I was involved at one point with a similar initiative, which has since become Conversation Cafes. See http://www.conversationcafe.org/ I believe I am still one of the moderators of a public discussion list for Conversation Cafes, and would be happy to post an announcement/invitation to that list. Please send it to me in plain text to habib - at - connectexpress.com

I'd also like to encourage you to become a part of Conversation Week 2008, from March 24-30. You can find out more at the Conversation Cafes website listed above.

You may also want to become a part of the Conversation Collaborative -- see http://www.conversationcafe.org/ explore_coll.html

in community (and conversation),

Habib