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Melbourne AWS User Group #157 - March 2026
š **Melbourne AWS User Group ā March Meetup** š
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Wednesday, 25 March
š NAB Events Hub ā 395 Bourke Street, Melbourne
ā° Food at 6:00 pm, talks from 6:30 pm (with live stream)
Join us for our March for our March meetup as we explore two important areas of modern cloud architecture: **security and resilience**.
This month weāll look at how organisations can improve least-privilege access using IAM Access Analyzer, and how to design highly resilient architectures using AWS fault isolation and multi-region patterns.
This monthās lineup features:
⢠**Hazra Ali**, a brand new **AWS Community Builder for 2026**, is presenting on how business analysis techniques can improve outcomes when using AWS IAM Access Analyzer.
⢠**Anshika Gupta** sharing architectural principles for building resilient systems using static stability, fault isolation, and multiple AWS Regions.
A huge thank you to our sponsors: š„ **Mantel Group ā Gold Sponsor**, š„ **Cevo ā Silver Sponsor**, š **NAB ā Venue Sponsor**
The event will be live-streamed on YouTube as always.
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šļø **Agenda**
6:00 pm ā Food & Socialising
6:30 pm ā Introductions
6:40 pm ā Whatās New in AWS
6:55 pm ā **Business Analysis in AWS IAM Access Analyzer (Level 100)**; Speaker: Hazra Ali
7:25 pm ā **Reinforcing Resilience in the Real World with Static Stability, Fault Isolation and Multiple Regions (Level 200)**; Speaker: Anshika Gupta
7:55 pm ā Marketplace (Whoās Hiring)
8:00 pm ā Networking + Close
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š¤ **Talk Details**
**Business Analysis in AWS IAM Access Analyzer**
Speaker: Hazra Ali
Level: 100
Business analysis plays a crucial role in helping organisations implement change to address challenges and leverage solutions that deliver value. AWS IAM Access Analyzer helps organisations grant precise permissions as requirements evolve, guiding users toward least privilege by enabling them to set, verify, and refine permissions.
In this presentation, Hazra will explore how business analysis practices can enhance the effectiveness of IAM Access Analyzer when solving real-world problems. The session will also discuss how AI can support business analysis workflows and assist in understanding the core concepts behind IAM Access Analyzer.
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**Reinforcing Resilience in the Real World with Static Stability, Fault Isolation and Multiple Regions**
Speaker: Anshika Gupta
Level: 200
At AWS, resilience is viewed as a continuous process, built on years of experience working with customers operating critical workloads.
In this session, Anshika will explore how to design systems using AWS fault isolation boundaries and the concept of static stability to achieve predictable recovery times and high availability.
Youāll learn:
⢠How AWS Regions are designed and operated for resilience
⢠Key architectural patterns AWS services use to maintain operations during disruptions
⢠How static stability helps maintain availability under failure conditions
⢠Practical architecture patterns for building multi-region resilience
This session will showcase design principles, best practices, and example architectures that can help you meet your resilience requirements for mission-critical workloads.
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š **Want to Speak at a Future Meetup?**
Weāre always looking for new speakers and believe everyone has an interesting talk waiting to be shared.
If youād like to present at a future event, reach out at the meetup or via our website:
š [https://melb.awsug.org.au/speak/](https://melb.awsug.org.au/speak/)
Bonk's Birthday Powerpoint Party (Drag King Party)
[LINK TO TICKETS HERE](https://www.trybooking.com/DKEHX)
A good ol-fashioned PowerPoint party for kings and things to share their inspiration, information, and hyperfixation. Learn what a drag queen trained in fine art and physics thinks of colour theory, how to build a computer inside PowerPoint, or what Waluigi's unique gender reveals about divine symmetry.
Short, funny, stupid infotainment from drag classics:
James Bonk
Zero
Silvio De Baci
Joey Rexion
JIMJAM
Plus, for the first time ever, special guests:
Jay Peg
Petey V
...and more to be announced!
Note: Pride of our Footscray is located on the first floor of a building with no elevator and is therefore not wheelchair accessible. We apologise for our reduced accessibility.
