[flaminglunchbox]

I was planning on sending postcards internationally to anyone I could... even if it cost a fair chunk of the pledge.

The plan for the forums is to use them not only for discussion but also to vote on direction and cosmetic issues (name, logo, syntax targets).

Do you think that giving people access to the forums for the purposes of discussion but without the ability to vote would cause problems?

As for the betas, I agree that even a dollar is significant but I had to find a balance that I felt would work for the pledge rewards. This restriction is only for the first development cycle however; once the public release is done further development will be open to everybody.