diff --git a/admin/index.php b/admin/index.php
index d890657..46ab175 100644
--- a/admin/index.php
+++ b/admin/index.php
@@ -25,7 +25,7 @@
  require_once("../common.inc.php");
  require_once("../user.inc.php");
  require_once("../committee.inc.php");
- require_once("../chat.inc.php");
+
 
  user_auth_required('committee','admin');
 
@@ -33,7 +33,7 @@
  	array('Committee Main' => 'committee_main.php'),
 	"administration");
 
- draw_chatbox('general');
+
 
  echo "<table class=\"adminconfigtable\">";
  echo " <tr>";
diff --git a/admin/registration_list.php b/admin/registration_list.php
index d2ce653..9d87e3c 100644
--- a/admin/registration_list.php
+++ b/admin/registration_list.php
@@ -36,12 +36,16 @@ $auth_type = user_auth_required(array('fair','committee'), 'admin');
  if($_GET['year']) $year=$_GET['year'];
  else $year=$config['FAIRYEAR'];
 
-$q=mysql_query("SELECT * FROM projectcategories WHERE year='$year' ORDER BY id");
-while($r=mysql_fetch_object($q))
+ $q = $pdo->prepare("SELECT * FROM projectcategories WHERE year='$year' ORDER BY id");
+ $q->execute();
+
+while($r=$q->fetch(PDO::FETCH_OBJ))
 	$cats[$r->id]=$r->category;
 
-$q=mysql_query("SELECT * FROM projectdivisions WHERE year='$year' ORDER BY id");
-while($r=mysql_fetch_object($q))
+$q = $pdo->prepare("SELECT * FROM projectdivisions WHERE year='$year' ORDER BY id");
+$q->execute();
+
+while($q->fetch(PDO::FETCH_OBJ))
 	$divs[$r->id]=$r->division;
 
