This group is focused on educating developers on how to use the Microsoft .NET platform for web and windows development. Topics include all aspects of development for desktop, browser and web services, as well as architectural choices and application development frameworks. We provide a face to face forum and encourage peer learning and networking. We maintain a focus on development practices, demonstrations and show & tell in developer-centric interactive sessions. Meetings are free - please …

Get together with beginning and experienced investors near you. All investors are welcome. You do NOT need to be a subscriber to any publication to join and membership is free! Investors and traders from the San Francisco Bay Area who use technical analysis. (Charting, etc.) We are primarily equities focused. We look forward to meeting new members - trading experience is preferred. It is estimated that some 95% of stock market investors, traders, etc., experience a net loss over the long term. I …

The Bay Area T-girl / G-girl Mutual Admiration Society was formed to create connections across the spectrum of female identifying individuals -- from genetic women to transgender women. Many genetic women (g-girls, genwomen, bio-women, cis-women), blessed with a plurality of X chromosomes, appreciate the unique qualities of those individuals who do not fit into one of the two traditional gender roles. And many transgender women (t-girls, transwomen, MTF transsexuals, crossdressers, and other Y-c …

SF# is a group of developers in the San Francisco Bay Area who have an interest in the F# programming language.  Novices and experts are both welcome.

Marina Park Volleyball is a San Francisco Bay Area sand / grass volleyball group.  Marina Park in San Leandro (East Bay) is the home base.  The group plays on Sundays.  Start times range from 12 noon to 2:30pm depending on the time of year.  You can check each weekly game for the exact start time.  We also have games at Santa Cruz Beach, Ocean Beach (San Francisco), Montara Beach, Mission Bay Creek Park (San Francisco), Kennedy Park (Hayward), Lake Merritt (Oakland), (Fremont Tennis Center (Frem …

Do you love to travel or just learn about far away destinations and cultures and meet new friends that share your passion?? If so, please join our travel club where we will have guest speakers who will focus on all areas of the world, trade stories about our best (and worst!) trips, share pictures, travel together, and most of all enjoy the company of other adventurous people. We meet on the second Monday of each month at 7:00pm usually in or near San Mateo. Group trips and other outings will be …

Grass/ Sand Play: Sand Volleyball rules. Two's, Threes/ Fours. We have  Grass nets/ Two nice Sand Courts. Sunday's at 11:30 AM to about 2:30 in San Ramon at Iron Horse Middle School. You can come late and leave early, just RSVP your estimated arrival time/ if you have to leave early that time as well. I will note that and plan to adjust when you arrive or when you leave This Coed group has mainley B/BB players.   The group has a great attitude, laughs a lot, is social, and has great sportsmans …

Habit Design™ is the largest national cooperative for sharing best practices in developing sustainable daily habits via Behavior-Change Psychology, Captology (Persuasive Technology), Game Mechanics & Techniques, Behavioral Economics, Sociology, etc. Our goal is to spawn local "habit labs" across the country with a focus on "what really works in habit mastery beyond 100 days". Over 8000 members have participated representing 500+ companies, universities, non-profits, and other organizations. At o …

Alt.Net was founded in 2007 as an alternative community for developers wanting more out of .Net. It was founded for the purposes of reaching outside the mainstream .Net world to find the best practices and tools. This is the San Francisco group, pulling from the Bay Area as well, where we plan dinners, presentations, and conferences. Alt.Net was created on these principles: *You’re the type of developer who uses what works while keeping an eye out for a better way. *You reach outside the …

The purpose of San Francisco Walking Dykes group is:  to build community for lesbians in San Francisco and the Greater Bay Area while promoting health and wellness. Walking together provides a relaxed way to meet one another and also have fun while doing something healthy! Lesbians of all ages and walking ability are invited, though most members of the group are over 40.  The group meets "rain or shine" so the size of the group varies from week to week depending upon the weather, though generall …

Greetings. There is hardly anything I enjoy more than to read a good book and discuss it among thoughtful individuals! How about you? Please join if you are interested in being an active participant in a book club focused **exclusively** on classic literature, shown on the following lists below, that has stood the test of time. If not interested exclusively in classic lit, if not willing to stick to selections from the lists below, there will not be a match with this group.  The good news is tha …

This group is for startups building on the Microsoft platform.  You may be part of the Microsoft BizSpark startup program but this is not necessary to join. This group will share in our experience with being a startup based on the Microsoft platform and related technologies (.Net, Azure, Silverlight, etc. - you name it). Note: this group is not affiliated with Microsoft, though it was started by a BizSpark member startup and we are big fans! BizSparkSF is now a BizSpark Network Partner and can r …

Want to know more about DotNetNuke? Meet like minds? This meetup group is for you! Find other users of DotNetNuke in the San Francisco Bay Area and find out how they are making a living with the best Content Management System

Bay.Net is an open and independent forum for evaluating and extending the knowledge of the .NET architecture, technologies, and tools. All developers are welcome, regardless of your preferred platform or language. We host meetings and activities in San Francisco, Silicon Valley, the North Bay and East Bay areas.

