Excellent point Heather - I just posted over on the Pond to Fay's thread that the Nat Net Suite was the most productive event I'd ever attended. And you're right - getting everyone together, instead of segregating everyone off - is exactly what we need. That's what networking is all about. We need to throw away the cliques and ditch the lookie-loos and get down to some serious - but fun! - business.
I'm all for New Orleans in the spring (May/June would work too) - and although I see there have been problems with SF, that is an awesome place to go any time of the year.
Fay - I think you see you've got the backing, interest and support. Whatever you do I think the webmasters will follow - you can read here what we want and Cybernet has a reputation for delivering. Hope we gave you some good info to help you make your decision.