GLISA Reopens
Bidding for 2nd OutGames
Vancouver -
“GLISA will reopen the bidding process for
the 2nd World Outgames in 2009,” Rachel Corbett,
executive director of the organization, has announced. “This
decision was made in response to expressions of interest
from several cities in Europe and North America, with the
agreement of Games Berlin.”
GLISA will continue to work with Games Berlin
e.V., which submitted their intention to bid in September
but has placed that on hold pending its initiative to host a
reconciliation meeting of the LGBT sport movement.
“We look forward to the progress of Games
Berlin’s reconciliation initiative but in the meantime we
will continue to explore possibilities for our 2009 event
with Games Berlin and other interested cities” commented
Geoff Lyne, GLISA Board of Directors member and head of
GLISA’s site selection process. The deadline for the
submission of the 2009 bids is now March 30, 2005.
MONTREAL 2006 SITE VISIT
Corbett also announced that members of the
GLISA Board of Directors and Executive Director’s office are
planning a site visit to Montréal 2006 competition sites
before the end of this year to inspect the progress of the
organization of sporting events currently in place.
“And by the spring of 2005,” Corbett
explained, “we will be able to expand on this analysis by
inviting respected independent experts in the world of sport
to Montréal with us to verify the quality of the city’s
sport infrastructures as well as the financial health of
Montréal 2006.”
A public report will be made available as a
result of these analyses so that athletes and participants
can be assured that they will find unparalleled sport
facilities and a solid administrative foundation leading to
the most financially viable games in the history of the
games movement.
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