On: DEF CON 32 Was Canceled. We Un-Canceled it

[TeMPOraL]

A 5-year contract starting at DC 27 would hold thru DC 31, so DC 32 fits the "not renewing" hypothesis.

[ghaff → TeMPOraL]

Who knows? But a more likely hypothesis is that the organizers were betting that they could come to terms on a renewal and at the end of the day they couldn't.