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Here’s the list of tech, entrepreneur, and nerd events for Tampa Bay and surrounding areas for the week of Monday, December 12 through Sunday, December 18, 2022.

Every week, with the assistance of a couple of Jupyter Notebooks that I put together, I compile this list for the Tampa Bay tech community.

As far as event types go, this list casts a rather wide net. It includes events that would be of interest to techies, nerds, and entrepreneurs. It includes (but isn’t limited to) events that fall under the category of:

• Programming, DevOps, systems administration, and testing
• Tech project management / agile processes
• Video, board, and role-playing games
• Book, philosophy, and discussion clubs
• Tech, business, and entrepreneur networking events
• Toastmasters (because nerds really need to up their presentation game)
• Sci-fi, fantasy, and other genre fandoms
• Anything I deem geeky

By “Tampa Bay and surrounding areas”, this list covers events that originate or are aimed at the area within 100 miles of the Port of Tampa. At the very least, that includes the cities of Tampa, St. Petersburg, and Clearwater, but as far north as Ocala, as far south as Fort Myers, and includes Orlando and its surrounding cities.

This week’s events

Monday, December 12

Group	Event Name	Time
Network After Work Tampa – Networking Events	The Blowing Up Summit	11:00 AM
Young Professionals Networking JOIN in and Connect!	In person at Fords Garage St Pete	11:00 AM
Tampa / St Pete Business Connections	Downtown St Pete Business Professionals Lunch	11:00 AM
Professional Business Networking with RGAnetwork.net	St. Pete Networking Lunch! Fords Garage! Monday’s	11:30 AM
Christian Professionals Network Tampa Bay	Live Online Connection Meeting- Monday	11:30 AM
North Tampa Networking Group	Business networking	11:30 AM
Network After Work Tampa – Networking Events	The Trust Equation Masterclass	3:00 PM
Free Video Production Classes – TV/Internet	YouTube Basics (ONLINE CLASS) – FREE for Hillsborough County Residents	4:00 PM
SCIPS, a 50+ Tampa Bay Singles Club	EUCHRE, Rummy Q and other Board Games for ENTHUSIASTIC GAME PLAYERS	4:00 PM
Toastmasters Division G	Radiant Ridge Toastmasters	5:30 PM
Tampa Bay Coalition of Reason	Monthly N. Pinellas TBCor Humanist Social Dinner	6:00 PM
Board Game Meetup: Board Game Boxcar	Monday Weekly Board Game Night! (Lazy Moon Colonial Location)	6:00 PM
Tampa Bay Tabletoppers	Monday Feast & Game Night	6:00 PM
Clean Fiction Writers of Central Florida	Writers Meet & Greet	6:00 PM
Tampa Bay Gaming: RPG’s, Board Games & more!	Casual Pokemon League at Nerdy Needs	6:00 PM
Critical Hit Games	MTG: Commander Night	6:00 PM
Brews N Board Games	Board Game Night at Persimmon Hollow Flamingo Crossings	6:00 PM
Tampa – Sarasota – Venice Trivia & Quiz Meetup	Trivia Night – Off the Wagon Kitchen & Brewery Smartphone Trivia Game Show	6:30 PM
Comics, Animation and etc.	Sapiens Vol. 1: The Birth of Humankind	6:30 PM
Tampa Hackerspace	3D Printer Orientation: Printing at Tampa Hackerspace (THS Members only)	7:00 PM
Tampa Hackerspace	Introduction to Fusion 360	7:00 PM
Learn-To-Trade Crypto – Online (As seen on Orlando Sentinel)	Learn-To-Trade Q&A (0NLINE)	7:00 PM
Orlando Stoics	ONLINE: “Awkward Conversations, Open Mic” (Part 3)	7:00 PM
Meet New People As Adults – Which is Harder Than Expected	Trivia Night to Meet New People	7:00 PM
Light Study PRO – A Photography Workshop for Emerging Pros	Members as far back as 2008 can access their photos	7:00 PM
Learn-To-Trade Forex – Online (As seen on Orlando Sentinel)	Learn-To-Trade Q&A (ONLINE)	7:00 PM
Central Florida AD&D (1st ed.) Grognards Guild	World of Greyhawk: 1E One-Shots	7:30 PM

