Hi all, a new morning and it's time for a new beginning

I’ve had discussions with a few of the competitors last night on email and IM and, after sleeping on it, we pretty much decided it makes sense that I step aside as comp organiser at this point. A number of reasons were discussed (if i can remember them all.. annoyingly there were quite a few! )

1. We watched users come and go, and there wasn’t as much support for my own proposal as I had hoped.. and im pretty much out of ideas.

2. Whatever the general mood, I’m not prepared to let the result of the “other” thread go and stand as-is, you may need find someone not as stubborn as me

3. It allows fresh ideas and a new approach, feel free to argue that the competition was previously mishandled and organised poorly by myself if it enables you to rerun votes or introduce new restrictions (with donor and participant agreement ofcourse). You can start here

4. Continued from above, posts like this make it more difficult for the comp to rerun threads or negotiate for prizes etc - it would be better if that was handled by someone else now who is credible in everyone’s eyes.

5. If possible, we need someone closer to the mod team who can get a quicker response from them to the issues we raise. This could be key to us going forward.

Therefore there’s a position to fill, to lead this competition forward in it’s last steps. I have removed my name from the wiki and it now says "Competition organiser: <vacant>", it’s time for someone to step up and fill it. I’m happy to work with you, if you find that helpful, but I'm taking a definite step back and you will drive the competition to it’s conclusion

It's a real pain in the *** at times , but it's a great opportunity to get more involved with the community