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=== Saturday April 4th: FIRST Robotics League regional competition ===
=== Sunday April 17th, 2011: Rockets and Kits ===
A field trip to the Cities to watch the FIRST Robotics League [http://www.mnfirstregional.org/index.html regional competition].  More info from the [http://74.125.95.132/search?q=cache:9t_nLgzGhXkJ:www.postbulletin.com/newsmanager/templates/localnews_story.asp%3Fz%3D22%26a%3D386152 PB].
  Social: Sunday April 17th
 
The schedule at the competition on Saturday is as follows:<br>
8:00AM: Pits and Machine Shop Open<br>
9:00AM: Opening Ceremonies<br>
9:30AM-11:45AM: Seeding Matches<br>
11:45AM-12:00PM: Alliance Selections for Final Rounds<br>
12:00PM-1:00PM: Lunch Break<br>
1:00PM-4:15PM: Final Rounds<br>
4:30PM: Awards Ceremony<br>
5:00PM: Pits and Machine Shop close, All crates packed for shipping<br>
 
Carpools will depart from the Walmart North parking lot (actually in the east edge of the Gander Mountain parking lot, just south of Kwik Trip) at 8 am; this will be a full day road trip.  Individual cars can also determine whether they'd like to play some frisbee golf, stop for dinner, etc on the way home.  Please sign up (contact Tina if you don't have wiki access) if you plan to attend, and whether you could be a driver or passenger.  Admission is free, just be prepared to buy food, and help the drivers cover their gas costs.
 
 
'''Sign up'''<br>
 
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Rockets + kites! That way we can play if there's no wind, lots of wind, basically anything other than a rain/snow storm. This'll be in the afternoon (time TBD) at Century High School in their field.





Revision as of 15:24, 6 April 2011

Sunday April 17th, 2011: Rockets and Kits

 Social: Sunday April 17th

Rockets + kites! That way we can play if there's no wind, lots of wind, basically anything other than a rain/snow storm. This'll be in the afternoon (time TBD) at Century High School in their field.


Past Social Meetings

Suggestions for future socials

If you like the idea, please let us know!

Outdoors

  • Sledding (but where? (judd hill and eastwood park are official sites in roch for sledding, stewartville has a sledding hill))
  • Snowshoeing and/or cross country skiing at Quarry Hill. They also rent equipment. (Nerstrand Big Woods state park also has showshoes for rent)
  • Paintball
  • Mini golf
  • Canoe trip (this would have to be at least a half day trip to the Root River)
  • Ice cream social
  • Kite flying and rocket launching (wind will allow for one or the other)
  • Picnic
  • Frisbee golf
  • Walk
  • Roadside or river litter cleanup
  • Geocaching - perhaps we can borrow some devices and have several practice caches set up, or perhaps we can team up to find some more challenging targets. Probably also a multi-hour social.
  • Orienteering event or practice field trip
  • Snow tubing and/or skiing at Steeplechase (No good, Steeplechase is closed for 2007-2009 seasons)
  • WWFM (World Wide Flash Mob), the next one is Saturday, May 2nd, 2009
  • Stone House Stables trail rides (yes, horses), $30 for a ride that's 45-60 minutes


Indoors

  • Goonies Comedy Club
  • Bowling
  • Whistle Binkies / Westfire / Beetles / Whisky Bones / other locations with adult beverages and now smoke free!
  • pwned game center gaming night (did 12/08) or Area 51 Gaming
  • Movies (upcoming sci fi movie releases include Watchmen, X-Men Origins: Wolverine, Star Trek XI, Terminator IV, Transformers II, or whatever you have to suggest)
  • Documentaries: "Revolution OS"
  • Discussion of experience of being an election judge, next time we meet someplace that's not too loud
  • Board and card games. Some members are fans of Robo Rally and Munchkin
  • Ice skating at the Rec Center, skate rentals available
  • RC helicoptor/plane flying at the Rec Center. Tuesday nights, 7-10 pm. Bring your own UFO. Free.
  • Rube Goldberg device, built out of whatever we brought. Include Diet Coke and Mentos?
  • Potato guns!
  • Baking geeky cookies
  • Take an introductory archery session at Archery Headquarters
  • Museum field trip:
    • Bell Museum of Natural History in Minneapolis, Science Museum of Minnesota in St. Paul
    • Putnam Museum & IMAX Theatre in Davenport IA for the May 23 - Sept. 8, 2009 GPS Adventure exhibit. Details on what the exhibit would be like can be found here http://www.minotaurmazes.com/mazedetail.html?maze=19
  • Leonardo's Basement has adult projects at Studio Bricolage (Jan topic was build a jacob's ladder and other high voltage projects )
  • Your suggestion here, please (or email Tina)


Volunteer/service opportunities of potential interest to K-LUGgers

There's a lot of important work in this world that wouldn't get done if someone didn't decide to just step forward and do it for the joy of helping out. Here's our place to share such work that may be of interest to K-LUGgers. Please remove your listing after the activity is finished, or it may be removed for you.

Name Brief description Ongoing, annual, single time event Commitment timeframe K-LUGger contact Website
Litter Bit Better Trash cleanup Annual 1-3 hours during Earth Week, mid-April Tina Wood-Wentz LBB in general, 2011 event organized by Tina
Entertainment Software Association grant for technology Partnering with a library in Hobson City MO to bring more computers to their town Single unknown Mark Diez (PCIG) ESA Grant application
Your name here x x x x x