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


Meeting link removed.


=== Lunch: Thursday March 17th ===
11:30 am, at the Apache Mall food court near B&N.


=== Outside Social:  Geocaching, Thursday May 21st ===
6 pm


=== Technical Meeting:  Thursday March 10th ===
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.
Dennis DeLorme will present on a paper tape reader.<br>
"Want to move those 100's of bytes of data you put on paper tape back in  
your misspent youth to 21st century media? (Any time spent with paper
tape was misspent.) Bring your paper tape and a flash drive to the K-LUG
tape fest On March 10. I will briefly describe the set up and then will
be ready to do transfers. I can transfer data as hex, binary, or binary
with the parity bit ignored. For 7 bit character data binary with parity
bit ignored is probably the preferred method."


Also:<br>
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].
-PCIG final nominations and elections<br>
-Girl Scout cookies and pi/pie in an early celebration of pi day <br>
-Jon T will bring his hacked pandigital Android ereader for a show and tell afterwards (no demo, just to show off)




-> When: Thursday March 10th - 6:00 pm - 7:30 pm
=== Virtual Social: Thursday May 14th ===
6 pm


-> Where: RCTC Heintz Center Room HA107 or nearby
Meeting link removed.


[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


Also, if you won't be attending the school district's only date/time for community input sessions on their superintendent search (same day at 7 pm), you can still contribute to the local school district by filling out their superintendent search [http://www.rochester.k12.mn.us/se3bin/clientgenie.cgi?schoolname=school85&statusFlag=goGenie&geniesite=484&myButton=g5plugin&db=g484_b4020 survey] by Thursday. Why can't you do both the input session and K-LUG?  You can, if you leave K-LUG early, sessions are:
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].


What: Community input sessions for new Rochester superintendent
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.


When: 7 p.m. Thursday
As usual we are [https://www.geocaching.com/geocache/GCBM2PG teaming up with the geocachers] to avoid being overwhelmed by garbage.


Where: Gibbs Elementary School, 5525 56th St. N.W.  OR    Kellogg Middle School, 503 17th St. N.E.        OR        Willow Creek Middle School, 2425 11th Ave. S.E.


=== 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.


=== Social:  Thursday February 24th===
Saturday April 25th
We'll be viewing the Linux documentary "Revolution OS".  It runs ~1.5 hours, so we'll start at 6 pm.  RCTC's Heintz Center, in or near our normal meeting room HA107.  To try to make this a more "movie-like" atmosphere, please bring your own (non-alcoholic) beverage if you wish, and a quiet snack to share.


[http://www.roch.edu/html-spectrum/getting_to_ucr.html  Directions to Campus]
2 pm


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


=== Lunch: Thursday February 17th ===
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.
11:30 am, at the Apache Mall food court near B&N.  




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


=== Technical Meeting: Thursday February 10th ===
Meeting link [https://us04web.zoom.us/j/72423514673?pwd=nxbyWzSz7nbG2J2n2KMtfIUFaGVHaz.1 here].
Steve Severson has volunteered to present on Android apps at IBM and/or rooting an Android.


-> When: Thursday February 10th - 6:00 pm - 7:30 pm


-> Where: RCTC Heintz Center Room HA107 or nearby


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


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




=== Virtual Social: Thursday March 12th ===
6 pm


=== Social:  Friday January 28th ===
Meeting link removed.
We'll be bowling at Byron Lanes.  Please try to be there at 6:45 so we can get through the ball/shoe obtainment process and hopefully figure out if we need any more/less lanes before it gets too crowded.  Our reservation is for 7 pm, we've got 2 lanes at the moment.


Costs for bowling are $2/person/game, with shoe rental being $1.  They have a full bar, and on Fridays they also serve pizza, if anyone is interested in a snack before or after the games.
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.


This is a family/friends-friendly event, please let Tina know if you have young children coming so we can ask in advance for a bumper lane to be set up if necessary.




=== Lunch: Thursday January 20th ===
=== Virtual Social: Thursday February 12th, 2026 ===
11:30 am, at the Apache Mall food court near B&N.
6 pm


Meeting link removed.


=== "Technical Meeting": Thursday January 13th, 6:00 pm ===
Anything else you want to see on the agenda? Let us know.
Next Meeting - Dennis DeLorme ZigBee Protocol and XBee wireless Communication modules demo.


-> When: Thursday January 13th - 6:00 pm - 7:30 pm


-> Where: RCTC Heintz Center Room HA109


Room HA107 (or HA109 depending on construction issues)
=== Virtual Technical Meeting or Social: Thursday January 8th, 2026 ===
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]
 
Also '''Elections!'''  Please submit your nominations for president, vice president, and treasurer.


KLUG officer elections.


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




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Latest revision as of 13:37, 25 June 2026


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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