Jimmy Wales (jwales(a)wikia.com) [050423 22:49]:
This is one of the disadvantages that en has compared
to many other
languages -- there is no realistic hope of ever getting together all the
most famous people on en at the same time. (Unless someone wants to
donate a huge amount of money to sponsor a conference where the travel
for them is paid!)
Meets have made the UK side of things feel slightly more cohesive. Though it
would be Bad for it to fall into national clumps.
- d.