These are the few user groups that I go to or keep track of regularly to see if they are discussing a topic that is of specific interest to me.
New England Java User group. It has been there almost for ever. They have some excellent speaker line up and its a very active user group. If you are new to Java or a veteran- you will always find something useful here. 
Boston area Grails User Group. This is the only grails groovy user group I found in and around Boston. Haven’t attended any of their meetings yet , but seems to be fairly active group.
Boston Area Scala enthusiasts. This group was started by my friend Nermin and couple more Scala enthusiasts. They have had only couple of meetings so far- but the group is well….quite enthusiastic . At this point they do not have scheduled meetings on a particular day of a particular week. But I am sure they will get there soon. Currently, they meet once a month in Cambridge at Google office.
This is perhaps the biggest Agile user group n the Boston area - very active . They also hosted a major event recently ,featuring speakers Jeff Sutherland , Ken Schwaber and Amr Elssamadisy , Sanjiv Augustine and Dan Mezick.
Nashua Scrum club
It’s a fairly new group. I have attended couple of their meetings and have found them all to be very excellent. If you are keen to learn about scrum or Agile- I would strongly suggest that you swing by and attend a meeting.
Software Quality Group of New England. All they care about is quality ! How about that -eh? . Take a look at their calender. Makes me want to go all of these meetings in one day !!!
Boston Software Process Improvement Network. It’s all about the process !. Take a look at their line up of past and upcoming talks - there is something there for everyone.
They are the local Agile evangelists. AFAIK, they do not have events on a fixed schedule like a user group but do hold some serious events every now and then.
I thought it would be cool to have all these in one convenient place- so I created a Google calender.I will try my best to keep these events up to date. though the standard disclaimers apply. Please do check the specific websites for registration, cancellations, changes in venue etc.
If you are the owner or organizer of this meetings, please free to contact me for modifications or updates.
I will try to update specific information about specific events in the Calender, e.g. Speaker information etc. If you are interested in getting notified about that- please leave a comment (that will give me your email address ) and I will let you know.
December 7th, 2009 at 6:35 pm
Nice overview Rajiv. Didn’t even know some of the groups existed!