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| [http://www.google.com/calendar/embed?src=cXBkMGRtOGtndmFibm9yajJhcTRlM2s2OGtAZ3JvdXAuY2FsZW5kYXIuZ29vZ2xlLmNvbQ K-LUG Google calendar] | | 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]. |
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| [http://www.facebook.com/profile.php?id=720638962#/pages/K-Lug-Linux-User-Group/48319644279?ref=mf K-lug Facebook page]
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| | === Geocaching in-person social (outside), Friday May 3rd === |
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| === Technical Meeting: Thursday March 10th ===
| | Park and walk in a neighborhood in NE Rochester. |
| Dennis DeLorme will present on a paper tape reader.<br>
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| "Want to move those 100's of bytes of data you put on paper tape back in
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| your misspent youth to 21st century media? (Any time spent with paper
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| tape was misspent.) Bring your paper tape and a flash drive to the K-LUG
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| tape fest On March 10. I will briefly describe the set up and then will
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| be ready to do transfers. I can transfer data as hex, binary, or binary
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| bit ignored is probably the preferred method."
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| | 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 final nominations and elections<br>
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| -Girl Scout cookies and pi/pie in an early celebration of pi day <br>
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| -Jon T will bring his hacked pandigital Android ereader for a show and tell afterwards (no demo, just to show off) | |
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| -> When: Thursday February 10th - 6:00 pm - 7:30 pm
| | === Virtual Social: Thursday May 9th === |
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| -> Where: RCTC Heintz Center Room HA107 or nearby
| | [https://us04web.zoom.us/j/71107225798?pwd=duL4JavI8eklmAgVNaDch8kBllLxUf.1 Meeting link] |
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| [http://www.roch.edu/html-spectrum/getting_to_ucr.html Directions to Campus]
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| [http://www.rctc.edu/campustour/maps/heintzA.html Heintz Center Building Map]
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| Also, if you won't be attending the school district's only date/time for community input sessions on their superintendent search (same day at 7 pm), you can still contribute to the local school district by filling out their superintendent search [http://www.rochester.k12.mn.us/se3bin/clientgenie.cgi?schoolname=school85&statusFlag=goGenie&geniesite=484&myButton=g5plugin&db=g484_b4020 survey] by Thursday. Why can't you do both the input session and K-LUG? You can, if you leave K-LUG early, sessions are:
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| What: Community input sessions for new Rochester superintendent
| | Jon Gullixson: gnucash or www :: Mechanize |
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| When: 7 p.m. Thursday
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| Where: Gibbs Elementary School, 5525 56th St. N.W. OR Kellogg Middle School, 503 17th St. N.E. OR Willow Creek Middle School, 2425 11th Ave. S.E.
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| | === Socials brainstorming: Fall or winter === |
| | -Murder mystery. The host needs to buy a kit at a gaming store to get the event started. |
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| | -Bowlocity laser tag. 5-6 people minimum needed. |
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| | -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. |
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| === Lunch: Thursday March 17th ===
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| 11:30 am, at the Apache Mall food court near B&N.
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| | === Old News Items === |
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| === Planned Social: March TBD ===
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| 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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| -[http://artemis.eochu.com/ Artemis], a multiplayer spaceship bridge simulator for Windows
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| -SOLAR DEATH RAY!!! to burn stuff, like [http://inhabitat.com/19-year-old-teenager-makes-homemade-solar-death-ray/solarray3/ this].
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| === Planned Social: April TBD ===
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| Rockets + kites! That way we can play if there's no wind, lots of wind, basically anything other than a rain/snow storm.
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| === Planned Social/Service Opportunity: April TBD (during Earth Week) ===
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| There will be an opportunity to participate in Rochester's [http://www.rneighbors.org/?page_id=32 Litter Bit Better]. It will be an evening activity, most likely Tuesday April 19th or Thursday April 21st. By doing trash clean up in coordination with LBB, the trash bags and hauling of trash are taken care of for us, we only have to actually put the junk and the recycling in the appropriate bags. Family and friends are welcome, this activity will also advertised to groups such as geocachers and the mentoring organization of Bolder Options. Talk to Tina for more details.
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| === Free: Open Source Stickers for your Systems ===
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| [http://www.openstickers.com Openstickers.com] - download these images, print on sticker paper, cut and apply.
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| === Upcoming Meeting Crisis! ===
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| Well, not really a crisis, but we do need some meeting topics (& speakers) for 2011. 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
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| === Old News Items ===
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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.
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
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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