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


=== Social:  Tuesday June 30th ===
Meeting link removed.
Disc golf at [http://maps.google.com/maps/ms?msid=217033483939111930234.0004a3795f42da701ae0b&msa=0&ll=44.015742,-92.422206&spn=0.003541,0.006942&iwloc=0004a37962daae4746296 RCTC, meet at the parking lot edge / field house doors], 6 pm.  I hope my weather skills are better than they were in May.


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.




=== Extra Lunch (downtown sort-of):  Thursday June 25th ===
11:30 am, RochesterFest.  This is no longer in its historical downtown venue of the Civic Center, it is down at Soldier's Field.  For those of you coming from downtown, if you don't want to / have time to walk, there is supposed to be a trolley running.  "Free Trolley Ride, 1st Ave SW to the Fest grounds 11:00 a.m. - 2:00 p.m." is all the details I have to share, sorry.


Coupons will be available here, starting on June 15th: http://www.rochesterfest.com/food-vendors.php
=== 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.






=== Lunch:  Thursday June 18th  ===
=== Litter Bit Better in-person social (outside), Monday October 6th ===
11:30 am, Apache Mall food court, near B&N.
6:00 - 7:30 pm


[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.


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.


<strike>=== Technical Meeting: Thursday June 11th ===</strike>
As usual we are teaming up with the [https://www.geocaching.com/geocache/GCBCE7R geocachers] to avoid being overwhelmed by garbage.
=== Extra social:  Wednesday June 10th ===
We don't have a speaker, so we'll go play outside instead. Note we're one day early, to take advantage of the $2/person discount. Assuming there isn't some tricky math, that's $4/round/person.  This is a cash-only facility.  6 pm - minigolf at Skyline Raceway.


http://www.skylineracewayrochester.com/mini-golf.html


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


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.




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


=== Rocket building, round 2:  Friday June 19th ===
Meeting link removed.
At the Rabbit Hole.  $10 for a rocket building kit, first come first serve.  The exact launch date (plus cookout party) hasn't been announced yet, it's anticipated to be a weekend day in July.


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






=== Extra Lunch (downtown sort-of):  Thursday June 11th ===
=== Outside Social:  Thursday August 28th ===
11:30 am, Thursdays on First/Third downtown, at the tables by the Half Barrel (based on maps, I think this is where Billotti's used to be, on 3rd Avenue SW).


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].




<strike>=== May Social:  Tuesday May 26th ===
Disc golf at RCTC, 6 pm.</strike>


Cancelled due to bad weather, Tina's 0/2.
=== Virtual Social: Thursday August 14th ===
6 pm


Meeting link  removed.


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




=== 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.


<strike>=== May Social:  Tuesday May 19th ===
[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.  
Disc golf at RCTC, 6 pm.</strike>


Delayed a week due to bad weather.


=== Virtual Social: Thursday July 10th, 2025 ===
6 pm


Meeting link [https://us04web.zoom.us/j/76063786273?pwd=SxxHm75TEnLIHSstcVTPHKxzwpZuUs.1 here.]


=== Rocket building:  Friday May 15th ===
Anything else you want to see on the agenda? Let us know.
At the Rabbit Hole.  $10 for a rocket building kit, first come first serve.  The exact launch date hasn't been announced yet, it's anticipated to be a weekend day in late July.




=== Technical Meeting:  Thursday May 14th ===
=== Outdoor Social: Thursday June 26th, 11:30 am ===  
Jon Tollefson previously presented on his experience building an Android app (a game). He's now put it out on the Google Play store, and will talk about his experiences with that part of the process.
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.


Here is a PDF of Jon's presentation, http://k-lug.org/images/3/3a/Free_to_Play.pdf .
Food trailers are supposed to be open by 11 am, 11:30 am will give us a little better chance at getting parking.


6 pm, in or near RCTC Heintz Center's HA107.


[http://www.roch.edu/html-spectrum/getting_to_ucr.html  Directions to Campus]
=== Virtual Social: Thursday June 12th, 2025 ===
6 pm


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


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


=== Extra Lunch:  Thursday May 14th ===
11:30 am, 1st Avenue food court downtown, at the bigger tables near the entrance.




=== Virtual Social: Thursday May 8th, 2025 ===
6 pm


=== Social:  Wednesday April 22, 2015 ===
Meeting link removed
Our April social will be the Litter Bit Better park clean up.


That's 6 pm on Earth Day (April 22nd), at Cascade Lake Park.
Anything else you want to see on the agenda? Let us know.


