RSVP to get a nametag. This is important, because people without nametags aren't even really people. There, I said it. ******** HackerNest is a grassroots, nonpartisan, nonprofit movement dedicated to uniting local tech communities globally. We do this by cramming lots of very smart people into a room and providing free beer - rescuing them from the isolation of basements, offices, and the plight of code tunnel vision. Our friendly, relaxed, and inclusive Tech Socials provide a casual, unpreten …

This is the west coast branch of the Web and Social Media Analytics group, the original started in 2008 in Chicago (http://www.meetup.com/chicagowebanalytics) Meet other professionals interested in all aspects of Web and Social Media Analytics. We gather 1-2 times a month to discuss key and upcoming web, search, BI, sentiment analysis, reporting and predictive analytics software (Web Trends, Google Analytics, Net Insight, BrandMeter, Radian6, SM2, ViralHeat, GeeYee, Omniture, etc.) Open to anyo …

Welcome To Fabric! The meetup group for fashion bloggers and fans.  We are a group crafted of the finest quality individuals the Los Angeles fashion community has to offer.  We are writers, researchers, models, photographers, designers, makeup artists, publicists and everyday fashion enthusiasts.  We'll get together for local fashion shows, pop up shops, boutique openings, flea market digs as well as host our own networking events, business seminars, and totally irrelevant social gatherings to m …

This group is open to any and all midwest transplants living in LA. We’re creating a social network of really cool and genuine people who are looking to meet new people, make new friends, socialize, have tons of fun and possibly make some professional networking contacts as well. For us transplants that have lived here for years we know that although LA is a fun and exciting place to live, it can also be lonely and segregated and difficult to meet and make true friends. Friendships take time to …

South Bay Friends is a Social Group for individuals and families who live in or near Redondo Beach, Hermosa Beach, Manhattan Beach, Torrance, Hawthorne and Lawndale areas. If you are looking to meet others outside of the usual bar scene you have come to the right place. South Bay Friends connects single, married individuals with fun social events to build friendships. Activities that you will find on our site will range from Game night, Hiking, Biking, Dinners, Comedy events, Ladies Nights, Men …

Commotions is a new fun and exciting way for singles to just hang out in a happy hour setting with people like them or people that they might like, talking and socializing while we find their possible matches! Picture this...Combine a Happy Hour with Speed Dating and Matchmaking and you have us causing a COMMOTION in your dating life!! Interesting and real criteria are used, but never disclosed to the other party, so you can just be yourself and not try to do what the others may want, because yo …

What We Do: We have events about every six weeks at great venues in Los Angeles where we socialize, have a nice healthy dinner, and do a raffle where everyone donates a gift of what they love to do and receive a gift in return. Purpose: The idea is to provide a sense of community where friends of like-light-hearts can gather to share and exchange their innate gifts, grow in appreciation of each other, and experience more of who they truly are. • Celebrate the fullest expression of everyone! • Gi …

Join the other cultured members of the LA & OC Arabic group as we experience the rich cuisines, traditions, music, arabic dancing or just each others company as we gather together and strenghten the arabic community in Los Angeles, Orange County, San Diego (Greater Southern California) and anyone interested in learning more about it. Not bound by religion or political views, relax and meet with others in your area who are simply interested in the experience of Middle Eastern culture and language …

A social community centered on cooking and conversations, where friends and soon-to-be friends cook and talk together while enjoying tasty dishes. How it works. Bring the ingredients necessary for everyone to try a little bit of your dish, grill, extra knives & cutting boards (if you have them) and a bottle of wine per person. When you arrive 1) Check in 3) Pour yourself some wine 4) Start making your dish 5) Drink some more wine 6) Help your new friends 7) Bang on a pot when your dish is finish …

