We're a newbie-friendly Clojure user group oriented around talking about, learning about, and hacking on this awesome functional programming language on the JVM. We strive for openness and accessibility to all levels of experience. Our only prerequisites are an interest in building your skills in and furthering your understanding of Clojure, and your willingness to encourage and enable your peers to do the same. We also maintain a GoogleGroups list. You should consider joining this list if you w …

If you develop software for a living, you need at least one "dynamic" language in your toolkit. Languages that make it easy to do meta-programming are invaluable for many types of problems. If you are a Java developer, there are especially compelling reasons for investing in Groovy and the numerous Groovy-based frameworks -- Grails, Griffon, Gradle, Spock, Gaelyk, etc. The purpose of this group is to cultivate a local community for learning and sharing about experiences with the Groovy and Grail …

This is a group for anyone interested in learning to program. I'm trying to teach myself Ruby/Ruby on Rails/Git/general programming and I feel like it would be more fun in a group. I would love to meet regularly and work through a beginner book or building a program. Please let me know if you're interested in joining me!

Scala is a general purpose programming language designed to express common programming patterns in a concise, elegant, and type-safe way. Scala programs run on the Java VM, are byte code compatible with Java, and can make full use of existing Java libraries or existing application code.

You are invited to join us for networking conversations over lunch with local IT professionals,  webmasters and people of diverse professions and backgrounds to exchange experiences in programming, administration, hosting, development, design, and/or just to meet to chat and learn from non-webmasters to understand where clients are coming from for greater overall long term success. These events are great for practice skills required to build business ventures and develop mutually supportive and …

A group for Python ladies of all levels of programming experience, in the Washington, DC area. Developers and aspiring developers only, please! Let's keep this group primarily focused on Python programming. We have zero tolerance for anyone who comes just to recruit developers. Join us on IRC - #pyladies or Ask us questions in our local Google Group: https://groups.google.com/group/pyladiesdc

Meet others who love programming in Erlang, share information, and swap Erlang war stories. If you are excited about Erlang and want to meet other like-minded folks, or if you just want to see Erlang become more popular as a language, then join this group.

This group is for parents & educators who want to teach computer technology and design. We want to have regular meetups to exchange ideas and also to also provide opportunities for kids to learn programming, design, and robotics skills.

DC Perl Mongers meets monthly to celebrate and share Perl and related (generally open-source) technologies and cultures. Perl is a programming language which excels at text manipulation, and is additionally used for all sorts of software development. Also check out our website/wiki - http://dc.pm.org/ We primarily communicate via our mailing list. To subscribe, send an email to majordomo@lists.pm.org with "subscribe dc" in the body of the message (no subject necessary). You may then send mail to …

Meet people interested in personal growth, inner and outer aspects of self-empowerment, advancement. EXPECT THE UNEXPECTED! We believe there is the opportunity for self-empowered people in the Washington D.C. area to play a very important role in the 21st century. These free monthly events on 3rd Sundays are a fun way to meet people passionate about personal growth and self-empowerment, as well as people interested in related topics including spirituality, A Course In Miracles, Conversations wit …

Storm Users Group is a community for Storm developers and companies using Storm. Storm is a distributed realtime computation system. Similar to how Hadoop provides a set of general primitives for doing batch processing, Storm provides a set of general primitives for doing realtime computation. Storm is simple, can be used with any programming language, and is a lot of fun to use!

We're inviting Corona SDK developers (and future developers) in the Washington DC area to get together and discuss mobile development and technology (for iOS and Android), Corona tips and tricks, and the Lua programming language. Experienced Corona developers and newcomers are equally welcome!

Women who have completed Celebrating Men, Satisfying Women workshop and live in the DC, MD, VA area.

The dynamic, diverse and service-centered Rotary Club of Capitol Hill draws members who live or work in DC, Maryland and Virginia. Since 2003, our members have represented the dynamic diversity of Capitol Hill and Washington, DC. Ranging from those in their 20's to 60's, more than half of our members are women and the members of our club represent numerous races and nationalities -- both from the United States and abroad. We have several members who are alumni of Rotary Foundation programs such …

Tennis Player, We are the Washington DC / Northern Virginia / Montgomery County Online Tennis Community. With over 6,500 players we have the members who will want to meet up with you on the tennis courts. We allow players to put post meetups. So feel that it is acceptable to promote an event that you will take ownership of and we'll let the meetup group know about it. The community is large enough that we are able to run Socials, Tournaments, Tennis Partner programs and our primary product, Leag …

Abraham's message continues to evolve. Processes evolved into the Vortex Work and are now the Grid Work. What hasn't changed is: Most of us are lazy. :) We're going to do the work...later. We're going to find ourselves in the vortex and milk it...next time we remember to. Here:  kind accountability for doing the written vortex work. In ultra-small groups, in a lovingly supportive format, we post Abraham-based processes daily on a private forum with others doing the same thing (no more than te …