Caulfield Maccabi Toastmasters - welcoming public speaking group
**Would you like to improve at public speaking, in a fun, supportive environment?**
Come along to Toastmasters to learn how to write and deliver speeches, and have fun doing it!
Please visit [www.maccabitoastmasters.org.au](http://www.maccabitoastmasters.org.au/) and register your interest to attend in person via the **Contact Us** tab on the webpage.
We kindly ask that you arrive on time to avoid any disruption to the meeting.
**About Maccabi Toastmasters**
Maccabi Toastmasters encourages people of all ages and backgrounds to overcome public speaking nerves and to become confident and accomplished speakers!
* Would you like to improve your public speaking and presentation skills for work or school?
* How about overcoming the anxiety and challenge of providing constructive feedback and performance evaluations at work?
* Maybe you're looking to change jobs and would like to brush up on your communication skills and really impress the interviewer?
* Are you feeling anxious about an up-and-coming speech you have to give at a special event? A Birthday, Wedding, Anniversary, Bar Mitzvah/Bat Mitzvah, Engagement Party or Corporate function?
* Would you like to improve leadership skills?
* Maybe you're just looking to have fun by sharing your thoughts and stories in a entertaining and friendly social environment?
If you answered YES or MAYBE to any of the above, then you've found the right club!
Join us at our next meeting and see how friendly and entertaining our club is. Just come along and have some fun!
**What to know before attending a meeting**
Please **visit www.maccabitoastmasters.org.au/directions.html** for meeting information and directions.
Our website is a great starting place to find out more about the club and what to expect when attending your first meeting.
To assist us in running the meetings smoothly, we kindly ask you register your interest at least one day before attending.
Please note that video recording of the meeting or speaker is not allowed, with exception granted only by written permission from the club executive committee.
KMLF March 2026 - Making your AI trustworthy
Have you ever met someone who really wants to learn guitar, but rather than have Lessons, they just watch hundreds and hundreds of YouTube videos? No order, no progressing skill and not even the same genre of music? That is how most people are approaching AI right now and Knowledge Management has something BIG to say about that.
When businesses say āMy system is hallucinatingā, KMers hear āI fed my system a bunch of random data, why is it saying random things??ā. Two words have been missing and are now taking off, in fact some are calling it a $billion industry. Context and Provenance.
Come along to KMLF for a different session. We will be watching a recent discussion from one of the top voices in this field and learning and discussing what it means for us as we help guide our organisations to a better AI (and knowledge) future.
Thanks again to MinterEllison, who host the amazing space we meet in each month.
**Session Details:**
* **Date & Time:** 6:00pm AEDST, Fourth Wednesday of each month
* **Format:** Minter Ellison and on Teams
* **Agenda:**
* 6-6:30 pm networking
* 6:30-7:45pm exploration of the topic
* 7:45-8pm wrap up
* 8pm dinner for those interested.
KMLF has run monthly, almost uninterrupted since 1998, serving the Victorian Knowledge Management community with close ties to Change Mgt, Records Mgt, Information Governance and Academic communities.
The Secret Lives of Colour - March 2026 Big Ideas Book Club
**The Secret Lives of Colour, by Kassia St Clair**
The Secret Lives of Colour tells the unusual stories of the 75 most fascinating shades, dyes and hues. From blonde to ginger, the brown that changed the way battles were fought to the white that protected against the plague, Picassoās blue period to the charcoal on the cave walls at Lascaux, acid yellow to kelly green, and from scarlet women to imperial purple, these surprising stories run like a bright thread throughout history.
In this book Kassia St Clair has turned her lifelong obsession with colours and where they come from (whether Van Goghās chrome yellow sunflowers or punkās fluorescent pink) into a unique study of human civilisation. Across fashion and politics, art and war, The Secret Lives of Colour tell the vivid story of our culture.
Exam Preparation Events This Week
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How is it that you can Help kids or yourself to become a better student!
Too many kids as well as teenagers and adults have problems with study.
Today's meetup will inform you about the basics in STUDY TECHNOLOGY that provides an understanding of the basics of learning and supplies exact ways to overcome all the pitfalls one can encounter during study. This is applicable to young children, teenagers (or their parents that are trying to help them) and adults alike.
