I would love to go to one of these, but I missed seeing this one. I have been busy with other things. I really need to check the forum more then once every two years.
dsonyay is the instigator for these. He works offshore and arranges them for when he's in town. It's a free country (well, you know what I mean) and anyone can call for a meet up. I just defer to dsonyay since he started things rolling.