Connections with Seattle and Vancouver

I notice that there is a Drupal Meetup this thursday in Vancouver/Surrey.

You can see the meetup notice here:

http://www.meetup.com/surrey-drupal/events/14698917/

I wonder if there is any interest in going up to events like this in Vancouver or going down to Drupal events in Seattle from time to time?

Any thoughts on how we might step up the conversation about drupal a bit thru cross fertilization/