New Mexico Amateur Radio Technical Society NM-ARTS is a similar group in Albuquerque. NM-ARTS has a Ham radio bent but overlaps in the area of micro-processors and general electronics.
Full Disclosure: I started ARTS and I hope folks don’t think I am trying to undermine this group. ARTS and IPL have different fundamental reasons for existing and I hope the two group’s offerings will be complementary. I have a link to IPL on the ARTS page. Please consider a link back.
a friend/extended family member told me about ARTS. Seems like there's a lot of fun stuff in your area too. Not sure how it would work, but I'd like to get some exposure for your group in the wider NM media world (http://www.nm-mix.org)