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


=== Planned Technical Meeting:  June 12th - Android App Development - Jon Tollefson ===
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].
Thursday, June 12th - 6:00 pm - 7:35 pm
  Where: RCTC Heintz Center Room HA107
1926 College View Road SE, Rochester, MN 55904


Jon has developed a java based game and published it to open source. This talk will focus on how to setup for and code such an application for Android


=== Planned Lunch:  Thursday June 19th  ===
11:30 am, Apache Mall food court, near B&N.


=== IEEE notification from Mike Fallenstein ====
Annual Nano/Emerging Technology Day - Rushford, MN, June 14th, 2014


Knowledge Management, Project Management, Information Technology and Services.
If you are interested in Nano technology here is your chance to learn more. They will both a youth STEM program (morning, free Nano camp) and free professional meetings (afternoon). They will provide Atomic Force Microscope (AFM) demonstrations and a tour of the RINTEK laboratory in Rushford. Visit http://www.rintek.org/html/nanotek_trek.html for conference agenda and information.
rintek.org rintek.org
rintek.org


=== Planned Social:  May 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.




=== Planned Technical Meeting:  June ===
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.


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


=== Planned Lunch:  Thursday June 19th  ===
Back to our usual Cascade Lake Park.
11:30 am, Apache Mall food court, near B&N.


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


=== Planned Social: June ===
As usual we are teaming up with the [https://www.geocaching.com/geocache/GCAMJX2 geocachers] to avoid being overwhelmed by garbage.
Meet for Thursdays on First on Thursday the 26th at 6pm


Want to do something else for a meeting or social?  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.


=== Pending presentations  ===
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
=== Geocaching in-person social (outside), Friday May 3rd ===
6 pm
 
Park and walk in a neighborhood in NE Rochester.
 
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].
 
 
=== 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.


=== Planned Socials: Fall or winter ===
-Jim Henderson, "Silicon Valley" documentary
-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.
-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.


=== Old News Items ===
See the [[OldNews]] page.






=== Upcoming Meeting Crisis! ===
Well, not really a crisis, but we do need some meeting topics (& speakers) for 2014. 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.





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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