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=== Lunch:  Thursday October 15th ===
11:30 am, at the Apache Mall food court near B&N.  Look for a swarm of smartypants.


=== Social:  Canoeing/Kayaking/Geocaching, August 29th, 2010  ===
For August the K-Lug group is going to go canoe/kayak/geocaching
down the zumbro river out of Oronoco


=== Technical Meeting:  Thursday October 8th ===
Open to all, please let us know if you are interested and we can reserve boats
Jean Barmash has volunteered to speak on Grails, and has provded the following description and bio.


Grails - High Productivity Web Framework for the Java Platform.
Some details
Date: Sunday August 29th
Time: Meet at Bolder Outfitters at 11:00


Grails in a high-productivity framework that espouses convention over
Cost: $35 per canoe, $25 per kayak, $15/$10 for a ride back if you have
configuration and takes a lot of good ideas from Ruby on Rails
your own boatage (See Tim, I have some $5 discount coupons left)
framework.  It is based on Groovy Language, a dynamic language
Details listed here
designed for easy integration with Java (Groovy is a super-set of
http://www.boulderdamcanoe.com/
Java). Grails is a high-productivity framework by following the
"coding by convention" paradigm, providing a stand-alone development
environment and hiding much of the configuration detail from the
developer. Grails is built on top of proven Java frameworks such as
Spring and Hibernate. In November 2008, G2One, the company behind
Groovy and Grails, was aqcuired by SpringSource, which in turn was
acquired by VMWare just a few weeks ago.  (For more, see
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Grails_(framework) ).


In this presentation, you will get a brief overview of Groovy's
Bonus Geocaching....We are also going to search for the
capabilities, and then we'll learn about the key concepts behind
10 or so caches on the river, starting where the canoe trip starts ...here:
Grails, and its plugin system, and how it can be used to rapidly
http://geocaching.com/seek/cache_details.aspx?guid=956c2899-a79e-4650-b277-bac269c2d5b9
prototype applications, and how it enables you to be much more
productive programming web applications.


Jean Barmash is the CTO of EnergyScoreCards, a startup company that
Post social report:
helps benchmark energy efficiency of multi-family buildings, where he
9 folks (and a puppy) attended the PCIG/K-Lug August social. This was a peaceful canoe ride down the Zumbro River from Oronoco to the Sandy Point landing. Most of the crew enjoyed geocaching along the way too.  There were [http://www.pcig.info/uploads/Newsletter/GeoCrewSm.jpg pictures] taken!
is responsible for architecture and implementation of the SaaS
software using the Grails framework. To his role, Jean brings a
wealth of experience in different areas of technology creation. Most
recently, he was Director of Technical Services at Alfresco Software,
the Open Source Enterprise Content Management Company, where his
responsibilities included architecture and hands-on development of
content centric solutions, training, and working with open source
community.  He also worked as Sr. Consultant and Trainer at several
Wall Street Firms. Well-versed in both .NET and Java, he is interested
in the innovation going on in Web 2.0 and bringing it into the
Enterprise. He is a frequent speaker on technology and architecture
topics at various user groups and industry conferences such as
Software Development Practices, Enterprise 2.0, Atlanta DevNexus, and
others.


[http://www.k-lug.org/images/c/c0/2009OctKLUG-GroovyGrails.pdf Here are the slides] from Jean's presentation, PDF format.


=== K-Lug Discount on This Little Program Went to Market ===
Last month after our presentation, Annette Godtland offered a discount to club members on her book, she wants to continue that discount to members who couldn't make the meeting. Please contact Tim or Aaron and we'll make arrangements to hand deliver the book.


This Little Program Went to Market: Retail $48.00
To PCIG/KLUG: $32.60 + 7.375% tax = $35.00
If paying by check, make checks payable to Godtland Software Corporation
More details http://www.godtlandsoftware.com


=== Lunch:  Thursday September 17th ===
11:30 am, at the Apache Mall food court near B&N.  Look for a gathering of geeks.


=== Lunch: Thursday August 19th ===
11:30 am, at the Apache Mall food court near B&N.


=== Technical Meeting:  Thursday September 10th ===
Jon Tollefson will present an intro to iPhone app development.


