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kevin_standlee ([personal profile] kevin_standlee) wrote2007-09-02 01:22 am
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Worldcon Site Selection -- Unofficial Results

When you watch a horse race, you may see the horse named "Montreal" cross the finish line first, but you're not allowed to cash your ticket until the OFFICIAL sign lights up. With Worldcons, the OFFICIAL sign is when the WSFS Site Selection Business Meeting formally receives the results, and that will be shortly after 1000 local time in Yokohama today, Sunday, September 2.

However, I understand that Montreal did win, by around 100 votes. I'll post the detailed results when I get a chance.
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Re: For once, No Preference may just mean that?

[identity profile] ceemage.livejournal.com 2007-09-02 07:13 am (UTC)(link)
Fair enough. Although I'm sure Japanese fen are pleased to be hosting a Worldcon, there's no real reason why the average Japanese Jophan should find the ongoing administrivia of WSFS (whether Hugos or site selection) of interest - no matter how much it fascinates us! I suppose the real comparison would be with the other two Worldcons held in non-English-speaking venues (1990 and 1970) - although I suspect that Japanese fandom probably feels even less connection with mainstream English-speaking fandom than the Germans or the Dutch.
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