New to the area? Want to meet other Iranians for friends / discussions / fun / outdoors events / clubs / bars? What must you do? Attend, be fun, dance, laugh & have a good time :) What will it do for you? It will enable members to meet at a time and place to mingle, have a laugh and be merry. What will it not do? Serve as a platform to hold political / religious debate.

From corporate giants Rackspace, AWS, Google, Microsoft, VMware to startups such as Parse and Scalr... Cloud computing is changing the way we work and reshaping the way we manage and run companies. From startups to enterprises, it is disrupting the IT landscape. Come discuss how these Web services flatten the competitive landscape, and allow you and I to compete against the behemoths of Yester years.

This is a meetup for muslims who would like to meet other muslims. This is not so much to have religious discussions, but simply to meet others who have been brought up as muslims, and have family ties into Islam, but are not traditionally "very religious". We will have social events such as dinners and group outings ... just like all the other singles groups :) Given it's hard to find people that fall into this category, let's do our best to meetup socialize and have a great time. Please …

Join us for discussions on an eclectic mix of fiction and non-fiction books. We meet once a month - usually the evening of the third Thursday - at a member's home mid-Peninsula. The book for each month is chosen by a mixture of voting and consensus. Our discussions include both the book itself and the issues it raises. They are lively, informal, and respectful of everyone's view. Here are some books that we recently read: - "Brave New World" by Aldous Huxley - "The Haunting of Hill House" by Sh …

The idea of the group is to foster friendships through events like Kirtan, Langar seva, potluck, dinner, movies, concerts, picnis, outdoor & indoor sports, discussions forums and of course Bhangara parties. Hopefully this group will provide means of communicating your interest in an activity of your choice and finding like minded people to do it with. Social club for those who seek the company of Sikhs & Punjabis in the Bay Area.

Do you work in the healthcare information technology industry? Are you a nurse or clinical informaticist, or interested in the practice of integrating computerization and data systems into patient care and the clinical setting? Are you interested in the current administration's focus on healthcare technology and want to discuss new developments with others? Meet a new network of local healthcare information technology and clinical informatics professionals, executives, consultants and those …

Welcome to the meetup site for Divorce and Relationship Recovery at Menlo Park Presbyterian Church (address and map). We offer this free program as a service to our community. In operation for over 30 years, it has an outstanding reputation as one of the best divorce support resources in the Bay Area. Divorce and Relationship Recovery (DR) is a safe place to heal your heart and to find support after experiencing a difficult divorce or the breakup of a significant relationship.  The trauma of a b …

This is a community forum for developers in the San Francisco Bay Area to learn, discuss, and extend the JavaFX platform. We meet monthly in person with presentations on JavaFX tutorials, topics, and bleeding edge news. Our meetings are always free to attend or watch online. IMPORTANT: Remote attendees should now sign-up for meetups. You will get asked whether you are attending online or local during registration, which helps us plan for food at the event. To attend remotely, please use the …

Welcome to VLAB on MeetUp, an extension of www.vlab.org. Established in 1990, The MIT/Stanford Venture Lab (http://www.vlab.org) is a 501(c)3 non-profit organization dedicated to promoting the growth and success of high-tech entrepreneurial ventures by connecting ideas, technology and people. We host one of the leading ongoing gathering of Silicon Valley's leading entrepreneurs, industry experts, venture capitalists, private investors and technologists to exchange insights about how to effective …

Good books and good food go hand in hand, I think! A not-taken-too-seriously sort of women's book group that also shuns your everyday "chicklit" - not because some aren't romping good reads but they don't exactly warrant full discussion. Meetings take place at a restaurant or establishment so we can all try new places. Also, if you don't quite get around to finishing the book (or reading it for that matter...no worries!).  Just feel free to come to the meetings and socialize too.  Quarterly, we …

We will read quality fiction and then engage in a lively exchange of ideas at our monthly meeting in Redwood Shores. The meeting always take place the last Tuesday of every month from 6-8pm at Redwood Shores Library. The first half hour will be for introductions and socializing. Please feel free to bring a refreshment or appetizer to share with the other members. The final half hour will be for discussing or voting on upcoming book selections. **We occasionally have book-based movie outings to a …

Peninsula and South Bay 20's-40's Girls who love books is a meetup group in which we meet at various cafes, bars and restaurants and each other's homes on the Peninsula/in the South Bay to discuss books we love. This group will have a focus on private visits with authors, whose books we've read, as well as offer workshops for aspiring writers in our group. Whenever we can, we will try to support the work of local N. California authors and local bookstores on the Peninsula and in San Francisco. T …

CLINE was established to encourage and facilitate the scientific exploration of the intersection of computation, language, information, complexity, and intelligence as they are influenced by, and influence, the process of evolution. Of particular interest to this group is the development of self-evolving systems. The assumption is that apex systems evolve toward greater and greater complexity-handling capacity. Some call this "artificial intelligence," but we have trouble with the term as it: 1 …

Real Life Super Heroes, Masked Crime Fighters, Costumed Vigilantes, & Uniformed Mystery Detectives meet to share case files, organize citizen patrols, review investigations, analyze crime statistics, discuss law enforcement support, teach new techniques, tell success stories, plan charitable and educational events, send inspiring messages, and learn about resources for solving cases. Whether fighting crime, solving cold cases, researching records, or otherwise, this group is a support team for t …

There's a lot of discussion about SDN and what it means. Hype, tool, or folly. Let's get together and discuss what's real, what's necessary, and what's not.

