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== LUG News ==
== 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 [http://k-lug.org/About contact an officer].




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=== Virtual Social: Thursday November 14th ===
 
=== 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]
 
6 pm
6 pm


Note the change from the original date, due to rain/mud.
Meeting link to be here later.


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


Also, thank you for your efforts at our fall trash cleanup.  The Public Works Department gave these summary measures of the city-wide efforts:  "Over 620 pounds of litter was collected by A Litter Bit Better volunteers during the fall event. An estimated 1.179 volunteers picked up 64 sites that covered many locations around Rochester."  This was 12 loads of trash, removed from our environment!




=== Planned Social:  Thursday April 21st, 2016 ===


Our April social will be the Litter Bit Better park clean up.
=== Virtual Board Gaming Social: Friday December ?? ===
6 pm


That's 6 pm on Thursday April 21st, at Cascade Lake Park.
Meeting link to be here later.  Probably Board Game Arena.


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].


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.
=== Virtual Technical Meeting or Social: Thursday January 9th, 2025 ===
 
6 pm
 
 
 
=== Technical Meeting:  Thursday April 14th ===
Speaker needed, please let Tina or Jon G know if you're willing to volunteer.  Willing to present but want to know what people have expressed interest in? Check out our [http://www.k-lug.org/index.php?title=Meetings&action=submit#Requested_topics_list requested topics] page.
 
 
Also on the agenda for the technical meeting:
 
-PCIG second round of officer nominations (with elections in March)
 
 
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]
 
Anything else you want to see on the agenda?  Let Jon G or Tina know.
 
 
 
=== Planned Social: May 2016, TBD ===
Ideas can be found [http://www.k-lug.org/SocialMeeting here] or invent your own.  What would you like to do?  Tell Tina.
 
 
=== Pending potential presentations  ===
[http://www.kickstarter.com/projects/1523379957/oculus-rift-step-into-the-game
Oculus Rift], "the first truly immersive virtual reality headset for video games" .  Peter Shabino
 
Jon Gullixson:  gnucash or www :: Mechanize
 
 
=== Planned Socials: 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
 
-Rock climbing at Prairie Walls
 
-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.
Meeting link to be here later.


-MAME/foosball/ping pong at ... can't be Tim Massaro's anymore...
KLUG officer elections.


-February or July armchair mapping aka road rally event,  http://home.earthlink.net/~oldmaltese/
Anything else you want to see on the agenda? Let us know.








=== Upcoming Meeting Crisis! ===
Well, not really a crisis, but we do need some meeting topics (& speakers) for 2015. We'd like to know what you want to see and hear about. Please email Tina or Jon G with suggestions for topics. Should we run some previous sessions again (maybe something you really wanted to see but missed out on)? What type of topics are good, what type are bad?  Also see this page for a list of suggested topics http://www.k-lug.org/Meetings





Latest revision as of 02:48, 30 October 2024


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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.



Virtual Social: Thursday November 14th

6 pm

Meeting link to be here later.

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

Also, thank you for your efforts at our fall trash cleanup. The Public Works Department gave these summary measures of the city-wide efforts: "Over 620 pounds of litter was collected by A Litter Bit Better volunteers during the fall event. An estimated 1.179 volunteers picked up 64 sites that covered many locations around Rochester." This was 12 loads of trash, removed from our environment!


Virtual Board Gaming Social: Friday December ??

6 pm

Meeting link to be here later. Probably Board Game Arena.


Virtual Technical Meeting or Social: Thursday January 9th, 2025

6 pm

Meeting link to be here later.

KLUG officer elections.

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




Old News Items

See the OldNews page.



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