Yes, please plan some get togethers with other quilters.
I have set up some meet and greets in Shipshewana, Indiana and we all met at a quilt shop, shop, shop, shop. If you call the quilt shops ahead of time some of them will have cool goody bags for the ones attending. Also I had called a restaurant ahead of time and we got the private room, no extra charge so we could eat, have show and tell and visitied for 2- 3 hours or so. Was a fun day.
You can set up events and post them on the offline section of the board to find other quilters that would love to attend. Have fun!