Tuesday, December 13

Group	Event Name	Time
Business Strategy Meetup Group	Business Networking	7:15 AM
Network Professionals Inc. of South Pinellas (NPI)	NPI St. Pete Business Builders Chapter – Exchange Qualified Business Referrals	7:30 AM
Orlando Melrose Makers	In-Person: Makerspace Open Lab	10:30 AM
Hyperledger Tampa	Byzantine Fault Tolerance Consensus for Blockchains and Hyperledger Fabric	11:00 AM
Tampa Bay Business Networking Meetings & Mixers	Upper Pinellas,Oldsmar,Westchase Networking Lunch -Wild Rover Brewing Company	11:00 AM
Young Professionals Networking JOIN in and Connect!	Westchase/Oldsmar Business Networking Lunch ~ All Welcome	11:00 AM
Professional Business Networking with RGAnetwork.net	Oldsmar/Westchase Networking Lunch – Wild Rover Brewing Company	11:00 AM
Tampa / St Pete Business Connections	Westchase/Oldsmar Business Networking Lunch ~ All Welcome	11:00 AM
Wesley Chapel, Trinity, New Tampa, Business Professionals	New Tampa Networking Lunch at Glory Day’s Grill New Tampa	11:30 AM
Pasco County Young Entrepreneurs/Business Owners All Welcome	Professional Business Networking Lunch Glory Day’s New Tampa	11:30 AM
Manatee River Business Exchange Club	Great group for referrals – Several new members – WE are growing!!!	12:00 PM
Global Networking Summit	Networking Brunch	12:00 PM
IBM Cloud South East Meetup Group	TechTuesday DemoDays: ISTIO and SERVICE MESH Technologies – IKS & OCP	12:00 PM
Docker Orlando	How Docker Has Changed the Way We Manage IT with David Clinton	1:00 PM
WEB3CFL -Art – Music – Gaming -Bitcoin -Crypto -Blockchain	Bitcoin/Crypto. Buying, Selling and sharing ideas. Small group atmosphere.	1:00 PM
UX for Change | Tampa Bay	Designing for non binary and non conforming customers with Both&	2:00 PM
Evolve Events with Us – Tampa	How To Start An Online Business In 2023 And Form A Success-Oriented Mindset	3:00 PM
Free Video Production Classes – TV/Internet	Social Video Marketing Tips(ONLINE CLASS)-FREE for Hillsborough County Residents	4:30 PM
Tampa Bay Metaverse	How to Get Started With Cryptocurrency, NFT, and Metaverse	5:30 PM
Crypto & NFT Investor’s Club–Sarasota/Bradenton Chapter	How to Get Started With Cryptocurrency, NFT, and Metaverse	5:30 PM
Crypto & NFT Investors Club–Tampa Bay Chapter	How to Get Started With Cryptocurrency, NFT, and Metaverse	5:30 PM
St. Pete Social Club “SPSC”	How to Get Started With Cryptocurrency, NFT, and Metaverse	5:30 PM
Toastmasters Division E	Bartow (FL) Toastmasters Club, HYBRID Meeting	6:00 PM
Tampa Hackerspace	Weekly Open Make Night	6:00 PM
Critical Hit Games	Marvel Crisis Protocol Night	6:00 PM
St. Petersburg Business Networking Pick-up Basketball	Weekly pickup networking basketball	6:00 PM
Adventures On Tap DnD and Board Games	Nerd Night at Deadwords Brewing	6:00 PM
Data Analytics – Tampa Bay	Data Analytics Tampa Bay – DECEMBER MEETUP	6:00 PM
West Pasco Toastmasters Club #2824	Weekly Meeting	6:30 PM
The Sarasota Creative Writers Meetup Group	The Sarasota Creative Writers	6:30 PM
Their Eyes Were Watching Books – Classic Book Meetup	December Book Club	6:30 PM
Tampa eMarketing Groups	Learn About Podcasting and How to Monetize Your Interest!	6:30 PM
Florida Podcasters Association	Florida Podcasters Association General Meeting!!!	6:30 PM
Pinellas Writers	Weekly Group Meetings – All Writers Welcome!	6:30 PM
Tampa – Sarasota – Venice Trivia & Quiz Meetup	Trivia Night – Moose Lodge 2117 Smartphone Trivia Game Show	6:30 PM
Almost There But Not Quite	Trivia at Duffy’s	6:45 PM
St. Pete Beers ‘n Board Games for Young Adults	St. Pete Beers ‘n Board Games Meetup for Young Adults	7:00 PM
Orlando Horror Movie Fans 20s-30s	THE MEAN ONE	7:00 PM
Dialogue and Human Experience.	Holiday Meeting (Thankfulness, Giving)	7:00 PM
Florida Center for Creative Photography	AMA – Ask Me Anything Related to Photography, Computers and Software	7:00 PM
Hosted By Singles in Business & Entrepreneur Life “Mastermind Group”	Let’s TALK – ONLINE – Singles In Business	7:00 PM
Geekocracy!	Dinner at Shaker and Peel	7:00 PM
Tampa Hackerspace	Electronics Meetup	7:00 PM
Lakeland Note Investing Group	Lakeland Note Investing Meetup Group	7:00 PM
Tampa Bay Gaming: RPG’s, Board Games & more!	D&D Adventurers League at Armada Games	7:00 PM
Tampa Hackerspace	Woodshop Safety (Members Only)	7:00 PM
TB Chess – Tampa Bay – St. Petersburg Chess Meetup Group	Let’s play chess at 54th Ave Kava House!	7:30 PM
Become A Crypto-Verse-Preneur! Get A Free NFT!	Become A Crypto-Verse-Preneur!	7:30 PM
Shut Up & Write!® Tampa	Online Event: Shut Up & Write on Zoom	7:45 PM

Wednesday, December 14

Don’t forget that Tampa Bay’s 2nd Annual Tech Meetup Extravaganza happens on the evening of Wednesday, December 14th at Embarc Collective from 5:30 to 7:30 p.m.!

The event is FREE to attend — just RSVP on the event page!

Group	Event Name	Time
Network Professionals Inc. of South Pinellas (NPI)	NPI Profit Partners Chapter – Exchange Qualified Business Referrals	7:30 AM
Data, Cloud and AI in Tampa	Technical Meetup Group hosted by IBM – 2022 Accomplishments and 2023 Plan	8:00 AM
Orlando Cybersecurity Meetup	Where do you stand on the cybersecurity maturity spectrum?	11:00 AM
Professional Business Networking with RGAnetwork.net	Carrollwood Professional Networking Lunch Wednesday All Welcome JOIN us	11:30 AM
Downtown Networking Community by Serendipity Labs Orlando	Lunch & Learn – Using Salesforce to Streamline Your Sales Process!	11:30 AM
Tampa Bay Business Networking Meetings & Mixers	Brandon Networking Professionals Networking Lunch	11:30 AM
Entrepreneurs & Business Owners of Sarasota & Bradenton	Sarasota Business Networking Lunch All Welcome, Just purchase Lunch!	11:30 AM
Young Professionals Networking JOIN in and Connect!	Brandon Business Professionals Just Love Coffee	11:30 AM
Bradenton/Sarasota Networking Meetings and Mixers	Business Networking Lunch	11:30 AM
Web Design And SEO/SEM Three Sixty Degrees	Web Design And SEO/SEM Three Sixty Degrees	12:00 PM
Board Game Players Club	Board game playing	1:00 PM
Network After Work Tampa – Networking Events	Network After Work Virtual Networking	2:00 PM
TampaBayNetworkers	15+30 Virtual Networking	2:45 PM
Professional Women’s Meetup	Happy Hour & Networking	3:00 PM
Network After Work Tampa – Networking Events	Building a Multi-Six Figure Business through Social Media Marketing	3:00 PM
Florida Center for Creative Photography	Holiday Lights in the Gardens Photo Walk at Florida Botanical Gardens	4:30 PM
TECHnically Volunteers of Tampa Bay	Volunteers Needed for the 2nd Annual Tech Meetup Extravaganza	4:30 PM
Brandon Boardgamers	Christmas Gift Exchange and Gaming	5:00 PM
Central Florida CitySec	SwanCitySec Meetup	5:00 PM
Tampa Bay Metaverse	3Blocks product launch party, Save the Date.	5:00 PM
The Tampa Chapter of the Society for the Exploration of Play	Playing Games in the Alley	5:00 PM
Crypto & NFT Investors Club–Tampa Bay Chapter	Real estate investment platform “3Blocks” product launch event.	5:00 PM
Small Investment > Small Business > Big Returns – Tampa	Real estate investment platform “3Blocks product launch” event.	5:00 PM
Tampa Devs	TDevs Meet & Greet – Tech Extravaganza @ Embarc Collective	5:30 PM
Tampa Gaming Guild	Wednesday Board Game Night	5:30 PM
Tampa Bay Data Science Group	TBDSG Meet & Greet: Tech Extravaganza @ Embarc Collective	5:30 PM
Tech4Good Tampa	2ND ANNUAL TECH MEETUP EXTRAVAGANZA	5:30 PM
Coders, Creatives, and Craft Beer	2nd Annual Tampa Bay Tech Meetup Extravaganza with Coders, Creatives, Craft Beer	5:30 PM
High Tech Connect	December Tech Fest: 2nd Annual Tech Meetup Extravaganza	5:30 PM
Career Success Academy	2nd Annual End of Year Tech Meetup Extravaganza	5:30 PM
Tampa Bay Tech Career Advice Forum	2nd Annual End of Year Tech Meetup Extravaganza	5:30 PM
Sarasota Business Exchange Club	We ARE meeting again at Rusty Bucket Restaurant	5:30 PM
Learn Cybersecurity Tampa | Flatiron School	Intro to Cybersecurity | Coding Demystified Using Python – Virtual	6:00 PM
Tampa Cybersecurity Meetup | Flatiron School	Intro to Cybersecurity | Coding Demystified Using Python – Virtual	6:00 PM
Orlando Adventurer’s Guild	‘Session 0’ – DM Robert	6:00 PM
Tampa Bay Gaming: RPG’s, Board Games & more!	Hobby Night – Minis Painting Tips & Tricks at Armada Games	6:00 PM
Board Game Meetup: Board Game Boxcar	Blood on the Clocktower & Board Games! (Deadwords Brewing Location)	6:00 PM
Brews N Board Games	Board Game Night at Deadwords Brewing	6:00 PM
Tampa Writers Alliance	Tampa Writers Alliance Critique Group	6:30 PM
Geekocracy!	Star Wars-themed trivia at 3 Daughters Brewing!	6:30 PM
Kitchen Table Book Club: Year of Short Stories	“There He Go” by Ladee Hubbard	6:30 PM
Tampa Bay Inventors Council – www.TampaBayInventors.org	Tampa Bay Inventors Council – www.tbic.us bi-monthly Meetup	6:30 PM
Suncoast Developers Guild	Open Code	7:00 PM
Florida Writer’s Association / Orlando	Florida Writer’s Association / Orlando	7:00 PM
Castaways Euchre Club	Castaways Euchre Club	7:00 PM
Central Florida AD&D (1st ed.) Grognards Guild	New Beginnings & Old Rivalries	7:00 PM
Tampa – Sarasota – Venice Trivia & Quiz Meetup	Smartphone Trivia Game Show at Wilders Pizza	7:00 PM
Tampa Hackerspace	Make a LED Edge Lit Name Plaque (Members Only)	7:00 PM
Nerd Night Out	Games & Grog – Party Games Social Night	7:00 PM
Broward Drupal Users Group	Drupal 10 launches today! Come celebrate.	7:00 PM
Let Go of Your Past and Make New Positive Friends	How to Be a More Confident Communicator	7:00 PM
Communication Skills for Quiet People	How to Open Yourself Up and Connect with People	7:00 PM
Hey Ladies! Book Club in Riverview/Brandon	Annual Hey Ladies! Holiday Celebration	7:00 PM
Tampa Bay Bitcoin	[Virtual] Tampa Bay Bitcoin Meetup: News, Markets, & Community	7:00 PM
MakerFX Makerspace	MakerFX Makerspace Art Of Electronics Guild	7:00 PM
Writers of Central Florida or Thereabouts	The Short Attention Span Storytelling Hour	7:00 PM
Orlando Lady Developers Meetup	Code challenge bi-weekly coding session	8:00 PM
Critical Hit Games	Werewolf	9:00 PM
Tampa / St Pete Business Connections	Carollwood Professionals Networking Lunch!	11:30 PM
Tampa / St Pete Business Connections	Brandon Business Professionals IN Person!!!!	11:30 PM

