The Poetry Eye-Roll

Excuse me if I sound somewhat sceptical here, but can you detect any difference between these two statements...

1/ I got invited to be on a planning committee for a poetry festival.

2/ I want to attend a planning committee for a poetry festival.

? Maybe I've got this wrong, but the first statement could be read as...

I got roped into some planning committee for a poetry festival.

Almost an invitation for sympathy (You poor bastard - what a waste of holiday time)

[afterthought - similar subliminal message within "I need to use a little vacation time..." rather than "I want to/I'd like to..."]

[and yes, I read your earlier comment in Leanne's rant thread :>]
Is that an unreasonable/unfair observation based on the scenario presented here?