The members should respect their duties, one of which is to visit candidate cities. The member felt that the IOC should prove to the world the members of the IOC are indeed respectable people who can carry out their task in a proper way. Therefore, he concluded, visits should be allowed. Bid cities, said another member, do not decide overnight to bid. It is a long process, that requires a lot of experience and expertise.
Some cities deliver what they promise, others disappoint.
This member feels the scrutiny of an expert commission should be enough to avoid mistakes, and, therefore, members don't need to visit. To achieve a consensus in the Session a member suggested that visits should be allowed. He argued that as a result of not having been to the candidate cities, he felt insecure about voting last June in Seoul. A vice president of the IOC and member of the IOC 2000 Commission Working Group I, made a strong point against visits. He expressed his full support for President Samaranch, who recommended the no-visit option.