No, there are three people involved. X & Z are major donors, Y is the author of the post. For the 2009 conference, X nominated Y, who paid $6k to go. For the

No, there are three people involved. X & Z are major donors, Y is the author of the post. For the 2009 conference, X nominated Y, who paid $6k to go. For the 2011 conference, Y applied and was accepted, but Z got him blacklisted.