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=== Technical Meeting:  Thursday November 8th ===
Med City Drone presentation by founder Ryan Kuisle.


=== Virtual Board Game Night:  Friday December 3rd ===
6 pm


MedCity Drones is Rochester's first drone racing club run in accordance with MultiGP safety guidelines.  We are still growing and learning, but are happy to share what knowledge we have gained.  In our presentation we will go over drone basics (drone builds, control, first person view) along with a racing overview.  At the end we will have some show and tell and time for questions.
Board games!  Time to play.  We're going to use the same option we used in 2020: [https://en.boardgamearena.com/ Board Game Arena] - it is known, many of us already have accounts, and it is free.  If you didn't play with us last year, you can save a little time on Friday night by creating your account ahead of time.


And because it's more fun to video chat while we game together, don't forget to also log into our [https://meet.jit.si/klugpcig video chat room].


If anyone has any questions they know in advance, please send them to Tina, Ryan wants to incorporate them into his presentation.  But be aware that the meeting will be run by Nix, so any last minute items need to go to him.




6 pm, in or near RCTC Heintz Center's HA108.
=== Virtual pandemic social during our technical meeting timeslot:  Thursday November 11th ===
6 pm


[https://www.google.com/maps/place/1926+Collegeview+Rd+E,+Rochester,+MN+55904/@44.021027,-92.4379617,17z/ Directions to Campus]
[https://meet.jit.si/klugpcig Meeting link here.]


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


[http://www.rctc.edu/campustour/heintz/heintz-a.html Heintz Center Building Map]
Agenda - what would you like to do for our virtual board game night in December? Do we want a typical 1 hour slot on our usual 2nd Thursday schedule, since there's only so long we can stare at screens?  Or do we want to move to a Friday night and have a longer window, as we would often have historically done in-person?
 
Anything else you want to see on the agenda?  Let Tina know.
 
 
=== November social ===
We avoid having a November social, to keep the scheduling burden on families as light as possible during the holiday season.
 
 
=== Social:  October ===
What might you want to do?  Tell Tina.
 
(We didn't end up having one, sorry)
 
 
 
=== Technical Meeting:  Thursday October 11th ===
This month will be a field trip!  A limited group of pre-registrants (~15 people total) will be attending a tour of our local Rochester waste water treatment plant.  The registration option will be published by email first so everyone can get in on this first come, first serve opportunity.
 
 
=== Technical Meeting:  Thursday September 13th ===
 
DefCon review is cancelled, sorry. Instead Nix will lead a round-table discussion of whatever people want to chat about; show up at the usual place, and depending on preferences the group may adjourn to a suitable nearby site offering snacks and beverages.
 
 
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 also know that Nix will be in charge of this meeting.
 
 
=== Social:  August ===
What might you want to do?  Tell Tina.
 
 
 
=== Technical Meeting:  Thursday August 9th ===
 
Andrew Eggenberger, on his attendance at [https://srccon.org/ srccon] in June.
 
About srccon from srccon.org
 
SRCCON is a hands-on conference, full of conversations and workshops focused on the practical challenges that news technology and data teams encounter every day. We work to make it an inclusive and welcoming event where people can feel comfortable digging into complex problems.
 
 
 
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 also know that Aaron will be in charge of this meeting.
 
 
 
=== Social:  Saturday July 21st, 10:30 am ===
Join us at the Rochester Public Library's presentation about the [https://root.evanced.info/rochester/evanced/eventsignup.asp?ID=35929 40th anniversary of the 1979 flood.]    "This July marks the 40th anniversary of the historic flooding of Rochester. Come to this program to learn about what happened during the flood from the people who lived it and find out how the city planned and built the flood control system that protects us today." In the RPL auditorium.
 
 
 
=== Technical Meeting:  Thursday July 12th ===
 
Kyle Gilbertson (IBM LEGO Education Outreach core team member and a prolific volunteer for other efforts as well) has agreed to be a speaker at an upcoming K-LUG meeting. As part of Kyle's volunteering both for ILEO and for other LEGO related STEM outreach he has had the occasion to want to produce instructions for constructing a LEGO model. This is actually difficult to do and have it look like you would expect LEGO instructions to look. Kyle was able to chain several different open source tools together to produce a quality set of instructions. He has volunteered to share the lessons he learned during this process with us.  (And he says that no, it's not a presentation for kids, sorry.)
 
 
 
Build digital 3D LEGO models on your computer. Create build instructions for your design. Learn the tools and avoid pitfalls to produce great results.
This emphasizes LEGO robot models, but this all works for standard studded builds. Using what you learn, consider contributing a robot design and instructions for use in this fall's IBM LEGO Education Outreach classes.
 
 
 
Slides are [https://ibm.box.com/ILEO here,] open the 'Robot Build Instructions' folder.
 
