My implied question seems clear: why are they bothering to conduct appearance after appearance of an unfinished OS when that time, effort, and money, could be spent on finishing the OS? Is that an invalid question?
The show is not organised by, or paid for by Hyperion. The person responsible for those would be "Myself and Mark Spearing", and "Me" respectively.
venue where 3 or 4 of the faithful just might show up
Just under 120 people have registered an interest in attending, so far.
I hope that satisfactorily answers your questions.