Bring your home made or home grown foods and make one-to-one trades with others (i.e. a dozen backyard eggs for a loaf of home-baked bread). Our swaps typically take place on the 1st Friday of the month, sometimes we have a pot luck beforehand. This is a great venue to meet and mingle with other food makers and food lovers!  Visit our facebook page and follow us on Twitter @BmoreFoodSwap

Reverse Space (RS) is a maker community, with a ‘space’ in Herndon, VA, currently sponsored by Cortona Academy. The community began in October 2010 by accumulating members of the Information Technology field, such as Network Security, Information Forensics, and the like. Now, the community supports many subgroups, ranging from 3D Printing, CNC, and any MakerSpace project members would like to build. Revese Space has the largest 3D printing capabilities and technology for MakerSpaces on the east …

If you are a tinkerer, DIY maker, or interested in home energy research and projects - this group is for you! Let's get together to share ideas, projects, strategize, and implement ways to save energy! Save Energy, Save Money, Reduce Your Carbon Footprint, and Help Save Our Environment! The First Annual Reston Energy Fair is Sunday afternoon from 1 to 4 pm on July 14th at the Walker Nature Education Center. Come at an attendee or volunteer to help with demonstrations and kids activities -- solar …

Professionals shooting with a BlackMagic, RED, Canon 7D, 5D Mark II, T2i, or the Panasonic AF100, Sony, or Nikon DSLR cameras and or video, we invite you to join us. The objective is to meet throughout the Baltimore Area to share ideas, learning and do some plain old socializing and networking. Filming, short films, commercials, creating and outstanding photography is our focus. Call DeAnna or Greg if you have any questions. # 443-315-3692 \

Welcome to our group divine love lights! Are you ready to experience ancient healing energy,medical intuitive and trance medium healing!?? My name is Sandra Bear Davis-I am a 5th generation Appalachian Folk Medicine Woman. I am visiting the DC Metro area monthly and doing large group healing events ! These are traditionally done in a pay what feels fair to YOUR heart way of Beingness! I plan to do healing events in DC Metro and Baltimore each time I visit as well as to see private clients for h …

This MeetUp group has been created for Frederick MD. GLBT folks to have a safe and friendly place to gather and meet other local Gay, Lesbian Singles and couples. Gay, Lesbian,Gay friendly, "All " aspects of the rainbow Family are welcome! A place to gather with like minded people to make NEW! friends , and hopefully to build some LIFE LONG friendships! A place to network and share our gifts and skills with one another! A place to help one another, in good times and bad ! treat others as you wou …

Electronics, PCB Design, Soldering, Embedded Software, Web Development, Mechanical Engineering, Robotics, Ardunio, PIC, AVR, ARM, Linux, Apple, Windows... we do it all and we are good at it. But you don't have to be! Come hang out with us and you will be amazed at what you will learn in a short period of time. We are also known as Harford Hackerspace

This is a group for people who take movies seriously, i.e. people who consider film viewing a significant activity in their lives, a learning experience, and not just entertainment. That does not mean we will be watching nothing but highbrow art films. Those who love cinema tend to be eclectic in their tastes. I myself love mainstream, exploitation, and art films equally and learn something from everything I see. I am starting this group to bring together fellow film enthusiasts to WATCH and …

Calling all entrepreneurs in the craft / designer / maker / artist fields! This group is not for hobby designers but for the person who wants to make a real living or is currently making a living in their chosen craft! What I hope to achieve through this meet up group is to create a community for us creative souls to get together and talk shop, design together and grow our businesses through helping each other!

Let's make this meetup fun for local Scrapbookers. Let's share ideas, inspire and motivate each other! This meetup is for who is curious, newbies and experts scrapbookers, stampers and card makers :-) I am here to help and share my ideas with anyone who wants. If you are interested in having a card class and/or scrapbooking layouts workshops let me know!! I am a Close to My Heart consultant and I would love to share our products with you. Let's help each other and share keepsakes, trade tips …

IHIF is a meetup group for folks that are interested in film making in the Baltimore area. We will meet, discuss, create and collaborate on film projects. All experience levels are welcome, and there is no requirement for becoming a member of the group. This is an independent group that is not affiliated with any production house, studio or union, and members contribute their time on a voluntary basis.

Be Social Change DC Meetup - We are a community of change makers, social entrepreneurs, start-ups, techies, non-profits, educators and overall do and want-to-do gooders. Collectively, we are cultivating a network that fosters social innovation, supports social entrepreneurship, and creates opportunities to make the world a better place. Our Meetups empower, connect and organize the social change community in New York through: “Be” - events and panels that highlight creative social innovators an …

I moved from NY to DC and was really going to miss the Hack and Tell meetup there, so I decided to start one in DC! (What follows is the shamelessly ripped off description of the original). If you've ever visited Hacker News, you've almost certainly seen the "Show HN" or "Ask HN" posts. Well, it's time to get off the Internet and tell us about it face to face. We'll provide you with our honest feedback, you provide us with a great hack, or idea. We'll give you 5 minutes to show off your tool …

We are dedicated to sharing knowledge and inspiration with image makers of all types and levels of experience. Our classes are designed to help you get the most from your equipment and to raise your level of expression and passion. Join us for lectures, workshops and curriculum driven programs in a variety of photographic genres.

