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    Active BJCP Judges

    Most members have a status of Active, which indicates that they have had program activity within the last two years. Activity includes judging in a sanctioned competition, taking a BJCP exam, attending a CEP event, working on a committee or service project, grading or administering an exam, or by simply logging in to your account. 

    Inactive BJCP Judges

    From time to time, a beer judge decides that active participation is no longer possible. Although we hate to lose you, we appreciate your situation. It would be a great help to us if you would notify us so we can change your status in our records.

    Status Codes

    We have several status codes used to identify judges who are not currently active:

    Lapsed
    Judges have had no BJCP activity for at least two years. This is a passive status change based on judge activity and is updated automatically by the system.
    Resigned
    Some judges have asked to be placed in this status, and no longer wish any involvement or contact with the program.
    Deleted
    In rare cases, some judge might want their personal data deleted from live/active BJCP Data. In this case their name, address, email address and phone numbers are deleted from active BJCP Data (though their details will remain in historical data and older judge lists that people might still have). This is an irreversible step and once deleted, judge data can not be recovered. A person wanting to become a judge again after they have requested deletion must start all over again as a new judge. Deleted judges will also not show up when using Judge Lookup tool.
    Retired
    Members who have retired from active judging but wish to remain associated with the program. Judges must request to be placed in this status, otherwise they are likely to appear as Lapsed.
    Deceased
    We have a list of those we know about; if you know of any judge who has passed away, please let us know.
    Banned
    Someone whose membership has been terminated for cause by the Board of Directors in accordance with the BJCP Bylaws. To date, only one such person has been banned.
    Affiliated
    Those who have taken but not passed a BJCP examination, and who were subsequently unable to advance from the Apprentice rank within two years. Those in this status must requalify as a BJCP judge under current requirements for new BJCP members. We will not delete the BJCP or past judging records, but those in this status must identify themselves as a non-BJCP judge.
    No Email
    Judges who are confirmed to not have an email address. Judges without an email address cannot be contacted, so they won’t be included in lists of judges provided to competitions and also will not receive any program communications.

    What happens to your record?

    In all cases, except for Deleted (see details on Deleted status above), we do not erase your judge record — we simply mark it with the appropriate status, and you can still view it online. Judges in one of these status codes are not included in lists of judges provided to competition organizers, are not eligible to vote in BJCP elections, and do not participate in any events, programs, or functions that are offered to Active members.

    How can you reverse this status?

    If an Inactive judge decides to judge at a competition, the organizer can report the judge’s participation using their BJCP ID and the judge automatically returns to Active status. Even simply logging into your account makes you an active judge.

    If you had previously marked yourself as Retired you can simply mark yourself active by unchecking the “Retired” checkbox in “Preferences” section of your judge record.

    As mentioned above Deleted status is not reversible. One has to start all over again if they requested a deletion.

    An Affiliated judge must restart the program as if a new member, following exam requirements in effect at that time. Currently, that means passing an online entrance exam and then a judging exam. 

    Making Yourself Inactive

    If you need to change your status to Resigned, simply email the IT Director.

    If you need to change your status to Retired, you can do it yourself from your judge record. Click on “Preferences” after you log on to your judge record and click on “Retired” check box. In both cases, Your record will be marked appropriately, and you will no longer be included in lists of Active judges.

    If you need to change your status to Deleted (not recommended – you can resign or retire as described above instead), you can do it yourself from your judge record. Click on “Update Info” after you log on to your judge record and click on “Delete Personal Information” to start your account deletion process. You will have to further confirm your account deletion via email and you will have 7 days of grace period during which you can cancel your request before your data is deleted irretrievably.

    If you know of a BJCP judge who is now deceased, please let the IT Director know so we can prevent their family from receiving competition invitations and other BJCP correspondence.