Brian E Carpenter wrote:
choosing a venue 1-2 years out is about right, in terms of putting sponsors and space availability together.
Presumably you mean hosts, not sponsors. The idea behind moving to a sponsors model is to decouple their money from any specific venue.
In which case, they are not a factor in choosing the city and we do not have to delay choosing a city, waiting to find a host.
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