sorry i haven't participated in this thread earlier but i've been at work... your original post claims:

"The three days of events will take several formats including 3 invite only dinners as well as three happy hour events starting at 5:30pm each night of the gathering as well as an exclusive pre-show event on the 31st March."

bedfellow.com (the company i founded and continue to run today) is hosting the only officially sanctioned party on the 31st so i'm not sure how your point of view has been maintained...

in fact, this whole thread seems to be about you attempting to discredit the first person who questioned your original post by simply claiming that they were incorrect. am i misreading something here?

the reason that we chose to participate as a platinum level sponsor is because we embrace the phoenix forum and the kinds of relationships it builds within the gay webmaster community. in addition to this we have been guaranteed the exclusive privilege of producing a gay party for the opening night on the 31st.

an unsponsored and unsanctioned party on the same day seems to be directly aimed at disrupting any sense of webmaster unity. as well, your combative responses to any questions about your level of participation with the phoenix forum seem to be entirely motivated by politics.

your passive agressive accusations directed at morgan more accurately describe yourself.

it has been people like morgan, myself and many others who have established and nurtured the gay webmaster community at every event for going on 7 years so your claims against morgan seem more defensive than accurate to be quite honest.

either way, anyone reading this thread is welcome to attend the bedfellow party on the opening night of the phoenix forum... as always, it will be a great time and an excellent way to meet new contacts and old friends alike!

karl.('bedfellow design team');