Helimutt
I think you are right there is a need to put together some local pilot meets around the country, I tried to do this in the South East a couple of years ago and the CAA where amenable to putting on a helicopter safety evening given enough notice. Unfortunately I moved to the South West and it never happened.
Maybe we should look to putting something together with regards to a rough schedule for the evenings and get some people involved from around the country, and of all experience levels to try and reduce accidents in the UK.
Cheers
Gary