I'd be probable for both national or regional meetings.

For regional meetings, great technical depth as far as presentations or papers would not be a consideration in my mind. It would be more social for me.

You are all a bunch of geeks anyway.

Excerpt from Robert Crais' "The Monkey's Raincoat:"
"She took another microscopic bite of her sandwich, then pushed it away. Maybe she absorbed nutrients from her surroundings."