I would love to get something going on this for the Boston area. Would anyone be willing to take the reins on organizing it? You would need to: Find and confirm a location; set the time; be there for the duration of the event; be the point-person for any inquiries. We can recruit for it at the Jan 18th party, but I think we should have figured out logistics before then.

NB: I will be more than happy to attend the event and help present and/or tutor newbies. If I can find a committed host, I will also work with you to add the event to various Wiki pages + our Meetup.com group. I just don't have time to organize a full thing from scratch.