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=== <strike>Technical Meeting</strike>  <strike>PIZZA!</strike>  CANCELLED:  Thursday April 11th ===
=== Virtual pandemic social during our technical meeting timeslot:  Thursday May 13th ===
The bad weather, courtesy of power outages, wins for tonight.
6 pm


<strike>No speaker, bad weather, sounds like a great night for pizza and socializing.  The usual meeting date and time (6 pm, Thursday April 11th), but we'll relocate to the [https://www.google.com/maps/place/Pizza+Ranch/@43.867592,-92.4914597,17z/data=!3m1!4b1!4m5!3m4!1s0x87f7564533a8f601:0x84f740738bc6192c!8m2!3d43.867592!4d-92.489271  Stewartville Pizza Ranch] pizza and chicken buffet.  </strike>
[https://meet.jit.si/klugpcig Meeting link here.]


There is no moderator when using this software, so if we get invaded we will have to bail and figure out a different session ID and then also definitely use a password, that'd go out by email and/or wiki update ASAP.


Agenda:  Nothing in particular.


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


=== Social:  March ===
<strike>What might you want to do?  Tell Tina. </strike>


=== Virtual pandemic social during our technical meeting timeslot:  Thursday April 8th ===
6 pm


[https://meet.jit.si/klugpcig Meeting link here.]


There is no moderator when using this software, so if we get invaded we will have to bail and figure out a different session ID and then also definitely use a password, that'd go out by email and/or wiki update ASAP.


Agenda:  Nothing in particular.


=== Technical Meeting: Thursday March 14th ===
Anything else you want to see on the agenda? Let Tim or Tina know.
Arhelger, on Wifi and Home Networking.


Everyone asks Kevin what he recommends for Wifi routers, so he's going to put all of his thoughts into slide form to document it for posterity. He'll cover the explosion of options over the past few years to help you figure out what the best option for your situation. If you're looking to upgrade, have complaints about Netflix constantly buffering, or want to make sure your network is secure, this ones for you.




This presentation will be recorded, FYI if that bothers you. For those of you who don't make it, look for the recording afterwards.
=== Virtual pandemic social during our technical meeting timeslot: Thursday March 11th ===
6 pm


[https://meet.jit.si/klugpcig Meeting link here.]


There is no moderator when using this software, so if we get invaded we will have to bail and figure out a different session ID and then also definitely use a password, that'd go out by email and/or wiki update ASAP.


We will also have a shorter presentation by George Chatzisofroniou, he's the lead author of [https://github.com/wifiphisher Wifiphisher], a free and open source tool that is available on GNU / Linux.
Agenda includes:


Wi-Fi Security Testing with Open Source Tools
PCIG officer nominations and elections


In this presentation, audiences will learn about the open source tools available to penetration testers and the situations in which they apply. The presentation will demonstrate how to conduct attacks with the help of open source tools.
Discussions of your plans for Pi day on Sunday, how you plan to compensate for the lost hour of sleep, possibly Texas infrastructure outage stories, anything else you care to share.




=== Virtual pandemic social during our technical meeting timeslot:  Thursday February 11th ===


Happy Pi Day!  The plan is to consume pie.
6 pm


[https://meet.jit.si/klugpcig Meeting link here.]


6 pm, in or near RCTC Heintz Center's HA108.
There is no moderator when using this software, so if we get invaded we will have to bail and figure out a different session ID and then also definitely use a password, that'd go out by email and/or wiki update ASAP.


[https://www.google.com/maps/place/1926+Collegeview+Rd+E,+Rochester,+MN+55904/@44.021027,-92.4379617,17z/ Directions to Campus]
Anything else you want to see on the agenda?  Let Tim or Tina know.


[http://www.rctc.edu/campustour/ Campus layout]


[http://www.rctc.edu/campustour/heintz/heintz-a.html Heintz Center Building Map]


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




=== Virtual Social during our Technical Meeting timeslot:  Thursday January 14th ===


6 pm


[https://meet.jit.si/klugpcig Meeting link here.]


=== CANCELLED DUE TO WEATHER!  <strike>  Social Ice:  Thursday February 7th, right after the Technical Presentation </strike> ===
There is no moderator when using this software, so if we get invaded we will have to bail and figure out a different session ID and then also definitely use a password, that'd go out by email and/or wiki update ASAP.
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Looking for a host to choose a time and location, and preferably at least one other person to commit to meeting up then/there, for this to happen yet tonight.  Please email the list.


KLUG officer elections, PCIG officer nominations.


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


We're headed to Social Ice (aka SocialICE), an [https://www.downtownrochestermn.com/events/socialice outdoor ice bar on the downtown Peace Plaza], which if the -25 degree windchills as I'm writing this is any indication, will have no issues with melting or crowding this year (it's Minnesota, that may change).
For those of you who also love photography, note that SocialIce 2019 is holding a photo contest, each of 6 winners will receive a $50 gift card, details on the SocialICE Page.
When and where?  The group attending the technical meeting will head there whenever it's a good time to have wrapped up the presentation, and they'll have their own meet up location chosen.  So plan to attend the technical meeting first.
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=== CANCELLED DUE TO WEATHER!!  <strike>Technical Meeting:  Thursday February 7th <- Note date change! </strike> ===
Due to weather, RCTC is closed, so there will be no technical meeting tonight.  Rescheduled for the usual 2nd Thursday, but in March.
<strike> This meeting has been moved to avoid Valentines Day!  I don't want to be in trouble with anyone's spouse or significant other.
Arhelger, on Wifi and Home Networking.
Everyone asks Kevin what he recommends for Wifi routers, so he's going to put all of his thoughts into slide form to document it for posterity. He'll cover the explosion of options over the past few years to help you figure out what the best option for your situation. If you're looking to upgrade, have complaints about Netflix constantly buffering, or want to make sure your network is secure, this ones for you.
This presentation will be recorded, FYI if that bothers you.  For those of you who don't make it, look for the recording afterwards.
We may also have a mini-presentation by someone new to town, on wifiphisher, we'll let you know when we have more details ironed out.




