South Korean president, Lee Myung-bak, and others celebrate after hearing that PyeongChang would be hosting the 2018 Winter Olympics.
Jin Sun Kim represented POCOG as president, along with Dong Hoo Moon, vice president and secretary general, and Yong Sung Park, South Korean National Olympic Committee (KOC) chief and vice-president of OCOG. Both Kim, Moon and Park addressed the assembly and showed two presentations with demonstrated the overall plan and venue explanations. This meeting occurred just four months after PyeongChang was named host of the 2018 Winter Olympics on July 6th.
In four months, POCOG has organized an IOC Orientation Seminar (led by Gunilla Lindberg and Gilbert Felli); had an executive board meeting in Seoul; and has made a Games Master Plan through the IOC (which includes conference calls and meetings related to the Olympic Games Knowledge Management [OGKM]). In March, the IOC will make its first inaugural site visit to PyeongChang.
The mountains of Pyeongchang.
Moon encouraged the committee by saying, "I also wish to reassure the IOC and the members of the EOC present today, that we, the PyeongChang Organizing Committee, will spare no efforts in delivering one of the most memorable Winter Games ever."
Hopefully, it will be just that. I truly enjoy watching the Olympics. Therefore, when I discovered that the 2018 Winter Olympics would be in South Korea, I was overjoyed. It was encouraging to hear the developments in planning. In addition, I believe that this informed that public that there are many steps into planning the Olympics and that POCOG is being very careful with its planning in hopes that the 2018 Winter Olympics will be the best Winter Games ever.
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