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| === Technical Meeting: Thursday April 9th, 2015 === | | === Virtual Social: Thursday June 11th === |
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| 6 pm, in or near RCTC Heintz Center's HA107.
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| [http://www.roch.edu/html-spectrum/getting_to_ucr.html Directions to Campus]
| | === Outside Social: Geocaching, Thursday May 21st === |
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| [http://www.rctc.edu/campustour/maps/heintzA.html Heintz Center Building Map] | | 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. |
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| Anything else you want to see on the agenda? Let Jon G or Tina know.</strike>
| | 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]. |
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| | === Virtual Social: Thursday May 14th === |
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| We do not have an April speaker. We will instead go to Stewartville at the usual date and time, ie on the usual second Thursday (April 9th) at 6 pm.
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| -if weather appropriate, we will disc golf at Stewartville's Bear Cave Park, 6 pm (usual K-LUG meeting time). Play until we run out of dry holes (parts of the park tend to be mucky in spring), until we run out of daylight (note), or until the kiddos wear out. Then those interested can go out to dinner at the Pizza Ranch.
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| [https://www.google.com/maps/place/43%C2%B051%2731.8%22N+92%C2%B029%2759.5%22W/@43.858822,-92.499856,15z/data=!4m2!3m1!1s0x0:0x0 Bear Cave Park parking]
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| -if weather inappropriate, meet for dinner at the [https://www.google.com/maps/place/Pizza+Ranch/@43.867606,-92.48926,15z/data=!4m2!3m1!1s0x87f7564533a8f601:0x84f740738bc6192c Stewartville Pizza Ranch] at 6 pm.
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| They serve buffet pizza, chicken and potatoes, and salad. [http://www.pizzaranch.com/menus/STEWARTVILLE Website] claims buffet dinners are ~$10, and if I remember correctly kids are something like $0.65-$1/year.
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| (note) Probably not going to be the end condition, as civil twilight will be at 8:16 pm that day, nautical twilight at 8:52 pm, and the kiddos will be starving before then. | | === Litter Bit Better in-person social (outside), Tuesday April 28th === |
| http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Twilight#Definitions
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| | 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]. |
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| | 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. |
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| | As usual we are [https://www.geocaching.com/geocache/GCBM2PG teaming up with the geocachers] to avoid being overwhelmed by garbage. |
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| === Extra Lunch: Thursday April 9th, 2015 ===
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| 11:30 am, 1st Avenue food court downtown, at the bigger tables near the entrance.
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| | === 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. |
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| === Social: Saturday March 21st, 2015===
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| Maple Syrup day at Oxbow Park. Free. Program at 1 pm.
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| | 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. |
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| === Lunch: Thursday March 19th, 2015 ===
| | 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. |
| 11:30 am, Apache Mall food court, near B&N.
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| | 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. |
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| === Technical Meeting: Thursday March 12th, 2015 ===
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| Pi(e) day celebration!
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| Lightening talks given by YOU! Jon's goal is ~5 minutes per topic. Speakers are welcome to take more than one topic if they so desire. Please coordinate with Jon G so we don't duplicate topics or come up too short for a meeting.
| | === Virtual Social: Thursday April 9th === |
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| - Dennis DeLorme : Setting up com ports under wine
| | Meeting link [https://us04web.zoom.us/j/72423514673?pwd=nxbyWzSz7nbG2J2n2KMtfIUFaGVHaz.1 here]. |
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| - Thomas Gall : The first of the 96boards, the HiKey
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| - Jon Gullixson : sed recopies for quick results
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| - Robert P. Nix : Bash under appreciated command | | === 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. |
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| - Robert P. Nix : Pocket-sized (and smaller) Linux computers
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| | === Virtual Social: Thursday March 12th === |
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| [http://www.roch.edu/html-spectrum/getting_to_ucr.html Directions to Campus] | | 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. |
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| [http://www.rctc.edu/campustour/maps/heintzA.html Heintz Center Building Map]
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| Also, PCIG elections. Anything else you want to see on the agenda? Let Jon G or Tina know.
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| | === Virtual Social: Thursday February 12th, 2026 === |
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| === Extra Lunch: Thursday March 12th, 2015 ===
| | Anything else you want to see on the agenda? Let us know. |
| 11:30 am, 1st Avenue food court downtown, at the bigger tables near the entrance.
