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=== Technical Meeting:  Thursday October 9th ===
Marc Thomas, from NORLUG.  "Re-cloudify your life. Moving to your own cloud".


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Tired of wondering what all those companies are doing with your data? It's time to recloudify your life and move to your own cloud!
=== Virtual Social: Thursday November 14th ===
6 pm


Marc is a software developer, designer and hacker with experience in web, database, server and desktop Linux. He has worked in the education, medical, and manufacturing industries and has several open source projects hosted on Github.
Meeting link (removed)


Marc is also a technology advocator in the fields of Linux, FLOSS, security, and privacy. He is also the organizer of the Northfield Linux User Group (NORLUG).
Agenda
-Sharing your new tech discoveries
-Socializing
-Choosing a December board game night (Friday December 6th, Friday December 13th, Saturday December 14th)


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


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Also, thank you for your efforts at our fall trash cleanup.  The Public Works Department gave these summary measures of the city-wide efforts:  "Over 620 pounds of litter was collected by A Litter Bit Better volunteers during the fall event. An estimated 1.179 volunteers picked up 64 sites that covered many locations around Rochester."  This was 12 loads of trash, removed from our environment!


His slides are [http://k-lug.org/images/4/40/Recloudify.odp here].


=== Virtual Social: Thursday October 10th ===
6 pm


6 pm, in or near RCTC Heintz Center's HA107.
Yes, timing worked out that you'll see us twice in the same week.


[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? Let us know.




=== Social:  Tuesday September 16th===
=== Potential October outdoor social - 18 holes of mini golf ===
Disc golf!
https://bringmethenews.com/minnesota-lifestyle/new-18-hole-mini-golf-course-coming-to-rochester
https://krocnews.com/rochester-mns-largest-mini-golf-course-is-about-to-open/


6:30 pm - disc golf at RCTC.  If you don't have your own disc that's fine, come out anyway. Don't know where to meet? Here's a [http://maps.google.com/maps/ms?msid=217033483939111930234.0004a3795f42da701ae0b&msa=0&ll=44.015742,-92.422206&spn=0.003541,0.006942&iwloc=0004a37962daae4746296 map].


=== Socials brainstorming: Fall or winter ===
-Murder mystery.  The host needs to buy a kit at a gaming store to get the event started.


=== Technical Meeting:  Thursday September 11th ===
-Jim Henderson, "Silicon Valley" documentary


Chris Abbey on Ingress.
-Bowlocity laser tag.  5-6 people minimum needed.


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-Liquid nitrogen ice cream.  This needs a non-Tina organizer.  Dennis DeLorme has 2 recipes.  We need safety equipment and someone trained enough to keep us from freezing ourselves.


Want to learn about a game that ticks every possible game checkbox? cabbey will be talking about Ingress, It's a Cooperative Team Based Massively Multiplayer Online Role Playing Combat Farming Geo-Aware Layered Reality version of Capture the Flag.


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=== Pending potential presentations  ===


And here's his after action report:
Jon Gullixson: gnucash or www :: Mechanize


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Here's the slide deck I used last night:


https://docs.google.com/a/cabbey.net/presentation/d/1w-ni8qEfG8GNawdP6_X8yB7LNinAysZ8D_Y2zMMYF0k


If you're reading along at home, be sure to check the speaker notes where a lot of what I said is at least hinted at, if not written down.
=== Litter Bit Better in-person social (outside), Monday October 7th ===
6:15 - 7:30 pm


The video I played: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ss-Z-QjFUio
This is the first time Rochester is running a fall edition of Litter Bit Better, so we're going to go clean up a second time this year.  Pine Ridge Estates Park, which you may recognize as where we have previously ice cream picnicked, and flown kites.  [https://www.google.com/maps?q=N+43%C2%B0+59.280+W+092%C2%B0+29.070+(GCAYC0F)+ Map]


The demographics report I mentioned: http://simulacrum.cc/2013/01/23/the-demographics-of-ingress/
Bags provided. You bring your own gloves, grabbers, and sense of civic duty.  No shoreline, yes woods (mowed park + woods = 5.1 acres), and you might want a headlamp.


This is also a great site for learning about the game mechanics: http://decodeingress.me
As usual we are teaming up with the [https://www.geocaching.com/geocache/GCAYC0F_15-andahalf-cito-and-rochesters-litter-bit-better geocachers] to avoid being overwhelmed by garbage.