-6 pm
=== Technical Meeting: Thursday August 12th ===
Author Annette Godtland on her book "This Little Program Went to Market". The book describes how to Create, Deploy, Distribute, Sell, and Market Software and More on the Internet at Little or No Cost to You. Find out more at her website. The usual time and location, which is 6 pm, RCTC's Heintz Center HA109 or HA107 depending on construction progress. See the Meetings page for more details on how to find the building and the room.


-RCTC Heintz Center


[http://maps.google.com/maps?f=q&source=s_q&hl=en&geocode=&q=1926+Collegeview+Drive+SE+rochester+mn&sll=37.579413,-95.712891&sspn=45.737719,81.474609&ie=UTF8&ll=44.021613,-92.436712&spn=0.010261,0.019891&z=16&iwloc=A&layer=c&cbll=44.021616,-92.436401&panoid=pTbcB32U7NSRGSiOSvVwZg&cbp=12,179.42,,0,5  1926 Collegeview Drive SE - Googlemaps link]


Room HA107 or there abouts.
=== Technical Meeting:  Thursday July 15th *** NOTE DATE CHANGE ===
Brent Vrieze will present SquareSpace and demo the website he created for his ambulance garage.


[http://www.roch.edu/html-spectrum/getting_to_ucr.html  Directions to Campus]


[http://www.rctc.edu/campustour/maps/heintzA.html  Heintz Center Building Map]
=== Lunch: Thursday July 15th ===
11:30 am, at the Apache Mall food court near B&N. Yes, the same day as our technical meeting.




=== Social:  Geocaching canoe trip, August 22nd ===
=== Social:  June 29th===
The social this month is a canoeing/kayaking geocaching event.  Yes, I'm again
Frisbee golf, 7 pm, East Park.  That's kitty-corner from the Heintz Center building, here's a [http://maps.google.com/maps?f=q&hl=en&geocode=&q=East+Park,+Rochester,+MN&ie=UTF8&ll=44.022447,-92.443299&spn=0.007468,0.012124&z=16 map], email Tina if you need more detailed directions.  You're welcome even if you don't own your own discs, or if you've never played. If you don't own your own, you can throw your shoe (entertaining but highly inefficient), or try to let us know in advance to bring a spare for you to borrow.
piggybacking off activities organized by other people.  You can paddle,
or paddle+geocache, but you can't just geocache.  Follow the link for the [http://www.geocaching.com/seek/cache_details.aspx?wp=GC1VKY1 event details.]  It's a
most of the day affair up in Cannon Falls.




=== Lunch:  Thursday August 20th ===
=== Lunch:  Thursday June 17th ===
11:30 am, at the Apache Mall food court near B&N.  Look for a gathering of geeks.
11:30 am, at the Apache Mall food court near B&N.




=== Technical Meeting:  Thursday August 13th Demo of Windows 7 ===
=== CANCELED June Technical Meeting ===
Tim and Tina are both unavailable to run a meeting, and we have no speaker.  Past history suggests low summer attendance anyway.  So in the usual arbitrary and capricious manner, this meeting has been canceled.  Speakers are needed to volunteer for upcoming months.


-> '''When:''' Thursday August 13th


-> 6pm - 7:30pm
=== Social:  Thursday May 20th ===
Yes, the same day as lunch, hope you're not sick of us yet.  Disc golf at East Park (kitty-corner from RCTC's Heintz Center), 7 pm.  You're welcome even if you don't own your own discs, or if you've never played.  If you don't own your own, you can throw your shoe (entertaining but highly inefficient), or try to let us know in advance to bring a spare for you to borrow.


-> '''Where:'''RCTC Heintz Center


[http://maps.google.com/maps?f=q&source=s_q&hl=en&geocode=&q=1926+Collegeview+Drive+SE+rochester+mn&sll=37.579413,-95.712891&sspn=45.737719,81.474609&ie=UTF8&ll=44.021613,-92.436712&spn=0.010261,0.019891&z=16&iwloc=A&layer=c&cbll=44.021616,-92.436401&panoid=pTbcB32U7NSRGSiOSvVwZg&cbp=12,179.42,,0,5  1926 Collegeview Drive SE - Googlemaps link]
=== Lunch:  Thursday May 20th ===
11:30 am, at the Apache Mall food court near B&N.


