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=== Planned Social: March 2014 TBD ===
=== Virtual Technical Meeting or Social: Thursday January 9th, 2025 ===
<strike> 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.  We've got lots of potential indoor activities at the bottom of this page, speak up if you have preferences.</strike>
6 pm


Tina didn't get anything organized, sorry.
Meeting link removed.


KLUG officer elections.


=== Lunch:  Thursday March 20th  ===
Anything else you want to see on the agenda? Let us know.
11:30 am, Apache Mall food court, near B&N.




=== Technical Meeting:  Thursday March 13th, 2014 ===
Mark Diez will be coordinating an audience-driven "Andriod devices, apps, and accesories".


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=== Virtual Board Gaming Social: Friday December 6th ===
6 pm


ALL THINGS ANDROID – BYO – SHOW ‘N’ TELL
Meeting link to socialize [https://us04web.zoom.us/j/71720268402?pwd=4OgDhJavJVW4zVshAMBE2O8SaoOA7Y.1 here].  Play at [https://en.boardgamearena.com/ Board Game Arena].


K-LUG/PCIG members and guests will demo favorite and interesting Android stuff – including devices (phones, tablets, other?), apps, accessories, and tips/techniques. Attendees are invited to bring their own or just come to see what others have brought in a wide-ranging demo and discussion of EVERYTHING ANDROID.


BRING YOUR FAVORITE ANDROID DEVICES, APPS, and ACCESSORIES.


• Devices: Android phones and tablets, direct-attached hardware, Bluetooth-attached hardware, …
=== In person, indoor social: Tuesday December 3rd ===
Mayo Planetarium, for a Community Education presentation on Cosmology.  Ages 12+.


• Apps: backup, anti-virus/firewall, VPN, productivity, utilities, development, fun stuff, …
6:30-8 pm, pre-registration required


• Accessories: covers, stands, …
$10


• Tips/techniques
https://rochester.ce.eleyo.com/course/22993/2024-fall-adult-catalog/mayo-planetarium-s-cosmology


Here are some items that are likely to arrive. Mark Diez and Mo Holahan will be hosting the show’n’tell.


• Devices discussion:  Nook HD+, Nook HD, Samsung cricket SCH-R720


• Android For Nook  (AFN): putting Cyanogenmod Android on your Nook HD and HD+ device via commercial microSD card.
=== Virtual Social: Thursday November 14th ===
6 pm


• Non-traditional keyboard input apps:  Dasher, Dvorak, GKOS, Hacker's, Messagease
Meeting link (removed)


• Handwritten text input app: MyScript Stylus
Agenda
-Sharing your new tech discoveries
-Socializing
-Choosing a December board game night (Friday December 6th, Friday December 13th, Saturday December 14th)


• Editor: Jota+
Anything else you want to see on the agenda? Let us know.


• Office apps: Kingsoft Office, OfficeSuite Pro 7.2
Also, thank you for your efforts at our fall trash cleanup.  The Public Works Department gave these summary measures of the city-wide efforts: "Over 620 pounds of litter was collected by A Litter Bit Better volunteers during the fall event. An estimated 1.179 volunteers picked up 64 sites that covered many locations around Rochester."  This was 12 loads of trash, removed from our environment!


• File and task managers:  ES File Manager, ES Task Manager


• Cloud file management: Dropbox (including offline access of files)
=== Virtual Social: Thursday October 10th ===
6 pm


• Chromecast – YouTube
Yes, timing worked out that you'll see us twice in the same week.


• Skype – audio only, video and audio
Meeting link removed.


• E-book readers:  Moon+ Pro (paid), EBookDroid (free), FBReader(free)
Anything else you want to see on the agenda? Let us know.


• Miscellaneous favorites: Stopwatch, Yukon Gold Solitaire


• Other interesting apps:   Google My Tracks (GPS/mapping),  Physics Toolbox (sensor, accelerometer readers), Autodesk Force Effect, Force Effect Motion, simulation of mechanical linkages
=== Potential October outdoor social - 18 holes of mini golf ===
https://bringmethenews.com/minnesota-lifestyle/new-18-hole-mini-golf-course-coming-to-rochester
https://krocnews.com/rochester-mns-largest-mini-golf-course-is-about-to-open/


Contact Mark Diez for further info or if you have questions or suggestions.