The video I didn't play due to time: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5Zyibi6niWA
Another video of another epic outing a friend of mine went on: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NvmiE0yhYG8 and the second one, filmed by Niantic: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=D92gLsvbXvI (slicker production values, but more content free)


Ignore the fact that all of those are green operations, the so called "enlightened" (remember what we learned, they're the alien invaders seeking to crush humanity) seem to be a bit more vain about filming their victories. The resistance has mounted a number of equally epic operations... we just tend not to toot our own horns. (and yes, my self imposed restriction on trying to recruit is over.)
=== Virtual Social: Thursday September 12th ===
6 pm


RESIST. Its Humanity's Only Hope.
Meeting link removed.
Anything else you want to see on the agenda? Let us know.


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<strike>Kevin A - DefCon 2014 summary</strike>  This has been delayed.


6 pm, in or near RCTC Heintz Center's HA107.
=== Outside Social:  Thursday September 5th ===


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


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


=== Outside Social:  Friday August 30th ===


=== Social:  Monday August 25th - Minigolf ===
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].
Monday, August 25th, 6 pm - minigolf at Skyline Raceway.  There's a coupon in the half-sized local mailed coupon book for $2 off a round, these coupon books can also be picked up in the entryway of many local stores.  http://www.skylineracewayrochester.com/mini-golf.html




=== Planned Social:  August TBD ===
<strike>Rocket launch and picnic.  Saturday August 30th, time and location TBA by launch master Kevin Arhelger.</strike>


This fell through.
=== Virtual Social: Thursday August 8th ===
6 pm


Meeting link removed.


=== Planned Lunch:  Thursday August 21st  ===
Anything else you want to see on the agenda? Let us know.
11:30 am, Apache Mall food court, near B&N.




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


=== Technical Meeting:  Thursday August 14th ===
Meeting link removed.
<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.


6 pm, in or near RCTC Heintz Center's HA107.
Anything else you want to see on the agenda? Let us know.


[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]</strike>


=== Next Meeting: - No Meeting, but Disc Golf ===
=== Outdoor Social: Thursday June 27th, 11:45 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.


->'''When:''' Thursday, August 14th - 6:00 pm - 7:35 pm
Food trailers are supposed to be open by noon, 11:45 am will give us a little better chance at getting parking.


->'''Where:''' meet at the RCTC Campus for disc golf, park in the UCR Gym lot


=== Virtual Social: Thursday June 13th ===
6 pm


Meeting link removed


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




=== Social: Wednesday July 30th ===
=== Virtual Social: Thursday May 9th ===
6:30 pm - disc golf at RCTC.  If you don't have your own disc that's fine, come out anyway. Don't know where to meet? Here's a [http://maps.google.com/maps/ms?msid=217033483939111930234.0004a3795f42da701ae0b&msa=0&ll=44.015742,-92.422206&spn=0.003541,0.006942&iwloc=0004a37962daae4746296 map].
6 pm
 
 


=== Social Preparation for August:  Friday July 25th ===
Meeting link removed
Last rocket build night at the Rabbit Hole.


http://tymkrs.com/rabbithole/
Anything else you want to see on the agenda? Let us know.


547 Northern Heights Dr NE


Rochester MN 55906


=== Geocaching in-person social (outside), Friday May 3rd ===
6 pm
6 pm


Park and walk in a neighborhood in NE Rochester.


Park near [https://www.geocaching.com/geocache/GC3WQ84 1 - Odin] on Whiting Lane NE's cul de sac.  We'll walk from there to a couple of other geocaches ([https://www.geocaching.com/geocache/GC57FGC 2], [https://www.geocaching.com/geocache/GC4RPZ2 3]), then back to #1, and then decide if we're walking or driving to [https://www.geocaching.com/geocache/GC8M3FP 4].




=== "Technical Meeting", aka ice cream social:  Sunday July 20th ===
No speaker volunteers (typical for summer) and no officer energy to kick behinds, we're having ice cream and flying kites instead.


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.


1:30 pm
=== Litter Bit Better in-person social (outside), Tuesday April 30th ===
6:15 - 7:30 pm


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 even when there's not enough breeze to fly the kites.
Back to our usual Cascade Lake Park.


