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=== Technical Meeting: Thursday March 11th ===
=== Virtual Social: Thursday November 13th ===
The usual time and close to the usual place - 6 pm in RCTC's Heintz Center near HA107 (room under construction).  Maps and directions are on our [http://www.k-lug.org/Meetings Meetings] page.  Jose de Leon will present on "Winona360 and Drupal".
6 pm


Winona360 (edutech.tlt.winona.edu/winona360) is an online journalism site that was built for the Mass Communications Department of Winona State University. The site was built using the open-source content management system Drupal, and the talk will be more focused upon some working with some of the advanced Drupal features, and what was done with them to make the site work.
Meeting link removed.


'''Slides from Jose's presentation can be found [http://www.k-lug.org/images/b/bc/Drupal_Winona360.pdf here].'''
Bring your calendars, so we can schedule the December virtual board gaming night. Anything else you want to see on the agenda? Let us know.


Also, PCIG elections.




=== Social: Sunday March 7th ===
=== Virtual Social: Thursday October 9th ===
On Sunday March 7th in Owatonna, the Owatonna Curling Club will be holding an open house.  This is your opportunity to see live curling, learn about curling and even try curling for free. They're no longer allowing individual small groups to come for free as Tina's taken some of you in the past, so this may be your best option. Don't forget to bring clean tennis shoes. Details can be found on the club website http://owatonnacc.org
6 pm


Meeting link removed.


=== Alternate social:  Sunday February 21st ===
Anything else you want to see on the agenda? Let us know - Aaron is running this meeting.
Celebrate the Chinese New Year by going out for Chinese with your fellow K-LUGgers.  The Chinese New Year is actually on Valentine's Day this year, which I figured was asking for trouble for trying to get enough seats in a restaurant, so we'll go a week late.  6 pm, Hunan at 844 South Broadway near Kmart.  RSVP's are due to Tina by lunchtime on Wednesday February 17th so reservations can be made.




=== Lunch:  Thursday February 18th ===
11:30 am, at the Apache Mall food court near B&N.


=== Litter Bit Better in-person social (outside), Monday October 6th ===
6:00 - 7:30 pm


=== Technical Meeting: Thursday February 11th ===
[https://www.google.com/maps/@43.9993974,-92.4222823,457m/data=!3m1!1e3?entry=ttu&g_ep=EgoyMDI1MDgzMC4wIKXMDSoASAFQAw%3D%3D Joyce Park], in the SE corner of town.  Use the on-street parking on 15th St SE to be near the LBB-required waiver and bags.
Chris Abbey on digital photo processing.  Those of you who went on the October social photowalks, send your pictures to Chris in advance or bring them to the meeting.  Culling is the first step, so don't feel like you need to reduce in advance the pictures you took.


Also, PCIG nominations.
Bags provided.  You bring your own gloves, grabbers, and sense of civic duty.  Some pond shoreline, yes woods (mowed park + woods = 35.2 acres), and you might want a headlamp because sunset is at 6:41 pm.


As usual we are teaming up with the [https://www.geocaching.com/geocache/GCBCE7R geocachers] to avoid being overwhelmed by garbage.


=== Social:  Thursday February 4th ===
For a February social there's an IBMer that Tim knows who is a good public speaker, he's doing a Community Ed class on Woodstock.  Details are code 7071.221, Thursday February 4th, 7-8:30 pm, Northrop 319.  You must register with Community Ed to attend, the class fee is $7.


=== Walking Cascade Lake in-person social (outside), Monday September 15th ===
6:00 pm


=== Lunch:  Thursday January 21st ===
Park in the [https://www.google.com/maps/place/Cascade+Lake+Park/@44.0243718,-92.4981303,1827m/ Cascade Lake Park parking lot], you may recognize this park from previous Litter Bit Better trash cleanups. We'll walk counter-clockwise, if you're trying to play catch-up.
11:30 am, at the Apache Mall food court near B&N.




=== Social: January 16th ===
=== Virtual Social: Thursday September 11th ===
6 pm


Potluck dinner and game night at Tina's.
Meeting link removed.


6 pm dinner - Tina will provide pork based something for the main dish
Anything else you want to see on the agenda? Let us know - Tim is running this meeting.


7 pm games - we'll play whatever you bring


Please RSVP to Tina


=== Outside Social:  Thursday August 28th ===


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].


=== Technical Meeting:  Thursday January 14 - IBM SameTime 3D - Virtual Collaboration in 3D Meeting Rooms - Demo by Tim Massaro ===


-> '''When:''' Thursday Jan 14th, 6-7:30pm


-> '''Where:'''RCTC Heintz Center
=== Virtual Social: Thursday August 14th ===
6 pm


Room HA107 (or HA109)
Meeting link  removed.


