This thread has it's value for planning a meetup, which invloves a lot of time-dependent discussion (who's available when in the coming weeks?) that would be clutter in the "Where are we?" thread.
I do agree that a link to "Where are we?" would have been useful in the top-level post, over there, people say where they are, and here they discuss planning.
There are readers on this blog from all over the world - many of them spread out over Europe. How many of you would be interested in a European meetup of LW readers?
We do not have big clusters like Silicon Valley, but we have low cost airlines, and lots of interesting places.
If interested please comment.