Please bring your family and friends who might want to hang out.  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.
Bags provided.  You bring your own gloves, grabbers, and sense of civic duty.  There is shoreline.


As usual we are teaming up with the [https://www.geocaching.com/geocache/GCAMJX2 geocachers] to avoid being overwhelmed by garbage.




=== Special second lunch:  Thursday June 26th, downtown ===
Take advantage of Thursdays on First PLUS the RochesterFest vendors.


11:30 am, the tent by the RochesterFest sound stage, downtown (by the library and civic center)
=== Virtual Social: Thursday April 11th ===
Come hang out virtually with your favorite geeks, and share what you've been up to or found interesting.


6 pm


=== Lunch: Thursday June 19th  ===
Meeting link [https://us04web.zoom.us/j/74567357951?pwd=nQjQHcz7eKjaZ5YaHS2UGrat5UVUCv.1 here].
11:30 am, Apache Mall food court, near B&N.


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


=== Technical Meeting:  June 12th - Android App Development - Jon Tollefson ===
Thursday, June 12th - 6:00 pm - 7:35 pm
Where: RCTC Heintz Center Room HA107
1926 College View Road SE, Rochester, MN 55904


Jon has developed a java based game and published it to open source. This talk will focus on how to setup for and code such an application for Android


=== Virtual Technical Meeting: To be rescheduled ===
Acu Dorin will present on opensource AI software and an effort he and some other folks have made to create a private version of a chatGPT like AI interface


=== Lunch:  Thursday May 15th  ===
11:30 am, Apache Mall food court, near B&N.




=== Outside Social:  Friday March 22nd, 6 pm ===


=== Technical Meeting:  Thursday May 8th 2014===
Geocaching!  The March equinox is an excuse to [https://www.geocaching.com/blog/2024/03/celebrating-the-march-equinox/ find 3 geocaches during the week of the equinox].  If you've never geocached before, this is a great time to join us. Wear your hiking shoes, long sturdy pants, and otherwise dress for the weather.


Next Meeting: - Node.js and Amazon EC2 free tier hosting - Tim Massaro
We will chase 3 multi-caches that start to the east and north of St Marys Hospital
When: Thursday, May 8th - 6:00 pm - 7:35 pm
https://www.geocaching.com/geocache/GC6G6R5
Where: RCTC Heintz Center Room HA107
https://www.geocaching.com/geocache/GC5XDH0
1926 College View Road SE, Rochester, MN 55904
https://www.geocaching.com/geocache/GC5XEQV


Presentation summary: Node.js is a server side javascript platform currently very popular for easily building fast, scalable web applications. This presentation will be an introduction to node and will demo how you can set up a free (for 1 yr) hosting environment on Amazon's cloud based hosting service called EC2.
If we have any DNF's, first choice replacement will be:
https://www.geocaching.com/geocache/GC56K4K


I skimmed through the logs, and none of our regulars seem to have found these, so hopefully everyone will qualify for the achievement.


=== Technical Meeting:  Thursday April 10th ===
Parking:
Dennis DeLorme, on Beaglebone Black.
There is a limited quantity of 2 hour parking in St. Marys Park proper. However, the neighborhood parking permit restriction opens back up starting at 5:30, so by starting at 6 pm you should be able to park on the street (and not be competing with employees for spots) for the duration of our explorations.


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Small scale computing is becoming more affordable as technology
=== Virtual Technical Meeting: Thursday March 14th ===
advances. For low cost simple 8 (or occasionally 16) bit micocontrollers
Speaker cancelled due to illness, will reschedule.
were the norm. This trend lead to the Arduino microcontroller on a
board. The low cost and popular support have made it a very popular system.


A few years ago the Raspberry Pi project was started to bring the cost
Tim Massaro will come to our rescue, and will present on his Partyrock/Blackrock hackathon project, as well as brainstorming some future socials.
of a full computer on a board into the Arduino price range. This was
followed by the Beaglebone Black, a lower cost version of the Beaglebone
family. These new systems, which have price points under $50, are
significantly different than the Arduino level systems. They have
similar I/O capabilities but much more computational power than the
Arduino. They are also more complex to use effectively.


