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=== Planned Social: March 2014 TBD ===
=== Technical Presentation: Thursday August 13th ===
<strike> Ideas can be found [http://www.k-lug.org/SocialMeeting here] or invent your own.  What would you like to do?  Tell Tim or Tina. We've got lots of potential indoor activities at the bottom of this page, speak up if you have preferences.</strike>
Updates on the Med City Makerspace, by Tim Massaro.  Tim's slides can be found [https://k-lug.org/images/6/62/PcigAug13MedCityMakerspace_3.pdf here].


Tina didn't get anything organized, sorry.
6 pm


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=== Lunch:  Thursday March 20th  ===
11:30 am, Apache Mall food court, near B&N.




=== Technical Meeting:  Thursday March 13th, 2014 ===
Mark Diez will be coordinating an audience-driven "Andriod devices, apps, and accesories".


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ALL THINGS ANDROID – BYO – SHOW ‘N’ TELL
=== Outside Social:  Friday July 24th ===


   
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].
K-LUG/PCIG members and guests will demo favorite and interesting Android stuff – including devices (phones, tablets, other?), apps, accessories, and tips/techniques. Attendees are invited to bring their own or just come to see what others have brought in a wide-ranging demo and discussion of EVERYTHING ANDROID.


BRING YOUR FAVORITE ANDROID DEVICES, APPS, and ACCESSORIES.
(I was going to have us go to the Byron disc golf course for something different, but they've apparently got wild parsnip on half the course)


• Devices: Android phones and tablets, direct-attached hardware, Bluetooth-attached hardware, …


• Apps: backup, anti-virus/firewall, VPN, productivity, utilities, development, fun stuff, …


• Accessories: covers, stands, …
=== Virtual Social: Thursday July 9th ===
6 pm


• Tips/techniques
Meeting link removed.


Here are some items that are likely to arrive. Mark Diez and Mo Holahan will be hosting the show’n’tell.


• Devices discussion:  Nook HD+, Nook HD, Samsung cricket SCH-R720


• Android For Nook  (AFN): putting Cyanogenmod Android on your Nook HD and HD+ device via commercial microSD card.


• Non-traditional keyboard input apps: Dasher, Dvorak, GKOS, Hacker's, Messagease
=== Outdoor Social: Rochesterfest lunch, Thursday June 25th, 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.  Gather around our organizer Mark.


• Handwritten text input app: MyScript Stylus
[https://www.rochesterfest.com/faq Rochesterfest FAQs] has some transportation & parking suggestions & miscellaneous information.


• Editor: Jota+


• Office apps: Kingsoft Office, OfficeSuite Pro 7.2


• File and task managers: ES File Manager, ES Task Manager
=== Virtual Social: Thursday June 11th ===
6 pm


• Cloud file management: Dropbox (including offline access of files)
Meeting link removed.


• Chromecast – YouTube


• Skype – audio only, video and audio
=== Outside Social:  Geocaching, Thursday May 21st ===
6 pm


• E-book readers:  Moon+ Pro (paid), EBookDroid (free), FBReader(free)
Park and walk a park in NE Rochester, where [https://kroc.com/northern-heights-trail-new-hiking-trail-rochester-mn/ new trails went in] last year.


• Miscellaneous favorites: Stopwatch, Yukon Gold Solitaire
Park east of [https://k-lug.org/images/3/32/Northern_Heights_geocaching_parking_202605.jpg Churchill Elementary School] on Northern Heights Drive NE, looks like it might just be a curbside instead of a lot.  We'll walk from there through the two stages of [https://www.geocaching.com/geocache/GCANZKD_northern-heights-park-technetium GCANZKD] in Northern Heights Park, and decide on the fly if we're taking a path out of the NE side of the park to also grab [https://www.geocaching.com/geocache/GC9W5MG_two-of-a-kind GC9W5MG].


• Other interesting apps:  Google My Tracks (GPS/mapping),  Physics Toolbox (sensor, accelerometer readers), Autodesk Force Effect, Force Effect Motion, simulation of mechanical linkages


Contact Mark Diez for further info or if you have questions or suggestions.
=== Virtual Social: Thursday May 14th ===
6 pm


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Meeting link removed.


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]
=== Litter Bit Better in-person social (outside), Tuesday April 28th ===
6:00 - 7:30 pm


Other items on the agenda include pie to celebrate Pi day, PCIG elections and potentially a PCIG future discussion, and a request for March/April/May social ideas.
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].


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 [https://www.geocaching.com/geocache/GCBM2PG teaming up with the geocachers] to avoid being overwhelmed by garbage.


=== Lunch:  Thursday February 20th  ===
11:30 am, Apache Mall food court, near B&N.


=== 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.


Saturday April 25th


2 pm


=== Technical Meeting:  Thursday February 13th, 2014 ===
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.
Matt Bruzek will present on Juju.


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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.


Juju is an open source cloud orchestration tool that allows you to configure, manage and deploy on a public or private cloud environments.  The presentation will describe what Juju does and what Charms are, and a live demo of the tools.
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.


