Nonetheless, if you're doing something that you know is going to greatly increase your exposure level, it might make a difference. I was about to suggest the same.
Writing back to say, "We're sorry you won't be here, we'd really been looking forward to seeing you" (and perhaps asking when a visit might be arranged) would have been polite. But I agree, writing to ask them to reconsider sounds uncomfortably like fishing for gifts.
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Date: 2006-05-08 11:44 am (UTC)Writing back to say, "We're sorry you won't be here, we'd really been looking forward to seeing you" (and perhaps asking when a visit might be arranged) would have been polite. But I agree, writing to ask them to reconsider sounds uncomfortably like fishing for gifts.