It's nice to see that someone cares about us. We are now three people, who, with the support of many other people, run the competition. We are:
Scion of a European royal family, Michael declined his chance at the throne for a career as an international playboy. After being banned from casinos from Vegas to Monte Carlo for his incredible luck, he turned to neurosurgery. His ground-breaking research in the field led him into his continuing interest in synthetic imaging. Michael is the ultimate authority on IRTC voter registration and the judging panel.
Rock superstar Bill Marrs left the spotlight once his sales topped Elvis's lifetime total, and after his fans had petitioned for his canonization. He spends his days in semi-retirement in Malibu, composing intricate self-referential haiku verses, writing software which predicts the future, and overseeing the IRTC rules and submissions.
Former advisor to the Executive branch, Chip was forced to retire under a cloud of suspicion. Rumors of his use of DoD computing resources to test several new POV-Ray 3.0 features have never been substantiated, and the appearance of a giant holographic fractal over Teheran seems to be an unrelated incident. Chip currently specializes in the voting and mailing-list portions of the IRTC.
If anyone should desire to communicate with these oracles, send e-mail to http://www.irtc.org/email.html.
We hope you enjoy the competition, and good luck!