 $action=$_GET['action'];
diff --git a/chat.ajax.php b/chat.ajax.php
deleted file mode 100644
index d364958..0000000
--- a/chat.ajax.php
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,26 +0,0 @@
-<?php
-require_once('common.inc.php');
-//authent_required();
-if(array_key_exists('collapsed', $_POST)){
-	$_SESSION['chat_collapsed'] = $_POST['collapsed'];
-}
-if(!array_key_exists('subject', $_POST) || !array_key_exists('action', $_POST)){
-	exit;
-}
-$params = array();
-$params[] = 'since=' . (array_key_exists('since', $_POST) ? intval($_POST['since']) : 0);
-$params[] = 'subject=' . urlencode($_POST['subject']);
-if(array_key_exists('message', $_POST)){
-	$message = htmlspecialchars($_POST['message']);
-	$params[] = 'message=' . urlencode($message);
-}
-$params[] = 'user=' . urlencode($_SESSION['name']);
-$params[] = 'fairname=' . urlencode($config['fairname']);
-
-$ch = curl_init();
-curl_setopt ($ch, CURLOPT_URL, 'http://sfiab.ca/messageExchange.php');
-curl_setopt ($ch, CURLOPT_POST, 1);
-curl_setopt ($ch, CURLOPT_POSTFIELDS, implode('&', $params));
-curl_setopt ($ch, CURLOPT_RETURNTRANSFER, 1);
-$result = curl_exec ($ch);
-echo $result;
diff --git a/chat.inc.php b/chat.inc.php
deleted file mode 100644
index a55401e..0000000
--- a/chat.inc.php
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,270 +0,0 @@
-<?
-/* 
-   This file is part of the 'Science Fair In A Box' project
-   SFIAB Website: http://www.sfiab.ca
-
-   Copyright (C) 2005 Sci-Tech Ontario Inc <info@scitechontario.org>
-   Copyright (C) 2005-2008 James Grant <james@lightbox.org>
-
-   This program is free software; you can redistribute it and/or
-   modify it under the terms of the GNU General Public
-   License as published by the Free Software Foundation, version 2.
-
-   This program is distributed in the hope that it will be useful,
-   but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of
-   MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE.  See the GNU
-    General Public License for more details.
-
-   You should have received a copy of the GNU General Public License
-   along with this program; see the file COPYING.  If not, write to
-   the Free Software Foundation, Inc., 59 Temple Place - Suite 330,
-   Boston, MA 02111-1307, USA.
-*/
-?>
-<?php
-function draw_chatbox($subject){
-	global $config;
-	$chatCollapsed = $_SESSION['chat_collapsed'] ? 1 : 0;
-?>
-	<style type="text/css">
-		#chatbox_wrapper{
-			border: 3px solid;
-			border-color: #EEEEFF #5C6F90 #5C6F90 #EEEEFF;
-			border-radius: 8px;
-			display:inline-block;
-			width: <?=($chatCollapsed ? '0px' : '30em')?>;
-			height: 38em;
-			float:right;
-			margin: 1em;
-			padding: 1.25em;
-			background-color: #E0E0FF;
-			position:relative;
-		}
-		#chatbox_dialogue{
-			width:100%;
-			height: 30em;
-			top: 0.5em;
-			overflow:auto;
-			border: 3px solid;
-			border-color: #5C6F90 #EEEEFF #EEEEFF #5C6F90;
-			background-color: #FFF;
-			border-radius: 3px;
-			<?php
-			if($chatCollapsed) echo "display: none;\n";
-			?>
-		}
-		#chatbox_separator{
-			border-top:1px solid white;
-			height: 1.5em;
-		}
-		#chatbox_input{
-			width: 100%;
-			background-color: #FFF;
-			height: 3em;
-			border: 3px solid;
-			border-radius: 3px;
-			border-color: #5C6F90 #EEEEFF #EEEEFF #5C6F90;
-			display: none;
-		}
-		#chatbox_submit{
-			margin: 0;
-			margin-top: 0.5em;
-			width: 100%;
-			border-radius: 3px;
-			background-color: #CECEDF;
-			border-color: #E8E8EE #5C6F90 #5C6F90 #E8E8EE;
-			font-size: 18px;
-			height: 1.5em;
-			line-height: 1em;
-			font-weight: normal;
-			display: none;
-		}
-		div.chatbox_messageHeader{
-			margin-top: 1em;
-			border-top: 1px solid #668;
-			border-bottom: 1px solid #224;
-			background-color: #557;
-			color: #FFF;
-		}
-		#chatbox_collapsebutton{
-			position: absolute;
-			left: 0;/*32em;*/
-			top: 0;/*16em;*/
-			width: 1.2em; 
-			height: 1.2em;
-			line-height: 1.2em;
-			text-align:center;
-			cursor:pointer;
-/*			border-radius: 0.5em;
-			background-color:  #CECEDF;
-			border: 2px solid;
-			border-color: #EEEEFF #5C6F90 #5C6F90 #EEEEFF;
-*/
-		}
-	</style>
-	<script type="text/javascript">
-		var lastMessageIndex = {};
-		var ajaxLock = false;
-		var refreshRate = 30000;
-		var viewCollapsed = <?=$chatCollapsed;?>;
-		$(document).ready(function(){
-			loadChat('<?=$subject;?>', function(){
-				setTimeout(function(){refreshChat('<?=$subject;?>');}, refreshRate);
-				if(!viewCollapsed){
-					$('#chatbox_input').css('display', 'block');
-					$('#chatbox_submit').css('display', 'block');
-				}
-				$('#chatbox_input').focus(function(event){
-					$('#chatbox_input').val('');
-					$('#chatbox_input').unbind(event)
-				});
-			});
-		});
-		function doSubmit(){
-			postMessage('<?=$subject;?>', $('#chatbox_input').val());
