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=== Virtual board game night:  Friday December 8 ===
6 pm


Using the same platform, [https://en.boardgamearena.com/ Board Game Arena].
=== Litter Bit Better outside social, Monday October 5th ===
6:00 - 7:30 pm


And because it's more fun to video chat while we game together, don't forget to also log into our video chat room - see email for Zoom link.
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, [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].






=== Virtual Technical Meeting: Thursday November 9th ===
=== Virtual Technical Presentation: Thursday October 8th ===
Want to be a speaker, or have ideas you'd like others to present on?  Let us know.
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
6 pm


[https://meet.jit.si/klugpcig Meeting link here.]
Meeting link removed.






=== Virtual Technical Meeting: Thursday October 12th ===
=== Outside Social: Thursday September 17th ===
Want to be a speaker, or have ideas you'd like others to present on?  Let us know.
 
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.


6 pm
6 pm


[https://meet.jit.si/klugpcig Meeting link here.]


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


6 pm


=== Outside Social:  Saturday October 7th ===
Meeting link removed.


Geocaching!  We're celebrating International Earth Cache Day by geocaching at Quarry Hill, primarily to find [https://www.geocaching.com/geocache/GC1T557 the earth cache there].  But depending on everyone's walking stamina these days, we'll also [https://www.geocaching.com/blog/2023/09/new-souvenir-international-earthcache-day-2023/ hunt other geocaches in the park].  If you've never geocached before, this is a great time to join us.  Wear your hiking shoes, long sturdy pants, and otherwise dress for the weather.


1 pm, Quarry Hill Park, at the Nature Center [https://www.google.com/maps/place/Quarry+Hill+Park/@44.0299058,-92.4292345,464m/data=!3m1!1e3!4m10!1m2!2m1!1squarry+hill+nature+center+parking+lot!3m6!1s0x87f9e1b4e1a125cb:0x38572654fae57d23!8m2!3d44.0296706!4d-92.4297814!15sCiVxdWFycnkgaGlsbCBuYXR1cmUgY2VudGVyIHBhcmtpbmcgbG90kgEEcGFya-ABAA!16s%2Fg%2F1tqyg1my?entry=ttu parking lot].


=== Outside Social:  Thursday August 20th ===


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].


=== Outside Social:  Friday September 22nd ===


Disc golf! Meet at the Byron Links disc golf course, 6 pm.  General description of the course is here, including where it is:  https://udisc.com/courses/byron-links-dgc-421X


And a course map, for those who like more details: https://udisc.com/courses/byron-links-dgc-421X/map  For some reason for me that loads up some ways due north of Byron, move yourself down and then zoom in as necessary.
=== 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].
 
 
 
=== Virtual Technical Meeting: Thursday September 14th ===
Dennis DeLorme will present on his home media server.


6 pm
6 pm


[https://meet.jit.si/klugpcig Meeting link here.]  Presentation notes [here http://k-lug.org/images/2/28/Home_media_streaming.pdf]
Meeting link removed.


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






=== Outside Social:  Friday September 8th ===


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].
=== Outside Social:  Friday July 24th ===
 
 
 
=== Outside Social:  Monday August 14th ===


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].
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].


(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 Technical Meeting: Thursday August 10th ===
Aaron Albertson will talk about the IBM LEGO Education Outreach (ILEO) program, the process of designing challenges, and the capabilities of the LEGO robots that the ILEO program currently makes use of.


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


[https://meet.jit.si/klugpcig Meeting link here.]
Meeting link removed.
 
Anything else you want to see on the agenda? Let Tina know.






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


[https://meet.jit.si/klugpcig Meeting link here.]
=== 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.


Anything else you want to see on the agenda? Let Tina know.
[https://www.rochesterfest.com/faq Rochesterfest FAQs] has some transportation & parking suggestions & miscellaneous information.






=== Outside Social: Tuesday June 27th, 6:30 pm ===
=== Virtual Social: Thursday June 11th ===
6 pm


Disc golf! Meet outside the RCTC field house, 6:30 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].
Meeting link removed.




=== Virtual Social: Thursday June 8th, 2023 ===
=== Outside Social: Geocaching, Thursday May 21st ===
6 pm
6 pm


[https://meet.jit.si/klugpcig Meeting link here.]
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.
 
