I’m sorry to report that I’ve been having trouble finding enough available judges to hold the August episode as planned. Between IFComp and summer vacations, we’re a couple of judges short of what we’d need for a full panel. (The good news is that current volunteers include two great new judges. The planned episode will also feature a guest chairman because I know the challenger in real life.)
Unless I can find some new judges in the next couple of weeks, it seems likely that we’ll be skipping an August episode, and S1E3 will move to later in the year, probably around mid-November. Keep your fingers crossed – I’ll post an update in mid-July.
Just to chime in here and say that I had a lot of fun, both as a challenger and as a judge! If you’re on the fence about it, I would definitely encourage you to jump in.
An update: Thanks to some new judge volunteers, we’ve hit the mark for a complete cast for S1E3. I’m double-checking with everyone now to make sure that the early volunteers are still available, but as of this moment it’s looking more likely than not that we’ll be able to hold the episode as planned next month.
I’m pleased to report that we will definitely be able to go ahead with Iron ChIF S1E3 as originally planned.
The episode will begin Friday, August 21st. That’s only about five weeks off, so mark your calendars! The official episode thread with announcement of the judges’ panel will be posted no later than a week from today.