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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 [http://www.k-lug.org/Meetings a list of ideas] if you're willing but lacking a topic.




== LUG News ==
== 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 [http://k-lug.org/About contact an officer].
=== Outdoor Social:  Saturday April 25  ===
In celebration of [https://nationalkitemonth.org/ National Kite Month], bring your kites and come join us as we try to fly them.


=== Logo Contest:  Open for nominations ===
Saturday April 25th
K-LUG members can GIMP with anyone, K-LUG has Paint Shop Pros, but K-LUG needs a new logo. Please submit your suggested K-LUG logo prior to our Feb 8th meeting. Post your entries on the [[LogoPage]].


2 pm


=== Potential Additional Social:  Saturday, January 27th ===
Location:  [https://www.google.com/maps/place/Redwood+Ln+SW,+Rochester,+MN+55902/@43.989365,-92.4843012,17z/data=!3m1!4b1!4m2!3m1!1s0x87f758cbe6ddd805:0xcbd56f452d52bbef That park by Steve Fox's house], officially known as Pine Ridge Estates Park, on Redwood Lane SW.
Introduction to curling in Owatonna, if at least 3 people have signed up by Wednesday January 24th.  Same time and information as the January 20th session.  See the [http://www.k-lug.org/SocialMeeting social] page.


This park has a nice playground for the littles, picnic tables, and room to fly kites, as well as usually being unpopulated.  The lack of trees and being on top of a hill mean it's pretty bug free (not that we should hopefully have to worry about that in April) even when there's not enough breeze to fly the kites.


=== Planned Technical Meeting: Thursday February 8th ===
Please bring your family and friends who might want to hang out. Bring your own kites.  If you don't want to sit at the picnic tables or on the playground equipment, bring your own folding chair.  And bring your own beverage.  Since it's April, we're skipping the traditional ice cream.
Plone by Eldon Nelson, with PCIG.


Description of Plone:


Plone is a web based open source content management system (CMS) built off of the Python programming language.    What do I need a content management system for?  I'm not a book publisher or magazine; even though my glossy finish might make you think that way.  The person that needs a content management system is every knowledge worker - which today, is everyone.  We all need ways of managing the knowledge we work with and content types that are flexible to match the work we do.  In the past, I've loved wiki for filling part of this role, but as I look at what wiki gets you it is not the whole picture.  Sometimes, you need a tool chest instead of a hammer - this is where Plone fits in as your own secret tool chest.


What you get with Plone is a scalable, object oriented, pluggable system that handles all of your content management needs.  Plone itself is actually a collection of plugins that give you the code to represent the objects that will eventually represent your data.  So you might ask, on what is Plone built upon if it is just a collection of plugins?  It is actually built off a very complete web framework for the Python scripting language named Zope.  So yes, it is a collection of utilities from Python -> Zope -> Plone to get to the tool, but all of that hierarchy gives you a full framework to do everything and hooks and methods ready for your use.
=== Litter Bit Better in-person social (outside), Tuesday April 28th ===
6:00 - 7:30 pm


With Plone you get rock solid access control that can be as granular as you want.  You can integrate Plone plugins into your site to transform it to include seamlessly complex structures such as: bulletin boards, issue trackers, picture galleries, and more or use out of the box calendaring.  Pretty much, Plone quickly, without the need for any coding, turns into your Swiss Army knife of web interactivity – all the while, maintaining a coherent look and feel and security of Plone.  
Summit Pointe Park, in NW Rochester.  [https://k-lug.org/images/3/38/Summit_Pointe_Park_parking_and_trash_cleanup_boundaries.jpg Park on Shetland Drive NW, and observe the north/south boundaries in the linked map].


During my Plone presentation I will be doing things a little differently than traditional KLUG or PCIG meetings. I’ll be showing part of my presentation through the use of screencasts to demonstrate activities that I have recorded before and edited into consumable nuggets of interest.  I’ll also be using screencasts from the Plone.org website itself, so you may or may not want to watch their intro videos before you come – depending on how entertained you will be by them.  I’ll be bringing some popcorn to keep you engaged – so look forward to a treat!  Of course, a technical meeting isn’t any good without some hands on, in the dirt, demonstration.  For that, I’ll be doing some live manipulation of Plone before your very eyes.  
Bags provided. You bring your own gloves, grabbers, and sense of civic duty. Some pond shoreline.  Unlike our fall CITOs, in the spring we've got plenty of daylight.


I hope you will enjoy this fun presentation.  
As usual we are [https://www.geocaching.com/geocache/GCBM2PG teaming up with the geocachers] to avoid being overwhelmed by garbage.


Eldon Nelson ( eldon_nelson@ieee.org )


[http://www.plone.org Plone]


=== Virtual Social: Thursday May 14th ===
6 pm


=== Planned Lunch:  Thursday February 15th ===
Meeting link here eventually.
11:30 am, near the Chinese restaurant in the Galleria




=== Planned Technical Meeting:  Thursday March 8th ===
Second Life by Tim Massaro, with PCIG.  Part of the presentation will be virtual, if you can't attend because you're home with the kids maybe you'd still want to tune in for that portion.


=== 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).


=== Planned Lunch:  Thursday March 15th ===
11:30 am, near the Chinese restaurant in the Galleria


=== Old News Items ===
=== Old News Items ===
See the [[OldNews]] page.
See the [[OldNews]] page.
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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.




Outdoor Social: Saturday April 25

In celebration of National Kite Month, bring your kites and come join us as we try to fly them.

Saturday April 25th

2 pm

Location: That park by Steve Fox's house, officially known as Pine Ridge Estates Park, on Redwood Lane SW.

This park has a nice playground for the littles, picnic tables, and room to fly kites, as well as usually being unpopulated. The lack of trees and being on top of a hill mean it's pretty bug free (not that we should hopefully have to worry about that in April) even when there's not enough breeze to fly the kites.

Please bring your family and friends who might want to hang out. Bring your own kites. If you don't want to sit at the picnic tables or on the playground equipment, bring your own folding chair. And bring your own beverage. Since it's April, we're skipping the traditional ice cream.


Litter Bit Better in-person social (outside), Tuesday April 28th

6:00 - 7:30 pm

Summit Pointe Park, in NW Rochester. Park on Shetland Drive NW, and observe the north/south boundaries in the linked map.

Bags provided. You bring your own gloves, grabbers, and sense of civic duty. Some pond shoreline. Unlike our fall CITOs, in the spring we've got plenty of daylight.

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


Virtual Social: Thursday May 14th

6 pm

Meeting link here eventually.


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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