it is difficult. there are a few legitimate reasons and at least one questionable reason i can think of off the top of my head. attendance tracking would be go

it is difficult. there are a few legitimate reasons and at least one questionable reason i can think of off the top of my head. attendance tracking would be good for "care" ("hey - it's been a while, is everything ok?"), for decision-making ("we average 35 people at 8am but 400 at 10:30am, what should we do?"). unfortunately, i can also see it used to target "marketing" messages for donations.