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=== Gimp Challenge I:  due date: July 8 ===
Now that we all are skilled in the art of "The Gimp", Chris, Kevin and I thought we should have some fun with it.  The challenge is to pick your favorite two hated (or loved?) celebrites and Gimp together an image depicting a Celebrity Boxing style match. Who will it be? Gates vs Linus, Bush vs Clinton, Steve Fox vs The Gimp Circle Method?  Start with one of the images suggested on the [[GimpChallenge]] Page or find/create your own. Images should be posted in gimp format (so we can see your tricks and techniques) and png format (cause we are lazy). Images are due July 8th so judging can occur prior to our meeting July 13th.


If you need an account to the wiki so you can post your picture, please send an email to the list.  Include the user name you wish to have.


=== Lunch: June 15 ===
=== Virtual Social: Thursday June 11th ===
6 pm


Lunch, 11:30 in the Galleria food court, next to the Chinese restaurant.
Meeting link removed.


=== Technical Meeting: Tuesday June 13 **Note location change** ===
Baring snowstorms or any other emergencies, Robert Nix will present on The GIMP (GNU Image Manipulation Program, [http://www.gimp.org GIMP]).  There is summer construction in the computer lab wing, so this meeting will occur in [http://www.rctc.edu/campustour/maps/heintzA.html HA104].


=== Social:  Tuesday June 6 ===
=== Outside Social:  Geocaching, Thursday May 21st ===
Ice cream social to be held in a park near Steve Fox's, 7 pm.  For more details and to sign up for the ice cream related item you'll bring, see the [[SocialMeeting]] page.
6 pm


=== Lunch: May 18 ===
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.


Lunch, 11:30 in the Galleria food court, next to the Chinese restaurant. Look for geeks.
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].


=== Technical Meeting: Thursday May 11 ===
Chris Abbey will present on SSH.


=== Lunch: April 20 ===
=== Virtual Social: Thursday May 14th ===
6 pm


Lunch, 11:30 in the Galleria food court, next to the Chinese restaurant.
Meeting link removed.


=== Technical Meeting: Tuesday April 11 ===
Dennis DeLoreme on his !Supercomputer Cluster.


=== Lunch: March 16 ===


Lunch, 11:30 in the Galleria food court, next to the Chinese restaurant.
=== Litter Bit Better in-person social (outside), Tuesday April 28th ===
6:00 - 7:30 pm


=== Technical Meeting: Thursday March 9 ===
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].
Due to a death in the family, there will be no GIMP presentation.  Instead please bring topics for discussion.


To be rescheduled:
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.
Robert Nix's presentation on using [http://www.gimp.org Gimp], the image editor.


=== Technical Meeting: October 11th ===
As usual we are [https://www.geocaching.com/geocache/GCBM2PG teaming up with the geocachers] to avoid being overwhelmed by garbage.


Bob Techentin is giving a tcl/tk presentation. [[Minutes]]


=== Technical Meeting: September 9th ===
=== 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.


Luka Bajzer will be presenting the Ruby programming language. The first part of the presentation will focus on the history and features of the language, where to use it and where not to use it. The second (optional) portion of the presentation will be a more interactive format.
Saturday April 25th


=== Technical Meeting: August 9th ===
2 pm


<s>Luka Bajzer will be presenting the Ruby programming language. The first part of the presentation will focus on the history and features of the language, where to use it and where not to use it. The second (optional) portion of the presentation will be a more interactive format.</s> Reschedule due to bad weather.
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.


=== Social Meeting: August 4th ===
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.


We're going to X-Games (downtown Rochester on Broadway) to play some LAN games.
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.


=== Challenge and Puzzler: Round 3 ===


The third Linux Challenge and Puzzler has been posted. Tina Wood and John Steenbergen won the second round. Good luck!
=== Virtual Social: Thursday April 9th ===
6 pm


Meeting link [https://us04web.zoom.us/j/72423514673?pwd=nxbyWzSz7nbG2J2n2KMtfIUFaGVHaz.1 here].


=== Technical Meeting: July 14th ===


This will be a joint PCIG/K-LUG meeting. Gary Rolfs from PCIG will be presenting an introduction to Python programming.


=== Meeting Minutes Available ===
=== 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.


The meeting minutes that Kevin Neff has been kind enough to take have now been posted.


=== Presentation Available ===


Dennis DeLorme's LCD initialization and operation presentation is now available.
=== Virtual Social: Thursday March 12th ===
6 pm


=== Challenge and Puzzler: Round 2 ===
Meeting link removed.


The second Linux Challenge and Puzzler has been posted. Tina Wood and Kevin Arhelger won the first round. Good luck!
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.


=== Technical Meeting: June 14th ===


Dennis DeLorme will give a presentation on LCD initialization and operation.


=== Challenge and Puzzler: Round 1 ===
=== Virtual Social: Thursday February 12th, 2026 ===
6 pm


The first Linux Challenge and Puzzler has been posted. Good luck!
Meeting link removed.
 
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=== Virtual Technical Meeting or Social: Thursday January 8th, 2026 ===
6 pm
 
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KLUG officer elections.
 
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Latest revision as of 13:37, 25 June 2026


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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