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| === Planned Social: February 2015 TBD ===
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| We had an impromptu social when three K-LUG families turned up at the WinterFest horse drawn sleigh rides at the History Center :)
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| <strike>Our February social will be a movie outing, coordinated by Will, during the last two weeks of the month. Movie, day, date, and time are all pending while Will tries to figure out who is interested and also while we wait for theater showing schedules to be released. Watch the email list for options.</strike> Did not happen due to anticipated movies of choice getting really bad reviews.
| | === Virtual Technical Meeting or Social: Thursday January 8th, 2026 === |
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| Speaking of the email list, it was brought up at the February meeting that not everyone is aware of the "Activities mailing list". This can be found in the leftnav bar. It's a separate opt-in email list from the regular technical list, and is utilized for letting more social K-LUGgers coordinate additional events (disc golf, movies, game nights, hiking, bar outings, etc) without pestering the larger list. It's currently a low-traffic list, and all are welcome to join.
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| | KLUG officer elections. |
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| <strike>Ideas can be found [http://www.k-lug.org/SocialMeeting here] or invent your own. What would you like to do? Tell Tina or Jon G.
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| WinterFest has been a historic event to piggyback on. Despite it starting January 29th, the official/detailed schedule of events isn’t yet released (that’s coming soon, supposedly, due to website issues). Some potential options:
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| Friday January 30th, 6-9 pm, $10/person candlelight ski, bonfire, cocoa, smores. Limited equipment rental, extra.
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| Murder Mystery – theirs is $35/person, would we want to do our own?
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| Sunday February 8th, Cardboard sled race at Rochester Golf Club. Last year it was $15/sled, but there was no mention of a spectator fee.
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| SocialICE – downtown ice bar. Thursday February 19th through Sunday February 21st.
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| Tina will be hosting her annual Chinese New Year celebration, anyone on the Activities email list is welcome to join in (invitation will be coming out in probably late January). If you’re not on that email list yet, either join or come talk to Tina if you’re interested in attending.</strike>
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| === Lunch: Thursday February 19th, 2015 ===
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| === Technical Meeting: Thursday February 12th, 2015 ===
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| We're bringing back Dennis DeLorme, and hoping that he doesn't trigger another whiteout ;)
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| Dennis DeLorme on "UV Index Measurement in the Pacific".
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| We took a UV sensor with us on a recent cruise and did UV measurements under different conditions.
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| The talk will cover what the UV Index is and conditions that affect it. The next topic is how to measure it using a low cost sensor and available technology from my basement. (Your basement may vary, but there is nothing too esoteric.) I'll talk about the hardware and software needed. At the end I'll cover some things to consider for future expeditions.
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| Also, annual K-LUG elections, PCIG nominations, socials brainstorming, and a discussion of PCIG's future.
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| 6 pm, in or near RCTC Heintz Center's HA107.
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| [http://www.roch.edu/html-spectrum/getting_to_ucr.html Directions to Campus]
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| [http://www.rctc.edu/campustour/maps/heintzA.html Heintz Center Building Map]
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| === Extra Lunch: Thursday February 12th, 2015 ===
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| === Social: Tuesday January 20th, 2015 ===
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| Laser Tag at Bowl-o-City on North Broadway. Rally around Arhelger.
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| You can also go bowling, if you so desire. Costs can be per-hour per lane ($18/hour), or per person per game. The rate per game per person is $3.99. It is an additional $2.99 per person for shoes.
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| === Lunch: Thursday January 15th, 2015 ===
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| 11:30 am, Apache Mall food court, near B&N.
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| === CANCELLED Technical Meeting: Thursday January 8th, 2015 ===
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| CANCELLED due to white outs.
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| [http://www.roch.edu/html-spectrum/getting_to_ucr.html Directions to Campus]
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| [http://www.rctc.edu/campustour/maps/heintzA.html Heintz Center Building Map]
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| 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 Jon G or Tina know.</strike>
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| === Extra Lunch: Thursday January 8th, 2015 ===
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| 11:30 am, 1st Avenue food court downtown, at the bigger tables near the entrance. A note since the previous lunch, it looks like the pita place may have closed.
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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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