Dragon boat racing is one of the fastest growing sports in the world. Originating in China some 2,000 years ago, it is popular throughout Asia, the Pacific Islands, Europe and the United States. Crews consist of 20 paddlers, a drummer and a steerer. The Alameda Dragon Flyers Dragon Boat Racing Club runs practices and boot camps 3 times a week. We participate in local and West Coast races from April through October each year, and have an active social calendar for paddlers and their non-paddlin …

We are citizens of the world living in the Bay Area. We are creative. Writers, sculptors, poets, painters, artists, musicians... We love to create with our minds and hands. We meet once a month for a potluck: eat, drink , talk, bring our art to share and create a loving supportive community. Every two months we organize a Group Art Show in the Open Fine Art Gallery in Berkeley. Everybody is welcome to suggest/organize/announce a Meetup. If you want to organize an event in the Open Fine Art Galle …

Join us in creating a new future for Energy Use. The California Energy Commission has given us in California an outstanding opportunity to determine how the future unfolds. The CEC recommends, in its Integrated Energy Policy Report, that in 2020 all new residential buildings be required to meet zero-net-energy performance standards, and in 2030, all new buildings are required to meet the Zero Net Energy standard. This means that all new buildings, averaged over a year, take no more energy from t …

Fashion-knit East Bay Knitting Group has Knit night's and workshops that are fun for all levels of knitters. Our Knit night's have been a great success and we have had excellent turnouts!  Don't miss out, bring a project, and join us for a creative evening moderated by Brenda Patipa.  Knit Night is FREE!  The purpose of our Thursday Knit Nights is simply to get together with other like-minded fiber addicts and enjoy a relaxing evening of creativity and camaraderie.  Feel free to bring a snack, d …

We are a group focused on developers who use IaaS to develop and deploy web-based applications.

We're a Cub Scout pack ranging from 1st -5th grade boys in Sausalito, Marin City, and Mill Valley, California. For more information about Pack 33, contact Mike Blum at mrblum@comcast.net

Hello and Welcome! Bay Area Shuttlecock Enthusiasts (BASE) is a totally open, non-exclusive (actually, pro-inclusive!) Meetup Group created for people living in the San Francisco Bay Area who have even a modicum of interest in the sport of Badminton. There are absolutely no requirements to joining this meetup group that exists to create a community of badminton-interested-people who are looking to find other interested-people to play some pick-up at a local recreation center or a nearby park. A …

This group is for people interested in collaborating on fun and eduational polymer clay projects. We are about: learning by crafting, creating open educational content, youtube, using polymer clay millefiori as visualizing tool , claymation, making tutorials, video editing. See examples on openclay.org We meet at the Open Fine Art Gallery in Berkeley openfineartgallery.net

Have you ever wanted to go fish from shore, but had nobody to keep you company? Have you every tried to take your boat out, but had nobody to help you put it in the water or net your fish? I have this problem on a weekly basis, so let's link up and catch some fish.

Whether you're trying to figure out how social media can benefit you and your business, or you're a veteran social media expert, this mastermind group is for you. Whether you're an entrepreneur, small business owner, or executive, you understand the power of networking. We bring both concepts together for our dynamic, local group. This mastermind group is about implementing ideas that work. We'll share, inspire, encourage, learn and grow from each other's knowledge. We'll engage in conversation, …

Join our meetup group for events centered around building with Twilio cloud communications, design and development, APIs, and more.

Come work together with other folks passionate about open government and civic tech! This is a weekly event hosted by Code for America, so come by and work on a civic project you have already started, start a new project, or collaborate with others on their projects. http://brigade.codeforamerica.org/brigades/81 https://www.github.com/sfbrigade irc.freenode.net #sfbrigade #codeforamerica

Druid is a distributed, column-oriented, real-time, interactive analytical datastore. It was created to allow consistently fast, multidimensional ad-hoc drill-down type querying for large quantities of data - in real time. If you're searching for a solution beyond what proprietary column oriented, or in memory data stores offer both in price and capability - then join us. The Bay Area Druid User Group is dedicated to bringing together users and developers of Druid to exchange knowledge, insight …

The hikes are led by volunteer Hike Leaders from the Mt. Tamalpais State Park, (MTSP) volunteer organization, called "Friends of Mt. Tam". Hikes take place every Sat.& Sun. year around. Meeting at 10:00am sharp. If you are five minutes late you may miss the start of the hike. Go to mttam.net, Hiking section for the Hike Schedules and trailhead meeting locations. Mileage to be expected, etc. is listed there. All hikes take place in, and/or around Mt.Tamalpais. There are also Wed. evening (starts …