2008/7/29 Tom Holden <thomas.holden(a)gmail.com>om>:
I don't think that's an option. Just look at
the distribution of bids: with
4+ pages from Europe (France are also considering multiple cities), 1 from
the Americas (Rio, which hasn't got a chance in hell after Buenos Aries) and
one from Asia/Pacific (Melbourne).
There's a pretty strong impression that this is Europe's year. If we lose
then to Amsterdam or Stockholm (the most advanced bids by the look of it) we
will be out of contention for at least another 3 years.
It's a good point. We should do everything we can to get 2010. We've
got plenty of time, the official bidding period hasn't even started
yet, we don't need a finished bid until the *end* of the period.