On Nov 24, 2011 8:21 AM, "Ray Saintonge" <saintonge@telus.net> wrote:
>
> On 11/23/11 3:29 PM, Thomas Dalton wrote:
> >
> > It's too late for this year, since a lot of bids have already started,
> > but in future I would suggest formalising the currently unofficial
> > rotation policy.
> >
> > If everyone knew in advance what continent it was going to be in, you
> > won't have bids that are disadvantaged from the outset because they're
> > on the wrong continent.
> >
> >
> While the rotation principle is a positive factor, i think it would be a
> mistake to formalize it.  That could leave us stuck with accepting a bid
> that is considerably inferior from one from elsewhere.

My idea is that there wouldn't be bids from elsewhere. There would be a smaller number of bids, each with a much higher chance of success, meaning teams can justify putting more time, money and effort into them. People from elsewhere could support those bids, since they wouldn't be trying to put together bids of their own.

I expect the end result would be better bids and less wasted resources.