Toby’s Fun Club is a local club for you and your dog. We offer varieties of social gatherings, play times and hikes throughout each month to attend. This is a great way to socialize and exercise your dogs and also to meet other pet parents and animal care professionals. We usually meet in local parks, dog beaches and other dog friendly places. Our events are free and anybody may attend.  You can come to our events even if you do not have a dog.  We welcome everyone who loves animals and wants to …

YouCanDoItDIVA (YCDID) is a meet-up group designed to empower women, inspire greatness, and create a positive change around the world through giving back, paying it forward, and showing more love. This meet-up allows women to find their purpose, learn how to freely express herself with grace, sexiness, and confidence while creating magnetism of abundant success. YCDID movement is for women who are ready for change and who want a greater sense of awareness of themselves and others. The YCDID grou …

Newly forming group of vital married couples who may be recent transplants, retirees or still working who seek to broaden their social horizons. If you're a married couple new to the Santa Monica area or feeling you need to establish connections to other couples of your age, consider joining us. We are about making lasting friends of fellow nice, unpretentious, gracious, interesting, liberal-minded and other-oriented pairs who like to get together in small groups, share and learn from each other …

Distinctively Diva is an international community of women ready to move from online connections to offline in person gatherings for fun and friendship. Founded by Maureen O’Crean, author of The Daily Diva Word, Vol 1, Little Ditties To Lift Your Spirits and co-author of I Am Diva, Every Woman’s Guide to Outrageous Living. Come and join the South Bay Chapter of Distinctively Diva’s Women’s Social Group. We invite women of all ages who want to explore their own light and passions, meet and encoura …

IF YOU WOULD LIKE MORE INFORMATION OR TO JOIN OUR GROUP, PLEASE VISIT http://www.breakthecycle.org/content/young-professionals or message Cristin O'Leary through Meetup.com. Break the Cycle Young Professionals (BTCYP) Leadership Committee is an auxiliary group that raises friends and funds for Break the Cycle. The Leadership Committee plans and promotes social gatherings to acquaint other young professionals with our work through events like Bingo and an annual benefit for Break the Cycle. Time …

Meet other lesbian butches and femmes in L.A. for friendship and possibly more! Singles and couples welcome. Gather with bois and grrls in your local area and make new friends. Join our group, and let's create a butch-femme presence in Los Angeles. We can go dining out, movies, dancing, drinks or just out having a ball. The possibilities are endless...

The Sierra Club Angeles Chapter is working on a variety of interesting projects and we need YOUR HELP in 2012! What’s the Score? Volunteer to help rate local cities for their efforts on environmental conservation. Work as a group or volunteering from home. Be involved with your city or at the county level. Opportunities include social gatherings, meeting with local lawmakers, and making calls from home. Projects include scorecards focusing on: Sustainable Water Use Do you have experience with …

We are a group of gay Christians who are interested in regular fellowship. We don't have all the answers, but we know we are gay, Christian, and we live in and around the Greater Los Angeles Area. We are not here to be political, nor are we here to change people's minds. We are here for the purpose of community, fellowship, support, and encouragement. Let this be a safe place where people can meet and discuss about their lives and faiths openly if they so desire. Come as you are, without hidden …

Blessed Be! We have 2 group for all Wiccans, Pagans, Druids, and other people who have positive magickal paths ( or simply positive paths & haven't explored this kind of community yet). The 1st group below you can participate in thru meetups on this site; the other deeper group you must come to the meetups on this site & meet the organizer & participants in person --to be invited to attend:  Scroll down for info on our deeper group. There seems to be a lack of meetups on the West side of town, …

The So Cal COMMUNITY IS LARGER THAN REPRESENTED BY THIS SITE & IS ON ANOTHER low volume, nonmeetup EMAIL LIST which you can join in addition to, or instead of this, meetup(info provided in your welcome email): we've added this meetup site to expose more people to these events & provide more social media options to our community so that the email-list stays low volume.  Plus our focus is around sharing experiences together in the real world, not spending time reading & typing on the internet: The …

