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I wholeheartedly agree with the "once a cheesehead" sentiment. Growing up in a town where the major landmark is a big plastic cow has that effect, I suppose. Our team is all meeting in person for a conference in Madison later this summer, and I promised that I'm going to buy them some fresh cheese curds so they can have the real WI experience. My manager is a little skeptical of the concept of cheese that squeaks, but she says she trusts me enough to try it.

BTW, I believe I've actually marched a parade in Lodi. My brother and sister and I all marched in the summers, although I quit much sooner than they did. If you ever saw a very small bass drum player who wasn't tall enough to see over the top of his drum, that was my brother. :)

Oh, I suppose I should write something about the actual content of your post too...yeah, this seems like a cool concept. Actually, I do like that it is a way of encouraging lifelong learning. This is almost one of the "third places" Teemu discussed in his presentation at FOE yesterday--learning outside of the usual environments.