Make friends with others who want to learn how to build with natural stone. Our focus is dry (unmortared) stone construction. We'll talk and learn about walls, foundations, techniques, materials... We will also pursue a "holy grail" of dry stone building -- the stone arch! Let's make some! We will seek out and organize hands-on practice. If your property needs a stone wall, join us! We may be able to help each other. Experienced masons are invited to join. We'll pick up your tab in exchange f …

SF BADD - Bringing together the best minds in Building, Architecture, Design, and Development throughout the Bay area for casual, open, and productive conversation.  SF BADD members comprise a uniquely San Francisco blend of building design, real estate, investment, entrepreneurial, green construction, and commercial service providers.  Our events range from regular happy hours to office visits and industry symposiums. From brokers to builders, we rely on the people around us to help drive our b …

Women Business Owners, Corporate Executives, Business Managers, Consultants... Are you looking for a way to grow your business and a group of likeminded women in business to make meaningful connections with?  Then get to know your WON sisters and friends and let us grow your business for you! WON (Women Owned Networking) was created to empower the businesswoman who is already successful and simply wants to grow her business and the businesses of her sisters in a supportive, dynamic environment. …

Are you an investor looking for private money lending or partners for a real estate project? Are you an Agent that has great deals to bring to the table? If so, we want you at our San Francisco Bay Area Private Money and Deal Structuring for Investors Meet-up. From newbie’s to experienced investors, we can learn from each other. Today’s real estate market has created some enormous opportunities and this group will empower all who want to take advantage of these times. We have a direct private mo …

Welcome to San Francisco Style! AJ Patell's "San Francisco Style" Meetup Group is the place to be to get together, discuss, share and collaborate on the topics, trends and styles of the San Francisco Bay Area. Model your outfits and styles. Get constructive feedback. Make-up, hair and nail workshops, portraits and more. Lots of good times to be planned, so join up and let's style! Regarding EVENTS and LOCATIONS: I want to post a range of meets all over the Bay. This is ensure that everyone in …

The purpose of this group is to help amateur to experienced songwriters and performers hone their craft with the aid of peer review and constructive critique. This is also a great opportunity to meet other artists and songwriters for co-writing projects and support. Hosted by Robin Yukiko, graduate of Berklee College of Music.

This group meets every other Monday at 7PM at Berkeley Espresso, for brainstorming over modeling and rendering epiphanies we all have had or will encounter with this fantastic platform (Rhinoceros 3D, Grasshopper and Flamingo nXT or other renderer). This is a chance to sort into cadres of similarly skilled users whose aim is to become a great resource for the kinds of ideas it takes to surmount problems in the face of school or work deadlines. While the online help and forums are great, nothing …

REI NETWORKING: The Real Estate Investors Place to Network REI Networking is a club created to inspire collaborate teamwork and support between real estate investors. Essentially REI Networking offers: Lively and ongoing discussions about the current trends in the market (presenting diverse viewpoints). Inspirational speakers sharing their vast knowledge and expertise with the network. “Mastermind sessions” where we will collaborate and help members structure investment opportunities. Topics wi …

A meetup group to discuss the Go Programming Language. (from golang.org) The Go programming language is an open source project to make programmers more productive. Go is expressive, concise, clean, and efficient. Its concurrency mechanisms make it easy to write programs that get the most out of multicore and networked machines, while its novel type system enables flexible and modular program construction. Go compiles quickly to machine code yet has the convenience of garbage collection and the …

Inviting writers in all genres, published or not, to share work and provide constructive feedback in an informal, supportive environment. Also to share experiences in publishing process and make friends with fellow writers. We meet weekly, on Wednesday evenings from 7.30p-9.30p at Au Coqulait in Berkeley.

The mission of Passive House California is to educate the public about the Passive House building performance standard to help create healthy, comfortable, durable, energy- and resource-efficient buildings and communities.

We are a group of professionals who place value in how we present ourselves to our clients and peers. We help one another grow our professional presence through networking, presentations, and group discussions. This meetup is for men and women alike. This group is ideal if you will need to give a presentation to a client, land a sale, get a promotion, or even if you're about to go on a date. Come join us in a friendly, constructive environment designed to help one another grow a powerful presenc …

Left Coast Theatre Company is the newest gay, lesbian, bisexual and transgender theater in San Francisco. We were founded in the spring of 2012 as an offshoot of GuyWriters very successful playwrights workshop program. The company aims to produce and bring to the stage entertaining, creative and original queer-themed works by local Bay Area playwrights, actors, and directors. In order to bring these talented individuals together, the company holds monthly writing workshops to help writers develo …

[FYI: this group is not run by Dr. Michael Brown. In fact, he has nothing to do with it nor indorses it or even knows of its existence as of this writing] In his book, "A Queer Thing Happened to America" (offered on Amazon), Dr. Michael Brown takes a factual look at the history and impact of the Homosexual Agenda. Could it be that like Feminism today, what might have started out as a good thing, a right not to be abused and to be treated humanly, has gone too far? Is it out of control? Can …

In the age of HGTV and DIYnetwork homeowners are taking charge of their homes and creating beautiful spaces with their own creativity and man power. Decorating Club - DIY / Professionals Connection As an interior designer with over 20 years in the design/build industry – I have worked closely with DIY homeowners that just need a little guidance and reassurance as their projects progress. This club will offer information on topics that are relevant to you! Agendas will be posted and my vast re …

Meetups will use a discussion-based "unconference" format. At the beginning of the meetup we will collaboratively construct an agenda consisting of several discussion breakout groups. All participants may propose a topic and volunteer to facilitate a discussion. All Subversion-related topics are encouraged, and all members of the Subversion community are welcome.