diff --git a/app/controllers/organizations_controller.rb b/app/controllers/organizations_controller.rb
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..c258d20
--- /dev/null
+++ b/app/controllers/organizations_controller.rb
@@ -0,0 +1,74 @@
+class OrganizationsController < ApplicationController
+  before_action :set_organization, only: [:show, :edit, :update, :destroy]
+
+  # GET /organizations
+  # GET /organizations.json
+  def index
+    @organizations = Organization.all
+  end
+
+  # GET /organizations/1
+  # GET /organizations/1.json
+  def show
+  end
+
+  # GET /organizations/new
+  def new
+    @organization = Organization.new
+  end
+
+  # GET /organizations/1/edit
+  def edit
+  end
+
+  # POST /organizations
+  # POST /organizations.json
+  def create
+    @organization = Organization.new(organization_params)
+
+    respond_to do |format|
+      if @organization.save
+        format.html { redirect_to @organization, notice: 'Organization was successfully created.' }
+        format.json { render action: 'show', status: :created, location: @organization }
+      else
+        format.html { render action: 'new' }
+        format.json { render json: @organization.errors, status: :unprocessable_entity }
+      end
+    end
+  end
+
+  # PATCH/PUT /organizations/1
+  # PATCH/PUT /organizations/1.json
+  def update
+    respond_to do |format|
+      if @organization.update(organization_params)
+        format.html { redirect_to @organization, notice: 'Organization was successfully updated.' }
+        format.json { head :no_content }
+      else
+        format.html { render action: 'edit' }
+        format.json { render json: @organization.errors, status: :unprocessable_entity }
+      end
+    end
+  end
+
+  # DELETE /organizations/1
+  # DELETE /organizations/1.json
+  def destroy
+    @organization.destroy
+    respond_to do |format|
+      format.html { redirect_to organizations_url }
+      format.json { head :no_content }
+    end
+  end
+
+  private
+    # Use callbacks to share common setup or constraints between actions.
+    def set_organization
+      @organization = Organization.find(params[:id])
+    end
+
+    # Never trust parameters from the scary internet, only allow the white list through.
+    def organization_params
+      params.require(:organization).permit(:url, :name, :about)
+    end
+end
diff --git a/app/helpers/organizations_helper.rb b/app/helpers/organizations_helper.rb
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..24cc9a8
--- /dev/null
+++ b/app/helpers/organizations_helper.rb
@@ -0,0 +1,2 @@
+module OrganizationsHelper
+end
diff --git a/app/models/meetup_api.rb b/app/models/meetup_api.rb
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..9c1c7c5
--- /dev/null
+++ b/app/models/meetup_api.rb
@@ -0,0 +1,19 @@
+class MeetupApi
+  BASE_URL = 'https://api.meetup.com'
+  AUTH = "sign=true&key=#{ENV['MEETUP_KEY']}"
+
+  def self.is_meetup_url(url)
+    url =~ /meetup.com/
+  end
+
+  def self.group(url)
+    group_name = URI.parse(url).path.split('/').second
+    url = "#{BASE_URL}/#{group_name}?#{AUTH}"
+    response = HTTParty.get(url)
+
+    # watch out for the rate limit
+    #p response.headers
+
+    response.parsed_response
+  end
+end
diff --git a/app/models/organization.rb b/app/models/organization.rb
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..1b59e01
--- /dev/null
+++ b/app/models/organization.rb
@@ -0,0 +1,12 @@
+class Organization < ActiveRecord::Base
+  before_create :check_url
+
+  def check_url
+    if MeetupApi.is_meetup_url(url)
+      group = MeetupApi.group(url)
+      self.name = group['name']
+      self.about = group['description']
+      self.meetup_id = group['id']
+    end
+  end
+end
diff --git a/app/views/organizations/_form.html.slim b/app/views/organizations/_form.html.slim
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..bf1cdd9
--- /dev/null
+++ b/app/views/organizations/_form.html.slim
@@ -0,0 +1,34 @@
+= form_for @organization, :html => {class:'form'} do |f|
+  - if @organization.errors.any?
