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The following is a list of upcoming meetings and events in the [[PortlandTech]] community. Please feel free to add or edit your organization's information. For a list of regularly scheduled events (such as an organizations' monthly meetings), be sure to check out our [[PortlandTech/Reoccuring Calendar|PortlandTech: Monthly Meetings and Events]] listings.
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The following is a list of upcoming meetings and events in the [[PortlandTech]] community. Please feel free to add or edit your organization's information.
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<div class="auCorner">'''Alternative sources of information:''' [http://Calagator.org Calagator] and [http://upcoming.yahoo.com Upcoming] are the best sources of local event information. Most of the entries on this page have stale information, describe groups that no longer exist, don't mention many groups that meet actively, etc. Feel free to edit this page to improve it.</div>
  
 
==Technology Events in Portland==
 
==Technology Events in Portland==
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===Mondays===
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====Second Monday====
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* [[PMUG.org|PMUG - Portland Mac User Group]] -- 6:30 p.m. | General meetings, learn about computer setup, operation and maintenance, as well as a wide range of shareware and commercial software.
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: '''Location:''' Jean Vollum Natural Capital Center (aka "Ecotrust Center"), 721 NW Ninth Avenue, Portland, OR 97209
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: '''Info:''' 503-616-473
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====Third Monday====
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* [[PDXLinux.org|PDXLinux.org -- Portland Linux/UNIX Group (PLUG)]] -- 7 p.m. | Advanced Linux Talk, meeting follows a much more stringent format than the general meetings (see first Thursday listing for their general meeting info).
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: '''Location:''' Jax, 826 SW 2nd Ave, Portland, OR
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: '''Info:''' [http://pdxlinux.org/meeting/index.html#latt Advanced Talk meeting rules/format]
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===Tuesdays===
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====First Tuesday====
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* [[PDXFCPUG.com|PDXFCPUG -- Final Cut Pro Portland User Group]] -- 6:30-8:30 p.m. | Experts to hobbyists discussing both the [[Apple.com|Apple]] Final Cut Pro software as well as video animation, compositing and authoring.
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: '''Location:''' [[PCC.edu|PCC]] Cascade Campus, Moriarty Arts and Humanities Building, Room 104, 705 N. Killingsworth St., Portland, OR 97217
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: '''Info:''' <email>90689201d86a30c5f5e3ad918730ae7c</email>
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* [[pdxruby.org|The Portland Ruby Brigade]] -- 7:00-10:00pm | A monthly gathering of Portland Ruby programmers.
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: '''Location:''' Varies, usually either at [[cubespacepdx.com|Cubespace]] or [[freegeek.org|Free Geek]]
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: '''Info''': http://www.pdxruby.org/
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====Second Tuesday====
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* [[PortlandPloneUsers.org|Portland Plone Users Group]] -- 5:30pm | Presentation, discussions and meetup for Plone beginners, seasoned pro or just the curious.
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: '''Location:''' [[OneNW.org]] Portland office: 1306 NW Hoyt, Suite 406, Portland, OR 97209
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: '''Info:''' http://portlandploneusers.org/events
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* [[pdxphp.org|Portland's PHP User Group]] -- A general meeting on PHP and other open source technologies.
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: '''Location:''' [[cubespacepdx.com|Cubespace]],  622 SE Grand Ave. Portland OR 97214  After meeting at Produce Row Cafe, 204 Se Oak St, Portland, OR 97214
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: '''Info:''' http://pdxphp.org/
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* [http://wiki.python.org/moin/PortlandPythonUserGroup|Portland Python Users Group] -- 6:30pm | Presentation and discussion on Python, beginning to advanced.
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: '''Location:''' [[www.webtrends.com|Webtrends]],  851 SW 6th Ave. Suite 1600 Portland, OR 97205
