Plans for working in Western MA

Here's a question that Lucia posted to the activists list:

Unless it fits well under another established discussion... Since we are
the MASS pirates after all: How about a plan for working with western MA
activists to expand the party to the western part of the state. Strategy?
Plan some sort of east meets west conference, in Worcester, say? I am
already working on my Western MA friends to come to the IPM and PirateCon,
but this piecemeal approach isn't working too well.