What I think is, Chicago people should be getting lunch together on a regular basis. Getting drinks once a month worked beautifully --- www.sockpuppet.org/chisec, this is ~30-40 people reliably --- let's set something up for the middle of the day.

Our office is upstairs from the best coffee shop in the loop, and I'll happily buy anyone who comments on HN coffee any time. My contact info's in my profile.