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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 ==


=== Planned Technical Meeting: Swap Sale Thursday November 9th ===
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].


Swap meet!! 
Buy/Sell/Trade - at this annual event, even the general public can bring computer / gadget related gear to sell or trade, or just come to browse for the bargins. Set-up will be at 6 pm, with an estimated swap start time of 6:15 pm. We also plan to have a truck available to recycle old equipment at a price of $.35 a pound When: Thurs, Nov 9th 6pm
Where: University Center Rochester Heintz Center in room HA108.
Set-up will be at 6 pm, with an estimated swap start time of 6:15 pm.  Location:  RCTC room [http://www.rctc.edu/campustour/maps/heintzA.html HA108]  Attendance will include be members of [http://www.pcig.info PCIG], IBM Ham Radio Club, students from RCTC, and the general public. 


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K-LUG Club members, we NEED YOUR HELP!  How?


-Bring your stuff to sell/swap.


-Print and Show this [http://www.k-lug.org/images/e/ef/Swapflyer_2006.pdf Sale Flyer] to friends


-Bring your computer stuff that needs to go to the recycling ($0.35/pound).


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


-Bring your truck and be willing to take a load to the recycling during the recycling center's open hours (Mondays-Saturdays, 8-5).  (Pat S.)


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


-Making some Ubuntu CDs to give away
Back to our usual Cascade Lake Park.


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


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


Volunteers are needed to post to many locations.  Please sign up to be the poster for the following (suggestions welcome):


-KLUG mailing list and wiki - Tina W.


-IBM calendar - Tim M.


-PCIG website - Tim M.
=== Geocaching in-person social (outside), Friday May 3rd ===
6 pm


-Ham radio club - Tim M.
Park and walk in a neighborhood in NE Rochester.


-Mayo classifieds - Pat S.
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].


-Craigslist - Tim M.


-Rochester Freecycle (limited to free pick-up of non-swapped items headed for recycling at the end of the swap)
=== Virtual Social: Thursday May 9th ===
6 pm


-UCR bulletin boards - in hard copy - Ren T.  
Meeting link will be added here.


-RCTC bulletin boards - in hard copy - Tim M. (I've made up something already, go [http://www.k-lug.org/images/e/ef/Swapflyer_2006.pdf here] and print)
Anything else you want to see on the agenda? Let us know.


-Wherever else you can think of




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.
=== Pending potential presentations ===


=== Planned Lunch Meeting:  Thursday November 16th ===
Jon Gullixson:  gnucash or www :: Mechanize
11:30 am near the Chinese restaurant in the Galleria.


=== Planned Social:  TBD, November ===
Suggestions welcome.


=== Planned Technical Meeting:  TBD, December ===
Our traditional December meeting is gaming somewhere.  Some ideas have been gathered (will be typed up and posted soon).  Feel free to suggest other ideas.


=== Planned Social: Monday December 18th ===
=== Socials brainstorming: Fall or winter ===
Long version:  Being a couch or computer potato and eating all of that good food is just too tempting this time of year.  Join us for an evening away from both of those.  Meet with other geeks to walk for ~1 hour and 20 minutes, and plan for time afterwards to socialize over a cup of something warm.  6:30 pm, Panera South (just inside the doors to the right).  Please don't be late, it'd be hard to catch up with us.  Dress warm, we're walking outside for the whole time, no matter what the weather.  This is a regularly occuring event on Monday evenings, so if you can't make this one feel free to join us for others.
-Murder mystery.  The host needs to buy a kit at a gaming store to get the event started.


Short version:  6:30 pm, Panera South, dress warm we're walking outside, don't plan to be done until at least 8 pm.
-Jim Henderson, "Silicon Valley" documentary


-Bowlocity laser tag.  5-6 people minimum needed.


=== Mister House 2nd Opportunity: Monday October 30th ===
-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.
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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|}


=== 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.
=== Old News Items ===
 
See the [[OldNews]] page.
=== Lunch Meeting:  Thursday October 19th ===
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 ===
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].


=== 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 ===
MediaWiki help [https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Help:Text_color 1] [https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Wiki_color_formatting_help 2]
See the [[OldNews]] page.

Revision as of 17:30, 27 April 2024


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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