2006/9/29, SJ 2.718281828@gmail.com:
I don't recall any bid including signed sponsorship contracts; so in every case sponsorship was in some way "not fully secure". Sponsorship was also only one of many factors in the decisions (and conspiracy theories aside, it never seemed like the most important one).
That's really funny, 'cause noone has been able to bring some believable reason for this choice. So: *Taipei has not been choosen cause it was in Asia *Taipei has not been choosen cause it had some strange sponsorship Then, why has Taipei been choosen? For the funny weather in summer, rain season?
Should we deny that sj said Taipei was chosen 'cause "in the end they had the most surplus sponsorship, in fact"?
Out of context. Taipei was not chosen "because" of sponsorship, at least that was not the deciding factor for me, though (see above) that was one of the factors considered for every bid.
The above quote (I did not say 'because') was in response to the claim that Turin had full sponsorship, unlike other bids; when in fact it was not the only bid with full sponsorship (and in some ways that bid had less sponsorship than Taipei's; cf. breakfasts). Again, beyond noting the bids for which all major costs were covered, the specifics of sponsorship amount or surplus was not a deciding factor in the discussion.
Context:
set 25 02:19:35 metasj the result this year was uncertain even in the last days; and the discussion was about the quality of each aspect of the bids set 25 02:19:54 metasj taipei also managed to get everything paid for, with institutional support... set 25 02:20:05 AlisonW so did we set 25 02:20:11 AlisonW so did Torino set 25 02:20:12 metasj (in the end they had the most surplus sponsorship, in fact)
Should we deny that this decision caused a rift and quite a fight between the components of the jury?
It's funny, it caused a rift a day and a half after the decision, after a lot of emotional comments from the community; it did not during the jury discussion.
-- SJ
Excuse me sir, it caused a rift THE NIGHT the decision was made. Or are you saying that the decision has been took before september 25?
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