The timeline for selection
of judges for the 2010, and 2011 Specialties is presented below.
BCSA is always interested in hearing your opinions regarding the judge
selection process, as well as new suggestions. Members will soon be asked
to nominate judges for these future Specialties. Please review the judge
selection policy prior to nominating judges. Judges must be licensed at
the time of nomination, except in the case of Conformation Sweepstakes
judges. There are no restrictions against using judges that have judged
previously. Selected judges will have a significant impact on our
Specialty. Members should thoughtfully consider the qualifications,
knowledge, experience, fairness, and demeanor of judges when considering
them for nomination.
To suggest a judge, you must be a BCSA Member in good standing and must
provide your name so your membership status can be verified (i.e. no
anonymous suggestions are accepted). Please review the
Judge Selection Policy before
making your suggestion.
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Schedule for Selecting Judges
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Judge Selection Policy |
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2009
Judges -
Voting Results |
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2010 Judges - Voting Results |
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2011
Judges - Nominated Bios |
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2011 Judges -
Vote Form (closes midnight Pacific Daylight Time on October 31, 2009 |
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Below is the schedule
for selecting judges for the 2010 and 2011 specialties.
Proposed longer-term schedule, to
occur in 2009 for 2011 Specialty (will update this as needed):
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Jan 15:
Solicit nominations from membership via
Borderlines (which will come out in mid-February), each member can submit
3 names per venue.
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Mar 30:
Solicit nominations from membership via
BCSA_ANNOUNCE (as a reminder to come out after BL arrival).
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Apr 15:
Deadline for receiving membership nominations. Members may
submit via email (to JS chair and Corresponding Secretary both) or
regular mail (to Corresponding Secretary), must identify themselves for
membership verification.
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Apr 16: Requests for
bios, cost, availability go out to top 10 judges (sent and received by
JS committee), along with a request to “save the date.”
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Apr 30:
Deadline for receiving bios back from judges.
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May 1:
Board discusses bios, costs, availability; chooses finalists in all
venues (choice based mostly on membership vote weighting).
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Jul 15 (from
May 15):
Publish the finalists in BL which comes out in
June (along with names of the non-finalists and the number of membership
votes they received as compared to finalists).
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Sep 30 (from
Jul 30):
Deadline for receiving membership votes for
their favorite 3 candidates in each venue. Members may vote via email (to
JS chair and Corresponding Secretary both) or mailed ballot (to
Corresponding Secretary), must identify themselves for membership
verification. The ballots will be printed in Borderlines to reduce
the cost of a separate mailing. No write-in nominations will be
allowed.
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Oct 5 (from
Aug 5):
Contracts go out to the top vote-getters.
Contracts prepared, sent and processed by JS committee.
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