I know there were several people who still expressed interested in London as a venue. However as the deadline drew nearer, Birmingham was the only location we had a strong lead in, and it had also received the most support from the community.
The only other candidature was the Lyon group, and you can read their bid here: http://dneary.free.fr/lyon-guadec.pdf
The decision will be made by the board at GUADEC, so we will have a little while to wait until we know the result!
Regards, Thomas
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