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=== Social #1:  Sunday October 4th ===
Come for a hike via corn maze in Douglas at [http://www.northwoodsorchard.com/ Northwoods Orchard].  75th Avenue NW, just north of 75th Street.


Sunday October 4th


1:30 pm


=== Extra Lunch: Thursday September 10th ===
$5/person for the adult corn maze.  $3/kid for the kid corn maze. Other activities and items for sale, see their website if you're interested in apples, gourds, pumpkins, etc.
11:30 am, 1st Avenue food court downtown, at the bigger tables near the entrance.








=== Technical Meeting:  September 10th ===
=== Extra Lunch:  Thursday October 8th ===
Tom Adams, retired IBMer, on Windows 10. He has provided the following overview:
11:30 am, 1st Avenue food court downtown, at the bigger tables near the entrance.


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This seminar will help answer your question: Windows 10 is available, what should I do?
Whether you have Windows 8.1, 8, 7, VISTA, XP, etc. we’ll be able to answer your questions. Even if you currently have an Apple system, Windows 10 may be the solution you’re looking for.
[http://k-lug.org/images/2/24/Windows_10_Seminar_description.pdf Longer description.]


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=== Planned Technical Meeting or Social #2 (Disc Golf):  October 8 ===
 
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.
He has also provided a copy of [http://k-lug.org/images/3/32/Windows_10_is_available_what_should_I_do.pdf his slides].




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=== Lunch:  Thursday September 17th  ===
If we do not end up with a speaker, meet instead for disc golf, just up the road outside the RCTC field house.  [http://maps.google.com/maps/ms?msid=217033483939111930234.0004a3795f42da701ae0b&msa=0&ll=44.015742,-92.422206&spn=0.003541,0.006942&iwloc=0004a37962daae4746296 Meet at the parking lot edge / field house doors], same 6 pm time.
11:30 am, Apache Mall food court, near B&N.
 
 
 
=== Planned Social: September, TBD ===
Ideas can be found [http://www.k-lug.org/SocialMeeting here] or invent your own.  What would you like to do? Tell Tina.
 
 
 
=== Planned Technical Meeting:  October 8 ===
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.
 
[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.




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=== Planned Social:  October, TBD ===
=== Planned Social:  November, TBD ===
Ideas can be found [http://www.k-lug.org/SocialMeeting here] or invent your own.  What would you like to do?  Tell Tina.
Ideas can be found [http://www.k-lug.org/SocialMeeting here] or invent your own.  What would you like to do?  Tell Tina.


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Social #1: Sunday October 4th

Come for a hike via corn maze in Douglas at Northwoods Orchard. 75th Avenue NW, just north of 75th Street.

Sunday October 4th

1:30 pm

$5/person for the adult corn maze. $3/kid for the kid corn maze. Other activities and items for sale, see their website if you're interested in apples, gourds, pumpkins, etc.



Extra Lunch: Thursday October 8th

11:30 am, 1st Avenue food court downtown, at the bigger tables near the entrance.


Planned Technical Meeting or Social #2 (Disc Golf): October 8

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 requested topics page.


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

Directions to Campus

Heintz Center Building Map

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


If we do not end up with a speaker, meet instead for disc golf, just up the road outside the RCTC field house. Meet at the parking lot edge / field house doors, same 6 pm time.



Planned Social: November, TBD

Ideas can be found here or invent your own. What would you like to do? Tell Tina.




Pending potential presentations

[http://www.kickstarter.com/projects/1523379957/oculus-rift-step-into-the-game 

Oculus Rift], "the first truly immersive virtual reality headset for video games" .  Peter Shabino

Jon Gullixson: gnucash or www :: Mechanize


Planned Socials: Fall or winter

-Murder mystery. The host needs to buy a kit at a gaming store to get the event started.

-Jim Henderson, "Silicon Valley" documentary

-Rock climbing at Prairie Walls

-Bowlocity laser tag. 5-6 people minimum needed.

-Liquid nitrogen ice cream. This needs a non-Tina organizer. Dennis DeLorme has 2 recipes. We need safety equipment and someone trained enough to keep us from freezing ourselves.

-MAME/foosball/ping pong at ... can't be Tim Massaro's anymore...

-February or July armchair mapping aka road rally event, http://home.earthlink.net/~oldmaltese/



Upcoming Meeting Crisis!

Well, not really a crisis, but we do need some meeting topics (& speakers) for 2015. We'd like to know what you want to see and hear about. Please email Tina or Jon G with suggestions for topics. Should we run some previous sessions again (maybe something you really wanted to see but missed out on)? What type of topics are good, what type are bad? Also see this page for a list of suggested topics http://www.k-lug.org/Meetings


Old News Items

See the OldNews page.

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