Jimmy Wales (jwales@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.