This is a newly forming small church community that cherishes the Catholic tradition, and is free from the Roman Catholic Church. Our purpose is to affirm, celebrate and welcome all to the altar without judgment or moral per-requisite. If you are veteran or family member of a veteran, gay or straight, come to our meet-up. Join our inclusive and accepting community that celebrates the catholic tradition without the guilt or shame. The organizer of this group maintains apostolic succession and is …

We are a group of military veterans turned technology entrepreneurs, working to improve society by creating wealth through entrepreneurship. We are passionate about networking, coding, designing, exchanging ideas, and empowering veterans through entrepreneurship and innovation.

Continuing workshops for veterans and US military ONLY; Starting a Business, Solar Education, Buying a Home, Credit Repair, Security Introduction, Life Skills, GI Benefits and more to be developed.  The programs will be supported on an on-going basis every month.

A meet up group for all veterans of special operations forces, not BASICALLY spec ops but SPEC OPS. A group to meet up with other spec ops veterans, connect, and share our life experiences with of the past, present and hopefully future.

This group will be responsible for getting the word out to all California Veterans that support Mitt Romney. A place to schedule fundraisers, share information, and just be able to vent.

We aim to provide an extremely high value networking environment for seasoned bay area performance marketing veterans. We will do this by only allowing certain people who have a good amount of experience in our industry to join. This is not a group for anyone who is new and just looking to learn about our industry. Although we are happy to have industry veterans from other parts of the internet advertising realm join us, our group will be primarily focused on performance based marketing; affilia …

As a Member you will benefit from the professional exchange of information and networking to advance your business and professional development, share ideas, benchmark processes and develop sustainable business relationships

This is one of the oldest groups on meetup.com and we still welcome new members! Our organizer, Bill Belew, is The Traffic Professor = his primary source of income is from blogging AND he pays his sizable Silicon Valley mortgage from his blogging revenue. He is also the author of the best-read How to Blog for Money and Web Traffic series. We are writers and aspiring writers. We are bloggers and wannabe bloggers. We meet regularly to interact with serious and not-so serious bloggers. Our organize …

If you love cycling, or want to learn the rules of road biking, join your neighbors and meet new friends touring the Tri-valley on bikes. We have all levels of skill from newbies to road bike veterans. All rides are at a "social" pace with no drops, meaning no one will be left behind. Rides will be 15 to 25 miles and scaled for those who participate. There are stops along the way for refreshments and socializing Our primary activity will be riding the trails and vineyards of the Pleasanton area, …

Meet and mingle with fellow "gothic and lolitas" of the growing fashion movement and culture. From the Classic lolita to the ever-popular Gothic lolita style and the eye-catching Sweet lolita, all Lolitas are welcome! If you are wanting to try the style out come to one of our meets ups and meet some other newbies and the local veterans. The Lolita style began in the 1970's with brands such as Milk and Pink House making outfits that resembled Canada's Anne of Green Gables (which is widely loved i …

This is a discussion group for interested new investors, veteran investors, and those wanting to manage or self-direct their own accounts. We will share strategies and opinions of popular investing topics related to how to make money in today's stock market. Even if you are totally new to investing, or just curious, please feel free to join us, I guarantee you will learn something useful. The primary purpose of this group is to promote financial literacy. Those who can not afford a financial pla …

Who are we? We are a group for the fashion industry. We are photographers, models, designers, makeup artists, hair stylists, clothing stylists and everyone else involved in the creation of fashion. This group is here to network, create, and nurture new and veteran fashion insiders, bring teams together, and have fun. We are all inclusive, you will not be turned away if you are not yet in the industry. We welcome students and those interested in starting in any of these fields. I am not a fan of …

New to the art festival/ flea market idea and looking for tips or booth mates? Or maybe you're a street fair veteran who is open to mentoring? This group is open to makers, crafters, and artists from every walk of life who are looking to meet other creatives, share their crafts and potentially find a business associate, coach, or apprentice along the way. Ideally we'll have "meetups" at local festivals, fairs, and flea markets; open up a pop-up shop or two; and potentially find a co-op studio to …

Meetup Group Description Updated on 7/26/11. Hello!  Welcome to "Socialize for a Cause!"  My name is Esther Hwang and I'm delighted to be your host.  Recently I decided to change the direction of this meetup as we were formerly called "Party for a Cause" (see below).  I'm changing the direction of our mission statement because I'm trying to build a network for quality people of substance and of genuine giving hearts who can come together to socialize and help a 'cause.'  After doing this for som …

The San Francisco TCSG is bringing unity and power to the channel sales reps of San Francisco who sell enterprise technology to companies everywhere. The group is focused on those who sell solutions from EMC, NetApp, Oracle, Cisco, Juniper, Citrix, VMware, HP, F5, IBM, MSFT, Symantec and 100s of other smaller vendors. If you're a channel sales veteran or aspire to be one, we welcome you. This group will address the industry issues with recruiting new reps to join to the industry, ramping rapidly …