Room HA107


[http://www.roch.edu/html-spectrum/getting_to_ucr.html  Directions to Campus]
=== Technical Meeting: Thursday May 13th ===
The featured speakers this month are José de Leon of Winona State University and Bonnie Gabrick, a Winona State University student in Management Information Systems. They will talk about iPhone web development with the rapid web-development framework Ruby on Rails. Bonnie and José worked on a database-backed site in Rails, describing the technology inventory in each classroom at Winona State, and developed a mobile version of the website that exists alongside the default site. Like Reese's Peanut Butter Cups, two cool technologies that go great together!


[http://www.rctc.edu/campustour/maps/heintzA.html  Heintz Center Building Map]


Microsoft has Windows 7 Betas available for free download and the product will be delivered in Oct 2009. So we thought it was high time the PC Club condense all the hype down and take a look at what is new. Bill Hanson and Tim Massaro will give an intro to Windows 7 and demo some of the features.
=== Social:  Thursday April 22nd ===
We'll be participating in Rochester's A Litter Bit Better campaign by helping to clean up [http://www.k-lug.org/images/8/8d/LitterBitBetter_2010_AdoptionArea.pdf section 346] of [http://www.rneighbors.org/wp-content/uploads/2009/12/SE-Final.pdf Bear Creek Park]. 6:30 pm start, meet at the south end of the McQuillin Field parking lot, more details can be found [http://www.geocaching.com/seek/cache_details.aspx?wp=GC25WX0 here].  Bring your own gloves, and anyone interested in geocaching the park can do both at the same time (plan is to get a few FTF options out of there to encourage the geocachers). Since we're participating in [http://www.rneighbors.org/?p=2688 LBB], the City provides the empty trash bags, picks up the full bags, and covers the disposal costs.




=== Social:  Free comedy show, Wednesday July 29th, 7 pm ===
=== Technical Meeting:  Thursday April 8th ===
We're going to a free comedy show, it starts at 7 pm in the Peace Plaza. Several other activities going on down there that evening (4:30 pm Music by Royal T, 6:30-8 pm Vikings Cheerleaders, 7 pm Comedians [http://www.bobzany.com Bob Zany], Scott Hansen, and Jeff Gerbino), details on the [http://www.rtautismawareness.org/calendar/2009-07-29.php Autism Awareness website].
Eldon Nelson and Jon Gullixson will speak on online storage, and securing your online storage.<br>
[http://www.k-lug.org/images/f/f5/Comedy.pdf Add for Comedy Nite ]
'''When:''' Thursday April 8th - 6pm - 8:30pm<br>
'''Where:'''RCTC Heintz Center HA109 or HA107 depending on construction progress<br>
[http://www.k-lug.org/April_2010_Minutes more information]




=== Lunch:  Thursday July 16th ===
=== Lunch:  Thursday March 18th ===
11:30 am, at the Apache Mall food court near B&N.  Look for a gathering of geeks.
11:30 am, at the Apache Mall food court near B&N.




=== Technical Meeting: Thursday July 9th Demo of Socialbrowse by Zack Garbo ===  
=== Technical Meeting: Thursday March 11th ===
   
The usual time and close to the usual place - 6 pm in RCTC's Heintz Center near HA107 (room under construction).  Maps and directions are on our [http://www.k-lug.org/Meetings Meetings] page.  Jose de Leon will present on "Winona360 and Drupal".
'''When:''' Thursday July 9th, 6pm - 7:30pm


[http://www.rctc.edu/campustour/maps/heintzA.html Heintz Center Building Map]
Winona360 (edutech.tlt.winona.edu/winona360) is an online journalism site that was built for the Mass Communications Department of Winona State University. The site was built using the open-source content management system Drupal, and the talk will be more focused upon some working with some of the advanced Drupal features, and what was done with them to make the site work.


Socialbrowse was conceived by co-founders Zachary Garbow and David Fowler as part of Silicon Valley's Y Combinator startup program. Socialbrowse aims to change the “static, individual” experience of browsing the Web into a more social and dynamic one. The first version of the product allows people who use the Firefox browser to install a program that creates a real-time sidebar of links and comments shared by their friends. After recently closing a seed stage round of funding, they will soon be launching an ambitious new version of Socialbrowse that serves as a platform for social browsing applications, which run on any web browser without any installation.
'''Slides from Jose's presentation can be found [http://www.k-lug.org/images/b/bc/Drupal_Winona360.pdf here].'''


