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=== Social:  Tuesday June 30th ===
Disc golf at [http://maps.google.com/maps/ms?msid=217033483939111930234.0004a3795f42da701ae0b&msa=0&ll=44.015742,-92.422206&spn=0.003541,0.006942&iwloc=0004a37962daae4746296 RCTC, meet at the parking lot edge / field house doors], 6 pm.  I hope my weather skills are better than they were in May.
=== Extra Lunch (downtown sort-of):  Thursday June 25th ===
11:30 am, RochesterFest.  This is no longer in its historical downtown venue of the Civic Center, it is down at Soldier's Field.  For those of you coming from downtown, if you don't want to / have time to walk, there is supposed to be a trolley running.  "Free Trolley Ride, 1st Ave SW to the Fest grounds 11:00 a.m. - 2:00 p.m." is all the details I have to share, sorry.
Coupons will be available here, starting on June 15th:  http://www.rochesterfest.com/food-vendors.php
=== Lunch:  Thursday June 18th  ===
11:30 am, Apache Mall food court, near B&N.
<strike>=== Technical Meeting:  Thursday June 11th ===</strike>
=== Extra social:  Wednesday June 10th ===
We don't have a speaker, so we'll go play outside instead.  Note we're one day early, to take advantage of the $2/person discount.  Assuming there isn't some tricky math, that's $4/round/person.  This is a cash-only facility.  6 pm - minigolf at Skyline Raceway.
http://www.skylineracewayrochester.com/mini-golf.html
=== Rocket building, round 2:  Friday June 19th ===
At the Rabbit Hole.  $10 for a rocket building kit, first come first serve.  The exact launch date (plus cookout party) hasn't been announced yet, it's anticipated to be a weekend day in July.
=== Extra Lunch (downtown sort-of):  Thursday June 11th ===
11:30 am, Thursdays on First/Third downtown, at the tables by the Half Barrel (based on maps, I think this is where Billotti's used to be, on 3rd Avenue SW).





Revision as of 16:08, 9 July 2015



Social: Tuesday June 30th

Disc golf at RCTC, meet at the parking lot edge / field house doors, 6 pm. I hope my weather skills are better than they were in May.


Extra Lunch (downtown sort-of): Thursday June 25th

11:30 am, RochesterFest. This is no longer in its historical downtown venue of the Civic Center, it is down at Soldier's Field. For those of you coming from downtown, if you don't want to / have time to walk, there is supposed to be a trolley running. "Free Trolley Ride, 1st Ave SW to the Fest grounds 11:00 a.m. - 2:00 p.m." is all the details I have to share, sorry.

Coupons will be available here, starting on June 15th: http://www.rochesterfest.com/food-vendors.php



Lunch: Thursday June 18th

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


=== Technical Meeting: Thursday June 11th ===

Extra social: Wednesday June 10th

We don't have a speaker, so we'll go play outside instead. Note we're one day early, to take advantage of the $2/person discount. Assuming there isn't some tricky math, that's $4/round/person. This is a cash-only facility. 6 pm - minigolf at Skyline Raceway.

http://www.skylineracewayrochester.com/mini-golf.html



Rocket building, round 2: Friday June 19th

At the Rabbit Hole. $10 for a rocket building kit, first come first serve. The exact launch date (plus cookout party) hasn't been announced yet, it's anticipated to be a weekend day in July.



Extra Lunch (downtown sort-of): Thursday June 11th

11:30 am, Thursdays on First/Third downtown, at the tables by the Half Barrel (based on maps, I think this is where Billotti's used to be, on 3rd Avenue SW).


=== May Social: Tuesday May 26th === Disc golf at RCTC, 6 pm.

Cancelled due to bad weather, Tina's 0/2.


Lunch: Thursday May 21st

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



=== May Social: Tuesday May 19th === Disc golf at RCTC, 6 pm.

Delayed a week due to bad weather.


Rocket building: Friday May 15th

At the Rabbit Hole. $10 for a rocket building kit, first come first serve. The exact launch date hasn't been announced yet, it's anticipated to be a weekend day in late July.


