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Jon Tollefson previously presented on his experience building an Android app (a game).  He's now put it out on the Google Play store, and will talk about his experiences with that part of the process.
Jon Tollefson previously presented on his experience building an Android app (a game).  He's now put it out on the Google Play store, and will talk about his experiences with that part of the process.


Here is a PDF of Jon's presentation, http://k-lug.org/File:Free_to_Play.pdf .


6 pm, in or near RCTC Heintz Center's HA107.
6 pm, in or near RCTC Heintz Center's HA107.
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=== May Social:  Tuesday May 19th ===
<strike>=== May Social:  Tuesday May 19th ===
Disc golf at RCTC, 6 pm.
Disc golf at RCTC, 6 pm.</strike>
 
Delayed a week due to bad weather.




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=== May Social:  Tuesday May 26th ===
Disc golf at RCTC, 6 pm.





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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

Extra Lunch: Thursday May 14th

11:30 am, 1st Avenue food court downtown, at the bigger tables near the entrance.


Technical Meeting: Thursday May 14th

Jon Tollefson previously presented on his experience building an Android app (a game). He's now put it out on the Google Play store, and will talk about his experiences with that part of the process.

Here is a PDF of Jon's presentation, http://k-lug.org/File:Free_to_Play.pdf .

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

Directions to Campus

Heintz Center Building Map

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


Rocket building: Friday May 15th

At the Rabbit Hole. $10 for a rocket building kit, first come first serve. The exact launch date hasn't been announced yet, it's anticipated to be a weekend day in late July.


=== May Social: Tuesday May 19th === Disc golf at RCTC, 6 pm.

Delayed a week due to bad weather.


Lunch: Thursday May 21st

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


May Social: Tuesday May 26th

Disc golf at RCTC, 6 pm.


Planned Extra Lunch: Thursday June 11th

11:30 am, 1st Avenue food court downtown, at the bigger tables near the entrance.


Planned Technical Meeting: Thursday June 11th

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 requested topics page.


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

Directions to Campus

Heintz Center Building Map

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


Planned Lunch: Thursday June 18th

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


Planned Social: June TBD

Ideas can be found here or invent your own. What would you like to do? Tell Tina.

Tina's initial thoughts: Ice cream social and kite flying. Or rockets with The Rabbit Hole, from the May 15th build night.


Planned Extra Lunch: Thursday July 9th

11:30 am, 1st Avenue food court downtown, at the bigger tables near the entrance.


Planned Technical Meeting: Thursday July 9th

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 requested topics page.


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

Directions to Campus

Heintz Center Building Map

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


Planned Lunch: Thursday July 16th

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


Planned Social: July, TBD

Ideas can be found 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.

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

-February or July armchair mapping aka road rally event, http://home.earthlink.net/~oldmaltese/



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


Old News Items

See the OldNews page.