There are Meet and Greets around the country. There will not be any NJC's anywhere other than Las Vegas in October every year...
A M&G is what you want to set up if you want to get together with anyone anywhere anytime. There's no saying you can't have a M&G that includes a tour or what not...it just takes manpower and time to get something like a M&G with tour set up
We tried an NJC in Chicago last year and frankly, it was really more of a M&G in the end (with just a few people from outside the chicago area) and it just didn't pan out enough to support all the work thats involved in a NJC event... so we're just going to stick to Vegas.
all of the PHX events are simply M&Gs, no more work or effort than what goes into a typical M&G...we just get a lot of people in this area and that's really what you all should be pushing for. a M&G just takes communication with other members and the reservation of a restaurant and you're all set.