Date: Wed, 25 Oct 2006 12:54:16 -0700 (PDT)
From: Sam Scheiner <sscheiner at yahoo.com>
Subject: [WSFA] Re: DC in 2011 Worldcon Bid Update
To: WSFA members <WSFAlist at KeithLynch.net>
Cc: wsfa-forum at yahoogroups.com
Reply-To: WSFA members <WSFAlist at KeithLynch.net>

----- Original Message ----=0AFrom: Michael Nelson nelson_mr at yahoo.com=0A=
=0ARegardless of what someone once said of me, I am not=0Aa cunning masterm=
ind and I would have been an awful=0Abid chair had I decided to continue th=
e bid.  So this=0Apast spring when another group decided they wanted=0Ato b=
id Seattle for 2011 and contacted Peggy Rae, I=0Adecided to let them have 2=
011.  Me.  Bob and Peggy=0ARae knew I was thinking about postponing the bid=
 to=0Aanother year, but I decided on my own to end the bid=0Aand hand over =
2011 without consulting the other people=0Ainvolved in the bid planning pro=
cess.  A number of=0Apeople are probably still pissed at me for my tackless=
=0Ahandling of the situation.=0A___________________________________________=
_______=0A=0AActually, I think that the reaction was..."Whew! So Mike is no=
t nuts after all!" :-)=0A=0AAs far as I know, no one was surprised that the=
 bid went nowhere.=0A=0ASam Scheiner=0A=0A