I beleive the FIRST gathering was in Belgium, organized by Paul TBO. The first in the USA was I believe in Salt Lake City, followed by Dallas, then Canyon, North Carolina and then Bainbridge, with additional Dallas gatherings throughout. (Them Texans sure get together ALOT!)
 
But I've been wrong before. (Fairly often, in fact!)
Edited to add WHEN North Carolina was...
 
(Message edited by kenbass4 on June 23, 2009)

Depending on the dates I could possibly attend this one.  
 
Sam

Keith and his wife Rene were visiting Asheville, so I drove into town to have dinner with them; and then later that evening Keith met up with Art, and the two of them drove out to my place.  Here are some poor quality photos to document the event.  That's Keith on the left side of the picture, and Art on the right.  

 

 

And who might that mountain man in the middle be?
 
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Olie; I'm thinking it's probably me.  It looks a lot like me, and I remember standing between Keith and Art when the camera flashed; so I'm guessing it must be me.  Oh, and I've got a really cool t-shirt just like that one!

Thanks for posting Dave.  Had a great time meeting Keith and playing a bit.  Lets get together again soon for a session.

It was nice meeting you Art. Thanks for coming to dinner Dave. Heading back home this morning. I had fun. The weather was great and made for a nice weekend.    
 
Keith

Safe trip Keith.  Emailed about brunch but you sound like you're getting out early.
 
Art

Art,
Just saw your note and sent a response. We left about 9:30 EDT to miss the post holiday rush home.  
 
Keith

Art is that an Alembic tattoo you have there ?

Enzo,  Yes it is and can be seen at forearm inspiration. Thanks!

That's really cool ! It makes me want one just like that. After all I'll be with an Alembic all my life

any updates on when this may be?
 
~Taylor Watterson

I would like to have Alan present. He is currently away at school so would guess we would need to try and arrange it when he is back in NC during a break. I would also like to try to arrange things so Adam could stop by.  
 
Keith

A few days ago, Keith and I were once again talking about the next gathering, and the idea was suggested of planning two events as a way of possibly accommodating more people both geographically and calendarally.  So what we may be looking at are events in both Asheville and Raleigh.
 
Art and I discussed it further today, and are going to try to get up with James (Staemius) to start thinking on a space.