Jason, hope this doesn't make me sound like a homophobic, intolerant asshole
(which I'm not), but perhaps check this website out:
On 11/10/2007, Casey Brown <cbrown1023.ml(a)gmail.com> wrote:
and we
should not have to
feel unwanted or discriminated against because the decision is final.
But the decision *is* final, these discussions should have been brought
up
at this depth *during* the bidding procedure, not
after it was
announced.
You could have e-mailed the jury, posted to this
list, or posted on the
talk
page.
It's possible that many of those contending Alexandra didn't pay
notice to the Wikimania bidding process before reading the
announcement. Is that their fault or the fault in the way that meta
issues are communicated to Wikimedia participants?
Regardless, the decision has been made, but this discussion does serve
a purpose. These issues will be taken into account in future bidding
procedures.
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