Hi, I'm creating this group because I'm so excited that the company that trained me to be a life coach, Accomplishment Coaching, is starting a program in Washington DC. I have a rewarding and profitable coaching practice and a great life thanks to the work I have done with these amazing and dedicated people. Please join this group is you are looking for a new way to create power, enjoyment and velocity in your life and/or to become an outstanding coach. Some of the best coaches in the area a …

We are a fun energetic group who has a true love of dachshunds of all shapes and sizes. We like to get together in Washington DC, Maryland and Virginia to share a wealth of information with each other (i.e. good nutrition, training tips, pet sitting, health care providers, etc.). If there's a dachshund (s) in need, our group pulls together and we do whatever it takes to lend a hand. The group is now lead by new organizers Kelly Ann and Tyler. Together with their three loveable dachshunds Norma …

A group for the application of cutting-edge HPC & GPU supercomputing technology to cutting-edge business problems. With an emphasis on the useful application of supercomputing by practitioners, for practitioners. Note: We have several sister groups that meet in other cities: New York, "HPC & GPU Supercomputing Group of New York", Boston, Chicago, Silicon Valley, and Tokyo ... you can find them all on meetup.com

The Carriage House Studio is a photography studio and gallery in Washington, DC, offering studio rental, and photography workshops and exhibits. The studio consists of 1,200 square feet of floor space (60' by 20') at street level, with extensive private alleyways for outdoor work. The studio is located in an historic landmark 1860's carriage house in the Logan Circle Arts District, a few blocks from the Convention Center, White House and Union Station. Although primarily used as a photography st …

Join Allies Bridging Cultural Divides (ABCD) and network with co-organizers, real estate professionals, investors, small housing providers, agents, property managers, small business, nonprofit, community builders, association executives, meeting planners, co-sponsors, business owners and other group members of the Friendship Archway Alliance for monthly networking conversations over lunch. Self-pay for food or drink. EXPECT THE UNEXPECTED! This nonprofit program provides opportunities for people …

Organize biking, walking, and/or boat ride tours of successful environmental projects in one or more of the many municipalities from Cooperstown, NY all the way down to Virginia Beach. Can include service activities for participants (may also include music, edu-tainment play, 'eating green' food, clean transportation SAG vehicles and an Intergenerational Town Hall Meeting) designed to expand environmental awareness, inextricably linked to health and well being, and measure citizen's habits and …

We invite you to join us for Conversations for One City to bridge cultural, digital and other divides. We are allies and friends for "ONE CITY, ONE LOVE, ONE WORLD"!  Let's engage in conversations for friendship to strengthen harmony and unity of purpose among people from different groups and backgrounds. Let's get to know each other better for mutual understanding and support! Also sign up at www.meetup.com/ONECITY/ EXPECT THE UNEXPECTED! Join us for conversations over lunch (self-pay) on the 3 …

The Understand Men DC/Baltimore PAX community is led by a group of volunteers committed to share the education of PAX Programs. Our lives have been profoundly impacted by this work, and we host free events to generate interest in PAX workshops in Washington DC, Baltimore and Northern Virginia. PAX Programs is in the business of educating women about men. PAX, the Latin word for “peace” - and also an acronym for Partnership, Adoration and Xtasy - creates peace between the sexes by providing uniqu …

Your potential is limited only by your excuses. Whether you work in a corporate environment or from home, whether you are a student or retiree, Toastmasters is the most efficient, enjoyable and affordable way of gaining communication and leadership skills. Become a Better Speaker Toastmasters will give you the skills and confidence you need to effectively express yourself in any situation. By learning to formulate and convey your ideas, you open a new world of possibilities. You will be more pe …

This group is a place for the AmeriCorps VISTA Community to come together IRL (in real life) to engage in conversation, share best practices, share stories of service, ask questions, work together and help each other find answers. AmeriCorps VISTA is the national service program designed specifically to help alleviate poverty. Founded as Volunteers in Service to America in 1965, VISTA has been working to address poverty in America for more than 40 years. AmeriCorps VISTA is the national service …

Casey Trees’ advocacy program seeks to influence the public decision-making process to enhance, restore, and protect the tree canopy of D.C. The success of this program depends on an engaged citizenry that can convincingly defend trees throughout the city. We intend this Meetup group as a resource for Tree Advocates to communicate with and support one another, plan events, and successfully advocate for our city's tree canopy.

The Vajrayogini Buddhist Center is located in the Dupont Circle neighborhood of Washington, DC. We offer a complete range of meditation courses and retreats for all levels of interest: weekly drop-in classes, day workshops, retreats and in-depth study programs. In addition, we offer introductory classes at numerous branch locations in the DC area (Arlington, Bethesda, Capitol Hill, Reston, and Hampton Roads). Kadampa Buddhism is a special tradition of Mahayana Buddhism founded by Atisha (982-105 …