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=== Socials brainstorming: Fall or winter ===
-Murder mystery.  The host needs to buy a kit at a gaming store to get the event started.


6 pm, in or near RCTC Heintz Center's HA107.
-Jim Henderson, "Silicon Valley" documentary


[http://www.roch.edu/html-spectrum/getting_to_ucr.html  Directions to Campus]
-Bowlocity laser tag. 5-6 people minimum needed.


[http://www.rctc.edu/campustour/maps/heintzA.html Heintz Center Building Map]
-Liquid nitrogen ice cream. This needs a non-Tina organizer. Dennis DeLorme has 2 recipes.  We need safety equipment and someone trained enough to keep us from freezing ourselves.


Other items on the agenda include pie to celebrate Pi day, PCIG elections and potentially a PCIG future discussion, and a request for March/April/May social ideas.


=== Pending potential presentations  ===


Jon Gullixson:  gnucash or www :: Mechanize


=== Lunch:  Thursday February 20th  ===
11:30 am, Apache Mall food court, near B&N.




=== Litter Bit Better in-person social (outside), Monday October 7th ===
6:15 - 7:30 pm


This is the first time Rochester is running a fall edition of Litter Bit Better, so we're going to go clean up a second time this year.  Pine Ridge Estates Park, which you may recognize as where we have previously ice cream picnicked, and flown kites.  [https://www.google.com/maps?q=N+43%C2%B0+59.280+W+092%C2%B0+29.070+(GCAYC0F)+ Map]


=== Technical Meeting: Thursday February 13th, 2014 ===
Bags provided.  You bring your own gloves, grabbers, and sense of civic duty. No shoreline, yes woods (mowed park + woods = 5.1 acres), and you might want a headlamp.
Matt Bruzek will present on Juju.


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As usual we are teaming up with the [https://www.geocaching.com/geocache/GCAYC0F_15-andahalf-cito-and-rochesters-litter-bit-better geocachers] to avoid being overwhelmed by garbage.


Juju is an open source cloud orchestration tool that allows you to configure, manage and deploy on a public or private cloud environments.  The presentation will describe what Juju does and what Charms are, and a live demo of the tools.


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=== Virtual Social: Thursday September 12th ===
6 pm


A copy of Matt's slides are [http://prezi.com/7xgiezaajjek/juju/  here].
Meeting link removed.
Anything else you want to see on the agenda? Let us know.




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


[http://www.roch.edu/html-spectrum/getting_to_ucr.html Directions to Campus]
=== Outside Social:  Thursday September 5th ===


[http://www.rctc.edu/campustour/maps/heintzA.html  Heintz Center Building Map]
Disc golf! Meet outside the RCTC field house, 6 pm.  Here is [http://maps.google.com/maps/ms?msid=217033483939111930234.0004a3795f42da701ae0b&msa=0&ll=44.015742,-92.422206&spn=0.003541,0.006942&iwloc=0004a37962daae4746296 a map].




=== Outside Social:  Friday August 30th ===


=== Social: Saturday February 1st ===
Disc golf! Meet outside the RCTC field house, 6 pm. Here is [http://maps.google.com/maps/ms?msid=217033483939111930234.0004a3795f42da701ae0b&msa=0&ll=44.015742,-92.422206&spn=0.003541,0.006942&iwloc=0004a37962daae4746296 a map].
As a part of [http://www.rochestermn.gov/departments/park/activities/winter/WinterFest/days/2_saturday.asp Rochester's WinterFest], there's free admission and a free snow globe making session at the Art Center (which is on the south side of the Civic Center downtown).




Meet at 12:30 at the Rochester Art Center.  Saturday February 1st.


=== Virtual Social: Thursday August 8th ===
6 pm


The admission to exhibits is open and free from 10-5.  The snow globe making activity runs from 1-4.  So those who want to participate in snow globes will have a half an hour to browse the exhibits before showing up for the first round of instructions at 1 pm, in the 3rd floor studios.  Anyone wanting to avoid snow globes can continue to browse the exhibits.  I'm having a hard time with the exhibit schedule on the [http://rochesterartcenter.org/exhibitions/exhibitions.html art center's website], as it looks like most of the current exhibits ended recently and they haven't updated their website with what's new.  So if what they're exhibiting matters to you, keep an eye on their website or give them a call, and let the rest of us know what you find out.
Meeting link removed.


