Well the final list for speakers seems to have been decided on. I had submitted several proposals so I was hoping that one or more would make the cut. Alas, this morning I had 2 e-mail messages that looked like this

Scott Golightly -

Thank you for submitting a breakout session suggestion for Tech·Ed 2005.
Your suggestion <session name /> has been reviewed, and has been
DECLINED for inclusion at Tech.Ed 2005.

Thank you for your contribution.

The Tech·Ed 2005 Content Management Team

I had submitted more so I was holding out hope that one would get accepted until I got a blanket e-mail saying that none of my sessions were accepted. I thought I was prepared for the rejection but the DECLINED all in caps just seemed to be too much. Now I will have to find some other way to participate in TechEd.