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=== Technical Meeting:  Thursday November 8th ===
Med City Drone presentation by founder Ryan Kuisle.




=== Technical Meeting: August 10th, 2017 ===
MedCity Drones is Rochester's first drone racing club run in accordance with MultiGP safety guidelines.  We are still growing and learning, but are happy to share what knowledge we have gained.  In our presentation we will go over drone basics (drone builds, control, first person view) along with a racing overview.  At the end we will have some show and tell and time for questions.


Kevin, with his annual DefCon report.


If anyone has any questions they know in advance, please send them to Tina, Ryan wants to incorporate them into his presentation.  But be aware that the meeting will be run by Nix, so any last minute items need to go to him.


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


[http://www.roch.edu/html-spectrum/getting_to_ucr.html  Directions to Campus]
6 pm, in or near RCTC Heintz Center's HA108.


[http://www.rctc.edu/campustour/maps/heintzA.html  Heintz Center Building Map]
[https://www.google.com/maps/place/1926+Collegeview+Rd+E,+Rochester,+MN+55904/@44.021027,-92.4379617,17z/ Directions to Campus]


Anything else you want to see on the agenda?  Let Tina know.
[http://www.rctc.edu/campustour/ Campus layout]


[http://www.rctc.edu/campustour/heintz/heintz-a.html Heintz Center Building Map]


=== Social:  Sunday August 6th, 2017 ===
Anything else you want to see on the agenda? Let Tina know.
Ice cream social and kite flying!  


12:30 pm


Location:  [https://www.google.com/maps/place/Redwood+Ln+SW,+Rochester,+MN+55902/@43.989365,-92.4843012,17z/data=!3m1!4b1!4m2!3m1!1s0x87f758cbe6ddd805:0xcbd56f452d52bbef That park by Steve Fox's house], officially known as Pine Ridge Estates Park, on Redwood Lane SW.
=== November social ===
We avoid having a November social, to keep the scheduling burden on families as light as possible during the holiday season.


This park has a nice playground for the littles, picnic tables, and room to fly kites, as well as usually being unpopulated.  The lack of trees and being on top of a hill mean it's pretty bug free even when there's not enough breeze to fly the kites.


Please bring your family and friends who might want to hang out.  Bring your own kites.  If you don't want to sit at the picnic tables or on the playground equipment, bring your own folding chair.  And bring your own beverage. Tina will bring the ice cream.
=== Social:  October ===
What might you want to do? Tell Tina.


(We didn't end up having one, sorry)




=== Social:  Tuesday July 18th 2017 ===
CANCELLED DUE TO RAIN


6 pm
=== Technical Meeting:  Thursday October 11th ===
This month will be a field trip!  A limited group of pre-registrants (~15 people total) will be attending a tour of our local Rochester waste water treatment plant.  The registration option will be published by email first so everyone can get in on this first come, first serve opportunity.


Disc golf!  Just up the road outside the RCTC field house.  [http://maps.google.com/maps/ms?msid=217033483939111930234.0004a3795f42da701ae0b&msa=0&ll=44.015742,-92.422206&spn=0.003541,0.006942&iwloc=0004a37962daae4746296 Meet at the parking lot edge / field house doors], 6:30 pm.


=== Technical Meeting:  Thursday September 13th ===


DefCon review is cancelled, sorry.  Instead Nix will lead a round-table discussion of whatever people want to chat about; show up at the usual place, and depending on preferences the group may adjourn to a suitable nearby site offering snacks and beverages.




6 pm, in or near RCTC Heintz Center's HA108.


=== Technical Meeting: July 13th, 2017 ===
[https://www.google.com/maps/place/1926+Collegeview+Rd+E,+Rochester,+MN+55904/@44.021027,-92.4379617,17z/ Directions to Campus]


Dennis DeLorme, giving a talk about Arduino programming. He has provided the following summary:
[http://www.rctc.edu/campustour/ Campus layout]


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[http://www.rctc.edu/campustour/heintz/heintz-a.html Heintz Center Building Map]


I use Arduino based boards for various monitor and control projects. The Arduino has a variety of I/O functions (digital, analog, serial, spi,
Anything else you want to see on the agenda? Let Tina know, but also know that Nix will be in charge of this meeting.
etc) but reasonable user interfaces are limited. Permanent storage options are also limited.


The Android has a nice graphical user interface and built in permanent storage.  The external I/O is limited to USB, audio or wireless. There are on board sensors but they are limited, particularly on low end devices.


