I thought I'd let you know the status of the new web site since it's 
been a while since we announced the IRTC revival project.

The coding is coming along well.  I've captured the historical 
information from the existing site and I'll have that available on the 
new site.  Working components include the main page, the history of 
prior rounds, login, registration, voting and submitting.  I'm working 
out the details of the awarding process.  I should be able to get the 
code basically ready within a week or two.

I expect to get the HTML and CSS for the web site by mid May from our 
graphics artist.  After that, I'll need to spend a bit of time 
re-working the rendering part of the code to match this HTML.

I'm hoping to get the IRTC site running under the new code in early 
June.  At that time, you should be able to view the prior rounds and 
register yourself in the site.  You can choose a user name separate from 
your e-mail address which will remain private.

The IRTC Stills competition normally starts on an odd month so 
July-August 2008 will likely be the first round in the new Stills 
competition.  The animation round will likely start Aug 15th and finish 
October 15th.

I'm looking forward to getting everything running as quickly as possible.

David Buck

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