[tarr11]

you need a shared project, mission, experience, goal, or whatever to bond with people.

Meetup is not that - you drink a beer, then just leave after an hour or two. If you work on a project together, though, even on github, you will probably become good friends

Volunteer, get a job you believe in, work on an open source project with someone.

[Kurtz79]

This is a great point, I agree completely.