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= K-LUG - Rochester, MN Area Linux Users Group =


== LUG News ==
Note: To request a wiki account, please join the mailing list and post a message.
 
We can use presentations for upcoming meetings, please see [http://www.k-lug.org/Meetings a list of ideas] if you're willing but lacking a topic.


=== Planned Technical Meeting:  Thursday November 9th ===
Swap meet!!  Set-up will be at 6 pm, with an estimated swap start time of 6:15 pm.  Also hopefully in attendance will be members of PCIG, ham radio club, students from RCTC, and the general public.  But in order to do this, we NEED YOUR HELP!  How?


-Bring your stuff to sell/swap.
== LUG News ==


-Bring your computer stuff that needs to go to the recycling ($0.35/pound).
We generally meet monthly for technical presentations (2nd Thursday of the month, 6 pm, virtual), and monthly for socializing (varies). We no longer meet monthly for lunches, if you are interested in reviving this tradition please [http://k-lug.org/About contact an officer].


-Bring a bathroom scale that's accurate at low weight ranges, so we can figure out the appropriate recycling fee to charge.


-Bring your truck and be willing to take a load to the recycling during the recycling center's open hours (Mondays-Saturdays, 8-5).


-Coordinate the pizza fundraiser, buy pizza and pop plus bring paper plates and disposable cups in quantities sufficient for those who show up.  Will be reimbursed out of the profits from the fundraiser (charge is a donation).


-Making some Ubuntu CDs to give away


-Posting




Volunteers are needed to post to many locations.  Please sign up to be the poster for the following (suggestions welcome):


-KLUG mailing list and wiki - Tina W.
=== Litter Bit Better in-person social (outside), Tuesday April 30th ===
6:15 - 7:30 pm


-IBM calendar - Tim M.
Back to our usual Cascade Lake Park.


-PCIG website - Tim M.
Bags provided.  You bring your own gloves, grabbers, and sense of civic duty.  There is shoreline.


-Ham radio club - Tim M.
As usual we are teaming up with the [https://www.geocaching.com/geocache/GCAMJX2 geocachers] to avoid being overwhelmed by garbage.


-Mayo classifieds


-Craigslist - Tim M.


-Rochester Freecycle (limited to free pick-up of non-swapped items headed for recycling at the end of the swap)


-RCTC bulletin boards - in hard copy (I've made up something already, go [[Link here]] and print)
=== Geocaching in-person social (outside), Friday May 3rd ===
6 pm


-Wherever else you can think of
Park and walk in a neighborhood in NE Rochester.


Park near [https://www.geocaching.com/geocache/GC3WQ84 1 - Odin] on Whiting Lane NE's cul de sac.  We'll walk from there to a couple of other geocaches ([https://www.geocaching.com/geocache/GC57FGC 2], [https://www.geocaching.com/geocache/GC4RPZ2 3]), then back to #1, and then decide if we're walking or driving to [https://www.geocaching.com/geocache/GC8M3FP 4].


Please RSVP for what tasks you can help with.  If I haven't heard from anyone on a task, I'll have to start pestering people.  This has got to be a group effort to be successful.


=== Planned Lunch Meeting: Thursday November 16th ===
=== Virtual Social: Thursday May 9th ===
11:30 am near the Chinese restaurant in the Galleria.
6 pm


=== Planned Social:  TBD, November ===
Meeting link will be added here.
Suggestions welcome.


=== Planned Technical Meeting:  TBD, December ===
Anything else you want to see on the agenda? Let us know.
Our traditional December meeting is gaming somewhere.  Some ideas have been gathered (will be typed up and posted soon).  Feel free to suggest other ideas.


=== Planned Social:  Monday December 18th ===
Long version:  Being a couch or computer potato and eating all of that good food is just too tempting this time of year.  Join us for an evening away from both of those.  Meet with other geeks to walk for ~1 hour and 20 minutes, and plan for time afterwards to socialize over a cup of something warm.  6:30 pm, Panera South (just inside the doors to the right).  Please don't be late, it'd be hard to catch up with us.  Dress warm, we're walking outside for the whole time, no matter what the weather.  This is a regularly occuring event on Monday evenings, so if you can't make this one feel free to join us for others.


Short version:  6:30 pm, Panera South, dress warm we're walking outside, don't plan to be done until at least 8 pm.


