In year 2012, we have more activities.  Of course, we have the First Saturday Quad, yes that's usually on the first Saturday of the month, which starts on January 7. The other major event is the Third Saturday Swiss starting on January 21. We have already started the Road to Mastery Chess Program, which aspires to bring its students to the expert level, in preparation to be come a Master.  We will try to provide the tools for the student to increase his or her rating while he/she goes up the lev …

Try this program for 90 days and get the results that you have always wanted! It's a total-body program that incorporates strength training, cardio, core work, and flexibility. The National Academy of Sports Medicine has teamed up with the makers of P90X®. The same evidence-based research that is applied to personal training, performance enhancement, and corrective exercise has been used take the worlds most popular home fitness program into the gym so that you can now take all of your favorite …

Volunteer And Help Rebuild and Rebrand One Love 4 Kids Nonprofit Organization. One Love 4 Kids is a nonprofit based in Germantown, Maryland.  We provide education, health and economic support to ill, disabled, abused and impoverished children in Jamaica--soon other parts of the world. Since 2007 we have served more than 2000 ill, disabled, abused and impoverished children with a budget of less than $6000.00. We have served an average of 400 inner city children each year. We primarily provided fo …

Are you a Dale Carnegie Graduate? Have you read "How to Win Friends and Influence People"? Or are you trying practice the 30 principles of being a positive person and leader? Are you looking to hang out with like-minded people?? This group is for you!  Whether you are a graduate, read Dale Carnegie books, looking to learn more or are looking to hang around proactive and positive people come join us. This is casual social meet up where we will hang out, network, eat, drink and connect! This meet …

NAMI Northern Virginia (NAMI NoVA) is the local affiliate of the National Alliance on Mental Illness (NAMI), the nation's largest grassroots organization dedicated to improving the lives of persons with mental illness. NAMI Northern Virginia sponsors local support groups, educational programs, and advocacy with the goal of affording individuals with mental illness opportunities to live, work, learn, and participate fully in their communities. Anyone interested in knowing more about mental illnes …

This group explores Domain Specific Languages (DSLs). If you are interested in designing, developing, or using DSLs, come hang out!

This is a ladies-only organization that is designed to help you remember who it was you wanted to be... With so many labels, "mom", "housekeeper", "cook", "professional"... sometimes we ladies need to remember who WE are and what we need. This group is designed to help women reach their full potential as strong, sexy, healthy women! Membership is open to all adult women who are interested in making friendships and who want to meet their potential professionally, physically and/or emotionally. Yo …

We are a fun group for all levels of ukulele experience.  Our regular monthly club schedule has something for everyone: 2nd Sunday Beginner Chords and Strums 2:15pm followed by Beginner Group Lesson 3-5pm 4th Sunday Beginner Chords and Strums 2:15pm followed by Ukulele Jam 3-5pm and Ukulele Open Mic 6-8pm Navigation (click the link next to the text): A) About ( click here) B) Membership Rules ( click here) C) Local Ukulele Workshops/Concerts/Events ( click here) ============================== …

This is a group for parents who have young children and live in or near Reston. I started this group in order to provide a platform for parents to share the info of family fun events, interesting venues, free trial classes (martial arts, music, gym programs, foreign language learning, etc), preschool open house, kids club of gyms, etc. We also have playdate at park, indoor or outdoor playground. Normally, the venues are in Reston, Herndon, Chantilly, Sterling, Vienna and other places. I am a C …

The Google Technology and Developer Group (GDG-DC) is a developer group designed to discuss, discover and distribute Google technologies. This will cover Washington DC Capital Suburban area including Northern Virginia and Maryland. GDG-DC meets on as often as we could find good topic, location, sponsor and interested techies! Please visit our website and join our groups to participate and register in Meetup to attend. Oh.. don't forget to follow us on  Twitter Check out http://developer.google.c …

Visit us at http://www.novapython.org/ The Northern Virginia Python Users Group gets together on the third Thursday of the month at the VMWare location just off the Dulles Toll Road. We talk about beginning topics as well as more advanced applications of the language.

1 Million Cups (1MC) is a simple way to for entrepreneurs to engage with each other and learn from each other. Each week, the 1MC program offers two local entrepreneurs an opportunity to present their startups to a diverse audience of mentors, advisors, and entrepreneurs. Presenters prepare a 6 minute educational presentation and engage in 20 minutes of feedback and questioning after they present. Entrepreneurs gain insight into possible ways they can improve their businesses, gather realtime fe …

The greater Washington DC area's oldest and largest java user group, established in the mid 90's golden era of Java and going strong to this day! We focus on anything of interest to Java developers, from Web Development to Big Data. We host the annual DevIgnition conference focusing on the interests of the DC area's Java community.

