Petri Dish Meetup Group Family

History
The Petri Dish Meetup Group Family is the term used to describe the loose alliance of different Science, Tech, and Business Meetup Groups that have been working together to bring a vibrant science and tech community to the DC area. The first instance of cross meetup group collaboration in DMV Petri Dish's history began in January 2022 when members of Capital Area Biospace and NOVA Sci-Fi Labs began to visit each others meetup and established the DMV Petri Dish Discord Server. Since then, DMV Petri Dish has worked to establish partnerships with other meetup groups across Northern Virginia, Washington DC, Montgomery County, and even Baltimore City. Each meetup group contains a focus on an area of science, tech, or business that may or may not overlap with another member of the Petri Dish Meetup Family. Most of the partnerships were established through natural exploration and collaboration, therefore, there exists no definite criteria for collaboration and instead relies on organic development at this time.

Working Together
Through our Meetup Group family we are able to:


 * Share resources
 * Share people
 * Share spaces
 * Share knowledge
 * Cross-promote events
 * Co-sponsor events
 * Create new cross-groups initiatives
 * Co-apply for applicable funding opportunities