No experience is needed to fish or camp - just a helpful, friendly cooperative attitude. YOU cannot fish in California without a license - i.e. day or annual (Jan-Dec - purchased on line/Dept of Fish and Game or one of the Sports entities - some Lakes and/or some Sports stores). Our events will be all around the Bay Area in the diverse environments -- Ocean, Lakes, Bay, Delta and Streams - - We will do some walking outings - exploring with the Rangers and Docents of various parks.  I hope you w …

This is a chance to meet other 30 & 40-something women and gay men without kids in the South Bay for friendship! All my girlfriends with kids are meeting new people and making new friends through mom's clubs. I don't plan to have kids and would like to make new friends with others like me. Let's get together and eat out, hang out, watch movies, go for drinks or coffee and not talk about our kids. :) This is a really fun mix of people. Some of us are married, some are single, some want to have …

Friends of SMR ('Friends' or 'FoSMR') is open to everyone who wants to enjoy the beautiful Bay Area on two wheels. It's a member run calendar to arrange events and rides with Friends who have a common passion - motorcycles! Any bike, any age (over 21 please), any where, any time - enjoy the pleasure of two wheels and sharing fun times with new Friends! Plan what you like - it's always better with Friends!  Send an email with what you'd like to Host to smr-riders@hotmail.com   We'll guide you eve …

The Bay Area Volunteers Meetup Group is a group of caring, helpful folks, primarily from the South Bay area. Our goal is to exchange ideas on ways we can lend a hand to our neighbors in need. The group is open to all sorts of volunteer and/or charity events focusing on different areas (e.g. mentoring youth, supporting the homeless, helping the elderly, etc.). We hope that every member can bring a different perspective to the group, thus providing a variety of different methods to serve ou …

Welcome to the Bay Area Vietnamese Professionals(BAVP) Meetup Group! Our goal is for Vietnamese professionals to network, make new friends, and have fun. All Asians and everyone is welcome! We plan on having two monthly recurring events: Saturday Night dinner/drinks and a Mid Month Event. This is not a singles group. Our goal is to promote real friendships and to have a good time. Most of our events will take place in or around the South Bay but we will also head into San Francisco on occa …

WE WILL BE SCHEDULING MEETUPS VERY SOON. PLEASE JOIN THE GROUP TO GET UPDATES! THANK YOU. Purpose : Training in Finances. Educational and Networking Events for Like Minded People who Have Wealth and Are Accumulating Wealth and Intend to Keep Their Wealth and Finances in good shape. We started this financial education training meetup to give a venue for the dissemination of information that will help one make money and keep it legally and with full integrity. Who should join: People who have and …

This group is, in fact, closed at the moment. Book discussions are best with 10-15 people, so we need to cap the number of members in the group. When space becomes available, the website will invite new members to apply. WHO WE ARE We are lesbian/bisexual women in our late 30s to early 50s who love to read, discuss books, cook/enjoy good food, and socialize. We are friendly, intelligent, and respectful of different points of view. Since this is the kind of group that requires advanced plannin …

Bay Area Beginner Golf Meetup Group Join this group if you . feel like you are a beginner . don't take golf too seriously, just want to play, have fun, enjoy the weather, and meet new friends We play various 9- and 18-hole courses around the Bay Area. If a meal or a drink follows a round, it is optional, so don't feel obligated to stick around. Also, if you purchased a deal from GroupGolfer (http://www.groupgolfer.com/) or Groupon (www.groupon.com), feel free to let the group know by sugges …

Bay Area Friends (BAF) is a social group for people with genital herpes (HSV1, HSV2) who live in the greater San Francisco Bay Area. With @ 3000 members (combining our Meetup and Yahoo Groups), we are one of the largest Herpes social groups in the USA. We welcome everyone over 18 who is interested in making new friends, sharing fun activities together, and meeting others who share our surprisingly common situation. BAF has NO DUES, NO officers, NO social directors and NO budget. Instead, we rely …

Welcome to Bay Area Photo Cliques! Your organizers, Thucelle Pham and I, started this meetup group to create unique opportunities for photographers, models and stylists to learn, network, and work together while improving skills and, of course, having fun and meeting people. We work hard to bring you fantastic opportunities to work and shoot with shoot top artists and models in studios and other great locations at a fraction of what it would cost you to do it on your own. As an added bonus, we …

Our group is temporarily closed to new members. After years of watching, loving, and longing for the friendships seen in Sex and the City I have decided to seek it out. A week by week coffee/ brunch powow discussing relationships, fashion, and every other pithy life detail seems to be just the ticket. Our group has been together for more than two years, and more than 100 Meetups! Members: This Meetup is for women, only.  I occasionally receive requests from men, and feel bad when declining t …

The SVForum Marketing SIG meets monthly on the 2nd Monday to explore the latest marketing innovations and best practices to help executives and entrepreneurs plan and achieve success. Each meeting will offer practical tips and techniques to profitably anticipate, identify, and satisfy customers needs for emerging technologies. "Because the purpose of business is to create a customer, the business enterprise has two--and only these two--basic functions: marketing and innovation. Marketing and inn …

We organize mountain bike rides of various levels, host trailwork events, participate in land manager planning processes, and ride with respect for the land and other trail users. Our 'flagship' group ride is our all-level "Monthly ROMP", held in locations around Santa Clara & San Mateo counties on the 4th Saturday of each month, weather permitting. For more info, see our calendar! You can also visit us at romp.org and on facebook