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A copy of Matt's slides are [http://prezi.com/7xgiezaajjek/juju/  here].
=== Virtual Social: Thursday April 9th ===
6 pm


Meeting link [https://us04web.zoom.us/j/72423514673?pwd=nxbyWzSz7nbG2J2n2KMtfIUFaGVHaz.1 here].


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]
=== 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.






=== Social: Saturday February 1st ===
=== Virtual Social: Thursday March 12th ===
As a part of [http://www.rochestermn.gov/departments/park/activities/winter/WinterFest/days/2_saturday.asp Rochester's WinterFest], there's free admission and a free snow globe making session at the Art Center (which is on the south side of the Civic Center downtown).
6 pm


Meeting link removed.


Meet at 12:30 at the Rochester Art Center.  Saturday February 1st.
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.




The admission to exhibits is open and free from 10-5.  The snow globe making activity runs from 1-4.  So those who want to participate in snow globes will have a half an hour to browse the exhibits before showing up for the first round of instructions at 1 pm, in the 3rd floor studios.  Anyone wanting to avoid snow globes can continue to browse the exhibits.  I'm having a hard time with the exhibit schedule on the [http://rochesterartcenter.org/exhibitions/exhibitions.html art center's website], as it looks like most of the current exhibits ended recently and they haven't updated their website with what's new.  So if what they're exhibiting matters to you, keep an eye on their website or give them a call, and let the rest of us know what you find out.


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


Meeting link removed.


=== Lunch:  Thursday January 16th  ===
Anything else you want to see on the agenda? Let us know.
11:30 am, Apache Mall food court, near B&N.






=== Social: Saturday January 11th, 2014 ===
=== Virtual Technical Meeting or Social: Thursday January 8th, 2026 ===
We're off to the [http://rochester.mcm.org/ Children's Museum]!  The one here in Rochester, so no need for a big trip.  Event 10 am - __, with plans to stay at least through 11:30 for the 11-11:30 special event physical activity since the kids need to burn off some extra energy.
6 pm


Always felt too awkward to go to a Children's Museum without a kid of your own in tow, or your kids were "too old" to want to be used that way?  Come hang out with the group, and feel better that at least some of us are bringing kids.  Do be aware that the MCM-Rochester's policy on adults attending without kids is that you will be required to show photo ID.
Meeting link removed.


$5.50/person for ages >=1.  $1 discount with proof of AAA or AARP membership, or military ID.
KLUG officer elections.


1643 North Broadway Street, Suite A
Anything else you want to see on the agenda? Let us know.


River Center Plaza
Rochester, MN 55906
That's across the street from Silver Lake Foods, in the same strip mall as La Fiesta, and across the parking lot from Wendy's.
Afterwards, anyone interested can walk next door for lunch at Kingdom Buffet (Chinese).  Prices here:  http://www.kingdombuffetofrochester.com/rochester-mn-chinese-buffet.htm
Their re-designed website doesn't seem to have the discount coupon any more, let me know if you spot one.
=== Technical Meeting:  Thursday January 9th, 2014 ===
Kyle Jervis will talk to us about bitcoin, including a lot of time for Q&A.
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Bitcoin is decentralized peer to peer money.  There will be a
brief overview of the system in the context of previous electronic money
systems and show how bitcoin solves the problems encountered by them. 
There will also be a technical introduction to the inner workings of the
system (cryptography, network, transactions, scripts, etc.)  The
remainder of the session will be Q&A/discussion.  Questions on virtually
any bitcoin-related topic are welcome.
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Here are the [http://k-lug.org/images/8/89/Bitcoin.pdf slides] from his presentation.
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]
Also on the agenda:  The annual K-LUG coup attempt (ie officer elections), and round 1 of PCIG officer nominations.  Anything else you want to see on the agenda?  Let Tim or Tina know.
I'm sure we'll have something eventually....  ;)






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Latest revision as of 00:33, 14 August 2026



Technical Presentation: Thursday August 13th

Updates on the Med City Makerspace, by Tim Massaro. Tim's slides can be found here.

6 pm

Meeting link removed.



Outside Social: Friday July 24th

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

(I was going to have us go to the Byron disc golf course for something different, but they've apparently got wild parsnip on half the course)


Virtual Social: Thursday July 9th

6 pm

Meeting link removed.



Outdoor Social: Rochesterfest lunch, Thursday June 25th, 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. Gather around our organizer Mark.

Rochesterfest FAQs has some transportation & parking suggestions & miscellaneous information.


Virtual Social: Thursday June 11th

6 pm

Meeting link removed.


Outside Social: Geocaching, Thursday May 21st

6 pm

Park and walk a park in NE Rochester, where new trails went in last year.

Park east of Churchill Elementary School on Northern Heights Drive NE, looks like it might just be a curbside instead of a lot. We'll walk from there through the two stages of GCANZKD in Northern Heights Park, and decide on the fly if we're taking a path out of the NE side of the park to also grab GC9W5MG.


Virtual Social: Thursday May 14th

6 pm

Meeting link removed.


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.


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.


Virtual Social: Thursday April 9th

6 pm

Meeting link here.


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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