-			$('#chatbox_input').val('');
-		}
-		function loadChat(subject, callback){
-			ajaxLock = true;
-			if(callback == undefined) callback = function(){};
-			if(lastMessageIndex[subject] == undefined) lastMessageIndex[subject] = 0;
-			$.post(
-				'<?=$config['SFIABDIRECTORY']?>/chat.ajax.php',
-				{'action':'fetch', 'subject':subject, 'since':lastMessageIndex[subject]},
-				function(result){
-					ajaxLock = false;
-					handleReply(subject, result);
-					callback();
-				}
-			);
-		}
-
-		function refreshChat(subject){
-			if(ajaxLock == false){
-				ajaxLock = true;
-				$.post(
-					'<?=$config['SFIABDIRECTORY']?>/chat.ajax.php',
-					{'action':'fetch', 'subject':subject, 'since':lastMessageIndex[subject]},
-					function(result){
-						ajaxLock = false;
-						handleReply(subject, result);
-					}
-				);
-				setTimeout(function(){refreshChat(subject);}, refreshRate);
-			}else{
-				setTimeout(function(){refreshChat(subject);}, refreshRate);
-			}
-		}
-
-		function postMessage(subject, message){
-			if(ajaxLock == false){
-				ajaxLock = true;
-				message = $.trim(message);
-				if(message.length > 0){
-					$.post(
-						'<?=$config['SFIABDIRECTORY']?>/chat.ajax.php',
-						{'action':'fetch', 'subject':subject, 'message':message, 'since':lastMessageIndex[subject]},
-						function(result){
-							ajaxLock = false;
-							handleReply(subject, result);
-						}
-					);
-				}
-			}else{
-				setTimeout(function(){postMessage(subject, message);}, 200 + 400 * Math.random());
-			}
-		}
-
-		function textMessage(time, speaker, fairname, text){
-			var line = $('<div></div>');
-			var header = $('<div class="chatbox_messageHeader"></div>');
-			if(fairname != null) header.append(fairname + "<br/>");
-			header.append('<strong>' + speaker + '</strong>');
-			if(time) header.append('<span style="float:right">' + time + '</span>');
-			line.html(text);
-			$('#chatbox_dialogue').append(header);
-			$('#chatbox_dialogue').append(line);
-			$('#chatbox_dialogue').animate({ scrollTop: $('#chatbox_dialogue').attr("scrollHeight") - $('#chatbox_dialogue').height() }, 0);
-		}
-
-		function errorMessage(text){
-			var line = $('<div class="error"></div>');
-			line.html('<strong>' + text + '</strong>');
-			$('#chatbox_dialogue').append(line);
-			$('#chatbox_dialogue').animate({ scrollTop: $('#chatbox_dialogue').attr("scrollHeight") - $('#chatbox_dialogue').height() }, 0);
-		}
-
-		function systemMessage(text){
-			var line = $('<div></div>');
-			line.html('<strong>' + text + '</strong>');
-			$('#chatbox_dialogue').append(line);
-			$('#chatbox_dialogue').animate({ scrollTop: $('#chatbox_dialogue').attr("scrollHeight") - $('#chatbox_dialogue').height() }, 0);
-		}
-
-		function handleReply(subject, response){
-			var data;
-			eval('data = ' + response);
-			if(data.info.length > 0){
-				for(n in data.info){
-					systemMessage(data.info[n].text);
-				}
-			}
-			if(data.error.length > 0){
-				for(n in data.error){
-					errorMessage(data.error[n]);
-				}
-			}
-			if(data.message.length > 0){
-				for(n in data.message){
-					textMessage(
-						data.message[n].time,
-						data.message[n].speaker,
-						data.message[n].fairname,
-						data.message[n].text
-					);
-					lastMessageIndex[subject] = data.message[n].index;
-				}
-			}
-		}
-
-		function toggleView(){
-			var newWidth, callback;
-			if(viewCollapsed){
-				newWidth = '30em';
-				viewCollapsed = false;
-				$('#chatbox_input').css('display', 'block');
-				$('#chatbox_submit').css('display', 'block');
-				$('#chatbox_dialogue').css('display', 'block');
-				$('#chatbox_collapsebutton').html('&raquo;');
-				callback = function(){
-					$('#chatbox_dialogue').animate({ scrollTop: $('#chatbox_dialogue').attr("scrollHeight") - $('#chatbox_dialogue').height() }, 0);
-				}
-			}else{
-				newWidth = '0px';
-				viewCollapsed = true;
-				callback = function(){
-					$('#chatbox_input').css('display', 'none');
-					$('#chatbox_submit').css('display', 'none');
-					$('#chatbox_dialogue').css('display', 'none');
-					$('#chatbox_collapsebutton').html('&laquo;');
-				}
-			}
-			$.post('<?=$config['SFIABDIRECTORY']?>/chat.ajax.php',{'collapsed':viewCollapsed ? '1' : '0'});
-			$('#chatbox_wrapper').animate({'width':newWidth}, 500, callback);
-		}
-
-	</script>
-	<div id="chatbox_wrapper">
-		<div id="chatbox_dialogue"></div>
-		<div id="chatbox_separator"></div>
-		<textarea id="chatbox_input">Type your message here...</textarea>
-		<button id="chatbox_submit" type="submit" onclick="doSubmit(); return false;">send</button>
-		<div id="chatbox_collapsebutton" onclick="toggleView();"><?php
-			if($chatCollapsed) echo "&laquo;\n";
-			else echo "&raquo;";
-		?></div>
-	</div>
-	<pre>
-	</pre>
-<?php
-}