This is a group for anyone interested in talking about using Chef as part of building and maintaining an automated infrastructure. Get together with like-minded sysadmins, systems engineers, configuration management and devops spirited type folks to share experiences, tips, tricks and to talk about real life strategies for deploying and maintaining your Chef infrastructure.

Codewars and Cross Campus present - Hacker Zazen Zazen (definition): Meditative discipline performed to experience insight into the nature of existence and gain enlightenment. Hacker Zazen is a mastermind of hackers -where ideas are shared and code is written. This monthly gathering is focused on helping hackers advance along the path towards achieving code enlightenment. Come sharpen your skills on Katas (short code challenges), and collaborate on Missions (real projects). Who should attend? …

Join Our NLP-Hypnosis & Alternative Emotional Support and Study Group! It is all about Allowing The Law of Attraction, and it's part of Enter Your Mind Center, INC. Non-Profit. Our Group includes discussions on the Allowing The Law Of Attraction which focuses on forgiveness, letting go, and manifestation. Our emphasis is on the principle of self healing and empowerment, instead of the regular "law of attraction" that confuses you with "like attracts like and negative attracts negative." Our meet …

Here is the deal. This meetup will have only one purpose and that is to provide you the network marketer or direct seller the platform to double your check! Every month (or more often) we will get together and get practical real life ways to double our check. I will be bringing in speakers and really focusing on the folks that are serious about building their business. There will be role playing, education, advice, and case studies done to help promote and educate on where you need to be in orde …

This is a group for people who would go to online business/marketing meetups, but hate dealing with recruiters, assholes trying to sell their products, total newbies, pointless conversation, or an overall lack of regard for the value of your time. We're not bitter, we just know that we can do better. We care very deeply about the signal-to-noise ratio of the meetup. We're full time internet marketing entrepreneurs. We couldn't believe it, but we could not find a single meetup on the LA westside …

At the NoHoWeHo JUG you get to meet other local Java professionals and talk about code, architecture, innovation, opportunities, and share ideas about real-world problems. Our meetings will be technically focused and often include expert speakers on Java-related topics. We welcome engineers, developers,  geeks and professionals at all skill levels. * NOTE: This MeetUp Group is closed to recruiters.

What is it? A series of hands-on workshops that focus on UX design for mobile and touch products. Who is it for? Beginners who love design but don’t have the means to attend school. Working designers of any discipline who want jump into user experience and interaction design. Why is it? All the great hands-on UX-related workshops are not accessible for most working people. They're needs to be more affordable 'night school' options for design education. This is my contribution to that movement. …

There are countless thousands of bisexuals in LA, but that fact alone has never brought us visibility or respect. The only way we will ever earn those things is if we have a community presence.  If you want to do your part - merely by coming out and having fun - then join us! amBi is not just another meetup group that offers fun events. While we get to explore Southern California and enjoy ourselves, we also have a higher purpose. amBi's mission is nothing less than to build a vibrant and visib …

"The FIRM BNI" is a nine year old award winning business networking group in Orange County that meets at the Mesa Verde Country Club in Costa Mesa, CA, on Wednesday mornings from 7:15AM-9:00AM. Our numbers speak for themselves:  Reporting period October-October. * 2007: Total number of members 17. Total revenue generated from referrals: $510,000. * 2008: Total number of members 25. Total revenue generated from referrals: $1,075,000. * 2009: Total number of members 27. Total revenue generated …

Our purpose is to "have fun, stay in shape and make new friends." We play Sand Volleyball and will add different games with time. This is not a serious league.  This is a CO-ED friendly group.  There are NO EGOS and NO ATTITUDES...just friendly competition, bantering and fun.  These games bring people together, creating REAL friendships outside the internet, here in the real world (1,000 friends online is useless). Join today!  There are no required fees. RULES: 1. Players must be 18 years of ag …

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 …

The Business Blogging Academy - Los Angeles is where small business owners, local business SEOs, internet marketers, Social Media players, entrepreneurs, start uppers, bloggers and writers gather...online and in person to learn and do things right. Ask your self these questions - How much would you pay for 1. A website evaluation from an SEO, traffic and business blogging expert? Read what people pay me for website evaluations. (The earlier you get in the higher the likelihood of getting an eval …

In a world of professional networking opportunities, it's difficult to find genuine groups of people, worthy of your time. Sure you can look online, but the Internet can be full of distractions, and flakes. MAX NETWORK is about building real relationships, with real people. MAX NETWORK offers a regular series of ultra-dynamic networking mixers, that are designed to not suck. Whether it's a lecture, a cocktail party, a skill-share event, or an entrepreneurs bootcamp, MAX NETWORK earnestly seek …

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, …

We meet the Third Thursday of every month at the Moose Lodge in Burbank for a No Limit Hold 'Em Poker Tournament.  Friendly buy-in (40) and even friendlier rebuys (20).  Start with $6K (including $1K bonus) in tournament chips.  High Hand award.  Player of the Year points.  Other prizes and surprises.  Start at 7:00 p.m., usually over by midnight.  Lodge located at 1901 W. Burbank Blvd., Burbank, CA 91506.  Exit Burbank Blvd. off 5 Fwy.  U can RSVP for the next Third Thursday Poker Tournament* b …

What determines a person’s long term happiness? The research in the field of personal happiness shows time and again that it is : “The strength of their intimate relationships" So where should we be investing our valuable time and energy? Seeking out and establishing the right intimate relationship needs to be our primary thought. Yes, all those other dreams , the educational achievements, the career advancements, the family obligations, are important, but without the intimate relationship they …

Looking for interesting trips? Looking for the real deal? Love to just get it DONE?! If you are looking for unique and exciting, this is the right place for you! We do trips and go to places you won't find organized anywhere else on the internet!

Calling All Invincibility Seekers: Everyone loves superheros and superheroines: Batman, Wonder Woman, Superman.  What if you could be a superhero or heroine in your own life?  Would you make your problems  disappear?  Would you fly over obstacles and achieve your wildest dreams? Would you materialize the greatest relationships, career and financial success, happiness, joy, and love you ever thought possible? Yes, you would, and now you can. In this remarkable group of Invincibility Seekers, we …

Join the #1 Meetup group for small business owners, the fastest growing small business group on Meetup worldwide! Our group’s goals are straightforward: Become the best that we can be by learning, growing and winning, together! We want to improve our operations, increase our sales, discover new business opportunities, and form long-lasting friendships based on honest, mutual help.  Our group is a safe oasis in the middle of the turmoil and uncertainty surrounding the small business world.  Ou …

Domaining is the business of buying, selling, developing and monetizing Internet domain names not for primary use as a website, but with the goal of profit generation with the intent of resale, like real estate. We will network with one another and discuss the challenges that the industry as a whole faces and share the domains that we currently have within our own individual portfolio.