Bay Area Scala Enthusiasts is a group for Scala users who may also be interested in frameworks such as Play and Lift. We meet to discuss best practices and how the technology is being used successfully by organizations. This group is by programmers, for programmers. BASE covers the entire San Francisco Bay area. Meetings are normally held during week of the second Monday of every month. We ask speakers to present their talks at each of our venues, if they can. Visit our discussion board. If you …

This group is for the rare Silicon Valley resident that has come from a farming background, is curious about modern agriculture or is interested in becoming involved in agriculture. The purpose of the group is for like-minded individuals to meet and discuss ideas, propose innovative ideas and otherwise hash out what the interaction of California's two strongest industries "could be". You should join if you are interested in: *sustainable agriculture *organic farming *conventional farming *the us …

Fascinated about all aspects of psychology? We'll read books regarding social and behavioral psychology, discuss the potential power of neuroplasticity, and talk to others who share the same passion. The first book will be Thinking, Fast and Slow. Subsequent books will cover key areas in psychology such as: - Behavioral psychology - Decision-making - Behavioral economics - Organizational psychology - Positive psychology Sample books: Nudge, Predictably Irrational, Mistakes Were Made, etc. Futu …

This is a group for women in their 30s who feel they are going through major transitions in life, i.e., career, family, new home, friendships/relationships, spirituality, etc. As a woman in my 30's, I definitely experienced this transition and I am still going through it now. It seems that the 30's is such an important stage in life when you are redefining yourself, establishing yourself and asserting who you are as an adult in the world. My purpose in creating this group is to create a space fo …

You love ping pong, you are itching to play, you even know where to play, but you cannot find someone to play with. So, you show up at the local ping pong club, watch these demi-gods at play, and leave feeling vanquished even before trying. Or you show up, but there's no one your level to play with. Just the wrong day and wrong time - too bad. Well, no need to sweat it out so much any more. Really. We have created a PongPlanet Meetup Group especially for you. The purpose of this group is to …

The SF Bay Area Big Data Think Tank brings together experts and visionaries from academia and the industry in : - Visualization, data infrastructure, and data science - Applications that leverage Big Data in areas such as advertising, marketing, eCommerce, CRM, security, etc. - Art and design, specially as it relates to data We host periodic talks, panel discussions and hackathons. Join us! Come Learn, Network & Share. Brought to you by The Hive that incubates, funds and launches businesses that …

Welcome to Women Startup Lab You are a passionate StartUp Woman! You are a Startup Founder, a Startup CTO, a Startup Wantrapreneur! You Got What it Takes! Now Connect with Others & You've got a Team! Join us to get the best of our Women's Startup Ecosystem to help you succeed. - Women Founders & Startup Speaker Series - Attend our intimate Speaker Series by Female Founders, VCs and Angels who will address your challenges and opportunities, and share their wisdom and real life experiences on wh …

3D Printing, also known as Additive Manufacturing, is an exciting and potentially game changing technology that will dramatically alter the way products are designed, manufactured, distributed and financed. A standard digital file (.stl) of an object is created, either by using Computer-Aided Design (CAD) software or a 3D scanner, and is sent to a dedicated machine which builds the object layer-upon-layer in a material such as plastic, metal or ceramic. Today the technology is mainly used for ra …

This group is for anyone studying for the MCAT or interested in medical school in the future. We will be meeting at libraries, cafes, wherever to study MCAT topics, discuss medical school applications, compare medical schools, etc. pretty much anything premed, we can discuss and help out with. If you're in college, or out of college, or not yet in college and interested in medicine, give us a look.

We're a group of folk broadly interested in the application of data science and sustainability, discussing questions like: what data feeds can improve supply chain sustainability? what algorithms should be applied to water conservation? what challenges of scale lie behind automated energy efficiency? what can be learnt from quantitative finance, search, and other related fields? We meet on the first Thursday of every month at EcoFactor's offices in Redwood City.

Your friends and family are great but sometimes they just cannot be there for you when you're going through a rough time. Sometimes the subject matter triggers them and they shut down. Or they cannot imagine you doing the option you're considering.  Or they just don't get the value in this. But you want to talk. It would be really good if you could find someone to just sit with you while you talk about whatever it is. You could hear yourself think and probably figure out what's best for you eve …

This is a group for Spanish and non-Spanish speakers alike who are interested in exchanging ideas and gaining a greater depth of understanding about what is/has been happening in such Latin American countries as Venezuela, Bolivia, Ecuador, Paraguay, Brazil, Argentina, Honduras, Nicaragua, Uruguay, Haiti, Mexico, Chile and more. Though the group is fairly free-form, we will also seek to introduce a variety of relevant, mutually agreed-upon books, articles, information on political/military/civic …

All are welcome! Join us for stimulating book discussion on the second Thursday of the month.  We meet from 7:30 pm - 9:00 pm in the Fireside Room at the Lucie Stern Center.  We read both fiction and non-fiction and books are selected in April for the year.  We look forward to reading with you! For additional information, please contact Emily Young at (650) 856-9571 or emilyjeanyoung@gmail.com. 2013-2014 Monthly Book List May 9, 2013: The Virgin Suicides (J. Eugenides) June 13, 2013: The Famil …