Ignore for a moment that it's 17 some odd hours later and I'm just now reading this. I finally realized the link to renderosity chat was on the top menu bar and looked.

ID Name Count Users 1 The Lounge 0   3 Tech Talk 0   4 Current Events 0   24 LightWave 0   25 Cinema4d 0  
Why not post a message saying, "I'll be in the lounge Sat 3rd at 10pm" and see who shows up?