JBoss is much more than an Application server.  With industry-leading frameworks such as Seam, Infinispan, and Hibernate, JBoss is raising the bar for enterprise Java. Our membership is comprised of industry practitioners, open source evangelists, and Java craftsmen.  Each month, we meet to highlight some key JBoss technologies. We are also active supporters of the DC area Technology User Groups community and coordinate regularly with them to hold joint meetings and share our insights and exper …

This group brings together people who Are already macrobiotic or interested in Learning about the macrobiotic lifestyle. We will have educational programs and macrobiotic potlucks.

BTI360's Software Craftsmanship Series is an internal company event that focuses on taking your software engineering skills to the next level. This is done through discussing and diving deep into what constitutes clean code, what coding principles are often disregarded, and how to affect better coding practices on your team.

Kaliente Dance Fitness is an exhilarating 60 min cardio workout that will have you sweating, smiling and coming back for more! Our high intensity classes offers people an alternative method to burning calories, staying active and most importantly boosting ones self esteem.  We aim to challenge our students both physically and mentally. Kaliente Dance Fitness incorporates music  and dance styles from all over the world, aside from the typical salsa, merengue,  bachata, and reggatton,  we also us …

Sterling NLP Hypnosis Practice Group provides an an opportunity to learn, experience, and practice Hypnosis and NLP.  This is a safe environment to expand your skills and knowledge.  People of all ranges of knowledge and skill are welcome to attend.

ABOUT US This is a *free, open, ongoing weekly meditation group that began in September 2010, and includes both beginners and experienced practitioners. Most nights, there are about 15-25 of us (even though Meetup might show that only one person is attending!) *There is a suggested donation of $5 for the church for providing the beautiful space. We meet every Tuesday from 7 or 7:15-8:45 p.m. (please see below for the days we start at 7:15) in the beautiful blue sanctuary of the Unitarian Univers …

“O Holy Vibration, Boom on the shores of my consciousness.  Break the limiting boundary of my consciousness in the body.  Reverberate through my body, mind, soul, my surroundings, the cities, the earth, the planets, the universe, and every particle of creation.  Unite my consciousness with cosmic consciousness." Parahamansa Yogananda Welcome to your Higher Vibration World! Every year, a plethora of new methods and techniques to cleanse, purge, detoxify and infuse ourselves with vitality and a n …

This group is for Inspiring photographers wanting to learn more about portrait photography in any environment. We will look at the essentials needed for creating that "I love it" portrait shot and the tools and programs that can enhance your capture.

The purpose of this group is to bring together Clojure users in the Washington DC area.

LUNCHES Each month, Nicholas Hartigan and Chris Talmont, the Co-Chairs of the PMIWDC Reston Luncheon committee, strive to bring you interesting and informative speakers from a wide range of professions. They present these speakers to you in a casual restaurant setting that allows you to network with other professionals of the PMI.  All restaurant venues offer maximum seating of approximately 50 guests and each monthly the event sells out. Pre-registration is required. Luncheons are held very thi …

Our Meetup Group is an extension of the wider Mission Statement For The Sufi Order International: The mission of the Sufi Order International is to spread the Message of Unity as given by Pir-o-Murshid Inayat Khan and taught by Pir Vilayat Inayat Khan, Pir Zia Inayat Khan and other authorized teachers of the Order. To serve this mission, the Sufi Order International offers programs of training for spiritual realization and the integration of the ideals of love, harmony and beauty; develops spiri …

This group is for anyone interested in developing mindfulness in daily life through meditation. We welcome everyone from any background. We want to provide a supportive environment for practicing meditation and developing mindfulness. Byoma Kusuma offers guided meditation sessions which are designed to help you develop mindfulness and its resultant benefits through Shamatha (Calm Abiding) and Vipashyana (Insight) techniques. Group sessions provide a supportive environment and group synergy, and …

We sponsor a regular speaker series of ground-breaking authors and presenters from many different disciplines who, in one way or another, are shaping the leading edge of the transition of humanity to a new human and new world. Our sessions -- usually on weekend evenings -- are held in the charming resort town of Berkeley Springs, WV, 100 miles from Washington, DC and Baltimore, MD. This program is the continuation of the speakers series sponsored by The Arlington Institute, which was founded by …

This group is for moms who want to look better than their pre-baby self. You don't have to be a mother to participate but we are making this a women's only hour at one of the best places to workout in Loudoun County. Underground Athlete has transformed hundreds of lives in Fairfax. If you're ready to take it to the next level join us at our Sterling location. Meetup members get one free session a week for 6 weeks. Additional sessions are only $10 each.

We'll share spiritual workshops, chant, drum, and meditate with the intentions of love and joy for our Mother Earth and all creation, to bring peace, sustainability and balance!  We affirm the Global Oneness by building on various sacred traditions (Christian, Hindu, Buddhist, Native American, Sufi, Celtic etc) Let us know what kinds of workshops or sessions you'd like to offer or attend.  Most programs will have suggested donations to pay for the space and support the talents of the leaders. We …