Justin Etheredge is putting together a series of meetings in the Richmond area called "Meet and Code". It's a free-form, BYOL (Bring Your Own Laptop) kind of affair where people are encouraged to bring code examples and ideas to speak about. I'm not sure about all the details but it sounds very interesting and could go in some good directions. Check out Justin's blog post about this. Be sure to sign up on the Upcoming.Yahoo.com site so he knows how much pizza to order.