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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 [http://k-lug.org/About contact an officer]. |
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| === Downtown Lunch: Thursday March 10th ===
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| 11:30 am, 1st Avenue food court downtown, at the bigger tables near the entrance. The Mexican place has closed, an Indian restaurant will replace it "soon". Mango Thai has opened.
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| === Technical Meeting: Thursday March 10th ===
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| Marc Thomas, from NORLUG, on setting up and maintaining your own media server.
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| Everything you need to know to set up your own media server, as ethically and legally as possible. From video codecs and containers, compression algorithms, DRM decryption and circumvention, transcoding, storage, organization, consumption, and all the tools that make this possible, all under Linux!
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| Also on the agenda for the technical meeting:
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| -PCIG elections
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| -Discussions of the K-LUG email list
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| -Choice of a March social event. Possibly a [https://www.theescapechallenge.com/home.html locked room escape]?
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| -Requests for an April speaker
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| -Consumption of semi-homemade Pi Day pie (peach, raspberry, strawberry; I cheated and bought crusts). Please bring your donation for the "hat".
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| 6 pm, in or near RCTC Heintz Center's HA107.
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| [http://www.roch.edu/html-spectrum/getting_to_ucr.html Directions to Campus]
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| [http://www.rctc.edu/campustour/maps/heintzA.html Heintz Center Building Map]
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| Anything else you want to see on the agenda? Let Jon G or Tina know.
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| === Social: Tuesday March 15th ===
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| Disc golf at [http://maps.google.com/maps/ms?ie=UTF8&hl=en&msa=0&msid=217033483939111930234.0004a379c4172da19682b&ll=44.02311,-92.440456&spn=0.004606,0.007092&t=h&z=17 East Park]
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| | === Virtual Board Gaming Social: Friday December 5th === |
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| | Meeting link [https://us04web.zoom.us/j/72762793601?pwd=shPeCZHh7iWcwwqTpzLlr9HCcXGGb6.1 here]. |
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| | Save time by signing up in advance for a free account at [https://en.boardgamearena.com/ Board Game Arena] (same place we've been using for several years now, you might already have an account) |
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| === Planned Social: Thursday April 21st, 2016 ===
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| Our April social will be the Litter Bit Better park clean up.
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| That's 6 pm on Thursday April 21st, at Cascade Lake Park.
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| Parking is approximately [https://www.google.com/maps/place/44%C2%B001%2724.7%22N+92%C2%B029%2736.1%22W/@44.0235333,-92.4933667,17z/data=!3m1!4b1!4m2!3m1!1s0x0:0x0 here] (or slightly further west, closer to the corner/park). Geocachers get [http://coord.info/GC6CYCW CITO credit].
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| 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.
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| === Technical Meeting: Thursday April 14th ===
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| Speaker needed, please let Tina or Jon G know if you're willing to volunteer. Willing to present but want to know what people have expressed interest in? Check out our [http://www.k-lug.org/index.php?title=Meetings&action=submit#Requested_topics_list requested topics] page.
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| Also on the agenda for the technical meeting:
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| -PCIG second round of officer nominations (with elections in March)
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| 6 pm, in or near RCTC Heintz Center's HA107.
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| [http://www.roch.edu/html-spectrum/getting_to_ucr.html Directions to Campus]
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| [http://www.rctc.edu/campustour/maps/heintzA.html Heintz Center Building Map]
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| Anything else you want to see on the agenda? Let Jon G or Tina know.
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| === Planned Social: May 2016, TBD ===
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| Ideas can be found [http://www.k-lug.org/SocialMeeting here] or invent your own. What would you like to do? Tell Tina.
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| === Pending potential presentations ===
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| [http://www.kickstarter.com/projects/1523379957/oculus-rift-step-into-the-game
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| Oculus Rift], "the first truly immersive virtual reality headset for video games" . Peter Shabino
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| Jon Gullixson: gnucash or www :: Mechanize
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| === Planned Socials: Fall or winter ===
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| -Murder mystery. The host needs to buy a kit at a gaming store to get the event started.
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| -Jim Henderson, "Silicon Valley" documentary
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| -Rock climbing at Prairie Walls
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| -Bowlocity laser tag. 5-6 people minimum needed.
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| -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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| -MAME/foosball/ping pong at ... can't be Tim Massaro's anymore...
| | === Outside Social: Friday December 12th === |
| | Time to be determined, probably ~6 pm |
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| -February or July armchair mapping aka road rally event, http://home.earthlink.net/~oldmaltese/
| | [https://www.olmstedcounty.gov/residents/parks-recreation/park-programs Zoo Dazzle (lights only)] at Oxbow Park. Going to the lights only session allows us to not have to fight traffic backed up to the main road, we only have to give up the treats and activities like visiting with Santa, we still get the lights and the animals. |
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| === Upcoming Meeting Crisis! === | | === Upcoming Outdoor Socials TBD === |
| Well, not really a crisis, but we do need some meeting topics (& speakers) for 2015. We'd like to know what you want to see and hear about. Please email Tina or Jon G with suggestions for topics. Should we run some previous sessions again (maybe something you really wanted to see but missed out on)? What type of topics are good, what type are bad? Also see this page for a list of suggested topics http://www.k-lug.org/Meetings
| | We're planning pickleball, and a geocaching hike on a new trail at Northern Heights Park (start on the WSW side and walk clockwise). |
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K-LUG - Rochester, MN Area Linux Users Group
Note: To request a wiki account, please join the mailing list and post a message.
We can use presentations for upcoming meetings, please see a list of ideas if you're willing but lacking a topic.
LUG News
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 Board Gaming Social: Friday December 5th
6 pm
Meeting link here.
Save time by signing up in advance for a free account at Board Game Arena (same place we've been using for several years now, you might already have an account)
Outside Social: Friday December 12th
Time to be determined, probably ~6 pm
Zoo Dazzle (lights only) at Oxbow Park. Going to the lights only session allows us to not have to fight traffic backed up to the main road, we only have to give up the treats and activities like visiting with Santa, we still get the lights and the animals.
Upcoming Outdoor Socials TBD
We're planning pickleball, and a geocaching hike on a new trail at Northern Heights Park (start on the WSW side and walk clockwise).
Old News Items
See the OldNews page.
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