This was posted in comments, but deserves a signal boost to the main page:
OK, we’re finally getting things started!
Bay Area IFers, please sign up here:
http://www.meetup.com/sf-bay-area-interactive-fiction/Our first meeting is scheduled for Saturday, May 1, at 1pm. We’ll introduce ourselves, talk about what we’re playing and what we’re working on, and discuss our plans for world domination.
Venue TBD. (We need to figure out how many of us there will be and where we’ll meet.)
Thanks!
Emily Short's Interactive Storytelling 