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=== Technical Meeting:  Thursday May 12th ===
Our May meeting is scheduled to be information about a new robotics league starting up in Rochester.
Rochester Tabletop Robotics League is a "tabletop" robotics, all the robots should therefore be small and relatively inexpensive.  Peter Shabino will describe this league and even demo a quick and easy robot he built from a $9.99 Walmart remote controlled car. See [http://www.wire2wire.org/rtrl/index.html his website].


If you have any other agenda items, please submit them to Tim as he'll be running the meeting.


-> When: Thursday May 12th - 6:00 pm - 7:30 pm
=== Lunch: Thursday May 19th ===
11:30 am, at the Apache Mall food court near B&N.


-> Where: RCTC Heintz Center Room HA107 or nearby


[http://www.roch.edu/html-spectrum/getting_to_ucr.html  Directions to Campus]
=== Disc Golf Social:  Thursday May 19th, 6:30 pm ===
Disc Golf at UCR.  This is a new course to us and we didn't find hole #1, so we're just going to meet outside of the UCR sports complex and near the football/lacrosse field, at the NE corner of the parking lot, see the [http://maps.google.com/maps/ms?source=s_q&hl=en&geocode=&aq=&ie=UTF8&hq=&hnear=Rochester,+Olmsted,+Minnesota&msa=0&ll=44.017694,-92.420425&spn=0.009181,0.014184&t=h&z=16&msid=217033483939111930234.0004a3795f42da701ae0b map].


[http://www.rctc.edu/campustour/maps/heintzA.html  Heintz Center Building Map]
If the temporary holes have been removed due to the end of the school year we'll revert back to the East Park disc golf course, [http://maps.google.com/maps/ms?ie=UTF8&hl=en&msa=0&msid=217033483939111930234.0004a379c4172da19682b&ll=44.02311,-92.440456&spn=0.004606,0.007092&t=h&z=17 map.]


If you haven't played before and would like to borrow a disc that's usually not a problem, although it helps if we know you're in that situation.


=== Lunch: Thursday May 19th ===
11:30 am, at the Apache Mall food court near B&N.




=== Disc Golf Social:  Thursday May 19th, 6:30 pm ===
Disc Golf at UCR.  This is a new course to us and we didn't find hole #1, so we're just going to meet outside of the UCR sports complex and near the football/lacrosse field, at the NE corner of the parking lot.  If you haven't played before and would like to borrow a disc that's usually not a problem, although it helps if we know you're in that situation.


=== Planned Technical Meeting:  Thursday June 9th ===
=== Planned Technical Meeting:  Thursday June 9th ===
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[http://www.rctc.edu/campustour/maps/heintzA.html  Heintz Center Building Map]
[http://www.rctc.edu/campustour/maps/heintzA.html  Heintz Center Building Map]


=== Planned Lunch: Thursday June 16th ===
=== Planned Lunch: Thursday June 16th ===
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=== Planned Technical Meeting:  Thursday August 11th ===
=== Planned Technical Meeting:  Thursday August 11th ===
Speaker needed, please let Tim know if you're willing to volunteer.  Tim is in charge of all K-LUG things for July and August.  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.
Speaker needed, please let Tim know if you're willing to volunteer.  Tim is in charge of all K-LUG things for July and August.  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 Lunch: Thursday August 18th ===
=== Planned Lunch: Thursday August 18th ===

Revision as of 14:59, 17 May 2011


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Lunch: Thursday May 19th

11:30 am, at the Apache Mall food court near B&N.


Disc Golf Social: Thursday May 19th, 6:30 pm

Disc Golf at UCR. This is a new course to us and we didn't find hole #1, so we're just going to meet outside of the UCR sports complex and near the football/lacrosse field, at the NE corner of the parking lot, see the map.

If the temporary holes have been removed due to the end of the school year we'll revert back to the East Park disc golf course, map.

If you haven't played before and would like to borrow a disc that's usually not a problem, although it helps if we know you're in that situation.



Planned Technical Meeting: Thursday June 9th

Andy Tolbert and Chris Lohfink.

Wireless Device Connectivity with ZigBee – An overview of the ZigBee specification and demonstration of using an XBee Module with an Arduino and a Digi Ethernet/XBee Gateway to interface with the Arduino from the Web. The demonstration will include examples of controlling the Arduino via XBee in addition to monitoring device state.


If you have any other agenda items, please submit them to Tim as he'll be running the meeting.


-> When: Thursday June 9th - 6:00 pm - 7:30 pm

-> Where: RCTC Heintz Center Room HA107 or nearby

Directions to Campus

Heintz Center Building Map


Planned Lunch: Thursday June 16th

11:30 am, at the Apache Mall food court near B&N.


Planned Social: June TBD

Ideas can be found here or invent your own. What would you like to do? Tell Tina. She can organize basic stuff like a frisbee golf outing on her own, if you want something like dinner and a movie then she needs movie suggestions.


Planned Technical Meeting: Thursday July 14th

Speaker needed, please let Tim know if you're willing to volunteer. Tim is in charge of all K-LUG things for July and August. Willing to present but want to know what people have expressed interest in? Check out our requested topics page.


Planned Lunch: Thursday July 24th

11:30 am, at the Apache Mall food court near B&N.


Planned Social: July TBD

Ideas can be found here or invent your own. What would you like to do? Tell Tim, he's in charge of all things K-LUG for July and August.


Planned Technical Meeting: Thursday August 11th

Speaker needed, please let Tim know if you're willing to volunteer. Tim is in charge of all K-LUG things for July and August. Willing to present but want to know what people have expressed interest in? Check out our requested topics page.


Planned Lunch: Thursday August 18th

11:30 am, at the Apache Mall food court near B&N.


Planned Social: August TBD

Ideas can be found here or invent your own. What would you like to do? Tell Tim, he's in charge of all things K-LUG for July and August.


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Upcoming Meeting Crisis!

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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