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=== Technical Meeting:  Thursday November 8th ===
=== Social:  Thursday December 6th ===
<strike>Mike Fallenstein has arranged with BestBuy for a BestBuy rep (Luke Mattheisen) to come talk to us.  He will talk and demo mobile phones, including probably the iPhone 5 , the new Windows 8 phone, and the new Blackberry.</strike>
Tina's hash of details, this'll be cleaned up soon:


I'm sorry to announce we've had a LAST MINUTE change in agenda for tonight's K-LUG meetingOur BestBuy mobile phones rep is not available, nor was he able to get a replacement from among his colleagues.  We didn't have any other speakers with finished presentations waiting in the wings, so we're going to go with a hodge-podge.
Helping ABC with their computer distrubtions for kids at (Mayo High School?)Normally we'd be more involved in the back room parts earlier in the process doing refurbishment installs etc, but that's the help they need this evening.


We'll have socials brainstorming, volunteer requests, discussion of options for the PCIG website, brainstorming on hacker/Maker space, updates on Shapeways and other 3D printing, and whatever else you want as discussion topicsIf we're feeling like we need a more technical topic or the other "stuff" has wrapped up quickly, we can round-robin a discussion of our favorite phone/tablet apps.  Yes, there will still be treats.
5:30-7:30 pm.  They'll be doing set-up, individualized assistance, and strikeThe event officially starts at 6 pm, so that first half hour is needed for orientation, the set-up, etc, so please be approximately on time.


Hopefully we can get the mobile phones speaker rescheduled to sometime early next year.
Where?






6 pm, RCTC Heintz Center's HA107.


[http://www.roch.edu/html-spectrum/getting_to_ucr.html Directions to Campus]
=== Technical Meeting/Social:  Thursday December 13th ===
December is too chaotic for hosting both a technical meeting and a social, so we'll do something geeky.  K-LUG and PCIG will go hang out at [http://hobbygoblins.com/ Hobby Goblins] for board and card gamesBring yours if you have some to share, they'll also have a few of the personal games of the staff available to introduce us to.


[http://www.rctc.edu/campustour/maps/heintzA.html  Heintz Center Building Map]
We'll list an official start time of 6 pm since that's the time of our normal technical meeting, but you're welcome to show up early if you want. And while they officially close at 8 if the store is unpopulated, they said if we're playing nice we can plan to stay until 9.


We're allowed to bring (or order in) food, and beverages.


[http://goo.gl/maps/g4nkc 297 37th Street Northeast]


 
But note you've actually got to turn north on East River Road NE before making an immediate left into their parking lot (they share lots with Little Bob's Auto Body Center).
=== Lunch:  Thursday November 15th  ===
11:30 am, Apache Mall food court, near B&N.
 
 
=== Planned Social:  November 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/Social:  December TBD ===
December is too chaotic for hosting both a technical meeting and a social, so we'll do something geeky.  What should that be?  Tell Tim or Tina.




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=== Planned Social:  January TBD ===
=== Planned Social:  January 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.
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.
How about dinner and a movie, are any good movies in the theater right now?  What day of the week, meal, and movie time do you like?  Tell Tina.





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Social: Thursday December 6th

Tina's hash of details, this'll be cleaned up soon:

Helping ABC with their computer distrubtions for kids at (Mayo High School?). Normally we'd be more involved in the back room parts earlier in the process doing refurbishment installs etc, but that's the help they need this evening.

5:30-7:30 pm. They'll be doing set-up, individualized assistance, and strike. The event officially starts at 6 pm, so that first half hour is needed for orientation, the set-up, etc, so please be approximately on time.

Where?



Technical Meeting/Social: Thursday December 13th

December is too chaotic for hosting both a technical meeting and a social, so we'll do something geeky. K-LUG and PCIG will go hang out at Hobby Goblins for board and card games. Bring yours if you have some to share, they'll also have a few of the personal games of the staff available to introduce us to.

We'll list an official start time of 6 pm since that's the time of our normal technical meeting, but you're welcome to show up early if you want. And while they officially close at 8 if the store is unpopulated, they said if we're playing nice we can plan to stay until 9.

We're allowed to bring (or order in) food, and beverages.

297 37th Street Northeast

But note you've actually got to turn north on East River Road NE before making an immediate left into their parking lot (they share lots with Little Bob's Auto Body Center).


Planned Lunch: Thursday December 20th

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




Planned Technical Meeting: January 2013

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


Planned Lunch: Thursday January 17th

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


Planned Social: January TBD

Ideas can be found here or invent your own. What would you like to do? Tell Tim or Tina.

How about dinner and a movie, are any good movies in the theater right now? What day of the week, meal, and movie time do you like? Tell Tina.



Planned Technical Meeting: February TBD

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 requested topics page.


Planned Social: Mid-March to early April

Potato cannon courtesy of Dennis DeLorme, and Rube Goldberg device construction with whatever you bring. Date, time, location TBD.



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Upcoming Meeting Crisis!

Well, not really a crisis, but we do need some meeting topics (& speakers) for 2012. 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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