We would like to invite all photographers - Beginners to Advanced, Digital or Film, Men or Women to join our Meetup Group and participate in a variety of Photo Shoots, Workshops and Classes. Please note that many of our events involve tasteful nudity. For our Group Photo Shoots and Workshops, we use both photography studios as well as a variety of unique spaces including outdoor locations and private homes and estates. If you have a location that we could use please let us know. We hold our even …

Bienvenidos al San Francisco Bay Area Hispanic Professionals Meetup. Aquí tendrás  la plataforma para conocer, convivir y expander relaciones de amistad, red social y professional con Hispanos Profesionales del Area de la Bahía de San Francisco. Para ser miembro solo se necesita: Poder comunicarse en español Ser de descendencia o ancestria hispana, latina, latinoamericana, etc. , sin importar donde hayas nacido pero que tengas interés de convivir, compartir nuestras costumbres, tradiciones, …

http://www.moviemakersunite.com/.org MMU Presents : SILICON VALLEY FILM FESTIVAL AND AWARDS  OCT-NOV. , 2012 www.svfilmfestival.org MMU FILM FESTIVAL '09 :  http://www.meetup.com/moviemakersunit...... MMU - PRODUCTION , PITCH AND NETWORKING MEETINGS: Bi Weekly. Bring your script / idea in one page. If you have a script, you will get your film production scheduled immediately. And network with fellow film makers, actors, camera, editors,etc. Current Projects: (Details in the about pages) Am …

*** YOU MUST BE 18 YEARS OLD OR OLDER TO JOIN *** A Bay Area Photography Group for photographers, amateurs and experienced, to come together with ideas, learn from each other, and have fun while we capture images of beautiful models! Glamour, High Fashion, and implied/nudes will be scheduled for our photo shoots. We will have models ranging from new to experienced coming from San Jose to San Francisco and other surrounding bay area locations, including models from other cities. I invite you to …

Imagine coming home to a community: a safe place for kids to play; a shared meal, a conversation, and a friend. This group will create a cohousing community in the San Jose area (the heart of Silicon Valley in the san francisco south bay) with your help. Visit http://tinyurl.com/sjcoho if you do not want to sign up for Meetup.com but would like to receive announcements.

Welcome to the Bay Area Vietnamese Professionals(BAVP) Meetup Group! Our goal is for Vietnamese professionals to network, make new friends, and have fun. All Asians and everyone is welcome! We plan on having two monthly recurring events: Saturday Night dinner/drinks and a Mid Month Event. This is not a singles group. Our goal is to promote real friendships and to have a good time. Most of our events will take place in or around the South Bay but we will also head into San Francisco on occa …

Welcome! We are San Jose Mountain Biking Our group’s purpose is simple.  We want to get people out riding whenever and wherever possible.  As the Organizer of SJ Mtb, I’m dedicated to helping people get out on the bike more often.  I don’t care if you ride every day of the week or just a few times a month.  I don’t care if you only ride with us or if you ride with lots of different groups.  Mountain Biking for me isn’t a popularity contest, it’s a way of life.  We’re not out to have the most me …

Welcome to the San Francisco Bay Area Large Format Photography Group! This group is for the large format (LF) photographers, the LFers, from the San Francisco Bay Area who are interested in the large format photography using view or field cameras - a relatively small group of people among a very large number of digital shooters. The group is created to make it easy for the members to meet with the like-minded LFers and get involved in the activities such as the following: * Location photography …

This is the Amtgard group for the South Bay San Francisco area. Amtgard is a LARP game dedicated to not only medieval fighting, but also to the arts and sciences that existed then and now. We meet every Sunday at Bowers Park in Santa Clara at 1:30 pm. We have loaner gear for anyone who comes out and it is 100% free to play. No special gear is needed to play and we use padded weapons with a light touch so everyone can enjoy the game. Come out and have a great time with us. Everyone is welcome. Th …

Aloha and welcome to the Bay Area Hula Dancing Meetup Group! As a lifelong hula dancer, I have a passion for sharing my Hawaiian culture and the joy of hula with those who want to learn. NO EXPERIENCE NECESSARY! This Meetup group will provide you with the opportunity to learn hula in a FUN and inviting atmosphere, enjoy the company of other fun-loving folks and make new friends. While we now have a "permanent home" I'd love to meet at different locations throughout the San Francisco Bay Area so …

Meet other singles based on similar interests!  This group is all about meeting new people, and doing fun things in a professional, safe, social, and exciting environment.  I'll host different types of speed dating events all over the bay area. This group is open to all ages, as I plan to host events for 20's - 50's.  Events will be in the South Bay, Peninsula, and San Francisco.  Join us! Why Speed Dating? Rather than going out to a bar or going on a blind date, you know that everyone is sing …

ADVAITA is an eclectic group of friends interested in meditation, yoga, enlightenment, self realization, non duality teachings (Advaita Vedanta, Zen Buddhism, Sufism, Taoism). Francis Lucille, a long time friend and student of Jean Klein, is a spiritual teacher of the Advaita Vedanta tradition. There are 7 week long retreats every year and meetings every week at his home in Temecula, California. There are also retreats in Tampa (Florida), Paris (France), Barcelona (Spain), Munich (Germany) and S …

