I'm sure there are quite a few of us using RH or RH based distros.
I'm a big fan of RH.
The main event would be an installfest, with appropriate disclaimers and support materials. Our contribution would be our time and the payoff should be increased membership numbers. Hopefully by that point, we should have awoken from hibernation anyway and things can get going for 2001.
I think a single venue would be better because of confusion, apathy, and other aggovations. Far better to pool all our resources and get maximum attendance numbers. UEA is central enough for most in the region and it has the best facilities of any of our previous venues.
UEA sounds good.
Joe