In this presentation I will briefly compare the differences and than
6 pm
discuss some Beaglebone Black features. Unlike the Arduino, development
can be done directly on the Beaglebone as a stand alone system. I will
also talk about VNC which allows a PC to remotely control the Beaglebone
GUI.


Dennis' slides are [http://k-lug.org/images/d/de/Beaglbone.pdf here].
Meeting link removed.


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


6 pm, in or near RCTC Heintz Center's '''HA109'''.  Please note we're going to try meeting in the computer lab just across the bigger hallway (to the west) from our usual room, due to hardware differences between the two rooms. 


[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:  Saturday February 24th ===


Also a reminder that Tim will be running this meeting, along with all things K-LUG for May-August (thanks Tim!).  If you have any agenda items to add, please make sure Tim knows about them in advance.
It's supposed to be dry all week, there's no snow to fight with, the disc golf holes are present, and Saturday's forecast is for sunshine and a high of 46.  So let's play disc golf!


=== Planned Social: March 2014 TBD ===
Meet outside the RCTC field house, 2 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].
<strike> 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. We've got lots of potential indoor activities at the bottom of this page, speak up if you have preferences.</strike>


Tina didn't get anything organized, sorry.


=== Virtual Technical Meeting: Thursday February 8th ===
Aaron Albertson will present a wrap up of this season's volunteer work with student robotics.


=== Lunch:  Thursday March 20th  ===
6 pm
11:30 am, Apache Mall food court, near B&N.


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


=== Technical Meeting:  Thursday March 13th, 2014 ===
Mark Diez will be coordinating an audience-driven "Andriod devices, apps, and accesories".


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=== Virtual Technical Meeting: Thursday January 11th, 2024 ===
 
Aaron Albertson will present a wrap up of this season's volunteer work with student robotics.
ALL THINGS ANDROID – BYO – SHOW ‘N’ TELL
 
K-LUG/PCIG members and guests will demo favorite and interesting Android stuff – including devices (phones, tablets, other?), apps, accessories, and tips/techniques. Attendees are invited to bring their own or just come to see what others have brought in a wide-ranging demo and discussion of EVERYTHING ANDROID.
 
BRING YOUR FAVORITE ANDROID DEVICES, APPS, and ACCESSORIES.
 
• Devices: Android phones and tablets, direct-attached hardware, Bluetooth-attached hardware, …
 
• Apps: backup, anti-virus/firewall, VPN, productivity, utilities, development, fun stuff, …
 
• Accessories: covers, stands, …
 
• Tips/techniques
 
Here are some items that are likely to arrive. Mark Diez and Mo Holahan will be hosting the show’n’tell.
 
• Devices discussion:  Nook HD+, Nook HD, Samsung cricket SCH-R720
 
• Android For Nook  (AFN): putting Cyanogenmod Android on your Nook HD and HD+ device via commercial microSD card.
 
• Non-traditional keyboard input apps:  Dasher, Dvorak, GKOS, Hacker's, Messagease
 
• Handwritten text input app: MyScript Stylus
 
• Editor: Jota+
 
• Office apps: Kingsoft Office, OfficeSuite Pro 7.2
 
• File and task managers:  ES File Manager, ES Task Manager
 
• Cloud file management: Dropbox (including offline access of files)
 
• Chromecast – YouTube
 
• Skype – audio only, video and audio
 
• E-book readers:  Moon+ Pro (paid), EBookDroid (free), FBReader(free)
 
• Miscellaneous favorites: Stopwatch, Yukon Gold Solitaire
 
• Other interesting apps:  Google My Tracks (GPS/mapping),  Physics Toolbox (sensor, accelerometer readers), Autodesk Force Effect, Force Effect Motion, simulation of mechanical linkages
 
Contact Mark Diez for further info or if you have questions or suggestions.
 
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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]
 
Other items on the agenda include pie to celebrate Pi day, PCIG elections and potentially a PCIG future discussion, and a request for March/April/May social ideas.
 
 
 
=== Lunch:  Thursday February 20th  ===
11:30 am, Apache Mall food court, near B&N.
 
 
 
 
=== Technical Meeting: Thursday February 13th, 2014 ===
Matt Bruzek will present on Juju.
 
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Juju is an open source cloud orchestration tool that allows you to configure, manage and deploy on a public or private cloud environments.  The presentation will describe what Juju does and what Charms are, and a live demo of the tools.
 
