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=== Social:  Wednesday April 22, 2015 ===
Our April social will be the Litter Bit Better park clean up.


That's 6 pm on Earth Day (April 22nd), at Cascade Lake Park.


[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 Parking is approximately here] (or slightly further west, closer to the corner/park).  Geocachers get [http://coord.info/GC5P682 CITO credit].
=== Litter Bit Better outside social, Monday October 5th ===
6:00 - 7:30 pm


Bags and trash are provided, you need to provide your own gloves and a sense of civic duty.  We also have some kids that need wrangling, if anyone wants to help chaperone them to free up their parents for dirtier duties (this position isn't vital, as a nursing mom I usually can't wander too far away from kiddos anyway, but more assistance is always good).  If anyone has some waterproof boots for cleaning the marshy stream edge, that'd be great too.
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, [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].




=== Lunch:  Thursday April 16th, 2015  ===
11:30 am, Apache Mall food court, near B&N.


=== 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.


=== Technical Meeting:  Thursday April 9th, 2015 ===
6 pm
<strike>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.


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]
=== Outside Social:  Thursday September 17th ===


Anything else you want to see on the agenda? Let Jon G or Tina know.</strike>
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.


6 pm




We do not have an April speaker.  We will instead go to Stewartville at the usual date and time, ie on the usual second Thursday (April 9th) at 6 pm.
=== Virtual Technical Presentation: Thursday September 10th ===
David Davis on TalkBoard VR — a virtual reality language classroom, and the server behind it.


-if weather appropriate, we will disc golf at Stewartville's Bear Cave Park, 6 pm (usual K-LUG meeting time).  Play until we run out of dry holes (parts of the park tend to be mucky in spring), until we run out of daylight (note), or until the kiddos wear out.  Then those interested can go out to dinner at the Pizza Ranch.
6 pm
[https://www.google.com/maps/place/43%C2%B051%2731.8%22N+92%C2%B029%2759.5%22W/@43.858822,-92.499856,15z/data=!4m2!3m1!1s0x0:0x0 Bear Cave Park parking]


-if weather inappropriate, meet for dinner at the [https://www.google.com/maps/place/Pizza+Ranch/@43.867606,-92.48926,15z/data=!4m2!3m1!1s0x87f7564533a8f601:0x84f740738bc6192c Stewartville Pizza Ranch] at 6 pm.
Meeting link removed.
They serve buffet pizza, chicken and potatoes, and salad.  [http://www.pizzaranch.com/menus/STEWARTVILLE  Website] claims buffet dinners are ~$10, and if I remember correctly kids are something like $0.65-$1/year.


(note) Probably not going to be the end condition, as civil twilight will be at 8:16 pm that day, nautical twilight at 8:52 pm, and the kiddos will be starving before then.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Twilight#Definitions




=== Outside Social:  Thursday August 20th ===


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].


=== Extra Lunch:  Thursday April 9th, 2015  ===
11:30 am, 1st Avenue food court downtown, at the bigger tables near the entrance.




=== Technical Presentation: Thursday August 13th ===
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].


=== Social:  Saturday March 21st, 2015===
6 pm
Maple Syrup day at Oxbow Park.  Free.  Program at 1 pm.


Meeting link removed.


=== Lunch:  Thursday March 19th, 2015  ===
11:30 am, Apache Mall food court, near B&N.




=== Technical Meeting:  Thursday March 12th, 2015 ===
Pi(e) day celebration!


Lightening talks given by YOU!  Jon's goal is ~5 minutes per topic.  Speakers are welcome to take more than one topic if they so desire.  Please coordinate with Jon G so we don't duplicate topics or come up too short for a meeting.


- Dennis DeLorme : Setting up com ports under wine
=== Outside Social: Friday July 24th ===


- Thomas Gall : The first of the 96boards, the HiKey
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].


- Jon Gullixson : sed recopies for quick results
(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)


- Robert P. Nix : Bash under appreciated command


- Robert P. Nix : Pocket-sized (and smaller) Linux computers


=== Virtual Social: Thursday July 9th ===
6 pm


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]


Also, PCIG elections. Anything else you want to see on the agenda? Let Jon G or Tina know.
=== 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.


[https://www.rochesterfest.com/faq Rochesterfest FAQs] has some transportation & parking suggestions & miscellaneous information.




=== Extra Lunch:  Thursday March 12th, 2015  ===
11:30 am, 1st Avenue food court downtown, at the bigger tables near the entrance.


=== Virtual Social: Thursday June 11th ===
6 pm


=== Planned Social:  February 2015 TBD ===
Meeting link removed.
We had an impromptu social when three K-LUG families turned up at the WinterFest horse drawn sleigh rides at the History Center  :)


<strike>Our February social will be a movie outing, coordinated by Will, during the last two weeks of the month.  Movie, day, date, and time are all pending while Will tries to figure out who is interested and also while we wait for theater showing schedules to be released.  Watch the email list for options.</strike>  Did not happen due to anticipated movies of choice getting really bad reviews.