My thought was to combine the rich Arduino I/O with the Android GUI and storage. The use of the Android I/O is complex which can limit its use.
=== Social:  August ===
I have found working examples for USB to serial and Blue Tooth interfaces. (I felt like I was back on the farm with a pitchfork sorting through the Internet sites to find a few pieces of usable code!) I will present a simple demonstration of connecting an Arduino and Android to control an LED and sense temperature. (Note: even low end Androids have a "temperature sensor" but it measures the CPU temperature.)
What might you want to do? Tell Tina.


If you have an Android device with Blue Tooth, and are adventurous download Blue Serial by Plasty Grove from Google Play and bring it along. You can then do a demo of controlling my Arduino via Blue Tooth.
This is the code I used as a base for my Blue Tooth interface. He (she?) has abandoned the project but gives the link to the source code in the "READ MORE" section. The source is for Eclipse but can be imported to Android Studio relatively painlessly.


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File:http://k-lug.org/images/8/8e/AndroidInterface.pdf


=== Technical Meeting:  Thursday August 9th ===


Andrew Eggenberger, on his attendance at [https://srccon.org/ srccon] in June.


6 pm, in or near RCTC Heintz Center's HA107.
About srccon from srccon.org


[http://www.roch.edu/html-spectrum/getting_to_ucr.html  Directions to Campus]
SRCCON is a hands-on conference, full of conversations and workshops focused on the practical challenges that news technology and data teams encounter every day. We work to make it an inclusive and welcoming event where people can feel comfortable digging into complex problems.


[http://www.rctc.edu/campustour/maps/heintzA.html  Heintz Center Building Map]


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


6 pm, in or near RCTC Heintz Center's HA108.


[https://www.google.com/maps/place/1926+Collegeview+Rd+E,+Rochester,+MN+55904/@44.021027,-92.4379617,17z/ Directions to Campus]


=== RochesterFest lunch:  Thursday June 22nd ===
[http://www.rctc.edu/campustour/ Campus layout]
June downtown lunch at RochesterFest (Soldier's Field track oval), Thursday June 23rd, 11:30 am, weather permitting (rain date TBD).  For those of you downtown who aren't up to walking that far (or your schedule doesn't permit the extra time), they are doing [http://www.rochesterfest.com/trolley.php free trolley rides] again 11-2 from in front of the Marriott Hotel; and new this year they're adding a trolley run from St. Mary's (Monday and Thursday only, we got lucky).  Hopefully they will publish some coupons for food vendors again this year, if so I'll add a link later. Here's a [http://www.rochesterfest.com/food.php map of the vendors] and a listing of items to be for sale.


[http://www.rctc.edu/campustour/heintz/heintz-a.html Heintz Center Building Map]


Anything else you want to see on the agenda?  Let Tina know, but also know that Aaron will be in charge of this meeting.


=== Social:  Saturday June 10th 10am - 2pm ===
Socializing at the Voldal's.  We will have options for outdoor weather and indoor weather. Bring your favorite outdoor or indoor games.
We do have an old beagle, but she will either be upstairs or on a leash (so that she doesn't eat your food).
Here's a signup table so everyone can be aware of who's bringing what.
{| border="1"
! People !! Providing Food !! Other
|-
| Dee & Erik Voldal
| Light lunch of "make your own sandwich", and fruit, and a basic beverage selection of milk, juice, and water.
| Backyard games (bean bag, kubb, bocce, a single disc golf hole, kid pop-up tunnels, etc). Indoor activities (board games, table tennis, foosball, darts, kid toys).
|-
| Tina family of 4
| Vegetable pasta salad
| Something if outdoors.  If indoors weather, non-reading required board games.
|-
| Ed & Sylvia Fishel
| Potato salad
|
|-
| Will family of 3
| Not sure.  possibly potato chip assortment.
|
|-
| DeLorme empty nesters of 2
| Fresh Strawberries clean in a bowl
| Testicle toss (Connie made me say this) aka ladder golf
|-
| ?
|
|
|}




=== Social:  Saturday July 21st, 10:30 am ===
Join us at the Rochester Public Library's presentation about the [https://root.evanced.info/rochester/evanced/eventsignup.asp?ID=35929 40th anniversary of the 1979 flood.]    "This July marks the 40th anniversary of the historic flooding of Rochester. Come to this program to learn about what happened during the flood from the people who lived it and find out how the city planned and built the flood control system that protects us today."  In the RPL auditorium.


