Well, it's not REQUIRED to have a resin doll to attend meets. There are people who go and have no doll at all. And I don't think anyone would care if you brought OT dolls to the meet, either. They just couldn't post pics of the OTs on DOA, but you could post pics of them here. Someone brought a Pullip to one of the meets once. And I plan to bring my Hujoo to this one, now that she actually has shoes and clothes to wear.
There will also be a meetup at the Hershey Library next month, if you don't feel comfortable going to someone's house. We're all a pretty friendly bunch though.