Hi all! Thank you for the amazing response! In hardly a day, we already have had over 30 people express interest in joining the organizing team! Given the response, I will announce a meeting date/time this Friday, 31 July. I will share details in this thread, so stay tuned.
The big response is exciting, but it makes any sort of meeting poll a challenge, since there is no such thing as a good time for 30+ people scattered around the world. So I will try to choose as good a time as possible based on the responses, and hope as many folks as possible can make it.
Hopefully attendees won’t mind recording the call for the benefit of those who are unable to make it!
Should you attend such an event? Yes, definitely! 
However, right now, I am checking interest to join the organizing team. Whether you want to be a part of the organizing is a totally personal question and up to you. But if you keep an eye on this forum, you will still get to know the latest news and updates as they come in.
This is immensely helpful and I definitely want to get a varied perspective on what folks want to hear or talk about. Thanks for reaching out @sage!
I thought I had a couple of ideas for content, but that was when I thought maybe two or three people would fill the meeting survey. 