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=== Planned Social:  March TBD ===
Recent suggestions include:


-[http://artemis.eochu.com/ Artemis], a multiplayer spaceship bridge simulator for Windows
=== Outdoor Social: TBD, Friday March 13th - Sunday March 15th ===
Plan to do some [https://www.geocaching.com/blog/2026/02/pi-day-2026-3-14-sweet-ways-to-celebrate-with-three-new-souvenirs-to-earn/ puzzle solving geocaching over the weekend of March 13-15th].  Tim will be leading this one.


-SOLAR DEATH RAY!!! to burn stuff, like [http://inhabitat.com/19-year-old-teenager-makes-homemade-solar-death-ray/solarray3/ this].


But nobody's stepped up to lead these, let Tina know if you're willing to organize.


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


=== Lunch: Thursday March 17th ===
Meeting link removed.
11:30 am, at the Apache Mall food court near B&N.  


Anything else you want to see on the agenda? Aaron is running this meeting for us, so let him know.  Also, plan to do some [https://www.geocaching.com/blog/2026/02/pi-day-2026-3-14-sweet-ways-to-celebrate-with-three-new-souvenirs-to-earn/ puzzle solving geocaching over the weekend of March 13-15th] with the crew, bring your calendar and your solved or stuck puzzles to share.


=== Technical Meeting:  Thursday March 10th ===
Dennis DeLorme will present on a paper tape reader.<br>
"Want to move those 100's of bytes of data you put on paper tape back in
your misspent youth to 21st century media? (Any time spent with paper
tape was misspent.) Bring your paper tape and a flash drive to the K-LUG
tape fest On March 10. I will briefly describe the set up and then will
be ready to do transfers. I can transfer data as hex, binary, or binary
with the parity bit ignored. For 7 bit character data binary with parity
bit ignored is probably the preferred method."


Also:<br>
-PCIG final nominations and elections<br>
-Girl Scout cookies and pi/pie in an early celebration of pi day <br>
-Jon T will bring his hacked pandigital Android ereader for a show and tell afterwards (no demo, just to show off)


=== Virtual Social: Thursday February 12th, 2026 ===
6 pm


-> When: Thursday March 10th - 6:00 pm - 7:30 pm
Meeting link removed.


-> Where: RCTC Heintz Center Room HA107 or nearby
Anything else you want to see on the agenda? Let us know.


[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]


=== Virtual Technical Meeting or Social: Thursday January 8th, 2026 ===
6 pm


Also, if you won't be attending the school district's only date/time for community input sessions on their superintendent search (same day at 7 pm), you can still contribute to the local school district by filling out their superintendent search [http://www.rochester.k12.mn.us/se3bin/clientgenie.cgi?schoolname=school85&statusFlag=goGenie&geniesite=484&myButton=g5plugin&db=g484_b4020 survey] by Thursday.  Why can't you do both the input session and K-LUG?  You can, if you leave K-LUG early, sessions are:
Meeting link removed.
 
What: Community input sessions for new Rochester superintendent
 
When: 7 p.m. Thursday
 
Where: Gibbs Elementary School, 5525 56th St. N.W.  OR    Kellogg Middle School, 503 17th St. N.E.        OR        Willow Creek Middle School, 2425 11th Ave. S.E.
 
 
=== Social:  Thursday February 24th===
We'll be viewing the Linux documentary "Revolution OS".  It runs ~1.5 hours, so we'll start at 6 pm.  RCTC's Heintz Center, in or near our normal meeting room HA107.  To try to make this a more "movie-like" atmosphere, please bring your own (non-alcoholic) beverage if you wish, and a quiet snack to share.
 
[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]
 
 
=== Lunch: Thursday February 17th ===
11:30 am, at the Apache Mall food court near B&N.
 
 
 
=== Technical Meeting:  Thursday February 10th ===
Steve Severson has volunteered to present on Android apps at IBM and/or rooting an Android.
 
-> When: Thursday February 10th - 6:00 pm - 7:30 pm
 
-> Where: RCTC Heintz Center Room HA107 or nearby
 
[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]
 
 
 
=== Social:  Friday January 28th ===
We'll be bowling at Byron Lanes.  Please try to be there at 6:45 so we can get through the ball/shoe obtainment process and hopefully figure out if we need any more/less lanes before it gets too crowded.  Our reservation is for 7 pm, we've got 2 lanes at the moment.
 
Costs for bowling are $2/person/game, with shoe rental being $1.  They have a full bar, and on Fridays they also serve pizza, if anyone is interested in a snack before or after the games.
 
This is a family/friends-friendly event, please let Tina know if you have young children coming so we can ask in advance for a bumper lane to be set up if necessary.
 
 
=== Lunch: Thursday January 20th ===
11:30 am, at the Apache Mall food court near B&N.
 
 
=== "Technical Meeting": Thursday January 13th, 6:00 pm ===
Next Meeting - Dennis DeLorme ZigBee Protocol and XBee wireless Communication modules demo.
 
-> When: Thursday January 13th - 6:00 pm - 7:30 pm
 
-> Where: RCTC Heintz Center Room HA109
 
Room HA107 (or HA109 depending on construction issues)
 
[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]
 
Also '''Elections!'''  Please submit your nominations for president, vice president, and treasurer.


KLUG officer elections.


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




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Latest revision as of 13:24, 23 March 2026



Outdoor Social: TBD, Friday March 13th - Sunday March 15th

Plan to do some puzzle solving geocaching over the weekend of March 13-15th. Tim will be leading this one.


Virtual Social: Thursday March 12th

6 pm

Meeting link removed.

Anything else you want to see on the agenda? Aaron is running this meeting for us, so let him know. Also, plan to do some puzzle solving geocaching over the weekend of March 13-15th with the crew, bring your calendar and your solved or stuck puzzles to share.


Virtual Social: Thursday February 12th, 2026

6 pm

Meeting link removed.

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


Virtual Technical Meeting or Social: Thursday January 8th, 2026

6 pm

Meeting link removed.

KLUG officer elections.

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



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