Zachary will provide a sneak peek of this new version, currently under development. He'll demonstrate how anyone can develop and deploy custom collaborative applications quickly and easily using the next generation of http://Socialbrowse.com
Also, PCIG elections.




=== Lunch: Thursday June 18th ===
=== Social: Sunday March 7th ===
11:30 am, at the Apache Mall food court near B&N. Look for a convocation of geeks.  
On Sunday March 7th in Owatonna, the Owatonna Curling Club will be holding an open house. This is your opportunity to see live curling, learn about curling and even try curling for free. They're no longer allowing individual small groups to come for free as Tina's taken some of you in the past, so this may be your best option. Don't forget to bring clean tennis shoes. Details can be found on the club website http://owatonnacc.org




=== Alternate social:  Sunday February 21st ===
Celebrate the Chinese New Year by going out for Chinese with your fellow K-LUGgers.  The Chinese New Year is actually on Valentine's Day this year, which I figured was asking for trouble for trying to get enough seats in a restaurant, so we'll go a week late.  6 pm, Hunan at 844 South Broadway near Kmart.  RSVP's are due to Tina by lunchtime on Wednesday February 17th so reservations can be made.


=== Technical Meeting: Thursday June 11th Tour of the Digital and Analog Projection Booth's at Wehrenberg Theaters ===
-> When: Thursday June 11th


-> 6pm - 7pm
=== Lunch:  Thursday February 18th ===
11:30 am, at the Apache Mall food court near B&N.


-> Where:Wehrenberg Theaters Rochester <- Note, not our normal meeting location


=== Technical Meeting:  Thursday February 11th ===
Chris Abbey on digital photo processing.  Those of you who went on the October social photowalks, send your pictures to Chris in advance or bring them to the meeting.  Culling is the first step, so don't feel like you need to reduce in advance the pictures you took.


K-LUG has an "in" at the local Wehrenberg theater and a few members attended an impromptu tour of the projection booth there a few weeks ago. It was so much fun we've decided to offer it for everyone this month as our main meeting topic. Let's meet at 6PM in the "drive-in" feature of the lobby. The tour will take 30mins to an hour. After the tour people can choose to stay and watch a movie or not. We are recommending the group attend the new animated 3D movie Up which is getting great reviews and is rated PG.  
Also, PCIG nominations.


Other movies available too...see their website here http://www.wehrenberg.com/theatres.aspx#6


Prices are as follows. ADULT Price: $10.50 /ticket
=== Social:  Thursday February 4th ===
For a February social there's an IBMer that Tim knows who is a good public speaker, he's doing a Community Ed class on Woodstock.  Details are code 7071.221, Thursday February 4th, 7-8:30 pm, Northrop 319.  You must register with Community Ed to attend, the class fee is $7.


CHILD Price: $7.50 /ticket


SENIOR (over 60) Price: $8.50 /ticket
=== Lunch: Thursday January 21st ===
11:30 am, at the Apache Mall food court near B&N.


We'd like to let the theater know how many people to expect, so please email Tina if you plan to attend.


Thanks!
=== Social:  January 16th ===


=== Lunch:  Thursday May 21st ===
Potluck dinner and game night at Tina's.
11:30 am, at the Apache Mall food court near B&N.  Look for a convocation of geeks.


6 pm dinner - Tina will provide pork based something for the main dish


=== Technical Meeting:  Thursday May 21st ===
7 pm games - we'll play whatever you bring
''' NOTE DATE AND LOCATION CHANGE '''<br>
A field trip to see this year's Studio Academy FIRST Robotics League robot, we'll be at Studio Academy for their presentation, 6 pm.


[[Image:IMG_0046.jpg]]
Please RSVP to Tina


Studio Academy is located at
415 16th St SW, Rochester, MN 55902
Our meeting and demo will be in the auditorium.


=== In town social:  Thursday May 14th ===
Since we aren't having a technical meeting on our regular night, come socialize with your favorite geeks.  We're going to see the new Star Trek movie!  Exact time, theater, and screen size yet TBD.