 
 
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.


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


=== Technical Meeting:  Thursday June 14th ===


3D printing, by Roger Southwick.


--
=== Virtual pandemic social during our technical meeting timeslot:  Thursday October 14th ===
6 pm


Roger Southwick has been a software engineer at IBM for 30 years and an electronics hobbyist since the late 1970s. He assembled a Rostock Max 3D printer and will share experiences from 2 years of experimentation in a brief presentation including a printer demonstration, display of some interesting print samples, and time for discussion.
[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.


Picture [http://k-lug.org/images/e/ef/3dprinting201806.jpg here]. His [http://k-lug.org/images/7/79/Home_3d_printing.pdf slides are here.]
Agenda - what would you like to do for our virtual board game night in December? Do we want a typical 1 hour slot on our usual 2nd Thursday schedule, since there's only so long we can stare at screens?  Or do we want to move to a Friday night and have a longer window, as we would often have historically done in-person?


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


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]
=== Virtual pandemic social during our technical meeting timeslot: Thursday September 9th ===
6 pm


[http://www.rctc.edu/campustour/heintz/heintz-a.html Heintz Center Building Map]
[https://meet.jit.si/klugpcig Meeting link here.]


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


=== Social:  Thursday June 7th ===
Disc golf! Just up the road outside the RCTC field house. Meet at the parking lot edge / field house doors, 6:30 pm.


=== Virtual pandemic social during our technical meeting timeslot:  Thursday August 12th ===
6 pm


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


=== Social:  Tuesday May 15th ===
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.
Disc golf! Just up the road outside the RCTC field house. Meet at the parking lot edge / field house doors, 6:30 pm.


Agenda:  Zoom in-app games, starting at 6:20 pm, for those who wish.  Link in your email.


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


=== Technical Meeting:  Thursday May 10th ===


Arhelger, giving us a preview of his MongoDB World presentation.


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


6 pm, in or near RCTC Heintz Center's HA108.
[https://meet.jit.si/klugpcig Meeting link here.]


[https://www.google.com/maps/place/1926+Collegeview+Rd+E,+Rochester,+MN+55904/@44.021027,-92.4379617,17z/ Directions to Campus]
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.


[http://www.rctc.edu/campustour/ Campus layout]
Agenda: Tell us about your holiday weekend. Maybe we can get an LED wall update.  Hopefully we're all enjoying cooler, damper weather.


[http://www.rctc.edu/campustour/heintz/heintz-a.html Heintz Center Building Map]
Anything else you want to see on the agenda?  Let Tim or Tina know.


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




=== Virtual pandemic social during our technical meeting timeslot:  Thursday June 10th ===
6 pm


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


=== CITO Social:  Thursday April 26th ===
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.
Our annual clean up a corner of the world event, helping de-litter a local park as a part of Litter Bit Better.  As usual we're teaming up with the [https://www.geocaching.com/geocache/GC7KHXD_10th-annual-cito-and-rochesters-litter-bit-better geocachers who get CITO credit].


Parking is [https://www.google.com/maps/place/44%C2%B001'25.3%22N+92%C2%B029'52.8%22W/@44.0237038,-92.500194,17z here] or [https://www.google.com/maps/place/44%C2%B001'24.7%22N+92%C2%B029'36.1%22W/@44.0235278,-92.4955498,17z here], in the SE or SW corners of the park.  The official group gathering location is on the SE corner of the park.
Agenda: Nothing in particular.


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


Bags and trash are provided, you need to provide your own gloves and a sense of civic duty. If anyone has some waterproof boots and/or grabbers for cleaning the marshy stream edge, that'd be great too.




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


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


=== Technical Meeting:  Thursday April 12th ===
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.


No speaker, we'll have "show and tell", socialize, and spectate the PCIG officer elections.
Agenda:  Nothing in particular.


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


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


[http://www.rctc.edu/campustour/ Campus layout]
[https://meet.jit.si/klugpcig Meeting link here.]
 
[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.


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.


=== Social:  Monday March 12th ===
Anything else you want to see on the agenda?  Let Tim or Tina know.
Early PI day, with pie at [https://www.google.com/maps/place/Bakers+Square+Restaurant+%26+Bakery/@44.0063638,-92.4830637,15z/ Baker's Square (the one by Apache Mall)].  7 pm so you can have a healthy dinner at home first, for health and cost reasons (of course, if you wanted to go to Baker's Square and want to use this for an excuse, you're welcome to blame me).






