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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].


=== Social #1:  Saturday October 5th ===
Come for a hike and a corn maze in Douglas at [http://www.northwoodsorchard.com/home.html Northwoods Orchard].  1 pm.  $5/person for the adult corn maze.  $3/kid for the kid corn maze.  Other activities and items for sale, see their website if you're interested in apples, gourds, etc.






=== Virtual Social: Thursday April 11th ===
Come hang out virtually with your favorite geeks, and share what you've been up to or found interesting.


6 pm


Meeting link [https://us04web.zoom.us/j/74567357951?pwd=nQjQHcz7eKjaZ5YaHS2UGrat5UVUCv.1 here].


=== Technical Meeting:  Thursday October 10th ===
Anything else you want to see on the agenda? Let us know.
Tim Massaro will present on The Makings of a Maker Space, aka a history of The Rabbit Hole.


When: Thursday September 12th - 6:00 pm - 7:30 pm


Where: RCTC Heintz Center Room HA107


=== Litter Bit Better in-person social (outside), Tuesday April 30th ===
6:15 - 7:30 pm


Back to our usual Cascade Lake Park.


=== Lunch: Thursday October 17th  ===
Bags provided. You bring your own gloves, grabbers, and sense of civic duty.  There is shoreline.
11:30 am, Apache Mall food court, near B&N.


As usual we are teaming up with the [https://www.geocaching.com/geocache/GCAMJX2 geocachers] to avoid being overwhelmed by garbage.


=== Planned Social:  October TBD ===
We've got two plans:


-Creative Reuse build night at the Rabbit Hole


-Corn maze in Douglas, at [http://www.northwoodsorchard.com/home.html Northwoods Orchard]


We'll get back to you with details.


=== Pending potential presentations  ===


=== Planned Technical Meeting:  November TBD ===
Jon Gullixson:  gnucash or www :: Mechanize
Speaker needed, please let Tim or Tina 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.




=== Lunch:  Thursday November 21st  ===
11:30 am, Apache Mall food court, near B&N.


=== Socials brainstorming: Fall or winter ===
-Murder mystery.  The host needs to buy a kit at a gaming store to get the event started.


=== Planned Social:  November TBD ===
Ideas can be found [http://www.k-lug.org/SocialMeeting here] or invent your own.  What would you like to do?  Tell Tim or Tina.
=== Lunch:  Thursday December 19th  ===
11:30 am, Apache Mall food court, near B&N.
=== Planned Social/"Technical Meeting":  December TBD, probably a Friday night ===
What geeky hanging out activity do we want to do together this year?  Last year we went to Hobby Gobblins, and I think they've managed to stay in business; want to go there again?
=== Planned Technical Meeting:  January 2014 TBD ===
Speaker needed, please let Tim or Tina 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.
=== Planned Technical Meeting:  March or later, 2013 ===
Oculus Rift, "the first truly immersive virtual reality headset for video games"
http://www.kickstarter.com/projects/1523379957/oculus-rift-step-into-the-game
Peter Shabino
=== Planned Socials: Fall or winter ===
-Jim Henderson, "Silicon Valley" documentary
-Jim Henderson, "Silicon Valley" documentary


-Children's Museum.  Don't have a kid and feel akward about wandering around to check the place out without one?  This is your chance, we'll have at least one coming with the group to salve any feelings of stalking stranger's children.
-Bowlocity laser tag.  5-6 people minimum needed.


-Rock climbing at Prairie Walls before they take down the sign we constructed for the Red Bull Creation contest.
-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.


-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 Tim Massaro's.


-Parallax build contest ~Christmas
=== Old News Items ===
See the [[OldNews]] page.






=== Upcoming Meeting Crisis! ===
Well, not really a crisis, but we do need some meeting topics (& speakers) for 2013. We'd like to know what you want to see and hear about. Please email Tina or Tim 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 ===
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See the [[OldNews]] page.

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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 April 11th

Come hang out virtually with your favorite geeks, and share what you've been up to or found interesting.

6 pm

Meeting link here.

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


Litter Bit Better in-person social (outside), Tuesday April 30th

6:15 - 7:30 pm

Back to our usual Cascade Lake Park.

Bags provided. You bring your own gloves, grabbers, and sense of civic duty. There is shoreline.

As usual we are teaming up with the geocachers to avoid being overwhelmed by garbage.



Pending potential presentations

Jon Gullixson: gnucash or www :: Mechanize


Socials brainstorming: 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

-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.


Old News Items

See the OldNews page.



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