=== Technical Meeting:  Thursday January 14 - IBM SameTime 3D - Virtual Collaboration in 3D Meeting Rooms - Demo by Tim Massaro ===


=== In Town Social:  Wednesday April 22nd, 2009 ===
-> '''When:''' Thursday Jan 14th, 6-7:30pm
6:30 pm at Quarry Hill, park and roadside cleanup.  We have areas #127 and #140 on [http://rneighbors.org/files/NEFinal.pdf this map].  I'm coordinating us with another group of people that tends to overlap, so all of the details can be found [http://www.geocaching.com/seek/cache_details.aspx?wp=gc1ptcf here].  Bring your own gloves; bags and disposal will be provided because we're doing this as part of Rochester's [http://rneighbors.org/about_litter_bit_better Litter Bit Better] campaign.  Headcounts to Tina would be appreciated.


-> '''Where:'''RCTC Heintz Center


=== Lunch:  Thursday April 16th, 2009 ===
Room HA107 (or HA109)
11:30 am, at the Apache Mall food court near B&N.  I hope we're not like crows, a murder of geeks doesn't sound very good.


[http://www.roch.edu/html-spectrum/getting_to_ucr.html  Directions to Campus] <br>
[http://www.rctc.edu/campustour/maps/heintzA.html  Heintz Center Building Map]


=== Technical Meeting:  Thursday April 9th, 2009 ===
SameTime 3D allows users to collaborate via voice, textchat, avatars and various meeting specific tools. Upload a presentation and invite others to join you in a virtual 3D meeting space.
Mike Bleimeyer, aircrack-ng and Kismet demonstration.  Usual place and time, 6 pm at [http://www.roch.edu/html-spectrum/getting_to_ucr.html RCTC's Heintz Center] room [http://www.rctc.edu/campustour/maps/heintzA.html HA107].
 
 
=== Out of town Social:  Saturday April 4th, 8 am, 2009 ===
A field trip to the Cities to watch the FIRST Robotics League [http://www.mnfirstregional.org/index.html Regional competition].  Carpools will depart at 8 am, see the [http://www.k-lug.org/SocialMeeting Social page] for more details and to sign up.  More info from the [http://74.125.95.132/search?q=cache:9t_nLgzGhXkJ:www.postbulletin.com/newsmanager/templates/localnews_story.asp%3Fz%3D22%26a%3D386152 PB].
 
 
=== Games mailing list ===
We've started a new mailing list for people who are interested in (non-video) gaming. Currently we've been playing Munchkin and RoboRally. See the [http://lists.k-lug.org/mailman/listinfo/games link] in the site navigation menu to join the mailing list if you're interested in joining us.
 
 
=== Want a K-Lug Shirt? ===
[[Image:Klugpatchsm.png]]
Our first batch of shirts came out rather nice, especially for the price. We have folk who didn't get in on the first order. Please [http://www.queensboro.com/closeouts browse the deals here], and  contact Tim if interested. (We need a minimum order of 4)
We can now order screen printed tees from this company as well
 
 
=== Lunch:  Thursday March 19th, 2009 ===
11:30 am, at the Apache Mall food court near B&N.  Look for a convocation of geeks.
 
 
=== Social:  Tuesday March 17th, 2009 ===
We're celebrating Irish Heritage Day with potatoes, specifically potato guns!  We'll also be constructing a Rube Goldberg device (including things like diet Coke and Mentos).  People need to bring a contribution to make this social a success, more details and sign ups on the [http://www.k-lug.org/SocialMeeting Social page].
 
 
=== Technical Meeting:  Thursday March 12th, 2009 ===
Mo Holahan will present Processing an Image Processing Programming language and development environment. 
Location: The usual place: RCTC's [http://www.roch.edu/html-spectrum/getting_to_ucr.html Heintz Center] , [http://www.rctc.edu/campustour/maps/heintzA.html Room HA107] , and time (6 pm).
 
'''Details on the Processing Presentation'''
 
http://processing.org/
 
Processing is an open source programming language and environment for people who want to program images, animation, and interactions. It is used by students, artists, designers, researchers, and hobbyists for learning, prototyping, and production. It is created to teach fundamentals of computer programming within a visual context and to serve as a software sketchbook and professional production tool. Processing is also used in connection with Arduino (which was the subject of our Feb meeting)
 
We'll also be celebrating Pi day a little early.
 