[http://www.roch.edu/html-spectrum/getting_to_ucr.html  Directions to Campus] <br>
Anything else you want to see on the agenda? Let us know.
[http://www.rctc.edu/campustour/maps/heintzA.html  Heintz Center Building Map]


SameTime 3D allows users to collaborate via voice, textchat, avatars and various meeting specific tools. Upload a presentation and invite others to join you in a virtual 3D meeting space.


Why use 3D for Meetings?
=== Outdoor Social: Monday July 21st  ===
Olmsted County Fair night!  6 pm.


Meetings are about people getting together to do things - with 3D meetings you see all the others as avatars throughout the meeting.  
My experience with going on Monday night last year was that on-site parking was easy and free, some of the food trucks were open (including the milkshake stand), and many of the animals were already present including horse showings.  I’ve also been told that many craft projects will already be present, so we can do a scavenger hunt for projects by people we know.


Social interactions are more natural with avatars. The expressiveness of avatars help co-workers communicate in a natural and personal way that helps them get to know each other - leading to more trust and better collaboration.  
[https://k-lug.org/images/c/c8/Fairgrounds_meeting_places_2025.jpg Map here]. At 6 pm we’ll meet at the parking lot (red star on the map, central to the “block”), and if you want to catch up to us a little later, try around the Graham Arena buildings adjacent to the green star on the south end of the fairgrounds.  


Work in 3D. Organize in 3D, build in 3D, present and interact in 3D


=== Virtual Social: Thursday July 10th, 2025 ===
6 pm
Meeting link [https://us04web.zoom.us/j/76063786273?pwd=SxxHm75TEnLIHSstcVTPHKxzwpZuUs.1 here.]
Anything else you want to see on the agenda? Let us know.
=== Outdoor Social: Thursday June 26th, 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.  Also trying to get line of sight on the pet events, like frisbee dogs.
Food trailers are supposed to be open by 11 am, 11:30 am will give us a little better chance at getting parking.
=== Virtual Social: Thursday June 12th, 2025 ===
6 pm
Meeting link removed.
Anything else you want to see on the agenda? Let us know.
=== Mini golf outside social, Wednesday May 14th ===
6 pm
Blue Lagoon mini golf, the new mini golf place that opened late last fall, on the NW side of town
Unlike most of our events, this social is not free, pricing is [https://bluelagoonminigolf.com/pricing here].  The second round is significantly cheaper ($5/person), so if we finish in good time we might try to squeeze in a second round before they close at 8 pm.
=== Virtual Social: Thursday May 8th, 2025 ===
6 pm
Meeting link removed
Anything else you want to see on the agenda? Let us know.
=== Litter Bit Better outside social, Tuesday April 22nd ===
6:15 - 7:30 pm
A new to us park, Weatherstone, on the far NW corner of town.
Bags provided. You bring your own gloves, grabbers, and sense of civic duty. There is a pond in this park.
As usual we are [https://www.geocaching.com/geocache/GCB48NR_16th-annual-cito-and-rochesters-litter-bit-better teaming up with the geocachers] to avoid being overwhelmed by garbage.
=== Virtual Social: Thursday April 10th, 2025 ===
6 pm
Meeting link removed.
Anything else you want to see on the agenda? Let us know.
=== Outdoor Social: Geocaching hike, equinox weekend, Friday March 21st ===
6 pm
We'll start at the [https://k-lug.org/images/c/c1/20250321_hike_plan.jpg dog park just north of Essex Park] (red circle) for a short walk.  Then depending on the walking conditions, we'll walk or drive to the two caches NE of that dog park (orange circle), and then down to the one Essex Park cache that we haven't chased recently (yellow circle).
Join us at the March 13th meeting to help pick a day/time/location to help us meet the [https://www.geocaching.com/blog/2025/03/a-new-season-and-new-souvenir/ equinox souvenir criteria].
Afterwards, we'll drive to 25th Street and 25th Avenue NW, in the residential neighborhood just south of IBM park, for a [https://www.geocaching.com/geocache/GCA2025 locationless geocache].
=== Virtual Technical Meeting or Social: Thursday March 13th, 2025 ===
6 pm
Meeting link removed.
Anything else you want to see on the agenda? Let us know.
=== Virtual Technical Meeting or Social: Thursday February 13th, 2025 ===
6 pm
Meeting link removed.
Anything else you want to see on the agenda? Let us know.
=== Virtual Technical Meeting or Social: Thursday January 9th, 2025 ===
6 pm
Meeting link removed.
KLUG officer elections.
Anything else you want to see on the agenda? Let us know.


