Several of us from my forum on Compuserve meet ftf each year at Origins (a gaming convention). I have really enjoyed putting voices and facial expressions to the typed messages after meeting a person with whom I've exchanged comments over the years. I've met a few of the DAZ and CuriousLabs folks at the Game Developer's Conference, but nobody else from these forums. That could be remedied! :) I live in the SF Bay Area. Are there any other members around here? I hold artist tea parties occasionally (the next is in 3 weeks), so could be persuaded to host a friendly little gathering. Carolly