Another take on this whole meeting concept. Let's say we pose the question: What is the outcome we seek? What will happen afterwards? What is the bottomline, so to speak? Community? Talk? Working friendships? Whatever comes up? "Whatever happens is the only thing that could have happened?" Or are we getting closer to a linear kind of process where the outcome desired might drive the organizing the meeting?

If you asked me in one sentence where the opportunity is, I would say: "Connect established giving networks with the emerging online networks so that more people get plugged into programs where they can make a real contribution online and off."

Seen in that way, the key players would be open space folks, o.net types, community foundations, and the nonprofits that community foundations support. How can the techies get the charities into the 21st century, with a website, say? How can the techies get plugged into local volunteer or leadership roles? How can foundations use Peter's work to energize funders? Each person might leave with at least three valuable connections and at least one real world action opportunity, in concert with others.