+    #error_explanation
+      h2 = "#{pluralize(@organization.errors.count, "error")} prohibited this organization from being saved:"
+      ul
+        - @organization.errors.full_messages.each do |message|
+          li = message
+
+  // URL
+  .icon-group
+    .icon
+    .icon-content
+      .form-group
+        = f.text_field :url, class:'form-control', placeholder:'Organization URL', tabindex: autoTabIndex
+
+  // Name
+  .icon-group
+    .icon
+    .icon-content
+      .form-group
+        = f.text_field :name, class:'form-control', placeholder:'Organization Name', tabindex: autoTabIndex
+
+  // About
+  .icon-group
+    .icon
+      i.glyphicon.glyphicon-info-sign
+    .icon-content
+      .form-group
+        = f.text_area :about, class:'form-control', placeholder:'A description of the organization', rows: 5, tabindex: autoTabIndex
+
+  .icon-group
+      .icon
+      .icon-content
+        = f.submit
diff --git a/app/views/organizations/edit.html.slim b/app/views/organizations/edit.html.slim
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..b224196
--- /dev/null
+++ b/app/views/organizations/edit.html.slim
@@ -0,0 +1,8 @@
+h1 Editing organization
+
+== render 'form'
+
+= link_to 'Show', @organization
+'|
+= link_to 'Back', organizations_path
+
diff --git a/app/views/organizations/index.html.slim b/app/views/organizations/index.html.slim
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..8d47367
--- /dev/null
+++ b/app/views/organizations/index.html.slim
@@ -0,0 +1,19 @@
+h1 Listing organizations
+
+table
+  thead
+    tr
+      th
+      th
+      th
+
+  tbody
+    - @organizations.each do |organization|
+      tr
+        td = link_to 'Show', organization
+        td = link_to 'Edit', edit_organization_path(organization)
+        td = link_to 'Destroy', organization, data: {:confirm => 'Are you sure?'}, :method => :delete
+
+br
+
+= link_to 'New Organization', new_organization_path
diff --git a/app/views/organizations/index.json.jbuilder b/app/views/organizations/index.json.jbuilder
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..2dada5b
--- /dev/null
+++ b/app/views/organizations/index.json.jbuilder
@@ -0,0 +1,4 @@
+json.array!(@organizations) do |organization|
+  json.extract! organization, :id
+  json.url organization_url(organization, format: :json)
+end
diff --git a/app/views/organizations/new.html.slim b/app/views/organizations/new.html.slim
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..f08446b
--- /dev/null
+++ b/app/views/organizations/new.html.slim
@@ -0,0 +1,6 @@
+.icon-container
+  .icon-group
+    .icon
+    .icon-content
+      h3 New organization
+  == render 'form'
diff --git a/app/views/organizations/show.html.slim b/app/views/organizations/show.html.slim
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..c9dcf8d
--- /dev/null
+++ b/app/views/organizations/show.html.slim
@@ -0,0 +1,17 @@
+p#notice = notice
+
+h2 Name
+.div
+  = link_to @organization.name, @organization.url
+
+h2 Description
+.div
+  = simple_format(@organization.about)
+
+h2 URL
+.div
+  = link_to @organization.url, @organization.url
+
+= link_to 'Edit', edit_organization_path(@organization)
+'|
+= link_to 'Back', organizations_path
diff --git a/app/views/organizations/show.json.jbuilder b/app/views/organizations/show.json.jbuilder
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..e9560cd
--- /dev/null
+++ b/app/views/organizations/show.json.jbuilder
@@ -0,0 +1 @@
+json.extract! @organization, :id, :created_at, :updated_at
diff --git a/config/routes.rb b/config/routes.rb
index ff7f101..38690ee 100644
--- a/config/routes.rb
+++ b/config/routes.rb
@@ -6,6 +6,8 @@
   resources :events
   get 'calendar', to: 'events#calendar'
 
+  resources :organizations
+
 