[https://www.google.com/maps/place/44%C2%B001%2724.7%22N+92%C2%B029%2736.1%22W/@44.0235333,-92.4933667,17z/data=!3m1!4b1!4m2!3m1!1s0x0:0x0 Parking is approximately here] (or slightly further west, closer to the corner/park).  Geocachers get [http://coord.info/GC5P682 CITO credit].


Bags and trash are provided, you need to provide your own gloves and a sense of civic duty.  We also have some kids that need wrangling, if anyone wants to help chaperone them to free up their parents for dirtier duties (this position isn't vital, as a nursing mom I usually can't wander too far away from kiddos anyway, but more assistance is always good).  If anyone has some waterproof boots for cleaning the marshy stream edge, that'd be great too.


=== 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.


=== Lunch:  Thursday April 16th, 2015  ===
Bags provided. You bring your own gloves, grabbers, and sense of civic duty. There is a pond in this park.
11:30 am, Apache Mall food court, near B&N.


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.


=== Technical Meeting:  Thursday April 9th, 2015 ===
<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.
=== Virtual Social: Thursday April 10th, 2025 ===
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]
Anything else you want to see on the agenda? Let us know.


Anything else you want to see on the agenda?  Let Jon G or Tina know.</strike>


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


6 pm


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.
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].


-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.
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].
[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]


-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.
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.


(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.
=== Virtual Technical Meeting or Social: Thursday March 13th, 2025 ===
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Twilight#Definitions
6 pm


Meeting link removed.


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




=== Extra Lunch:  Thursday April 9th, 2015  ===
11:30 am, 1st Avenue food court downtown, at the bigger tables near the entrance.


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


Meeting link removed.


=== Social:  Saturday March 21st, 2015===
Anything else you want to see on the agenda? Let us know.
Maple Syrup day at Oxbow Park.  Free.  Program at 1 pm.




=== Lunch:  Thursday March 19th, 2015  ===
11:30 am, Apache Mall food court, near B&N.


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


=== Technical Meeting:  Thursday March 12th, 2015 ===
Meeting link removed.
Pi(e) day celebration!


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.
KLUG officer elections.


- Dennis DeLorme : Setting up com ports under wine
Anything else you want to see on the agenda? Let us know.


- Thomas Gall : The first of the 96boards, the HiKey


- Jon Gullixson : sed recopies for quick results
- Robert P. Nix : Bash under appreciated command
- Robert P. Nix : Pocket-sized (and smaller) Linux computers
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, PCIG elections.  Anything else you want to see on the agenda?  Let Jon G or Tina know.
=== Extra Lunch:  Thursday March 12th, 2015  ===
11:30 am, 1st Avenue food court downtown, at the bigger tables near the entrance.
=== Planned Social:  February 2015 TBD ===
We had an impromptu social when three K-LUG families turned up at the WinterFest horse drawn sleigh rides at the History Center  :)
<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.
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.
<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.
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:
--
Friday January 30th, 6-9 pm, $10/person candlelight ski, bonfire, cocoa, smores.  Limited equipment rental, extra.
Murder Mystery – theirs is $35/person, would we want to do our own?
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.
SocialICE – downtown ice bar.  Thursday February 19th through Sunday February 21st.
--
Other ideas?
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>
=== Lunch:  Thursday February 19th, 2015  ===
11:30 am, Apache Mall food court, near B&N.
=== Technical Meeting:  Thursday February 12th, 2015 ===
We're bringing back Dennis DeLorme, and hoping that he doesn't trigger another whiteout ;)
Dennis DeLorme on "UV Index Measurement in the Pacific".
--
We took a UV sensor with us on a recent cruise and did UV measurements under different conditions.
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.
--
Also, annual K-LUG elections, PCIG nominations, socials brainstorming, and a discussion of PCIG's future.
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]
Anything else you want to see on the agenda?  Let Jon G or Tina know.
=== Extra Lunch:  Thursday February 12th, 2015  ===
11:30 am, 1st Avenue food court downtown, at the bigger tables near the entrance.
=== Social:  Tuesday January 20th, 2015 ===
Laser Tag at Bowl-o-City on North Broadway.  Rally around Arhelger.
6:30 pm
$7/game
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.
=== Lunch:  Thursday January 15th, 2015  ===
11:30 am, Apache Mall food court, near B&N.
=== CANCELLED Technical Meeting:  Thursday January 8th, 2015 ===
CANCELLED due to white outs.
<strike>Dennis DeLorme on "UV Index Measurement in the Pacific".
--
We took a UV sensor with us on a recent cruise and did UV measurements under different conditions.
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.
--
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 Jon G or Tina know.</strike>
=== Extra Lunch:  Thursday January 8th, 2015  ===
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.
I'm sure we'll have something eventually....  ;)






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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.

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

6 pm

Meeting link removed.

KLUG officer elections.

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