The Havurah is a warm environment for Jewish singles in the Bay Area to make friends and connections. We're an active, fun group of people, mainly in our 40s and 50s, who are looking to meet other great Jewish singles and enjoy events together. We have Shabbat potluck dinners at the homes of our members as a way to bring our community together.   From there we expand to other activities -- Sunday brunch, dinner-and-movie nights, hiking, happy hours, going to Jewish cultural events -- whatever yo …

================================== THREE Silicon Valley Gayme Nights Every Week!!! ================================== There are THREE gayme nights (where board games and card games are played in an LGBT-friendly environment) in Silicon Valley EACH WEEK that you can go to. They are held every Thursday in Sunnyvale, every Friday in San Jose, and every Sunday in Los Altos. Hopefully one of those times and locations will work for you. ______________________________________________________________ …

Interested in human rights and social justice? Unsure as to the direction of our political, social and economic institutions? And are you looking for fellow humans to meet and encourage learning and help inspire change? In this book club, we encourage each other to learn more, discuss ideas, challenge each other and teach each other. Together we explore nonfiction, memoir and fiction books that we collectively choose. We may also follow up our book club meeting with a tea or a beer down the stre …

Plant the seeds of green gourmet growing and cooking. Explore, preserve, and share slow food cultural diversity and heirloom (especially tomato) heritage. Trade advice, tips, and seeds of local, organic veggies, specifically tomatoes and green practices in general. Share our collective wisdom for cheap and easy sustainable living!

“ Live where you want, but Invest where it makes sense”. Join us each month to learn and share your experiences with new and experienced investors.  Join us on our Fieldtrips as well!  Contra Costa County has proven to provide many of the best investment opportunities in the Bay Area, as well as the entire State. Why go out of state when the best deals are right here in your own backyard? Home values have plummeted for 5 years now in much of the Bay Area. However, values have stabilized and are …

Waste vegetable oil costs cities millions per year of repairs to sewer lines and treatment plants. It should be used as a fuel and many existing cars, trucks and vans can use it. It is very cheap and it does not produce the carcinogens nor foul smells of other transportation fuels. It is safer than gasoline and diesel. If from the right sources, it can be totally carbon neutral. It is cheaper than gas or diesel.

Startup Speakers Toastmasters Club sharpens your public speaking/presentation/pitching skills in a safe, comfortable environment. Many of our club members are entrepreneurs in startup companies or work directly with startup companies. Toastmasters International is a non-profit educational organization that teaches public speaking and leadership skills through a worldwide network of meeting locations. Startup Speakers Toastmasters Club meets at the Plug and Play Tech Center. Plug and Play is well …

The purpose of Dangerous Curves is to foster a safe and supportive riding environment for women and their friends and families, while developing friendships with other people sharing a common interest in motorcycling, and to promote the knowledge about and appreciation of motorcycles. Our motto is R-E-S-P-E-C-T, which stands for: Ride safe and sane always. Follow laws, posted speed limits, and follow the lead of your Road Captain. We ask that riders have a current CA motorcycle license and ins …

svDevOps (Silicon Valley DevOps) is a group of both Dev & Ops professionals (managers, engineers & hackers) and entrepreneurs that meets roughly once per month to discuss topics related to DevOps and whatever it means. Topics that seem to interest us are: - improving the working relationship between dev & ops - constraints within operations and dev within regulated environments - helping developers get visibility into monitoring - systems life-cycle automation (the line between systems & apps …

Meditation. Sounds a little boring, doesn't it? Well, it doesn't have to be! Come find out how easy — and FUN! — meditation can be at our Meditation Meetup. It's a safe environment with an experienced teacher, and best of all, it's free! You'll learn everything you need to know to start a practice that can really change your life. Or, if you're an old-time meditator (is that a word?) looking for the jumpstart of a new technique, this class is for you. No obligation, we're not trying to sell yo …

BNI offers members the opportunity to share ideas, contacts and most importantly, business referrals. Being a member of BNI is like having sales people working for you every day who market your product or service.  BNI's sole purpose is to provide a structured environment for the development and exchange of quality business referrals.  If referrals are an important part of your business, then BNI is the organization for you.

Welcome to Shambhala. You have found a place to rest your mind and make friends with being human. The Silicon Valley Shambhala Center is part of an international community of meditation centers founded by Tibetan Buddhist meditation master, Chogyam Trungpa Rinpoche, and led by his son and lineage holder, Sakyong Mipham Rinpoche.  Pema Chodron is also a senior teacher in Shambhala. We offer a friendly, uplifted environment in which to explore meditation and the qualities it can bring to your life …

This group is a forum for teachers to get together for the purpose of making friends, meeting other teachers, sharing curriculum/lesson plans, grading student work, venting in an empathetic environment, and most importantly, having fun!