   # The priority is based upon order of creation: first created -> highest priority.
   # See how all your routes lay out with "rake routes".
diff --git a/db/migrate/20150323044944_remove_location_from_events.rb b/db/migrate/20150323044944_remove_location_from_events.rb
index e71659e..d77aebf 100644
--- a/db/migrate/20150323044944_remove_location_from_events.rb
+++ b/db/migrate/20150323044944_remove_location_from_events.rb
@@ -1,10 +1,5 @@
 class RemoveLocationFromEvents < ActiveRecord::Migration
   def change
-    def up
-      remove_column :events, :location
-    end
-    def down
-      add_column :events, :location, :string
-    end
+    remove_column :events, :location
   end
 end
diff --git a/db/migrate/20150822155300_create_organizations.rb b/db/migrate/20150822155300_create_organizations.rb
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..3754cf3
--- /dev/null
+++ b/db/migrate/20150822155300_create_organizations.rb
@@ -0,0 +1,12 @@
+class CreateOrganizations < ActiveRecord::Migration
+  def change
+    create_table :organizations do |t|
+      t.string :name
+      t.text :about
+      t.string :url
+      t.string :meetup_id
+
+      t.timestamps null: false
+    end
+  end
+end
diff --git a/db/migrate/20150823235104_add_organization_to_events.rb b/db/migrate/20150823235104_add_organization_to_events.rb
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..22ab61c
--- /dev/null
+++ b/db/migrate/20150823235104_add_organization_to_events.rb
@@ -0,0 +1,5 @@
+class AddOrganizationToEvents < ActiveRecord::Migration
+  def change
+    add_reference :events, :organization, index: true, foreign_key: true
+  end
+end
diff --git a/db/schema.rb b/db/schema.rb
index 8d77b54..4852043 100644
--- a/db/schema.rb
+++ b/db/schema.rb
@@ -11,19 +11,21 @@
 #
 # It's strongly recommended that you check this file into your version control system.
 
-ActiveRecord::Schema.define(version: 20150323211739) do
+ActiveRecord::Schema.define(version: 20150823235104) do
 
   create_table "events", force: :cascade do |t|
-    t.string   "title",       limit: 255
+    t.string   "title"
     t.datetime "start"
     t.datetime "finish"
-    t.string   "location",    limit: 255
-    t.string   "ticketurl",   limit: 255
+    t.string   "ticketurl"
     t.datetime "created_at"
     t.datetime "updated_at"
     t.text     "description"
+    t.integer  "organization_id"
   end
 
+  add_index "events", ["organization_id"], name: "index_events_on_organization_id"
+
   create_table "location_events", force: :cascade do |t|
     t.integer  "location_id"
     t.integer  "event_id"
@@ -48,6 +50,15 @@
     t.string   "long_address"
   end
 
+  create_table "organizations", force: :cascade do |t|
+    t.string   "name"
+    t.text     "about"
+    t.string   "url"
+    t.string   "meetup_id"
+    t.datetime "created_at", null: false
+    t.datetime "updated_at", null: false
+  end
+
   create_table "user_events", force: :cascade do |t|
     t.integer  "user_id",    null: false
     t.integer  "event_id"
@@ -59,16 +70,16 @@
   add_index "user_events", ["user_id"], name: "index_user_events_on_user_id"
 
   create_table "users", force: :cascade do |t|
-    t.string   "email",                  limit: 255, default: "", null: false
-    t.string   "encrypted_password",     limit: 255, default: "", null: false
-    t.string   "reset_password_token",   limit: 255
+    t.string   "email",                  default: "", null: false
+    t.string   "encrypted_password",     default: "", null: false
+    t.string   "reset_password_token"
     t.datetime "reset_password_sent_at"
     t.datetime "remember_created_at"
-    t.integer  "sign_in_count",                      default: 0,  null: false
+    t.integer  "sign_in_count",          default: 0,  null: false
     t.datetime "current_sign_in_at"
     t.datetime "last_sign_in_at"
-    t.string   "current_sign_in_ip",     limit: 255
-    t.string   "last_sign_in_ip",        limit: 255
+    t.string   "current_sign_in_ip"
+    t.string   "last_sign_in_ip"
     t.datetime "created_at"
     t.datetime "updated_at"
   end
diff --git a/spec/controllers/organizations_controller_spec.rb b/spec/controllers/organizations_controller_spec.rb
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..d284b82
--- /dev/null
+++ b/spec/controllers/organizations_controller_spec.rb
@@ -0,0 +1,159 @@
+require 'rails_helper'
+
+# This spec was generated by rspec-rails when you ran the scaffold generator.
