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=== Technical Meeting:  Thursday April 12th ===


No speaker, we'll have "show and tell", socialize, and spectate the PCIG officer elections.


=== Litter Bit Better outside social, Monday October 5th ===
6:00 - 7:30 pm


6 pm, in or near RCTC Heintz Center's HA108.
Fall opportunity to take care of our community by picking up trash and getting some geocaching credit while we're at it.  Bring your own gloves, but no water edge to deal with this time.


[https://www.google.com/maps/place/1926+Collegeview+Rd+E,+Rochester,+MN+55904/@44.021027,-92.4379617,17z/ Directions to Campus]
As usual, [https://coord.info/GCBXZE7 teaming up with the geocachers]. McQuillin Field in SE Rochester, we've got the 7 ball fields and two parking lots, there's a Litter Bit Better map [https://img.geocaching.com/7a2cf0b0-a808-4769-9eda-8efeeb11a235.jpg here].


[http://www.rctc.edu/campustour/ Campus layout]


[http://www.rctc.edu/campustour/heintz/heintz-a.html Heintz Center Building Map]


Anything else you want to see on the agenda?  Let Tina know.
=== Virtual Technical Presentation: Thursday October 8th ===
Tim Massaro will do a trip report on his attendance at the Bay Area Maker Faire. It's the 20th anniversary of the mother of all Maker Faires originally started by Make Magazine.


6 pm


Meeting link removed.


=== Social:  Monday March 12th ===
Early PI day, with pie at [https://www.google.com/maps/place/Bakers+Square+Restaurant+%26+Bakery/@44.0063638,-92.4830637,15z/ Baker's Square (the one by Apache Mall)].  7 pm so you can have a healthy dinner at home first, for health and cost reasons (of course, if you wanted to go to Baker's Square and want to use this for an excuse, you're welcome to blame me).




=== Outside Social:  Thursday September 17th ===


=== Technical Meeting: March 8th, 2018 ===
Disc golf! This time we're going to Byron.  The [https://udisc.com/courses/byron-links-dgc-421X course] is just south of the Byron west stoplight. We waited until fall to let the wild parsnip flower heads (reported location of the 2nd half of the course) quit shedding pollen everywhere; but you still don't want to touch the plant.  If the course turns out to still be too unenjoyable, we'll shift a few blocks NW to [https://udisc.com/courses/klingvall-park-kXgO Kingvall Park], and try their disc golf course instead.
Cancelled due to no speaker.  The PCIG elections will happen at the April meeting, beware! ;)


Volunteers or request for an April+ speaker, or the March+ social, would be appreciated.  Please email Tina.
6 pm




=== Virtual Technical Presentation: Thursday September 10th ===
David Davis on TalkBoard VR — a virtual reality language classroom, and the server behind it.


=== Technical Meeting: February 8th, 2018 ===
6 pm


Dennis DeLorme, "Arduino at Sea".
Meeting link removed.


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The original plan was to update the "Solar UV Intensity" project I did three years ago on a Pacific island cruise. I presented some of the Arduino to Android interface changes last July.


But what else does an Arduino addict do when faced with an 80 day Asia/Pacific cruise? Put a bunch of extra Arduinos and I/O modules in a box and put it in his carry-on "just in case".
=== Outside Social:  Thursday August 20th ===


In addition to the UV measurement results I will talk about 2 other projects...
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].


1) A scrolling Halloween message on an LCD display - they did some Halloween themed things on Oct 31. I used the user defined character feature to build a pumpkin image as part of the message.


2) A temperature data logger that recorded the temperatures in 6 min intervals for several hours to document problems with the A/C in our cabin. I uploaded the data from the Arduino to our laptop via Bluetooth and used LibraOffice to to graph the data.


I will talk about the hardware and software for these projects and do a couple of demos.
=== Technical Presentation: Thursday August 13th ===
Updates on the Med City Makerspace, by Tim Massaro.  Tim's slides can be found [https://k-lug.org/images/6/62/PcigAug13MedCityMakerspace_3.pdf here].


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6 pm


Meeting link removed.


Also, PCIG officer nominations.




6 pm, in or near RCTC Heintz Center's HA108.


[https://www.google.com/maps/place/1926+Collegeview+Rd+E,+Rochester,+MN+55904/@44.021027,-92.4379617,17z/ Directions to Campus]


[http://www.rctc.edu/campustour/ Campus layout]
=== Outside Social: Friday July 24th ===


[http://www.rctc.edu/campustour/heintz/heintz-a.html Heintz Center Building Map]
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].


