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== 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].






=== Social:  Saturday September 21st ===
11 am, Oronoco Park.


Rockets, water bottle rockets, Lumi, and a picnic!


There are enough 2L bottles already for the water bottle rockets. Bring your own rocket+engines for working with our Launchmaster Kevin Arhelger.  We have enough Lumi to make 4 red and 16 orange "prints", you need to do homework (prepare a negative/stencil) and bring a light colored shirt and a dark colored bag.  Bring a potluck dish to pass, a serving utensil, and your own beverage; Tina will provide the plates, forks, and napkins.
=== Outside Social: Thursday September 17th ===


Disc golf! This time we're going to Byron.  The [https://udisc.com/courses/byron-links-dgc-421X course] is just south of the Byron west stoplight.  We waited until fall to let the wild parsnip flower heads (reported location of the 2nd half of the course) quit shedding pollen everywhere; but you still don't want to touch the plant.  If the course turns out to still be too unenjoyable, we'll shift a few blocks NW to [https://udisc.com/courses/klingvall-park-kXgO Kingvall Park], and try their disc golf course instead.


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| '''Name''' || '''# of self/family/friends''' || '''Participating in rockets''' || ''' Participating in Lumi''' || '''Picnic'''
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| Everyone || x || A rocket, engines, and recovery wadding || A negative:  stencil or foil/transparancy || a dish to pass, a serving utensil, your own beverage
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| Tina || 3 || No - kite? ||  No || Mac&Cheese?  Plates, forks, napkins
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| Your name here || x || x || x || x
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=== Litter Bit Better outside social, Monday October 5th ===
6:00 - 7:30 pm


Fall opportunity to take care of our community by picking up trash and getting some geocaching credit while we're at it.  Bring your own gloves, but no water edge to deal with this time.


=== Technical Meeting:  Thursday October 10th ===
As usual, [https://coord.info/GCBXZE7 teaming up with the geocachers]. McQuillin Field in SE Rochester, we've got the 7 ball fields and two parking lots, there's a Litter Bit Better map [https://img.geocaching.com/7a2cf0b0-a808-4769-9eda-8efeeb11a235.jpg here].
Tim Massaro will present on The Makings of a Maker Space, aka a history of The Rabbit Hole.


When: Thursday September 12th - 6:00 pm - 7:30 pm


Where: RCTC Heintz Center Room HA107


=== Virtual Technical Presentation: Thursday October 8th ===
Tim Massaro will do a trip report on his attendance at the Bay Area Maker Faire. It's the 20th anniversary of the mother of all Maker Faires originally started by Make Magazine.


6 pm


=== Lunch:  Thursday October 17th  ===
Meeting link here later.
11:30 am, Apache Mall food court, near B&N.




=== Planned Social:  October TBD ===
We've got two plans:


-Creative Reuse build night at the Rabbit Hole
=== Upcoming Outdoor Socials TBD  ===
We're planning pickleball once it's cooler again.


-Corn maze in Douglas, at [http://www.northwoodsorchard.com/home.html Northwoods Orchard]


We'll get back to you with details.
=== Old News Items ===
 
See the [[OldNews]] page.
 
=== Planned Technical Meeting:  November TBD ===
Speaker needed, please let Tim or Tina 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.
 
 
=== Lunch:  Thursday November 21st  ===
11:30 am, Apache Mall food court, near B&N.
 
 
=== Planned Social:  November TBD ===
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.
 
 
=== Lunch:  Thursday December 19th  ===
11:30 am, Apache Mall food court, near B&N.




=== Planned Social/"Technical Meeting":  December TBD, probably a Friday night ===
What geeky hanging out activity do we want to do together this year?  Last year we went to Hobby Gobblins, and I think they've managed to stay in business; want to go there again?






=== Planned Technical Meeting:  January 2014 TBD ===
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Speaker needed, please let Tim or Tina 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.
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
=== Planned Technical Meeting:  March or later, 2013 ===
Oculus Rift, "the first truly immersive virtual reality headset for video games"
 
http://www.kickstarter.com/projects/1523379957/oculus-rift-step-into-the-game
 
Peter Shabino
 
 
 
 
=== Planned Socials: Fall or winter ===
-Jim Henderson, "Silicon Valley" documentary
 
-Children's Museum.  Don't have a kid and feel akward about wandering around to check the place out without one?  This is your chance, we'll have at least one coming with the group to salve any feelings of stalking stranger's children.
 
-Rock climbing at Prairie Walls before they take down the sign we constructed for the Red Bull Creation contest.
 
-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.
 
-MAME/foosball/ping pong at Tim Massaro's.
 
-Parallax build contest ~Christmas
 
 
 
=== Upcoming Meeting Crisis! ===
Well, not really a crisis, but we do need some meeting topics (& speakers) for 2013. We'd like to know what you want to see and hear about. Please email Tina or Tim 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
 
 
=== Old News Items ===
See the [[OldNews]] page.

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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.



Outside Social: Thursday September 17th

Disc golf! This time we're going to Byron. The course is just south of the Byron west stoplight. We waited until fall to let the wild parsnip flower heads (reported location of the 2nd half of the course) quit shedding pollen everywhere; but you still don't want to touch the plant. If the course turns out to still be too unenjoyable, we'll shift a few blocks NW to Kingvall Park, and try their disc golf course instead.

6 pm


Litter Bit Better outside social, Monday October 5th

6:00 - 7:30 pm

Fall opportunity to take care of our community by picking up trash and getting some geocaching credit while we're at it. Bring your own gloves, but no water edge to deal with this time.

As usual, teaming up with the geocachers. McQuillin Field in SE Rochester, we've got the 7 ball fields and two parking lots, there's a Litter Bit Better map here.


Virtual Technical Presentation: Thursday October 8th

Tim Massaro will do a trip report on his attendance at the Bay Area Maker Faire. It's the 20th anniversary of the mother of all Maker Faires originally started by Make Magazine.

6 pm

Meeting link here later.


Upcoming Outdoor Socials TBD

We're planning pickleball once it's cooler again.


Old News Items

See the OldNews page.



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