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=== Technical Meeting:  Thursday September 13th ===


DefCon review is cancelled, sorry.  Instead Nix will lead a round-table discussion of whatever people want to chat about; show up at the usual place, and depending on preferences the group may adjourn to a suitable nearby site offering snacks and beverages.


=== Technical Meeting:  Thursday July 12th ===
Kyle Gilbertson (IBM LEGO Education Outreach core team member and a prolific volunteer for other efforts as well) has agreed to be a speaker at an upcoming K-LUG meeting. As part of Kyle's volunteering both for ILEO and for other LEGO related STEM outreach he has had the occasion to want to produce instructions for constructing a LEGO model. This is actually difficult to do and have it look like you would expect LEGO instructions to look. Kyle was able to chain several different open source tools together to produce a quality set of instructions. He has volunteered to share the lessons he learned during this process with us.  (And he says that no, it's not a presentation for kids, sorry.)
Build digital 3D LEGO models on your computer. Create build instructions for your design. Learn the tools and avoid pitfalls to produce great results.
This emphasizes LEGO robot models, but this all works for standard studded builds. Using what you learn, consider contributing a robot design and instructions for use in this fall's IBM LEGO Education Outreach classes.
Slides are [https://ibm.box.com/ILEO here,] open the 'Robot Build Instructions' folder.


6 pm, in or near RCTC Heintz Center's HA108.
6 pm, in or near RCTC Heintz Center's HA108.
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[http://www.rctc.edu/campustour/heintz/heintz-a.html Heintz Center Building Map]
[http://www.rctc.edu/campustour/heintz/heintz-a.html Heintz Center Building Map]


Anything else you want to see on the agenda?  Let Tina know.
Anything else you want to see on the agenda?  Let Tina know, but also know that Nix will be in charge of this meeting.




=== SocialSaturday July 21st, 10:30 am ===
=== Technical MeetingThursday October 11th ===
Join us at the Rochester Public Library's presentation about the [https://root.evanced.info/rochester/evanced/eventsignup.asp?ID=35929 40th anniversary of the 1979 flood.]    "This July marks the 40th anniversary of the historic flooding of Rochester. Come to this program to learn about what happened during the flood from the people who lived it and find out how the city planned and built the flood control system that protects us today."  In the RPL auditorium.
This month will be a field trip!  A limited group of pre-registrants (~15 people total) will be attending a tour of our local Rochester waste water treatment plant. The registration option will be published by email first so everyone can get in on this first come, first serve opportunity.




=== Social:  October ===
What might you want to do?  Tell Tina.


=== Technical Meeting:  Thursday August 9th ===


Andrew Eggenberger, on his attendance at [https://srccon.org/ srccon] in June.


=== Technical Meeting:  Thursday November 8th ===
Med City Drone presentation by Ryan Kuisle, more description coming later.


6 pm, in or near RCTC Heintz Center's HA108.
6 pm, in or near RCTC Heintz Center's HA108.
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[http://www.rctc.edu/campustour/heintz/heintz-a.html Heintz Center Building Map]
[http://www.rctc.edu/campustour/heintz/heintz-a.html Heintz Center Building Map]


Anything else you want to see on the agenda?  Let Tina know, but also know that Aaron will be in charge of this meeting.
Anything else you want to see on the agenda?  Let Tina know.




=== Social:  August ===
=== December Technical Meeting / Social ===
What might you want to do? Tell Tina.
We've typically had a board/card/video game night, the person who volunteers to host gets to choose the primary gaming type. Please let Tina know if you're willing to volunteer in any capacity.




=== Technical Meeting:  Thursday September 13th ===
=== Technical Meeting:  January 2019 ===
Speaker needed, contact Tina.


Speaker needed.
KLUG officer nominations and elections (president, vice president, treasurer).
 
 
 
 
6 pm, in or near RCTC Heintz Center's HA108.
 
[https://www.google.com/maps/place/1926+Collegeview+Rd+E,+Rochester,+MN+55904/@44.021027,-92.4379617,17z/ Directions to Campus]
 
[http://www.rctc.edu/campustour/ Campus layout]
 
[http://www.rctc.edu/campustour/heintz/heintz-a.html Heintz Center Building Map]
 
Anything else you want to see on the agenda?  Let Tina know, but also know that Nix will be in charge of this meeting.
 
 
=== Social:  September ===
What might you want to do?  Tell Tina.


PCIG officer nominations.





Revision as of 03:13, 5 September 2018


K-LUG - Rochester, MN Area Linux Users Group

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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.

Did you used to be on our email list and suddenly haven't gotten email for months? We had a glitch and it caused many people to get unsubscribed; unfortunately Tina doesn't have a way of knowing who all we lost. Please use "Linux mailing list" on the left to get yourself re-added, sorry!



Technical Meeting: Thursday September 13th

DefCon review is cancelled, sorry. Instead Nix will lead a round-table discussion of whatever people want to chat about; show up at the usual place, and depending on preferences the group may adjourn to a suitable nearby site offering snacks and beverages.


6 pm, in or near RCTC Heintz Center's HA108.

Directions to Campus

Campus layout

Heintz Center Building Map

Anything else you want to see on the agenda? Let Tina know, but also know that Nix will be in charge of this meeting.


Technical Meeting: Thursday October 11th

This month will be a field trip! A limited group of pre-registrants (~15 people total) will be attending a tour of our local Rochester waste water treatment plant. The registration option will be published by email first so everyone can get in on this first come, first serve opportunity.


Social: October

What might you want to do? Tell Tina.


Technical Meeting: Thursday November 8th

Med City Drone presentation by Ryan Kuisle, more description coming later.

6 pm, in or near RCTC Heintz Center's HA108.

Directions to Campus

Campus layout

Heintz Center Building Map

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


December Technical Meeting / Social

We've typically had a board/card/video game night, the person who volunteers to host gets to choose the primary gaming type. Please let Tina know if you're willing to volunteer in any capacity.


Technical Meeting: January 2019

Speaker needed, contact Tina.

KLUG officer nominations and elections (president, vice president, treasurer).

PCIG officer nominations.


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 2018. We'd like to know what you want to see and hear about. Please email Tina 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.



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