Study Technology shows how one studies in order to comprehend a subject so one can apply it. Laws on which learning is based and workable methods have also been discovered for anyone to apply for themselves or when teaching others.
Too many students graduate from school and college unable to put to use what theyāve learned in school.
Itās not that theyāre stupid or that their teachers didnāt know how to teach.
More than likely it traces back to the one thing missing from most educationsālearning how to learn in the first place.
We all went to school, yet isnāt it odd that no one taught us how to study?
The information presented at this meetup can help anyone improve others or his own ability to learn.
It is a practical tool that parents and teachers alike can use to enhance a child's study performance. Youāll learn the barriers that lie between your own or a child's education.
And you will very quickly learn how to overcome them.
This technology will enable you or a child to pursue any subject with skill and confidence.
Teachers who have "hard to handle/distributive " or slow learners in class will absolutely love the amazing turn around most often seen in improved behaviour and student performance in class.
If you or your child has difficulties at school (or learning new things at work or online) than this meetup is important to you.
If you can not make it to our meetup than contact the organizer and arrange it to suit your time.
This technology can if one was to live far away be taught online. (extension course)
You may offcourse also opt to have this technology taught to your own child by experienced volunteeer staff or learn about this yourself and transfer this knowledge to those you want to have better grades.
Yes it is possible to improve anyone's study performance. All it takes is just 5 steps.
See you at this meetup.
Pam
The Aquarian Tea Party - Creating your own Sigil
Tickets required: $50 via TryBooking: https://www.trybooking.com/DKUCD
Location: Carlton (exact venue/address sent after ticket purchase).
What it is: a structured gathering ā tea ritual + guided conversation + guided sigil-making. Tea-only (no food). Bring a notebook if you like. Looking forward to seeing you there.
**The Aquarian Tea Party - Creating your own Sigil**
*Ceremony, Connection, Contemplation: Sacred Tea as Ritual, Conversation as Insight*
The Aquarian Tea Party invites you to an intimate gathering in a small circle of shared space, presence, and reflection.
We begin with the simple alchemy of making and drinking tea, allowing scent and warmth to do what they do best: gather the mind and open a space where thought can deepen. This is a way of meeting one another in a calm, shared rhythm.
Tea is approached not as refreshment alone, but as a medium for slowing perception and cultivating attention. Silence and conversation move naturally between one another, allowing the group to arrive fully.
From this stillness, we turn to a short (12-minute) video introduction to sigils: symbolic forms shaped by intentionāletters, marks, and geometries arranged to hold a clear inner statement. Historically used across esoteric, mystical, and philosophical traditions, sigils function as focal points for meditation, inner alignment, and energetic inquiry.
The film introduces both symbolic and geometrical sigils, including forms drawn from sacred geometry, and considers their use in contemplative, protective, and balancing practices. We will touch on several families of forms, including geometric structures such as the triangle, hexagram, the Flower of Life, and related patterns that have long carried metaphysical meaning.
Afterward, we will engage in a guided discussion, not to reach consensus, but to deepen understanding. This is a space for nuance, interpretation, and careful listening.
Our discussion follows in the spirit of shared inquiry: reflective rather than declarative, curious rather than certain. This is a room for nuanceāfor those who enjoy ideas with texture, and who can sit with mystery without needing it to become a slogan.
The final portion of the gathering invites participants to create their own sigils under gentle guidance. This process emphasizes clarity of intention, symbolic coherence, and embodied awareness rather than outcome-driven practice. No prior experience is requiredāonly curiosity, patience, and respect for complexity. Please get your tickets here: **https://www.trybooking.com/DKUCD**
https://www.theteaparty.com.au/
Rapid Software Testing and AI | Melbourne
š Rapid Software Testing and AI (RST:AI) ā Live in Melbourne
š Melbourne, Australia
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March 30 ā April 1, 2026
š 3-Day Intensive Workshop
AI is transforming how software is built. But how should testing evolve alongside it?
Join world-renowned software testing leader Michael Bolton for an immersive three-day Rapid Software Testing and AI (RST:AI) workshop, delivered live and in person in Melbourne.
