Tuesday, August 6, 2013
6:30 PM

  •  
    1624 Westport Road, Kansas City, MO (map)
    39.050163 -94.604950

    3101 Troost (Corner of 31st & Troost-east side)
  • Join us at Connecting For Good, Inc. for our:
    Monthly Digital Literacy meeting for Trainers & Mentors.
    Help teach people how to connect to and use the Internet.
    Some of the topics we cover are listed below:
    1. Computer Basics
    2. Keyboarding skills
    3. Mousing Around
    4. Search for jobs online
    5. Apply for jobs online
    6. Intro to Social Media
    7. Intro to Google Drive and Docs
    We provide one on one or group sessions at our training lab to give people the skills they need to find resources online to continue educating themselves so they can better their lives.
    We will have a short orientation session to get to know our volunteers, & determine if you want to be a trainer or mentor. We also have need for PC refurbishing help.
    Trainers will lead a class, assess the learners skills and ensure the learners complete at least 2 (two) class sessions.
    Mentors will assist a trainer, by helping any learners that need assistance with current lesson, each mentor will help 5 learners. You may assist them with using the mouse, where to type the URL, how to save a file, graphic or bookmark a webpage.
    We want to make sure we all follow a common theme when doing the digital literacy training for Connecting For Good.
    Questions: please call Dan @ 913.608.9392  8a-5p.

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    Tuesday, August 6, 2013
    7:00 PM
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    410 N Second, Lawrence, KS (map)

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    Monday, August 5, 2013
    6:00 PM

  • http://www.meetup.com/KCGeekNight/events
    1815 Wyandotte Street, Kansas City, MO (map)
    39.091278 -94.585899

    Look for the laptops and introduce yourself
  • Join us at Snow & Co! The "Drink Exchange" is a stock market style big screen that adjusts drink prices according to demand. Pretty cool stuff and it lasts at least through happy hour, which is from 4-7.
    Bring a laptop, bring a friend or co-worker, and by all means bring whatever you're working on. We all come from different development backgrounds but historically this group plays well together. We help solve challenges (code and otherwise) and often wander into the latest tech news conversations as well.
    See you at Snow!
    *A note for our tech recruiter friends: We get calls all day long from people trying to hire us away. Please respect the fact that we come to geek night to talk shop and geek out. You're welcome to do the same, but if you think you're going to recruit some devs, please look elsewhere.

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    Tuesday, August 13, 2013
    5:30 PM to

  •  
    Needs a location
  • Hey everyone, Ariel and I will be back in Kansas City for a week in early August. Want to have a hack night?
    I suggest the theme of the night be building and reusing existing tools for our Brigade.
    • Lets make a cool website!
    • Lets get an ideation tool! 
    • We could use a team formation service! 
    • Lets design graphics for our fine works! 
    • We can write much needed community outreach materials!

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    Wednesday, July 31, 2013
    12:00 AM
     
  •  
    Please take time to participate in our Group Interest Survey (http://www.castiam.com/survey/index.php/734388).
    We would like to know the what, when and where we should consider future "meetups", and also any other local Big Data groups that you are a participant. It should take approximately a years worth of your time (realistically about 5 minutes but I'll err on the safe side). Thanks in advance!
    http://www.castiam.com/survey/index.php/734388

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    SMCKC August Breakfast: Social Media Burnout (What To Do About It) | 7:30-9 a.m., August 2

    Buy Tickets Here

    We've all had the dream. Yet, unless you're someone who has unplugged (either permanently or temporarily), it's never become reality. So we march ahead, creating, reading, and sharing content all in the pursuit of . . . well, in the pursuit of whatever motivates us to spend so much damn time on social media.

    Join us at the August 2013 #SMCKC breakfast, 7:30 to 9 a.m. on August 2 at Think Big Partners (1800 Baltimore Ave., 6th floor), as we address the smoldering question: If social media isn't going away, how do you avoid burning out and still maintaining your love for getting all those likes?

    We'll hear from a panel of Kansas City's most prolific content creators in addition to some who thought they had given up social media . . . only to get pulled back in again.