Greetings! Welcome to Westside Geeks & Nerds! "Westside Geeks & Nerds Logo" - Allyson N. Jason © 2013 Group colors: Green, blue, and black Come join us and get together with other nerds, geeks, and dorks who meet up doing engaging and stimulating things mostly at locations all around the westside of LA proper. Some of the most popular events, among newbies & regulars alike, are: Game Fest & Potluck - monthly gaming & potluck extravaganza The Geeky Salon - monthly gatherings of deep discussion …

A ministry of SEND International (send.org), Explore Global Missions, is a regional gathering of individuals that think globally. We gather to discuss world events and collaborate to find tangible ways to express God's love in the midst of natural and human disaster. We also gather to find resources and discuss opporutnities that are opening up in the most remote and/or hard to reach people groups around the globe. SEND International is a church planting movement that is passionate about bringin …

About TZM: Founded in 2008, The Zeitgeist Movement is a Sustainability Advocacy Organization which conducts community based activism and awareness actions through a network of Global/Regional Chapters, Project Teams, Annual Events, Media and Charity Work. The Movement's principle focus includes the recognition that the majority of the social problems which plague the human species at this time are not the sole result of some institutional corruption, scarcity, a political policy, a flaw of "huma …

Every month, the NetSquared community comes together offline at Net Tuesday events to mix, swap stories and ideas, build new relationships, and collaborate. These gatherings provide a chance for all those interested in the intersection of social technologies and social change, whether you're part of a nonprofit organization or a for-profit organization, a funder or a consultant, a developer or an entrepreneur. WHY AN EASTSIDE GROUP? Due to the realities of the traffic flows in our fair city ( …

Check out our website: southbayfunclub.com This Meetup site is set up to solicite New Members for our Singles club.   We are a dues ($35 yr) paying organization.   This site allows you to attend public gatherings with us.   We also have private gatherings in homes for dues paying members.   You are Welcome to attend public functions and inquire as to Joining our Membership. Our organization was founded (1993) to provide opportunities for singles and unmarried couples, ages 45 & up,  to social …

The LA Drupal community in and around Los Angeles, California, is one of the world's largest regional Drupal user groups. With regular Drupal trainings, monthly meetings and social gatherings, LA Drupal is Southern California's hub for all things Drupal. LA Drupal is also the producer of the annual DrupalCamp LA conference, the largest independent Drupal event in the world for three years running. This is our meetup.com site. We also have an online presense elsewhere: via Twitter at @ladrupa …

To go where no man or woman has boldly gone before. To leap tall buildings in the sky,  and run faster than the speed of light. Welcome to SoCal SuperStars, where everyone is a Superstar with their super power of awesome personality. My picture collage were from my previous meetup and now I'm back and this time we are going make my events even better than before. So if you want something different, looking for friends, and would like to see first hand what a Professional Event Planner will do as …

Let's create a queer UU community transcending church walls. Let us be a truly pluralistic group of folks who grew up with a faith, whether or not we ascribe to one now, and still desire a faith community. Welcome UUs, Spiritual Seekers, Persons of Faith, Humanists, Buddhists, Atheists, Jewish, Muslim, cultural Christian, and Sikh. Let's gather and provide safe space for healing presence, friendship, company, and accompanying one another through the minefields of religious family/friends. Look f …

FREE FREE FREE SALSA ON THE 3RD STREET PROMENADE NEARLY EVERY SUNDAY FROM 4PM TO 9PM BETWEEN WILSHIRE BLVD. & ARIZONA ON 3RD STREET IN SANTA MONICA, CA. ALL LEVELS OF DANCERS ARE INVITED. COME ALONE, BRING THE FAMILY OR A DATE. ARRIVE EARLY! PLEASE RSVP EACH WEEK YOU INTEND TO APPEAR This is the start of our 10th year on the 3rd Street Promenade. We have nearly 2000 members from our Salsa Meetup Group and many visitors from the general salsa community who join us each Sunday for the fun, beaut …