On 10/9/07, David Strauss david@fourkitchens.com wrote:
phoebe ayers wrote:
For many attendees I've talked to at the last three conferences, rotation was indeed by far the biggest concern for them; however the jury also chose to consider a holistic set of criteria.
Rotation is indeed important, but previous candidate cities haven't had significant human rights issues.
I could suggest holding Wikimedia on the moon. It would not be an appropriate response that attendees didn't cite presence of oxygen as an important concern at previous conventions.
The human-rights and safety related issues were raised by some people the last time Egypt was in the running in any case.