 
=== Lunch:  Thursday February 19th, 2009 ===
11:30 am, at the Apache Mall food court near B&N.  Look for a gaggle of gregarious geeks.
 
 
=== Social:  February 13th, 2009 6:30 pm ===
Make DVD episodes 1-4 will be shown at Tim M's house.  Also available for viewing will be the Hackers R Peeps 2 video Kevin A brought us back from DefCon, and gaming for those who prefer it.  Directions [http://maps.google.com/maps/ms?ie=UTF8&hl=en&msa=0&msid=116951360347447065495.00043977759b79d1e4f44&t=h&z=12 here].  It'd be nice if some people brought snacks/beverages to contribute.  If you have allergies, beware they do have pets.
 
 
=== Technical Meeting:  Thursday February 12th, 2009 ===
Dennis DeLorme will present on [http://www.arduino.cc/ Arduino].  The usual place: RCTC's [http://www.roch.edu/html-spectrum/getting_to_ucr.html Heintz Center] , [http://www.rctc.edu/campustour/maps/heintzA.html Room HA107] , and time (6 pm).
 
'''Details on the Arduino Presentation'''
 
Arduino is an open source hardware and software project designed to make microcontrollers easy to use. It is based on the Atmel ATmega168, consisting of a defined hardware implementation with several form factors for different applications. The software development system is based on a C subset with predefined functions to take advantage of the hardware features. The intent is to provide an easy to use system for people to use in their creative endeavors - rather than worrying about low level details. See the http://www.arduino.cc homepage for more information.
 
Dennis DeLorme spent the majority of his career working on data base and file system implementation on the S/38, AS/400, and iSeries. Most recently he has been involved with the Roadrunner and Blue Gene supercomputing systems. For relaxation he enjoys the simplicity of working with microcontrollers. He has implemented a variety of projects using processors from Intel, Motorola, Microchip and now the Atmel AVR based Arduino.
 
[[Image:Boarduino.jpg|300px]]
 
Also on the agenda will be a mini-presentation by Jon Tollefson on syncing Google Calendar (where we've got Linux and social activities posted), which was originally scheduled for January but delayed due to a full agenda.
 
PCIG nominations
 
 
 
=== Social:  Saturday January 17th, 2009 ===
You are invited to a gaming afternoon and potluck dinner at Tina's on Saturday January 17th.  2 pm gaming, with dinner at approximately 6 pm, feel free to join us for either or both.  We'll play some [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Munchkin_(card_game) Munchkin Bites], and have a garlic-laden dinner.  RSVP.
 
 
=== Technical Meeting:  Thursday January 15th, 2009 Hardcore computers ===
==== NOTE DATE CHANGE ====
[[Image:Hardcore.jpg]]
 
Daren Klum, president of Rochester based, Hardcore Computers will demonstrate their "Reactor" liquid cooled personal computers (that's right, think Cray 2)<br>
 
An intro to the Reactor:
Every computer you've ever used has been limited by heat—until now. First-of-its-kind submersion technology allows for the maximum, most reliable and most sustainable component over-clocking.  Submersion cooling provides benefits such as maximum performance, a superior gaming experience and extended service life
<br>


Why use 3D for Meetings?


Mini-presentation by Ben Joslin and some students from Studio Academy on the FIRST Robotics League, in hopes of recruiting some of us as volunteers and mentors.  They'll show the video of the 2009 game, show what parts they have to work with and what they have built so far.<br>
Meetings are about people getting together to do things - with 3D meetings you see all the others as avatars throughout the meeting.  


Social interactions are more natural with avatars. The expressiveness of avatars help co-workers communicate in a natural and personal way that helps them get to know each other - leading to more trust and better collaboration.