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A copy of Matt's slides are [http://prezi.com/7xgiezaajjek/juju/  here].
 
 
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]


6 pm


And KLUG officer elections.


=== Social:  Saturday February 1st ===
Anything else you want to see on the agenda? Let Tina know.
As a part of [http://www.rochestermn.gov/departments/park/activities/winter/WinterFest/days/2_saturday.asp Rochester's WinterFest], there's free admission and a free snow globe making session at the Art Center (which is on the south side of the Civic Center downtown).




Meet at 12:30 at the Rochester Art Center.  Saturday February 1st.


The admission to exhibits is open and free from 10-5.  The snow globe making activity runs from 1-4.  So those who want to participate in snow globes will have a half an hour to browse the exhibits before showing up for the first round of instructions at 1 pm, in the 3rd floor studios.  Anyone wanting to avoid snow globes can continue to browse the exhibits.  I'm having a hard time with the exhibit schedule on the [http://rochesterartcenter.org/exhibitions/exhibitions.html art center's website], as it looks like most of the current exhibits ended recently and they haven't updated their website with what's new.  So if what they're exhibiting matters to you, keep an eye on their website or give them a call, and let the rest of us know what you find out.
=== Lunch:  Thursday January 16th  ===
11:30 am, Apache Mall food court, near B&N.
=== Social:  Saturday January 11th, 2014 ===
We're off to the [http://rochester.mcm.org/ Children's Museum]!  The one here in Rochester, so no need for a big trip.  Event 10 am - __, with plans to stay at least through 11:30 for the 11-11:30 special event physical activity since the kids need to burn off some extra energy.
Always felt too awkward to go to a Children's Museum without a kid of your own in tow, or your kids were "too old" to want to be used that way?  Come hang out with the group, and feel better that at least some of us are bringing kids.  Do be aware that the MCM-Rochester's policy on adults attending without kids is that you will be required to show photo ID.
$5.50/person for ages >=1.  $1 discount with proof of AAA or AARP membership, or military ID.
1643 North Broadway Street, Suite A
River Center Plaza
Rochester, MN 55906
That's across the street from Silver Lake Foods, in the same strip mall as La Fiesta, and across the parking lot from Wendy's.
Afterwards, anyone interested can walk next door for lunch at Kingdom Buffet (Chinese).  Prices here:  http://www.kingdombuffetofrochester.com/rochester-mn-chinese-buffet.htm
Their re-designed website doesn't seem to have the discount coupon any more, let me know if you spot one.
=== Technical Meeting:  Thursday January 9th, 2014 ===
Kyle Jervis will talk to us about bitcoin, including a lot of time for Q&A.
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Bitcoin is decentralized peer to peer money.  There will be a
brief overview of the system in the context of previous electronic money
systems and show how bitcoin solves the problems encountered by them. 
There will also be a technical introduction to the inner workings of the
system (cryptography, network, transactions, scripts, etc.)  The
remainder of the session will be Q&A/discussion.  Questions on virtually
any bitcoin-related topic are welcome.
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Here are the [http://k-lug.org/images/8/89/Bitcoin.pdf slides] from his presentation.
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 Tim or Tina know.
I'm sure we'll have something eventually....  ;)






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Latest revision as of 03:25, 18 November 2024



Virtual Social: Thursday November 14th

6 pm

Meeting link (removed)

Agenda -Sharing your new tech discoveries -Socializing -Choosing a December board game night (Friday December 6th, Friday December 13th, Saturday December 14th)

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

Also, thank you for your efforts at our fall trash cleanup. The Public Works Department gave these summary measures of the city-wide efforts: "Over 620 pounds of litter was collected by A Litter Bit Better volunteers during the fall event. An estimated 1.179 volunteers picked up 64 sites that covered many locations around Rochester." This was 12 loads of trash, removed from our environment!


Virtual Social: Thursday October 10th

6 pm

Yes, timing worked out that you'll see us twice in the same week.

Meeting link removed.

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


Potential October outdoor social - 18 holes of mini golf

https://bringmethenews.com/minnesota-lifestyle/new-18-hole-mini-golf-course-coming-to-rochester https://krocnews.com/rochester-mns-largest-mini-golf-course-is-about-to-open/


Socials brainstorming: Fall or winter

-Murder mystery. The host needs to buy a kit at a gaming store to get the event started.