Hosted by Salt Talent Solutions, this hands-on class explores how testers and engineering teams can critically evaluate automation and AI while applying them effectively in real-world testing work.
This is not just another testing workshop.
Itās an opportunity to rethink how testing works in the age of AI.
š¤ Meet Your Instructor
\- Michael Bolton
Global software testing expert and co-creator of Rapid Software Testing (RST).
Michael has trained thousands of testers worldwide and is known for helping teams develop deeper skills in critical thinking, investigative testing, and quality analysis.
In this class, he will explore how testers can responsibly and effectively integrate automation and AI into modern testing practices.
š” What Youāll Learn
Over three dynamic days, participants will explore:
ā How to critically evaluate AI and automation in testing
ā Practical ways to apply AI-enabled tools to real testing problems
ā How to sharpen analytical thinking and investigative testing skills
ā Techniques for testing AI-enabled systems responsibly
ā The role of human judgment in an increasingly automated world
šÆ Who Should Attend
This workshop is ideal for:
⢠Software Testers & QA Engineers
⢠Automation Engineers
⢠Developers working closely with testing teams
⢠Product & Engineering Leaders
⢠Test Managers and Quality Leaders
⢠Anyone interested in the intersection of AI and software testing
If you want to strengthen your ability to analyse, question, and test modern systems, this workshop will transform how you approach your work.
š Why This Workshop Matters
AI is rapidly reshaping software development.
But successful testing requires more than tools ā it requires critical thinking, observation, and exploration.
This workshop helps you understand:
\- What AI can realistically do in testing
\- Where human expertise remains essential
How to balance automation with investigative testing
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Event Details
š Location: Melbourne, Australia
š Dates: March 30 ā April 1, 2026
š Format: Live, in-person workshop
š Explore the Workshop Agenda
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Seats for this hands-on training workshop are limited.
Join us in Melbourne and learn how to apply Rapid Software Testing principles in the age of AI.
Beginners/Intermediate Social Tennis - Fridays @ Albert Park (6:00-8:00pm)
**Details:**
Beginner/Intermediate level social tennis session. Run by the Albert Park Tennis and Hockey Centre
Cost: $22 per person (EFT payment) for 2 hours of tennis. Free for members. Please check into the hut prior to joining a court.
This session is designed for all levels of players, for the opportunity to meet other players, improve their tennis skills, and have enjoy some friendly, competitive tennis matches.
This is the perfect time to test your in-game skills without having to enter a proper competition. Tennis balls are provided. Please try and bring your own racquet if possible.
**Rules:**
* Team up with another player to form a doubles team. Doubles only games.
* 2 teams (a group of 4 players), play a **best of 8 games**.
* Each person serves twice
* Deuce = one point only, ie. Sudden death point.
* The receivers can choose which player on their team receives.
* If the score is 4-4, both teams play a singular 'golden point' to determine the winner..
**Rotation:**
* Winners remain on the same court. Losers move to the next court up
* Court 1 onto Court 2 onto Court 3 etc..
Beginners/Intermediate Social Tennis Sundays @ Albert Park (3:00-6:00pm
## Details
**Details:**
Beginner/Intermediate level social tennis session. Run by the Albert Park Tennis and Hockey Centre
Cost: $22 per person (EFT payment) for 2 hours of tennis. Free for members. Please check into the hut prior to joining a court.
This session is designed for all levels of players, for the opportunity to meet other players, improve their tennis skills, and have enjoy some friendly, competitive tennis matches.
This is the perfect time to test your in-game skills without having to enter a proper competition. Tennis balls are provided. Please try and bring your own racquet if possible.
**Rules:**
* Team up with another player to form a doubles team. Doubles only games.
* 2 teams (a group of 4 players), play a **best of 8 games**.'
* Each person serves twice
* Deuce = one point only, ie. Sudden death point.
* The receivers can choose which player on their team receives.
* If the score is 4-4, both teams play a singular 'golden point' to determine the winner..
**Rotation:**
* Winners remain on the same court. Losers move to the next court up
* Court 1 onto Court 2 onto Court 3 etc..
