Chicago area Hadoop User Group (CHUG)
CHUG, founded in April 2010, is a nonprofit organization (ok its a free meetup group) created to help foster and promote the adoption of Hadoop (HBase, Hive, etc...) within the Chicago Area.As of July 1st, 2014 there are 1800+ members from around Chicago and other locations, representing over 200 companies ranging from start-ups to Corporate 100.