I'm sorry, but I am afraid with school this year I must drop from this (and 1900 if it still even exists). I'm taking a lot of AP classes, and cannot do that successfully and be on RPGuild, so I'm off for the season.
Concerning the Lisbon Conference, I would like to personally suggest that The Netherlands/Nexerus take care of it, as I see his nation as being one that would make sense for hosting it (especially now that he holds Belgium) and because as a player I believe he has enough experience to be able to host it well through PM. I would love it if someone would "play" Portugal in the conference for realism sake, but neither of these things are in my control.
Best of luck to all, hopefully we can RP again in the future.
Aegon