+# It demonstrates how one might use RSpec to specify the controller code that
+# was generated by Rails when you ran the scaffold generator.
+#
+# It assumes that the implementation code is generated by the rails scaffold
+# generator.  If you are using any extension libraries to generate different
+# controller code, this generated spec may or may not pass.
+#
+# It only uses APIs available in rails and/or rspec-rails.  There are a number
+# of tools you can use to make these specs even more expressive, but we're
+# sticking to rails and rspec-rails APIs to keep things simple and stable.
+#
+# Compared to earlier versions of this generator, there is very limited use of
+# stubs and message expectations in this spec.  Stubs are only used when there
+# is no simpler way to get a handle on the object needed for the example.
+# Message expectations are only used when there is no simpler way to specify
+# that an instance is receiving a specific message.
+
+RSpec.describe OrganizationsController, type: :controller do
+
+  # This should return the minimal set of attributes required to create a valid
+  # Organization. As you add validations to Organization, be sure to
+  # adjust the attributes here as well.
+  let(:valid_attributes) {
+    skip("Add a hash of attributes valid for your model")
+  }
+
+  let(:invalid_attributes) {
+    skip("Add a hash of attributes invalid for your model")
+  }
+
+  # This should return the minimal set of values that should be in the session
+  # in order to pass any filters (e.g. authentication) defined in
+  # OrganizationsController. Be sure to keep this updated too.
+  let(:valid_session) { {} }
+
+  describe "GET #index" do
+    it "assigns all organizations as @organizations" do
+      organization = Organization.create! valid_attributes
+      get :index, {}, valid_session
+      expect(assigns(:organizations)).to eq([organization])
+    end
+  end
+
+  describe "GET #show" do
+    it "assigns the requested organization as @organization" do
+      organization = Organization.create! valid_attributes
+      get :show, {:id => organization.to_param}, valid_session
+      expect(assigns(:organization)).to eq(organization)
+    end
+  end
+
+  describe "GET #new" do
+    it "assigns a new organization as @organization" do
+      get :new, {}, valid_session
+      expect(assigns(:organization)).to be_a_new(Organization)
+    end
+  end
+
+  describe "GET #edit" do
+    it "assigns the requested organization as @organization" do
+      organization = Organization.create! valid_attributes
+      get :edit, {:id => organization.to_param}, valid_session
+      expect(assigns(:organization)).to eq(organization)
+    end
+  end
+
+  describe "POST #create" do
+    context "with valid params" do
+      it "creates a new Organization" do
+        expect {
+          post :create, {:organization => valid_attributes}, valid_session
+        }.to change(Organization, :count).by(1)
+      end
+
+      it "assigns a newly created organization as @organization" do
+        post :create, {:organization => valid_attributes}, valid_session
+        expect(assigns(:organization)).to be_a(Organization)
+        expect(assigns(:organization)).to be_persisted
+      end
+
+      it "redirects to the created organization" do
+        post :create, {:organization => valid_attributes}, valid_session
+        expect(response).to redirect_to(Organization.last)
+      end
+    end
+
+    context "with invalid params" do
+      it "assigns a newly created but unsaved organization as @organization" do
+        post :create, {:organization => invalid_attributes}, valid_session
+        expect(assigns(:organization)).to be_a_new(Organization)
+      end
+
+      it "re-renders the 'new' template" do