-Jim Henderson, "Silicon Valley" documentary

-Bowlocity laser tag. 5-6 people minimum needed.

-Liquid nitrogen ice cream. This needs a non-Tina organizer. Dennis DeLorme has 2 recipes. We need safety equipment and someone trained enough to keep us from freezing ourselves.


Pending potential presentations

Jon Gullixson: gnucash or www :: Mechanize


Litter Bit Better in-person social (outside), Monday October 7th

6:15 - 7:30 pm

This is the first time Rochester is running a fall edition of Litter Bit Better, so we're going to go clean up a second time this year. Pine Ridge Estates Park, which you may recognize as where we have previously ice cream picnicked, and flown kites. Map

Bags provided. You bring your own gloves, grabbers, and sense of civic duty. No shoreline, yes woods (mowed park + woods = 5.1 acres), and you might want a headlamp.

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


Virtual Social: Thursday September 12th

6 pm

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


Outside Social: Thursday September 5th

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


Outside Social: Friday August 30th

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


Virtual Social: Thursday August 8th

6 pm

Meeting link removed.

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


Virtual Social: Thursday July 11th

6 pm

Meeting link removed.

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


Outdoor Social: Thursday June 27th, 11:45 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.

Food trailers are supposed to be open by noon, 11:45 am will give us a little better chance at getting parking.


Virtual Social: Thursday June 13th

6 pm

Meeting link removed

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


Virtual Social: Thursday May 9th

6 pm

Meeting link removed

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Geocaching in-person social (outside), Friday May 3rd

6 pm

Park and walk in a neighborhood in NE Rochester.

Park near 1 - Odin on Whiting Lane NE's cul de sac. We'll walk from there to a couple of other geocaches (2, 3), then back to #1, and then decide if we're walking or driving to 4.



Litter Bit Better in-person social (outside), Tuesday April 30th

6:15 - 7:30 pm

Back to our usual Cascade Lake Park.

Bags provided. You bring your own gloves, grabbers, and sense of civic duty. There is shoreline.

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


Virtual Social: Thursday April 11th

Come hang out virtually with your favorite geeks, and share what you've been up to or found interesting.

6 pm

Meeting link here.

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Virtual Technical Meeting: To be rescheduled

Acu Dorin will present on opensource AI software and an effort he and some other folks have made to create a private version of a chatGPT like AI interface


Outside Social: Friday March 22nd, 6 pm

Geocaching! The March equinox is an excuse to find 3 geocaches during the week of the equinox. If you've never geocached before, this is a great time to join us. Wear your hiking shoes, long sturdy pants, and otherwise dress for the weather.

We will chase 3 multi-caches that start to the east and north of St Marys Hospital https://www.geocaching.com/geocache/GC6G6R5 https://www.geocaching.com/geocache/GC5XDH0 https://www.geocaching.com/geocache/GC5XEQV

If we have any DNF's, first choice replacement will be: https://www.geocaching.com/geocache/GC56K4K

I skimmed through the logs, and none of our regulars seem to have found these, so hopefully everyone will qualify for the achievement.

Parking: There is a limited quantity of 2 hour parking in St. Marys Park proper. However, the neighborhood parking permit restriction opens back up starting at 5:30, so by starting at 6 pm you should be able to park on the street (and not be competing with employees for spots) for the duration of our explorations.


Virtual Technical Meeting: Thursday March 14th

Speaker cancelled due to illness, will reschedule.

Tim Massaro will come to our rescue, and will present on his Partyrock/Blackrock hackathon project, as well as brainstorming some future socials.

6 pm

Meeting link removed.

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Outside Social: Saturday February 24th

It's supposed to be dry all week, there's no snow to fight with, the disc golf holes are present, and Saturday's forecast is for sunshine and a high of 46. So let's play disc golf!

Meet outside the RCTC field house, 2 pm. Here is a map.


Virtual Technical Meeting: Thursday February 8th

Aaron Albertson will present a wrap up of this season's volunteer work with student robotics.

6 pm

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Virtual Technical Meeting: Thursday January 11th, 2024

Aaron Albertson will present a wrap up of this season's volunteer work with student robotics.

6 pm

And KLUG officer elections.

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




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