English Corner
Friendly, Relaxed, Supportive. Join our welcoming English conversation club for international students! Practice speaking, learn new vocabulary, and make friends in a relaxed, judgment-free environment. Sessions are led by a qualified English teacher and hosted by a caring Christian community. Everyone is welcome, and no beliefs are imposed ā just good conversation and a great place to belong.
LTP Events: AI, Product & What Actually Matters with Dr. Marily Nika
**AI, Product & What Actually Matters with Dr. Marily Nika**
LTP Events is coming to Melbourne ā and this one is something special.
For one night only, weāre bringing one of the worldās most influential AI Product Leaders to our community. Based in Silicon Valley, Dr. Marily Nika is an award-winning GenAI Product Leader, bestselling author, Harvard Fellow, TED AI / TEDx speaker, and the creator of Mavenās first and top-rated AI PM Certification.
With 12+ years building at Google and Meta, a PhD in Machine Learning, and more than 20,000 students taught globally, Marily sits at the intersection of cutting-edge AI and real-world product leadership. Sheās been featured in Fortune and TechCrunch, recognised as Amplitudeās Most Influential Product Leader, Fortune 40 Under 40, and named among the Top 100 Women in Tech.
This is rare access to someone operating at the very highest levels of AI and product ā and sheās joining us for an intimate, candid conversation with Brainmates CCO Kathryn Shepherd-King.
Together, theyāll explore what it really means to build AI-powered products today:
* Where the hype ends and hard decisions begin
* How GenAI is reshaping the role of product leaders
* What separates AI experiments from real impact
* And how to think clearly when the technology is moving faster than your roadmap
Expect thoughtful discussion, practical insights, and honest reflections from someone shaping the global AI product conversation in real time.
Surrounding the conversation is what LTP does best: a relaxed, no-pressure space to connect with fellow product leaders, builders, and thinkers navigating the same questions. Just smart people, meaningful dialogue, and conversations that continue long after the chat ends.
**Evening timeline**
5.30 ā 6.00pm: Arrive, grab a drink, and connect
6.00 ā 6.40pm: Fireside chat with Dr. Marily Nika plus Q&A
6.40 ā 7.30pm: Networking, conversation, and connection
Hosted at the great Easygo space, weāll have light food and drinks covered ā all we ask is that you bring your curiosity and good energy.
Plus! Everyone who attends goes into the draw to win 2 free tickets to LTP 2026. Simply show up, connect, and you could be heading to Australiaās best product conference in May!
This is a rare opportunity to hear directly from one of the most respected voices in AI product ā without flying to Silicon Valley.
Please RSVP if you are keen to attend and they will be capped but donāt stress, late cancellations are okay.
We canāt wait to host you for this one.
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Pranic Healing Level I - PH I--- DAY 2 of 2
MCKS PRANIC HEALINGĀ® Level I
In PRANIC HEALINGĀ® Level 1, you learn the basics of working with your energy aura, including learning to "scan," or feel the energy, to "sweep," or clean away congested energy, and to "energize," or supplement areas in your aura that have a pranic deficiency.
PRANIC HEALINGĀ® has been taught to doctors, nurses, massage
therapists, acupuncturists, chiropractors, shiatsu practitioners, and many others in the healing field. It has allowed them to heal confidently and consistently in the shortest learning time possible. These professionals find PRANIC HEALINGĀ® very effective and easy to apply.
Other topics covered in PRANIC HEALINGĀ® Level 1:
Energetic anatomy: You will learn to work with the network of chakras, meridians and auras to accelerate the healing processes of your body.
Preventive healing: You will learn to remove the negative energetic patterns of a disease to prevent it from fully manifesting as a physical ailment.
Self-Pranic healing: You will learn to apply these healing techniques to accelerate your own healing.
Step-by-step techniques for ailments related to your:
respiratory system, e.g., asthma,; circulatory system, e.g., heart ailments; gastrointestinal system, e.g., irritable bowel syndrome; musculoskeletal system, e.g., arthritis and back pain; reproductive system, e.g., menstrual problems. You'll also learn how to address common problems as migraines and sinusitis.
Additionally, you'll learn to apply distant healing to loved ones who are not present in the room with you.