Business measurement, modeling and metrics have become critical to businesses of all sizes and across all industries. In today's competitive environment, executives need to be at the top of their game when it comes to understanding their business performance. There is data everywhere about the market, competitors, customers and businesses, but getting to the core of the information, and turning that data into an advantage is challenging. This group brings together executives from multiple indust …

THE BEST OF THE BAY AREA BANDS NETWORK SAN JOSE PRESENTS! "YOUR BAND'S NAME HERE" Please see the section under the "Discussions Tab" to find out how you can "Self Promote" your band on this website. My other music websites are very successful, as this can only benefit your music or your band in every way. Looking for a musician? Looking to announce a CD release party? Looking for a talented singer? Looking to join a band? Just love music and want to attend great music events? Here is where you c …

Calling all Giants fans! Live in the San Jose area and can't get to as many games as you'd like? Let's meet up to watch the games at a local sports bar-- from here all the way to the post-season! We rarely travel to the games. Our purpose is to cheer and celebrate together at a local pub! Keep in mind that we are die-hard Giants aficionados and we love baseball so here are our two rules: 1. NO DODGER FANS. You will not be tolerated. Period. 2. NO HALF-A*SED GIANTS FANS. Don't ask what the Shar …

This group is primarily intended for Unitarian Universalist (UU) Young Adults (20's, 30's & 40's) in the San Francisco Bay Area although we certainly welcome anyone young at heart. We feel there is an under-served community of UU Young Adults who are looking for other UU's who have similar interests in life, liberal religion and politics who would like to have social events (we certainly don't exclude participation by those with a family who would like to be involved!). While we are associated w …

Whether you consider yourself a voluntaryist, anarchist, libertarian, or just curious about the ideas of liberty, we encourage you to join the group and keep an eye out for our next meetup. Every month or so, we'll meet up somewhere in the San Francisco Bay Area to share stories, ideas, support, and camaraderie.

PATCA is a nonprofit professional association of independent consultants and principals who work in small consulting practices. Since its founding in 1975, PATCA members have been highly respected for their professionalism, integrity, objectivity and competence. They include experts in all aspects of business and technology, and serve clients in many industries, throughout the U.S. and the world. PATCA offers a free "Post a Project" referral service at www.patca.org for clients searching for an …

The 45+ Bay Area Savvy Singles Group is for fun-loving Singles in a certain age range (45+ - 65ish) to come together for fun and develop nice connections with others.  Perhaps a spark will ignite and a closer relationship develop.  If so, great.  If not, at least you've met another great friend...without feeling pressure to do anything you don't want to do. We are all here to enjoy each other's company at fun events......single we are today.....single we may not be forever.  Still, we can enjoy. …

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 …

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 …

Startup Pitch Night provides the platform to practice and improve your pitch. The leadership team is dedicated to providing the platform for startups to practice their pitch. Our goal is make it fun to practice your pitch and to have it be within relaxed and supportive peer-driven environment. Additionally, we provide targeted networking and learning opportunities in the Silicon Valley, California region to meet, form partnerships, and launch or formulate new start-ups. RSVP to practice your pit …

This group is for otherkin in the San Francisco Bay area. All kinds are welcome: elves, faeries, sidhe, Tuatha De Danann, dragons, angels, nature spirits, unicorns, gryphons, and any other kind of mythical, magical, fantastic, or spiritual non-human folk. This group is primarily intended for otherkin, not therianthropes. Therians/weres are not barred from joining if they identify with a mythic and otherworldly "feel" or maybe just want to talk to some otherkin, but the focus is on otherkin (such …

Mandarin English Bilingual Toastmasters - or MET - is a fun and friendly way to improve your Mandarin and English communication skills. Mandarin-speakers and English-speakers of all levels are welcome! You are invited to visit a meeting and observe as a guest.  Meetings start at 7pm sharp every Wednesday and every Thursday: http://sj-met.wikispaces.com/ http://mandarinenglish.wikispaces.com/ You're welcome to visit our sister clubs in Mountain View, Palo Alto, and San Francisco: http://www.meet …

This group is for people ages 21+ in the South Bay Area who want to meetup and go to Dance Party Clubs voted as the best in San Francisco. Ok, now stop for a moment, put on the song "Memories" by David Guetta.  Do this before reading any further. Resume reading... Here's the whole big idea: Give your mind a break after a long week and give your body the freedom it deserves to move freely and dance dance dance! It will be the best therapy for you.  We will go out every weekend if possible, o …

שלום, this is קפה הפוך, an activity group for single Israeli and hebrew speakers in the San Francisco Bay Area. Our goal is to create a fun environment to meet for hikes, dinners, and other fun activities -- in an environment where we don't have to break our teeth in english -:) Our married friends are great, but often are not free to get together, and we'd like to meet other single Israelis and hebrew speakers... so join us! להשתמע, mark.

Followed your heart [or job?!] to San Francisco but find yourself longing to discuss Inspection Stickers and Whataburger with people who understand? Well then let's meet and have a couple of beers and say "y'all" and "wheels off"! Doesn't matter which hometown or when you left, all "Texpats" are welcome!

I'd like to start a bike shop/cafe, along the lines of Mojo Bicycle Cafe in San Francisco. Maybe it's just a bike shop, but I'd like to consider the food/drink aspects of well. The important aspects of the business venture will be that it is: run as 'a real business' that makes money so it can pay its bills/salaries/expenses a worker-owned and run cooperative democratically-runa non-destructive retail/restaurant chain (as in the business concept, not the physical bike chain) active and engaged …