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: '''Info:''' http://wiki.python.org/moin/PortlandPythonUserGroup
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====Third Tuesday====
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* [[PJUG.org|PJUG -- Portland Java Users Group]] -- 6:30 p.m. | Open meetings focused on Java technical issues: programming, APIs, tools and techniques.
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: '''Location:''' Varies, see http://www.pjug.org/ for updated info.
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===Wednesdays===
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* [[PersonalTelco.net|Personal Telco]] -- 6:30 p.m. | Weekly small group meetings for Personal Telco Project, which aims to build public Wi-Fi networks covering the city. (Note they also hold smaller meetings weekly -- see their weekly listing.)
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: '''Location:''' Varies, see their [http://wiki.personaltelco.net/index.cgi/MonthlyMeeting monthly meeting page] for current info.
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====First Wednesday====
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* [[WikiWednesday.org|WikiWednesday]] -- 6:30 p.m. | Discussion of [[WikiWiki|wikis]] and related online collaborative tools. For experts and novices alike.
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: '''Location:''' [[AboutUs]], 107 SE Washington St., Suite 520, Portland, OR 97214.
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: '''Info:''' [http://www.socialtext.net/wikiwed/index.cgi?portland SocialText listing page] or call [[AboutUs]], 503-488-5763.
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* [[PDXWI.com|PDX Web Innovators]] -- Designers, developers and entrepreneurs based in Portland.
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: Locations and times vary. See their [http://pdxwi.com/events events schedule] for more info.
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====Second Wednesday====
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* [[groups.drupal.org/portland|Portland Drupal Group]] -- 6 p.m. | General meetings.
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: '''Location:''' [[BusProject.org|Bus Project]], 333 SE 2nd Ave, Portland, OR 97214
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: '''Info:''' http://groups.drupal.org/portland
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* [[pdx.pm.org|Portland Perl Mongers]] -- 6:53pm | Open meetings on Perl programming, often with guest speakers.
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: '''Location:''' [[FreeGeek.org|Free Geek]], 1731 SE 10th Ave, Portland Oregon 97214
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: '''Info:''' http://pdx.pm.org/kwiki/
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* [[PPCUP.org|PPCUG -- Portland PC Users Group]] -- 7:15-9:15 p.m. | Open meetings, with guest speakers, info and raffles.
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: '''Location:''' Varies, please see the [http://www.ppcug.org/meet.html meetings page] for up-to-date info on location and schedule changes.
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====Fourth Wednesday====
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* [[XPDX.org|Extreme Programming Portland]] -- 6:30 p.m. | People interested in the XP-style of software development.
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: '''Location:''' [[CubeSpacePDX.com|CubeSpace]] 622 SE Grand Ave, Portland, OR 97214
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: '''Contact:''' [http://c2.com/cgi/wiki?ArloBelshee ArloBelshee] on [[C2.com]] if you'd like to give a presentation, talk or lead an activity.
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====Last Wednesday====
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* [[PersonalTelco.net|Personal Telco]] -- 6 p.m. | Monthly group meetings for Personal Telco Project, which aims to build public Wi-Fi networks covering the city. (Note they also hold smaller meetings weekly -- see their weekly listing.)
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: '''Location:''' Varies, see their [http://wiki.personaltelco.net/index.cgi/MonthlyMeeting monthly meeting page] for current info.
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===Thursdays===
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====First Thursday====
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* [[PDXLinux.org|PDXLinux.org -- Portland Linux/UNIX Group (PLUG)]] -- 7 p.m. | General group meetings (see third Monday listing for their advanced topic meeting info).
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: '''Location:''' [[PDX.edu|Portland State University's]] Smith Memorial Student Union, room 294, 1825 SW Broadway, Portland OR 97201
