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=== Virtual Social: Thursday November 13th ===
6 pm


=== "March" Social:  Thursday April 20th ===
Meeting link removed.


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.
Bring your calendars, so we can schedule the December virtual board gaming night. Anything else you want to see on the agenda? Let us know.


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.


=== Virtual Social: Thursday October 9th ===
6 pm


Meeting link removed.


Anything else you want to see on the agenda? Let us know - Aaron is running this meeting.


=== Technical Meeting: April 13th, 2017 ===


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Topic: An Introduction to Docker
=== Litter Bit Better in-person social (outside), Monday October 6th ===
6:00 - 7:30 pm


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.
[https://www.google.com/maps/@43.9993974,-92.4222823,457m/data=!3m1!1e3?entry=ttu&g_ep=EgoyMDI1MDgzMC4wIKXMDSoASAFQAw%3D%3D Joyce Park], in the SE corner of town. Use the on-street parking on 15th St SE to be near the LBB-required waiver and bags.


Speaker: Robert Nix
Bags provided.  You bring your own gloves, grabbers, and sense of civic duty.  Some pond shoreline, yes woods (mowed park + woods = 35.2 acres), and you might want a headlamp because sunset is at 6:41 pm.


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.
As usual we are teaming up with the [https://www.geocaching.com/geocache/GCBCE7R geocachers] to avoid being overwhelmed by garbage.


Here are [http://k-lug.org/images/a/a0/Docker.pdf his slides], most of the presentation was a live demo.


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=== Walking Cascade Lake in-person social (outside), Monday September 15th ===
6:00 pm


Park in the [https://www.google.com/maps/place/Cascade+Lake+Park/@44.0243718,-92.4981303,1827m/ Cascade Lake Park parking lot], you may recognize this park from previous Litter Bit Better trash cleanups.  We'll walk counter-clockwise, if you're trying to play catch-up.


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


[http://www.roch.edu/html-spectrum/getting_to_ucr.html  Directions to Campus]
=== Virtual Social: Thursday September 11th ===
6 pm


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


Anything else you want to see on the agenda? Let Tina know.
Anything else you want to see on the agenda? Let us know - Tim is running this meeting.






=== Technical Meeting: March 9th, 2017 ===
=== Outside Social: Thursday August 28th ===


The March meeting topic - you!  Yep, this meeting will be all about you, in a low-preparation way.
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].


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


a) hardware choices
=== Virtual Social: Thursday August 14th ===
6 pm


b) programming languages
Meeting link  removed.


c) software investments
Anything else you want to see on the agenda? Let us know.


d) job choice


e) where to invest your computer/tech-related volunteer time
=== Outdoor Social: Monday July 21st  ===
Olmsted County Fair night!  6 pm.


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)
My experience with going on Monday night last year was that on-site parking was easy and free, some of the food trucks were open (including the milkshake stand), and many of the animals were already present including horse showings.  I’ve also been told that many craft projects will already be present, so we can do a scavenger hunt for projects by people we know.


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[https://k-lug.org/images/c/c8/Fairgrounds_meeting_places_2025.jpg Map here].  At 6 pm we’ll meet at the parking lot (red star on the map, central to the “block”), and if you want to catch up to us a little later, try around the Graham Arena buildings adjacent to the green star on the south end of the fairgrounds.


So please attend, and be prepared to offer some opinions.  No Powerpoint required.


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.
=== Virtual Social: Thursday July 10th, 2025 ===
6 pm


Meeting link [https://us04web.zoom.us/j/76063786273?pwd=SxxHm75TEnLIHSstcVTPHKxzwpZuUs.1 here.]


And PCIG officer nominations and elections.
Anything else you want to see on the agenda? Let us know.




6 pm, in or near RCTC Heintz Center's HA107.
=== Outdoor Social: Thursday June 26th, 11:30 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.  Also trying to get line of sight on the pet events, like frisbee dogs.


[http://www.roch.edu/html-spectrum/getting_to_ucr.html  Directions to Campus]
Food trailers are supposed to be open by 11 am, 11:30 am will give us a little better chance at getting parking.


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


Anything else you want to see on the agenda?  Let Tina know.
=== Virtual Social: Thursday June 12th, 2025 ===
6 pm


Meeting link removed.


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




=== <strike> Technical Meeting</strike> Social : February 9th, 2017 ===
=== Mini golf outside social, Wednesday May 14th ===
6 pm


We did not get any volunteers for speakers, so we'll go play instead.
Blue Lagoon mini golf, the new mini golf place that opened late last fall, on the NW side of town


We're going to hang out at the Machine Shed. Costs are:
Unlike most of our events, this social is not free, pricing is [https://bluelagoonminigolf.com/pricing here].  The second round is significantly cheaper ($5/person), so if we finish in good time we might try to squeeze in a second round before they close at 8 pm.


