Great question, by why would you say we will never meet?
You are in the UK?
I travel abroad quite often... although fair to state that its not as often as I like. I was overseas just last year for a couple of weeks, although generally its a longer stay.
Currently we actually have 3 Full Members and 1 Dedicant in Europe, and not only have I met them, but I have real relationships with them.
Wulfsunus, Ookami and I were in and about Manchester and London just over a year ago. I did a presentation for a group in Manchester. Sorry you missed it.
Being far away from the rest of the group is challenging. But we keep in touch quite often over the phone, with video-chats, on the forum and thru social networks. 20 years ago we had to rely on correspondence and expensive phone calls. Today most of us have special phone plans to accommodate our long-distance needs and webcams on our computers. So when being in-person is just not possible, we can still have a face-to face.