    Featured Panelists and Their Twitter Bios

    Ramsey Mohsen - @rm - Director of Social @DEGdigital, geek, co-founder of @kcsweaterparty, tech reporter, web strategist, speaker, YouTube vlogger! Work hard, do good, and have fun.

    Brooke Beason - @brookebeason - "Engagement catalyst. Passionate about aesthetics, running & a place called Utopia. Channel Strategist @meerskc"

    Doug Weinbrenner - @dougweinbrenner - "Digital Bridge Builder at @IntouchSol. I've listened to preachers, I've listened to fools. I've watched all the dropouts who make their own rules."

    Alexis Ceule - @alexisceule - "Social Media Mamapreneur-Chief Engagement Officer: Making ur brand social via word o mouse! I love me some @Train and I'll shoot u on MWII as KUfans2009"

    Mike Brown of The Brainzooming Group, a strategy and innovation consulting firm, will moderate the discussion. He blogs daily on creativity and innovation, tweets links incessantly, and shares way too many cat pictures on Facebook

    Don't let #SMBurnout ruin your day, life, career, or love for pictures of cute animals.
    Buy your tickets now and we'll see you on Friday!


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    Tuesday, July 30, 2013
    7:00 PM

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    1526 Walnut Street, Kansas City, MO (map)
    39.094872 -94.582489

  • Open to anyone in the area who is interested in developing video games. In order to have a little structure, we'll try to do a couple things each week:
    • Introduce new members. What have you worked on, game related or not? What do you want to work on next?
    • Discuss this week's conversation starter. Some article, video or game that we can dig into a little.
    • Members can present any games they're working on, for feedback or just to brag.
    Of course, it's all very informal. The main goal is interesting conversation(s) about our passion.
    Looking forward to it!

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    Tuesday, July 30, 2013
    6:00 PM

  • 8700 State Line Road, Leawood, KS (map)
    38.969131 -94.609184

  • Mark Scott will give us an overview of PLINQO, a data-tier code generation framework from CodeSmith.
    Sogeti will be providing food.

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    Thursday, August 15, 2013
    7:00 PM

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    5500 Antioch Rd, Mission, KS (map)
    39.028984 -94.688156

  • The stars of Mystery Science Theater 3000® are back in select cinemas nationwide on Thursday, August 15th for only one night in a hilarious never-before-seen take on the king of modern campy sci-fi epics: Starship Troopers. Join Michael J. Nelson, Kevin Murphy and Bill Corbett of RiffTrax.com on Thursday, August 15th LIVE at 8:00pm ET / 7:00pm CT and taped-delayed to 7:00pm MT/ 8:00pm PT for a hilarious riff on this masterpiece of alien slaughter propaganda! This one-night event will be your only chance to see the guys fire their wisecracking commentary at Starship Troopers on the big screen. Visit http://www.fandango.com/rifftraxlive:starshiptroopers_165448/movietimes for tickets

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    Friday, August 2, 2013
    8:00 PM

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    3051 Central in Penn Valley Park, Kansas City, MO (map)
    39.104173 -94.599852

  • Self-proclaimed superstars of the Kansas City cabaret scene, Redd Skyy and Nada von Darling decided that it was time. Destiny demanded that they act or else it would be simply too late. Fate called to them as they moved through their quest to unite the queendom of Burlesque and the empire of Nerds in a peaceful and fruitful union.

    Join us on August 2nd, 2013 for Freaks and Geeks, a nerdlesque show of epic proportions hosted by the fantastical Just Off Broadway Theatre at 3051 Central Ave, KCMO, 64108.

    Doors open at 8pm.
    Show begins at 9pm.
    $10 at the door.

    Redd and Nada recruited the bestest and brightest companions for their journey through all of space and time. You certainly don't want to miss performances by:
    -> Annie Cherry
    -> Goldie Goldstein
    -> Marie DeMars
    -> Eartha Delights
    -> Annie Thrax
    -> Sweet Louise
    -> Cher D. Blame
    -> Yvette D. Sin
    -> Violet Vendetta
    -> Ivanna Rockafella
    And, of course, Redd and Nada too!