=== Technical Meeting: June 8th, 2017 ===


Vi Grey, on attacks used against 2-factor authentication, and why people should still be using 2-factor authentication wherever they can.


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=== Technical Meeting:  Thursday July 12th ===


With account data breaches occurring at companies, a password alone isn't enough to protect our accounts.  Two-Factor Authentication has been introduced in more services, but it isn't perfect.  In this presentation, I explain the importance of Two-Factor Authentication and attacks against different forms of Two-Factor Authentication. I will also be debuting my proof-of-concept Man-in-the-Middle attack on FIDO Universal Second Factor (U2F) USB hardware authentication.
Kyle Gilbertson (IBM LEGO Education Outreach core team member and a prolific volunteer for other efforts as well) has agreed to be a speaker at an upcoming K-LUG meeting. As part of Kyle's volunteering both for ILEO and for other LEGO related STEM outreach he has had the occasion to want to produce instructions for constructing a LEGO model. This is actually difficult to do and have it look like you would expect LEGO instructions to look. Kyle was able to chain several different open source tools together to produce a quality set of instructions. He has volunteered to share the lessons he learned during this process with us.  (And he says that no, it's not a presentation for kids, sorry.)


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PDF is [http://k-lug.org/images/c/ca/TwoFactorAuthentication_201706.pdf here].


Build digital 3D LEGO models on your computer. Create build instructions for your design. Learn the tools and avoid pitfalls to produce great results.
This emphasizes LEGO robot models, but this all works for standard studded builds. Using what you learn, consider contributing a robot design and instructions for use in this fall's IBM LEGO Education Outreach classes.


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


[http://www.roch.edu/html-spectrum/getting_to_ucr.html  Directions to Campus]


[http://www.rctc.edu/campustour/maps/heintzA.html  Heintz Center Building Map]
Slides are [https://ibm.box.com/ILEO here,] open the 'Robot Build Instructions' folder.


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




6 pm, in or near RCTC Heintz Center's HA108.


[https://www.google.com/maps/place/1926+Collegeview+Rd+E,+Rochester,+MN+55904/@44.021027,-92.4379617,17z/ Directions to Campus]


[http://www.rctc.edu/campustour/ Campus layout]


=== Rescheduled!  Social:  Tuesday May 30th 2017 ===
[http://www.rctc.edu/campustour/heintz/heintz-a.html Heintz Center Building Map]
Disc golf!  Just up the road outside the RCTC field house.  [http://maps.google.com/maps/ms?msid=217033483939111930234.0004a3795f42da701ae0b&msa=0&ll=44.015742,-92.422206&spn=0.003541,0.006942&iwloc=0004a37962daae4746296 Meet at the parking lot edge / field house doors], 6:30 pm.


Note - our Tuesday May 16th and Tuesday May 23rd dates were watered out.
Anything else you want to see on the agenda?  Let Tina know.




=== Technical Meeting:  Thursday June 14th ===


3D printing, by Roger Southwick.


=== "Technical Meeting":  Thursday May 11, 2017 ===
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We're going to a [https://www.eventbrite.com/e/physics-force-shows-tickets-26925604207 free physics show] at the Civic Center auditorium


7 pm, plan to show up early so we can try to sit together.
Roger Southwick has been a software engineer at IBM for 30 years and an electronics hobbyist since the late 1970s.  He assembled a Rostock Max 3D printer and will share experiences from 2 years of experimentation in a brief presentation including a printer demonstration, display of some interesting print samples, and time for discussion.


Lots of free tickets still as of the March 9th technical meeting.
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Picture [http://k-lug.org/images/e/ef/3dprinting201806.jpg here].  His [http://k-lug.org/images/7/79/Home_3d_printing.pdf slides are here.]


=== CITO Social:  Wednesday April 26th ===
Our annual clean up a corner of the world event, helping de-litter a local park as a part of Litter Bit Better.  As usual we're teaming up with the [https://coord.info/GC72ECA geocachers who get CITO credit]. 


Parking is [https://www.google.com/maps/place/44%C2%B001'25.3%22N+92%C2%B029'52.8%22W/@44.0237038,-92.500194,17z here] or [https://www.google.com/maps/place/44%C2%B001'24.7%22N+92%C2%B029'36.1%22W/@44.0235278,-92.4955498,17z here], in the SE or SW corners of the park.  The official group gathering location is on the SE corner of the park.
6 pm, in or near RCTC Heintz Center's HA108.


