Hello Michael, I can absolutely understand your frustration. We talked about the issue yesterday on the admin meeting, and I was actually under the impression, that everyone who registered would be contacted before anything was announced. Specifically because of the airline tickets issue. I am neither attending Waltercon, nor am I helping in organizing it, so it is really not up to me. But I think everyone involved should talk it over to see wether it doesn't make sense after all to still do the meeting. Yesterday it looked like it would be only 3 people in total, I thought including Michael Phipps and Darkwyrm. But you make it sound like there would be more people after all. And you could all still have a great time together in San Francisco. We are about to do the same in Switzerland with only a handful of people. It doesn't have to be such an official event when that doesn't make much sense. Just having a great time together is enough, especially if it prevents this sort of disappointment. Best regards, -Stephan