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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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We generally meet monthly for technical presentations (2nd Thursday of the month, 6 pm, RCTC), and monthly for socializing (varies). We no longer meet monthly for lunches, if you are interested in reviving this tradition please contact an officer.
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Social: Sunday August 6th, 2017
Ice cream social and kite flying!
12:30 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 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. Tina will bring the ice cream.
Technical Meeting: August 10th, 2017
Kevin, with his annual DefCon report.
6 pm, in or near RCTC Heintz Center's HA107.
Anything else you want to see on the agenda? Let Tina know.
Technical Meeting: September 14th, 2017
Speaker needed, please let Tina 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.
Anything else you want to see on the agenda? Let Tina know.
Planned Social: September 2017, TBD
Ideas can be found here or invent your own. What would you like to do? Tell Tina.
July or August will be our ice cream social.
Technical Meeting: October 12th, 2017
Paul Zellweger and Jason Thompson of ArborWay Labs, giving an update from their January presentation, on expansions to their automatic database application Studio.
And they're bringing dinner and beverages!
6 pm, in or near RCTC Heintz Center's HA107.
Anything else you want to see on the agenda? Let Tina know.
Planned Social: October 2017, TBD
Ideas can be found here or invent your own. What would you like to do? Tell Tina.
July or August will be our ice cream social.
Technical Meeting: November 9th, 2017
Speaker needed, please let Tina 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.
Anything else you want to see on the agenda? Let Tina know.
Planned Social: Fall 2017
Vortex cannon! In an evening, so we can watch smoke rings more effectively too. Triggered by the spring Physics Force show, got any other fun child-safe physics experiment suggestions?
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!
We need some meeting topics (& speakers) for 2017. We'd like to know what you want to see and hear about. Please email Tina 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.