Anything else you want to see on the agenda? Let Aaron know.


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].




=== Outside Social:  Thursday May 25th, 6 pm ===
=== Virtual Social: Thursday May 14th ===
 
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].
 
 
 
=== Virtual Social: Thursday May 11th, 2023 ===
6 pm
6 pm


[https://meet.jit.si/klugpcig Meeting link here.]
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


=== Litter Bit Better in-person social (outside), Tuesday April 25th ===
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].
6:15 - 7:30 pm


A new to us park!  [https://goo.gl/maps/CBxuPMLC8GqAydq88 Manor Park], which can be entered from 3rd St NW, we will be gathering just off the edge of the parking lot.
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.


Bags provided. You bring your own gloves, grabbers, mask if desired, and sense of civic duty. This park doesn't have any shoreline, so hopefully we can leave the muck boots at home and bring home dry children.
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.


As usual we are teaming up with the [https://www.geocaching.com/geocache/GCA5Y11 geocachers] to avoid being overwhelmed by garbage.  I'll be arriving a little late, so you'll need to look for the group.
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.


=== CANCELLED <strike>Disc Golf in-person social (outside), Friday April 21st</strike> ===
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.
<strike>The ground is drying up, and the holes are posted, so it's time to start disc golfing!


6:30 pm - the new disc golf course in Zumbrota, at the Covered Bridge Park.
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.


Park around [https://www.google.com/maps/place/44%C2%B017'52.2%22N+92%C2%B040'16.5%22W/@44.297828,-92.67124,17z/data=!3m1!4b1!4m4!3m3!8m2!3d44.297828!4d-92.67124 here].  If it's already full, there's more parking further down the road to the west.


First hole is around [https://www.google.com/maps/place/44%C2%B017'49.4%22N+92%C2%B040'17.9%22W/@44.29706,-92.671626,17z/data=!3m1!4b1!4m4!3m3!8m2!3d44.29706!4d-92.671626 here].
=== Virtual Social: Thursday April 9th ===
</strike>
6 pm


Don't worry, there will hopefully be lots of disc golf this summer. Just not this time.
Meeting link [https://us04web.zoom.us/j/72423514673?pwd=nxbyWzSz7nbG2J2n2KMtfIUFaGVHaz.1 here].




=== Virtual Social: Thursday April 13th, 2023 ===
6 pm


[https://meet.jit.si/klugpcig Meeting link 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.


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




=== Virtual Social: Thursday March 9th, 2023 ===
=== Virtual Social: Thursday March 12th ===
6 pm
6 pm


[https://meet.jit.si/klugpcig Meeting link here.]
Meeting link removed.
 
Anything else you want to see on the agenda? Let Tina know.
 
 
 
=== Technical presentation: Thursday February 9th, 2023 ===


Tim Massaro will give us a demonstration on Dalle2:
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.


Is anyone interested or knowledgeable in chatGPT, I haven't had time to look into it enough for a demo, but I have looked into Dalle2 enough to present a short demo. My understanding is Dalle2 uses ChatGTP to dynamically produce very interesting artwork based on user input such as "show me an impressionistic image of a Monkey riding a dinosaur along a beach at sunset".


[http://k-lug.org/images/b/bb/Dall-e_2.pdf Slides here], including those links that came up in the social discussion.


=== Virtual Social: Thursday February 12th, 2026 ===
6 pm
6 pm


[https://meet.jit.si/klugpcig Meeting link here.]
Meeting link removed.
 
Anything else you want to see on the agenda? Let Tina know.


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






=== Virtual Social: Thursday January 12th, 2023 ===
=== Virtual Technical Meeting or Social: Thursday January 8th, 2026 ===
6 pm
6 pm


[https://meet.jit.si/klugpcig Meeting link here.]
Meeting link removed.
 
Also on the agenda - KLUG annual officer elections.
 
Anything else you want to see on the agenda? Let Tim or Tina know.
 
 
 
=== Email ===
August 30, 2022:  Gmail is rejecting all of our emails, and our server has bounced all gmail addressed off the email list.  If you have another email address you'd like to subscribe with in the meantime until our email admin can decipher and unwind the problem, feel free to do so, links are on the leftnav panel.


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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