Discussion: Anyone interested in meetups?

Now that I'm here in LA, I've been thinking about how Sound of Young America listeners could connect in real life -- with each other and with me. I've been to a few San Francisco Podcasters meetups, and they were really great. I thought folks might be interested in having meetups, at the least here in LA, and perhaps in the Bay Area, Santa Cruz, and beyond.

Anyone have any experience doing this kind of thing? I was checking out meetup.com, and I was annoyed by the cost and by the fact that you can't create a new topic (in other words, TSOYA meetups would have to be "comedy" meetups), but maybe it's worth it.

Anyone have any bright ideas?

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