More about the Montreal win
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gerisullivanJeff Orth, from the Kansas City bid, told me in Skype chat this morning that the 2009 Worldcon will be held in Montreal.
He wrote that the mail-in ballot was 221 - 227, without indicating which bid had which vote count at that point. He then said the onsite vote was brutal, that KC lost the Tourist/International vote.
According to Jeff, the final vote count was 341 KC and 507 Montreal, with a total of 901 votes cast.
This is obviously unofficial until it's announced at Sunday's business meeting, and it's subject to the usual issues of typos in chat conversations, so there might well be differences in the actual vote count. But the result itself? I'm confident it's spot-on.
Congratulations, Montreal. Commisserations to all of my dear friends on the KC bid. You really did score big on the "get out of jail free" front, but I totally understand that there's a lot of grieving to go along with that. My thanks to all of the bidders for running such friendly, positive campaigns!
He wrote that the mail-in ballot was 221 - 227, without indicating which bid had which vote count at that point. He then said the onsite vote was brutal, that KC lost the Tourist/International vote.
According to Jeff, the final vote count was 341 KC and 507 Montreal, with a total of 901 votes cast.
This is obviously unofficial until it's announced at Sunday's business meeting, and it's subject to the usual issues of typos in chat conversations, so there might well be differences in the actual vote count. But the result itself? I'm confident it's spot-on.
Congratulations, Montreal. Commisserations to all of my dear friends on the KC bid. You really did score big on the "get out of jail free" front, but I totally understand that there's a lot of grieving to go along with that. My thanks to all of the bidders for running such friendly, positive campaigns!
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Date: 2007-09-01 09:30 pm (UTC)Meanwhile, here is a massive HUG for you! Congratulations on the Fan Hugo for SF5Y. Just you wait until I see you in Vegas next year...