    Chris "The Beard" Arnone will be the master of ceremonies, narrating this captivating tale that will echo throughout the night while the exquisite K.P. O'Malley will be the cutest kitten you ever did see! 

    This is a show you do not want to miss. Achievement unlocked!

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    Monday, July 29, 2013
    6:00 PM

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    1815 Wyandotte Street, Kansas City, MO (map)
    39.091278 -94.585899

    Look for the laptops and introduce yourself
  • Join us at Snow & Co! The "Drink Exchange" is a stock market style big screen that adjusts drink prices according to demand. Pretty cool stuff and it lasts at least through happy hour, which is from 4-7.
    Bring a laptop, bring a friend or co-worker, and by all means bring whatever you're working on. We all come from different development backgrounds but historically this group plays well together. We help solve challenges (code and otherwise) and often wander into the latest tech news conversations as well.
    See you at Snow!
    *A note for our tech recruiter friends: We get calls all day long from people trying to hire us away. Please respect the fact that we come to geek night to talk shop and geek out. You're welcome to do the same, but if you think you're going to recruit some devs, please look elsewhere.

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    Thursday, August 1, 2013
    6:00 PM to

  • http://www.meetup.com/IxDAkc/events
    1815 Wyandotte Street, Kansas City, MO (map)
    39.091248 -94.585709

  • Hi, IxDAers!
    For our next social event, we can discuss the intersection between UX and sci-fi. Here's a few UX-themed sci-fi articles (except the last two):
    1. Make It So: Five Lessons in Interaction Design from Star Trek
    2. What Movie UIs Say About the Future
    3. Browse This Awesome Collection Of Sci-Fi Interfaces
    4. On Iron Man and UX
    5. Designing Down from Science Fiction: A Staged Approach
    6. The Color of Sick Bay
    7. When Spock Sang About The Hobbit
    8. Star Trek Continues
    See you soon!
    - Brian, Dee, & Will

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    Thursday, August 1, 2013
    7:00 PM

  •  
    440 E 63 ST, Kansas City, MO (map)
    39.013630 -94.582695

    Come through the main door
  • We currently meet every Thursday in our new shared work space.  Meetings start at 7pm and are open to all those interested. If your interested in seeing what we're all about, come on a Thursday to see all the current projects. When you get here just give us a call and we'll come let you in. The number down in the cave is (202) 621-2252.

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    Monday, July 29, 2013
    6:00 PM to

    http://www.meetup.com/DevOps-Kansas-City/events
    1800 Baltimore Avenue, Kansas City, MO (map)
    39.091663 -94.584831


  • Michael Ducy from OpsCode will be talking about "DudeOps: Why The Big Lebowski is About your IT project"!
    Abstract: In this off colored talk, I'll cover the major players of cult favorite The Big Lebowski and how those players map to the people you are likely to encounter when executing an IT project. Successful IT projects are often more about the organizational issues you'll encounter rather than the technical issues. In this talk, we'll cover some of the "characters" of IT you will encounter on your journey, and how to overcome them. For fun, we will draw from the characters of The Big Lebowski, as well as the Dude's experiences, in order to help you navigate your organization. After all, "All the Dude ever wanted was his project done."

    Suggest Lightning Talks and more topics!!

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    Tuesday, July 30, 2013
    7:00 PM

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    1526 Walnut Street, Kansas City, MO (map)
    39.094872 -94.582489

  • Open to anyone in the area who is interested in developing video games. In order to have a little structure, we'll try to do a couple things each week:
    • Introduce new members. What have you worked on, game related or not? What do you want to work on next?
    • Discuss this week's conversation starter. Some article, video or game that we can dig into a little.
    • Members can present any games they're working on, for feedback or just to brag.
    Of course, it's all very informal. The main goal is interesting conversation(s) about our passion.
    Looking forward to it!

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    Tuesday, July 30, 2013
    6:00 PM

    http://www.meetup.com/KC-NET-User-Group/events
  • Needs a location
  • Mark Scott will give us an overview of PLINQO, a data-tier code generation framework from CodeSmith.
    Sogeti will be providing food.

