I think it's fair that we trust Auricom to announce it as soon as he could. But if it had come with some sort of explanation earlier, then all this whining would've been avoided. There was ample notice actually as pointed out by Hix, then surely arrangements would've been made to secure sponsorship but since the entire process wasn't very transparent, I don't see how that could've helped.

Perhaps communicating to CGS about our problems has been done before? Did all the other Asian franchises receive last minute notices as well? If so, has the other Asian GMs meet up to discuss a resolution?