Thursday, December 15

Group	Event Name	Time
Pasco County Young Entrepreneurs/Business Owners All Welcome	Happy Hangar Early Bird Professionals Networking	7:30 AM
Pasco County Young Entrepreneurs/Business Owners All Welcome	Happy Hangar Early Bird Professionals Networking	7:30 AM
Professional Business Networking with RGAnetwork.net	Wesley Chapel/Lutz networking breakfast	7:30 AM
TampaBayNetworkers	Suncoast Networkers	8:30 AM
Orlando Melrose Makers	In-Person: Makerspace Open Lab	10:30 AM
Docker Davenport FL	Community All-Hands #7 | Virtual event | Dec 15th &16th	11:00 AM
Tampa Bay Business Networking Happy Hour/Meetings/Meet Up	Pinellas County’s Largest Networking Lunch and your invited!	11:00 AM
Florida Startup: Idea to IPO	How to Cut Product Development Costs by up to 50%!	11:00 AM
WEB3CFL -Art – Music – Gaming -Bitcoin -Crypto -Blockchain	Crypto Set-up Class -Limited to 5 Seats Only	11:00 AM
Young Professionals Networking JOIN in and Connect!	The Founders Meeting where it all Began! JOIN us! Bring a guest and get a gift	11:00 AM
Orlando Cybersecurity Meetup	Fight privilege creep with these 5 measures	11:00 AM
Business Game Changers Group	Clearwater Professional Networking Lunch	11:00 AM
Tampa / St Pete Business Connections	Clearwater/Central Pinellas Networking Lunch	11:00 AM
ManageEngine’s Cybersecurity Meetups	Why identity-first security will be critical in 2023 and beyond	11:00 AM
Network Professionals Inc. of South Pinellas (NPI)	NPI Power Lunch – Exchange Qualified Business Referrals	11:30 AM
Pasco County Young Entrepreneurs/Business Owners All Welcome	Wesley Chapel Professional Networking Lunch at Chuck Lager America’s Tavern	11:30 AM
Wesley Chapel, Trinity, New Tampa, Business Professionals	Wesley Chapel Professional Networking Lunch	11:30 AM
“Learn and Earn” Millionaire Mind Secrets & Networking	Online Zoom! Millionaire Mind Lunch; Book Club and Networking!	12:00 PM
Data, Cloud and AI in Tampa	Technical Meetup Group hosted by IBM – 2022 Accomplishments and 2023 Plan	3:30 PM
Tampa – Sarasota – Venice Trivia & Quiz Meetup	Trivia Night – Bunkers Bar of Sun City Center Smartphone Trivia Game Show	4:00 PM
Tampa Professional Networking Meetup	Happy Hour Networking – Cigars, Fine Wines and Brews	5:00 PM
All Things Kubernetes Tampa	All Things Kubernetes Meetup	5:00 PM
Business and Social Networking	Happy Hour!!	5:30 PM
We Write Here Black and Women of Color Writing Group	Virtual Writing Get Downs- Share It Now!	6:00 PM
Critical Hit Games	Warhammer Night	6:00 PM
Tampa Bay Gaming: RPG’s, Board Games & more!	D&D Adventurers League at Critical Hit Games	6:00 PM
Orlando Board Gaming Weekly Meetup	Central Florida Board Gaming at The Collective	6:00 PM
Social & Networking Event	Social/Networking Event	6:00 PM
Brandon and Seffner area AD&D and Rifts (Palladium) Group	2nd ed. AD&D Campaign.	6:00 PM
Tampa Bay Agile	Lean Beer for All Things Agile (Tampa)	6:30 PM
Nerd Night Out	Magic the Gathering Drafts at Angry Chair Brewing!	6:30 PM
Live streaming production and talent	Live streaming production and talent	7:00 PM
Tampa Hackerspace	Laser Cutter Orientation (Members Only)	7:00 PM
Tampa Bay Video Production Professionals	Group Kickoff and Networking!	7:00 PM
Tampa Hackerspace	Girls Who Code for Grades 6-12	7:00 PM
Sunshine Social Deduction Gaming	BotC night at Hourglass Brewery at the Hourglass District	7:00 PM

