I'm launching this group to help plan face-to-face get-together events for Caltech alumni in the Portland Metro area. If you're a Techer, please join and share your voice!

This group is dedicated to making Portland's Northwest neighborhood a better place to live. Activities will include litter pickups, graffiti removal, ivy pulls, etc. We are open to anything that provides a chance to socialize and have some fun, while improving the neighborhood.

Meet up group for Gay, Lesbian, Bi, Trans, and LGBT Friendly witches and pagans in the Portland Oregon and surrounding areas. Discussions surround topics that involve the LGBT community and the pagan and witch community with monthly meet ups for getting to know others in the community.

… s—people who can relate to and appreciate the experiences you have had Discover and explore the levels of heaven while you are still alive Give your children a strong, responsible spiritual foundation   For more information about Eckankar events in Oregon, visit http://www.eckankar-oregon.org This group will list ECKANKAR spiritual events in Portland and surrounding areas.   For more information about ECKANKAR, Religion of the Light & Sound of God, visit the main official ECKANKAR site at eckan …

Meet other women in the Portland, Oregon metropolitan area who are interested in playing Bunco regularly and meeting new friends. In order to serve our group best, we are rotating locations between the Eastside (to serve N/NE; SE and Vancouver), the Southside (to serve Oregon City, Clackamas, West Linn, Lake Oswego) and the Westside (to serve Beaverton, Tigard, Tualatin and beyond). Our members have voted and at this time meetups are held on Saturday. Other events may be added as the group prog …

Meet fellow Tequila Aficionados in the Portland Oregon area! Learn from the MEXICAN ACADEMY OF TEQUILA and the AMERICAN TEQUILA GUILD everything you ever wanted to know about tequila. Learn about the culture of tequila, the history of its people, its food and folklore while enjoyning great dining experiences and Tequila tastings in great restaurants and tequila lounges through out the Portland Metropolitan area. It is a fun way to learn about our favorite spirit while having fun and meeting ne …

We are the local R user group for Portland, Oregon.  R is a free software environment for statistical computing and graphics (http://www.r-project.org/).  Our goal is to support and share R experience and knowledge among its users in the Portland community.  We would like to hear how you use and enjoy the R language and statistical programming environment.

Hello! My name is Deborah Orandon, and I am a mental health counselor in Portland Oregon and have been working with highly sensitive clients for many years in my movement & massage practices and now also in my counseling practice. (Please visit: http://www.selfawarenesscounseling.com/ to get to know me a bit better.) Discovering Elaine Aron’s Highly Sensitive Person work ( http://www.hsperson.com/index.html ) 12 years ago, and honoring my own sensitivity, was a turning point for me in being able …

The Sailing in Portland meetup group promotes sailing opportunities, sailing education, sharing of information, and socializing among sailors and aspiring sailors in the Portland, Oregon, area and beyond.

We are starting up a Poker Card room up on the West Side of Portland Oregon. The purpose of this group is to give poker players on the westside of Portland a place to get together and play Texas Hold'em games for Money. This is a social game with 100% of the buy-in money paid out to the players. You do have to be a member of The Premier Poker Club to participate in these games. OCTOBER SPECIAL!!! No membership dues required - Registration still required. Schedule: Sundays: 1 …

Is coffee your passion? Learn how it's roasted, tour local coffee roasters, find out about Portland's best coffeehouses, and meet other coffee enthusiasts. This group is for anyone interested in anything coffee-related. Brought to you by the Specialty Coffee Association of America.

Anyone that has or has been around Boxers knows that they are at their best and most outrageous when they are with other Boxers. We would like nothing more than to have all of you join us at various dog parks so our four legged friends can play. We are open to suggestions on off leash parks and accomodating facilities. We look forward to meeting you all soon.   Keywords to help our Google search: Portland Oregon Boxer Dogs Parks Fun (any other suggestions?)

happierPortland was formed to facilitate exploration of positive psychology — the science of happiness. After more than a decade of rigorous scientific research, we know that happiness can be measured and we know that happiness can be taught. Increasing your happiness is possible through tools developed in the science of positive psychology. The club is free to join and open to everyone with an interest in positive psychology, wellness, health, happiness, flourishing, positivity, ther …

This group was started to gather chocolate lovers together and explore the world of our favorite food group. If you live in the Portland, Oregon area, love meeting fellow food enthusiasts, and want to discover new and exciting chocolate in all forms, then please join us. We'll be meeting monthly to get together for a chocolate outing and friendship.

A car club for Toyota Hybrid drivers! Meet other Toyota Hybrid Synergy Drive owners in the Portland Oregon and Southwest Washington area! Would-be HSD owners are welcome too. This group started as place for Prius owners, but now that more HSD vehicles are on the road, we're growing to welcome Hybrid Camry and Highlander drivers too. These are a fabulous and complex cars, come learn what other owners know. You can access this site through PortlandHSD.info or Meetup.com/PortlandHSD or follow us on …

The PDX Selenium Meetup is a group for Selenium Test Automation users of all skill levels to come together to communicate, learn, network, or just have a good time. Our focus is in Selenium ( http://seleniumhq.org/ ) and topics extend through related areas of interest, such as Agile testing, Test-Driven Development, Mobile Testing, Continuous Integration, Continuous Deployment, building maintainable automated test scripts and much more.