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=== <strike> Technical Meeting</strike> Social: Thursday June 9th ===


Disc golf at Slatterly, 6 pm.  [https://www.google.com/maps/place/44%C2%B000'39.0%22N+92%C2%B026'52.5%22W/@44.0106201,-92.4496818,659m/data=!3m1!1e3!4m5!3m4!1s0x0:0x0!8m2!3d44.010823!4d-92.447921 Park here.] 
=== Virtual Social: Thursday October 10th ===
6 pm


Yes, timing worked out that you'll see us twice in the same week.


Meeting link removed.


=== <strike> Technical Meeting:  Thursday May 12th </strike> ===
Anything else you want to see on the agenda? Let us know.


=== Social:  Tuesday May 10th ===


We did not get any speaker volunteers.  6 pm.  <strike> Plan B is to go play disc golf at [https://www.google.com/maps/place/43%C2%B051'31.3%22N+92%C2%B030'01.1%22W/@43.858691,-92.5024947,17z/data=!3m1!4b1!4m2!3m1!1s0x0:0x0 Bear Cave Park]. </strike> (rained out)  Plan C is to enjoy dinner together at the [https://www.google.com/maps/place/Pizza+Ranch/@43.867592,-92.4914597,17z/data=!3m1!4b1!4m5!3m4!1s0x87f7564533a8f601:0x84f740738bc6192c!8m2!3d43.867592!4d-92.489271 Stewartville Pizza Ranch].  If you can find one of the half-page coupon books that either arrived in your mail or is at many free stands downtown, there's a coupon for BOGO50% off (adults).  [http://www.pizzaranch.com/menus/STEWARTVILLE Pricing and food] ideas for those who haven't been there before.
=== Potential October outdoor social - 18 holes of mini golf ===
https://bringmethenews.com/minnesota-lifestyle/new-18-hole-mini-golf-course-coming-to-rochester
https://krocnews.com/rochester-mns-largest-mini-golf-course-is-about-to-open/


If you have never joined us before and this will be your first event, you're looking for a family of four (F long hair and glasses, M short curly hair and glasses, 4 year old, 1 year old) sitting with an unknown quantity of other geeks, or use the email list to tell us how to spot you.


=== 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


=== Social: Thursday April 21st, 2016 ===
-Bowlocity laser tag. 5-6 people minimum needed.


Our April social will be the Litter Bit Better park clean up.  
-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.


That's 6 pm on Thursday April 21st, at Cascade Lake Park.


Parking is approximately [https://www.google.com/maps/place/44%C2%B001%2724.7%22N+92%C2%B029%2736.1%22W/@44.0235333,-92.4933667,17z/data=!3m1!4b1!4m2!3m1!1s0x0:0x0 here] (or slightly further west, closer to the corner/park). Geocachers get [http://coord.info/GC6CYCW CITO credit].
=== Pending potential presentations  ===


Bags and trash are provided, you need to provide your own gloves and a sense of civic duty. If anyone has some waterproof boots for cleaning the marshy stream edge, that'd be great too.
Jon Gullixson:  gnucash or www :: Mechanize




=== <strike> Technical Meeting:</strike>  Disc golf social:  Thursday April 14th  ===
We did not get any speaker volunteers.  Go play disc golf at [http://maps.google.com/maps/ms?ie=UTF8&hl=en&msa=0&msid=217033483939111930234.0004a379c4172da19682b&ll=44.02311,-92.440456&spn=0.004606,0.007092&t=h&z=17 East Park] again.


6 pm
=== Litter Bit Better in-person social (outside), Monday October 7th ===
6:15 - 7:30 pm


This is the first time Rochester is running a fall edition of Litter Bit Better, so we're going to go clean up a second time this year.  Pine Ridge Estates Park, which you may recognize as where we have previously ice cream picnicked, and flown kites.  [https://www.google.com/maps?q=N+43%C2%B0+59.280+W+092%C2%B0+29.070+(GCAYC0F)+ Map]


Bags provided.  You bring your own gloves, grabbers, and sense of civic duty.  No shoreline, yes woods (mowed park + woods = 5.1 acres), and you might want a headlamp.


As usual we are teaming up with the [https://www.geocaching.com/geocache/GCAYC0F_15-andahalf-cito-and-rochesters-litter-bit-better geocachers] to avoid being overwhelmed by garbage.


=== Social:  Tuesday March <strike> 15th </strike> 29th ===
Disc golf at [http://maps.google.com/maps/ms?ie=UTF8&hl=en&msa=0&msid=217033483939111930234.0004a379c4172da19682b&ll=44.02311,-92.440456&spn=0.004606,0.007092&t=h&z=17 East Park]


=== Virtual Social: Thursday September 12th ===
6 pm
6 pm


Note the change from the original date, due to rain/mud.
Meeting link removed.
Anything else you want to see on the agenda? Let us know.






