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=== Virtual Social during our Technical Meeting timeslot: Thursday September 10th ===
=== Virtual Social: Thursday November 13th ===
 
6 pm
6 pm


[https://meet.jit.si/klugpcig]
Meeting link removed.
 
There is no moderator when using this software, so if we get invaded we will have to bail and figure out a different session ID and then also definitely use a password, that'd go out by email and/or wiki update ASAP.
 
Hope to see you there.
 


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 during our Technical Meeting timeslot:  Thursday August 13th ===


=== Virtual Social: Thursday October 9th ===
6 pm
6 pm


[https://meet.jit.si/klugpcig We're going to try the browser-only open source video conferencing software Dennis mentioned in the July meeting], I'm not sure yet if I'll be setting it up with a password, if so that'll be
Meeting link removed.
 
pcigklug
 
There is no moderator when using this software, so if we get invaded (no idea how common that is) we will have to bail and figure out a different session ID and then also definitely use a password, that'd go out by email and/or wiki update ASAP.
 
Hope to see you there.


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






=== <strike>Technical Meeting:</strike>  Virtual socializing:  Thursday July 9th ===
=== Litter Bit Better in-person social (outside), Monday October 6th ===
6:00 - 7:30 pm


6 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.


(removed) Zoom link.  Mark Diez is hosting, link is scheduled to be available from whenever Mark brings it up around 5:45-6 pm, until 8:15 pm.
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 [https://www.geocaching.com/geocache/GCBCE7R geocachers] to avoid being overwhelmed by garbage.


Hope to see you there!


=== 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.




=== <strike>Technical Meeting:</strike>  Virtual socializing: Thursday June 11th ===
=== Virtual Social: Thursday September 11th ===
 
6 pm
6 pm


Removed <strike>Zoom link</strike>, Mark Diez is hosting, and no time limit because of it  :)
Meeting link removed.


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


Hope to see you there!




=== Virtual Technical Meeting:  Thursday May 21st ===
=== Outside Social:  Thursday August 28th ===
Note the date change!  One week later than usual.  But it'll still be a Thursday, and still at our usual 6 pm start time.  Probably no business portion to start due to virtual format, so presenter content may start closer to the top of the hour than you're used to.  Matt Bruzek will tell us about his Texas experiments in robotic lawn mowing, since their lawn mowing season started well ahead of ours.


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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].


So you are surviving the pandemic apocalypse but your lawn still needs to be mowed. Make a robot mow your lawn instead of you! Matt Bruzek will talk about the robot lawn mowers and give some tips and lessons learned from his adventures in robot lawn mowing.


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Live - Connect [https://meet.google.com/gcj-xias-pcj here.]
=== Virtual Social: Thursday August 14th ===
6 pm


After the fact - view slides [https://docs.google.com/presentation/d/13MJxRkxSCAX11Aa-5qF1iPDSWgYkq1-XRpn1ma7zNwY/edit?usp=sharing here.]
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.


=== CANCELLED Social:  Monday May 18th ===
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.
All of Rochester's Litter Bit Better has been pushed to October, so we've been delayed until October 6th, see below.


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[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.
Litter Bit Better!


Our annual clean up a corner of the world event, helping de-litter a local park as a part of Litter Bit Better. As usual we're teaming up with the [https://coord.info/GC8M8JA geocachers who get CITO credit].


Parking is [https://www.google.com/maps/place/44%C2%B001'25.3%22N+92%C2%B029'52.8%22W/@44.0237038,-92.500194,17z here] or [https://www.google.com/maps/place/44%C2%B001'24.7%22N+92%C2%B029'36.1%22W/@44.0235278,-92.4955498,17z here], in the SE or SW corners of the park. The official group gathering location is on the SE corner of the park.
=== Virtual Social: Thursday July 10th, 2025 ===
6 pm


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


Bags and trash are provided, you need to provide your own gloves and a sense of civic duty. If anyone has some waterproof boots and/or grabbers for cleaning the marshy stream edge, that'd be great too.
Anything else you want to see on the agenda? Let us know.
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=== 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.




=== Social: April 2020 ===
=== Virtual Social: Thursday June 12th, 2025 ===
6 pm


Instead of a social, practice aggressive social distancing.  Take this time to send emails or make phone calls to the people you love.
Meeting link removed.


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




=== Mini golf outside social, Wednesday May 14th ===
6 pm


=== VIRTUAL Technical Meeting:  Thursday April 9th ===
Blue Lagoon mini golf, the new mini golf place that opened late last fall, on the NW side of town


Kevin's presentation will be about 3D printing. He has two printers and has spent a fair bit of time in CAD modeling various items. He'll cover the basic technologies and show off his gear. This will be [https://youtu.be/5poYQ4eEN8o live streamed via YouTube] at 6:00 Thursday.  If you can't join us live, the link will still be available afterwards.
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.


There will NOT be a gathering at RCTC's Heintz Center, please watch from the germ-free comfort of your own home.




