nominated?

so i got this thing in the mail. it's a letter of congratulations on [my] nomination to membership in the Los Angeles World Affairs Council. ...yeah, wat? anyway. keep reading and find out that 'in just the past few months our past speakers have included:' the un sec-general, vp dick cheney, president of pakistan, pm of spain, pm of poland, us comm sec, former cia dir, prince sultan of palestine, etc... huh... read the brochure and find out that every us president since jfk has spoken to them... along wit several kings of the world, prince charles, many presidents, kissinger, mlk jr, albright, dalai lama, sir edmund hillary, powell, dozens of pms... go to their website: www.lawac.org and read their list of directors. guess who's on that list? no princes or kings but eisner's on. and assorted presidents, chancelors, ceos, vps, and chairmen of various companies and organizations including sunkist, la times, mattel, boeing, eanst & young, usc, wells fargo, cal tech, hilton, ucla, toyota, getty trust, etc... so the question is: how the hell did i get 'nominated'? holy cow... someone said that they needed money. but my membership fee is only $25 (the cheapest). another suggestion was my website (cause it's a bit political). but my site is only national politics. not global, which is wat this org is about. another suggestion was that maybe i signed up for something before. but i really don't have an interest in global politics so i'm pretty sure i didn't sign up for anything. anyway. i'm getting tired. so to make a long story a bit longer. i wasn't sure if i wanted to join. but i think i will. just to rub shoulders wit some of these people. :) really tho. it's only $25. and i get invited (still have to pay tho, altho discounted) to guest dinners and guest speeches. pretty cool.