=== Technical Meeting: March 8th, 2018 ===
=== Virtual pandemic social during our technical meeting timeslot: Thursday March 11th ===
Cancelled due to no speaker.  The PCIG elections will happen at the April meeting, beware!  ;)
6 pm


Volunteers or request for an April+ speaker, or the March+ social, would be appreciated. Please email Tina.
[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 includes:


=== Technical Meeting: February 8th, 2018 ===
PCIG officer nominations and elections


Dennis DeLorme, "Arduino at Sea".
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.


--


The original plan was to update the "Solar UV Intensity" project I did three years ago on a Pacific island cruise. I presented some of the Arduino to Android interface changes last July.
=== Virtual pandemic social during our technical meeting timeslot:  Thursday February 11th ===


But what else does an Arduino addict do when faced with an 80 day Asia/Pacific cruise? Put a bunch of extra Arduinos and I/O modules in a box and put it in his carry-on "just in case".
6 pm


In addition to the UV measurement results I will talk about 2 other projects...
[https://meet.jit.si/klugpcig Meeting link here.]


1) A scrolling Halloween message on an LCD display - they did some Halloween themed things on Oct 31. I used the user defined character feature to build a pumpkin image as part of the message.
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.


2) A temperature data logger that recorded the temperatures in 6 min intervals for several hours to document problems with the A/C in our cabin. I uploaded the data from the Arduino to our laptop via Bluetooth and used LibraOffice to to graph the data.
Anything else you want to see on the agenda?  Let Tim or Tina know.


I will talk about the hardware and software for these projects and do a couple of demos.


--




Also, PCIG officer nominations.


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


6 pm, in or near RCTC Heintz Center's HA108.
6 pm


[https://www.google.com/maps/place/1926+Collegeview+Rd+E,+Rochester,+MN+55904/@44.021027,-92.4379617,17z/ Directions to Campus]
[https://meet.jit.si/klugpcig Meeting link here.]


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


[http://www.rctc.edu/campustour/heintz/heintz-a.html Heintz Center Building Map]
KLUG officer elections, PCIG officer nominations.


Anything else you want to see on the agenda?  Let Tina know.
Anything else you want to see on the agenda?  Let Tina know.
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=== Social:  Saturday February 3rd ===
We will go for a [https://www.rochesterwinterfest.com/events/2018/2/3/sleigh-rides sleigh ride at WinterFest] for our February social.  That's Saturday, February 3rd, at 10 am. 
[https://www.google.com/maps/place/44%C2%B000'14.4%22N+92%C2%B030'46.4%22W/@44.0040188,-92.5150877,17z/ 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.
=== Social:  Saturday January 20th ===
2 pm - Ice skating!  On the Soldier's Field track oval (same place where recent RochesterFest summer lunches have been).  Plan to gather around the Schmidt family.
https://www.rochesterwinterfest.com/events/2018/1/20/ice-skating-on-the-oval
=== Technical Meeting: January 11th, 2018 ===
Discuss job hunting, from local options, to telecommute jobs, current interviewing strategies, networking, build your own job, build your own company.  No specific speaker, we'll go around the room and let people talk about what's worked for them and what hasn't.
Special thanks to our mini-speakers who turned out despite the bad weather, here are the presentations given by [http://k-lug.org/images/8/85/Survival_in_technology.pdf Matt Bruzek] and [http://k-lug.org/images/7/7e/Job_Hunting_Options.pdf Mike Fallenstein].
Also, K-LUG officer elections, and 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 Board Game Night: Friday December 3rd

6 pm

Board games! Time to play. We're going to use the same option we used in 2020: Board Game Arena - it is known, many of us already have accounts, and it is free. If you didn't play with us last year, you can save a little time on Friday night by creating your account ahead of time.

And because it's more fun to video chat while we game together, don't forget to also log into our video chat room.


Virtual pandemic social during our technical meeting timeslot: Thursday November 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 - what would you like to do for our virtual board game night in December? Do we want a typical 1 hour slot on our usual 2nd Thursday schedule, since there's only so long we can stare at screens? Or do we want to move to a Friday night and have a longer window, as we would often have historically done in-person?

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


Virtual pandemic social during our technical meeting timeslot: Thursday October 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.

Agenda - what would you like to do for our virtual board game night in December? Do we want a typical 1 hour slot on our usual 2nd Thursday schedule, since there's only so long we can stare at screens? Or do we want to move to a Friday night and have a longer window, as we would often have historically done in-person?

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


Virtual pandemic social during our technical meeting timeslot: Thursday September 9th

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 pandemic social during our technical meeting timeslot: Thursday August 12th

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: Zoom in-app games, starting at 6:20 pm, for those who wish. Link in your email.

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


Virtual pandemic social during our technical meeting timeslot: Thursday July 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: Tell us about your holiday weekend. Maybe we can get an LED wall update. Hopefully we're all enjoying cooler, damper weather.

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


Virtual pandemic social during our technical meeting timeslot: Thursday June 10th

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 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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