Grim I understand your situation,
however my point was the other couple hundred people who looked, left no comment and made no effort are the reason why it has become an exercise in futility. back when technoweenie and some others were in the area we were averaging 6-10 people every month at starbucks and a few picnics in the summer with better turnout. I have been there every month and lately if 1 person comes by it is sort of a success. I've met a few new faces and then never saw them again.
The biggest thing we had all summer was the august picnic when mary, big dave and a few more showed up giving us like 12 people. I understand people have busy lives, I most certainly could be doing other things than trying to set up these meetups. over the past couple years I have consistently made the effort because I did and still do think it's important to the community and to our rights. however I cannot justify, no matter how great I think golddigger is, continuing to make the effort if only he shows up.
I will keep an eye on the forums to see if somebody else makes an effort that I can participate in, until then carry on.