Thank you for joining my group. I'm looking forward to networking with you, and to meet with you at my events/workshops. The Greater Bay Area Photographer's Group has formed an Adobe Photoshop and Lightroom User Group and has partnered with the San Jose Creative Suite User Group to hold more meetings with Photoshop & Lightroom content. We are based out of Sunnyvale CA, but we will be doing joint meetings with other Adobe User Groups in addition to holding in-the field Photowalks at various loc …

Wonderfest’s Mission is to inspire and nurture a deep sense of wonder about the world. Through science education programs, Wonderfest aspires to stimulate curiosity, promote careful reasoning, challenge unexamined beliefs, and encourage life-long learning.  Wonderfest, the San Francisco Bay Area Beacon of Science, is a 501(c)(3) nonprofit corporation. http://wonderfest.org http://facebook.com/wonderfest http://twitter.com/wonderfest http://www.youtube.com/tuckeroo11

Meet with others interested in the life and ideas of Bertrand Russell. Those interested, can checkout the website of the Bertrand Russell Society at http://users.drew.edu/~jlenz/brs.html for information on Russell and the Society.

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 …

The pace of innovation is accelerating beyond comprehension. Where will this lead us. Will it lead to oblivion or utopia. Let's study and discuss this.

Libertarians tend to be voracious readers and learners. Now there is a Libertarian Book Club in the South Bay for us. There are so many great philosophy, economics, public policy books - both fiction and non-fiction out there. Let the reading, learning and discussions begin.

Beginners pl. take initiation at any of these centers. www.skybayarea.org Vethathiri Maharishi's profound revelations enabled him to synthesize a complete science of living for the betterment of humanity through: Simplified Kundalini Yoga (SKY) meditation , Simplified Physical Exercises , Introspection and Kaya Kalpa Yoga. His writings add new dimensions to current philosophy, science and literature, and provide deep insights into how self, society and nature are interconnected. Vethathiri†…

Your goal is to release stress, relax and refresh. This is meetup of Zen Meditation based on Mikkyo, Japanese Esoteric Buddhism formulated in 1200 years ago. It is classic but new in Bay Area. Please join and experience the moment of Zen.

The guiding intention of this mindful gathering is to explore the practice of meditation, and hold a space for one's coming into a greater clarity of what is.  This group meets every Friday at Peacebank Yoga Studio in Redwood City and is led by a rotating group of teachers.  Ben leads the group on the 4th Friday of each month.  Ben's format when he leads the group consists of 30 minutes of silent, seated meditation, with some guidance offered in the beginning.  This is followed by an open discus …

We find that the 12 Step recovery models and Buddhist philosophies are very complimentary. We are currently using the book "A Burning Desire" by Kevin Griffin as a center of the group. However, we'd like it if anyone came. Nobody needs to be in recovery from drugs or alcohol or even have a copy of the current book in order to attend. Just your presence is requested and we guarantee to pique your interest!

The Humanist Community at Stanford seeks to build, educate, and nurture a diverse community of Atheists, Humanists, Agnostics at Stanford and in Silicon Valley. We accomplish this by hosting a variety of events, including public lectures from luminaries such as Richard Dawkins (Oct. 2012), day trips such as our excursion to the San Francisco Film Festival, pub nights, barbecues, dinners, comedy nights such as our upcoming event with Jamie Kilstein, art gallery visits, discussion meetings, and ta …

Tom Brown, Jr, wrote many stories of his experience with an Apache Scout and Shaman, Stalking Wolf, who he called Grandfather. Learn about the way that Grandfather lived, and the Earth Philosophy that he taught.

I have a lot of problems and a lot of challenges. I am not able to decide what to do in most of day to day situations. I need people who can listen to me and tell me what I should do. Sometimes I am just stuck in simple problems. This is the problem example we will discuss on March 7th: Axiom1) I always wanted to do the business. I wanted to make money and tons of money. This money will be for my family and their families. Axiom2) I also want freedom. I want to live my life. I want to use …

CLINE was established to encourage and facilitate the scientific exploration of the intersection of computation, language, information, complexity, and intelligence as they are influenced by, and influence, the process of evolution. Of particular interest to this group is the development of self-evolving systems. The assumption is that apex systems evolve toward greater and greater complexity-handling capacity. Some call this "artificial intelligence," but we have trouble with the term as it: 1 …

This is a group of those interested in the Latin language - i.e. the Language spoken in the Roman empire and the great poets Cicero, Virgil, Ovid and Lucretius. The idea is to meet, read in Latin and experience this great language.

Learning a new technology is a team endeavor.  Join the iOS Weekend meetup group to stay in touch with fellow students and instructors as you learn the ins and outs of iOS development. iOS Weekend offers a series of weekend courses focused on helping you develop practical skills building mobile applications that run on modern iOS devices (iPhone, iPod Touch, iPad). Our philosophy is that developers learn best by doing so we design each course as a series of hands-on exercises all focused on aspe …

The Peninsula Men’s Mentoring Circle is a weekly practice of awareness and consciousness of our inner landscape, and how we share ourselves in the world around us. What we get from and how we contribute to the society around us in which we define ourselves as masculine. It gives us the opportunity to contribute to the growth and maturity of other men, while we ourselves benefit from our contribution. It is a place where youth, mid-lifers, and elders can come together in an environment of mutual …

Wize Real Estate Investor Network brings together investors who are seeking financial freedom via wise real estate investment. Often times investors are overwhelmed by the many different types of investment, enticed by the potential of high return and overlook the risks associated with any type of investment. The ultimate goal of investment of Wize investors is to achieve financial freedom by minimizing risk and investing in positive cash flow real estates which generates passive income for life …

The Republican Liberty Caucus (RLC) works to advance the principles of limited government, individual liberty and free markets within the Republican Party. The RLC focuses on a broad range of issues, including education, taxation, property rights, gun rights, free speech, religious freedom, federalism and the proper role of government. This meetup is open to all Republican Liberty Caucus members, as well as anyone interested in libertarianism and the freedom philosophy. "That Government is B …

We're about lean organizations in general, and about applying lean thinking to software companies in specific. Lean Software Development can be used to improve the effectiveness of teams that may already be using agile software methods. This meetup is about exploring the philosophy of systems thinking and theory of constraints as it applies to software development.