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    This week's meeting is sponsored by  PCM Resources
    Chris Miller, Senior Database Administrator from Vinsolutions (part of Autotrader.com) will be presenting: SQL Server Always On in Production
    Overview: SQL Server 2012 AlwaysOn is a set of established features in SQL Server and Windows integrated together to provide a flexible solution for high availability.  This discussion will be centered around the practicalities of building and managing an AlwaysOn configuration in a high-traffic SQL Server installation.  Requirements and concerns will be covered in depth, and there will be lots of time for questions and answers.
    1.  Our Architecture and Requirements
    High availability  
    Future expansion to multi-site without rebuilding everything
    Very high transaction volume
    Replication Support
    2.  Our AlwaysOn implementation
    Availability group with asynchronous mirroring and replication fallthrough
    Two identical servers with internal storage
    Backups on main server
    Windows Server 2012 for cross-subnet clustering
    3.  How we deployed AlwaysOn
    Waited for a hardware refresh cycle and did parallel testing
    4.  Concerns and Gotchas
    Trace flag for replication
                Network speed between mirrors and primary    

    General SQL Server 2012 upgrade issues


    Please note, this will be an afternoon meeting at the Microsoft office, drinks and snacks will be available.
    Meeting Schedule for Thursday, July 25th, 2013:
    • 2:30 - 2:45 - Greeting and Housekeeping
    • 2:45 - 4:15 - SQL Server Always On in Production
    • 4:15 - 4:30 - Door Prizes and wrap up
    We look forward to seeing you all soon!
    Location:
    Microsoft
    10801 Mastin St.
    Suite 620
    Overland Park, KS  66210

    Other Upcoming events:
    24 Hours of PASS
    24 free online SQL Training sessions coming up July 31st

    Kansas City SQL Saturday #191
    Full day of close to free training in your own backyard coming up September 14th.
    2013 PASS Summit
    If you are planning to attend the   2013 PASS Summit in Charlotte, NC (October 15-18), use the following discount code when registering (SUM899CH) 
    This code entitles you to $150 off the registration fee and will help to raise funds for our local chapter.

    KC SQL Server User Group web site: http://kansascity.sqlpass.org/


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    Thursday, July 25, 2013
    7:00 PM

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    1810 Cherry St # 100, Kansas City, MO (map)
    39.091053 -94.576996

  • Python for Microsoft Office (using PTVS):
    Caleb will be discussing Python for Microsoft Office using Python Tools for Visual Studio.
    Virtualenv:
    Jon Smajda will tell you why you're doing it wrong if you're not using virtualenv.
    Functional Web Testing Without Selenium (the Good, The Bad, and the Horrible):
    Chip Warden will demonstrate using mechanize and BeautifulSoup as an alternative to Selenium for functional web testing.
    Lighting Talks:
    We'd love to hear what you're working on, something cool you've found, or even a problem you're having difficulty solving!

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    Kansas City Open Hardware Users Group - Meetup


    Saturday, September 7, 2013 from 9:00 AM - 4:00 PM
    • CCCKC - Kansas City's local Hackerspace would to welcome you to the the first meetup event of the new KC Area Open Hardware Users Group (KCOHG).
      Our first meetup scheduled is to help bring like minded Open Source Hardware practitioners together, to help start a dialog between participants which may otherwise have never met.
      For this event be prepared for a day of brainstorming, idea-building, friend-making and possibly career-enhancement.   The day will consist of technical presentations that range in length from 15 to 45 minutes each depending on the topics. Each presenter will follow with a quick Q&A.
      We welcome participants to enthusiastically take office to discuss and communicate with everyone. Whether you have a question to ask or want some advice, you will leave with a greater knowledge.
      This Sept event will be held at and sponsored by the Kaufman Foundation in Kansas City MO.
      We believe if this meetup is a success it may become the first of many Meetups, ranging from Hardware builds days to collaboration events and more.
      We hope that while you're attending you find that you are with others who share a common interest, affording you more opportunity to communicate and share.
     If you are interested in presenting at the event please contact [email protected] or [email protected] for details.
    Ewing Marion Kauffman Foundation
    4801 Rockhill Rd
    Kansas City, MO 64110
     


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  • Group: Kansas City Web Professionals
  • Subject: KCWebPros: TONITE at JOHN K.'s OFFICE!!!!!
  • KCWebPros -- We R On The ROAD AGAIN!