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====Second Thursday====
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* [[PDXLUG.org|PDXLUG.org -- Portland Linux User Group]] -- Round-table discussions about Linux and Open Source related topics.
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: '''Location:''' [[FireSideCoffeeLodge.com|Fireside Coffee Lodge]], 1223 SE Powell Blvd Portland, OR 97202.
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* [[pnsqc.org/spin|Rose City Spin]] -- A monthly seminar with speaker from the Rose City Software Process Improvement Network. Registration required (no cost).
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: '''Location''' Wilson Clark Center, [[ogi.edu|OGI]] campus, 20000 NW Walker Rd Beaverton, OR 97006
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: '''Info:''' http://www.pnsqc.org/spin.php
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====Third Thursday====
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* [[PDXRIA.com|Portland Adobe Servers User Group]] -- 5:30-7:30 | See their [http://www.pdxria.com/asug/index.cfm?event=page.meetings meetings page] for each month's presentation topic
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: '''Location:''' [[PCC.edu|PCC]] Sylvania Campus, Library Building Room 112, 12000 SW 49th Ave, Portland, OR 97219.
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: '''Info:''' [http://pdxria.com/asug/index.cfm?event=page.meetings meetings page]
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* [[pugs.postgresql.org/pdx|Portland PostgreSQL Users Group]] (PDXPUG) -- General discussion meetings focused on the [[postgresql.org|PostgreSQL]] database.
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: '''Location:''' [[FreeGeek.org|FreeGeek]], 1731 SE 10th Ave, Portland Or 97214
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: '''Info:''' http://pugs.postgresql.org/pdx/
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====Fourth Thursday====
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* [[BarCamp.org/BarCampPortland]]: Informal meetups monthly at 5:30 p.m. (except for months with either a [[IgnitePortland.com|Ignite Portland]] or a formal [[BarCamp.org|BarCamp]] event. Meetings are for those interested in the [[IgnitePortland.com|Ignite]] and [[BarCamp.org|BarCamp]] events and for those just interested in chatting about technology.
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: '''Location:''' [[JiveSoftware.com|Jive Software]] office, 317 SW Alder St. Suite 500, Portland, OR 97204.
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===Fridays===
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* [[http://www.beerandblog.com/| Beer and Blog]] -- 4:00 - 6:00 p.m.
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: '''Location:''' [[pdxgreendragon.com/| Green Dragon]] 928 SE 9th Avenue
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: '''Info:''' It rocks. Bring your laptop and your thirst.
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* [[Datalab.cs.pdx.edu/dbrg/index.php|Database Reading Group]] -- 10 to 11:30 a.m. | at [http://datalab.cs.pdx.edu/ Datalab]-sponsored entity at [[PDX.edu|Portland State University]] discussing papers related to database technology.
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: '''Location:''' [[PDX.edu|Portland State University's]] 4th Ave Building, room 115, 1900 SW 4th Ave, Portland, OR 97201
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: '''Info:''' Reading group announcement via group mailing list at <email>f5fb20a8ce3d74efeb76201a96b39265</email>
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===Saturdays===
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====Third Saturdays====
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* [[wiki.ubuntu.com/PDXTeam|PDXTeam]] -- PDXTeam is the Ubuntu user group for the city of Portland.  Meetings are open and are also simultaneously monitored on the #ubuntu-pdx freenode IRC channel.
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: '''Location:''' [[oldtownpizza.com|Old Town Pizza]], 226 NW Davis, Portland, Oregon 97209
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: '''Info:''' https://wiki.ubuntu.com/PDXTeam
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===Other regular meetings (dates generally TBD)===
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* [[portlandusability.com|Portland User Interface Special Interest Group]] (UI-SIG) -- Internet, software and product development professionals who meet monthly to learn more about usability and user experience. Meetings include a presentation by a local company.
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: '''Info:'''http://www.portlandusability.com/
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* [[pdxvbug.com|Portland Visual Basic User Group]] -- Monthly meetings since 1994.
