The Inspired Women Entrepreneurs was formed to bring a group of small business owners together to help each other promote, grow and expand their businesses. The members of Inspired Women Entrepreneurs want to truly and genuinely help one another. There are some great women's groups around and they all provide beautiful threads in the tapestry of our lives and business. I embrace and participate in many women's events and groups. Why? Because Women Are Amazing! There is much to learn from each ot …

Welcome to the Santa Barbara Board Game Night Club. We are an active gaming group with weekly game nights at local venues in Santa Barbara and Goleta. The club is free to join and people of all ages are welcome. We play a large group of games from the newest to the oldest games released. A typical night could include Settlers of Catan, Dominion, Bang, Ticket to Ride, Forbidden Island and dozens of other games. You can also bring your favorite game and often find people to play it with you. We …

This is a group for women mostly in their 20's thru 30's to get together, have fun, and create new friendships. Looking to have a group of ladies who may want to go shopping, out to lunch, have a fun night out, hit the beach or art gallery, get an exercise buddy, or just stay home and chat. The intention is to plan a variety of events to suit a range of interests. Ideally, we'll get a diverse group of women so that there will always be someone to share time and fun with and perhaps you'll grow …

Ventura County California and surrounding areas. Do you have issues being around other people, but you still like to have fun? Then you are in the right place. You don't have to be perfect or pretend to be a conversational genius or hide your anxiety. Which describes you best? Shy - Someone who wants to be around others but experiences anxiety or outright fear when around strangers or large groups. Enjoys talking to people but may avoid talking to unfamiliar people and seeks ways to overcome …

Trying to find like minded individuals who love backgammon for the game, the camaraderie and the competition!!! It's a great way to get out, meet people and play one of the world's oldest games. Bring your board or share and let's have a great time!!!

I am a recent graduate from UCSB and played competitive ultimate frisbee for the Burning Skirts for the past 4 years. I would love to meet some people of all genders and skill-levels who love to play frisbee. We can get together and throw in the park/beach, play some pick up ultimate games, or find a place to disc golf.

The Santa Barbara Quantified Self Meetup is inspired by other Quantified Self Meetups and the Quantified Self blog. It is a regular show and tell for people who are tracking data about their body and conducting their own personal investigations and research into their bodies, minds, and selves. Anything is game -- from personal genetics to ways to digitize and track information, from how to self-diagnose to how to self-experiment with data and statistics. More specific topics include: * self-exp …

This is a group based in the Santa Barbara area which gathers to discuss topics in machine learning. This includes, but isn't limited to: classification, clustering, graphical algorithms, information retrieval, data mining, artificial intelligence, game theory, computational learning theory, reinforcement learning, collaborative filtering, recommendation systems, and predictive analytics. The group will focus on using Python, R, and other open source languages and libraries for getting things do …

A group of seasoned entrepreneurs and leaders from various Santa Barbara and California organizations have banded together to form the Startup California Santa Barbara Region! Startup Santa Barbara and Startup California are regions of The Startup America Partnership, a public private initiative founded by President Obama and former AOL Chairman Steve Case. It's also backed by the Case Foundation and the Kauffman Foundation. The Startup America Partnership is based on a simple premise: young com …

Double Dating - a Fun Restaurant Meetup for SB Singles Ah, the dating game - a fun and delightful experience for some, but trepidatious for others. As one solution for those who might like to date without the need to size up one’s dinner companion as a potential sexual conquest (nor to be thought of as one yourself) I’ve created this fun and delightful group! The plan is for a small group of us to visit Santa Barbara restaurants, each paying for our meals separately, while enjoying each other’ …

Ventura Family Games "Night" Remember the indoor and outdoor games that we played when we were young? Want to learn some family team building games? Interested in learning some competitive and non-competitive games for all ages that you can play indoors, outdoors, or even in the car? Have some great games to share? How about some games from other cultures? Want to have a great, face to face connect and a lot of fun out of the house with your family and meet some new friends at the same time? Tha …

Calling all players of "the beautiful game"! I recently moved from the Westside to Newbury Park and am soccer deprived! I enjoyed pick-up games several days a week in Santa Monica but haven't found any games close to my new home. Let's start a local pickup game, open to experienced players of varying levels who want a competitive yet fun game (no slide tackling!). No age or skill requirements but some experience preferred. I will suggest days and times as we get some sign ups. Games will be week …

We like to play games, go on hikes, BBQ, host dinner parties, hang out outside and just have a good time together! This is a new group for couples in the Ventura/Santa Barbara areas, mostly in their 20s & 30s, but we welcome older couples as well. Let's get together and have some fun!

This group is a professional development and social network group for UCSB faculty and staff. Are you employed by the University? Well, then you are welcome to join! There about 5,000 of us on campus. But every day we walk (or bike) the same paths to our same offices. Sometimes it’s hard to mix and mingle with people outside your own department/division. Please take advantage of this group to meet a walking buddy, have a friendly lunch with someone across campus, ask a peer about position openin …

CARDIO KIDZ YOGA is a yoga program for children between the ages of 2 and 12. Our yoga classes are quite different from the typical meditative adult yoga class, in our classes children are animated , noisy and free-spirited Adults often have to work at yoga, but kids play yoga! While "playing" yoga, children move about the room, play breathing games, make noises, act out stories, and pretend to be animals. They hiss like snakes in the Cobra pose, bark like dogs in the Downward Facing Dog pose an …

The three activity and discussion areas of this group are: the Forestdweller Rendezvous, the Life Practice Forum, and the Life Practice Circus. Forestdweller Rendezvous is for those who are interested in living in the forest-- please see http://directory.ic.org/22140/ for a bit more about that idea. Life Practice Forum is for anyone interested in meeting to share life questions and enthusiasms. Here are some thoughts about that part of this meetup: Where to invest our life is not always clear. …

Ventura's hottest new monthly meet up at the new Connect Ventura. Connect Ventura coworking is a collaborative, professional work space with a classic, truss-beam vibe and the high energy of a start up. We work for ourselves, but not by ourselves. We are designers, developers, writers, artists, entrepreneurs, scientists, educators, small business owners, telecommuters, marketers, videographers, game developers, and more. What binds us together is our independence, and knowing we are happier and …

We are new to Orcutt and forming a regular gaming fun-focused group to meet a few times a month to get together to play tabletop board/card games and have some good conversation. Both experienced and new players are welcome - single players, groups, couples. We love party games, euro games, ameri-trash games, competitive games, coop games, etc. We can host, but are open to others hosting as well. We have a large game collection, but players are welcome to bring their own games as well. We have c …