What is supportive of a healthy body, mind, heart, spirit, relationship, family, community and society. Here you will find support for and learn what is life-giving in every aspect of our lives, culture and society. Not just nutritionally for example, but emotionally, spiritually, in our relationships, at work, in our physical activity, in our thoughts, in how we relate to one another, etc No dogmas, just learning what supports our bodies, our life and our world. Gatherings, classes, workshops a …

We meet once a month to drink beer & share lessons learned on various topics including computer science, design, HCI, complex systems development, programming languages, compiler optimization, cryptography, computer music, AI... and whatever else the group finds interesting. The common thread is that most of the presenters & audience know at least one dialect of lisp (eg Common Lisp, Scheme, Clojure, Emacs Lisp, etc). But it is definitely a polyglot (not just lisp-related) group & presentations …

Q:  If you had to declare a manifesto for this group, what would it be? A: That philosophy is for everybody.  That, while it uses abstraction, its value rests on its concrete utility in everyday life.  For example, you don't have to know how to program a computer to benefit from one (though of course you can do more with it if you know how it works). Q:  I'm very busy ‐ what preparation is involved? A:  We do not assign reading, because we are interested in your original thinking.  As the the …

Opening To Relationship Gatherings are happening! We'll be exploring many ways in which we humans get ourselves into entanglements (without even knowing how or why) that end up blocking lasting, fulfilling relationships. Get out of your old interrelational rat wheel and come find out how your relationships may be improved. There are key associations, hard-wired into human automatic response systems, associated with relationships of all kinds that raise old familial patterns that often feel impos …

The Bicycel Trails cpouncil of the East Bay was formed in 1987, and helped to create the International Mountain Bicycling Association (IMBA) in 1988. The work of BTCEB is essential in developing the mountain biking culture and keeping trails open for local mountain biking. The BTCEB Meetup.com group was established by the Bicycle Trails Council of the East Bay (www.btceb.org). and is a tool for bringing us all, veteran and new riders, together for a great time. By joining BTCEB you'll be support …

Would you like to: o Trust the ebb and flow of life; o Experience happiness while you grow and heal; o Find the “third way” that makes love and creativity possible? In an environment of caring, gentleness and trust, this Meetup will offer gatherings dedicated to creating this experience for its members. How? 1) We will have monthly free gatherings where we will learn some new skills for personal growth and creating more choices when we want them. We will also experience caring, respectful e …

This group is for anyone who seeks to heal themselves physically, emotionally and spiritually. We will be practicing  breathing and movement exercises from Medical QiGong. We will be exploring practices from Medical Qi Gong, Chinese Energy arts, with a dash of Hypnosis and NLP. These practices will help you to: - Restore your health and balance. - Increase your personal presence. - Become aware of your unconscious programming. - Improve your ability to communicate with your symptoms, your bod …

There seem to be a lot of software-related learning/coworking/entrepreneuring groups in San Francisco and the Peninsula. What about those of us on this side of the BART tube? Are you starting a new programming or web project, and looking for someone to bounce ideas off of, or maybe chip in? Are you taking a break (voluntary or otherwise) from wage slavery, and want to hang around some other people who are upgrading their skill sets? Do you want to contribute to someone else's project? Or are yo …

We are a "hackerspace", a colloquial term for a group of people who gather together in order to DIY technology and art, exchange knowledge, and pool together resources and tools. Members have access to 3d printers, laser cutters, CNC routers, woodworking tools, computers, etc.

East Bay Rotaract is a service group for students and young professionals, ages 18-35, living in the San Francisco Bay Area. Membership spans from Richmond to Danville to Mountain View. Join us for a dynamic experience! ---------------------------------------- WHAT IS ROTARACT? ---------------------------------------- Rotaract is a service club for young men and women ages 18-35. It is sponsored by international service organization Rotary International. Rotaract brings together students and you …

Join this small group for a step-by-step approach to learn the R language. Each session is filled with real-life examples and participants are welcome to suggest and present topics. If you have just started with R this is the perfect chance to find out about data analysis with a group of people rather than on your own.

Make your next trip MEANINGFUL! Attend Meetups and happy hours, learn how to travel responsibly and make a difference. Meet fun, involved, interesting people. Share with us YOUR story about the meaningful things YOU already do! With 20 years of experience spanning 75 countries, we offer enriching responsible, meaningful trips and adventure & volunteer travel to the world's most exciting international destinations. In addition to offering the best in sights, culture, nature and activity - each tr …

Meet other mid-career women & men who have reached a major lifework transition point - voluntarily, unplanned, or just feeling restless and ready for a more fulfilling next work path. THIS GROUP IS FOR YOU IF… You’re Successful, But Find Yourself Unexpectedly “Between-Dreams.” You Know What You Don’t Want, But Don’t Have Burning Clarity For What You Do Want Next. You’re Employed But Questioning Your Direction. The Spark Is Gone, And You’re Ready For Something More Meaningful. You’re Unemployed …

This group is for people of ALL skill levels and users of ALL versions of Microsoft Access. We also include SQL server topics in our discussions. This group typically meets monthly at various locations in the San Francisco East Bay. We were previously named the Berkeley Access Database Users Group but have expanded our area of geographical coverage and our area of technical coverage.