All PRANIC HEALINGĀ® courses are "experiential," which means that you learn by actually performing the techniques and exercises in class - on yourself and those around you. During class, all the principles will be explained thoroughly and you will practice the techniques exhaustively so you will be confident in your ability to produce positive results when you finish the course.
This is Day 2 of 2 Attendance at day one is required to attend day 2.
The Course text book is Choa Kok Sui, "Miracles through Pranic Healing" Please bring this with you to class.
PRANIC HEALINGĀ® Level 1 is a prerequisite to all other GMCKS courses.
For those interested to review the class...Review fee is only $75!!
LOOK AT THIS!! Review for FREE when you bring a new student to class with you.
Omnipresent Atheists Weekly Meetup (1st Tues)
Jimmy V's Grill & Pub in Grandview Heights. You are responsible for your own meal/drinks. We usually don't have any agenda other than eat, drink and talk. :) If the weather is nice we will be on the back patio, otherwise we are in the cigar room.
This group has been meeting every Tuesday evening for over a decade. Many attendees do not RSVP on meetup. Please don't let the small number here discourage you. Anyone/everyone is welcome to come. We'd love to have you join us.
COTA bus #5 comes to W. 5th and Wyandotte Rd. And it's a minute walk to the restaurant.
Did you know that there are atheists everywhere?!?! You may not know it, but we are! We're in your schools, diners, police force, military, government, and some are even still in your churches! So come and join us and meet other local atheists, along with agnostics, heathens, humanists, skeptics, and anyone else who's 'hell bound'!
Vision: a Central Ohio that accepts atheism as a viable alternative in all areas of public and private life.
Mission: grow, support, and provide community for atheists in Central Ohio.
Social meetings held most Tuesdays at a local pub/restaurant at 7:00 PM (and often into the wee hours). Attendees call themselves agnostics, skeptics, humanists, non-theists, deists or even theists. All attendees are welcome but should support our vision.
Atheists of Columbus (AoC) is part of Omnipresent Atheists (OA). AoC members are invited to join this OA meetup and/or OA Facebook group ( https://www.facebook.com/groups/omnipresentatheists/ ) but are free to continue conversations on the AoC Facebook group ( https://www.facebook.com/groups/columbusatheists/ ). AoC was founded in 2012 as a networking, social group for Central Ohio area humanists, skeptics, atheists, agnostics, nonbelievers, freethinkers, and the curious. It was a member of Columbus CoR and held weekly meetings, mostly on Fridays, for several years but then operated as an online only group for some time. In November 2018, Omnipresent Atheists (OA), a group that routinely meets on Tuesdays, invited AoC to merge.
Omnipresent Atheists is a member of the Columbus Coalition of Reason (ColumbusCoR.org). Omnipresent Atheists is a member of the Columbus Coalition of Reason ( http://www.ColumbusCoR.org ). Omnipresent Atheists endorses the mission of the Secular Coalition for America ( http://secular.org ).
This group has been meeting every Tuesday evening for over a decade. Many attendees do not RSVP on meetup. Please don't let the small number here discourage you. Anyone/everyone is welcome to come. We'd love to have you join us.
Psychic Development Series II - Pueo Group
Private Group. Closed to the Public
Knowing ourselves and understanding our abilities is the first step toward wielding our gifts with control and accuracy.
In subsequent classes we will verify and hone our talents with activities and discussion. These are hands-on workshops and participation is expected.
The goal of our series will be to develop expertise in areas of particular interest such as mediumship, channeling, divination, healing and, etc.. Our ultimate directions will be determined by class members as we evolve.
I look forward to sharing and discovering with you. - Cynthia
Omnipresent Atheists Weekly Meetup (2nd Tues)
Jimmy V's Grill & Pub in Grandview Heights. You are responsible for your own meal/drinks. We usually don't have any agenda other than eat, drink and talk. :) If the weather is nice we will be on the back patio, otherwise we are in the cigar room.
This group has been meeting every Tuesday evening for over a decade. Many attendees do not RSVP on meetup. Please don't let the small number here discourage you. Anyone/everyone is welcome to come. We'd love to have you join us.
COTA bus #5 comes to W. 5th and Wyandotte Rd. And it's a minute walk to the restaurant.
