It's been over 3 years since I started a Meetup Group for Drupal Developers in Columbia, SC.   The groups started out meeting at Richland County Public Libary (which is a Drupal site btw) and since has moved to the IT-Ology building at the corner of Sumter and Gervais in downtown Columbia.  

We have met over 36 times since February 2010 and this past week we had our best turn-out so far with 12 Drupal Website builders attending.    We discussed Drupal Commerce as well as responsive themes such as Omega.  We had several serious newcomers who wanted a better understanding blocks and views and some other more basic concepts. 

I spent some time showing people how to evaluate a Drupal module using the information on the Drupal module's project page and how to find the number of downloads for a particular version of the module.