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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.
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].




=== Social:  Saturday September 27th ===
Canoeing/kayaking and geocaching event happening on the Cannon River, from Cannon Falls to the Miesville Ravine landing, approximately 6.5 miles of paddling and geocaching.  All of the details are on their [http://www.geocaching.com/seek/cache_details.aspx?wp=GC1FK43 webpage].<br>


Anyone wishing to carpool should be at the Walmart North parking lot (near Gander Mountain, same place as for the Science Museum carpooling) at 8:45 am.  Friends and family are welcome.  If you have a geocaching.com account, please log your own attendance and dish to share.  If you don't, tell Tina and she'll post for you.


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


=== Planned Technical Meeting:  Thursday October 9th ===
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.
==== Note switch to regular 2nd Thursday nights ====
Brent Vrieze on the Asterisk phone system.  Bring a laptop if you want to connect with a softphone to the Asterisk server.


The usual place and time:  RCTC's [http://www.roch.edu/html-spectrum/getting_to_ucr.html Heintz Center] , [http://www.rctc.edu/campustour/maps/heintzA.html Room HA107] , 6 pm.
6 pm




=== Planned Social:  October TBD ===
Election judge experiences.  Election judges needed.  Will be held at a date and time convenient to the election judge(s), probably at a place that serves dinner and adult beverages.  Have a preference?  Tell Tina.


=== Litter Bit Better outside social, Monday October 5th ===
6:00 - 7:30 pm


=== Planned Social:  October TBD ===
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.
Wander the corn maze at Northwoods Orchard, just outside of Douglas.  This will be a Saturday, or a Sunday afternoon.  The kids maze takes about 15 minutes, the adults maze about an hour.


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].


=== Planned Annual Swap/Sale, Vintage Electronics Show:  Thursday November 13th ===
Set up at 6 pm<br>
Sale/swap starts at 7 pm<br>
RCTC main campus, East Hall, room 244 (2nd floor) <br>
We will need volunteers for many jobs, including advertising, putting up signs, helping others carry in their goods, obtaining food and beverages, running the recycling station, bringing the recycling goods to the Olmsted County Recycling Center, and of course everyone should bring their stuff to sell/swap.  We'll make use of volunteer labor and/or elevators to help get everything up to the second floor, no worries.




=== Planned Social: November TBD ===
=== Virtual Technical Presentation: Thursday October 8th ===
Ideas can be found [http://www.k-lug.org/SocialMeeting here] or invent your own.  What would you like to do?  Tell Tina.
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


=== Planned December "Technical Meeting" aka game night:  Thursday December 11th ===
Meeting link here later.
Our annual December gaming night in/out.  Probably will occur at p0wned.  More details later.




=== Planned Technical Meeting:  Thursday January 8th ===
Speaker needed.  Volunteers?


=== Upcoming Outdoor Socials TBD  ===
We're planning pickleball once it's cooler again.




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