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




=== Lunch: Thursday January 16th  ===
=== Virtual Social: Thursday July 11th ===
11:30 am, Apache Mall food court, near B&N.
6 pm


Meeting link removed.


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


=== Social:  Saturday January 11th, 2014 ===
We're off to the [http://rochester.mcm.org/ Children's Museum]!  The one here in Rochester, so no need for a big trip.  Event 10 am - __, with plans to stay at least through 11:30 for the 11-11:30 special event physical activity since the kids need to burn off some extra energy.


Always felt too awkward to go to a Children's Museum without a kid of your own in tow, or your kids were "too old" to want to be used that way?  Come hang out with the group, and feel better that at least some of us are bringing kids.  Do be aware that the MCM-Rochester's policy on adults attending without kids is that you will be required to show photo ID.


$5.50/person for ages >=1.  $1 discount with proof of AAA or AARP membership, or military ID.
=== Outdoor Social:  Thursday June 27th, 11:45 am ===
Lunch at RochesterFest.  We'll be sitting at a picnic table on the far side of the tent from the music, to hopefully lower the decibel level enough to still talk.


1643 North Broadway Street, Suite A
Food trailers are supposed to be open by noon, 11:45 am will give us a little better chance at getting parking.


River Center Plaza


Rochester, MN 55906
=== Virtual Social: Thursday June 13th ===
6 pm


That's across the street from Silver Lake Foods, in the same strip mall as La Fiesta, and across the parking lot from Wendy's.
Meeting link removed


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




Afterwards, anyone interested can walk next door for lunch at Kingdom Buffet (Chinese).  Prices here: http://www.kingdombuffetofrochester.com/rochester-mn-chinese-buffet.htm
=== Virtual Social: Thursday May 9th ===
Their re-designed website doesn't seem to have the discount coupon any more, let me know if you spot one.
6 pm


Meeting link removed


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




=== Technical Meeting:  Thursday January 9th, 2014 ===
Kyle Jervis will talk to us about bitcoin, including a lot of time for Q&A.


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=== Geocaching in-person social (outside), Friday May 3rd ===
6 pm


Bitcoin is decentralized peer to peer money.  There will be a  
Park and walk in a neighborhood in NE Rochester.
brief overview of the system in the context of previous electronic money
systems and show how bitcoin solves the problems encountered by them. 
There will also be a technical introduction to the inner workings of the
system (cryptography, network, transactions, scripts, etc.)  The
remainder of the session will be Q&A/discussion.  Questions on virtually
any bitcoin-related topic are welcome.


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Park near [https://www.geocaching.com/geocache/GC3WQ84 1 - Odin] on Whiting Lane NE's cul de sac.  We'll walk from there to a couple of other geocaches ([https://www.geocaching.com/geocache/GC57FGC 2], [https://www.geocaching.com/geocache/GC4RPZ2 3]), then back to #1, and then decide if we're walking or driving to [https://www.geocaching.com/geocache/GC8M3FP 4].


Here are the [http://k-lug.org/images/8/89/Bitcoin.pdf slides] from his presentation.




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


[http://www.roch.edu/html-spectrum/getting_to_ucr.html  Directions to Campus]
=== Litter Bit Better in-person social (outside), Tuesday April 30th ===
6:15 - 7:30 pm


[http://www.rctc.edu/campustour/maps/heintzA.html  Heintz Center Building Map]
Back to our usual Cascade Lake Park.


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 Tim or Tina know.
Bags provided. You bring your own gloves, grabbers, and sense of civic duty.  There is shoreline.


As usual we are teaming up with the [https://www.geocaching.com/geocache/GCAMJX2 geocachers] to avoid being overwhelmed by garbage.