6 pm start time.
[https://www.google.com/maps/place/1926+Collegeview+Rd+E,+Rochester,+MN+55904/@44.021027,-92.4379617,17z/ Directions to Campus]


Bags and trash are provided, you need to provide your own gloves and a sense of civic duty. If anyone has some waterproof boots for cleaning the marshy stream edge, that'd be great too.  
[http://www.rctc.edu/campustour/ Campus layout]


[http://www.rctc.edu/campustour/heintz/heintz-a.html Heintz Center Building Map]


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


=== "March" Social:  Thursday April 20th ===


We will be going to the newly opened [http://www.d6gamesmn.com/ D6 Games], to support a new game store in town!  Bring cash for buying snacks for our table rent.
=== Social:  Thursday June 7th ===
Disc golf! Just up the road outside the RCTC field house. Meet at the parking lot edge / field house doors, 6:30 pm.


Thursday April 20th
6-10 pm


[https://www.google.com/maps/place/D6+Games/@44.056911,-92.4539646,17z/data=!3m1!4b1!4m5!3m4!1s0x87f9e01a41d71f8d:0xeb2c897ab7310492!8m2!3d44.056911!4d-92.4517759 3160 Wellner Dr. NE Ste. 200], the same parking area as Whistle Binkies North.


=== Social:  Tuesday May 15th ===
Disc golf! Just up the road outside the RCTC field house. Meet at the parking lot edge / field house doors, 6:30 pm.






=== Technical Meeting: April 13th, 2017 ===
=== Technical Meeting: Thursday May 10th ===


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Arhelger, giving us a preview of his MongoDB World presentation.


Topic: An Introduction to Docker


Containers seem to be the current buzzword, and Docker is at the head of the list. Join us for an introduction to the world of Docker containers, and a practical demonstration as well. We’ll look at how to use Docker from the command line, and how it can be managed via a web interface. We’ll also discuss some security aspects which various vendors are trying to address. The presentation will be interactive, with questions welcome.
6 pm, in or near RCTC Heintz Center's HA108.


Speaker: Robert Nix
[https://www.google.com/maps/place/1926+Collegeview+Rd+E,+Rochester,+MN+55904/@44.021027,-92.4379617,17z/ Directions to Campus]


Bob is a Linux Systems Engineer at Mayo Clinic, and has worked with operating systems for 18 years for Mayo, and another 20 before that at various large companies.
[http://www.rctc.edu/campustour/ Campus layout]


Here are [http://k-lug.org/images/a/a0/Docker.pdf his slides], most of the presentation was a live demo.
[http://www.rctc.edu/campustour/heintz/heintz-a.html Heintz Center Building Map]
 
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6 pm, in or near RCTC Heintz Center's HA107.
 
[http://www.roch.edu/html-spectrum/getting_to_ucr.html  Directions to Campus]
 
[http://www.rctc.edu/campustour/maps/heintzA.html Heintz Center Building Map]


Anything else you want to see on the agenda?  Let Tina know.
Anything else you want to see on the agenda?  Let Tina know.
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=== Technical Meeting: March 9th, 2017 ===


The March meeting topic - you! Yep, this meeting will be all about you, in a low-preparation way.
=== CITO Social: Thursday April 26th ===
Our annual clean up a corner of the world event, helping de-litter a local park as a part of Litter Bit Better.  As usual we're teaming up with the [https://www.geocaching.com/geocache/GC7KHXD_10th-annual-cito-and-rochesters-litter-bit-better geocachers who get CITO credit].


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Parking is [https://www.google.com/maps/place/44%C2%B001'25.3%22N+92%C2%B029'52.8%22W/@44.0237038,-92.500194,17z here] or [https://www.google.com/maps/place/44%C2%B001'24.7%22N+92%C2%B029'36.1%22W/@44.0235278,-92.4955498,17z here], in the SE or SW corners of the park.  The official group gathering location is on the SE corner of the park.


The topic for mini-presentations:  If you knew then what you know now, what if anything would you do differently for:
6 pm start time.


a) hardware choices
Bags and trash are provided, you need to provide your own gloves and a sense of civic duty. If anyone has some waterproof boots and/or grabbers for cleaning the marshy stream edge, that'd be great too.


b) programming languages


c) software investments


d) job choice


e) where to invest your computer/tech-related volunteer time
=== Technical Meeting:  Thursday April 12th ===


f) anything else computer/tech related that you feel up to passing judgment on (if you have topics to suggest people brainstorm on, please send those to the list)
No speaker, we'll have "show and tell", socialize, and spectate the PCIG officer elections.