Anything else you want to see on the agenda?  Let Tina know.
(I was going to have us go to the Byron disc golf course for something different, but they've apparently got wild parsnip on half the course)






=== Social: Saturday February 3rd ===
=== Virtual Social: Thursday July 9th ===
We will go for a [https://www.rochesterwinterfest.com/events/2018/2/3/sleigh-rides sleigh ride at WinterFest] for our February social.  That's Saturday, February 3rd, at 10 am. 
6 pm


[https://www.google.com/maps/place/44%C2%B000'14.4%22N+92%C2%B030'46.4%22W/@44.0040188,-92.5150877,17z/ Park along the road on Salem Road], the sleigh rides are north of the road behind the History Center.
Meeting link removed.


Plan to gather around the Schmidt family.






=== Social:  Saturday January 20th ===
=== Outdoor Social: Rochesterfest lunch, Thursday June 25th, 11:30 am ===  
2 pm - Ice skating!  On the Soldier's Field track oval (same place where recent RochesterFest summer lunches have been).  Plan to gather around the Schmidt family.
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.  Gather around our organizer Mark.


https://www.rochesterwinterfest.com/events/2018/1/20/ice-skating-on-the-oval
[https://www.rochesterfest.com/faq Rochesterfest FAQs] has some transportation & parking suggestions & miscellaneous information.




=== Technical Meeting: January 11th, 2018 ===


Discuss job hunting, from local options, to telecommute jobs, current interviewing strategies, networking, build your own job, build your own company.  No specific speaker, we'll go around the room and let people talk about what's worked for them and what hasn't.
=== Virtual Social: Thursday June 11th ===
6 pm


Special thanks to our mini-speakers who turned out despite the bad weather, here are the presentations given by [http://k-lug.org/images/8/85/Survival_in_technology.pdf Matt Bruzek] and [http://k-lug.org/images/7/7e/Job_Hunting_Options.pdf Mike Fallenstein].
Meeting link removed.




Also, K-LUG officer elections, and PCIG officer nominations.
=== Outside Social:  Geocaching, Thursday May 21st ===
6 pm


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.


6 pm, in or near RCTC Heintz Center's HA108.
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].


[https://www.google.com/maps/place/1926+Collegeview+Rd+E,+Rochester,+MN+55904/@44.021027,-92.4379617,17z/ Directions to Campus]


[http://www.rctc.edu/campustour/ Campus layout]
=== Virtual Social: Thursday May 14th ===
6 pm


[http://www.rctc.edu/campustour/heintz/heintz-a.html Heintz Center Building Map]
Meeting link removed.


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


=== Litter Bit Better in-person social (outside), Tuesday April 28th ===
6:00 - 7:30 pm
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].
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 [https://www.geocaching.com/geocache/GCBM2PG teaming up with the geocachers] to avoid being overwhelmed by garbage.
=== 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.
Saturday April 25th
2 pm
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.
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 [https://us04web.zoom.us/j/72423514673?pwd=nxbyWzSz7nbG2J2n2KMtfIUFaGVHaz.1 here].
=== 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.
=== 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 [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.
=== 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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Litter Bit Better outside social, Monday October 5th

6:00 - 7:30 pm

Fall opportunity to take care of our community by picking up trash and getting some geocaching credit while we're at it. Bring your own gloves, but no water edge to deal with this time.

As usual, teaming up with the geocachers. McQuillin Field in SE Rochester, we've got the 7 ball fields and two parking lots, there's a Litter Bit Better map here.


Virtual Technical Presentation: Thursday October 8th

Tim Massaro will do a trip report on his attendance at the Bay Area Maker Faire. It's the 20th anniversary of the mother of all Maker Faires originally started by Make Magazine.

6 pm

Meeting link removed.


Outside Social: Thursday September 17th

Disc golf! This time we're going to Byron. The course is just south of the Byron west stoplight. We waited until fall to let the wild parsnip flower heads (reported location of the 2nd half of the course) quit shedding pollen everywhere; but you still don't want to touch the plant. If the course turns out to still be too unenjoyable, we'll shift a few blocks NW to Kingvall Park, and try their disc golf course instead.

6 pm


Virtual Technical Presentation: Thursday September 10th

David Davis on TalkBoard VR — a virtual reality language classroom, and the server behind it.

6 pm

Meeting link removed.


Outside Social: Thursday August 20th

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


Technical Presentation: Thursday August 13th

Updates on the Med City Makerspace, by Tim Massaro. Tim's slides can be found here.

6 pm

Meeting link removed.



Outside Social: Friday July 24th

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

(I was going to have us go to the Byron disc golf course for something different, but they've apparently got wild parsnip on half the course)


Virtual Social: Thursday July 9th

6 pm

Meeting link removed.



Outdoor Social: Rochesterfest lunch, Thursday June 25th, 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. Gather around our organizer Mark.

Rochesterfest FAQs has some transportation & parking suggestions & miscellaneous information.


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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