Mini-presentation by Jon Tollefson on syncing Google Calendar (where we've got Linux and social activities posted).  (held over until a future meeting due to a full agenda)
Work in 3D. Organize in 3D, build in 3D, present and interact in 3D




Also, '''elections'''
We'll also go over topics for future meetings...Need some ideas?  [http://www.k-lug.org/index.php?title=Meetings&action=submit#Requested_topics_list Here are topics] your fellow K-LUGgers have requested.
<br>


The usual place: RCTC's [http://www.roch.edu/html-spectrum/getting_to_ucr.html Heintz Center] , [http://www.rctc.edu/campustour/maps/heintzA.html Room HA107] , 6 pm.
Also, '''elections''' are coming up please consider volunteering.
<br>




=== Lunch:  Thursday January 15th, 2009 ===
11:30 am, at the Apache Mall food court near B&N.  Just for Steve F we'll sit right near the main door and hope it's -20 ;)  (It ended up being wind chills of -50 below that day, just in case anyone was curious)


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Social: Canoeing/Kayaking/Geocaching, August 29th, 2010

For August the K-Lug group is going to go canoe/kayak/geocaching down the zumbro river out of Oronoco

Open to all, please let us know if you are interested and we can reserve boats

Some details Date: Sunday August 29th Time: Meet at Bolder Outfitters at 11:00

Cost: $35 per canoe, $25 per kayak, $15/$10 for a ride back if you have your own boatage (See Tim, I have some $5 discount coupons left) Details listed here http://www.boulderdamcanoe.com/

Bonus Geocaching....We are also going to search for the 10 or so caches on the river, starting where the canoe trip starts ...here: http://geocaching.com/seek/cache_details.aspx?guid=956c2899-a79e-4650-b277-bac269c2d5b9

Post social report: 9 folks (and a puppy) attended the PCIG/K-Lug August social. This was a peaceful canoe ride down the Zumbro River from Oronoco to the Sandy Point landing. Most of the crew enjoyed geocaching along the way too. There were pictures taken!


K-Lug Discount on This Little Program Went to Market

Last month after our presentation, Annette Godtland offered a discount to club members on her book, she wants to continue that discount to members who couldn't make the meeting. Please contact Tim or Aaron and we'll make arrangements to hand deliver the book.

This Little Program Went to Market: Retail $48.00 To PCIG/KLUG: $32.60 + 7.375% tax = $35.00 If paying by check, make checks payable to Godtland Software Corporation More details http://www.godtlandsoftware.com


Lunch: Thursday August 19th

11:30 am, at the Apache Mall food court near B&N.


Technical Meeting: Thursday August 12th

Author Annette Godtland on her book "This Little Program Went to Market". The book describes how to Create, Deploy, Distribute, Sell, and Market Software and More on the Internet at Little or No Cost to You. Find out more at her website. The usual time and location, which is 6 pm, RCTC's Heintz Center HA109 or HA107 depending on construction progress. See the Meetings page for more details on how to find the building and the room.


Technical Meeting: Thursday July 15th *** NOTE DATE CHANGE

Brent Vrieze will present SquareSpace and demo the website he created for his ambulance garage.


Lunch: Thursday July 15th

11:30 am, at the Apache Mall food court near B&N. Yes, the same day as our technical meeting.


Social: June 29th

Frisbee golf, 7 pm, East Park. That's kitty-corner from the Heintz Center building, here's a map, email Tina if you need more detailed directions. You're welcome even if you don't own your own discs, or if you've never played. If you don't own your own, you can throw your shoe (entertaining but highly inefficient), or try to let us know in advance to bring a spare for you to borrow.


Lunch: Thursday June 17th

11:30 am, at the Apache Mall food court near B&N.


CANCELED June Technical Meeting

Tim and Tina are both unavailable to run a meeting, and we have no speaker. Past history suggests low summer attendance anyway. So in the usual arbitrary and capricious manner, this meeting has been canceled. Speakers are needed to volunteer for upcoming months.


Social: Thursday May 20th

Yes, the same day as lunch, hope you're not sick of us yet. Disc golf at East Park (kitty-corner from RCTC's Heintz Center), 7 pm. You're welcome even if you don't own your own discs, or if you've never played. If you don't own your own, you can throw your shoe (entertaining but highly inefficient), or try to let us know in advance to bring a spare for you to borrow.


Lunch: Thursday May 20th

11:30 am, at the Apache Mall food court near B&N.


Technical Meeting: Thursday May 13th

The featured speakers this month are José de Leon of Winona State University and Bonnie Gabrick, a Winona State University student in Management Information Systems. They will talk about iPhone web development with the rapid web-development framework Ruby on Rails. Bonnie and José worked on a database-backed site in Rails, describing the technology inventory in each classroom at Winona State, and developed a mobile version of the website that exists alongside the default site. Like Reese's Peanut Butter Cups, two cool technologies that go great together!


