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We can use presentations for upcoming meetings, please see [http://www.k-lug.org/Meetings a list of ideas] if you're willing but lacking a topic.
We can use presentations for upcoming meetings, please see [http://www.k-lug.org/Meetings a list of ideas] if you're willing but lacking a topic.


== LUG News ==
== LUG News ==


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We generally meet monthly for technical presentations (2nd Thursday of the month, 6 pm, virtual), and monthly for socializing (varies).  We no longer meet monthly for lunches, if you are interested in reviving this tradition please [http://k-lug.org/About contact an officer].


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=== Social:  Thursday July 22nd ===
=== Litter Bit Better in-person social (outside), Tuesday April 30th ===
Frisbee golf, 7 pm, East Park.  That's kitty-corner from the Heintz Center building, here's a [http://maps.google.com/maps?f=q&hl=en&geocode=&q=East+Park,+Rochester,+MN&ie=UTF8&ll=44.022447,-92.443299&spn=0.007468,0.012124&z=16 map].  You're welcome even if you don't own your own discs, or if you've never played.  If you don't own your own, you can throw your shoe (entertaining but highly inefficient), or try to let us know in advance to bring a spare for you to borrow.
6:15 - 7:30 pm


Back to our usual Cascade Lake Park.


Bags provided.  You bring your own gloves, grabbers, and sense of civic duty.  There is shoreline.


=== Planned Technical Meeting:  Thursday August 12th ===
As usual we are teaming up with the [https://www.geocaching.com/geocache/GCAMJX2 geocachers] to avoid being overwhelmed by garbage.
Author Annette Godtland on her book "This Little Program Went to Market". The book describes how to Create, Deploy, Distribute, Sell, and Market Software and More on the Internet at Little or No Cost to You. Find out more at [http://godtlandsoftware.com/ her website].  The usual time and location, which is 6 pm, RCTC's Heintz Center HA109 or HA107 depending on construction progress.  See the [http://www.k-lug.org/Meetings Meetings page] for more details on how to find the building and the room.






=== Planned Social:  Canoeing, August TBD ===
Tim will be organizing a canoeing trip in Oronoco.  The trip is estimated to be ~4 hours of river time.  There is canoe and kayak rental as well as shuttle service up there.  Tim will round up some details and pick a date/time/location, and get back to us.  For those of you who geocache, there are a couple of caches along this stretch of river that some of us can stop to chase during a stretch break.


=== Geocaching in-person social (outside), Friday May 3rd ===
6 pm


Park and walk in a neighborhood in NE Rochester.


=== Planned Technical Meeting:  Thursday September 9th ===
Park near [https://www.geocaching.com/geocache/GC3WQ84 1 - Odin] on Whiting Lane NE's cul de sac. We'll walk from there to a couple of other geocaches ([https://www.geocaching.com/geocache/GC57FGC 2], [https://www.geocaching.com/geocache/GC4RPZ2 3]), then back to #1, and then decide if we're walking or driving to [https://www.geocaching.com/geocache/GC8M3FP 4].
Eldon Nelson and Jon Gullixson will present on screen captures, the way they created their demonstration videos for the online storage presentation they gave in April.




=== Planned Social: September TBD ===
=== Virtual Social: Thursday May 9th ===
Ideas can be found [http://www.k-lug.org/SocialMeeting here] or invent your own.  What would you like to do?  Tell Tina.
6 pm


Meeting link will be added here.


=== Planned Technical Meeting:  Thursday October 14th ===
Anything else you want to see on the agenda? Let us know.
Speaker needed.  If you're willing to speak but need some topic ideas, there's a list of things your fellow K-LUGgers have requested presentations on [http://www.k-lug.org/index.php?title=Meetings#Requested_topics_list here].




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


=== Pending potential presentations  ===


=== Free:  Open Source Stickers for your Systems ===
Jon Gullixson:  gnucash or www :: Mechanize


[http://www.openstickers.com Openstickers.com] - download these images, print on sticker paper, cut and apply.


[[Image:Openstickers.png]]


=== Socials brainstorming: 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
-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.


=== Upcoming Meeting Crisis! ===
Well, not really a crisis, but we do need some meeting topics (& speakers) for 2010. We'd like to know what you want to see and hear about. Please email Tina or Tim 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 ===
=== Old News Items ===
See the [[OldNews]] page.
See the [[OldNews]] page.
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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.


LUG News

We generally meet monthly for technical presentations (2nd Thursday of the month, 6 pm, virtual), and monthly for socializing (varies). We no longer meet monthly for lunches, if you are interested in reviving this tradition please contact an officer.





Litter Bit Better in-person social (outside), Tuesday April 30th

6:15 - 7:30 pm

Back to our usual Cascade Lake Park.

Bags provided. You bring your own gloves, grabbers, and sense of civic duty. There is shoreline.

As usual we are teaming up with the geocachers to avoid being overwhelmed by garbage.



Geocaching in-person social (outside), Friday May 3rd

6 pm

Park and walk in a neighborhood in NE Rochester.

Park near 1 - Odin on Whiting Lane NE's cul de sac. We'll walk from there to a couple of other geocaches (2, 3), then back to #1, and then decide if we're walking or driving to 4.


Virtual Social: Thursday May 9th

6 pm

Meeting link will be added here.

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


Pending potential presentations

Jon Gullixson: gnucash or www :: Mechanize


Socials brainstorming: 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

-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.


Old News Items

See the OldNews page.



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