I didn't hear about it until late last night. I was under the impression that there was a mutual understanding that your time doesn't mesh well with when we're on since we're on at somewhat inconsistent times (I think that goes for all of us), and Josh was doing some housekeeping in guild. I'd imagine he could pull you back in if your situation changes any, but I gather that at this point we're a bit too casual to be of any use.
As far as Minecraft goes, none of us mind. We've had a few people playing who weren't in guild at all but are known either in real life or through other games or places entirely. I've tried to clarify the Minecraft server policies
here since there's no point limiting it to only people in guild since we're doing a lot of extra stuff beyond just Guild Wars or other MMOs. Everyone's welcome, even people not in guild, as long as they don't break things (or if they do are at least willing to fix them).
I'd encourage everyone to get into Minecraft at least once in a while as a break or something else to do besides rot your brains in an MMO. But no, we're not excluding anyone from the server. It's not a public server by any means (as you know), but everyone is definitely welcome to play as long as we know them or know someone who does.