One thing that came from the previous thread on real life contact was using an existing event as a meetup point for ETS members. I wholeheartedly endorse this practice.
If you look, there's a calendar function on this forum software. If you're attending an ETS-compatible event (a hamfest, a shooting sports event, a boat race, whatever) perhaps you can post as an event on the calendar - look to the bottom of the message composition window and you'll see that you can "list this event in the calendar..,"

A simple way to do meetups in a rational fashion.