Seattle Spark+AI Meetup

♥️ This meetup group is run by 100% volunteers who support the Seattle open source community. ✨ We’re a committed team, pouring our hearts into every event, made possible by the incredible generosity of our sponsors and their in-kind donations.🎗Our meetup group exclusively welcomes in-kind donations and does not accept monetary contributions. Despite our very limited resources, we’re always striving to make each event better than the last! 🥳

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This is a meetup for Seattle / Eastside users of Spark [www.spark-project.org](https://spark.apache.org/), the high-speed Scala-based cluster programming framework. We'll be rotating among locations in Seattle and Bellevue.

We'll also discuss other Spark and AI projects including spark-packages, MLflow, TensorFlow, Keras, etc.

We will include introductions to the various Spark+AI features, case studies from current users, best practices for deployment and tuning, and future development plans.

Follow us on Twitter at @SparkAISeattle

🚨 Attention

• Due to restrictions at our venue, strictly no children.

🌷 Our meetup events are made possible thanks to the open source community and a group of volunteers from a diverse background doing the best they can in every event 🌟 For volunteering opportunities please fill in the details here 💟

Supporting over 9500+ software engineers and data scientists enthusiasts in the Seattle area 🌷 We provide all our meetup services free of charge thanks to generous sponsors that provide us with in kind donations in every event.

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🌟 We are looking for speakers! 🚀 Many of our members are doing amazing data science projects with open source tools. We want to hear what you are up to!

If you have a presentation of between 10 minutes up to 40 minutes that you would like to share with our meetup group, please submit a short proposal. You can propose a talk, workshop or lightning talk for our monthly meetups and TalkNights hosted in Seattle and Bellevue.

Contact our host Eloisa Elias T and help us filling out this form here 💟

The Apache Software Foundation - Software for the Public Good

Apache Spark is a multi-language engine for executing data engineering, data science, and machine learning on single-node machines or clusters.

Spark has a thriving open source community, with contributors from around the globe building features, documentation and assisting other users.

ASF’s open source software is used ubiquitously around the world with more than 8,400 committers contributing to more than 320 active projects.

By being a member of Seattle Spark + AI and/or attending our events, you are agreeing to abide by Seattle Spark + AI code of conduct.

Seattle Spark + AI reserves the rights to create events and make changes at any time and date without prior notice.

Seattle Spark + AI Code of Conduct & Anti-Harrassment Policy

Anti-Harassment Policy.
This policy is based on the one developed by Geek Feminism

Short version
Seattle Spark + AI is dedicated to a harassment-free experience for everyone.

Medium version
Seattle Spark + AI is dedicated to providing a harassment-free experience for everyone. We do not tolerate harassment of participants in any form. Sexual language and imagery will also not be tolerated in any event venue. Participants violating these rules may be sanctioned or expelled without a refund, at the discretion of the event organizers.

Full version
Seattle Spark + AI is dedicated to providing a harassment-free experience for everyone. We do not tolerate harassment of participants in any form. Participants violating these rules may be sanctioned or expelled without a refund, at the discretion of the event organizers.

Be respectful to each other. Treat everyone with respect. Participate while acknowledging that everyone deserves to be here — and each of us has the right to enjoy our experience without fear of harassment, discrimination, or condescension, whether blatant or via micro-aggressions. All forms of communication should not demean others. Consider what you are saying and how it would feel if it were said to you or about you.

Harassment includes offensive verbal comments, deliberate intimidation, stalking, following, unwanted photography or recording, sustained disruption of talks or other events, inappropriate physical contact, and unwelcome sexual attention. Participants asked to stop any harassing behaviour are expected to comply immediately.
Sexual language and imagery will not be tolerated in any event venue, including talks. Exhibitors should also refrain from using sexualised images, activities, or other material. Booth staff (including volunteers) should not use sexualised clothing/uniforms/costumes, or otherwise create a sexualised environment.

If a participant engages in harassing behaviour, the organizers may take any action they deem appropriate, including warning the offender or expulsion from the event without a refund. We expect participants to follow these rules at all event venues and related social events.

All participants of Seattle Spark + AI / Community Group events must abide by the following including but not limited policy:

1. Be excellent to each other. We want the event to be an excellent experience for everyone regardless of gender identity and expression, sexual orientation, disabilities, neurodiversity, physical appearance, body size, ethnicity, nationality, race, age, religion, or other protected category. Treat everyone with respect. Participate while acknowledging that everyone deserves to be here -- and each of us has the right to enjoy our experience without fear of harassment, discrimination, or condescension, whether blatant or via micro-aggressions. Jokes shouldn’t demean others. Consider what you are saying and how it would feel if it were said to or about you.
2. Speak up if you see or hear something. Harassment is not tolerated, and you are empowered to politely engage when you or others are disrespected. The person making you feel uncomfortable may not be aware of what they are doing, and politely bringing their behavior to their attention is encouraged. If a participant engages in harassing or uncomfortable behavior, the event organizers may take any action they deem appropriate, including warning or expelling the offender from the event with no refund. If you are being harassed or feel uncomfortable, notice that someone else is being harassed, or have any other concerns, please contact a member of the event staff immediately.
3. Harassment is not tolerated. Harassment includes, but is not limited to: verbal language that reinforces social structures of domination related to gender identity and expression, sexual orientation, disabilities, neurodiversity, physical appearance, body size, ethnicity, nationality, race, age, religion, or other protected category; sexual imagery in public spaces; deliberate intimidation; stalking; following; harassing photography or recording; sustained disruption of talks or other events; offensive verbal language; inappropriate physical contact; and unwelcome sexual attention. Participants asked to stop any harassing behavior are expected to comply immediately.
4. Practice saying "Yes and" to each other. It’s a theatre improv technique to build on each other’s ideas. We all benefit when we create together.

We have a ZERO TOLERANCE POLICY for in-person or online harassment of any kind, including but not limited to:

• Stalking/following
• Deliberate intimidation
• Harassing photography or recording
• Sustained disruption of talks or other events
• Offensive verbal language
• Verbal language that reinforces social structures of domination
• Sexual imagery and language in public spaces
• Inappropriate physical contact
• Unwelcome sexual or physical attention
• Physical or cyber threats

In relation to, but not limited to:

• Neurodiversity
• Race
• Color
• National origin
• Gender identity
• Gender expression
• Sexual orientation
• Age
• Body size
• Disabilities
• Appearance
• Religion
• Pregnancy
• Military status
• Social demographic

Participants asked to stop any harassing behavior are expected to comply immediately. Our zero tolerance policy means that we will look into and review every allegation of violation of our Event Community Guidelines and Anti-Harassment Policy and respond appropriately. To report any behavior that makes you or others feel uncomfortable, visit your event's website to file a report to your event's organizers.
This policy extends to talks, forums, workshops, codelabs, social media, all attendees, partners, sponsors, volunteers, staff, etc.

If you are being harassed, notice that someone else is being harassed, or have any other concerns, please contact a member of the event team immediately. The team can be found [registration desk location or similar].

The event team will be happy to help participants contact hotel/venue security (as available) or local law enforcement, provide escorts to walk you to/from your room/car/taxi/etc, or otherwise assist those experiencing harassment to feel safe for the duration of the event. We value your attendance.

• You can contact the event team/organizers through a message at https://www.meetup.com/seattle-spark-meetup/

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