I'm in a 9 month training program to teach topics of understanding and illuminating differences between masculine feminine energies and to resolve conflicts of between men and women . I have lots of other home study courses on happiness, awakening the body , how to implement law of attraction, understanding women, development stages of men. i have books on various topics. i want it to be never ending inquiry on how to have live dreams of our lives im excited to share this journey of transformati …

Entrepreneurship permeates the culture of Silicon Valley -  the innovation capital of the world. Never before has it been so possible for anyone from anywhere,  with  a great idea and a burning desire to succeed,  to make it big and change the world in a relatively short period of time. Taking a startup from idea to IPO has taken on mythical proportions.   Many dream the dream, with hopes of launching the "next big thing". We are a community of entrepreneurs, technologists, academics, financial …

Come discuss Javascript with some of the most talented programmers in the East Bay. Show off some of the cool projects you've been working on and talk about everything happening in the JS community. Let's share tips, tricks, hacks and frameworks! We don't have a JavaScript group in the East Bay so I thought I'd start one. Our first topic is an intro to Node. Come check it out! Logo provided by Oakland's Where It's AT-AT. http://www.oaklandiswhereitsatat.com/

Get together with other hackers and engineers to share experiences and tips for getting the most out of the Raspberry Pi. We'll also post and promote Raspberry Pi-related events by others.

Updated: April 16, 2013 About us Welcome trail runners! News Schedule in 2013 Our regular weekly morning group trail runs take place on: Tuesdays 6 AM, Thursdays 6 AM, and easy Sundays 10 AM in Berkeley. Other runs take place in Oakland and other areas of the East Bay. New members of all paces are invited to drop-in and attend meets for a free trial month. Our group is small and limited in size to keep our meets from becoming impersonal, and to maintain an active roster of members. This is …

Berkeley chapter of the Society for Technical Communication. We get together for a monthly meeting with a program and networking, but we'd love to have impromptu get-togethers of technical communicators as well.

Hi! This group is for intermediate to advanced users of the Adobe Suite who want to brush up on their skills in the various programs. I realize this is a broad topic, but each week I will suggest a specific advanced feature or menu of a software program. Hopefully this will become a meetup for us to learn about and experiment with the new features of Adobe CS6. Why am I starting this meetup? NOTE: I do not work for Adobe, nor does this group administer the adobe certification exams. I am a des …

DHARMA INC is an international community of people expressing lives filled with joy, freedom, and contribution to others. We welcome all and join together in an effort to cultivate natural wisdom in all aspects of living. All our classes are made available on a donation basis. We are a non-profit community center, supported entirely by community contributions. At Dharma INC Oakland, we offer classes and programs to the local community, so that all who see value in this approach to life have an o …

Come meet once a month with other like-minded cloud and API hackers. Having trouble making time to finish that side-project of yours connecting Evernote to Facebook? See how much more you can get done with other developers around. Maybe you'll even meet your next co-founder. This MeetUp will occasionally have speakers from publishers of your favorite APIs, but really it's about getting together in a shared space on a consistent basis and finishing what you've let languish.

The goal of this meetup group is to develop an interesting community of web publishers Join this group if you like: Publishing websites (blogs, forums, wikis, etc.) Web programming Tech meetups Startups

Good morning African American web professionals. If you professionally develop code, media, content, or strategy for the web, please come and join us for a networking waffle breakfast.

Monthly resource for Drupal users, developers, administrators, and designers in and around near Oakland, CA.  EBDUG meets on the last Wednesday of every month (except for November and December) to discuss all things Drupal.  Particular attention is placed on helping each other scale the Drupal Cliff -- the feeling you get that you almost, but not quite, understand enough about Drupal to get the things done that you want to.  We're here to help you succeed.

OpenOakland, a Code for America Brigade, is a civic innovation organization that brings together coders, designers, data geeks, journalists, and city staff to collaborate on solutions to improve how our local government serves all citizens of Oakland. We draw on our wide range of expertise and perspectives to build open-source applications and working relationships that promote civic innovation and open government in Oakland. Our projects range from events like CityCamp and the Open Government P …

SKUID is an exciting new UI development tool for Salesforce developement. It greatly extends the work you can do while staying in the "no programming" environment and offers interface metaphors that require custom programming when you work directly in Salesforce. It's brand new and growing fast. Join us in exploring, learning and helping to develop this exiciting new product. I don't have a meeting place or times decided yet. Let me know what would work for you.