All, Following some queries and speculation, the Moderators of the Wikimania 2008 selection Jury would like to clarify that the different factors that the Jury will use to judge each of the Bids will be weighted by the Jury in a cardinal (sometimes called "range") vote as a part of the overall selection process, as has been informed on [[m:Wikimania 2008/Judging process]]. The selection criteria will include the consideration of geographical/cultural diversity (including "continental rotation"), and the weighting between them will vary, but no particular criteria should be considered to have a veto over the process. The current draft of the criteria is held at [[m:Wikimania 2008/Judging criteria]], and input is still welcome. On behalf of the Jury. Yours, -- James D. Forrester jdforrester(a)wikimedia.org | jdforrester(a)gmail.com [[Wikipedia:User:Jdforrester|James F.]]