It is disappointing, I went to Federal Way, only four hours total out of my night. I spend 5 hours driving one way to set up camp the week before the season, drive back 5 hours to go to work and then do the same drive and take a week off of work in the early and late seasons. A few hours of meeting to get my voice heard and keep the opportunity to hunt seems like a small price to pay. I am sure most people spend tons of time and money on hunting, why not go a little farther and spend some time at a meeting to keep the opportunity available.
I hope your experience at the meeting was a good one and you were happy to get the one on one time with the representatives. That is the good thing about a low turnout, those that did go got a lot of face time to voice their concerns.