Happy to help with an NYC meet up (just emailed Andy). I recently moved to VA, but am back in NYC quite often, and have been turning several computational people at Columbia / NYU / Simons Foundation onto Spark; there'd definitely be interest in those communities.
-- Jeremy --------------------- jeremy freeman, phd neuroscientist @thefreemanlab On Mar 31, 2014, at 2:31 PM, Yana Kadiyska <yana.kadiy...@gmail.com> wrote: > Nicholas, I'm in Boston and would be interested in a Spark group. Not > sure if you know this -- there was a meetup that never got off the > ground. Anyway, I'd be +1 for attending. Not sure what is involved in > organizing. Seems a shame that a city like Boston doesn't have one. > > On Mon, Mar 31, 2014 at 2:02 PM, Nicholas Chammas > <nicholas.cham...@gmail.com> wrote: >> As in, I am interested in helping organize a Spark meetup in the Boston >> area. >> >> >> On Mon, Mar 31, 2014 at 2:00 PM, Nicholas Chammas >> <nicholas.cham...@gmail.com> wrote: >>> >>> Well, since this thread has played out as it has, lemme throw in a >>> shout-out for Boston. >>> >>> >>> On Mon, Mar 31, 2014 at 1:52 PM, Chris Gore <cdg...@cdgore.com> wrote: >>>> >>>> We'd love to see a Spark user group in Los Angeles and connect with >>>> others working with it here. >>>> >>>> Ping me if you're in the LA area and use Spark at your company ( >>>> ch...@retentionscience.com ). >>>> >>>> Chris >>>> >>>> Retention Science >>>> call: 734.272.3099 >>>> visit: Site | like: Facebook | follow: Twitter >>>> >>>> On Mar 31, 2014, at 10:42 AM, Anurag Dodeja <anu...@anuragdodeja.com> >>>> wrote: >>>> >>>> How about Chicago? >>>> >>>> >>>> On Mon, Mar 31, 2014 at 12:38 PM, Nan Zhu <zhunanmcg...@gmail.com> wrote: >>>>> >>>>> Montreal or Toronto? >>>>> >>>>> >>>>> On Mon, Mar 31, 2014 at 1:36 PM, Martin Goodson <mar...@skimlinks.com> >>>>> wrote: >>>>>> >>>>>> How about London? >>>>>> >>>>>> >>>>>> -- >>>>>> Martin Goodson | VP Data Science >>>>>> (0)20 3397 1240 >>>>>> <image.png> >>>>>> >>>>>> >>>>>> On Mon, Mar 31, 2014 at 6:28 PM, Andy Konwinski >>>>>> <andykonwin...@gmail.com> wrote: >>>>>>> >>>>>>> Hi folks, >>>>>>> >>>>>>> We have seen a lot of community growth outside of the Bay Area and we >>>>>>> are looking to help spur even more! >>>>>>> >>>>>>> For starters, the organizers of the Spark meetups here in the Bay Area >>>>>>> want to help anybody that is interested in setting up a meetup in a new >>>>>>> city. >>>>>>> >>>>>>> Some amazing Spark champions have stepped forward in Seattle, >>>>>>> Vancouver, Boulder/Denver, and a few other areas already. >>>>>>> >>>>>>> Right now, we are looking to connect with you Spark enthusiasts in NYC >>>>>>> about helping to run an inaugural Spark Meetup in your area. >>>>>>> >>>>>>> You can reply to me directly if you are interested and I can tell you >>>>>>> about all of the resources we have to offer (speakers from the core >>>>>>> community, a budget for food, help scheduling, etc.), and let's make >>>>>>> this >>>>>>> happen! >>>>>>> >>>>>>> Andy >>>>>> >>>>>> >>>>> >>>> >>>> >>> >>
