Tell ya what, if I hit the Mega Millions jackpot on Tuesday ($210 Million) I'll cover everybody's travel and rent out a whole hotel for us.
And yeah, the mini-conventions are always a good idea, but in actuality there's just too many people with conflicting dates, locations, and money troubles. You'd be lucky to get together 8-10 folks, probably the ones on the east coast.
Myself?
I'd love to go, but it'd really have to coincide nicely with my schedule. In other words, it'd have to be in St. Louis or Chicago, on a day I'm not working, and it'd have to be dirt cheap.
I just don't see it happening, nice an idea though it is. Cause I imagine most people feel similar to me about how far out of their way they'd be willing to go for this.