It was never about how well you treat people now. I agree, that you treated the 20+ bloggers in last week’s proto on par with mainstream media at the event.

But how are you going to treat them in the next event? Invisible? Forget them? Because you have grown bigger and stronger than them?

You may gather short term goodwill by treating them good in one event, but using them and throwing them away won’t help you sustain the goodwill.

Also equating Keith to those 20+ bloggers or the bloggers who request you for an invite is simply insulting him more. In fact you folks asked him for a favor when you were not so big. If he isn’t important enough now, doesn’t mean you forget your stepping stones.

Both you and I know this has nothing to do with not for profit society or whether you are getting paid. So please don’t throw random facts, albeit interesting trivia, that doesn’t add value to the conversation. I shall assure you, no one here thinks you take the money home, so don’t get defensive.

If someone has been missed out, it is very unfortunate. But at the same time, if some blogger shows interest in covering the event and approaches us, we dont even think twice before sending him an invite.

Also, if i may clarify, the event is run by a not for profit society and there is no profits taken home by any of us nor do we get paid to do any of this.

Hope that clarifies.

Thanks,

Ravi