Friday, December 16

Group	Event Name	Time
NTi Port Richey, FL	USBH Networking	9:00 AM
Winter Park Toastmasters – Learn while having FUN!	Improve your communication, listening, and leadership skills	7:15 AM
Entrepreneurs & Business Owners of Sarasota & Bradenton	A.C.T. Acquire Connections Today Morning Business Networking All Welcome!	7:45 AM
Brandon Biz Pros	Build your Business with Brandon Biz Pros	8:30 AM
Entrepreneurs & Business Owners of Sarasota & Bradenton	A.C.T. Acquire Connections Today Morning Business Networking All Welcome!	8:45 AM
Young Professionals Networking JOIN in and Connect!	Tampa Young Professionals Virtual Networking Friday Morning All WElCOME	8:45 AM
Tampa / St Pete Business Connections	A.C.T. Acquire Connections Today Morning Business Networking All Welcome!	8:45 AM
Tampa Otaku	Holiday Matsuri 2022	9:00 AM
Tampa / St Pete Business Connections	International Professionals Networking Meeting	11:30 AM
Young Professionals Networking JOIN in and Connect!	Friday Business Introductions JOIN us at Cafe Delanie All Welcome	11:30 AM
Tampa Bay Business Networking Meetings & Mixers	Friday Business Introductions!	11:30 AM
Professional Business Networking with RGAnetwork.net	Friday International Business Introductions at McAllisters Westshore	11:30 AM
Tampa Bay Business Networking Happy Hour/Meetings/Meet Up	International Networking Westshore McAlisters Deli	11:30 AM
Cowork Social	Coworking at Bad Mother then Red Mesa Cantina for Happy Hour	3:00 PM
Clermont Nerd Games	Board Game Night!	5:00 PM
Tampa Gaming Guild	Friday Board Game Night	5:30 PM
Meeple Movers Gaming Group	Let’s Play Games ONLINE on Fridays!	5:30 PM
Professionals In Tech Pinellas Hillsborough County	Young Professionals In Tech Meet & Greet	6:00 PM
Critical Hit Games	MTG: Commander FNM	6:00 PM
Amazon Seller Meetup | Clearwater, Florida	The Amazon Sellers Holiday Party | Florida	6:00 PM
Dunnellon Area Board Gamers	Friday Night Board Gaming	6:00 PM
Nerd Night Out	Taps & Drafts	6:00 PM
Tampa Bay Gaming: RPG’s, Board Games & more!	Board Game night at The Strange Realms in Carrollwood Friday, 6 PM	6:00 PM
Gen Geek	Avatar (The way of the Water)	7:00 PM
MakerFX Makerspace	MakerFX Makerspace Woodshop Guild	7:00 PM
Orlando Adventurer’s Guild	Canon’s Custom Campaign Moonsea Tour – DM Canon (Tier 3)	7:00 PM
Tampa Hackerspace	Learn to Solder Holiday Edition — Make a Christmas Tree or Menorah	7:00 PM
Tampa – Sarasota – Venice Trivia & Quiz Meetup	Trivia Night – Daiquiri Deck on the Island in Venice	7:30 PM
Florida Center for Creative Photography	Monthly Cell Phone Photo Showcase	11:59 PM

Saturday, December 17

Group	Event Name	Time
Central Florida Philosophy Meetup	Wake Up and Think Clearly Saturday morning share and discuss.	7:00 AM
Toastmasters Division G	Early Bird Ocala	8:00 AM
Tampa Hackerspace	GSWCF: Pen Turning	9:00 AM
Data Tech Florida	Global AI Developer Days	9:00 AM
Writers Group at the Haunted Antique Shop	Writers Group at the Haunted Antique Shop	9:30 AM
Chess Republic	Coffee & Chess: Tampa Midtown	9:30 AM
Toastmasters Division E	Hunters Creek Toastmasters	9:30 AM
Orlando Lady Developers Meetup	Code with me – learning sessions weekly on Saturdays	10:00 AM
Florida Center for Creative Photography	Do the Victorian Christmas Stroll at Historic Plant Hall (Tampa Bay Hotel/ UT)	10:00 AM
North Florida Stock Investing Education	South Florida Model Investment Club Meeting	10:00 AM
Around The World: International Book Club – Metrowest	FRANCE – The Little Paris Bookshop – Nina George | Brunch at Cafe de Paris	10:00 AM
The Art Of Photography – Tampa/Gulf Coast Chapter	SAT 12/17 at 10 AM FREE ONLINE PHOTOGRAPHY CRITIQUE PROGRAM	10:00 AM
Winning The Week	Winning The Week – 3rd Meet	10:00 AM
Orlando Melrose Makers	In-Person: Makerspace Open Lab	10:30 AM
Oviedo Middle Aged Gamers (OMAG)	Bravo Group Campaign Continues	11:00 AM
Geekocracy!	Potluck Picnic and “Weird Elephant” Gift Exchange	12:00 PM
Suncoast Makers	FREE Fab Lab Orientation	1:00 PM
Tampa Bay Women’s Book Club Meetup Group	December Book Club	1:00 PM
Tampa Hackerspace	Wood Shop Router Table 101 (Members Only)	1:00 PM
Central Florida Florida Foam Fighting (Fumetsu)	Fighter Practice! (Newbies welcome)	2:00 PM
Tampa Book Club – Award-Winning Books	All the Pretty Horses by Cormac McCarthy	3:00 PM
Tampa Games Developer Guild	Game Project Therapy (Virtual)	4:00 PM
Kitchen Table Book Club: Year of Short Stories	What Is Not Yours Is Not Yours by Helen Oyeymi	6:00 PM
Nerdbrew Events	Community Hang-out Night	7:00 PM
The Pinellas County Young “Professionals”	Edge District Holiday Bar Crawl	7:00 PM
Critical Hit Games	CHG Reverse White Elephant Gift Party	7:00 PM
Nerd Night Out	NB Community Hang-out Night!	7:00 PM
Gen Geek	Enchant St petersburg	7:00 PM
Central Florida AD&D (1st ed.) Grognards Guild	THE ONE-SHOT GUILD	7:00 PM

