I'm hoping to avoid cross-posting, so if you're not already in LA-PUG on meetup.com, please join. We'll post our meetups there first.
Anyway, we've got a meetup going (RSVP because of food and all). The topic's based on what feedback and interest we got so, while it may not be exciting for everyone, maybe some of the more experienced people would like to come by and share tips and gotchas.
http://www.meetup.com/LA-PUG/events/221354981/
alex