I too have wondered how many Canadians were hanging out in the community. I'm in Vancouver bringing the total to 2 here so far. I've just recently decided to move forward with a project using OACS and will finally be able to contribute more to the community as I start working with the system. I did the psets a while back on the off chance aD lived up to the hype - finished just in time for the start of the meltdown. No regrets, the skills learned opened some other doors.
After I work with the system for a while, I plan to let others know about it through vanLUG or some such - spread the good word so to speak. If there are more of us out west, we could set up a local 'support' group. I'd LOVE help getting qmail to work over a loopback...
Klyde, I've emailed you separately on your agius hotmail address. Post back here if you don't receive it.