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: '''Location:''' [[SqlSoft.com|SQLSoft+]], 1500 NW Bethany Blvd, Suite 285, Beaverton, Oregon OR 97007
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: '''Info:''' http://www.pdxvbug.com/default.asp
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* [[upcoming.yahoo.com/event/174640/|Portland Open Coffee]] -- An [[Opencoffeeclub.org]] meeting for Portland. An informal chance for networking between local startup entrepreneurs, developers, and investors.
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: '''Location:''' [[Stumptown.com|Stumptown Coffee]], 128 SW 3rd Ave, Portland, Oregon 97204
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: '''Info:''' http://upcoming.yahoo.com/event/174640/
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* [[orurisa.org/sigda/sigpda.htm|PAGIS]] -- The Portland Area GIS (Geographic information system) users group, part of the [[orurisa.org|the Oregon and Southwest Washington Chapter of the Urban and Regional Information Systems Association]]. Regular meetings to connect with the local GIS community.
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: '''Info:''' http://www.orurisa.org/sigda/sigpda.htm
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* [[CascadeSIGGRAPH.org]] -- General meetings for the local chapter of [[SIGGRAPH.org|Special Interest Group on GRAPHics and Interactive Technologies (SIGGRAPH)]]. All are welcome to come and meet like-minded computer graphics people.
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: '''Info:''' http://www.cascadesiggraph.org/events.html
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* [[groups.google.com/group/pdxfunc|pdxfunc]] -- Regular meetings of a user group exploring the world of functional programming (OCaml, Haskell, Erlang, Scala, etc.).
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: '''Info:''' http://groups.google.com/group/pdxfunc
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* [[DevGroupNW.org]] -- A forum for developers to meet, share knowledge about what's happening in the web, multimedia and interactive communities.
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: '''Info:''' http://www.devgroupnw.org/events/
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* [[indesignusergroup.com/chapters/portland/|Portland InDesign User Group]] -- Regular monthly meetings for Portland's community of [[Adobe.com|Adobe]] InDesign users.
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:'''Info:''' http://www.indesignusergroup.com/chapters/portland/
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* [[DorkbotPDX.org]] -- Regular informal meetings every other week.
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: '''Info:''' http://dorkbotpdx.org/wiki/meetings
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* [[PADNUG.org|PADNUG -- Portland Area .NET Users Group]] -- Meetings for software developers to discuss .NET and related technologies. Meets approximately once a month.
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: '''Info:''' http://www.padnug.org/
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* [[PDXUX.net|PDX User Experience]] -- 6:30 p.m. 3rd Tuesday of odd-numbered months | Meetings for both developers and designers.
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: '''Location:''' [[PopArt.com|Pop Art]], 718 SW Alder Street, 2nd Floor Community Room
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* [[storagenetworking.org/User_Groups/snug_profile.asp?id=170|Portland Storage Networking User Group]] -- Portland SNUG is a local community of data storage professionals who come together to network and learn about storage-related topics in a vendor-neutral, education-focused environment. All meetings feature an industry speaker.
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: '''Location:''' Times and locations coordinated through mailing list.
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: '''Info:''' http://www.storagenetworking.org/User_Groups/snug_profile.asp?id=170
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* [[PAGDIG.org|PAGDIG -- Portland Area Game Developer Interest Group]] -- Local [[IGDA.org|International Game Developers Association (IGDA)]] chapter generally meets monthly at a variety of locations.
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: '''Info:''' http://www.pagdig.org/ for meeting dates, times and locations.
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* [[usergroups.salesforce.com/portland|Salesforce.com User Group]] -- Irregular monthly meetings for the Portland user group at [[Salesforce.com]].
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: '''Info:''' http://usergroups.salesforce.com/portland/
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==External Calendars==
 