Sunday, December 17

Group	Event Name	Time
Indian Shores Library Read and Feeds	Indian Shores Library Holiday Book Sale	9:00 AM
Saint Petersburg Introverts Socializing (Ages 20s-40s)	Paddling at Weedon Island Preserve	9:30 AM
The Art Of Photography – Tampa/Gulf Coast Chapter	SUN 12/18 at 10 AM FREE ONLINE PHOTOGRAPHY CRITIQUE PROGRAM	10:00 AM
There’s A Book For That: Self-Improvement Book Club	Weekly meeting	10:00 AM
Suncoast Critical Thinking Discussion Group	CRITICAL THINKERS SUNDAY BRUNCH AT ROSEMARY & THYME	10:00 AM
Board Games and Card Games in Sarasota & Bradenton	Games at Descent Into Gaming	12:00 PM
Drunk’n Meeples West Pasco (Boardgames)	Weekend Game Day	1:00 PM
Beginners Guide to D & D (Tampa Bay area)	D&D Adventurers League	1:00 PM
Critical Hit Games	D&D Adventurers League	2:00 PM
Tampa Bay Gaming: RPG’s, Board Games & more!	D&D Adventurers League at Critical Hit Games	2:00 PM
Toastmasters, Division D	Weekend Toastmasters	3:00 PM
Business Owners and Professionals	Let’s get out and have some fun.	4:00 PM
GDG SunCoast	Flutter Study Jams – Getting Started with Flutter [Online Workshop]	4:00 PM
Florida Center for Creative Photography	Holiday Lights in the Gardens Photo Walk at Florida Botanical Gardens	4:30 PM
Brandon and Seffner area AD&D and Rifts (Palladium) Group	Rifts	5:00 PM
Spellbound Bookstore Events	Meet & Greet Book Signing with Ginny Myers Sain	5:00 PM
Geekocracy!	Geek out over Florida Botanical Gardens’ holiday lights	5:30 PM
Literate Ladies of Orlando…Well Bred…Well Read	2nd Annual White Elephant Chrismahanukwanzakah Potluck! In Moscow!	6:00 PM
Learn-To-Trade Stocks – Online (As seen on Orlando Sentinel)	Learn-To-Trade Crypto, Forex & Futures (Online)	7:00 PM
Learn-To-Trade Forex – Online (As seen on Orlando Sentinel)	Learn-To-Trade Forex, Crypto & Futures (ONLINE)	7:00 PM
Nerdbrew Events	Hidden Gems Night, Presented by A Duck!	7:00 PM
Learn-To-Trade Crypto – Online (As seen on Orlando Sentinel)	Learn-To-Trade Cryptos, Forex & Futures (ONLINE)	7:00 PM
Solana – Tampa	Office Hours	8:00 PM
Nerd Night Out	NerdBrew Karaoke @ MacDinton’s!	8:00 PM

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Here’s the list of tech, entrepreneur, and nerd events for Tampa Bay and surrounding areas for the week of Monday, December 5 through Sunday, December 11, 2022.

Every week, with the assistance of a couple of Jupyter Notebooks that I put together, I compile this list for the Tampa Bay tech community.

As far as event types go, this list casts a rather wide net. It includes events that would be of interest to techies, nerds, and entrepreneurs. It includes (but isn’t limited to) events that fall under the category of:

• Programming, DevOps, systems administration, and testing
• Tech project management / agile processes
• Video, board, and role-playing games
• Book, philosophy, and discussion clubs
• Tech, business, and entrepreneur networking events
• Toastmasters (because nerds really need to up their presentation game)
• Sci-fi, fantasy, and other genre fandoms
• Anything I deem geeky

By “Tampa Bay and surrounding areas”, this list covers events that originate or are aimed at the area within 100 miles of the Port of Tampa. At the very least, that includes the cities of Tampa, St. Petersburg, and Clearwater, but as far north as Ocala, as far south as Fort Myers, and includes Orlando and its surrounding cities.

This week’s events

Monday, December 5

Group	Event Name	Time
Option Trading Strategies (Tampa Bay area) Meetup Group	Option Trading Strategies Meetup (Online)	11:00 AM
Clean Fiction Writers of Central Florida	Writer’s Critique Group	11:00 AM
Tampa / St Pete Business Connections	Downtown St Pete Business Professionals Lunch	11:00 AM
Young Professionals Networking JOIN in and Connect!	In person at Fords Garage St Pete	11:00 AM
Professional Business Networking with RGAnetwork.net	St. Pete Networking Lunch! Fords Garage! Monday’s	11:30 AM
Christian Professionals Network Tampa Bay	Live Online Connection Meeting- Monday	11:30 AM
Downtown Networking Community by Serendipity Labs Orlando	Lunch & Learn – Marketing with a Sweet Twist	11:30 AM
SCIPS, a 50+ Tampa Bay Singles Club	EUCHRE, Rummy Q and other Board Games for ENTHUSIASTIC GAME PLAYERS	4:00 PM
Web3Collab St. Petersburg	Why Helium tanked and the future of TIPIN: A conversation with Burak Sezen	6:00 PM
We Write Here Black and Women of Color Writing Group	Virtual Writing Get Downs	6:00 PM
Critical Hit Games	MTG: Commander Night	6:00 PM
Tampa Bay Tabletoppers	Monday Feast & Game Night	6:00 PM
Board Game Meetup: Board Game Boxcar	Monday Weekly Board Game Night! (Lazy Moon Colonial Location)	6:00 PM
Toastmasters, Division D	ACE Advanced Toastmasters 3274480	6:00 PM
Brews N Board Games	Board Game Night at Persimmon Hollow Flamingo Crossings	6:00 PM
TIME OF YOUR LIFE! 50+	Trivia Social Liam Fitzpatricks / Lake Mary	6:00 PM
Tampa – Sarasota – Venice Trivia & Quiz Meetup	Trivia Night – Off the Wagon Kitchen & Brewery Smartphone Trivia Game Show	6:30 PM
Orlando Adventurer’s Guild	Tomb of Annhilation (APL 6 Forgotten Realms) – DM Carson	6:30 PM
MakerFX Makerspace	MakerFX Makerspace 3D Printing Basics	7:00 PM
Orlando Stoics	ONLINE: “Awkward Conversations” (Part 2)	7:00 PM
Tampa Bay Gaming: RPG’s, Board Games & more!	Board Game Night at Armada Games	7:00 PM
Learn-To-Trade Forex – Online (As seen on Orlando Sentinel)	Learn-To-Trade Q&A (ONLINE)	7:00 PM
Toastmasters Division E	Lakeland (FL) Toastmasters Club #2262	7:00 PM
Meet New People As Adults – Which is Harder Than Expected	Trivia Night to Meet New People	7:00 PM
Light Study PRO – A Photography Workshop for Emerging Pros	Members as far back as 2008 can access their photos	7:00 PM
Toastmasters Division G	Spanglish Toastmasters Club 7703731	7:00 PM
Central Florida AD&D (1st ed.) Grognards Guild	World of Greyhawk: 1E One-Shots	7:30 PM
North Florida Stock Investing Education	North Florida Chapter Model Investment Club	7:30 PM
Hosted By Defcon813	Cert Study Session	8:00 PM

