Thought I'd bump this thread... looks like it may have been a while since a Gathering took place around here.
I'm in Southwest Virginia, only a couple hours away from Raleigh/Durham. I might could even find an appropriate venue and make such an event happen up this way too.
Inclement weather is almost always in question in the mid-Atlantic from November until March, especially out here in the mountains... but if anybody's up for planning a Spring Fever Alembic Gathering, VA-NC-TN Edition, chime in here; if it takes off, I'll start a new thread.