Re:Err, ok. (Score 1)

I agree completely. A fellow by the name of Harrison Owen also noticed this phenomenon and created an interesting way of holding conventions to try and take advantage of it. Far be it for me to play to /.'s biases, but there's a nice parallel between his methods and those of the open source community in terms of structure (or lack thereof). It would probably be a good match for meetings such as these.

It's worth checking out: Open Space Technology