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= K-LUG - Rochester, MN Area Linux Users Group =
Note: To request a wiki account, please join the mailing list and post a message.
We can use presentations for upcoming meetings, please see [http://www.k-lug.org/Meetings a list of ideas] if you're willing but lacking a topic.




== LUG News ==
== LUG News ==


=== Mister House 2nd Opportunity: Monday October 30th ===
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].
A second opportunity for you to see the Mister House presentation!  7 pm, directions are [http://brucewinter.googlepages.com/directionstomyhouse here].
 
 
 
 


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| '''Name''' || '''# of attendees'''
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|Robert Bleimeyer || 3
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|José de Leon || 1
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|Mark Diez || 1
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|Bill Marshall || 1
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|Joe Sedelmeyer || 1
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|Mike Fallenstein || 2
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=== Planned Technical Meeting:  Thursday November 9th ===
Swap meet!!  This will be at our normal 6 pm time, although since we may not be able to get into the room much before 6 actual swapping may start a little bit late.  Also hopefully in attendance will be members of PCIG, ham radio club, students from RCTC, and the general public.  But in order to do this, we NEED YOUR HELP!  How?


-Bring your stuff to sell/swap.


-Bring your computer stuff that needs to go to the recycling ($0.35/pound).
=== Litter Bit Better in-person social (outside), Tuesday April 30th ===
6:15 - 7:30 pm


-Bring a bathroom scale that's accurate at low weight ranges, so we can figure out the appropriate recycling fee to charge.
Back to our usual Cascade Lake Park.


-Bring your truck and be willing to take a load to the recycling during the recycling center's open hours (Mondays-Saturdays, 8-5).
Bags provided.  You bring your own gloves, grabbers, and sense of civic duty.  There is shoreline.


-Coordinate the pizza fundraiser, buy pizza and pop plus bring paper plates and disposable cups in quantities sufficient for those who show up. Will be reimbursed out of the profits from the fundraiser (charge is a donation).
As usual we are teaming up with the [https://www.geocaching.com/geocache/GCAMJX2 geocachers] to avoid being overwhelmed by garbage.


-Making some Ubuntu CDs to give away


-Posting




Volunteers are needed to post to many locations.  Please sign up to be the poster for the following (suggestions welcome):
=== Geocaching in-person social (outside), Friday May 3rd ===
6 pm


-KLUG mailing list and wiki - Tina W.
Park and walk in a neighborhood in NE Rochester.


-IBM calendar - Tim M.
Park near [https://www.geocaching.com/geocache/GC3WQ84 1 - Odin] on Whiting Lane NE's cul de sac.  We'll walk from there to a couple of other geocaches ([https://www.geocaching.com/geocache/GC57FGC 2], [https://www.geocaching.com/geocache/GC4RPZ2 3]), then back to #1, and then decide if we're walking or driving to [https://www.geocaching.com/geocache/GC8M3FP 4].


-PCIG website - Tim M.


-Ham radio club - Tim M.
=== Virtual Social: Thursday May 9th ===
6 pm


-Mayo classifieds
Meeting link will be added here.


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


-Rochester Freecycle (limited to free pick-up of non-swapped items headed for recycling at the end of the swap)


-RCTC bulletin boards - in hard copy


=== Pending potential presentations  ===


Please RSVP for what tasks you can help with. If I haven't heard from anyone on a task, I'll have to start pestering people.  This has got to be a group effort to be successful.
Jon Gullixson: gnucash or www :: Mechanize


=== Planned Lunch Meeting:  Thursday November 16th ===
11:30 am near the Chinese restaurant in the Galleria.


=== Social:  Thursday October 26th ===
5:30 pm  Frisbee golf at East Park.  Weather-related cancellation will be announced around noon to email list and wiki if necessary.


6:30 pm  Warming beverages and/or dinner at Whistle Binkies.  You do not have to play frisbee golf to attend this portion, just meet us there.  This will occur whether or not we have to cancel frisbee golf.
=== Socials brainstorming: Fall or winter ===
-Murder mystery.  The host needs to buy a kit at a gaming store to get the event started.


=== Lunch Meeting:  Thursday October 19th ===
-Jim Henderson, "Silicon Valley" documentary
Come one, come all, at 11:30 am to the vicinity of the Chinese resturant in the Galleria food court.


=== Technical Meeting:  Tuesday October 10th ===
-Bowlocity laser tag.  5-6 people minimum needed.
Mister House - Home automation - road trip to a Rochester home being controlled by computers.  We're limited to ~25 participants.  If there are closer to 50, we might be able to split and have a second session.  Please sign up, in order, below or email Tina to get added.  Indicate if you could only attend if it were not the original October 10th date, you'd be at the head of the list if we had a second date.
Some details on Mr House: http://misterhouse.sourceforge.net/


Directions and map to Mister House can be found [http://brucewinter.googlepages.com/directionstomyhouse here].
-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.


=== Technical Meeting: Thursday, September 14th ===
Open source in Croatia, Croatian government.  Guest speaker Vlatko Kosturjak, from Croatia, temporarily in the US.  Room will be HA108, our new "permanent" location.


Wink has been postponed.  [http://www.debugmode.com/wink/ Wink] software used for making demos of new products. Records screen sessions and audio.


=== Old News Items ===
=== Old News Items ===
See the [[OldNews]] page.
See the [[OldNews]] page.
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K-LUG - Rochester, MN Area Linux Users Group

Note: To request a wiki account, please join the mailing list and post a message.

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.





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.



Geocaching in-person social (outside), Friday May 3rd

6 pm

Park and walk in a neighborhood in NE Rochester.

Park near 1 - Odin on Whiting Lane NE's cul de sac. We'll walk from there to a couple of other geocaches (2, 3), then back to #1, and then decide if we're walking or driving to 4.


Virtual Social: Thursday May 9th

6 pm

Meeting link will be added here.

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


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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