$10 ages 13+


$5 ages 8-12


7 and under are free with paid adult
=== Virtual Social: Thursday May 8th, 2025 ===
6 pm


The [https://www.facebook.com/groups/MachineShed/ Machine Shed website].
Meeting link removed


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 us 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.
=== Litter Bit Better outside social, Tuesday April 22nd ===
6:15 - 7:30 pm


A new to us park, Weatherstone, on the far NW corner of town.


Bags provided. You bring your own gloves, grabbers, and sense of civic duty. There is a pond in this park.


=== Social:  Saturday February 4th ===
As usual we are [https://www.geocaching.com/geocache/GCB48NR_16th-annual-cito-and-rochesters-litter-bit-better teaming up with the geocachers] to avoid being overwhelmed by garbage.
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.




=== Virtual Social: Thursday April 10th, 2025 ===
6 pm


=== Social:  Tuesday January 24th, 2017, 6 pm ===
Meeting link removed.
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:
Anything else you want to see on the agenda? Let us know.


$10 ages 13+


$5 ages 8-12
=== Outdoor Social: Geocaching hike, equinox weekend, Friday March 21st ===


7 and under are free with paid adult
6 pm


The [https://www.facebook.com/groups/MachineShed/ Machine Shed website].
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].


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.
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].


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).


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


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.
Meeting link removed.


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






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


Meeting link removed.


=== Technical Meeting: January 12th, 2017 ===
Anything else you want to see on the agenda? Let us know.


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]




ArborWay Labs presents a demonstration of its automatic relational technology or ART Studio
=== Virtual Technical Meeting or Social: Thursday January 9th, 2025 ===
6 pm


ArborWay Labs will present a live demonstration of its automated
Meeting link removed.
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
KLUG officer elections.
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.


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


It is rumored Dennis may be having a birthday (and providing cupcakes), and ArborWay is providing two pizzas.
Also, K-LUG officer elections, and PCIG officer nominations.
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.




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Latest revision as of 02:04, 14 November 2025


Virtual Social: Thursday November 13th

6 pm

Meeting link removed.

Bring your calendars, so we can schedule the December virtual board gaming night. Anything else you want to see on the agenda? Let us know.


Virtual Social: Thursday October 9th

6 pm

Meeting link removed.

Anything else you want to see on the agenda? Let us know - Aaron is running this meeting.


Litter Bit Better in-person social (outside), Monday October 6th

6:00 - 7:30 pm

Joyce Park, in the SE corner of town. Use the on-street parking on 15th St SE to be near the LBB-required waiver and bags.

Bags provided. You bring your own gloves, grabbers, and sense of civic duty. Some pond shoreline, yes woods (mowed park + woods = 35.2 acres), and you might want a headlamp because sunset is at 6:41 pm.

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


Walking Cascade Lake in-person social (outside), Monday September 15th

6:00 pm

Park in the Cascade Lake Park parking lot, you may recognize this park from previous Litter Bit Better trash cleanups. We'll walk counter-clockwise, if you're trying to play catch-up.


Virtual Social: Thursday September 11th

6 pm

Meeting link removed.

Anything else you want to see on the agenda? Let us know - Tim is running this meeting.


Outside Social: Thursday August 28th

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


Virtual Social: Thursday August 14th

6 pm

Meeting link removed.

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


Outdoor Social: Monday July 21st

Olmsted County Fair night! 6 pm.

My experience with going on Monday night last year was that on-site parking was easy and free, some of the food trucks were open (including the milkshake stand), and many of the animals were already present including horse showings. I’ve also been told that many craft projects will already be present, so we can do a scavenger hunt for projects by people we know.

Map here. At 6 pm we’ll meet at the parking lot (red star on the map, central to the “block”), and if you want to catch up to us a little later, try around the Graham Arena buildings adjacent to the green star on the south end of the fairgrounds.


Virtual Social: Thursday July 10th, 2025

6 pm

Meeting link here.

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


Outdoor Social: Thursday June 26th, 11:30 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. Also trying to get line of sight on the pet events, like frisbee dogs.

Food trailers are supposed to be open by 11 am, 11:30 am will give us a little better chance at getting parking.


Virtual Social: Thursday June 12th, 2025

6 pm

Meeting link removed.

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


Mini golf outside social, Wednesday May 14th

6 pm

Blue Lagoon mini golf, the new mini golf place that opened late last fall, on the NW side of town

Unlike most of our events, this social is not free, pricing is here. The second round is significantly cheaper ($5/person), so if we finish in good time we might try to squeeze in a second round before they close at 8 pm.


Virtual Social: Thursday May 8th, 2025

6 pm

Meeting link removed

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


Litter Bit Better outside social, Tuesday April 22nd

6:15 - 7:30 pm

A new to us park, Weatherstone, on the far NW corner of town.

Bags provided. You bring your own gloves, grabbers, and sense of civic duty. There is a pond in this park.

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


Virtual Social: Thursday April 10th, 2025

6 pm

Meeting link removed.

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.


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

6 pm

Meeting link removed.

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


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

6 pm

Meeting link removed.

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


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

6 pm

Meeting link removed.

KLUG officer elections.

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