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Did you know that there are atheists everywhere?!?! You may not know it, but we are! We're in your schools, diners, police force, military, government, and some are even still in your churches! So come and join us and meet other local atheists, along with agnostics, heathens, humanists, skeptics, and anyone else who's 'hell bound'!
Vision: a Central Ohio that accepts atheism as a viable alternative in all areas of public and private life.
Mission: grow, support, and provide community for atheists in Central Ohio.
Social meetings held most Tuesdays at a local pub/restaurant at 7:00 PM (and often into the wee hours). Attendees call themselves agnostics, skeptics, humanists, non-theists, deists or even theists. All attendees are welcome but should support our vision.
Atheists of Columbus (AoC) is part of Omnipresent Atheists (OA). AoC members are invited to join this OA meetup and/or OA Facebook group ( https://www.facebook.com/groups/omnipresentatheists/ ) but are free to continue conversations on the AoC Facebook group ( https://www.facebook.com/groups/columbusatheists/ ). AoC was founded in 2012 as a networking, social group for Central Ohio area humanists, skeptics, atheists, agnostics, nonbelievers, freethinkers, and the curious. It was a member of Columbus CoR and held weekly meetings, mostly on Fridays, for several years but then operated as an online only group for some time. In November 2018, Omnipresent Atheists (OA), a group that routinely meets on Tuesdays, invited AoC to merge.
Omnipresent Atheists is a member of the Columbus Coalition of Reason (ColumbusCoR.org). Omnipresent Atheists is a member of the Columbus Coalition of Reason ( http://www.ColumbusCoR.org ). Omnipresent Atheists endorses the mission of the Secular Coalition for America ( http://secular.org ).
Using Philosophy to Cope with Current Events
So this month's prompt is more general. I think we can all agree that we are living in "unique" times that require coping skills. I think that one role and/or purpose of philosophy is to help us deal with our daily lives and our "unique" times. So, let's share our feelings and thoughts about which philosopher/philosophy we turn to in order to deal with our crazy events. Who/what helps you stay focused in your daily life and helps you sleep at night. I find that Stoicism with a little philosophical pessimism mixed in goes a long way in helping me deal with what I see as very destructive, fearful and mean spirited public policies at both the state and federal levels. Hope to see you on March 28th!
In-Person Event: The Answers to Depression & Anxiety
This is an in-person meeting. At this meeting you will get answers to depression and anxiety. Find out the source of them and how to get rid of them.
Did you know that unwanted emotions like anxiety, depression, unhappiness, loneliness, hopelessness, anger, fear, or feelings of irritation donāt just fall on you for no reason. They are not random occurrences that simply happen to people's minds. They are definitely not due to a chemical imbalance in your brain from some nebulous chemical reaction "by chance".
Your negative emotions are the symptoms of the painful experiences that you have which are not healed, and which are still affecting you.
The effects of these painful experiences are exacerbated by the pressures or difficulties of the other problems in your life.
Come to our Meetup, where we can introduce you to some of the knowledge, tools and techniques of the breakthroughs in the field of the mind that we can apply to this ever important area of life.
Be sure to click on the red "Attend" button below to come to this local event. We look forward to seeing you there.
This group is created by the Hubbard Dianetics Foundation of Central Ohio and Church of Scientology of Central Ohio.
From Web Forms to Web Components - Burton Smith
**Important time note:** Please plan on arriving between 5:30 and 6:00 as the elevators lock after 6 and you'll need to message us and we'll need to come get you.
The building address is 4450 Bridge Park
The entrance is 6620 Mooney St, Suite 400
**Abstract**
Web Forms gave .NET developers a powerful abstraction for building reusable UI controls long before design systems were a thing. Web Components finally bring that same idea to the browser natively.
This session explores how the Web Forms mindset translates into Custom Elements, Shadow DOM, and HTML templates. Weāll examine how Web Components enable design systems that work across frameworks, how they differ from serverādriven controls, and why theyāre becoming a foundational layer for modern UI. Whether youāre maintaining legacy apps or building greenfield projects, youāll leave with a practical understanding of how to apply familiar patterns in a modern, standardsābased way.
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