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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].








=== Show off and Networking event: Saturday and Sunday, April 13-14th ===
=== In person, indoor social: Tuesday December 3rd ===
K-Lug will have a booth at the Minne-Maker Faire, partially to demo our Deconstruction 2013 projects but mostly to network, see other team projects and have some fun. Open to the public, Cost is $8, online, and $10 at the door. Children under 15 free ...stop by and say hi!
Mayo Planetarium, for a Community Education presentation on Cosmology. Ages 12+.


Saturday, April 13, 2013 at 11:00 AM - 5pm  Sunday, April 14, 2013 11am - 5:00 PM (CDT)
6:30-8 pm, pre-registration required


$10
The Hack Factory (http://www.tcmaker.org/blog/hack-factory/)


3119 E 26th St  Minneapolis, MN 55406
https://rochester.ce.eleyo.com/course/22993/2024-fall-adult-catalog/mayo-planetarium-s-cosmology


More details and pre-order tix http://minnefaire.org/


Talk to Tim or to Matt Bruzek if you want to try to arrange anything as a group (carpooling, dinner, after-hours activities, etc).
We plan to bike the greenway and visit axe-man


=== Virtual Board Gaming Social: Friday December 6th ===
6 pm


=== Lunch:  Thursday April 18th ===
Meeting link to socialize [https://us04web.zoom.us/j/71720268402?pwd=4OgDhJavJVW4zVshAMBE2O8SaoOA7Y.1 here]. Play at [https://en.boardgamearena.com/ Board Game Arena].
11:30 am, Apache Mall food court, near B&N.






=== Non-workday social: Wednesday April 24th ===
=== Virtual Technical Meeting or Social: Thursday January 9th, 2025 ===
Civic responsibility opportunity, participate in the Litter Bit Better campaign, geocache, and hang out with some K-LUGgers and geocachers.
6 pm


5:30 pm, Quarry Hill
Meeting link to be here later.


http://coord.info/GC3D7D5
KLUG officer elections.


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






=== Planned Technical Meeting: Thursday, May 9th - FIRST Robotics Competition Demo at Byron High School ===
The Byron High School FIRST Robotics Competition team, just back from the Minnesota 10000 Lakes Regional, will fill us in on their experience in this exciting celebration of science, engineering and technology.


We will meet in the Byron High School Commons / Dining Hall at 6:30PM




Agenda:
=== Old News Items ===
 
See the [[OldNews]] page.
5 min Overview of FRC and Byron Robotics
 
5 min Technical stuff on Bot


5 min Lessons Learned


5 min Mentor-ship Opportunities


20-40 min Ultimate Ascent game


There will be a "driver station" and arena mock up setup.


That will allow a few of us to try our luck at scoring within the standard 2 minute period.
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The team only has two batteries so will probably run on last about 20 minutes or so.
 
 
Address:
 
1887 2nd Ave NW, Byron, MN 55920
 
Enter through doors by the flagpole. Note there is a choir concert at 7pm in the Auditorium
 
 
 
=== Lunch:  Thursday May 16th  ===
11:30 am, Apache Mall food court, near B&N.
 
 
 
 
=== Planned Social:  May 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.
 
 
=== Planned Technical Meeting:  June 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 June 20th  ===
11:30 am, Apache Mall food court, near B&N.
 
 
=== Planned Social:  June 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.
 
 
 
 
 
=== Planned Technical Meeting:  July 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.
 
 
 
 
 
=== 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
 
 
 
=== 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.



In person, indoor social: Tuesday December 3rd

Mayo Planetarium, for a Community Education presentation on Cosmology. Ages 12+.

6:30-8 pm, pre-registration required

$10

https://rochester.ce.eleyo.com/course/22993/2024-fall-adult-catalog/mayo-planetarium-s-cosmology


Virtual Board Gaming Social: Friday December 6th

6 pm

Meeting link to socialize here. Play at Board Game Arena.


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

6 pm

Meeting link to be here later.

KLUG officer elections.

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




Old News Items

See the OldNews page.



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