Calling all animators, illustrators, storyboard artists, directors, writers, producers, editors, VFX artists - it's about time we got together and made films of our own. There's too much talent in San Francisco for us to not all be collaborating together to create awesome animated films, so why not team up and make some? Whether you're a beginner or veteran, young or old, an animator or writer, as long as you want to contribute to making quality animated content, then this club is for you. The …

*** Fun, Value & New Friends - BAC - Bay Area Snow Sports Council - Clubs - Year-Round Activities & BenefitsAre you interested in fun, value & new friends?Bay Area Snow Sports Council (BAC) www.skibac.org is a nonprofit, volunteer-run association of more than 30 snow sports clubs founded in 1947 covering the entire Bay Area from Monterey up to Napa and out to the Sierra Foothills. There is no cost to join the BAC Meetup group but we would like to encourage you to consider becoming a member of o …

Current and former Army Rangers: Lets Meetup for dinner, drinks, cigars... camaraderie!

This group's focus is to explore the LAMP stack. However, we will not strictly be looking at LAMP (Linux-Apache-MySQL-PHP), instead we will look at a plethora of compatible, complimentary, and sometimes competing technologies...based upon industry trends and speaker availability. The organizer, Tish Wood, has been programming web applications professionally since 2002, began using LAMP in the last few days of that year, and is a veteran of the Silicon Valley Startup Industry. He has taught a var …

"The DaVinci Institute: Where Great Ideas Happen" The DaVinci Institute produces a number of unique events ranging from the two monthly networking events - the Night with a Futurist, and the Startup Junkie Underground - to a series of Boot Camps and Crash Courses primarily designed around serving the needs of businesses and entrepreneurs. Our events feature some of the most talented thinkers and seasoned veterans who have fundamentally changed the business landscape with the sheer weight of the …

Meet and organize with other local Republicans who care about the Constitution and the Bill of Rights. Ron Paul supporters raised in a single day in Dec. a record-breaking $6 million! Ron Paul's 4th Qtr donations by citizens exceeeded those of all other GOP. Ron Paul received more donations from US military and veterans than all other presidential candidates combined! Join fellow Republicans to discuss Ron Paul's plan to restore traditional Republican principles to Washington and restore …

If you are an aspiring photographer and want to gain the knowledge to elevate your work to a new level, join this group and learn from working pros. If you're a self-taught pro and want to learn specialized techniques from other pros, or teach classes, join this group. Classes and workshops cover a variety of subjects from child photography to commercial architecture. Individual and small group tutoring is available. This group is led by Jeffery Jay Luhn, a 30+ year veteran pro shooter intereste …

Join the San Francisco's Bay Area most successful network of young professionals and create your own business opportunities. Read the below for details and a list of participating companies. Mail membership@ypn-online.org to join our mailing list. YPN (SJC) is a non-profit community of young professionals in Silicon Valley with sister chapters in Austin, Atlanta, Bangalore, Boston, Dallas, Las Vegas, Los Angeles, San Diego, San Francisco, Raleigh and Vancouver. The group started off as an organ …

Are you interested in seeing an opera for the first time and need some new friends to go with? Are you a veteran opera enthusiast looking for like-minded individuals? Then, this is the MeetUp for you! With this group you will experience Live Transmissions in HD (or recorded during the Encore Series) of operas broadcast from the most prestigious and legendary opera houses such as the Metropolitan Opera House in New York, LaScala in Milan, Covent Garden in London, just to name a few. If you're new …

The Vegetarians (Bay Area Group) is one of the San Francisco Bay Area's largest social/activity group for Vegetarians and Vegans. All veteran and new vegetarian members have been immensely enjoying the vegetarian dinning mixers, potluck parties, organic wine tastings, and light outdoor activities. So, Whether you are vegetarian or just striving to be a vegetarian/vegan, join us in our ongoing exploration of Northern California Vegetarian & Vegan dining having some fun while enjoying great cuisin …

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, …

A fun, social and active group for all fitness levels - from beginning runners to seasoned veterans! Come join us on the various trails throughout Santa Cruz county to get fit with your dog. Meet other runners who like to exercise with their favorite furry friend! I started my dog running business - See Spot Run - in Santa Cruz back in 2008. Now I'm looking to gather runners and dog owners alike to join me on some of the beautiful trials in our area. Running with the pack is a great way to get …

A Social Group for ‘T-Girls’ and friends in the South San Francisco Bay Area! Whether you're a veteran or a newbie, out-and-about already or stepping out of the closet for the first time, a good and supportive friend or looking to be one, we want to make it fun and comfortable for folks to get together socially for comradery, merriment, and just good ol' fun. Drinks, dinner, dancing, picnics, shows, movies, tea, or whatever works for the members of our groups, we hope to enjoy a diverse palette …