We'll also go over topics for future meetings...Need some ideas?  [http://www.k-lug.org/index.php?title=Meetings&action=submit#Requested_topics_list Here are topics] your fellow K-LUGgers have requested.


Also, '''elections''' are coming up please consider volunteering.






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Latest revision as of 02:04, 14 November 2025


Virtual Social: Thursday November 13th

6 pm

Meeting link removed.

Bring your calendars, so we can schedule the December virtual board gaming night. Anything else you want to see on the agenda? Let us know.


Virtual Social: Thursday October 9th

6 pm

Meeting link removed.

Anything else you want to see on the agenda? Let us know - Aaron is running this meeting.


Litter Bit Better in-person social (outside), Monday October 6th

6:00 - 7:30 pm

Joyce Park, in the SE corner of town. Use the on-street parking on 15th St SE to be near the LBB-required waiver and bags.

Bags provided. You bring your own gloves, grabbers, and sense of civic duty. Some pond shoreline, yes woods (mowed park + woods = 35.2 acres), and you might want a headlamp because sunset is at 6:41 pm.

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


Walking Cascade Lake in-person social (outside), Monday September 15th

6:00 pm

Park in the Cascade Lake Park parking lot, you may recognize this park from previous Litter Bit Better trash cleanups. We'll walk counter-clockwise, if you're trying to play catch-up.


Virtual Social: Thursday September 11th

6 pm

Meeting link removed.

Anything else you want to see on the agenda? Let us know - Tim is running this meeting.


Outside Social: Thursday August 28th

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


Virtual Social: Thursday August 14th

6 pm

Meeting link removed.

Anything else you want to see on the agenda? Let us know.


Outdoor Social: Monday July 21st

Olmsted County Fair night! 6 pm.

My experience with going on Monday night last year was that on-site parking was easy and free, some of the food trucks were open (including the milkshake stand), and many of the animals were already present including horse showings. I’ve also been told that many craft projects will already be present, so we can do a scavenger hunt for projects by people we know.

Map here. At 6 pm we’ll meet at the parking lot (red star on the map, central to the “block”), and if you want to catch up to us a little later, try around the Graham Arena buildings adjacent to the green star on the south end of the fairgrounds.


Virtual Social: Thursday July 10th, 2025

6 pm

Meeting link here.

Anything else you want to see on the agenda? Let us know.


Outdoor Social: Thursday June 26th, 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. Also trying to get line of sight on the pet events, like frisbee dogs.

Food trailers are supposed to be open by 11 am, 11:30 am will give us a little better chance at getting parking.


Virtual Social: Thursday June 12th, 2025

6 pm

Meeting link removed.

Anything else you want to see on the agenda? Let us know.


Mini golf outside social, Wednesday May 14th

6 pm

Blue Lagoon mini golf, the new mini golf place that opened late last fall, on the NW side of town

Unlike most of our events, this social is not free, pricing is here. The second round is significantly cheaper ($5/person), so if we finish in good time we might try to squeeze in a second round before they close at 8 pm.


Virtual Social: Thursday May 8th, 2025

6 pm

Meeting link removed

Anything else you want to see on the agenda? Let us know.


Litter Bit Better outside social, Tuesday April 22nd

6:15 - 7:30 pm

A new to us park, Weatherstone, on the far NW corner of town.

Bags provided. You bring your own gloves, grabbers, and sense of civic duty. There is a pond in this park.

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


Virtual Social: Thursday April 10th, 2025

6 pm

Meeting link removed.

Anything else you want to see on the agenda? Let us know.


Outdoor Social: Geocaching hike, equinox weekend, Friday March 21st

6 pm

We'll start at the dog park just north of Essex Park (red circle) for a short walk. Then depending on the walking conditions, we'll walk or drive to the two caches NE of that dog park (orange circle), and then down to the one Essex Park cache that we haven't chased recently (yellow circle). Join us at the March 13th meeting to help pick a day/time/location to help us meet the equinox souvenir criteria.

Afterwards, we'll drive to 25th Street and 25th Avenue NW, in the residential neighborhood just south of IBM park, for a locationless geocache.


Virtual Technical Meeting or Social: Thursday March 13th, 2025

6 pm

Meeting link removed.

Anything else you want to see on the agenda? Let us know.


Virtual Technical Meeting or Social: Thursday February 13th, 2025

6 pm

Meeting link removed.

Anything else you want to see on the agenda? Let us know.


Virtual Technical Meeting or Social: Thursday January 9th, 2025

6 pm

Meeting link removed.

KLUG officer elections.

Anything else you want to see on the agenda? Let us know.



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