Calling All Asians! Calling All Asians! Our group accepts members from all over the Bay Area including San Francisco, Peninsula, East Bay, South Bay and beyond! Whether you are new to the US, or more comfortable speaking your own language such as Chinese ( Mandarin, Cantonese) , Vietnamese, Korean, Japanese, Tagalog, Hawaiian, Malaysian, Thai... come out anyway and make a new friend. Check out our Monthly Newsletter ! See if we are right for you! There there are three main focuses of this grou …

We mainly explore the San Francisco Bay Area’s many hiking trails, but we also keep our eyes open for other outings such as free summer concerts (Stern Grove anyone?) and the occasional jazz club... and likely more. The hikes are 6-10 miles long and are of an advanced beginner to intermediate level of difficulty. Let’s go out and enjoy the many wonderful outings in the Bay Area!

Would you be TOTALLY excited to see water-guzzling, pollution-producing, "seen-and-not-touched" lawns, replaced by edible gardens and drought-tolerant native plant landscaping? Do you believe, like I do, that if one or two of those GIANT homes in upscale neighborhoods (or tiny homes in the flats) were to replace most of their front and back lawns with gorgeously eco-scaped edible gardens, other neighbors would follow suit...? Especially if there was a massive PR campaign highlighting the transfo …

BayLISA is the premiere system adminstration user group in Silicon Valley and the San Francisco Bay Area. Founded in the very early 90s after the fourth Large Installation System Administration (LISA) conference, BayLISA has supported and educated systems, network, storage, virtualization, and other technology professionals in the Bay Area for over 20 years. We use Meetup to coordinate meeting attendance, announcements, and reminders. We have our official organizational presence on the web, inc …

106 Miles is a network of startup founders, engineers, and friends. Our mission is to educate and empower entrepreneurial engineers. Our values are Reputation, Innovation, Solidarity, and Education. This is our Silicon Valley group; see also our Southern California group. Please join us if you're a founder or engineer (or friend!) and... * You have worked at a startup, * You want to work at a startup, * You have started a company, and/or * You want to start a company. We meet several time …

Welcome to StartupMonthly Startup Accelerator Startup Accelerator in Silicon Valley providing an ecosystem of resources, tools and mentors for early-stage startups. Startups accepted to the accelerator will get up to $300K initial investment. During our on-going mentorship program in our offices in San Francisco we will work with you to quickly build and release the right minimum viable product, analyze customer engagement and metrics, and then react and iterate accordingly. We will become your …

Well, let’s just dip our toe shoes into the water, here, and see if there’s any balletomania afoot, for a new meetup now. Amid the epoch of “Black Swan" at the movies, and with the Giants having won the World Series (yes, whipping through 32 fouetté turns is almost as hard as hitting a Lincecum fastball), and now the first book ever published about the entire history of ballet (“Apollo’s Angels,” by Jennifer Homans), and, ta-dah, most important of all, with the world-class San Francisco Ballet …

The mission of Metabolic Engineering and Evolution in the Bay is to help scientists collaborate and grow by providing a network for sharing ideas and technical knowledge about metabolic engineering and evolution. At our quarterly meetings, you will find scientists, professionals and students sharing ideas and discussions with their peers. We meet at several locations across the Bay Area with the site rotating each quarter to Stanford, San Francisco, Berkeley, etc. If you are interested in engine …

We are Mario and Angelica and we run I.E.I., an Italian Language and Cultural Institute You can find information about our Institute and ITALIAN CLASSES at http://www.TheFinestItalian.com Mario Fusco operates IEI (Italian Educational Institute), http://www.thefinestitalian.com. He is is the Italian Language teaching Professor at Menlo College in Atherton. Angelica Di Chiara (Fusco) is a professional Artist   http://finestitalian.com/italian-artisans/angelica-di-chiara/ and teaches Acrylic Painti …

Successful Thinkers Network is a group of like minded and committed individuals who believe people will buy or use product / service from people they like, know, and trust.  Building relationship is key to the membership in helping others move their business forward.  Members share ideas and information to benefit the community and their business. The Successful Thinkers Network's mission is to help develop relationships that will enable members to find solutions to business challenges.   Attend …

This free meetup group offers support to women and children who want to protect themselves from bullies and attackers.  Monthly meetings are hosted by professional self-defense practitioners.  We will discuss real-world scenarios in which self-protection training can protect us from injuries and even save our lives.  We will introduce self-protection skills applicable in situations such as bullying at school and at work, abduction, mugging, break-ins and domestic violence. We serve individuals a …

I started this group to create a connection for young moms in the San Francisco Bay Area. If you have young child(ren) and you want more ties in your life to people who relate to your story then this is for you. My aim for this group is for young moms and their children to be able to come together and just hang out, have play dates & some mom's nights out. I want to bring together all of us young mamas who share the common cause of raising our kids the best way we can while still being young spu …

Basically, We Want You to Come Sing with Us. Are you a former or current member of a chorus or acappella group in search of a new outlet for your dazzling voice? Or maybe you sing in a band that performs on campus every now and then? Or maybe you're just a guy with a good voice who never really thought about pursuing it before? Then Pacific Standard might be the perfect ensemble for you! How's that for a marketing pitch? But seriously, we're a new men's chorus in the Bay Area that hopes to offer …

