Forourselves
Super Anarchist
There was no vote. There was the group who would later go on to sign the London Agreement, and there was the rest.
Luna Rossa had rights to veto, as they were Challenger of Record at that time. They waived their right to veto in favor of a "Challenger Committee" and publicly stated they did so in the name of "Goodwill and working together" as they did not want the stigma of litigation continuing on from the Oracle/ Alinghi feud of 2010. Once this happened, the Challenger Committee then conspired against Luna Rossa and formed their own committee of Oracles friends to eliminate the two strongest challengers, and the two challengers who they knew would never agree to their future Framework Agreement.
Subsequently Luna Rossa withdrew and the Qualifier regatta was pulled out from under ETNZ - illegally - (who were heavily reliant on the income gained from that regatta) because the Challenger committee "Didn't want to do it anymore".
Everyone knows this was the case, it was the reason why 1) Luna Rossa withdrew, and 2) Harvey Schiller was forced to step down as Commissioner of Ac35 before AC35 even began, and 3) ACEA ended up having to financially compensate, or pay out ETNZ because they breached the qualifier agreement contract, and also why they had to keep the whole embarrassment quiet.
Again, Mutual Agreement exists between the Defender and Challenger of Record.
Luna Rossa had rights to veto, as they were Challenger of Record at that time. They waived their right to veto in favor of a "Challenger Committee" and publicly stated they did so in the name of "Goodwill and working together" as they did not want the stigma of litigation continuing on from the Oracle/ Alinghi feud of 2010. Once this happened, the Challenger Committee then conspired against Luna Rossa and formed their own committee of Oracles friends to eliminate the two strongest challengers, and the two challengers who they knew would never agree to their future Framework Agreement.
Subsequently Luna Rossa withdrew and the Qualifier regatta was pulled out from under ETNZ - illegally - (who were heavily reliant on the income gained from that regatta) because the Challenger committee "Didn't want to do it anymore".
Everyone knows this was the case, it was the reason why 1) Luna Rossa withdrew, and 2) Harvey Schiller was forced to step down as Commissioner of Ac35 before AC35 even began, and 3) ACEA ended up having to financially compensate, or pay out ETNZ because they breached the qualifier agreement contract, and also why they had to keep the whole embarrassment quiet.
Again, Mutual Agreement exists between the Defender and Challenger of Record.
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