As luck would have it, the 2004 Annual Meeting of the American Meteorological society will be meeting in Seattle next January: http://www.ametsoc.org/
We've been tossing around the idea of hosting a LAS users meeting for a while now and this seems like the perfect excuse. At a minimum we'd like to have a couple hour session to meet with LAS users and get your input regarding current and future development priorities. At the other end of the spectrum, you could come before or stay after the AMS meeting for an extra day for training, coaching, etc. here at PMEL or elsewhere.
If interested parties could respond the the following questions it will help us reach a decision about what to do:
-- Jon