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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.
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== LUG News ==
== 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 [http://k-lug.org/About contact an officer].


[http://www.google.com/calendar/embed?src=cXBkMGRtOGtndmFibm9yajJhcTRlM2s2OGtAZ3JvdXAuY2FsZW5kYXIuZ29vZ2xlLmNvbQ K-LUG Google calendar]


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[http://www.facebook.com/pages/K-Lug-Linux-User-Group/48319644279?sk=wall K-lug Facebook page]


[http://www.linkedin.com/groups?home=&gid=1814625 LinkedIn group]


[http://www.reddit.com/r/KLUG/ Reddit]






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


=== Technical Meeting:  Thursday October 11th===
Back to our usual Cascade Lake Park.
Mike Fallenstein has arranged with BestBuy for a BestBuy rep (Colin O'Driscoll) to come talk to us.  He will talk and demo about tablets.  For those of you wondering what happened to the other mobile items (phone), that's been pushed back to November because they believe they have a full 1.5 hours of presentation easily on each topic.


Colin's BestBuy title: Apple Expert, Tablet & PC Specialist
Bags provided. You bring your own gloves, grabbers, and sense of civic duty.  There is shoreline.


6 pm, RCTC Heintz Center's HA107.
As usual we are teaming up with the [https://www.geocaching.com/geocache/GCAMJX2 geocachers] to avoid being overwhelmed by garbage.


[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]




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


=== Social:  Saturday October 13th ===
Park and walk in a neighborhood in NE Rochester.
Photowalk at Oxbow/Zollman Zoo, led by Jon T.  Followed by lunch aftewards for those interested.  The full details are [http://worldwidephotowalk.com/walk/kalmar-mn-united-states-oxbow-park-and-zollman-zoo/ here], but here are some key details:


-10 am - bear feeding at the zoo
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].


-11 am - a hawk or owl will be brought out of  the cages for closer seeing/photographing without bars.


-A walk on some of the park trails will follow.  People may go out to lunch together afterwards (Mantorville's [http://www.hubbellhouserestaurant.com/menus.htm Hubbell House]?).
=== Virtual Social: Thursday May 9th ===
6 pm


This is not a dog-friendly event, as they are not welcome at the zoo nor on the trails.
Meeting link will be added here.


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




=== Lunch:  Thursday October 18th  ===
11:30 am, Apache Mall food court, near B&N.


=== Pending potential presentations  ===


=== Social:  Saturday October 27th ===
Jon Gullixson:  gnucash or www :: Mechanize
Pumpking Tossing at Gamehaven Scout Camp.  Based on last year's experience, I suggest a 10 am start time (full schedule is in one of the links below).  If we don't get the timing right, we'll take a walk before/after along the nice trail there (some geocaches there, if you don't already have them).


Details are here:


http://www.gamehavenbsa.org/news.php


http://www.gamehavenbsa.org/documents/2012PumpkinChuckinRulesReg.pdf
=== Socials brainstorming: Fall or winter ===
-Murder mystery. The host needs to buy a kit at a gaming store to get the event started.


http://www.gamehavenbsa.org/documents/2012PumpkinChuckinHandbill.pdf
-Jim Henderson, "Silicon Valley" documentary


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


=== Technical Meeting: Thursday November 8th ===
-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.
Mike Fallenstein has arranged with BestBuy for a BestBuy rep (Luke) to come talk to us.  He will talk and demo mobile phones, including probably the iPhone 5 , the new Windows 8 phone, and the new Blackberry.


6 pm, 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]
=== Old News Items ===
 
See the [[OldNews]] page.
 
 
 
=== Planned Lunch:  Thursday November 15th  ===
11:30 am, Apache Mall food court, near B&N.
 
 
=== 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 Tim or Tina.
 
 
=== Planned Technical Meeting:  December TBD ===
Speaker needed, please let Tim or Tina 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.
 
 
=== Planned Lunch:  Thursday December 20th  ===
11:30 am, Apache Mall food court, near B&N.
 
 
=== Planned Social:  December TBD ===
Ideas can be found [http://www.k-lug.org/SocialMeeting here] or invent your own.  What would you like to do?  Tell Tim or Tina.
 
 
 
 
 
 
=== Planned Technical Meeting:  January 2013 ===
Oculus Rift, "the first truly immersive virtual reality headset for video games"
 
http://www.kickstarter.com/projects/1523379957/oculus-rift-step-into-the-game
 
Peter Shabino
 
 
=== Planned Social:  Mid-March to early April ===
Potato cannon courtesy of Dennis DeLorme, and Rube Goldberg device construction with whatever you bring.  Date, time, location TBD.
 
 
 
 
=== Free:  Open Source Stickers for your Systems ===
 
[http://www.openstickers.com Openstickers.com] - download these images, print on sticker paper, cut and apply.


[[Image:Openstickers.png]]




=== Upcoming Meeting Crisis! ===
Well, not really a crisis, but we do need some meeting topics (& speakers) for 2012. 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 ===
MediaWiki help [https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Help:Text_color 1] [https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Wiki_color_formatting_help 2]
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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