Love Honor Cherish has sponsored a ballot initiative approved by the Attorney General of California to get a proposition on this year's ballot to repeal prop 8 as well as allow marriage equality in the state of California. The organizers need 1 million signatures from registered voters in the State of California by April 11th, 2012. This site is dedicated to helping Love, Honor, Cherish reach their goal as well as organizing Bay Area residents to gather signatures and sponsor events for this cau …

Ecstatic San Francisco is a social group for exploring ecstatic living in San Francisco. It is a social experiment to see what happens when you keep your attention on what it means to be ecstatically happy. Ecstatic Seminars are offered but are not required. This group is for going on outings, art shows, literary events, spiritual adventures, making music, dining, dancing, movies, camp fires at the beach, hikes, making friends, meeting others, events, seeing music and more. Members are encourage …

Business Executives for Measurable Management is a group formed to welcome Robin Byrne, founder of Measurable Management, to the Bay Area. Mr. Byrne management initiative was recently nominated by the United Nations (UN) to receive their prestigious Positive Peace Award. To celebrate this nomination, Mr. Byrne is touring the country and sharing his management methodology with Corporate America. He plans to stop in San Jose in May 2011 to deliver a free training. ABOUT MEASURABLE MANAGEMENT I …

Most hikes will be between 12 to 15 miles with at least 2,000 feet of climbing. Most of our regular hikers like a 2.6 mph or faster pace (lead hikers are 3 mph+). We wait for the group at trail junctions and all are free to hike at their own pace. You should be able to hike at least 2.5mph to fit in with our group. Group is best suited for experienced hikers or people who are in good to great physical condition and interested in adding some hikes to their fitness routine while enjoying our great …

Good news California! At least one legalization initiative will be decided by voters in 2010. The Tax & Regulate Cannabis 2010 initiative has enough signatures to qualify for the November 2010 election. The proposal would legalize possession of up to one ounce of marijuana for California adults 21 and older. Residents could cultivate marijuana gardens up to 25 square feet. Local governments would determine whether to permit marijuana sales within their boundaries. More info at http://ww …

This group is dedicated to organizing discussions, meetups, and events around data 2.0. The focus of data 2.0 is about "using the web as your database" and giving people better access to data. "Old Data" is the practice of closing off your data, and data 2.0 hosting data online and making it reusable by other organizations. That includes government open data initiatives, geo-data, business intelligence 2.0, social data analytics, data visualizations, data warehousing, and any new paradigms in ut …

This meetup is focused on hands-on coding for Cloud platforms. The goal is ultimately for members to share best practices and innovate. This meetup is about sharing code and building applications that run in the cloud. Although I work for Microsoft as a developer evangelist, I welcome all developers from all cloud platforms. Initially, the meetings will be focused on the Windows Azure Platform (Azure). Azure is new and initial meetings will be designed to get developers up and running and workin …

        FASHION+TECHSF (formerly FashionMashup) is the longest running monthly workshop and event series in the San Francisco Bay Area focused synergistically on building, promoting and educating the vibrant community of fashion and technology entrepreneurs, designers, developers, bloggers, business professionals, students, investors and numerous enthusiastic companies, schools, groups and individuals who share our vision of a world-class fashion and technology industry that is innovative, disr …

WELCOME TO THE SAN FRANCISCO WORLD TRAVELERS (SFWT) We are the No.1 Travel meet up group in the Bay Area. We are a friendly group of likeminded travelers who share a passion for visiting overseas destinations, or for those thinking about world travel for the first time. WHAT WE DO (AND WHAT WE DON'T) We meet monthly for a drink in the city to make new friends, re-live adventures, share travel stories, travel tips and travel thoughts about exciting places that we've visited or plan to visit in th …

Meet other locals to discuss your path. Share your transformational personal experiences or what you have been through in your life. Discover ways to enhance your wellbeing & personal/spiritual path. Open to people of all backgrounds, all beliefs and attitudes - whether you're spiritual, religious, athiest, scientific or simply curious - you are totally welcome. This is a forum to explore and express oneself with complete freedom. We are a grassroots organisation where You are in the driving sea …

  HELLO! - HOLA ! Welcome to Latino Spanish Language and Culture Group in the S.F. Bay area. Are you interested in learning Spanish? Practicing it or keeping it up to date? INFORMATION FOR SPANISH STUDENTS: You can now RSVP for your first lesson * at our current meeting group. And/or rsvp on any of the future date(s) when you think you can join us * Within your 30 DAY initial period, that is, within 30 days after signing up for the group Lesson are only $20.00 Fees includes study m …

At Startup Saturdays you find people who can help you take your business to the next level. Submit your Startup: http://www.startupsaturdays.net/submityourstartup/  Build your team Find Investors Build Partnerships Get Funded Its all possible when you take the initiative! Find us on: Meetup.com: http://www.meetup.com/StartupSaturdays/ Facebook: http://www.facebook.com/StartupSaturdays Twitter: http://twitter.com/Startup99 Website: www.startupsaturdays.net Submit your Startup: http://www.startups …

Women in tech welcomes men and women equally. We hold pitch events, classes and networking activities! If you would like to present at one of our pitch events then submit your information to: http://www.startupsaturdays.net/submityourstartup/ Build your team Find Investors Build Partnerships Get Funded Its all possible when you take the initiative! Find us on: Meetup.com: http://www.meetup.com/womentech/ Facebook: http://www.facebook.com/StartupSaturdays Twitter: http://twitter.com/Startup99 Web …

The Kitchen is one part indie shabbat community, one part San Francisco experiment, and one part tool kit for DIY jewish practice. We’re building a connected, spiritually alive jewish generation and a new resonant approach to religious life in San Francisco. We believe that jewish religious practice can transform: It can change lives, make meaning, and invest people in the world. This transformation requires a living ecosystem of jewish experiences. We believe this ecosystem can be flexible in n …

We organize regular Oneness Blessing events in/around the SF Bay Area. The Oneness Blessing is a non-denominational experience that transfers physical energy, awakening our connection with the oneness in everything, allowing each of us to deepen our relationship with those we love, with ourselves, with strangers and with our creator. The Oneness Blessing initiates a neurobiological change in the brain. There are 16 centers in the brain responsible for definitive experiences like sensory percep …

… .), which offers progressive ceremonial initiation into the mysteries of Ordo Templi Orientis. Currently the Oasis operates in San Francisco and Berkeley, California. We hold public celebrations of the Gnostic Mass on the first Sunday of each month at the Mission Masonic Hall in San Francisco. We also hold classes, workshops, group rituals and social events which are open to the public.  Check out the links for more information:Website: http://www.blazingstar-oto.orgFacebook: http://facebook.com …