Gita, that's wonderful! One snag, though... I think Catmint has been planning to do the fall swap for a while now, and Jan is planning to host next spring.
You have a good point about your place being closer for some folks... that's why I love it when the swaps are at different places... plus it gives us all a chance to see somebody else's garden!
I'm not sure if you and Catmint live far enough apart to try to do north-MAG and south-MAG swaps in fall, but that worked out pretty well one time, too.
Maybe you could consider hosting a different sort of get-together? It's always too long between swap parties anyway...