=== Outside Social:  Thursday September 5th ===


=== Technical Meeting: Thursday March 10th ===
Disc golf! Meet outside the RCTC field house, 6 pm.  Here is [http://maps.google.com/maps/ms?msid=217033483939111930234.0004a3795f42da701ae0b&msa=0&ll=44.015742,-92.422206&spn=0.003541,0.006942&iwloc=0004a37962daae4746296 a map].
Marc Thomas, from NORLUG, on setting up and maintaining your own media server.


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Everything you need to know to set up your own media server, as ethically and legally as possible. From video codecs and containers, compression algorithms, DRM decryption and circumvention, transcoding, storage, organization, consumption, and all the tools that make this possible, all under Linux!
=== Outside Social:  Friday August 30th ===


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Disc golf! Meet outside the RCTC field house, 6 pm.  Here is [http://maps.google.com/maps/ms?msid=217033483939111930234.0004a3795f42da701ae0b&msa=0&ll=44.015742,-92.422206&spn=0.003541,0.006942&iwloc=0004a37962daae4746296 a map].






Also on the agenda for the technical meeting:
=== Virtual Social: Thursday August 8th ===
6 pm


-PCIG elections
Meeting link removed.


-Discussions of the K-LUG email list
Anything else you want to see on the agenda? Let us know.


-Choice of a March social event.  Possibly a [https://www.theescapechallenge.com/home.html locked room escape]?


-Requests for an April speaker
=== Virtual Social: Thursday July 11th ===
6 pm


-Consumption of semi-homemade Pi Day pie (peach, raspberry, strawberry; I cheated and bought crusts).  Please bring your donation for the "hat".
Meeting link removed.


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




6 pm, in or near RCTC Heintz Center's HA107.


[http://www.roch.edu/html-spectrum/getting_to_ucr.html Directions to Campus]
=== Outdoor Social: Thursday June 27th, 11:45 am ===
Lunch at RochesterFest.  We'll be sitting at a picnic table on the far side of the tent from the music, to hopefully lower the decibel level enough to still talk.


[http://www.rctc.edu/campustour/maps/heintzA.html  Heintz Center Building Map]
Food trailers are supposed to be open by noon, 11:45 am will give us a little better chance at getting parking.


Anything else you want to see on the agenda?  Let Jon G or Tina know.


=== Virtual Social: Thursday June 13th ===
6 pm


Meeting link removed


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


=== Downtown Lunch:  Thursday March 10th  ===
11:30 am, 1st Avenue food court downtown, at the bigger tables near the entrance.  The Mexican place has closed, an Indian restaurant will replace it "soon".  Mango Thai has opened.


=== Virtual Social: Thursday May 9th ===
6 pm


Meeting link removed


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


=== Lunch:  Thursday February 18th  ===
11:30 am, Apache Mall food court, near B&N.




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


=== "January" Social:  Fridays February 12th, 19th, plus others ===
Park and walk in a neighborhood in NE Rochester.
We're going to try a map-based (eg armchair) road rally, http://home.earthlink.net/~oldmaltese/Massacre.html .  Due to there having been a start-up cost for this event, I will be asking for contributions (say $5-10/family?) for those who come participate.  Anyone bringing an additional "11x15 100-page-plus 2016 Rand McNally Road Atlas" (this same large scale copy MSRP $20, Amazon has for $15) will have their fee waived for their assistance uncrowding the map table.


I anticipate this being much better done by small groups, and it seems a bit lengthy.  So we are going to host two pre-specified nights of map reading, and if Friday nights don't work well for you then email me off-list to request your available T/W/Sat/Sun timeframe and we'll see if we can work something out.  Fees per family won't be re-collected at subsequent attendances.
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].


6:30 pm at Tina's house (email for directions).  Snack/beverage potluck only (come with dinner already in your belly).


Postmark deadline for submission of this for scoring is Monday February 29th, which realistically means we're going to have to mail it on Saturday the 27th, so our last potential night is Friday February 26th.




=== Litter Bit Better in-person social (outside), Tuesday April 30th ===
6:15 - 7:30 pm


=== Technical Meeting:  Thursday February 11th ===
Back to our usual Cascade Lake Park.
Robert Nix, on LVM.


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


Using Logical Volume Manager can simplify your disk space management on both large and small Linux systems. This will be both an overview, and a look at specific commands and results. See how LVM can be used to streamline your Linux installation and maintenance.
As usual we are teaming up with the [https://www.geocaching.com/geocache/GCAMJX2 geocachers] to avoid being overwhelmed by garbage.


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Here are [http://k-lug.org/images/0/0d/Lvm.odp his slides] from the meeting.


