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We can use presentations for upcoming meetings, please see a list of ideas if you're willing but lacking a topic.
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Lunch: Thursday February 19th, 2015
11:30 am, Apache Mall food court, near B&N.
Planned Social: February 2015 TBD
We had an impromptu social when three K-LUG families turned up at the WinterFest horse drawn sleigh rides at the History Center :)
Our February social will be a movie outing, coordinated by Will, during the last two weeks of the month. Movie, day, date, and time are all pending while Will tries to figure out who is interested and also while we wait for theater showing schedules to be released. Watch the email list for options.
Speaking of the email list, it was brought up at the February meeting that not everyone is aware of the "Activities mailing list". This can be found in the leftnav bar. It's a separate opt-in email list from the regular technical list, and is utilized for letting more social K-LUGgers coordinate additional events (disc golf, movies, game nights, hiking, bar outings, etc) without pestering the larger list. It's currently a low-traffic list, and all are welcome to join.
Ideas can be found here or invent your own. What would you like to do? Tell Tina or Jon G.
WinterFest has been a historic event to piggyback on. Despite it starting January 29th, the official/detailed schedule of events isn’t yet released (that’s coming soon, supposedly, due to website issues). Some potential options:
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Friday January 30th, 6-9 pm, $10/person candlelight ski, bonfire, cocoa, smores. Limited equipment rental, extra.
Murder Mystery – theirs is $35/person, would we want to do our own?
Sunday February 8th, Cardboard sled race at Rochester Golf Club. Last year it was $15/sled, but there was no mention of a spectator fee.
SocialICE – downtown ice bar. Thursday February 19th through Sunday February 21st.
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Other ideas?
Tina will be hosting her annual Chinese New Year celebration, anyone on the Activities email list is welcome to join in (invitation will be coming out in probably late January). If you’re not on that email list yet, either join or come talk to Tina if you’re interested in attending.
Planned Extra Lunch: Thursday March 12th, 2015
11:30 am, 1st Avenue food court downtown, at the bigger tables near the entrance.
Planned Technical Meeting: Thursday March 12th, 2015
Pi(e) day celebration!
Lightening talks given by YOU! Jon's goal is ~5 minutes per topic. Speakers are welcome to take more than one topic if they so desire. Please coordinate with Jon G so we don't duplicate topics or come up too short for a meeting.
6 pm, in or near RCTC Heintz Center's HA107.
Also, PCIG elections. Anything else you want to see on the agenda? Let Jon G or Tina know.
Planned Lunch: Thursday March 19th, 2015
11:30 am, Apache Mall food court, near B&N.
Planned Social: March 2015 TBD
Ideas can be found here or invent your own. What would you like to do? Tell Tina or Jon G.
Planned Extra Lunch: Thursday April 9th, 2015
11:30 am, 1st Avenue food court downtown, at the bigger tables near the entrance.
Planned Technical Meeting: Thursday April 9th, 2015
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.
Also, PCIG elections. Anything else you want to see on the agenda? Let Jon G or Tina know.
Planned Lunch: Thursday April 16th, 2015
11:30 am, Apache Mall food court, near B&N.
Planned Social: April 2015 TBD
Ideas can be found here or invent your own. What would you like to do? Tell Tina or Jon G.
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...
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
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