Speaking of the email list, it was brought up at the February meeting that not everyone is aware of the "Activities mailing list".  This can be found in the leftnav bar.  It's a separate opt-in email list from the regular technical list, and is utilized for letting more social K-LUGgers coordinate additional events (disc golf, movies, game nights, hiking, bar outings, etc) without pestering the larger list. It's currently a low-traffic list, and all are welcome to join.
=== Outside Social: Geocaching, Thursday May 21st ===
6 pm


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.


<strike>Ideas can be found [http://www.k-lug.org/SocialMeeting here] or invent your own.  What would you like to do?  Tell Tina or Jon G.
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].


WinterFest has been a historic event to piggyback on.  Despite it starting January 29th, the official/detailed schedule of events isn’t yet released (that’s coming soon, supposedly, due to website issues).  Some potential options:


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


Friday January 30th, 6-9 pm, $10/person candlelight ski, bonfire, cocoa, smores.  Limited equipment rental, extra.
Meeting link removed.


Murder Mystery – theirs is $35/person, would we want to do our own?


Sunday February 8th, Cardboard sled race at Rochester Golf Club.  Last year it was $15/sled, but there was no mention of a spectator fee.


SocialICE – downtown ice bar.  Thursday February 19th through Sunday February 21st.
=== Litter Bit Better in-person social (outside), Tuesday April 28th ===
6:00 - 7:30 pm


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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].


Other ideas?
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.


Tina will be hosting her annual Chinese New Year celebration, anyone on the Activities email list is welcome to join in (invitation will be coming out in probably late January).  If you’re not on that email list yet, either join or come talk to Tina if you’re interested in attending.</strike>
As usual we are [https://www.geocaching.com/geocache/GCBM2PG teaming up with the geocachers] to avoid being overwhelmed by garbage.




=== 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


=== Lunch:  Thursday February 19th, 2015  ===
2 pm
11:30 am, Apache Mall food court, near B&N.


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.


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.


=== Technical Meeting: Thursday February 12th, 2015 ===
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.
We're bringing back Dennis DeLorme, and hoping that he doesn't trigger another whiteout ;)


Dennis DeLorme on "UV Index Measurement in the Pacific".


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=== Virtual Social: Thursday April 9th ===
6 pm


We took a UV sensor with us on a recent cruise and did UV measurements under different conditions.  
Meeting link [https://us04web.zoom.us/j/72423514673?pwd=nxbyWzSz7nbG2J2n2KMtfIUFaGVHaz.1 here].


The talk will cover what the UV Index is and conditions that affect it. The next topic is how to measure it using a low cost sensor and available technology from my basement. (Your basement may vary, but there is nothing too esoteric.) I'll talk about the hardware and software needed. At the end I'll cover some things to consider for future expeditions.


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=== 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.


Also, annual K-LUG elections, PCIG nominations, socials brainstorming, and a discussion of PCIG's future.




6 pm, in or near RCTC Heintz Center's HA107.
=== Virtual Social: Thursday March 12th ===
6 pm


[http://www.roch.edu/html-spectrum/getting_to_ucr.html  Directions to Campus]
Meeting link removed.


[http://www.rctc.edu/campustour/maps/heintzA.html  Heintz Center Building Map]
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.


Anything else you want to see on the agenda?  Let Jon G or Tina know.




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


Meeting link removed.


=== Extra Lunch:  Thursday February 12th, 2015  ===
Anything else you want to see on the agenda? Let us know.
11:30 am, 1st Avenue food court downtown, at the bigger tables near the entrance.






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


=== Social:  Tuesday January 20th, 2015 ===
Meeting link removed.
Laser Tag at Bowl-o-City on North Broadway.  Rally around Arhelger.


6:30 pm
KLUG officer elections.


$7/game
Anything else you want to see on the agenda? Let us know.


You can also go bowling, if you so desire.  Costs can be per-hour per lane ($18/hour), or per person per game.  The rate per game per person is $3.99.  It is an additional $2.99 per person for shoes.
=== Lunch:  Thursday January 15th, 2015  ===
11:30 am, Apache Mall food court, near B&N.
=== CANCELLED Technical Meeting:  Thursday January 8th, 2015 ===
CANCELLED due to white outs.
<strike>Dennis DeLorme on "UV Index Measurement in the Pacific".
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We took a UV sensor with us on a recent cruise and did UV measurements under different conditions.
The talk will cover what the UV Index is and conditions that affect it. The next topic is how to measure it using a low cost sensor and available technology from my basement. (Your basement may vary, but there is nothing too esoteric.) I'll talk about the hardware and software needed. At the end I'll cover some things to consider for future expeditions.
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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 Jon G or Tina know.</strike>
=== Extra Lunch:  Thursday January 8th, 2015  ===
11:30 am, 1st Avenue food court downtown, at the bigger tables near the entrance.  A note since the previous lunch, it looks like the pita place may have closed.
I'm sure we'll have something eventually....  ;)






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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.

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 removed.


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


Virtual Technical Presentation: Thursday September 10th

David Davis on TalkBoard VR — a virtual reality language classroom, and the server behind it.

6 pm

Meeting link removed.


Outside Social: Thursday August 20th

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


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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