Please join us at our FREE monthly meeting of creative entrepreneurs for lively, facilitated discussions on topics like event planning, increasing visibility, gaining legitimacy as a professional, and other topics suggested by our members. Schmoozing time at the end of each meeting to network, share our favorite resources and ideas, and enjoy excellent camaraderie. Oh, and cookies.

This group is intended to discuss, and debate some of the medicinal reasons that MEDICINAL CANNABIS should be considered in the state of VIRGINIA. This group does not encorage illegal activities and there will be no illegal drugs or narcotics at the events, and meetings. This is just a group to bring fellow Cannabis activists together to discuss the potential uses that could benefit the medical community. My opinion on cannabis is that it can be helpful in the correct setting. Doctors prescribe …

We're pursuing a vision: establishing a place where Reston's creative community of entrepreneurs, developers, technologists, inventors, artists, educators, change-makers, visionaries, leaders and citizens can come together and work together to create good in the spirit and character of Reston.

A place where like minded folks go to learn and collaborate on projects.  Please visit us at smhack.org for more information.

We're a bunch of hackers, inventors, engineers, techies, developers and makers who love all things IT and security. Everyone is welcome - from advanced hardware hackers to those who would like to learn what can be done with these new technologies in the arts, sciences, healthcare, gaming, academia, and business venture opportunities. Our meetups are totally informal and are a great opportunity to chat about projects, create new ones, solve problems, mingle, network and generally shoot the breeze …

Capital Technology Management Hub (CTMH) is a networking organization for technology management professionals in the Washington metropolitan area. Founded and run by alumni of the Technology Management Master program at George Mason University, CTMH provides a forum where professionals can effectively network, learn, recruit, and search for new career opportunities. Technology Management professionals can have a wide variety of roles but in essence they design, implement, support, or manage tech …

This group was created to get together local CAD / CAM / CNC enthusiasts for learning, sharing ideas, and keeping up with what's new. Personally, I'm a complete idiot when it comes to CAD, I keep reverting to paper and pencil rather than take on the learning curve. After building two CNC routers and beginning a CNC mini mill conversion I know a bit more about CAM and CNC but realize it's well past time that I put away the drawing board and master the entire CAD/CAM/CNC tool chain. My initial t …

This is a group for anyone interested in photography, film making, script writing,Editing,story boarding, sound recording, acting,youtube uploading etc. All skills levels are welcome. If you have done few projects or just interested to start of ,this group will enable you to meet other enthusiasts who are interested in the same field. Look forward to see you soon!

This is a group for anyone interested in education technology and promoting education in the classroom for teachers, entrepreneurs, and policy makers in the Washington DC region. We will be organizing keynotes, panel discussions, and more. We will try to meet monthly to explore various topics at the intersection of education and technology; to learn about the latest technologies that are supporting teachers; and to hear from teachers about the problems in education that must be fixed now. In add …

We are DC-area technology entrepreneurs and innovators who want to build viable and vibrant business based on hardware, whether electronic, mechanical, or other. Atoms are the new bits: We believe that the time is ripe for a new wave of entrepreneurship in hardware in the United States and worldwide. Lean startup / pretotype methodologies: Thanks to inexpensive contract manufacturing, domestic and overseas, 3D printing, programmable hardware, and an Internet to propagate ideas, the principles of …

Federal Innovative Technology (FIT) – Web, Cloud & Mobile is a venue for Senior Federal thought leaders in the greater DC metro area to meet, share with, and learn from colleagues dealing with similar challenges and issues. Our driving mission is to discuss innovative ways to use technology and strategy to better serve the Government and its constituents. FIT is focused on providing a collaborative forum for senior decision makers to learn from their peers.

Welcome to Centers of Influence, LLC (or COIs, LLC as we call ourselves). We are a networking organization that serves and creates COIs in the Maryland, Virginia, and Washington DC areas. Our COI groups take the concept of referral networks to its ultimate level, by providing a consistent and effective forum for professionals in related industries, with access to the prospective clients that we want. Our local groups meet two days per month either for lunch, breakfast, or after work hours on a …

Looking to get together to make videos just for the fun of it? That's the purpose of this group! We're looking for all types here, not just idea people and writers. Like to just point your camera? Cool! Prefer to push a dolly? Great! Are you the master of all things gaff tape? We're looking for you too! It takes a group (usually) to make a good video, so let's do that! I haven't set it up yet, but once we have a strong active group I would like to start doing $~1/month membership dues to pay for …

Join for FREE expand your professional circle. You'll be invited to attend fabulous lesbian, gay, bisexual, and transgender (LGBT) professional networking events at trendy gay-friendly lounges in Washington, DC. The purpose of the group is to build a stronger base of professional contacts. Share ideas and job possibilities, tap expertise, or meet potential clients or business partners. Benefit by making new connections and ideas. This is for lesbian, gay, bisexual, and transgender people and str …