I realized I never indicated what I thought after the discussion. I now endorse the position Kit suggests:
My guess after public and private discussion is that the approach which captures the most total value would be something like aggressive marketing (including pushing known EAs hard to tell their friends, slightly-more-than-comfortable numbers of chaser emails to applicants, and focussing almost entirely on the positives of attending) while avoiding anyone feeling deliberately misled. Obviously CEA is better placed to make this call, and I hope the broad discussion will help guide future decisions.
I realized I never indicated what I thought after the discussion. I now endorse the position Kit suggests:
Thank for the very valuable discussion!