I've added a block to the right hand side of the home page to list the most recent events discussions.
Short of adding a fully featured calendar this seems a sensible way of alerting to the most recently discussed events and meets.
It may list events that have passed, if the number of future events discussions is low, however it does at least highlight the events forum discussions so it's harder now to miss a discussion about an upcoming event.
Is it any use?
my orders are to sit here and watch the world go by