NOTE:  THIS GROUP IS OPEN ONLY TO PEOPLE WE ALREADY KNOW WHO ARE CONSISTENT ATTENDEES AT OTHER MEETUP GROUPS. This group is a 'dedicated' or 'more committed' group, open only to Meetup members who we've gotten to know in other groups who share our philosophy regarding attendance,  reliability, and some general courtesies or preferences.  We hope we'll get to know you elsewhere out there in the Meetup world and find out that you'd be a great match for this group, too. Our aim in Meetup is general …

Let's hike all of the great parks and open space preserves in the bay area. I love to hike in the early mornings when it's cool and maybe even foggy. And to get back and have the whole rest of the day ahead of me. I've looked for like-minded people who want to challenge themselves in the early mornings everywhere and am hoping that I will finally find them with this group. I plan to organize two hikes every week, one on Sunday and one on a weekday. We will focus on the south bay and the peninsul …

I enjoy walking, hiking and meeting new people and am looking for some folks (both female and male between the ages of 35-65) who enjoy the same things. If you'd like to make some new friends while getting a little exercise, this group is for you. As of now, I plan on scheduling walks for at least once a week (early enough in the day to end before dark). This schedule could expand to additional days or short weekend hikes (probably on Sunday afternoons) if there is enough interest and participat …

A forum to discuss ideas we've heard, concerns we have, and suggestions to get from here to there. This will be a limited term guided discussion group with the topics selected by the members.  I am dismayed to see that women are not ready for retirement and am interested in learning why. No sales pitches permitted. Who - Confused by too much information; 401k now a 201k; just looking for ideas Why - we need a format to discuss ideas and resources in an unbiased manner and where no one is trying …

Welcome all boomers, single or couple, from their mid-40s who love to travel, are  looking for travel buddies for specific travel dates and destinations. If you have always had a desire to travel - join us and make new friends - learn from each other and maybe find a travel buddy. Share ideas, travel experiences and suggest ideas for future trips - day trips, short trips, some longer in time and culturally-focused adventures too. If you are single or solo and hate paying single supplement fees …

We understand that the one of the best ways to improve our own business is to utilize the network of people that other members have built. If one person can reach 100 people, then a group of 20 people can reach 2000 and that is very powerful. There have been many fruitful relationships built in our group that will last the rest of our professional lives, and we are looking for more people that share our enthusiasm. This and other Business related Meetups are dedicated to working with small, eme …

Environmental design, landscape, and horticulture/agriculture issues will continue to be a growing field! I'm seeking members who want to balance both practice and theory to engage in meaningful projects that either build our skills, or make a profit. I believe this approach is the best way for communities to prosper. A good way to achieve this would be to use environmental design programs, such as Foothill and UC Berkeley as templates. Here are some careers that these programs influence; Arbori …

This group of golfers play all over the bay area, enjoying the social aspect of golf, a few games, a few drinks, and fun times. I plan to book something each weekend for a minimum of 8 players. If four people sign up on the wait list, I will immediately call to see if another tee time can be added.

I created this meet up to meet new people over yummy meals.  I plan to host at least one event each month.  I look forward to meeting people who are interested in Japanese culture and interested in dining out.  Cheers!

This group is for Silicon Valley professionals in the health, legal, education, or technology fields. It provides education on important financial topics such as college funding strategies, self-directed IRAs, retirement planning, tax strategies, trusts, portfolio optimization, and alternative investing approaches available to qualified investors. Presenters will be experts in their respective fields. All information will be educational - no sales pitches will be permitted.

We are forming a peer-driven mental wellness agency for Santa Clara Co. We are planning to hold Stamp Out Stigma talks, W.R.A.P. (Wellness Recovery Action Plan) classes, running self help centers and creating other forms of peer support. We are supported by Silicon Valley Independent Living Center (http://svilc.org), and NAMI (http://namisantaclara.org) as well as the peer-driven agencies P.E.E.R.S. (http://www.peersnet.org) and Heart and Soul (http://www.heartandsoulinc.org) which are models we …

This is a group for contemporary artists in the Silicon Valley area who desire to meet other artists for the sake of fostering artistic community. Silicon Valley is a tough area to work in as a contemporary artist. With the exception of a few galleries and museums, and some small collegial art programs, meeting other artists so as not to be creating is a vacuum is difficult at best. Engaging with other artists is key to sustaining an art practice, both for the purposes of moral support, getting …

This Meetup was conceived by Marshall Childs of FundaVision, along with Co-Organizers Alex Mednick and Jeffrey Blake. We are a small, but fast growing group of energetic entrepreneurs, businesspeople, Technology Evangelists, and social/environmental enthusiasts who believe that by working together and cooperating, we can create income quickly and have a Win/Win mutually beneficial relationship. We plan to have regular events in Silicon Valley and eventually spread to other communities. We will a …

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We are a group of people that want to make a difference in our community. We are volunteers made up of mothers, fathers, business people, young adults, professionals, retirees, educators, and students that want to help where help is needed. We meet once a week to connect, to plan, to socialize, and to come together to make a difference in the lives of those who need our help. Our priority is children, but we help all ages when help is needed. We have fund raisers, do projects, give our time, and …