Cabal decision [was: C14 bids: committees jumping the gun]

The C*b*l has discussed the issue and we have decided that two of the
prospective bids for Convergence 14 are in violation of the rules.

Specifically the rule stating that promotion starts upon the close of
the submission period.

I'm pretty sure that *all* of the previous Convergence proposal
committees (including ones that I've been a part of) started off with
people sitting around the real or virtual pub saying "Wouldn't it be
cool if we could pull this off." However, the difference between that
and having a member****p on a networking site with 400+ friends is
large enough that we feel safe in decreeing the latter as Taking The
Piss and eliminating bids those bids from the upcoming vote.

Those bids have had their access to their official bid sites frozen,
and will not appear on the ballot.

Siobhan
</takes off black uniform>