This meetup has been organized to provide all levels of tennis players an opportunity to drop-in and play doubles or singles once a week. We typically have a court or two for beginners (or rusty racquets who haven't  played in a while), a couple of courts for intermediate and a couple of courts for advanced players. The approach is fairly relaxed. You can choose to rally/practice the entire time or actually games and sets. It's entirely up to you and the people on your court. You also have the o …

Learn how to easily design, build, and maintain a web site for your business, community group, corporation, or family using Drupal, a free and powerful web publishing software package. You can use Drupal to build and maintain a small business web site, a blog, a community discussion forum, a wedding site, and many other types of web sites without any HTML or other programming skills. Got Drupal skills? Come and share with the rest of the group! We meet in different locations between Detroit and …

This Meetup group is mostly a calendar. It's to post face to face events by other existing amateur radio clubs. Non licensed people are welcome, just about every club have at least testing sessions and many have classes to get an FCC license. If you are "new to amateur radio" PLEASE mention if you have a licensed FCC callsign. Otherwise, post that you don't have your license yet. There are way too many good web sites for becoming a ham. A good Michigan one is here: http://www.umich.edu/... C …

Network After Work - Networking Events for Professionals is a national business and social networking event company that launched in June 2009. We currently host events in 19 cities across the country. Events are created for professionals who want to expand their network and create new business opportunities, events range in size from 150-600 professionals and take place in each city's top nightlife destinations. Events draw a diverse mix of professionals from all industries and career levels an …

What We Stand For... Our values are simple yet powerful. These are the things we offer as a world class men’s training and education organization. Click on the links to learn more. Mature Masculinity - An empowered approach to being a man in today’s world. We can define many things that set the mature masculine apart: More Accountability Authenticity Compassion Generosity Integrity Leadership Multicultural Awareness Respect Initiation - Learning the value of challenge and the power of support …

eCommerce Detroit is a round-table discussion for eCommerce merchants/professionals, branded manufacturers, retailers, and entreprenaurs looking to talk shop. Topics of discussion will be eCommerce platforms, conversion optimization, analytics, fulfillment, SEO, PPC, affiliate programs, comparison shopping, social media and all matters related to online retail. Let the transfer of knowledge begin!

This is a group dedicated to the advancement and education of people interested in working in the Hadoop (HBase,Hive, Pig) cloud environment.

A forum to explore all aspects of managing and analyzing big data: Hadoop and related technologies, NoSql, MPP databases, data mining, machine learning, etc. A balanced approach to both the technical and business implications is taken.

We are a community devoted to the learning and sharing of information related to web design, development, tools and techniques with a focus on open source solutions. We have monthly meetings where people in the industry will lead discussions and workshops in numerous topics surrounding open source technology. It is FREE to join and FREE to attend the workshops.

To create a robust community of stakeholders within Michigan to focus and develop opportunities which will strengthen the educational environment, encourage impactful dialogue, foster global knowledge, and forge new partnerships of collaboration and support between educators and developers around the use of gaming within education. Topics of interest will be led by the group to explore the many aspects of learning through gaming. This group is open to developers, educators, designers, entreprene …

Our Mission Statement says it all. We are here … “To champion & aggressively lead the charge to further the development, education and recognition of digital media as part of the marketing mix; and to create a communal source for those involved and interested in areas of digital media and marketing in the Metro Detroit area.” We encourage everyone in the advertising/marketing business to join our organization – professionals in radio, print, television, and digital can all benefit from the types …

* Getting together great programmers and architects. * Helping communities and businesses with the technology they need * Python and Pinax programmers and systems and application architects (Who like to have fun)

RevUpMI connects entrepreneurs, investors, and job-seekers in Michigan. If you're interested in building, investing in, or working for a startup business in Michigan, please join this group and help us get Michigan started!

We're a group of professionals with responsibility for content – strategy, delivery, management, governance, distribution (you name it!) If you're into communications, marketing, social media, publishing, sales, asset management, or user experience – this is the group for you. We'll talk about challenges with clients, peers, competitors and the broader marketplace. Always wanted to know what content strategy is all about, or if *your* concept of it matches anyone else's, we want to hear from you …

Want to learn how to code? Have a great idea? Don't be shy. Develop it. It can be intimidating for women to learn and ask questions when they are in an extreme minority. While open and welcoming, today's budding developer community is up to 91% male. There isn't a comfortable place where women can learn at their own pace and not be afraid to ask "stupid questions." We decided it was time to provide a place where all questions are OK and everyone can learn in a supportive environment. Our courses …

I have already begun a website of God Stories, and would like to meet a group of people who would like to work together to create a website along the same lines. Its goal would be to appeal to web surfers who are somewhat curious about God and Jesus, and who want to find real life stories about how Jesus has already made a difference in the lives of real people just like them. This site would be different than most Christian sites. It would not be preachy. It would be written in everyday languag …

This group started off 6 months back as a Women's only group. We've had the chance to meet some fabulous women through this group. We've decided to expand the group by allowing men to join! As this group did start off as a women's only group, there will still be many events that only women can attend. I understand that many of you would have been attracted to the group with the idea of it being ladies only. So, I will keep that in mind and plan a couple events each month for just the ladies. All …

After leaving the corporate world, I realized how much I missed lunching with co-workers, talking about business and just sharing ideas. This realization prompted me to start this group. The idea is that we'll meet for at different locations around downtown and midtown, talk and enjoy a great meal. If you are a solo entrepreneur or part of a small team or just a foodie and want to meet new folks, share ideas and just all around have good conversation, this group is for you!

This is a group for getting great programmers and developers together, sharing ideas openly and expanding your knowledge of Python development. Bring your own Python questions and problems, and work with a group to find a solution.

We are excited to launch a version of Coffee House Coders in Detroit called DetCoffeeCode. This group is geared towards new and expert coders as well as entrepreneurs who are running a start-up. The group meets the last Thursday of every month Downtown at Starbucks. Attendees have knowledge in various coding languages. So if you are a new coder, freelancing or a start-up come Downtown and join us! Please follow us on twitter for the latest updates @DetCoffeeCode .