I skipped some meetings randomly (I was busy on the phone), so that's the escape hatch. But alternatively one might argue that if it's mandatory nobody will com

I skipped some meetings randomly (I was busy on the phone), so that's the escape hatch. But alternatively one might argue that if it's mandatory nobody will come. I don't have a good argument for the second part, except that I'd attend it to be up to date whenever I could.