Welcome to Book Club, Board Games and More! This group is for ladies of all ages who like to have fun with friends! If you like getting together with girlfriends and sharing some laughs, reading books, playing board games, going out dining, hiking, dancing, potlucks, movies, bocce, bowling..., then join us! We are a fun and energetic group of women with a very active social calendar. Our goal is to create an enriching and inviting environment, where you will get to know each member and build la …

Do you enjoy excellent innovative food in a nice upscale environment? Do you like dinner conversations with interesting, like-minded people? But you also really like burgers? You don’t just like them, you are fascinated and obsessed with a good burger? Then this group is for you. We like to explore what upscale restaurants in Silicon Valley have to offer in terms of burgers: from traditional to some very innovative interpretations of what a burger could be. But the experience is not just about t …

Hi! I'm Julia Marie, Founder of Earth's Clean Up Crew (E.C.UC.). I've developed this group to make a difference in the world! If you're like me, you care for our environment and all that we're doing to make it better! We'll be using our Imagination Creation (I.C.) process to move forward on ideas to make the world better for generations to come! Together we can change the world!

Apply software development principles to dwelling environments and optimize/re-invent live-work processes - start at futureLiving.info Imagine your very own multi-purpose dwelling environment that adjusts to your needs throughout the day and over the course of your life, inspires you to fully unfold your potential and effectively works to maximize your well-being/performance. Join the international community to create, build and own the open-source modular, extendable, mobile, service-based arch …

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, …

Hi there I'm Jill and I am a professional organizer and feng shui consultatant. I decieded to start this meetup because I am genuinly concerned and want to help with childrens environments. The purpose of this group is to have idea sounding board or help and clairification for busy families,parents,teachers, or caregivers to help create a more organized harmonious environment. Who should join is anybody that is interested in childrens environments! =)

I've been meaning to found this group for a long time, but I wanted to be somewhere where I'd actually be putting down roots and staying awhile. Finally, that day has come! This is a group for anyone who has a Service Dog or Working Dog of any type accompanying them through this crazy thing we call life. It's also a place where puppyraisers are welcome, as are people who are seeking information - trying to decide if a service dog is a good option for themselves, wanting to know more about the va …

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.

This is a group for anyone interested in going green at the individual and group level via rapid prototyping of ideas. Let's learn by doing and sharing. We try to address two major questions in the context of every topic: 1. What can we do at a grassroots level to effect a positive change in our near neighborhoods? 2. What ideas can we implement to help influence larger bodies of the community and government? Our focus is on ideas that we can implement where we are and whose impact can be measur …

This is a group for all levels of meditators who are looking for a group meditation environment. There will be a short discussion time for those who have questions and then we will enjoy the silence together. Come enjoy the silence!

Dharma Drum Mountain Buddhist Association (DDMBA) is a U.S. based non-profit organization committed to serving humanity by working to relieve human suffering – physical, emotional and spiritual. Its founder and spiritual leader is the renowned teacher of Chan Buddhism, Master Sheng Yen. After receiving a doctorate in Buddhist studies at Rissho University, Japan in 1975, Master Sheng Yen embarked on his mission of bringing the Dharma to the West. Soon after arriving in New York City in 1976, he b …

Are you wondering how to bring your brain child out of your head and be played by millions of game players around the world? Have you ever wondered how the games are build for new platforms like iPhone, iPad, android and what not? This group is for those who have keen interest in learning game development step by step. You need not to be a java expert or iOS developer. You don't need to know ActiveX, OpenGL, or any frameworks to start with. We are offering 5 days session to explain the basics of …

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 …

You are a Rock Star at your everyday life. You can be a busy mom, executive, artist or an entrepreneur, and be great at what you do, yet struggle with organization, focus, time management and/or clutter. If you’re ready to make some small shifts to create life on your terms, this is the group for you. We have some rock solid new habits and strategies to take your life and business to the next level. You’ll save time by connecting the habits you want, to the Rock Star success you know you are cap …

http://HealthExtension.co The Health Extension community is committed to collaborative action to extend healthy and happy human lifespans to 123 years and beyond. Our members are scientists, entrepreneurs, and social influencers dedicated to fixing the degenerative cellular processes that cause deadly human diseases.