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We generally meet monthly for technical presentations (2nd Thursday of the month, 6 pm, RCTC), 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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=== <strike> Technical Meeting: Thursday May 12th </strike> === | |||
=== 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. | ||
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. | |||
=== Technical Meeting: Thursday June 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. | |||
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: June 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. | |||
=== Technical Meeting: Thursday July 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. | ||
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=== Planned Social: | === Planned Social: July 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. | Ideas can be found [http://www.k-lug.org/SocialMeeting here] or invent your own. What would you like to do? Tell Tina. | ||
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=== Upcoming Meeting Crisis! === | === Upcoming Meeting Crisis! === | ||
We need some meeting topics (& speakers) for 2016. 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 | |||
Revision as of 20:49, 9 May 2016
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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, RCTC), and monthly for socializing (varies). We no longer meet monthly for lunches, if you are interested in reviving this tradition please contact an officer.
Technical Meeting: Thursday May 12th
Social: Tuesday May 10th
We did not get any speaker volunteers. 6 pm. Plan B is to go play disc golf at Bear Cave Park. (rained out) Plan C is to enjoy dinner together at the 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). Pricing and food ideas for those who haven't been there before.
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.
Technical Meeting: Thursday June 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.
Anything else you want to see on the agenda? Let Jon G or Tina know.
Planned Social: June 2016, TBD
Ideas can be found here or invent your own. What would you like to do? Tell Tina.
Technical Meeting: Thursday July 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 requested topics page.
6 pm, in or near RCTC Heintz Center's HA107.
Anything else you want to see on the agenda? Let Jon G or Tina know.
Planned Social: July 2016, 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!
We need some meeting topics (& speakers) for 2016. 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.