We are going off information directly quoted from Ryan. And information directly quoted from you. No pitting. Nothing to do with or without respect or locality. Two pieces of information about the same source.

No one has questioned your participation in other forms of activism. It is known and understood, I hope, that activity in the org is not a buffet-style pick and choose, but something where everyone is required to do everything they are called upon and capable of.

I understand your concerns with your career, and I am not necessarily the one for advice in that realm, but I nor anyone else is contesting your work schedule or its importance. Just to clarify without any doubt, your qualms have been quashed to the degree that they effected your perceived attendance, but even so, work complications prevail that undermine your ability to attend?