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


Meeting link removed


=== CANCELLED - Social:  Saturday March 14th ===
Anything else you want to see on the agenda? Let us know.
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"On Saturday, March 14, there will be an Irish Dance at the Eagles Club in Rochester - 917 15th Avenue SE. Dance instruction begins at 7:00 PM. Dancing begins at 7:30 PM.  Tickets at the door are $10 for adults. Children accompanied by an adult will be admitted free of charge. Music and dance instruction will be provided by FriendsOnTheRange. No experience is necessary. All dances are taught. Singles are welcome. The traditional dances of the Irish Dance on March 14 will include both the jigs and reels of the group dances (performed in circles or in long parallel lines) and the waltzes and polkas and hornpipes of the couple dances. Familiar Irish ballads and sing-alongs will round out the evening."


Dancing with kids is fun, bring yours or come share mine.
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Technically this event is still happening.  But please, practice aggressive social distancing.


You know I'm a biostatistician - these were the two articles that I've generically been waiting for, addressing both the non-numeric and the number-heavy fronts, and I was sent both of them within 20 minutes of eachother on Thursday night.  The numeric of these two articles is the first analysis I've seen that's mathematically "felt" right, and you can see how terrifying it is (humans don't mentally do exponentials well, it's well known in the biostatistical community).
=== 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.


Emotions - https://www.theatlantic.com/ideas/archive/2020/03/who-gets-hospital-bed/607807/
Bags provided. You bring your own gloves, grabbers, and sense of civic duty. There is a pond in this park.


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.


Numbers - https://medium.com/@tomaspueyo/coronavirus-act-today-or-people-will-die-f4d3d9cd99ca




Webcomic - https://xkcd.com/2278/
=== 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 ===


=== CANCELLED Technical Meeting:  Thursday March 12th ===
6 pm


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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).
Presenter needed.  Willing to volunteer?  Tell Tina.
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].


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].


6 pm, in or near RCTC Heintz Center's H1411 (note: For those of you that have been coming for a long time, we are still in the same place, the rooms in the Heintz Center were renumbered.  Prior to March 20th this room had been known as HA108.  If anyone finds updated maps, please let us know.)


[https://www.google.com/maps/place/1926+Collegeview+Rd+E,+Rochester,+MN+55904/@44.021027,-92.4379617,17z/ Directions to Campus]
=== Virtual Technical Meeting or Social: Thursday March 13th, 2025 ===
6 pm


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


[http://www.rctc.edu/campustour/heintz/heintz-a.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 Tina know.
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=== Virtual Technical Meeting or Social: Thursday February 13th, 2025 ===
6 pm


Meeting link removed.


=== CANCELLED Technical Meeting:  Thursday February 13th ===
Anything else you want to see on the agenda? Let us know.


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Presenter needed.  Willing to volunteer?  Tell Tina.




6 pm, in or near RCTC Heintz Center's H1411 (note: For those of you that have been coming for a long time, we are still in the same place, the rooms in the Heintz Center were renumbered.  Prior to March 20th this room had been known as HA108.  If anyone finds updated maps, please let us know.)
=== Virtual Technical Meeting or Social: Thursday January 9th, 2025 ===
 
6 pm
[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]
 
[http://www.rctc.edu/campustour/heintz/heintz-a.html Heintz Center Building Map]
 
Also, due to low attendance in January, elections didn't happen, we will try again in February.  Anything else you want to see on the agenda?  Let Tina know.
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=== Social:  "January" and February 2020:  Saturday February 1st ===
 
Sleigh riding
 
Saturday, February 1st, 10 am
 
[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.
 
 
 
Lunar New Year celebration (a week late)
 
Saturday February 1st, 12:30 pm
 
[https://www.google.com/maps/place/Kingdom+Buffet/@44.0401034,-92.4655623,17z/data=!3m1!4b1!4m5!3m4!1s0x87f75f87ea76cc73:0x4cb524b317b5695c!8m2!3d44.0400996!4d-92.4633683  Kingdom Buffet]
 
Please RSVP to Tina by 3 pm on Thursday January 30th, so she can make reservations.
 
 
 
 
 
=== Technical Meeting: Thursday January 9th, 2020 ===
 
Dennis DeLorme, on monitoring current and voltage in his river project.
 
--
 
As some of you know I have working with my brother on his river water quality monitor project. He is the director of the Prairie Waters Education and Research Center near Valley City North Dakota (http://www.vcsu.edu/prairiewaters/). One of their programs is River Watch (http://www.vcsu.edu/prairiewaters/river-watch) where high school students monitor a river in their area.
 
The monitor system is a solar powered data logger recording timestamp, temperature, pH, dissolved oxygen and conductivity.
 
Last fall I sent out a message asking what parts of the project people were interested in. I got 2 responses one asking how we picked components and one asking about solar power.
 
To cover these, the presentation will describe the history and evolution of the project over the last couple of years. It will be at a high to medium level. (I already covered specifics of the Bluetooth and WiFi interfaces in previous talks.)
 
I will also go through some of the problems and data that was collected last fall. Finally I'll demo the current WiFi interface using the actual hardware.
 
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6 pm, in or near RCTC Heintz Center's H1411 (note: For those of you that have been coming for a long time, we are still in the same place, the rooms in the Heintz Center were renumbered.  Prior to March 2019 this room had been known as HA108.  If anyone finds updated maps, please let us know.)
 
Also, annual KLUG officer elections, and PCIG officer nominations.
 
 
[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]
 
[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.
 


Meeting link removed.


KLUG officer elections.


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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.

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


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

6 pm

Meeting link removed.

KLUG officer elections.

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



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