If there's enough interest, I'd be happy to set up a meeting for fellow geeks..er... stumblers in IL.
I know there some in the Peoria area as well as the northern burbs (I'm in the middle). Based on interest, we can figure out where to have it. And at worst, if we decide to have it in the burbs, the southern guys can meet at my place and we can carpool up.
Let me know what you think. I have a bunch of AP-1000's so I could bring one along (and actually have it live and running in my car) to play with. Also, I can lug my laptop along in case anyone needs their hermes based card flashed to the latest FW along with 14 channels/gold.
-McHale