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Why is Chicago, a city with a population around 2.8 million, impoverished when it comes to the field of landscape architecture? Are we just a city saturated in lawn chemicals? Does anyone know what landscape architecture is? This meetup group is open to anyone curious about the field of landscape architecture and how it relates to the Chicago cityscape.   You don’t have to know anything about this design field to engage in our meetups. Great diversity is preferred in order to explore these …

This is for technical writers, technical editors, instructional designers, graphic artists, communications specialists with a focus on technical documentation (so, not marketing communications, advertising, grant writing, etc.). Background: The Society for Technical Communication (STC.org) had a local chapter for many years. Due to the hike in national level membership fees and changes in the society in general, membership in the local chapter has waned to the point the chapter has shut down. …

Meet others in your local area interested in PostgreSQL: The World's Most Advanced Open Source Database. Discuss this open source database and share the tips and tricks you've learned using it.

THE HUB for: • sharing information regarding the Passive House Standard amongst Chicago Region Passive House Consultants; • assisting the proliferation of the Passive House movement in the United States both publicly and municipally; • a resource for clients investigating the use of the Passive House Standard in their next project. • a resource for the latest building science news and practice to assist the Passive House community in designing the most energy efficient buildings possible.   …

This meet-up group serves as a centralized calendar for Chicago events that are of interest to information technology professionals. We also occasionally schedule our own meetings. Our goal is to meet and network with other local IT Professionals -- employees, managers, consultants, recruiters, and IT business owners. We also welcome any non-professionals with an interest in the industry, such as students, and the ever elusive prospective customers and employers.

The AIA Chicago Young Architects Forum (YAF) is an informal group of architects, design professionals and students who are interested in furthering the discussion of design, professional development, community, and collaboration. If you are a "young" (licensed 10 years or fewer) architect, join us for intriguing educational & social events!

This group will consist of BI professionals, data consumers, data evangelists, Sharepoint developers, data & enterprise architects, and business stakeholders  looking to leverage corporate assets through the information lifecycle and capitalize on advancing technologies. During our meetings we will discuss the following topics: Data strategies and roadmaps ERP and data rationalization Master Data Management Data Governance Operational assessments  Enterprise Data Management  Design Functional & …

Welcome to the Chicago JBoss User Group Meetup Page! We are a group of JBoss enthusiasts who like to meet and discuss the latest JBoss.org projects or other Java Open Source projects. All our meetings are open to the public without any restrictions. More information: http://community.jboss.org/groups/chicago-jbug

… BROWN BAG DISCUSSIONS SCHEDULED FOR 2012 Service Applications in SharePoint MOSS Migration Planning New SharePoint Implementation Whats with the SharePoint Cloud Business Connectivity Services Architecture & Topology SharePoint & .NET Workflows Custom Content Type & Taxonomy Security, Roles and User Profile Synchronization SharePoint Search Types Generally speaking, Microsoft SharePoint 2010 makes it easier for people to work together. Using SharePoint 2010, you can set up Web sites to share …

Meet and drink beer with other local Software Developers. Discuss various programming languages and techniques, software architecture, cross-platform development, iPhone development, etc. We're an informal, social group designed to get most of us out of the office/home. Our members cover a huge cross-section of the programming industry, from web to embedded, desktop to iPhone, from Java to C++ to Haskell. If you program, either professionally or as a hobby, you'll probably get something from our …

Welcome to the enterprise search meetup group! We're excited to meet you and discuss enterprise search strategy in Chicago and the surrounding suburbs. This group's mission is to educate the Chicago IT community on enterprise search through roundtable discussions, lunch-and-learns and after-work networking events.