In 2009, I got together with a few local AFOLs here in the bay area and started a new non-profit organization, Bricks by the Bay, Inc. and started planning our first convention. We raised funds from BayLUG members and booked the hotel for our first convention in April 2010, and have been having them every year ever since. In addition to Bricks by the Bay, I’m also a regular attendee of BrickCon in Seattle, and occasionally visit other conventions such as Brickworld in Chicago.