Meeting Feedback Required - Please Read!

Hi, for those of you who have attended IGDA meetings lately, what have you thought of them? The recent meetings focused on lectures, did you find these interesting? What else would you like to see at these meetings? Also what do you think of the location? If you don't like it, do you have ideas for other locations? Feedback would be greatly appreciated and help us to improve future meetings! Also it would be helpful if in your responses you mentioned your position in the game community, as in, are just a gamer? are you trying to break into the industry? are you already in the industry? etc. If you are already in the industry it would be helpful to know what project(s) you are working and who you work for. Thanks! Take care.
-calimer