DrupalCon 2008 takes place in Boston first week of March. If anyone is coming out this way, you can contact me about couch surfing at lrickard <at> umich.edu. (Drupal, and SI training in general, are serving me well at Harvard.)

CivicAction might have cool activist reality shows for you this summer. I had a good DFE experience with them, and they definitely sport an encouraging work environment, which is key when learning about technology.