Social: Thursday April 22nd

We'll be participating in Rochester's A Litter Bit Better campaign by helping to clean up section 346 of Bear Creek Park. 6:30 pm start, meet at the south end of the McQuillin Field parking lot, more details can be found here. Bring your own gloves, and anyone interested in geocaching the park can do both at the same time (plan is to get a few FTF options out of there to encourage the geocachers). Since we're participating in LBB, the City provides the empty trash bags, picks up the full bags, and covers the disposal costs.


Technical Meeting: Thursday April 8th

Eldon Nelson and Jon Gullixson will speak on online storage, and securing your online storage.
When: Thursday April 8th - 6pm - 8:30pm
Where:RCTC Heintz Center HA109 or HA107 depending on construction progress
more information


Lunch: Thursday March 18th

11:30 am, at the Apache Mall food court near B&N.


Technical Meeting: Thursday March 11th

The usual time and close to the usual place - 6 pm in RCTC's Heintz Center near HA107 (room under construction). Maps and directions are on our Meetings page. Jose de Leon will present on "Winona360 and Drupal".

Winona360 (edutech.tlt.winona.edu/winona360) is an online journalism site that was built for the Mass Communications Department of Winona State University. The site was built using the open-source content management system Drupal, and the talk will be more focused upon some working with some of the advanced Drupal features, and what was done with them to make the site work.

Slides from Jose's presentation can be found here.

Also, PCIG elections.


Social: Sunday March 7th

On Sunday March 7th in Owatonna, the Owatonna Curling Club will be holding an open house. This is your opportunity to see live curling, learn about curling and even try curling for free. They're no longer allowing individual small groups to come for free as Tina's taken some of you in the past, so this may be your best option. Don't forget to bring clean tennis shoes. Details can be found on the club website http://owatonnacc.org


Alternate social: Sunday February 21st

Celebrate the Chinese New Year by going out for Chinese with your fellow K-LUGgers. The Chinese New Year is actually on Valentine's Day this year, which I figured was asking for trouble for trying to get enough seats in a restaurant, so we'll go a week late. 6 pm, Hunan at 844 South Broadway near Kmart. RSVP's are due to Tina by lunchtime on Wednesday February 17th so reservations can be made.


Lunch: Thursday February 18th

11:30 am, at the Apache Mall food court near B&N.


Technical Meeting: Thursday February 11th

Chris Abbey on digital photo processing. Those of you who went on the October social photowalks, send your pictures to Chris in advance or bring them to the meeting. Culling is the first step, so don't feel like you need to reduce in advance the pictures you took.

Also, PCIG nominations.


Social: Thursday February 4th

For a February social there's an IBMer that Tim knows who is a good public speaker, he's doing a Community Ed class on Woodstock. Details are code 7071.221, Thursday February 4th, 7-8:30 pm, Northrop 319. You must register with Community Ed to attend, the class fee is $7.


Lunch: Thursday January 21st

11:30 am, at the Apache Mall food court near B&N.


Social: January 16th

Potluck dinner and game night at Tina's.

6 pm dinner - Tina will provide pork based something for the main dish

7 pm games - we'll play whatever you bring

Please RSVP to Tina


Technical Meeting: Thursday January 14 - IBM SameTime 3D - Virtual Collaboration in 3D Meeting Rooms - Demo by Tim Massaro

-> When: Thursday Jan 14th, 6-7:30pm

-> Where:RCTC Heintz Center

Room HA107 (or HA109)

Directions to Campus
Heintz Center Building Map

SameTime 3D allows users to collaborate via voice, textchat, avatars and various meeting specific tools. Upload a presentation and invite others to join you in a virtual 3D meeting space.

Why use 3D for Meetings?

Meetings are about people getting together to do things - with 3D meetings you see all the others as avatars throughout the meeting.

Social interactions are more natural with avatars. The expressiveness of avatars help co-workers communicate in a natural and personal way that helps them get to know each other - leading to more trust and better collaboration.

Work in 3D. Organize in 3D, build in 3D, present and interact in 3D


We'll also go over topics for future meetings...Need some ideas? Here are topics your fellow K-LUGgers have requested.

Also, elections are coming up please consider volunteering.


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