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So please attend, and be prepared to offer some opinions.  No Powerpoint required.
6 pm, in or near RCTC Heintz Center's HA108.


As extra encouragement to attend, and for those of you who are PCIG members to be present for voting, don't forget that our annual March meeting is also a celebration of Pi day!  Courtesy of family support, we have semi-homemade peach pie, and thawed key lime pie, to enjoy.
[https://www.google.com/maps/place/1926+Collegeview+Rd+E,+Rochester,+MN+55904/@44.021027,-92.4379617,17z/ Directions to Campus]


[http://www.rctc.edu/campustour/ Campus layout]


And PCIG officer nominations and elections.
[http://www.rctc.edu/campustour/heintz/heintz-a.html Heintz Center Building Map]
 
 
6 pm, in or near RCTC Heintz Center's HA107.
 
[http://www.roch.edu/html-spectrum/getting_to_ucr.html  Directions to Campus]
 
[http://www.rctc.edu/campustour/maps/heintzA.html Heintz Center Building Map]


Anything else you want to see on the agenda?  Let Tina know.
Anything else you want to see on the agenda?  Let Tina know.
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=== Social:  Monday March 12th ===
Early PI day, with pie at [https://www.google.com/maps/place/Bakers+Square+Restaurant+%26+Bakery/@44.0063638,-92.4830637,15z/ Baker's Square (the one by Apache Mall)].  7 pm so you can have a healthy dinner at home first, for health and cost reasons (of course, if you wanted to go to Baker's Square and want to use this for an excuse, you're welcome to blame me).


=== <strike> Technical Meeting</strike> Social : February 9th, 2017 ===


We did not get any volunteers for speakers, so we'll go play instead.


We're going to hang out at the Machine Shed. Costs are:
=== Technical Meeting: March 8th, 2018 ===
Cancelled due to no speaker.  The PCIG elections will happen at the April meeting, beware! ;)


$10 ages 13+
Volunteers or request for an April+ speaker, or the March+ social, would be appreciated.  Please email Tina.


$5 ages 8-12


7 and under are free with paid adult


The [https://www.facebook.com/groups/MachineShed/ Machine Shed website].
=== Technical Meeting: February 8th, 2018 ===


They're open from 4-8 pm, and the cost is flat per session, so if you feel like arriving early for longer gaming that's certainly fine.  They also sell snacks, drinks, and pizza, so you can come straight after work.
Dennis DeLorme, "Arduino at Sea".


They are located at [https://www.google.com/maps/place/11+2nd+St+NE,+Rochester,+MN+55906/@44.0255146,-92.4643205,17z/ 11 2nd St NE], Rochester, MN 55906 in the east portion of the Wausau Homes building (look for the two large garage doors and the entry door).
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The original plan was to update the "Solar UV Intensity" project I did three years ago on a Pacific island cruise. I presented some of the Arduino to Android interface changes last July.


Note that the signage is almost non-existent, they have a plain text-only sign on the appropriate door, but no big sign on the building.  The parking lot there IS for customers, or you can park on the street.  I won't be attending, you'll have to gather around someone else.
But what else does an Arduino addict do when faced with an 80 day Asia/Pacific cruise? Put a bunch of extra Arduinos and I/O modules in a box and put it in his carry-on "just in case".


In addition to the UV measurement results I will talk about 2 other projects...


1) A scrolling Halloween message on an LCD display - they did some Halloween themed things on Oct 31. I used the user defined character feature to build a pumpkin image as part of the message.


=== Social:  Saturday February 4th ===
2) A temperature data logger that recorded the temperatures in 6 min intervals for several hours to document problems with the A/C in our cabin. I uploaded the data from the Arduino to our laptop via Bluetooth and used LibraOffice to to graph the data.
We will go for a [http://www.rochesterwinterfest.com/2016/01/06/winterfest-sleigh-rides/ sleigh ride at WinterFest] for our February social.  That's Saturday, February 4th, at 10 am.


[https://www.google.com/maps/place/44%C2%B000'14.4%22N+92%C2%B030'46.4%22W/@44.0040188,-92.5150877,17z/ Park along the road on Salem Road], the sleigh rides are north of the road behind the History Center.
I will talk about the hardware and software for these projects and do a couple of demos.


