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=== 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.


=== Virtual Technical Meeting or Social: Thursday March 13th, 2025 ===
6 pm
6 pm


Meeting link [https://us04web.zoom.us/j/79723218238?pwd=Q7WWuUacks6kzJ5KQQq0zB7NopDS3c.1 here].
Meeting link [https://us04web.zoom.us/j/77223286350?pwd=WbudH2rQGNyUApZZ2IK5h3lGxY2rxE.1 here].


Anything else you want to see on the agenda? Let us know.
Anything else you want to see on the agenda? Let us know.
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=== Outside Social: Friday March 22nd, 6 pm ===
=== Outdoor Social: Geocaching hike, equinox weekend, Friday March 21st ===


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.
6 pm
 
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: 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
 
 
 
 
 
=== 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 [https://www.geocaching.com/geocache/GCAMJX2 geocachers] to avoid being overwhelmed by garbage.
 
 
 
 
 
=== Pending potential presentations  ===
 
Jon Gullixson:  gnucash or www :: Mechanize
 
 
 
=== 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
We'll start at the [https://k-lug.org/images/c/c1/20250321_hike_plan.jpg dog park just north of Essex Park] (red circle) for a short walk.  Then depending on the walking conditions, we'll walk or drive to the two caches NE of that dog park (orange circle), and then down to the one Essex Park cache that we haven't chased recently (yellow circle).
Join us at the March 13th meeting to help pick a day/time/location to help us meet the [https://www.geocaching.com/blog/2025/03/a-new-season-and-new-souvenir/ equinox souvenir criteria].


-Bowlocity laser tag. 5-6 people minimum needed.
Afterwards, we'll drive to 25th Street and 25th Avenue NW, in the residential neighborhood just south of IBM park, for a [https://www.geocaching.com/geocache/GCA2025 locationless geocache].


-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.





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We generally meet monthly for technical presentations (2nd Thursday of the month, 6 pm, virtual), and monthly for socializing (varies). We no longer meet monthly for lunches, if you are interested in reviving this tradition please contact an officer.



Virtual Technical Meeting or Social: Thursday March 13th, 2025

6 pm

Meeting link here.

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


Outdoor Social: Geocaching hike, equinox weekend, Friday March 21st

6 pm

We'll start at the dog park just north of Essex Park (red circle) for a short walk. Then depending on the walking conditions, we'll walk or drive to the two caches NE of that dog park (orange circle), and then down to the one Essex Park cache that we haven't chased recently (yellow circle). Join us at the March 13th meeting to help pick a day/time/location to help us meet the equinox souvenir criteria.

Afterwards, we'll drive to 25th Street and 25th Avenue NW, in the residential neighborhood just south of IBM park, for a locationless geocache.



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