Then corrected you will be. Only a very limited number of stateside "rockstars" (as Quim put it) could be sponsored to attend, thereby excluding the majority of stateside contributors (I could've gotten sponsorship if I had applied, so don't take this as a bitter reaction on my part from being declined, just a defense of my fellow North, South, and Central American contributors ). So, yeah, the location has a big effect on whether certain people can attend, regardless of sponsorship money.