==External Calendars==
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The various Portland calendar resources we look at include:
 
The various Portland calendar resources we look at include:
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* [http://pdxgroups.pbwiki.com/ User Groups and Technology Meetups near Portland, OR] group calendar on [[pbwiki.com]]
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* [[OregonLive.com]]'s [http://www.oregonlive.com/events/ Events listing]
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* [[Yahoo.com|Yahoo!'s]] [http://upcoming.yahoo.com/search/?type=Events&q=&rt=1&loc=Portland%2C+OR&Search=GO Upcoming Listings for Portland]
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* [[PDXGuide.com]]'s [http://www.pdxguide.com/community/events.cfm events calendar]
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* [[TravelPortland.com]]'s [http://www.travelportland.com/event_calendar/ travelportland.com/event_calendar/ event calendar]
 
* [[AeANet.org | AeA]] [http://www.aeanet.org/events/EventsCatalog.cfm?tab=Reg&Council=REOR Oregon Regional Council Events] (The primary source for these events.)
 
* [[AeANet.org | AeA]] [http://www.aeanet.org/events/EventsCatalog.cfm?tab=Reg&Council=REOR Oregon Regional Council Events] (The primary source for these events.)
 
* [[Oen.org]] [http://www.oen.org/events/ Events] (Primary source)
 
* [[Oen.org]] [http://www.oen.org/events/ Events] (Primary source)
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* [[OTBC.org]] [http://entrepreneur.meetup.com/1041/calendar/ Calendar] (primary source)
 
* [[OTBC.org]] [http://entrepreneur.meetup.com/1041/calendar/ Calendar] (primary source)
 
* [[Oen.org]] [http://www.oen.org/events/more/ Community Events of Interest to OEN Members] (A useful secondary source that manually aggregates events from some other calendars)
 
* [[Oen.org]] [http://www.oen.org/events/more/ Community Events of Interest to OEN Members] (A useful secondary source that manually aggregates events from some other calendars)
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* OregonStartups [http://www.google.com/calendar/embed?src=oregonstartups%40gmail.com&ctz=America%2FLos_Angeles&gsessionid=Qfata8KpqkM calendar]
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* As well as emails from individuals and various user group email lists in the Portland community.
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Groups that have yet to be aggregated include:
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(If you aggregate any of these groups, please move them to the top category and remove them from this list).
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* BarCampPortland [http://barcampportland.chesnok.com/drupal/] (Primary Source-Includes Legion of Tech)
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* PDXPipeLine [http://pdxpipeline.wordpress.com/category/tech/] (Secondary Source on PDX Tech Community)
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* [http://www.beerandblog.com/ Beer and Blog | Bloggers Helping Bloggers over Beers] (Primary Source)
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* [http://groups.google.com/group/pdxgeekchix PDX Geek Chix Lunches] (Primary Source | Google Groups)
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* [http://www.portlandonfire.com/ Portland on Fire | Introduces you to a person in the Portland, Oregon, area every day] (Primary Source)
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* [http://en.oreilly.com/rails2008/public/content/home Portland Ruby on Rails Conf] (Primary Source)
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* [http://www.aeanet.org/Events/EventsCatalog.cfm?Product_Major=OR080801 AEA Calendar Oregon Technology Investor Tour](Primary News/Events Source)
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* [http://www.theppigroup.com/events.html The PPI Group Events] (Primary News/Events Source]]
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Twitter Event Feeds:
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* [http://twitter.com/barcampportland/ BarCampPortland Twitter Feed ] (Primary Source)
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* [http://twitter.com/beerandblog/ Beerandblog Twitter Feed ] (Primary Source)
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You might also want to check out some of the news sources that have featured Portland Tech:
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* [http://www.oregonlive.com/special/index.ssf/2008/05/twitter_is_tweeter.html Oregonian Article Twitter is Tweeter] (Secondary Source with Portland Tech Community Coverage)
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* [http://www.oregonlive.com/special/index.ssf/2008/05/twitter_is_tweeter.html Oregonian Article Twitter is Tweeter] (Secondary Source with Portland Tech Community Coverage)
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* [http://www.centernetworks.com/web-life-in-silicon-forest Center Networks on Life in the Silicon Forest] (Secondary News Source with Portland Tech Community Coverage)
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Please feel free to add resources you find handy. We'll take a look and get them on our lists to work from as well.
  