Immediately afterwards, at whatever time the meeting wraps up, those interested will go to Social Ice downtown on the Peace Plaza for our February social, led by Arhelger.  So if you want to attend this social, make sure you attend the meeting, or have coordinated communication with Arhelger in advance.  See the separate Social Ice posting below too.


More presentation details expected to be posted on Friday February 1st.
6 pm, in or near RCTC Heintz Center's HA108.
[https://www.google.com/maps/place/1926+Collegeview+Rd+E,+Rochester,+MN+55904/@44.021027,-92.4379617,17z/ Directions to Campus]
[http://www.rctc.edu/campustour/ Campus layout]
[http://www.rctc.edu/campustour/heintz/heintz-a.html Heintz Center Building Map]
Anything else you want to see on the agenda?  Let Tina know - but Tina won't be running this meeting, I'll let you know when I know who will be.
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=== "January" Social:  Saturday February 2nd ===
Sleigh rides!  We will go for a [https://www.rochesterwinterfest.com/events/sleighrides sleigh ride at WinterFest] for our "January" social.  This is an annual favorite with the smaller geekazoids.  In fact I think we've even made the advertising photo for this public event, I suspect that mini-Schmidt is in pink on the top of the snowpile and my own blaze orange snowpants can be seen behind the horses to the right of mini-Schmidt.
Saturday, February 2nd, at 10 am.
Park along the road on Salem Road, the sleigh rides are north of the road behind the History Center.
Plan to gather around the Schmidt family.  Sorry, no easily identifiable blaze orange to gather around this year.
=== Technical Meeting:  Thursday January 10th, 2019 ===
Dennis DeLorme on his Garagenator (that's garage doing the work of a refrigerator), involving WiFi/Web based temperature sensor/logger:
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Did you have the family gathering at your place for Thanksgiving? Did you run out of space in the refrigerator? Did you wonder if the garage temperature was safe for overflow food storage? If so you needed the GARAGERATOR - the WiFi/Web solution to garage temperature monitoring.
In this presentation I'll describe how to use an under $10 WiFi module as a web server to monitor and log temperature. The "user interface" is via a web browser on a laptop, tablet, or cell phone. No special hardware or software is needed on the user side.
I will demonstrate the web server as an Access Point (a stand alone
network) to collect and download data. This requires no additional networking, so it is not dependent on a local network.
It can also be connected as a station on a local network and accessible to any device on the local network. I will describe how to do this (it is only a few lines of code difference). I don't know that I will be able to demonstrate this on the RCTC network - as I recall they had some additional interactions to sign on to their open network.
I will cover the hardware and software used in the project. For those that want to get a head start - the hardware is an ESP8266 module, a
DS3231 rtc, and a DS18B20 temperature sensor. The software is developed using the Arduino IDE with extensions for the ESP8266 (https://github.com/esp8266/Arduino).
NOTE: This is not an "Internet Of Things" (IOT) presentation. It could be connected directly to the Internet, but I lack the security knowledge (or, alternately, the level of stupidity) required to do that. It can, of course, access the internet via a local network - like other devices on a local network.
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KLUG officer nominations and elections (president, vice president, treasurer).
PCIG officer nominations.
6 pm, in or near RCTC Heintz Center's HA108.
[https://www.google.com/maps/place/1926+Collegeview+Rd+E,+Rochester,+MN+55904/@44.021027,-92.4379617,17z/ Directions to Campus]
[http://www.rctc.edu/campustour/ Campus layout]
[http://www.rctc.edu/campustour/heintz/heintz-a.html Heintz Center Building Map]
Anything else you want to see on the agenda?  Let Tina know.




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Virtual pandemic social during our technical meeting timeslot: Thursday May 13th

6 pm

Meeting link here.

There is no moderator when using this software, so if we get invaded we will have to bail and figure out a different session ID and then also definitely use a password, that'd go out by email and/or wiki update ASAP.

Agenda: Nothing in particular.

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


Virtual pandemic social during our technical meeting timeslot: Thursday April 8th

6 pm

Meeting link here.

There is no moderator when using this software, so if we get invaded we will have to bail and figure out a different session ID and then also definitely use a password, that'd go out by email and/or wiki update ASAP.

Agenda: Nothing in particular.

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


Virtual pandemic social during our technical meeting timeslot: Thursday March 11th

6 pm

Meeting link here.

There is no moderator when using this software, so if we get invaded we will have to bail and figure out a different session ID and then also definitely use a password, that'd go out by email and/or wiki update ASAP.

Agenda includes:

PCIG officer nominations and elections

Discussions of your plans for Pi day on Sunday, how you plan to compensate for the lost hour of sleep, possibly Texas infrastructure outage stories, anything else you care to share.


Virtual pandemic social during our technical meeting timeslot: Thursday February 11th

6 pm

Meeting link here.

There is no moderator when using this software, so if we get invaded we will have to bail and figure out a different session ID and then also definitely use a password, that'd go out by email and/or wiki update ASAP.

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



Virtual Social during our Technical Meeting timeslot: Thursday January 14th

6 pm

Meeting link here.

There is no moderator when using this software, so if we get invaded we will have to bail and figure out a different session ID and then also definitely use a password, that'd go out by email and/or wiki update ASAP.

KLUG officer elections, PCIG officer nominations.

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





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