A couple of weeks ago I found out that my buddy Andrew Filev (from Saint Petersburg Russia) was going to be in the area, so I persuaded him to come down to San Diego (never a hard thing to do) and speak to the user group. So, last Wednesday, we called a special meeting just for him, which is the first time in the history of the group that we've done such a thing.
We had ~50 folks, and Andrew's re-factoring talk went over very well. A good time was had by all (before, during and after the meeting). He also drew out strong support from the area's Russian community... :-)
Thanks Andrew, you ROCK!