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=== Social:  Tuesday January 24th, 2017, 6 pm ===
Also, PCIG officer nominations.
We're going to hang out at the Machine Shed, thanks go to Mark D for the idea.  Here is some [http://k-lug.org/images/2/2b/MachineShed201611.pdf recent advertising from the local newspapers].


From [https://www.facebook.com/machineshedrochester/posts/ their Facebook page], it looks like costs are:


$10 ages 13+
6 pm, in or near RCTC Heintz Center's HA108.


$5 ages 8-12
[https://www.google.com/maps/place/1926+Collegeview+Rd+E,+Rochester,+MN+55904/@44.021027,-92.4379617,17z/ Directions to Campus]


7 and under are free with paid adult
[http://www.rctc.edu/campustour/ Campus layout]


The [https://www.facebook.com/groups/MachineShed/ Machine Shed website].
[http://www.rctc.edu/campustour/heintz/heintz-a.html Heintz Center Building Map]


They're open from 4-8 pm, and the cost is flat per session, so if you feel like arriving early for longer gaming that's certainly fine. They also sell snacks, drinks, and pizza, so you can come straight after work.
Anything else you want to see on the agenda? Let Tina know.


They are located at [https://www.google.com/maps/place/11+2nd+St+NE,+Rochester,+MN+55906/@44.0255146,-92.4643205,17z/ 11 2nd St NE], Rochester, MN 55906 in the east portion of the Wausau Homes building (look for the two large garage doors and the entry door).




Note that the signage is almost non-existent, they have a plain text-only sign on the appropriate door, but no big sign on the building.  The parking lot there IS for customers, or you can park on the street.  I won't be attending, you'll have to gather around someone else.
=== Social:  Saturday February 3rd ===
We will go for a [https://www.rochesterwinterfest.com/events/2018/2/3/sleigh-rides sleigh ride at WinterFest] for our February social.  That's Saturday, February 3rd, at 10 am.


[https://www.google.com/maps/place/44%C2%B000'14.4%22N+92%C2%B030'46.4%22W/@44.0040188,-92.5150877,17z/ Park along the road on Salem Road], the sleigh rides are north of the road behind the History Center.


Plan to gather around the Schmidt family.






=== Social:  Saturday January 20th ===
2 pm - Ice skating!  On the Soldier's Field track oval (same place where recent RochesterFest summer lunches have been).  Plan to gather around the Schmidt family.


=== Technical Meeting: January 12th, 2017 ===
https://www.rochesterwinterfest.com/events/2018/1/20/ice-skating-on-the-oval


Paul Zellweger and Jason Thompson of ArborWay Labs, on their automatic database application Studio.  [http://k-lug.org/images/3/3f/ArborWayLabsJAN122017.pdf Handout / presentation outline]


=== Technical Meeting: January 11th, 2018 ===


ArborWay Labs presents a demonstration of its automatic relational technology or ART Studio
Discuss job hunting, from local options, to telecommute jobs, current interviewing strategies, networking, build your own job, build your own company.  No specific speaker, we'll go around the room and let people talk about what's worked for them and what hasn't.


ArborWay Labs will present a live demonstration of its automated
Special thanks to our mini-speakers who turned out despite the bad weather, here are the presentations given by [http://k-lug.org/images/8/85/Survival_in_technology.pdf Matt Bruzek] and [http://k-lug.org/images/7/7e/Job_Hunting_Options.pdf Mike Fallenstein].
relational technology system called the ART Studio. It is a proof of concept that
generates database applications automatically using context-sensitive interfaces that
guide designers through our step-by-step process. In the first half of our presentation,
we will explain how and why our technology breaks new ground with the RDBMS on the
white board. Next, we will build a small database application from a 5-table database
system that will be posted on our server. The audience will be encouraged to browse
and explore the “100 Best TV Episodes database” on their own personal computing
devices. This part of the demonstration will be limited to smart phones, tablets, and
laptops. Stay tuned for the launch of our smart watch database applications in the
Summer’17.


ArborWay Labs is a Rochester, MN based start-up that aims to change the way today’s
professionals build and distribute database applications. With ArborWay’s ART Studio,
database applications are generated by a design activity that automates the production
of SQL, object-relational mapping, and all code that was previously crafted by hand.


Also, K-LUG officer elections, and PCIG officer nominations.


