I know I've been trying to justify the trip from mid-Canada for a few years now. I'm quite interested to hear of people's experiences at that and other such venues. If the RTMC has drifted away from things of interest to amateur telescope makers, that is good information to those of us who would otherwise attend. If I want to go to a star party, I don't have to drive for 3 days to get to one. IMHO this IS on-topic.
Lets get back to improvements in testing and figuring.