Technical Meeting: Thursday May 14th

Jon Tollefson previously presented on his experience building an Android app (a game). He's now put it out on the Google Play store, and will talk about his experiences with that part of the process.

Here is a PDF of Jon's presentation, http://k-lug.org/images/3/3a/Free_to_Play.pdf .

6 pm, in or near RCTC Heintz Center's HA107.

Directions to Campus

Heintz Center Building Map

Anything else you want to see on the agenda? Let Jon G or Tina know.



Extra Lunch: Thursday May 14th

11:30 am, 1st Avenue food court downtown, at the bigger tables near the entrance.


Social: Wednesday April 22, 2015

Our April social will be the Litter Bit Better park clean up.

That's 6 pm on Earth Day (April 22nd), at Cascade Lake Park.

Parking is approximately here (or slightly further west, closer to the corner/park). Geocachers get CITO credit.

Bags and trash are provided, you need to provide your own gloves and a sense of civic duty. We also have some kids that need wrangling, if anyone wants to help chaperone them to free up their parents for dirtier duties (this position isn't vital, as a nursing mom I usually can't wander too far away from kiddos anyway, but more assistance is always good). If anyone has some waterproof boots for cleaning the marshy stream edge, that'd be great too.


Lunch: Thursday April 16th, 2015

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


Technical Meeting: Thursday April 9th, 2015

Speaker needed, please let Tina or Jon G 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.


6 pm, in or near RCTC Heintz Center's HA107.

Directions to Campus

Heintz Center Building Map

Anything else you want to see on the agenda? Let Jon G or Tina know.


We do not have an April speaker. We will instead go to Stewartville at the usual date and time, ie on the usual second Thursday (April 9th) at 6 pm.

-if weather appropriate, we will disc golf at Stewartville's Bear Cave Park, 6 pm (usual K-LUG meeting time). Play until we run out of dry holes (parts of the park tend to be mucky in spring), until we run out of daylight (note), or until the kiddos wear out. Then those interested can go out to dinner at the Pizza Ranch. Bear Cave Park parking

-if weather inappropriate, meet for dinner at the Stewartville Pizza Ranch at 6 pm. They serve buffet pizza, chicken and potatoes, and salad. Website claims buffet dinners are ~$10, and if I remember correctly kids are something like $0.65-$1/year.

(note) Probably not going to be the end condition, as civil twilight will be at 8:16 pm that day, nautical twilight at 8:52 pm, and the kiddos will be starving before then. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Twilight#Definitions



Extra Lunch: Thursday April 9th, 2015

11:30 am, 1st Avenue food court downtown, at the bigger tables near the entrance.


Social: Saturday March 21st, 2015

Maple Syrup day at Oxbow Park. Free. Program at 1 pm.


Lunch: Thursday March 19th, 2015

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


Technical Meeting: Thursday March 12th, 2015

Pi(e) day celebration!

Lightening talks given by YOU! Jon's goal is ~5 minutes per topic. Speakers are welcome to take more than one topic if they so desire. Please coordinate with Jon G so we don't duplicate topics or come up too short for a meeting.

- Dennis DeLorme : Setting up com ports under wine

- Thomas Gall : The first of the 96boards, the HiKey

- Jon Gullixson : sed recopies for quick results

- Robert P. Nix : Bash under appreciated command

- Robert P. Nix : Pocket-sized (and smaller) Linux computers


6 pm, in or near RCTC Heintz Center's HA107.

Directions to Campus

Heintz Center Building Map

Also, PCIG elections. Anything else you want to see on the agenda? Let Jon G or Tina know.


Extra Lunch: Thursday March 12th, 2015

11:30 am, 1st Avenue food court downtown, at the bigger tables near the entrance.


