We had our first "real-world" village at NAEO conference this past week. I think it went well for the most part, despite the conference not being a very technical one.
I also made some mistakes on marketing the event (so that people were even aware of it) but we still had a solid go.
I gave the "post-mortem" at DC614 and they encouraged me to continue on. I'm aiming for #HTH in June since it's local and I have all the equipment.
Networking is not my forte, so wish me luck in their discord.
I did put in a Call for Villages for #DC33 at the last second...but I'm not expecting that one.