Well to be fair, the original "stand by" list was not in the same category. At least I thought it was that way. It's not my problem, because I plan on paying and attending. But I originally thought the stand by list was for people to have first right of refusal if somebody on the main list drops out. Semantics, I s'pose.
But if somebody dropped out that was originally on the stand by list, maybe it was not clear to them.
I may be out of the country that week, but I am still going to send in my $.