Tuesday, December 6

Group	Event Name	Time
Business Strategy Meetup Group	Business Networking	7:15 AM
Greater Orlando Business Network	GOBN Weekly Meeting	7:15 AM
Network Professionals Inc. of South Pinellas (NPI)	NPI St. Pete Business Builders Chapter – Exchange Qualified Business Referrals	7:30 AM
Tampa Bay Agile	v-Lean Coffee	7:30 AM
Orlando Melrose Makers	In-Person: Makerspace Open Lab	10:30 AM
Young Professionals Networking JOIN in and Connect!	Westchase/Oldsmar Business Networking Lunch ~ All Welcome	11:00 AM
Tampa / St Pete Business Connections	Westchase/Oldsmar Business Networking Lunch ~ All Welcome	11:00 AM
Tampa Bay Business Networking Meetings & Mixers	Upper Pinellas,Oldsmar,Westchase Networking Lunch -Wild Rover Brewing Company	11:00 AM
Professional Business Networking with RGAnetwork.net	New Tampa RGA Chapter ~ Glory Days Meet your next referral partner!	11:30 AM
Wesley Chapel, Trinity, New Tampa, Business Professionals	New Tampa Networking Lunch at Glory Day’s Grill New Tampa	11:30 AM
Pasco County Young Entrepreneurs/Business Owners All Welcome	Professional Business Networking Lunch Glory Day’s New Tampa	11:30 AM
Data Analytics – Tampa Bay	Data Monetization – Hosted by Pomerol Partners	12:00 PM
Manatee River Business Exchange Club	Great group for referrals – Several new members – WE are growing!!!	12:00 PM
Global Networking Summit	Networking Brunch	12:00 PM
WEB3CFL -Art – Music – Gaming -Bitcoin -Crypto -Blockchain	Bitcoin/Crypto. Buying, Selling and sharing ideas. Small group atmosphere.	1:00 PM
Network After Work Tampa – Networking Events	How to Maximize Social Media Virtual Summit	1:00 PM
Free Video Production Classes – TV/Internet	Social Video Marketing Tips(ONLINE CLASS)-FREE for Hillsborough County Residents	4:15 PM
Tampa Cyber Security Meetup Group	Cyber Security Happy hour	5:00 PM
Orlando Developers Meetup	Orlando Devs Holiday Party	5:30 PM
Tampa Hackerspace	Weekly Open Make Night	6:00 PM
Florida Center for Creative Photography	Meet & Greet at O’Keefe’s Family Restaurant	6:00 PM
Adventures On Tap DnD and Board Games	Nerd Night at Deadwords Brewing	6:00 PM
Tampa Bay Wargaming Society	Gaslands	6:00 PM
Critical Hit Games	Marvel Crisis Protocol Night	6:00 PM
Tampa – Sarasota – Venice Trivia & Quiz Meetup	Trivia Night – Moose Lodge 2117 Smartphone Trivia Game Show	6:30 PM
West Pasco Toastmasters Club #2824	Weekly Meeting	6:30 PM
Pinellas Writers	Weekly Group Meetings – All Writers Welcome!	6:30 PM
Suncoast Developers Guild	WordPress St Pete Meetup at SDG	6:30 PM
Orlando Crypto Meetup	Crypto/Trading/Online Business/Entrepreneurship Nights	7:00 PM
Zoom online meeting UFOs & IFOs Meetup Group	Zoom online meeting discussion group UFOs & IFOs	7:00 PM
Communication Skills for Quiet People	The Guide to Beginning a New Relationship for Introverts	7:00 PM
St. Pete Beers ‘n Board Games for Young Adults	St. Pete Beers ‘n Board Games Meetup for Young Adults	7:00 PM
Orlando Horror Movie Fans 20s-30s	VIOLENT NIGHT🎅🏻🩸	7:00 PM
Tampa Bay Gaming: RPG’s, Board Games & more!	D&D Adventurers League at Armada Games	7:00 PM
Central Florida Books and Brews	Let’s Meetup and Discuss Krampusnacht: Twelve Nights of Krampus by Kate Wolford	7:00 PM
Tampa Hackerspace	THS Member Meeting	7:00 PM
Chan’s Book Club of Tampa Bay	Take My Hand (Dolen Perkins-Valdez) Book Discussion	7:00 PM
Business and Tech Startup Network of Tampa	Business and Tech Start up Network of Tampa	7:30 PM
North Florida Stock Investing Education	Tuesday Training Workshop: Portfolio Management	7:30 PM
TB Chess – Tampa Bay – St. Petersburg Chess Meetup Group	Let’s play chess at 54th Ave Kava House!	7:30 PM
Shut Up & Write!® Tampa	Online Event: Shut Up & Write on Zoom	7:45 PM

Wednesday, December 7

Group	Event Name	Time
Network Professionals Inc. of South Pinellas (NPI)	NPI Profit Partners Chapter – Exchange Qualified Business Referrals	7:30 AM
Business Networking for Entrepreneurs of Color	Virtual Business Networking – Entrepreneurs of Color	8:00 AM
WordPress Orlando	Coffee and WordPress at Foxtail Coffee	8:00 AM
Data, Cloud and AI in Tampa	Designing People-Centered AI: Modelling power and powerful modelling!	8:00 AM
1 Million Cups – Orlando	1 Million Cups – Orlando Weekly Meetup	8:30 AM
Florida Center for Creative Photography	Continue the Learning over Lunch at O’Keefe’s	11:00 AM
Professional Business Networking with RGAnetwork.net	Carrollwood Professional Networking Lunch Wednesday All Welcome JOIN us	11:30 AM
Young Professionals Networking JOIN in and Connect!	Brandon Business Professionals Just Love Coffee	11:30 AM
Tampa Bay Business Networking Meetings & Mixers	Brandon Networking Professionals Networking Lunch	11:30 AM
Bradenton/Sarasota Networking Meetings and Mixers	Business Networking Lunch	11:30 AM
Web Design And SEO/SEM Three Sixty Degrees	Web Design And SEO/SEM Three Sixty Degrees	12:00 PM
Success Strategies for Business Owners	Google Bootcamp Part 5 – Reach Customers Online With Google in the New Year	12:00 PM
Tampa Startup Founder 101	Startup Fundraising Online Q&A w/ Pre-Seed Investors from the FI Venture Network	1:00 PM
Free Video Production Classes – TV/Internet	Digital Video Editing Class (ONLINE CLASS) -FREE for Hillsborough residents only	1:00 PM
Codeboxx	Information Session – Tampa Bay Campus	2:00 PM
Evolve Events with Us – Tampa	Bitcoin: The Global Financial Crisis is Why You MUST Comprehend Bitcoin NOW!	2:00 PM
TampaBayNetworkers	15+30 Virtual Networking	2:45 PM
Work From Home -Online Business Opportunities and Networking	Learn To Create A Successful Branded Print on Demand Business	3:00 PM
Work From Home -Online Business Opportunities and Networking	Learn and Earn an Easy, Crazy Side Income Through LinkedIn	3:30 PM
Orlando Unity Developers Group	Online: Unity – Programming Input Actions	4:00 PM
Ironhack Orlando – Tech Careers, Learning and Networking	US Open House: How to learn in-demand tech skills without wasting years!	5:00 PM
Brandon Boardgamers	Board Gaming – In Person	5:00 PM
The Tampa Chapter of the Society for the Exploration of Play	Playing Games in the Alley	5:00 PM
Tampa Bay Tech	Lightning Rounds with Tampa Bay Tech	5:30 PM
Tampa Gaming Guild	Wednesday Board Game Night	5:30 PM
Young Professionals in Orlando #YPO	WE ARE BACK! Young Professional Network & Social @ Gnarly Barley	5:30 PM
Zilla University: Improving Your Online Presence	How to Boost Website Conversions: Live Workshop & Networking	5:30 PM
Sarasota Business Exchange Club	We ARE meeting again at Rusty Bucket Restaurant	5:30 PM
Network Under 40 Tampa	Network Under 40 Tampa: Bay Cannon Beer Company	6:00 PM
Hosted By Central Florida Entrepreneurs Networking Group	CFL Healthcare Mixer @MatadorRestaurant	6:00 PM
Tampa Devs	TDevs – Data ETL w/ Apache Airflow @ Embarc Collective	6:00 PM
Tampa Bay Gaming: RPG’s, Board Games & more!	Hobby Night – Minis Painting Tips & Tricks at Armada Games	6:00 PM
Brews N Board Games	Board Game Night at Deadwords Brewing	6:00 PM
Elastic Orlando User Group	Managing the Elastic Stack with Ansible	6:00 PM
Board Game Meetup: Board Game Boxcar	Blood on the Clocktower & Board Games! (Deadwords Brewing Location)	6:00 PM
Tampa Bay AWS User Group	AWS re:Invent Recap in Tampa!	6:00 PM
WordPress Tampa	To be announced: Scheduled Talk	6:30 PM
The Weirder Things Book Club	Dark Matter by Blake Crouch midway point	6:30 PM
Florida Writer’s Association / Orlando	Orlando Florida Writer’s Association	6:30 PM
Crypto & NFT Investors Club–Tampa Bay Chapter	Crypto Investors Club (5 STAR RATED)	6:30 PM
Tampa Writers Alliance	Are You Ready for the Flash Fiction-athon?	6:30 PM
Communication Skills for Quiet People	How to Communicate Effectively	7:00 PM
Tampa – Sarasota – Venice Trivia & Quiz Meetup	Smartphone Trivia Game Show at Wilders Pizza	7:00 PM
Let Go of Your Past and Make New Positive Friends	How to Make Friends and Enjoy Conversations	7:00 PM
Geekocracy!	Book Club – Sign Here by Claudia Lux	7:00 PM
Castaways Euchre Club	Castaways Euchre Club	7:00 PM
Tampa Bay Amazon Sellers E-commerce Meetup	Christmas Party at New Location!	7:00 PM
Tampa Amazon Seller Meetup Group	Tampa Bay E-commerce Christmas Party!!	7:00 PM
Nerd Night Out	Games & Grog – Party Games Social Night	7:00 PM
Central Florida AD&D (1st ed.) Grognards Guild	New Beginnings & Old Rivalries	7:00 PM
Critical Hit Games	Werewolf	9:00 PM
Tampa / St Pete Business Connections	Carollwood Professionals Networking Lunch!	11:30 PM
Tampa / St Pete Business Connections	Brandon Business Professionals IN Person!!!!	11:30 PM

