We meet every 2 weeks so I'm sure you'll get out to one soon.
I'm pretty sure we'd love to check out the machine for exactly the reasons you said. One of our members has a BFB 3D Touch which was quite a hit at MakerFaire thanks to the giant Yoda head Andrew had printed with it. But also, the mechanical build of these larger machines has lots to offer the reprap crowd.
Do you have a showroom or some place the machine is setup or would you bring it to a location for the show and tell?
As we currently meet in a restaurant, having machines at the meeting isn't normally feasible but that doesn't mean would can't move the meeting to a different location.
This is something I was discussing with a number of teachers and educators at MakerFaire - our club could provide some machines and the school could provide the space to show them, work on them, etc. and we could possibly even give a talk about them to the students.
It's really too bad you couldn't make it to the Faire. There is another one coming up next month in Victoria and later this year in Calgary so you have more chances.
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