    Our meeting normally held at Centriq will be held at THE EBS Group on 11320 W79th St. Lenexa, KS. Same Meeting time will 06:30 - 08:30 PM.

    LOCATION: THE EBS Group, 11320 W 79th St., Lenexa, KS

    Topic -- Incubator Project with KCWebPros Team!!!

    Description -- Using the Google API with .Net to take advantage of Google's Calendar Service.

    Please RSVP -- so food can be provided by Cjk Software Consultants, Inc.
    [email protected]


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    Thursday, August 1, 2013
    6:00 PM to

  •  
    1815 Wyandotte Street, Kansas City, MO (map)
    39.091248 -94.585709

  • Hi, IxDAers!
    For our next social event, we can discuss the intersection between UX and sci-fi. Here's a few UX-themed sci-fi articles (except the last two):
    1. Make It So: Five Lessons in Interaction Design from Star Trek
    2. What Movie UIs Say About the Future
    3. Browse This Awesome Collection Of Sci-Fi Interfaces
    4. On Iron Man and UX
    5. Designing Down from Science Fiction: A Staged Approach
    6. The Color of Sick Bay
    7. When Spock Sang About The Hobbit
    8. Star Trek Continues
    See you soon!
    - Brian, Dee, & Will

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    WHAT

    Smarter SharePoint
    KC User Group

    WHEN


    Tuesday
    July 30
    11:30 AM - 1:00 PM

    Add to Outlook

    WHERE


    The Coffee House at DEG
    Corporate Woods
    10801 Mastin Blvd Ste 130
    Overland Park, KS, 66210


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    Monday, July 29, 2013
    6:00 PM to

  • http://www.meetup.com/DevOps-Kansas-City/events
    1800 Baltimore Avenue, Kansas City, MO (map)
    39.091663 -94.584831

  • Michael Ducy from OpsCode will be talking about DudeOps!
    Suggest Lightning Talks and more topics!!

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    This week's meeting is sponsored by  PCM Resources
    Chris Miller, Senior Database Administrator from Vinsolutions (part of Autotrader.com) will be presenting: SQL Server Always On in Production
    Overview: SQL Server 2012 AlwaysOn is a set of established features in SQL Server and Windows integrated together to provide a flexible solution for high availability.  This discussion will be centered around the practicalities of building and managing an AlwaysOn configuration in a high-traffic SQL Server installation.  Requirements and concerns will be covered in depth, and there will be lots of time for questions and answers.
    1.  Our Architecture and Requirements
    High availability  
    Future expansion to multi-site without rebuilding everything
    Very high transaction volume
    Replication Support
    2.  Our AlwaysOn implementation
    Availability group with asynchronous mirroring and replication fallthrough
    Two identical servers with internal storage
    Backups on main server
    Windows Server 2012 for cross-subnet clustering
    3.  How we deployed AlwaysOn
    Waited for a hardware refresh cycle and did parallel testing
    4.  Concerns and Gotchas
    Trace flag for replication
                Network speed between mirrors and primary    

    General SQL Server 2012 upgrade issues


    Please note, this will be an afternoon meeting at the Microsoft office, drinks and snacks will be available.
    Meeting Schedule for Thursday, July 25th, 2013:
    • 2:30 - 2:45 - Greeting and Housekeeping
    • 2:45 - 4:15 - SQL Server Always On in Production
    • 4:15 - 4:30 - Door Prizes and wrap up
    We look forward to seeing you all soon!
    Location:
    Microsoft
    10801 Mastin St.
    Suite 620
    Overland Park, KS  66210

    Other Upcoming events:
    24 Hours of PASS
    24 free online SQL Training sessions coming up July 31st

    Kansas City SQL Saturday #191
    Full day of close to free training in your own backyard coming up September 14th.
    2013 PASS Summit
    If you are planning to attend the   2013 PASS Summit in Charlotte, NC (October 15-18), use the following discount code when registering (SUM899CH) 
    This code entitles you to $150 off the registration fee and will help to raise funds for our local chapter.

