I like the idea of a Michigan Area group. However, I would also like to add that Michigan is a very large place and I would encourage that such a group not always have ALL their meetings at the same place simply because while it would be great for those living near that location, it would also be a detriment to those who had to travel several hours to get there. So, if some scheme could be worked out so that every so often everybody had to travel to a new location to meet, it would probably get more people to join also give everybody a chance to show their smarties to different parts of the state in a cluster grouping. For instance, Bloomfield Hills would be reasonable, but then it would be nice to hold a meeting in Lansing, or Grand Rapids, or Kalamazoo, or Midland, etc. Even if it was an every other month arrangement or once a quarter, it would be much more fair than some of us having to log thousands of miles and others just driving down the block.
I still want to be a part of the group, but location, location, location might determine how many meetings I can make a year.