As a sponsor, I actually care very much about the number of people coming, the mix of people in the audience and the purpose they're coming to the event.

I think that the fact that WCEU organizers are not very concerned with who comes is a partial explanation to the fact that some sponsorship packages were left.

Last year, we sent a big team to Vienna. Sending such a big team to Paris just costs too much, compared to the value we can expect to get from it.

Sorry, but some of us (sponsors and attendees) are running on a budget and need to decide how we best spend it.