+        post :create, {:organization => invalid_attributes}, valid_session
+        expect(response).to render_template("new")
+      end
+    end
+  end
+
+  describe "PUT #update" do
+    context "with valid params" do
+      let(:new_attributes) {
+        skip("Add a hash of attributes valid for your model")
+      }
+
+      it "updates the requested organization" do
+        organization = Organization.create! valid_attributes
+        put :update, {:id => organization.to_param, :organization => new_attributes}, valid_session
+        organization.reload
+        skip("Add assertions for updated state")
+      end
+
+      it "assigns the requested organization as @organization" do
+        organization = Organization.create! valid_attributes
+        put :update, {:id => organization.to_param, :organization => valid_attributes}, valid_session
+        expect(assigns(:organization)).to eq(organization)
+      end
+
+      it "redirects to the organization" do
+        organization = Organization.create! valid_attributes
+        put :update, {:id => organization.to_param, :organization => valid_attributes}, valid_session
+        expect(response).to redirect_to(organization)
+      end
+    end
+
+    context "with invalid params" do
+      it "assigns the organization as @organization" do
+        organization = Organization.create! valid_attributes
+        put :update, {:id => organization.to_param, :organization => invalid_attributes}, valid_session
+        expect(assigns(:organization)).to eq(organization)
+      end
+
+      it "re-renders the 'edit' template" do
+        organization = Organization.create! valid_attributes
+        put :update, {:id => organization.to_param, :organization => invalid_attributes}, valid_session
+        expect(response).to render_template("edit")
+      end
+    end
+  end
+
+  describe "DELETE #destroy" do
+    it "destroys the requested organization" do
+      organization = Organization.create! valid_attributes
+      expect {
+        delete :destroy, {:id => organization.to_param}, valid_session
+      }.to change(Organization, :count).by(-1)
+    end
+
+    it "redirects to the organizations list" do
+      organization = Organization.create! valid_attributes
+      delete :destroy, {:id => organization.to_param}, valid_session
+      expect(response).to redirect_to(organizations_url)
+    end
+  end
+
+end
diff --git a/spec/factories.rb b/spec/factories.rb
index 82a1464..98d4c4a 100644
--- a/spec/factories.rb
+++ b/spec/factories.rb
@@ -38,4 +38,4 @@
     user
   end
 
-end
\ No newline at end of file
+end
diff --git a/spec/helpers/organizations_helper_spec.rb b/spec/helpers/organizations_helper_spec.rb
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..601faf0
--- /dev/null
+++ b/spec/helpers/organizations_helper_spec.rb
@@ -0,0 +1,15 @@
+require 'rails_helper'
+
+# Specs in this file have access to a helper object that includes
+# the OrganizationsHelper. For example:
+#
+# describe OrganizationsHelper do
+#   describe "string concat" do
+#     it "concats two strings with spaces" do
+#       expect(helper.concat_strings("this","that")).to eq("this that")
+#     end
+#   end
+# end
+RSpec.describe OrganizationsHelper, type: :helper do
+  pending "add some examples to (or delete) #{__FILE__}"
+end
diff --git a/spec/models/organization_spec.rb b/spec/models/organization_spec.rb
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..44c20ed
--- /dev/null
+++ b/spec/models/organization_spec.rb
@@ -0,0 +1,5 @@
+require 'rails_helper'
+
+RSpec.describe Organization, type: :model do
+  pending "add some examples to (or delete) #{__FILE__}"
+end
diff --git a/spec/requests/organizations_spec.rb b/spec/requests/organizations_spec.rb
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..ad3e993
