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Semifinal Judging Process

For all those who made the submission deadline, thank you. You are officially eligible to be considered to receive an award from our $25,000 purse. For those who were unable to submit an app or make our deadline this year, we encourage you to follow us on LinkedIn and Twitter and prepare for the 2016 challenge.

 

We want to remind you of the judging process. We have an agreement with a third-party for judging, contestant mentoring and the award distribution process. The company we are working with is Grow Utah. Communication about your status in the challenge will come from Grow Utah in addition to RootsTech and FamilySearch.

 

Here’s what to expect heading to the semifinals:

  1. Online judging has been underway since 10:00am MST, Friday, January 16, and will continue until, Friday, January 30, 5:00pm MST.
  2. Judges will review submissions and identify eight (8) semifinalists.
    As part of their process, if you are under consideration as a semifinalist, you may be contacted by Grow Utah to provide additional information for the judges to review.
  3. After a final evaluation, the eight (8) semifinalists will be notified by phone and/or email on or before Friday, January 30.
    All semifinalists must confirm their availability to come to Salt Lake City, Utah, USA from February 10 to February 14 in order to be eligible.
  4. Once eight (8) semifinalists are confirmed eligible, all non-semifinalists will be contacted by email on or before January 30.
  5. An official press release announcing the eight (8) semifinalists will be distributed on Friday, January 30, at 5:00pm MST.

 

If you have any question about the process, feel free to contact us through the discussion board.

 

Best of luck!