With the end of the Mayan Long Count calender a little more than 18 months away on December 21, 2012, the fate of the planet seems to be hanging in the balance. Between natural disasters such as earthquakes and tsunamis, economic systems breaking down, like Greece's, the ever worsening Arab-Israeli conflict, global warming, not to mention domestic problems such as a ballooning national debt as well as a healthcare system in disarray, there are no shortages of crises. The Mayan prophecies foretol …

What's Good Dancehall and Reggae Lovers?!!!! Dancehall & Reggae Alliance caters to adults 21+ who love Reggae and Dancehall music and looks forward to going dancing any day of the week! We'll linkup in the trendiest upscale venues but we'll also be headed for the vibrant underground party scene too. We'll also get you through the door of the best concerts and shows in town and whenever possible, backstage too! Dancers will be able to link up, learn new steps, and take them to the world or just …

Discuss all Ruby and Ruby on Rails related topics, meet other developers and other interesting folks. Presentations, workshops, hack-fests and more. Meet other developers, find out about interesting projects and opportunities for work and potential employment. Join the group and you'll get a weekly NYC on Rails newsletter with lots of great beginner material. If you are looking for a ruby developer or a technical co-founder, I highly recommend you post your job at RubyNow. It's one of the most …

We are a group of active individuals living throughout New York, New Jersey and Connecticut. Our common bond is the love of skiing and snowboarding and the club strives to use that to bring people together to enjoy a year round agenda of adventurous and social activities. In short, we like to have fun...

We're talking urban infrastructure, smart grid, open hardware, quantified self, open data, environmental monitoring and more. Anything that puts a networked computer where none has gone before.

Welcome all to Live Soccer New York!! I'd like to get your ideas on what you all would like to see or do involving Soccer in New York City. Perhaps watch a game on TV, or play the game in one of our scheduled events, we welcome you to join us in being a part of Live Soccer in NYC.

The most open, fun, and free way to play lacrosse in NYC.

This group will bring together hotel professionals that provide concierge services. While there may be some opportunity for networking, the intent is for events to be more social. The organizer will plan calm gatherings as well as more festive social events.

We discuss the Quran in an open minded and interactive manner to seek interpretations that are spiritually uplifting and facilitate personal growth.

Every month, 9 or 10 companies get 3 to 5 minutes each to demo something cool to New York's tech community (geeks, investors, entrepreneurs, hackers, etc) Need to contact someone at NYTM? Jessica Lawrence, NYTM's Managing Director, can be reached at jessica (at) nytm (dot) org Here is the 2011-2012 meetup schedule. When tickets become available each month, you'll be able to get them at: http://www.meetup.com/ny-tech All events are at the Skirball Center at NYU at 7 pm unless noted otherwise …

A private group for people I know who want to get together and play games such as poker, werewolf, pokemon, or other games. If I don't know you, you can't join.

This group was created during the early Meetup years as an inside joke loosely based on Presidential candidate Howard Dean and heavy metal rocker Ronnie James Dio -- although Dio is NO JOKE! Over the years this Meetup has become the standard for all things social for Meetup employees and former Meetup employees. Please join in on the goodtimes. I guarantee you won't be disappointed. Remember, WE ARE STARS! Learn more here: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ronnie_James_Dio Dio tribute, kinda. …

This is a group for people who are interested in French music, chanson, live jazz, cabaret shows. We'll post events of great NYC performers for you to check out.

I8 FOOD BLOG: This is were me and my authors/editors drop our wisdom with reviews, eatymology, recipes, etc! Our new food blog is up! http://www.i8nyc.com TWITTER @ I8AND8: Every Deal will be posted there. That's right. You get the inside track to invites on everything I get. Well, most :) http://www.twitter.com/i8and8 I8 FACEBOOK PAGE: You will get invited FIRST to Exclusive Events. All you have to do is …

The NYC Mobile Experience is an outgrowth of "pocketmints", a Mint Digital experiment focused on the "making" of mobile applications of the "maker's" perspective. After a quick glance at the the NYC meetup landscape, we felt that mobile topics tend to either get lost in larger, more general tech groups or they meet very specific needs like those of a platform (iPhone, Android, WinMo) or even a type of app (location-based). We are shooting for a space for mobile were we can bring together desi …