Congratulations on the milestone! It's one that I'm shooting for and I've got just over 3700 SP ATM and just about all of my posts are 100% power ups.
November is too busy for me to get chatting, though I definitely know the benefits of networking, especially on mics and places like Google hangouts. I'm already spread thin and as much as I'd love to, chat tends to be a time warping life suck for me. I mean that in the best way because I get chatting with cool people and before you know it, the sun is rising again! LOL