You took a seat someone else could have used at a sold out conference. The money went to pay for that seat in a convention hall, pay for a group reservation of food, and your % of the expenses for the conference. You should have sold it and recouped your costs. There were several other people here that would have gone if given the opportunity and more notice. The expenses were split into 1/50th shares. I don't think it would be right to expect the organizers to take a hit simply because you were a no-show. Next year is it's own block of tickets and corresponding expenses.
We were bummed you were not there. You were missed. You should come next year.

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