It is rumored Dennis may be having a birthday (and providing cupcakes), and ArborWay is providing two pizzas.


6 pm, in or near RCTC Heintz Center's HA108.


Also, K-LUG officer elections, and PCIG officer nominations.
[https://www.google.com/maps/place/1926+Collegeview+Rd+E,+Rochester,+MN+55904/@44.021027,-92.4379617,17z/ Directions to Campus]


[http://www.rctc.edu/campustour/ Campus layout]


6 pm, in or near RCTC Heintz Center's HA107.
[http://www.rctc.edu/campustour/heintz/heintz-a.html Heintz Center Building Map]


[http://www.roch.edu/html-spectrum/getting_to_ucr.html Directions to Campus]
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Technical Meeting: Thursday November 8th

Med City Drone presentation by founder Ryan Kuisle.


MedCity Drones is Rochester's first drone racing club run in accordance with MultiGP safety guidelines. We are still growing and learning, but are happy to share what knowledge we have gained. In our presentation we will go over drone basics (drone builds, control, first person view) along with a racing overview. At the end we will have some show and tell and time for questions.


If anyone has any questions they know in advance, please send them to Tina, Ryan wants to incorporate them into his presentation. But be aware that the meeting will be run by Nix, so any last minute items need to go to him.


6 pm, in or near RCTC Heintz Center's HA108.

Directions to Campus

Campus layout

Heintz Center Building Map

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


November social

We avoid having a November social, to keep the scheduling burden on families as light as possible during the holiday season.


Social: October

What might you want to do? Tell Tina.

(We didn't end up having one, sorry)


Technical Meeting: Thursday October 11th

This month will be a field trip! A limited group of pre-registrants (~15 people total) will be attending a tour of our local Rochester waste water treatment plant. The registration option will be published by email first so everyone can get in on this first come, first serve opportunity.


Technical Meeting: Thursday September 13th

DefCon review is cancelled, sorry. Instead Nix will lead a round-table discussion of whatever people want to chat about; show up at the usual place, and depending on preferences the group may adjourn to a suitable nearby site offering snacks and beverages.


6 pm, in or near RCTC Heintz Center's HA108.

Directions to Campus

Campus layout

Heintz Center Building Map

Anything else you want to see on the agenda? Let Tina know, but also know that Nix will be in charge of this meeting.


Social: August

What might you want to do? Tell Tina.


Technical Meeting: Thursday August 9th

Andrew Eggenberger, on his attendance at srccon in June.

About srccon from srccon.org

SRCCON is a hands-on conference, full of conversations and workshops focused on the practical challenges that news technology and data teams encounter every day. We work to make it an inclusive and welcoming event where people can feel comfortable digging into complex problems.


6 pm, in or near RCTC Heintz Center's HA108.

Directions to Campus

Campus layout

Heintz Center Building Map

Anything else you want to see on the agenda? Let Tina know, but also know that Aaron will be in charge of this meeting.


Social: Saturday July 21st, 10:30 am

Join us at the Rochester Public Library's presentation about the 40th anniversary of the 1979 flood. "This July marks the 40th anniversary of the historic flooding of Rochester. Come to this program to learn about what happened during the flood from the people who lived it and find out how the city planned and built the flood control system that protects us today." In the RPL auditorium.


Technical Meeting: Thursday July 12th

Kyle Gilbertson (IBM LEGO Education Outreach core team member and a prolific volunteer for other efforts as well) has agreed to be a speaker at an upcoming K-LUG meeting. As part of Kyle's volunteering both for ILEO and for other LEGO related STEM outreach he has had the occasion to want to produce instructions for constructing a LEGO model. This is actually difficult to do and have it look like you would expect LEGO instructions to look. Kyle was able to chain several different open source tools together to produce a quality set of instructions. He has volunteered to share the lessons he learned during this process with us. (And he says that no, it's not a presentation for kids, sorry.)


Build digital 3D LEGO models on your computer. Create build instructions for your design. Learn the tools and avoid pitfalls to produce great results.

This emphasizes LEGO robot models, but this all works for standard studded builds. Using what you learn, consider contributing a robot design and instructions for use in this fall's IBM LEGO Education Outreach classes.


Slides are here, open the 'Robot Build Instructions' folder.


6 pm, in or near RCTC Heintz Center's HA108.

Directions to Campus

Campus layout

Heintz Center Building Map

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


Technical Meeting: Thursday June 14th

3D printing, by Roger Southwick.