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 …

Wonderfest’s Mission is to inspire and nurture a deep sense of wonder about the world. Through science education programs, Wonderfest aspires to stimulate curiosity, promote careful reasoning, challenge unexamined beliefs, and encourage life-long learning.  Wonderfest, the San Francisco Bay Area Beacon of Science, is a 501(c)(3) nonprofit corporation. http://wonderfest.org http://facebook.com/wonderfest http://twitter.com/wonderfest http://www.youtube.com/tuckeroo11

Passionate about wellness? Join us to share knowledge about wellness, develop communication and leadership skills, and connect with people from a diverse range of wellness fields. You're welcome to visit our sister clubs in Mountain View, Silicon Valley, and San Francisco: http://www.meetup.com/FlyingToasters/ http://www.meetup.com/Mandarin-English-Toastmasters/ http://www.meetup.com/SF-MET/ We look forward to seeing you!

We're all about the Application and SaaS business models and monetization mechanisms ranging from Freemium to Premium, IAP (in app purchases), Bundling, Customer Conversion Analytics - whatever it takes to actually get users (consumer and business) to pay for Apps! We typically have two or three speakers, each of whom shares a deep knowledge of and experience with the software monetization and business models.  All of our speakers will discuss Freemium, since it's the monetization model du jour, …

As the global IT industry is rapidly shifting from traditional computer world to emerging Mobile World, the Silicon Valley, the world's base of IT innovations, evolves quickly to become the Global Mobile Valley (Mobile World Center), pioneered by leading Mobile Technology Players such as Apple, Google, Intel, Oracle, Cisco, Facebook, IBM, Amazon, Microsoft, Qualcomm, Samsung, Ericsson, Broadcom, Huawei, Nokia, etc. Based on Delson Group research, over trillion dollar business will be in the sec …

This is to meet and compare notes with managers, engineers, trainers, consultants, and writers involved with Lean manufacturing implementation n the San Francisco Bay area.

We hold evening events for singles in the San Francisco Bay Area. Our group offers a unique way to meet quality singles during managed, structured evenings. Through Connection Circles and other exercises, our events maximize the number of short introductory conversations you have with a wide variety of well-educated, well-mannered, classy singles. We create a supportive, friendly, facilitated environment placing you in many short conversations and making it easy to offer contact information for …

Founded in 2002, Velo Girls is the premier women's cycling club in the San Francisco bay area. We offer rides, clinics, and events for women (and men) throughout the year. Our members include recreational and competitive road cyclists, mountain bikers, and cyclocrossers, ranging in age from teens to 60s, spanning from Morgan Hill to Mendocino, Half Moon Bay to the east bay. Velo Girls has been recognized by USA Cycling as Club of the Year in 2003, 2004, 2006, and 2008. We've also been voted Best …

A group for events in the San Francisco Bay Area hosted by Microsoft. Join if you're a developer or IT professional interested in Microsoft technologies such as Windows 8, Windows Server, Windows Phone, Windows Azure, SharePoint, Office, Dynamics, Xbox, etc. Also join these groups run by community members: Bay.NET San Francisco .NET Developers San Francisco Bay BizSpark San Francisco SQL Server User Group Silicon Valley SQL Server User Group Bay Area Microsoft Business Intelligence User Group A …

This group is for Alumni and current students of Northwestern University's Master of Predictive Analytics program who live or work in the San Francisco Bay Area and would like to get together to discuss the MSPA program and issues related to predictive analytics.

This group brings together people in Silicon Valley, San Francisco and the broader Bay Area with an interest in Stanford Engineering's "European Entrepreneurship & Innovation Thought Leaders" speaker series (ME421) and related initiatives at and around Stanford University.

The Mid peninsula Professional Alliance is a non-profit professional group, composed of members from the San Francisco Peninsula area. Members are connected by a common interest in excellence in business development, marketing, and sales process. Generally they own or manage businesses of their own. They meet monthly for presentations from speakers, review of books relevant to their interest, and professional networking. Membership is open to all who attend at least one meeting as a paid partici …

Fashion+TechSV joins Fashion+TechSF & Fashion+TechNY as the Silicon Valley Chapter. FASHIONTECHSF.org is the longest running monthly workshop and the original event series in the San Francisco Bay Area focused synergistically on building, promoting and educating the vibrant community of fashion and technology. Our mission is to create educational, economic development, social and business opportunities for the fashion and technology industries. From it's inception in February 2010, FASHIONTECHS …

About Kannon Do Bay Area Zen Meditation Group: We aim to bring the spiritual practice of mindfulness to the San Francisco Peninsula and the South Bay, emphasizing its relevance in the modern world. Our purpose is to bring balance to busy lives faced with constant distractions, work and family pressures, and demanding deadlines. Our practice goes beyond relief of stress or health concerns to benefit the whole person. It emphasizes living an authentic life and expressing our inherent true nature …

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 …