=== Virtual Social: Thursday April 11th ===
Come hang out virtually with your favorite geeks, and share what you've been up to or found interesting.


Also on the agenda for the technical meeting:
6 pm


-PCIG second round of officer nominations (with elections in March)
Meeting link [https://us04web.zoom.us/j/74567357951?pwd=nQjQHcz7eKjaZ5YaHS2UGrat5UVUCv.1 here].


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


6 pm, in or near RCTC Heintz Center's HA107.


[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]
=== Virtual Technical Meeting: To be rescheduled ===
Acu Dorin will present on opensource AI software and an effort he and some other folks have made to create a private version of a chatGPT like AI interface


Anything else you want to see on the agenda?  Let Jon G or Tina know.




=== Outside Social:  Friday March 22nd, 6 pm ===


Geocaching!  The March equinox is an excuse to [https://www.geocaching.com/blog/2024/03/celebrating-the-march-equinox/ find 3 geocaches during the week of the equinox].  If you've never geocached before, this is a great time to join us.  Wear your hiking shoes, long sturdy pants, and otherwise dress for the weather.


We will chase 3 multi-caches that start to the east and north of St Marys Hospital
https://www.geocaching.com/geocache/GC6G6R5
https://www.geocaching.com/geocache/GC5XDH0
https://www.geocaching.com/geocache/GC5XEQV


=== Downtown Lunch: Thursday February 11th  ===
If we have any DNF's, first choice replacement will be:
11:30 am, 1st Avenue food court downtown, at the bigger tables near the entrance.
https://www.geocaching.com/geocache/GC56K4K


I skimmed through the logs, and none of our regulars seem to have found these, so hopefully everyone will qualify for the achievement.


Parking:
There is a limited quantity of 2 hour parking in St. Marys Park proper.  However, the neighborhood parking permit restriction opens back up starting at 5:30, so by starting at 6 pm you should be able to park on the street (and not be competing with employees for spots) for the duration of our explorations.




=== Social: Sunday, February 7th 2016 ===
=== Virtual Technical Meeting: Thursday March 14th ===
Winterfest cardboard sled race spectating for our February social, Sunday February 7th, 1 pm.  There IS an indoor viewing area, per the description, so no trekking through the snow required.
Speaker cancelled due to illness, will reschedule.


http://www.rochesterwinterfest.com/2015/01/07/cardboard-sled-race/
Tim Massaro will come to our rescue, and will present on his Partyrock/Blackrock hackathon project, as well as brainstorming some future socials.


Rochester Golf and Country Club
6 pm
3100 Country Club Road SW


Meeting link removed.


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


=== Lunch:  Thursday January 21st  ===
11:30 am, Apache Mall food court, near B&N.




=== Outside Social:  Saturday February 24th ===


=== Technical Meeting:  Thursday January 14th ===
It's supposed to be dry all week, there's no snow to fight with, the disc golf holes are present, and Saturday's forecast is for sunshine and a high of 46. So let's play disc golf!
Dennis DeLorme on a recent basement project - the $2 wireless link.


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Meet outside the RCTC field house, 2 pm.  Here is [http://maps.google.com/maps/ms?msid=217033483939111930234.0004a3795f42da701ae0b&msa=0&ll=44.015742,-92.422206&spn=0.003541,0.006942&iwloc=0004a37962daae4746296 a map].


Do you wish there was an easy, cheap way for your micro-controllers to
talk to each other over a wireless link? If so, come and learn about the
Nordic nrf24L01+ type modules. These allow short range wireless
communication in the 2.4 GHz band. The nrf24L01+ is designed for PC
keyboard/mouse, remote controls, home automation, toys etc.


There is available software to use the nrf24L01+ modules with common
=== Virtual Technical Meeting: Thursday February 8th ===
boards such as Arduino, Raspberry Pi and Beaglebone Black. The nrf24L01+
Aaron Albertson will present a wrap up of this season's volunteer work with student robotics.
module can be added to these boards for about $1 per node, if ordered
directly from China. I'll talk a little about my experience ordering
directly from China.


I will talk about the features of the nrf24L01+ and the software to use it. I will demo a sensor star network with a couple of them on Arduinos (what else?) sending data to an Arduino attached to a laptop as the base unit.
6 pm


If you are ready to break your New Years Resolutions, I will be bringing
Anything else you want to see on the agenda? Let us know.
German Chocolate cup cakes with coconut pecan frosting.


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Post-meeting addition - [http://k-lug.org/images/9/93/Klug-nrf24.pdf here are the slides] he has provided.
[http://k-lug.org/images/2/2f/StarNetDS18B20.odt Here is the code] in Open Office format because upload of text or code files is not supported.


=== Virtual Technical Meeting: Thursday January 11th, 2024 ===
Aaron Albertson will present a wrap up of this season's volunteer work with student robotics.


