I think they got the point when I pointed out that we would have to have good security for the event, because our field is full of people who like breaking rules, and we're saying "no you can not has". And every one of them was clearly thinking about how *they* could get in, and me just baldly pointing it out brought them up short. So, hooray for education?

I'll post about it on my own journal sometime when I'm going to be online enough to manage the inevitable arguing. But I'm headed down to Portland for RainSec, so that's not today.