The goal of this meeting is to explore the level of interest and technical knowledge and determine what further steps make sense. Some example outcomes:
1) A small handful of people decide that they have the interest, time, and technical background to perform a basic demonstration of the technology, with fairly clear goals and a timeline. Someone agrees to act as project lead, and a few other people offer to take responsibility for specific functions of the tech demonstration discussed, with a plan to meet back in two weeks or something.
2) During the conversation someone suggests a thematically similar project that is more accessible or appealing, and we all join up with this other project organized around similar topics.
3) We all have a nice time, but conclude that there isn't sufficient interest to pursue anything specific. We make no follow-up plans, but at least we've met one another, and we can always reach out over this mailing list to pick back up with this when our circumstances (time, interest, technical confidence) change.
Obviously, that's not an exhaustive list of all possibilities, but I think it captures the goals that I have in mind. It's fairly open-ended right now. If anyone wants to suggest a different set of goals or approach, I'm totally down for that.
Also, currently it looks like Wednesday the 29th is the best time for the most people. Although if anyone here wants to meet up at any of the other times (or any other times at all), go for it.