Thursday, December 8

Group	Event Name	Time
Professional Business Networking with RGAnetwork.net	Wesley Chapel/Lutz networking breakfast	7:30 AM
Pasco County Young Entrepreneurs/Business Owners All Welcome	Happy Hangar Early Bird Professionals Networking	7:30 AM
TampaBayNetworkers	Suncoast Networkers	8:30 AM
Moffitt Cancer Center Bio-Data Club	Fourth Annual Hackathon	9:00 AM
Orlando Melrose Makers	In-Person: Makerspace Open Lab	10:30 AM
Tampa Bay Business Networking Happy Hour/Meetings/Meet Up	Pinellas County’s Largest Networking Lunch and your invited!	11:00 AM
Tampa / St Pete Business Connections	Clearwater/Central Pinellas Networking Lunch	11:00 AM
WEB3CFL -Art – Music – Gaming -Bitcoin -Crypto -Blockchain	Crypto Set-up Class -Limited to 5 Seats Only	11:00 AM
Young Professionals Networking JOIN in and Connect!	The Founders Meeting where it all Began! JOIN us! Bring a guest and get a gift	11:00 AM
“Learn and Earn” Millionaire Mind Secrets & Networking	Online Zoom! Millionaire Mind Lunch; Book Club and Networking!	12:00 PM
Free Video Production Classes – TV/Internet	YouTube Basics (ONLINE CLASS) – FREE for Hillsborough County Residents	3:00 PM
Data, Cloud and AI in Tampa	Designing People-Centered AI: Modelling power and powerful modelling!	3:30 PM
Tampa – Sarasota – Venice Trivia & Quiz Meetup	Trivia Night – Bunkers Bar of Sun City Center Smartphone Trivia Game Show	4:00 PM
Entrepreneurs Empower Empire	Entrepreneurs Empower Empire Live Holiday Happy Hour	5:00 PM
Summerfield Board/Card Game Night	Summerfield Tabletop/Board/Card Games	6:00 PM
Brandon and Seffner area AD&D and Rifts (Palladium) Group	2nd ed. AD&D Campaign.	6:00 PM
Orlando Board Gaming Weekly Meetup	Central Florida Board Gaming at The Collective	6:00 PM
Tampa Bay Gaming: RPG’s, Board Games & more!	D&D Adventurers League at Critical Hit Games	6:00 PM
Critical Hit Games	Warhammer Night	6:00 PM
Nerd Night Out	Magic the Gathering Drafts at Angry Chair Brewing!	6:30 PM
Nerdbrew Events	Taps and Drafts: Angry Thursdays!	6:30 PM
Book Club Babes	Book Club Babes December Meetup!	7:00 PM
Lets Do All the Stuff	Are you smarter than a 5th grader trivia!	7:00 PM
Real Life Trading – Tampa FL	RLT Tampa Stock Trading Meetup	7:00 PM
Tampa Bay Bitcoin	Bitdevs	7:00 PM
Communication Skills for Interviews and Life	Communication Practice and Improvement	7:00 PM
Tampa Hackerspace	Girls Who Code for Grades 6-12	7:00 PM
Cocktails and Convo: Book club for RomCom Lovers	Martinis and Book talk	7:00 PM
Business Networking for Entrepreneurs of Color	Virtual Business Networking – Entrepreneurs of Color	7:00 PM
Tampa Bay Business Builders Meetup	Saint Petersburg Business Builders	7:00 PM
Let Go of Your Past and Make New Positive Friends	How to Let Go of the Past and Begin Anew	7:00 PM
Live streaming production and talent	Live streaming production and talent	7:00 PM
Tampa Hackerspace	Woodshop Tool Sign Off-Jointer, Planer, & Bandsaw (Members Only)	7:00 PM
YEA Young Entrepreneurs of America	YEA MEETING – CONNECT W YOUNG ENTREPRENEURS IN TAMPA	7:00 PM

