I have (from afar) co-organized/sponsored the LA event you mentioned (127 registrations, featured in the LA Luma cal, rated 4.9/5). I did some outreach to our community + LA-EA (student) groups (which aren't super active/out of town for the summer) but overall invested no more than 30mins into organizing.

Our main goal with these events is to provide start-up momentum for (hopefully more longterm) local infrastructure. AE Studios and AISAP have been great partners doing the on the ground work (and are both keen to do more). I think having a dedicated local organizer would be great - both to build the talent pipeline but also for outreach to industry/creative/movie/film communities! Seconding @saulmunn's point on more specifics wrt your plans here.

Fyi, we are co-organizing another meet-up on Thursday, August 7 (https://lu.ma/crcyjurj) at AE Studios in Del Rey (currently at 25 registrations). I think it would be great if you could attend to discuss how to scale up LA AIS community building efforts!

It's been great collaborating with the Apart team on top-of-the-funnel fieldbuilding!

Apart has a good way to make many different kinds of bets and test ideas relatively cheaply (something I think they should lean into more!). I'd overall like for their work to continue.