No worries. I'm hoping that a similar growth pattern as Wordcamps might self-evolve in other cities for Wordpress Developer Groups / Wordpress User Groups.

There is a series of events in Canada called Third Tuesdays which I've also taken some inspiration from. They run, you guessed it, the third Tuesday of every month. A different speaker each month covers a topic related to social media and online community building plus networking / social opportunities before and after the speaker. If you happen to be travelling in another town that a Third Tuesday is happening, you know that it will be a good experience and can meet like-minded people.

So WP designers / developers / etc coming to Ottawa (Chicago or others) for entirely unrelated to WP reasons, could make new connections with others in the WP community by attending such an event.