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Roger Southwick has been a software engineer at IBM for 30 years and an electronics hobbyist since the late 1970s. He assembled a Rostock Max 3D printer and will share experiences from 2 years of experimentation in a brief presentation including a printer demonstration, display of some interesting print samples, and time for discussion.

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Picture here. His slides are here.


6 pm, in or near RCTC Heintz Center's HA108.

Directions to Campus

Campus layout

Heintz Center Building Map

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


Social: Thursday June 7th

Disc golf! Just up the road outside the RCTC field house. Meet at the parking lot edge / field house doors, 6:30 pm.


Social: Tuesday May 15th

Disc golf! Just up the road outside the RCTC field house. Meet at the parking lot edge / field house doors, 6:30 pm.


Technical Meeting: Thursday May 10th

Arhelger, giving us a preview of his MongoDB World presentation.


6 pm, in or near RCTC Heintz Center's HA108.

Directions to Campus

Campus layout

Heintz Center Building Map

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



CITO Social: Thursday April 26th

Our annual clean up a corner of the world event, helping de-litter a local park as a part of Litter Bit Better. As usual we're teaming up with the geocachers who get CITO credit.

Parking is here or here, in the SE or SW corners of the park. The official group gathering location is on the SE corner of the park.

6 pm start time.

Bags and trash are provided, you need to provide your own gloves and a sense of civic duty. If anyone has some waterproof boots and/or grabbers for cleaning the marshy stream edge, that'd be great too.



Technical Meeting: Thursday April 12th

No speaker, we'll have "show and tell", socialize, and spectate the PCIG officer elections.


6 pm, in or near RCTC Heintz Center's HA108.

Directions to Campus

Campus layout

Heintz Center Building Map

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


Social: Monday March 12th

Early PI day, with pie at Baker's Square (the one by Apache Mall). 7 pm so you can have a healthy dinner at home first, for health and cost reasons (of course, if you wanted to go to Baker's Square and want to use this for an excuse, you're welcome to blame me).


Technical Meeting: March 8th, 2018

Cancelled due to no speaker. The PCIG elections will happen at the April meeting, beware!  ;)

Volunteers or request for an April+ speaker, or the March+ social, would be appreciated. Please email Tina.


Technical Meeting: February 8th, 2018

Dennis DeLorme, "Arduino at Sea".

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The original plan was to update the "Solar UV Intensity" project I did three years ago on a Pacific island cruise. I presented some of the Arduino to Android interface changes last July.

But what else does an Arduino addict do when faced with an 80 day Asia/Pacific cruise? Put a bunch of extra Arduinos and I/O modules in a box and put it in his carry-on "just in case".

In addition to the UV measurement results I will talk about 2 other projects...

1) A scrolling Halloween message on an LCD display - they did some Halloween themed things on Oct 31. I used the user defined character feature to build a pumpkin image as part of the message.

2) A temperature data logger that recorded the temperatures in 6 min intervals for several hours to document problems with the A/C in our cabin. I uploaded the data from the Arduino to our laptop via Bluetooth and used LibraOffice to to graph the data.

I will talk about the hardware and software for these projects and do a couple of demos.

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Also, PCIG officer nominations.


6 pm, in or near RCTC Heintz Center's HA108.

Directions to Campus

Campus layout

Heintz Center Building Map

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


Social: Saturday February 3rd

We will go for a sleigh ride at WinterFest for our February social. That's Saturday, February 3rd, at 10 am.

Park along the road on Salem Road, the sleigh rides are north of the road behind the History Center.

Plan to gather around the Schmidt family.


Social: Saturday January 20th

2 pm - Ice skating! On the Soldier's Field track oval (same place where recent RochesterFest summer lunches have been). Plan to gather around the Schmidt family.

https://www.rochesterwinterfest.com/events/2018/1/20/ice-skating-on-the-oval


Technical Meeting: January 11th, 2018

Discuss job hunting, from local options, to telecommute jobs, current interviewing strategies, networking, build your own job, build your own company. No specific speaker, we'll go around the room and let people talk about what's worked for them and what hasn't.

Special thanks to our mini-speakers who turned out despite the bad weather, here are the presentations given by Matt Bruzek and Mike Fallenstein.


Also, K-LUG officer elections, and PCIG officer nominations.


6 pm, in or near RCTC Heintz Center's HA108.

Directions to Campus

Campus layout

Heintz Center Building Map

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



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