* Newton, Philip ([EMAIL PROTECTED]) wrote: > Greg McCarroll wrote: > > Munich managed to fight off _very_ strong competition from Paris > > Oh yeah? I heard a rumour that Paris failed to get their act together in > anything resembling a reasonable time frame...
i've seen both proposals and that certainly isn't true. i did a pro's and con's analysis for fun and munich won by only 1 minor point. > > I'd say the smart money was on Paris for 2003. > > ...but if that rumour was true, they might finally be organised by 2003, > true. no, i think there was a little confusion over the selection process, its the first time for Y::E that there has been two groups who are mad^H^H^H competent enough to host a conference and hence the selection process was a little rusty/non-existent. if there was any group that "might finally be organised by 2003" i'd suggest, with all kindness, that it was YAS, at least when it came to selection processes. and I know you had a smiley in your message, i'm just making sure the facts are known > (What happened to the 'Oslo' thingy? Didn't they compete for the 2001 slot? > Are they still in the running?) i have not seen any proposal for them on the planning list for 2002, so i don't know what the status is. they maybe are planning to put in a proposal for 2003. who know's, but i'd imagine they'll have to fight a very strong proposal from Paris to do so. Greg -- Greg McCarroll http://217.34.97.146/~gem/