--- /dev/null
+++ b/spec/requests/organizations_spec.rb
@@ -0,0 +1,10 @@
+require 'rails_helper'
+
+RSpec.describe "Organizations", type: :request do
+  describe "GET /organizations" do
+    it "works! (now write some real specs)" do
+      get organizations_path
+      expect(response).to have_http_status(200)
+    end
+  end
+end
diff --git a/spec/routing/organizations_routing_spec.rb b/spec/routing/organizations_routing_spec.rb
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..b786485
--- /dev/null
+++ b/spec/routing/organizations_routing_spec.rb
@@ -0,0 +1,35 @@
+require "rails_helper"
+
+RSpec.describe OrganizationsController, type: :routing do
+  describe "routing" do
+
+    it "routes to #index" do
+      expect(:get => "/organizations").to route_to("organizations#index")
+    end
+
+    it "routes to #new" do
+      expect(:get => "/organizations/new").to route_to("organizations#new")
+    end
+
+    it "routes to #show" do
+      expect(:get => "/organizations/1").to route_to("organizations#show", :id => "1")
+    end
+
+    it "routes to #edit" do
+      expect(:get => "/organizations/1/edit").to route_to("organizations#edit", :id => "1")
+    end
+
+    it "routes to #create" do
+      expect(:post => "/organizations").to route_to("organizations#create")
+    end
+
+    it "routes to #update" do
+      expect(:put => "/organizations/1").to route_to("organizations#update", :id => "1")
+    end
+
+    it "routes to #destroy" do
+      expect(:delete => "/organizations/1").to route_to("organizations#destroy", :id => "1")
+    end
+
+  end
+end
diff --git a/spec/views/organizations/edit.html.slim_spec.rb b/spec/views/organizations/edit.html.slim_spec.rb
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..e2b8cef
--- /dev/null
+++ b/spec/views/organizations/edit.html.slim_spec.rb
@@ -0,0 +1,14 @@
+require 'rails_helper'
+
+RSpec.describe "organizations/edit", type: :view do
+  before(:each) do
+    @organization = assign(:organization, Organization.create!())
+  end
+
+  it "renders the edit organization form" do
+    render
+
+    assert_select "form[action=?][method=?]", organization_path(@organization), "post" do
+    end
+  end
+end
diff --git a/spec/views/organizations/index.html.slim_spec.rb b/spec/views/organizations/index.html.slim_spec.rb
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..9b22d4c
--- /dev/null
+++ b/spec/views/organizations/index.html.slim_spec.rb
@@ -0,0 +1,14 @@
+require 'rails_helper'
+
+RSpec.describe "organizations/index", type: :view do
+  before(:each) do
+    assign(:organizations, [
+      Organization.create!(),
+      Organization.create!()
+    ])
+  end
+
+  it "renders a list of organizations" do
+    render
+  end
+end
diff --git a/spec/views/organizations/new.html.slim_spec.rb b/spec/views/organizations/new.html.slim_spec.rb
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..205ca2e
--- /dev/null
+++ b/spec/views/organizations/new.html.slim_spec.rb
@@ -0,0 +1,14 @@
+require 'rails_helper'
+
+RSpec.describe "organizations/new", type: :view do
+  before(:each) do
+    assign(:organization, Organization.new())
+  end
+
+  it "renders new organization form" do
+    render
+
+    assert_select "form[action=?][method=?]", organizations_path, "post" do
+    end
+  end
+end
diff --git a/spec/views/organizations/show.html.slim_spec.rb b/spec/views/organizations/show.html.slim_spec.rb
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..1ba1fcc
--- /dev/null
+++ b/spec/views/organizations/show.html.slim_spec.rb
@@ -0,0 +1,11 @@
+require 'rails_helper'
+
+RSpec.describe "organizations/show", type: :view do
+  before(:each) do
+    @organization = assign(:organization, create(:organization))
+  end
+
+  it "renders attributes in <p>" do
+    render
+  end
+end