What you guys are saying makes a lot of sense!! I used to go to a Spanish congo, I've never heard of Zone meetings before (guess the Spanish speaking sheep were not as special and exemplary).
The girl that told me about this was extremely excited, they are making seem (at least in her congo) like it is "ultra special" if you are invited and you are not a pioneer or elder's wive (at least for the sisters) and she was even crying of exciment... I feel so bad for her, I felt sad to see her living that lie....
So much for "no elite" within the JWs... btw... she did mentioned (goosepumps and tears included) one or two of the "annointed" would be giving the special talks and the whole thing was about 2 hours long... hers is October 22, my grandma (in another state) is going October 23...