=== Pending potential presentations  ===


=== Mister House 2nd OpportunityMonday October 30th ===
Jon Gullixsongnucash or www :: Mechanize
A second opportunity for you to see the Mister House presentation!  7 pm, directions are [http://brucewinter.googlepages.com/directionstomyhouse here].


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| '''Name''' || '''# of attendees'''
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|Robert Bleimeyer || 3
|-
|José de Leon || 1
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|Mark Diez || 1
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|Bill Marshall || 1
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|Joe Sedelmeyer || 1
|-
|Mike Fallenstein || 2
|-
|}


=== Social:  Thursday October 26th ===
5:30 pm  Frisbee golf at East Park.  Weather-related cancellation will be announced around noon to email list and wiki if necessary.


6:30 pm  Warming beverages and/or dinner at Whistle BinkiesYou do not have to play frisbee golf to attend this portion, just meet us there.  This will occur whether or not we have to cancel frisbee golf.
=== Socials brainstorming: Fall or winter ===
-Murder mysteryThe host needs to buy a kit at a gaming store to get the event started.


=== Lunch Meeting:  Thursday October 19th ===
-Jim Henderson, "Silicon Valley" documentary
Come one, come all, at 11:30 am to the vicinity of the Chinese resturant in the Galleria food court.


=== Technical Meeting:  Tuesday October 10th ===
-Bowlocity laser tag5-6 people minimum needed.
Mister House - Home automation - road trip to a Rochester home being controlled by computersWe're limited to ~25 participants.  If there are closer to 50, we might be able to split and have a second session.  Please sign up, in order, below or email Tina to get added.  Indicate if you could only attend if it were not the original October 10th date, you'd be at the head of the list if we had a second date.
Some details on Mr House: http://misterhouse.sourceforge.net/


Directions and map to Mister House can be found [http://brucewinter.googlepages.com/directionstomyhouse here].
-Liquid nitrogen ice cream.  This needs a non-Tina organizer.  Dennis DeLorme has 2 recipes.  We need safety equipment and someone trained enough to keep us from freezing ourselves.


=== Technical Meeting: Thursday, September 14th ===
Open source in Croatia, Croatian government.  Guest speaker Vlatko Kosturjak, from Croatia, temporarily in the US.  Room will be HA108, our new "permanent" location.


Wink has been postponed.  [http://www.debugmode.com/wink/ Wink] software used for making demos of new products. Records screen sessions and audio.


=== Old News Items ===
=== Old News Items ===
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See the [[OldNews]] page.
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K-LUG - Rochester, MN Area Linux Users Group

Note: To request a wiki account, please join the mailing list and post a message.

We can use presentations for upcoming meetings, please see a list of ideas if you're willing but lacking a topic.


LUG News

We generally meet monthly for technical presentations (2nd Thursday of the month, 6 pm, virtual), and monthly for socializing (varies). We no longer meet monthly for lunches, if you are interested in reviving this tradition please contact an officer.





Litter Bit Better in-person social (outside), Tuesday April 30th

6:15 - 7:30 pm

Back to our usual Cascade Lake Park.

Bags provided. You bring your own gloves, grabbers, and sense of civic duty. There is shoreline.

As usual we are teaming up with the geocachers to avoid being overwhelmed by garbage.



Geocaching in-person social (outside), Friday May 3rd

6 pm

Park and walk in a neighborhood in NE Rochester.

Park near 1 - Odin on Whiting Lane NE's cul de sac. We'll walk from there to a couple of other geocaches (2, 3), then back to #1, and then decide if we're walking or driving to 4.


Virtual Social: Thursday May 9th

6 pm

Meeting link will be added here.

Anything else you want to see on the agenda? Let us know.


Pending potential presentations

Jon Gullixson: gnucash or www :: Mechanize


Socials brainstorming: Fall or winter

-Murder mystery. The host needs to buy a kit at a gaming store to get the event started.

-Jim Henderson, "Silicon Valley" documentary

-Bowlocity laser tag. 5-6 people minimum needed.

-Liquid nitrogen ice cream. This needs a non-Tina organizer. Dennis DeLorme has 2 recipes. We need safety equipment and someone trained enough to keep us from freezing ourselves.


Old News Items

See the OldNews page.



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