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=== Planned Extra Lunch:  Thursday June 11th ===
11:30 am, Thursdays on First/Third downtown, at the tables by the Half Barrel (based on maps, I think this is where Billotti's used to be, on 3rd Avenue SW).




=== Extra LunchThursday May 14th ===
=== Rocket building, round 2Friday June 19th ===
11:30 am, 1st Avenue food court downtown, at the bigger tables near the entrance.  
At the Rabbit Hole$10 for a rocket building kit, first come first serve.  The exact launch date (plus cookout party) hasn't been announced yet, it's anticipated to be a weekend day in July.
 
 
=== 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/images/3/3a/Free_to_Play.pdf .


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


[http://www.roch.edu/html-spectrum/getting_to_ucr.html Directions to Campus]
<strike>=== Technical Meeting: Thursday June 11th ===</strike>
=== Extra social:  Wednesday June 10th ===
We don't have a speaker, so we'll go play outside instead.  Note we're one day early, to take advantage of the $2/person discount. Assuming there isn't some tricky math, that's $4/round/person. This is a cash-only facility6 pm - minigolf at Skyline Raceway.


[http://www.rctc.edu/campustour/maps/heintzA.html Heintz Center Building Map]
http://www.skylineracewayrochester.com/mini-golf.html


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




=== Rocket building:  Friday May 15th ===
=== Lunch:  Thursday June 18th ===
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.
 
 
<strike>=== May Social:  Tuesday May 19th ===
Disc golf at RCTC, 6 pm.</strike>
 
Delayed a week due to bad weather.
 
 
=== Lunch:  Thursday May 21st ===
11:30 am, Apache Mall food court, near B&N.
11:30 am, Apache Mall food court, near B&N.




=== May Social:  Tuesday May 26th ===
=== Social:  Tuesday June 30th ===
Disc golf at RCTC, 6 pm.
Disc golf at [http://maps.google.com/maps/ms?msid=217033483939111930234.0004a3795f42da701ae0b&msa=0&ll=44.015742,-92.422206&spn=0.003541,0.006942&iwloc=0004a37962daae4746296 RCTC, meet at the parking lot edge / field house doors], 6 pm.  I hope my weather skills are better than they were in May.




=== Planned Extra Lunch:  Thursday June 11th ===
=== Planned Extra Lunch:  Thursday July 9th  ===
11:30 am, 1st Avenue food court downtown, at the bigger tables near the entrance.  
11:30 am, 1st Avenue food court downtown, at the bigger tables near the entrance.  




=== Planned Technical Meeting:  Thursday June 11th ===
=== 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 [http://www.k-lug.org/index.php?title=Meetings&action=submit#Requested_topics_list requested topics] page.
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.


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=== Planned Lunch:  Thursday June 18th ===
=== Planned Lunch:  Thursday July 16th ===
11:30 am, Apache Mall food court, near B&N.
11:30 am, Apache Mall food court, near B&N.




=== Planned Social:  June TBD ===
=== Planned Social:  July, TBD ===
Ideas can be found [http://www.k-lug.org/SocialMeeting here] or invent your own.  What would you like to do?  Tell Tina.
Ideas can be found [http://www.k-lug.org/SocialMeeting 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.
Likely rockets and cookout with the Rabbit Hole folks.  Also bring your RC helicopters/planes, kites, etc, in case of varying wind conditions.
 


=== 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 August 13th ===
=== Planned Technical Meeting:  Thursday July 9th ===
Kevin A, on DEFCON 2015.  
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.




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=== Planned Lunch:  Thursday July 16th  ===
=== Planned Social:  August, TBD ===
11:30 am, Apache Mall food court, near B&N.
 
 
=== Planned Social:  July, TBD ===
Ideas can be found [http://www.k-lug.org/SocialMeeting here] or invent your own.  What would you like to do?  Tell Tina.
Ideas can be found [http://www.k-lug.org/SocialMeeting here] or invent your own.  What would you like to do?  Tell Tina.


 
Likely ice cream and yard games at Tina's.





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Planned Extra Lunch: Thursday June 11th

11:30 am, Thursdays on First/Third downtown, at the tables by the Half Barrel (based on maps, I think this is where Billotti's used to be, on 3rd Avenue SW).


Rocket building, round 2: Friday June 19th

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


=== Technical Meeting: Thursday June 11th ===

Extra social: Wednesday June 10th

We don't have a speaker, so we'll go play outside instead. Note we're one day early, to take advantage of the $2/person discount. Assuming there isn't some tricky math, that's $4/round/person. This is a cash-only facility. 6 pm - minigolf at Skyline Raceway.

http://www.skylineracewayrochester.com/mini-golf.html


Lunch: Thursday June 18th

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


Social: Tuesday June 30th

Disc golf at RCTC, meet at the parking lot edge / field house doors, 6 pm. I hope my weather skills are better than they were in May.


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.

Likely rockets and cookout with the Rabbit Hole folks. Also bring your RC helicopters/planes, kites, etc, in case of varying wind conditions.


Planned Technical Meeting: Thursday August 13th

Kevin A, on DEFCON 2015.


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 Social: August, TBD

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

Likely ice cream and yard games at Tina's.


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.