invitations and perception

[Scott Wheeler]

I was just talking to Ralf on IRC.  It seems that there's some confusion as to 
who will actually be allowed to attend the meeting.

By way of posting something on the dot, I think most readers interpreted it as 
an open invitation:
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"Too bad there aren't more KDE conferences here in the US. [...] I'm stuck 
here in MN and I wish something would happen closer to home." (from someone 
that doesn't appear to be a contributer)

"i wish i could be there! though i am not much experienced in KDE 
programming."

"Those conferences have ever been too far away to just get there and listen to 
it (as i am not an active developer... but i'd love to be...). Now this is 
_really_ close to austria, and as i live in Freistadt it's even better :-) 
Lookin' forward to that event!"
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My impression and it seems Ralf's too is that only "non-contributors only from 
very interested parties paying for participation IIRC" (quote of Ralf on IRC) 
will be invited.

In the end I don't really care, but it might be a good idea that if there is a 
conflict between the perception and reality that this is cleared up 
publically.

Cheers,

-Scott

-- 
The fact that an opinion has been widely held is no evidence whatever that it 
is not utterly absurd. 
--Bertrand Russell