So a couple of them? Travel is pain for all of us. Say, ETS-West and ETS-East for those in the US and Canada, and ETS-Euro for our friends on the otherside of the pond?

I don't know if I'd want it to be a trade show, though. I'm not sure if we're big enough to get vendors. More than a class reunion thing, have some speakers or a couple workshops. Like a business conference.

Just need to find a hotel with a conference room that would be mellow with something like a fire-by-friction workshop. Or something where we bring in a bunch of bunnies and sheep so that our more urban members can clean thier own meals- pair those who've never done it with those of us who have. Maybe do that before the firemaking class, let them drain while the fire builds.

(And before anyone asks, no, I'm not looking to make proxies out of lunch. That's bad karma.)