=== Virtual Social: Thursday April 11th ===
Come hang out virtually with your favorite geeks, and share what you've been up to or found interesting.
6 pm
Meeting link [https://us04web.zoom.us/j/74567357951?pwd=nQjQHcz7eKjaZ5YaHS2UGrat5UVUCv.1 here].
Anything else you want to see on the agenda? Let us know.
=== Virtual Technical Meeting: To be rescheduled ===
Acu Dorin will present on opensource AI software and an effort he and some other folks have made to create a private version of a chatGPT like AI interface
=== Outside Social:  Friday March 22nd, 6 pm ===
Geocaching!  The March equinox is an excuse to [https://www.geocaching.com/blog/2024/03/celebrating-the-march-equinox/ find 3 geocaches during the week of the equinox].  If you've never geocached before, this is a great time to join us.  Wear your hiking shoes, long sturdy pants, and otherwise dress for the weather.
We will chase 3 multi-caches that start to the east and north of St Marys Hospital
https://www.geocaching.com/geocache/GC6G6R5
https://www.geocaching.com/geocache/GC5XDH0
https://www.geocaching.com/geocache/GC5XEQV
If we have any DNF's, first choice replacement will be:
https://www.geocaching.com/geocache/GC56K4K
I skimmed through the logs, and none of our regulars seem to have found these, so hopefully everyone will qualify for the achievement.
Parking:
There is a limited quantity of 2 hour parking in St. Marys Park proper.  However, the neighborhood parking permit restriction opens back up starting at 5:30, so by starting at 6 pm you should be able to park on the street (and not be competing with employees for spots) for the duration of our explorations.
=== Virtual Technical Meeting: Thursday March 14th ===
Speaker cancelled due to illness, will reschedule.
Tim Massaro will come to our rescue, and will present on his Partyrock/Blackrock hackathon project, as well as brainstorming some future socials.
6 pm
Meeting link removed.
Anything else you want to see on the agenda? Let us know.
=== Outside Social:  Saturday February 24th ===
It's supposed to be dry all week, there's no snow to fight with, the disc golf holes are present, and Saturday's forecast is for sunshine and a high of 46.  So let's play disc golf!
Meet outside the RCTC field house, 2 pm.  Here is [http://maps.google.com/maps/ms?msid=217033483939111930234.0004a3795f42da701ae0b&msa=0&ll=44.015742,-92.422206&spn=0.003541,0.006942&iwloc=0004a37962daae4746296 a map].
=== Virtual Technical Meeting: Thursday February 8th ===
Aaron Albertson will present a wrap up of this season's volunteer work with student robotics.
6 pm
Anything else you want to see on the agenda? Let us know.
=== Virtual Technical Meeting: Thursday January 11th, 2024 ===
Aaron Albertson will present a wrap up of this season's volunteer work with student robotics.
6 pm
And KLUG officer elections.
Anything else you want to see on the agenda? Let Tina know.






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






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Virtual Technical Meeting or Social: Thursday January 9th, 2025

6 pm

Meeting link removed.

KLUG officer elections.

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


Virtual Board Gaming Social: Friday December 6th

6 pm

Meeting link to socialize here. Play at Board Game Arena.


In person, indoor social: Tuesday December 3rd

Mayo Planetarium, for a Community Education presentation on Cosmology. Ages 12+.

6:30-8 pm, pre-registration required

$10

https://rochester.ce.eleyo.com/course/22993/2024-fall-adult-catalog/mayo-planetarium-s-cosmology


Virtual Social: Thursday November 14th

6 pm

Meeting link (removed)

Agenda -Sharing your new tech discoveries -Socializing -Choosing a December board game night (Friday December 6th, Friday December 13th, Saturday December 14th)

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

Also, thank you for your efforts at our fall trash cleanup. The Public Works Department gave these summary measures of the city-wide efforts: "Over 620 pounds of litter was collected by A Litter Bit Better volunteers during the fall event. An estimated 1.179 volunteers picked up 64 sites that covered many locations around Rochester." This was 12 loads of trash, removed from our environment!


Virtual Social: Thursday October 10th

6 pm

Yes, timing worked out that you'll see us twice in the same week.

Meeting link removed.

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


Potential October outdoor social - 18 holes of mini golf

https://bringmethenews.com/minnesota-lifestyle/new-18-hole-mini-golf-course-coming-to-rochester https://krocnews.com/rochester-mns-largest-mini-golf-course-is-about-to-open/


Socials brainstorming: Fall or winter

-Murder mystery. The host needs to buy a kit at a gaming store to get the event started.

-Jim Henderson, "Silicon Valley" documentary

-Bowlocity laser tag. 5-6 people minimum needed.

-Liquid nitrogen ice cream. This needs a non-Tina organizer. Dennis DeLorme has 2 recipes. We need safety equipment and someone trained enough to keep us from freezing ourselves.