    KC SQL Server User Group web site: http://kansascity.sqlpass.org/


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    Thursday, July 25, 2013
    7:00 PM

    http://www.meetup.com/pythonkc/events
    Needs a location

  • Python for Microsoft Office (using PTVS):
    Caleb will be discussing Python for Microsoft Office using Python Tools for Visual Studio.

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    Thursday, July 25, 2013
    7:00 PM

  •  
    440 E 63 ST, Kansas City, MO (map)
    39.013630 -94.582695

    Come through the main door
  • We currently meet every Thursday in our new shared work space.  Meetings start at 7pm and are open to all those interested. If your interested in seeing what we're all about, come on a Thursday to see all the current projects. When you get here just give us a call and we'll come let you in. The number down in the cave is (202) 621-2252.

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    Thursday, July 25, 2013
    6:00 PM to

  •  
    VML
    250 Northwest Richards Road, Kansas City, MO (map)
    39.120640 -94.590271

  • Come celebrate the wealth of technology talent we have in Kansas City and the launch of Kansas City Women in Technology. We are excited to share with you this new organization dedicated to creating a network of professionals that fosters female tech talent in the area.  All are welcome - female, male, seasoned and new professionals alike.
    Be sure to register as a WordPressKC Member for this event and stop by to see me at my table!
    http://kcwomenintech.eventbrite.com/

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    Saturday, September 7, 2013
    9:00 AM to

  •  
    4801 Rockhill Road, Kansas City, MO (map)
    39.039837 -94.577682

    Look for the folks in the CCCKC Street Team shirts
  • CCCKC - Kansas City's homegrown local Hacker-space would to welcome you to the the first event of the new KC Area Open Hardware Meetup group.
    Our first meetup scheduled is to help bring like minded Open Source Hardware practitioners together, to help start a dialog between participants which may otherwise have never met.
    For this event be prepared for a day of brainstorming, idea-building, friend-making and possibly career-enhancement.   The day will consist of technical presentations that range in length from 15 to 30 minutes each depending on the topics. Each presenter will follow with a quick Q&A.
    We welcome participants to enthusiastically take office to discuss and communicate with everyone. Whether you have a question to ask or want some advice, you will leave with a greater knowledge.
    This Sept event will be held at and sponsored by the Kaufman Foundation in Kansas City MO.
    We believe if this meetup is a success it may become the first of many Meetups, ranging from Hardware builds days to collaboration events and more.
    We hope that while you're attending you find that you are with others who share a common interest, affording you more opportunity to communicate and share.

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    Hey, everyone, sorry for the short notice, but we're going to have to cancel tomorrow night's meetup. This is in part because of a low response, but mostly because of a personal matter arose for myself. It seems like the most appropriate thing to do.


    We'll see you next month.
    Samuel


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    Hey, everyone, sorry for the short notice, but we're going to have to cancel tomorrow night's meetup. This is in part because of a low response, but mostly because of a personal matter arose for myself. It seems like the most appropriate thing to do.


    We'll see you next month.
    Samuel


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    Saturday, July 20, 2013
    2:30 PM

  •  
    12815 W 87th St, Lenexa, KS (map)
    38.970943 -94.734400

    Probably big table--but if it's beautiful outside, we may be out on the patio
  • Come inside and beat the heat this Saturday and chat it up with your local web developers.
    While the conference room isn't available, we will meet in the open area at Black Dog Coffeehouse in Lenexa.  If you would like to drop by, grab some tea or coffee and hang out, we'll be there.

    Hope to see you Saturday!

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    Overview of languages that compile to JavaScript

    Tuesday, August 20, 2013

    http://www.meetup.com/nodekc/events


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    Tuesday, July 16, 2013
    7:00 PM

  • http://www.meetup.com/nodekc/events
    4210 Shawnee Mission Pkwy, Fairway, KS (map)

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    Wednesday, August 14, 2013
    6:30 PM to

  • http://www.meetup.com/kcjava/events
    8700 State Line Road #200, Leawood, KS (map)
    38.969131 -94.609184

  • Presenter: Scott Anthony

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