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PortlandTech

PortlandTech

The following is a list of upcoming meetings and events in the PortlandTech community. Please feel free to add or edit your organization's information.

Alternative sources of information: Calagator and Upcoming are the best sources of local event information. Most of the entries on this page have stale information, describe groups that no longer exist, don't mention many groups that meet actively, etc. Feel free to edit this page to improve it.

Technology Events in Portland

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Mondays

Second Monday

  • PMUG - Portland Mac User Group -- 6:30 p.m. | General meetings, learn about computer setup, operation and maintenance, as well as a wide range of shareware and commercial software.
Location: Jean Vollum Natural Capital Center (aka "Ecotrust Center"), 721 NW Ninth Avenue, Portland, OR 97209
Info: 503-616-473

Third Monday

Location: Jax, 826 SW 2nd Ave, Portland, OR
Info: Advanced Talk meeting rules/format

Tuesdays

First Tuesday

Location: PCC Cascade Campus, Moriarty Arts and Humanities Building, Room 104, 705 N. Killingsworth St., Portland, OR 97217
Info:
Location: Varies, usually either at Cubespace or Free Geek
Info: http://www.pdxruby.org/

Second Tuesday

  • Portland Plone Users Group -- 5:30pm | Presentation, discussions and meetup for Plone beginners, seasoned pro or just the curious.
Location: OneNW.org Portland office: 1306 NW Hoyt, Suite 406, Portland, OR 97209
Info: http://portlandploneusers.org/events
Location: Cubespace, 622 SE Grand Ave. Portland OR 97214 After meeting at Produce Row Cafe, 204 Se Oak St, Portland, OR 97214
Info: http://pdxphp.org/
  • Python Users Group -- 6:30pm | Presentation and discussion on Python, beginning to advanced.
Location: Webtrends, 851 SW 6th Ave. Suite 1600 Portland, OR 97205
Info: http://wiki.python.org/moin/PortlandPythonUserGroup

Third Tuesday

Location: Varies, see http://www.pjug.org/ for updated info.

Wednesdays

  • Personal Telco -- 6:30 p.m. | Weekly small group meetings for Personal Telco Project, which aims to build public Wi-Fi networks covering the city. (Note they also hold smaller meetings weekly -- see their weekly listing.)
Location: Varies, see their monthly meeting page for current info.

First Wednesday

  • WikiWednesday -- 6:30 p.m. | Discussion of wikis and related online collaborative tools. For experts and novices alike.
Location: AboutUs, 107 SE Washington St., Suite 520, Portland, OR 97214.
Info: SocialText listing page or call AboutUs, 503-488-5763.
Locations and times vary. See their events schedule for more info.

Second Wednesday

Location: Bus Project, 333 SE 2nd Ave, Portland, OR 97214
Info: http://groups.drupal.org/portland
Location: Free Geek, 1731 SE 10th Ave, Portland Oregon 97214
Info: http://pdx.pm.org/kwiki/
Location: Varies, please see the meetings page for up-to-date info on location and schedule changes.

Fourth Wednesday

Location: CubeSpace 622 SE Grand Ave, Portland, OR 97214
Contact: ArloBelshee on C2.com if you'd like to give a presentation, talk or lead an activity.

Last Wednesday

  • Personal Telco -- 6 p.m. | Monthly group meetings for Personal Telco Project, which aims to build public Wi-Fi networks covering the city. (Note they also hold smaller meetings weekly -- see their weekly listing.)
Location: Varies, see their monthly meeting page for current info.