6 pm, in or near RCTC Heintz Center's HA107.
6 pm
 
[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]
 
 
Also on the agenda for the technical meeting:
 
-K-LUG’s annual officer elections – president, vice president, treasurer.  Nominations or self-nominations for these positions please.


-Annual financial report from our treasurer.
And KLUG officer elections.
 
-PCIG first round of officer nominations (with elections in March)
 
 
 
Anything else you want to see on the agenda?  Let Jon G or Tina know.
 
 
 
 
 
=== Downtown Lunch:  Thursday January 14th  ===
11:30 am, 1st Avenue food court downtown, at the bigger tables near the entrance.


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




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Virtual Social: Thursday October 10th

6 pm

Yes, timing worked out that you'll see us twice in the same week.

Meeting link removed.

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


Potential October outdoor social - 18 holes of mini golf

https://bringmethenews.com/minnesota-lifestyle/new-18-hole-mini-golf-course-coming-to-rochester https://krocnews.com/rochester-mns-largest-mini-golf-course-is-about-to-open/


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.


Pending potential presentations

Jon Gullixson: gnucash or www :: Mechanize


Litter Bit Better in-person social (outside), Monday October 7th

6:15 - 7:30 pm

This is the first time Rochester is running a fall edition of Litter Bit Better, so we're going to go clean up a second time this year. Pine Ridge Estates Park, which you may recognize as where we have previously ice cream picnicked, and flown kites. Map

Bags provided. You bring your own gloves, grabbers, and sense of civic duty. No shoreline, yes woods (mowed park + woods = 5.1 acres), and you might want a headlamp.

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


Virtual Social: Thursday September 12th

6 pm

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


Outside Social: Thursday September 5th

Disc golf! Meet outside the RCTC field house, 6 pm. Here is a map.


Outside Social: Friday August 30th

Disc golf! Meet outside the RCTC field house, 6 pm. Here is a map.


Virtual Social: Thursday August 8th

6 pm

Meeting link removed.

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


Virtual Social: Thursday July 11th

6 pm

Meeting link removed.

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


Outdoor Social: Thursday June 27th, 11:45 am

Lunch at RochesterFest. We'll be sitting at a picnic table on the far side of the tent from the music, to hopefully lower the decibel level enough to still talk.

Food trailers are supposed to be open by noon, 11:45 am will give us a little better chance at getting parking.


Virtual Social: Thursday June 13th

6 pm

Meeting link removed

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


Virtual Social: Thursday May 9th

6 pm

Meeting link removed

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


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.



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.


Virtual Social: Thursday April 11th

Come hang out virtually with your favorite geeks, and share what you've been up to or found interesting.

6 pm

Meeting link here.

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


Virtual Technical Meeting: To be rescheduled

Acu Dorin will present on opensource AI software and an effort he and some other folks have made to create a private version of a chatGPT like AI interface


Outside Social: Friday March 22nd, 6 pm

Geocaching! The March equinox is an excuse to find 3 geocaches during the week of the equinox. If you've never geocached before, this is a great time to join us. Wear your hiking shoes, long sturdy pants, and otherwise dress for the weather.

We will chase 3 multi-caches that start to the east and north of St Marys Hospital https://www.geocaching.com/geocache/GC6G6R5 https://www.geocaching.com/geocache/GC5XDH0 https://www.geocaching.com/geocache/GC5XEQV

If we have any DNF's, first choice replacement will be: https://www.geocaching.com/geocache/GC56K4K

I skimmed through the logs, and none of our regulars seem to have found these, so hopefully everyone will qualify for the achievement.

Parking: There is a limited quantity of 2 hour parking in St. Marys Park proper. However, the neighborhood parking permit restriction opens back up starting at 5:30, so by starting at 6 pm you should be able to park on the street (and not be competing with employees for spots) for the duration of our explorations.


Virtual Technical Meeting: Thursday March 14th

Speaker cancelled due to illness, will reschedule.

Tim Massaro will come to our rescue, and will present on his Partyrock/Blackrock hackathon project, as well as brainstorming some future socials.

6 pm

Meeting link removed.

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


Outside Social: Saturday February 24th

It's supposed to be dry all week, there's no snow to fight with, the disc golf holes are present, and Saturday's forecast is for sunshine and a high of 46. So let's play disc golf!

Meet outside the RCTC field house, 2 pm. Here is a map.


Virtual Technical Meeting: Thursday February 8th

Aaron Albertson will present a wrap up of this season's volunteer work with student robotics.

6 pm

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


Virtual Technical Meeting: Thursday January 11th, 2024

Aaron Albertson will present a wrap up of this season's volunteer work with student robotics.

6 pm

And KLUG officer elections.

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




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