At the meeting here last night, this all went a bit balls-up. The elders here are all a bit slow, and they must have only seen the letter online sometime earlier this week. I think they maybe phoned up one or two, but certainly not everyone.
So when it came to the meeting last night, most people were sat there with the old book and nothing else. The conductor had printed out paragaphs 7 and 8 for the reader, and mentioned there were some "updates online" at the start of the study. When it came to those paragraphs, there were some very confused looks, as people sat there with the old version were having trouble following along and it made the differences really apparent. Even funnier, when it came to the question about God's name, the conductor still asked question from the old version: "What does God's name literally mean?"
I guess it wasn't all that grievous as the changes were pretty minor, but it was an interesting view into the future perhaps, where those who haven't got their latest "online new-light update" are left behind in the dust with "old light". There are quite a few in the congregation here who don't have internet access at all. And if an entire congregation misses out, there can effectively be congregations going apostate without even realising it!
