I agree with Don that no one has stepped up and taken charge. There're several people interested but that's about it. I was involved in helping with one of the meetings and the only pain was trying to pick a date when as many as possible could go. The meetings I attended were at Dallas Wood World and one was at a members shop. Wood World didn't care if we met there we just needed to confirm that the date was open for them. If you have a place and a date in mind post it and people will show up. As far as what to do we had a blank swap which is everyone brings a blank and we throw them in a box. Then we draw numbers to see who gets to blindly reach in and pick a blank. Other than that we take a few or more pens we've built and passed them around and asked questions. We've had people volunteer to turn pens and calls which were given away and finishing demos. Of course you can do whatever you want especially if you set tings up! Mike Breslim, the guy who opened up his shop, knows one of the people that makes the laser kits and was able to get him to donate several kits to give away at his meeting. It was sad that the weather was bad and lots of people weren't able to go or didn't want to get out but that left enough kits so everyone there picked up 2-3. I'm planning to retire in Feb. so if no one else is interested I might try to get something going.
