I am looking for the 'Like' button here, dang, its not the Facebook!!
Dear Kanchana and Chaya: We know that you have been pro active right from the start and got many to sign up and sorry some may have put you off. Let us not take it personally. It is a team effort and as Kanchana mentioned we do not want to give more importance to anyone to get them to register.
We all wanted to share the joy and in the process get brick bats from those who fail to realize this. Some may be glad that we yanked them out of their comfort zone to register and they will end up bragging about the event for years to come. So much thought and months of planning have gone it to it.
As Chaya put is right, we do not want to be pushy. We are spreading the word and making ourselves available in their zone. Between those who have signed up and those who do not want to, there could be many as Manoj mentioned whom may not have heard about the event and those who wait until the last minute to hop on. Let us try to target them.
We are still waiting on the press release which may happen towards a week before the event. This will get us more sponsors, registration, etc. So keeping all options open at this point may not be a bad thing I guess?