Planned Social: February 2015 TBD

We had an impromptu social when three K-LUG families turned up at the WinterFest horse drawn sleigh rides at the History Center  :)

Our February social will be a movie outing, coordinated by Will, during the last two weeks of the month. Movie, day, date, and time are all pending while Will tries to figure out who is interested and also while we wait for theater showing schedules to be released. Watch the email list for options. Did not happen due to anticipated movies of choice getting really bad reviews.

Speaking of the email list, it was brought up at the February meeting that not everyone is aware of the "Activities mailing list". This can be found in the leftnav bar. It's a separate opt-in email list from the regular technical list, and is utilized for letting more social K-LUGgers coordinate additional events (disc golf, movies, game nights, hiking, bar outings, etc) without pestering the larger list. It's currently a low-traffic list, and all are welcome to join.


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

WinterFest has been a historic event to piggyback on. Despite it starting January 29th, the official/detailed schedule of events isn’t yet released (that’s coming soon, supposedly, due to website issues). Some potential options:

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Friday January 30th, 6-9 pm, $10/person candlelight ski, bonfire, cocoa, smores. Limited equipment rental, extra.

Murder Mystery – theirs is $35/person, would we want to do our own?

Sunday February 8th, Cardboard sled race at Rochester Golf Club. Last year it was $15/sled, but there was no mention of a spectator fee.

SocialICE – downtown ice bar. Thursday February 19th through Sunday February 21st.

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Other ideas?

Tina will be hosting her annual Chinese New Year celebration, anyone on the Activities email list is welcome to join in (invitation will be coming out in probably late January). If you’re not on that email list yet, either join or come talk to Tina if you’re interested in attending.



Lunch: Thursday February 19th, 2015

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


Technical Meeting: Thursday February 12th, 2015

We're bringing back Dennis DeLorme, and hoping that he doesn't trigger another whiteout ;)

Dennis DeLorme on "UV Index Measurement in the Pacific".

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We took a UV sensor with us on a recent cruise and did UV measurements under different conditions.

The talk will cover what the UV Index is and conditions that affect it. The next topic is how to measure it using a low cost sensor and available technology from my basement. (Your basement may vary, but there is nothing too esoteric.) I'll talk about the hardware and software needed. At the end I'll cover some things to consider for future expeditions.

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Also, annual K-LUG elections, PCIG nominations, socials brainstorming, and a discussion of PCIG's future.


6 pm, in or near RCTC Heintz Center's HA107.

Directions to Campus

Heintz Center Building Map

Anything else you want to see on the agenda? Let Jon G or Tina know.



Extra Lunch: Thursday February 12th, 2015

11:30 am, 1st Avenue food court downtown, at the bigger tables near the entrance.



Social: Tuesday January 20th, 2015

Laser Tag at Bowl-o-City on North Broadway. Rally around Arhelger.

6:30 pm

$7/game

You can also go bowling, if you so desire. Costs can be per-hour per lane ($18/hour), or per person per game. The rate per game per person is $3.99. It is an additional $2.99 per person for shoes.



Lunch: Thursday January 15th, 2015

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


CANCELLED Technical Meeting: Thursday January 8th, 2015

CANCELLED due to white outs.


Dennis DeLorme on "UV Index Measurement in the Pacific".

--

We took a UV sensor with us on a recent cruise and did UV measurements under different conditions.

The talk will cover what the UV Index is and conditions that affect it. The next topic is how to measure it using a low cost sensor and available technology from my basement. (Your basement may vary, but there is nothing too esoteric.) I'll talk about the hardware and software needed. At the end I'll cover some things to consider for future expeditions.

--

6 pm, in or near RCTC Heintz Center's HA107.

Directions to Campus

Heintz Center Building Map

Also on the agenda: The annual K-LUG coup attempt (ie officer elections), and round 1 of PCIG officer nominations. Anything else you want to see on the agenda? Let Jon G or Tina know.



Extra Lunch: Thursday January 8th, 2015

11:30 am, 1st Avenue food court downtown, at the bigger tables near the entrance. A note since the previous lunch, it looks like the pita place may have closed.


I'm sure we'll have something eventually....  ;)


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