Well, I think it's a matter of multiple interests getting overlapped by different people. Wor. Eliot, who is actually putting this together, is mainly focused on creating the research lodge, and hasn't been worrying too much about the "where". But of course, this coming up before a whole bunch of Masonic fen who are looking to do more of the same, means that the idea of holding meetings at cons was almost inevitable.

In practice, I suspect that yes -- it will wind up needing to have a regular venue. (Among other things, we totted up the plausible cons in this state, and there aren't enough to hold enough meetings, even if we held meetings at all of them.) But it wouldn't surprise me if it winds up assuming the "Arisia Lodge" responsibilities from Mt. Hollis, which currently sponsors it, and maybe has a meeting at Boskone and/or Readercon as well. It's sensible outreach: put the geekiest Masons in the middle of Geek Central.

Anyway, I'll pass your contact info on to Wor. Eliot as an interested brother. I assume your pobox is still the one to use?