We are the Portland Animal Welfare Advocates (PAWA): regular, everyday people who live in the Portland, Oregon & surrounding area who advocate for the ethical treatment of animals. This is not a radical "all or nothing" type of group—we are a grassroots, active group of people coming together to do something to help animals. If you support the overall welfare of animals, strive for a vegetarian or vegan lifestyle, & want some company as you lend your voice, volunteer time, & energy to make a dif …

We host monthly presentations and discussions on everything JavaScript-related - including client-side application frameworks, node.js, CoffeeScript, and whatever else comes up. Join the conversation by subscribing to our mailing list on Google Groups. Follow the Portland JavaScript Admirers on Twitter or on Google+. Find out about other groups and events in Portland on Calagator.

The Portland, Oregon Lean Startup Circle Meetup. “A startup is an organization formed to search for a repeatable and scalable business model.” http://steveblank.com/2010/01/25/what...... "A startup is a human institution designed to deliver a product or service in conditions of extreme uncertainty" (Eric Ries) The number one reason that Startups fail is lack of customers (~90%), not product development failure (~10%). The Lean Startup is an approach that attempts to acknowledge this and create …

A car club for Toyota Hybrid drivers! Meet other Toyota Hybrid Synergy Drive owners in the Portland Oregon and Southwest Washington area! Would-be HSD owners are welcome too. This group started as place for Prius owners, but now that more HSD vehicles are on the road, we're growing to welcome Hybrid Camry and Highlander drivers too. These are a fabulous and complex cars, come learn what other owners know. You can access this site through PortlandHSD.info or Meetup.com/PortlandHSD or follow us on …

A community for discussion of topics related the use of Semantic Web technologies and Linked Data for application development in Portland, Oregon. New to these terms? Try "The Semantic Web in 6 Minutes" http://blog.digitalbazaar.com/2007/12/26/semantic-web-intro/ and the ever-useful Wikipedia: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Semantic_Web http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Linked_Data Get announcement and the occasional news item on Twitter via @pdxsemweb: https://twitter.com/pdxsemweb

Too many books, to little time to read what a book group wants you to read. Right? But you still want to share the books you love, yes? This is the book group for you. First, we pair up, and each person gets 5 mins. to tell the other one about one of their favorite reads. After 10 mins., we switch bookpals. Lather, rinse, repeat. After 3 rounds (30 mins), we get to mingle freely. We'll also put everyone's book title and name on a board to stir up further intrigue. Optional: Scribble or send a tw …

Happiness is a state of mind or feeling characterized by contentment, satisfaction, pleasure, or joy. Happiness comes from deep within, and not from people, situations, or circumstances. According to Researchers from Harvard Medical School and the University of California, San Diego: “When an individual becomes happy, the network effect can be measured up to three degrees. One person’s happiness triggers a chain reaction that benefits not only his friends, but his friends’ friends, and his frien …