Pending potential presentations

Jon Gullixson: gnucash or www :: Mechanize


Litter Bit Better in-person social (outside), Monday October 7th

6:15 - 7:30 pm

This is the first time Rochester is running a fall edition of Litter Bit Better, so we're going to go clean up a second time this year. Pine Ridge Estates Park, which you may recognize as where we have previously ice cream picnicked, and flown kites. Map

Bags provided. You bring your own gloves, grabbers, and sense of civic duty. No shoreline, yes woods (mowed park + woods = 5.1 acres), and you might want a headlamp.

As usual we are teaming up with the geocachers to avoid being overwhelmed by garbage.


Virtual Social: Thursday September 12th

6 pm

Meeting link removed. Anything else you want to see on the agenda? Let us know.


Outside Social: Thursday September 5th

Disc golf! Meet outside the RCTC field house, 6 pm. Here is a map.


Outside Social: Friday August 30th

Disc golf! Meet outside the RCTC field house, 6 pm. Here is a map.


Virtual Social: Thursday August 8th

6 pm

Meeting link removed.

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


Virtual Social: Thursday July 11th

6 pm

Meeting link removed.

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


Outdoor Social: Thursday June 27th, 11:45 am

Lunch at RochesterFest. We'll be sitting at a picnic table on the far side of the tent from the music, to hopefully lower the decibel level enough to still talk.

Food trailers are supposed to be open by noon, 11:45 am will give us a little better chance at getting parking.


Virtual Social: Thursday June 13th

6 pm

Meeting link removed

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


Virtual Social: Thursday May 9th

6 pm

Meeting link removed

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


Geocaching in-person social (outside), Friday May 3rd

6 pm

Park and walk in a neighborhood in NE Rochester.

Park near 1 - Odin on Whiting Lane NE's cul de sac. We'll walk from there to a couple of other geocaches (2, 3), then back to #1, and then decide if we're walking or driving to 4.



Litter Bit Better in-person social (outside), Tuesday April 30th

6:15 - 7:30 pm

Back to our usual Cascade Lake Park.

Bags provided. You bring your own gloves, grabbers, and sense of civic duty. There is shoreline.

As usual we are teaming up with the geocachers to avoid being overwhelmed by garbage.


Virtual Social: Thursday April 11th

Come hang out virtually with your favorite geeks, and share what you've been up to or found interesting.

6 pm

Meeting link here.

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


Virtual Technical Meeting: To be rescheduled

Acu Dorin will present on opensource AI software and an effort he and some other folks have made to create a private version of a chatGPT like AI interface


Outside Social: Friday March 22nd, 6 pm

Geocaching! The March equinox is an excuse to find 3 geocaches during the week of the equinox. If you've never geocached before, this is a great time to join us. Wear your hiking shoes, long sturdy pants, and otherwise dress for the weather.

We will chase 3 multi-caches that start to the east and north of St Marys Hospital https://www.geocaching.com/geocache/GC6G6R5 https://www.geocaching.com/geocache/GC5XDH0 https://www.geocaching.com/geocache/GC5XEQV

If we have any DNF's, first choice replacement will be: https://www.geocaching.com/geocache/GC56K4K

I skimmed through the logs, and none of our regulars seem to have found these, so hopefully everyone will qualify for the achievement.

Parking: There is a limited quantity of 2 hour parking in St. Marys Park proper. However, the neighborhood parking permit restriction opens back up starting at 5:30, so by starting at 6 pm you should be able to park on the street (and not be competing with employees for spots) for the duration of our explorations.


Virtual Technical Meeting: Thursday March 14th

Speaker cancelled due to illness, will reschedule.

Tim Massaro will come to our rescue, and will present on his Partyrock/Blackrock hackathon project, as well as brainstorming some future socials.

6 pm

Meeting link removed.

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


Outside Social: Saturday February 24th

It's supposed to be dry all week, there's no snow to fight with, the disc golf holes are present, and Saturday's forecast is for sunshine and a high of 46. So let's play disc golf!

Meet outside the RCTC field house, 2 pm. Here is a map.


Virtual Technical Meeting: Thursday February 8th

Aaron Albertson will present a wrap up of this season's volunteer work with student robotics.

6 pm

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


Virtual Technical Meeting: Thursday January 11th, 2024

Aaron Albertson will present a wrap up of this season's volunteer work with student robotics.

6 pm

And KLUG officer elections.

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




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