Thursdays

First Thursday

Location: Portland State University's Smith Memorial Student Union, room 294, 1825 SW Broadway, Portland OR 97201

Second Thursday

Location: Fireside Coffee Lodge, 1223 SE Powell Blvd Portland, OR 97202.
  • Rose City Spin -- A monthly seminar with speaker from the Rose City Software Process Improvement Network. Registration required (no cost).
Location Wilson Clark Center, OGI campus, 20000 NW Walker Rd Beaverton, OR 97006
Info: http://www.pnsqc.org/spin.php

Third Thursday

Location: PCC Sylvania Campus, Library Building Room 112, 12000 SW 49th Ave, Portland, OR 97219.
Info: meetings page
Location: FreeGeek, 1731 SE 10th Ave, Portland Or 97214
Info: http://pugs.postgresql.org/pdx/

Fourth Thursday

Location: Jive Software office, 317 SW Alder St. Suite 500, Portland, OR 97204.

Fridays

Location: Green Dragon 928 SE 9th Avenue
Info: It rocks. Bring your laptop and your thirst.
Location: Portland State University's 4th Ave Building, room 115, 1900 SW 4th Ave, Portland, OR 97201
Info: Reading group announcement via group mailing list at

Saturdays

Third Saturdays

  • PDXTeam -- PDXTeam is the Ubuntu user group for the city of Portland. Meetings are open and are also simultaneously monitored on the #ubuntu-pdx freenode IRC channel.
Location: Old Town Pizza, 226 NW Davis, Portland, Oregon 97209
Info: https://wiki.ubuntu.com/PDXTeam

Other regular meetings (dates generally TBD)

  • Portland User Interface Special Interest Group (UI-SIG) -- Internet, software and product development professionals who meet monthly to learn more about usability and user experience. Meetings include a presentation by a local company.
Info:http://www.portlandusability.com/
Location: SQLSoft+, 1500 NW Bethany Blvd, Suite 285, Beaverton, Oregon OR 97007
Info: http://www.pdxvbug.com/default.asp
Location: Stumptown Coffee, 128 SW 3rd Ave, Portland, Oregon 97204
Info: http://upcoming.yahoo.com/event/174640/
Info: http://www.orurisa.org/sigda/sigpda.htm
Info: http://www.cascadesiggraph.org/events.html
  • pdxfunc -- Regular meetings of a user group exploring the world of functional programming (OCaml, Haskell, Erlang, Scala, etc.).
Info: http://groups.google.com/group/pdxfunc
  • DevGroupNW.org -- A forum for developers to meet, share knowledge about what's happening in the web, multimedia and interactive communities.
Info: http://www.devgroupnw.org/events/
Info: http://www.indesignusergroup.com/chapters/portland/
Info: http://dorkbotpdx.org/wiki/meetings
Info: http://www.padnug.org/
  • PDX User Experience -- 6:30 p.m. 3rd Tuesday of odd-numbered months | Meetings for both developers and designers.
Location: Pop Art, 718 SW Alder Street, 2nd Floor Community Room
  • Portland Storage Networking User Group -- Portland SNUG is a local community of data storage professionals who come together to network and learn about storage-related topics in a vendor-neutral, education-focused environment. All meetings feature an industry speaker.
Location: Times and locations coordinated through mailing list.
Info: http://www.storagenetworking.org/User_Groups/snug_profile.asp?id=170
Info: http://www.pagdig.org/ for meeting dates, times and locations.
Info: http://usergroups.salesforce.com/portland/

External Calendars

Currently the PortlandTech UpcomingCalendar is aggregated by hand, using a variety of sources. There is interest in working with the PDX Tech Calendar Group which is discussing the complexities of developing an Open Source calendar aggregator.

The various Portland calendar resources we look at include:

  • As well as emails from individuals and various user group email lists in the Portland community.

Groups that have yet to be aggregated include: (If you aggregate any of these groups, please move them to the top category and remove them from this list).

Twitter Event Feeds:

You might also want to check out some of the news sources that have featured Portland Tech:

Please feel free to add resources you find handy. We'll take a look and get them on our lists to work from as well.



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