Friday, December 9

Group	Event Name	Time
Winter Park Toastmasters – Learn while having FUN!	Improve your communication, listening, and leadership skills	7:15 AM
Agile Orlando	Virtual “2nd Fridays” Lean Coffee Orlando	7:30 AM
Entrepreneurs & Business Owners of Sarasota & Bradenton	A.C.T. Acquire Connections Today Morning Business Networking All Welcome!	7:45 AM
Brandon Biz Pros	Build your Business with Brandon Biz Pros	8:30 AM
NTi Port Richey, FL	NTi New Port Richey – Business Referral Network	9:00 AM
Christian Professionals Network Tampa Bay	Improve Speaking Skills & Build Confidence	9:25 AM
Young Professionals Networking JOIN in and Connect!	Friday Business Introductions JOIN us at Cafe Delanie All Welcome	11:30 AM
Tampa / St Pete Business Connections	International Professionals Networking Meeting	11:30 AM
Tampa / St Pete Business Connections	International Professionals Networking Meeting	11:30 AM
Tampa Bay Business Networking Happy Hour/Meetings/Meet Up	International Networking Westshore McAlisters Deli	11:30 AM
Professional Business Networking with RGAnetwork.net	Friday International Business Introductions at McAllisters Westshore	11:30 AM
Tampa Bay Business Networking Meetings & Mixers	Friday Business Introductions!	11:30 AM
Orlando Unity Developers Group	Online: VR App Development Basics	4:00 PM
Clermont Nerd Games	Board Game Night!	5:00 PM
Tampa Gaming Guild	Friday Board Game Night	5:30 PM
Dunnellon Area Board Gamers	Friday Night Board Gaming	6:00 PM
Tampa Bay Gaming: RPG’s, Board Games & more!	Board Game night at The Strange Realms in Carrollwood Friday, 6 PM	6:00 PM
Nerdbrew Events	Taps & Drafts	6:00 PM
Gen Geek	Create a holiday Ginger bread house (Back on!)	7:00 PM
Orlando Adventurer’s Guild	Canon’s Custom Campaign Moonsea Tour – DM Canon (Tier 3)	7:00 PM
Horror Fan Fun Time Gang	Horror Friends Movie Night – The Mean One!!!	7:00 PM
MakerFX Makerspace	MakerFX Maskerspace Laser Guild	7:00 PM
MARS ASTRONOMY CLUB	MARS December 2022 Meeting	7:00 PM
Tampa Stoics	IN-PERSON: “How to Think Like a Roman Emperor” (Chapter 2)	7:00 PM
Critical Hit Games	MTG: The Brothers’ War Draft	7:00 PM
Oviedo Middle Aged Gamers (OMAG)	Tabletop: Friday Board Game Night	7:00 PM
West Orlando WordPress Meetup	Holiday Dinner In-Person Meetup – West Orlando WordPress	7:00 PM
Tampa – Sarasota – Venice Trivia & Quiz Meetup	Trivia Night – Daiquiri Deck on the Island in Venice	7:30 PM

Saturday, December 10

Group	Event Name	Time
Central Florida Philosophy Meetup	Wake Up and Think Clearly Saturday morning share and discuss.	7:00 AM
Toastmasters Division G	Early Bird Ocala	8:00 AM
Tampa Hackerspace	GSWCF: Make a Laser-Engraved Keepsake Box	9:00 AM
Writers Group at the Haunted Antique Shop	Writers Group at the Haunted Antique Shop	9:30 AM
Chess Republic	Coffee & Chess: Tampa Midtown	9:30 AM
Orlando Melrose Makers	In-Person: Makerspace Open Lab	10:30 AM
Florida Center for Creative Photography	Continue the Learning over Lunch at O’Keefe’s	11:00 AM
North Florida Stock Investing Education	BetterInvesting Yankee Model Investment Club Meeting	11:00 AM
Orlando Unity Developers Group	Create an Escape Room VR Game – 3 Part Class	11:00 AM
Critical Hit Games	Star Wars Legion: Casual Play	12:00 PM
Suncoast Makers	FREE Fab Lab Orientation	1:00 PM
Orlando Startups And Entrepreneurs	Meet-and-Greet	2:00 PM
Geekocracy!	Hyppo Ice Pop and Optional Bike Ride	2:00 PM
Central Florida Florida Foam Fighting (Fumetsu)	Fighter Practice! (Newbies welcome)	2:00 PM
Casual Scrabble Play	Scrabble for ALL levels!	2:00 PM
ITADAKIMASU Tampa Japanese Food Meetup	Dinner at Mikes Sushi	4:00 PM
Bitcoin Orlando	Monthly Bitcoin: Q and A	4:30 PM
Orlando Stoics	IN-PERSON: “The Discourses of Epictetus” (Part 1)	5:00 PM
Oviedo Middle Aged Gamers (OMAG)	Golf Group – RPG One-Shots	6:00 PM
Nerd Night Out	NB Community Hang-out Night!	7:00 PM
Nerdbrew Events	Community Hang-out Night	7:00 PM
Central Florida AD&D (1st ed.) Grognards Guild	THE ONE-SHOT GUILD	7:00 PM

Sunday, December 11

Group	Event Name	Time
There’s A Book For That: Self-Improvement Book Club	Weekly meeting	10:00 AM
Suncoast Critical Thinking Discussion Group	CRITICAL THINKERS SUNDAY BRUNCH AT ROSEMARY & THYME	10:00 AM
Geekocracy!	Geeks Go Hiking: Upper Tampa Bay Trail & Bite	10:00 AM
Board Games and Card Games in Sarasota & Bradenton	Games at Descent Into Gaming	12:00 PM
Drunk’n Meeples West Pasco (Boardgames)	Weekend Game Day	1:00 PM
Beginners Guide to D & D (Tampa Bay area)	D&D Adventurers League	1:00 PM
Tampa Hackerspace	Family Open Make Day	1:00 PM
Orlando Adventurer’s Guild	New Player Nights East Colonial – Tier 1 (Various DMs)	1:00 PM
Central Florida Computer Society	Join us for the Windows Special Interest Group	1:30 PM
Tampa Bay Gaming: RPG’s, Board Games & more!	D&D Adventurers League at Critical Hit Games	2:00 PM
Critical Hit Games	D&D Adventurers League	2:00 PM
Tampa Stoics	IN-PERSON: A Walking Meditation – Causeway Trail	4:30 PM
The Guild of Independent Game Developers	Lecture	5:00 PM
Brandon and Seffner area AD&D and Rifts (Palladium) Group	Rifts	5:00 PM
Toastmasters Division E	Find Your Funny Toastmaster	6:30 PM
Learn-To-Trade Crypto – Online (As seen on Orlando Sentinel)	Learn-To-Trade Cryptos, Forex & Futures (ONLINE)	7:00 PM
Learn-To-Trade Forex – Online (As seen on Orlando Sentinel)	Learn-To-Trade Forex, Crypto & Futures (ONLINE)	7:00 PM
Learn-To-Trade Stocks – Online (As seen on Orlando Sentinel)	Learn-To-Trade Crypto, Forex & Futures (Online)	7:00 PM
Nerdbrew Events	Hidden Gems Night, Presented by A Duck!	7:00 PM
Nerd Night Out	NerdBrew Karaoke @ MacDinton’s!	8:00 PM
Solana – Tampa	Office Hours	8:00 PM

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