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


=== Social:  April 2020 ===
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.


Instead of a social, practice aggressive social distancing. Take this time to send emails or make phone calls to the people you love.
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].






=== Virtual pandemic social during our technical meeting timeslot:  Thursday November 11th ===
6 pm


=== VIRTUAL Technical Meeting:  Thursday April 9th ===
[https://meet.jit.si/klugpcig Meeting link here.]


Kevin's presentation will be about 3D printing. He has two printers and has spent a fair bit of time in CAD modeling various items. He'll cover the basic technologies and show off his gear. This will be [https://youtu.be/5poYQ4eEN8o live streamed via YouTube] at 6:00 Thursday.  If you can't join us live, the link will still be available afterwards.
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.


There will NOT be a gathering at RCTC's Heintz Center, please watch from the germ-free comfort of your own home.
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.






=== CANCELLED - Social:  Saturday March 14th ===
=== Virtual pandemic social during our technical meeting timeslot:  Thursday October 14th ===
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6 pm
"On Saturday, March 14, there will be an Irish Dance at the Eagles Club in Rochester - 917 15th Avenue SE. Dance instruction begins at 7:00 PM. Dancing begins at 7:30 PM.  Tickets at the door are $10 for adults. Children accompanied by an adult will be admitted free of charge. Music and dance instruction will be provided by FriendsOnTheRange. No experience is necessary. All dances are taught. Singles are welcome. The traditional dances of the Irish Dance on March 14 will include both the jigs and reels of the group dances (performed in circles or in long parallel lines) and the waltzes and polkas and hornpipes of the couple dances. Familiar Irish ballads and sing-alongs will round out the evening."


Dancing with kids is fun, bring yours or come share mine.
[https://meet.jit.si/klugpcig Meeting link here.]
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Technically this event is still happening.  But please, practice aggressive social distancing.
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.


You know I'm a biostatistician - these were the two articles that I've generically been waiting for, addressing both the non-numeric and the number-heavy fronts, and I was sent both of them within 20 minutes of eachother on Thursday night.  The numeric of these two articles is the first analysis I've seen that's mathematically "felt" right, and you can see how terrifying it is (humans don't mentally do exponentials well, it's well known in the biostatistical community).
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.


Emotions - https://www.theatlantic.com/ideas/archive/2020/03/who-gets-hospital-bed/607807/




Numbers - https://medium.com/@tomaspueyo/coronavirus-act-today-or-people-will-die-f4d3d9cd99ca
=== Virtual pandemic social during our technical meeting timeslot: Thursday September 9th ===
6 pm


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


Webcomic - https://xkcd.com/2278/
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


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


=== CANCELLED Technical Meeting:  Thursday March 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.


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Agenda:  Zoom in-app games, starting at 6:20 pm, for those who wish.  Link in your email.
Presenter needed.  Willing to volunteer?  Tell Tina.


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


6 pm, in or near RCTC Heintz Center's H1411 (note: For those of you that have been coming for a long time, we are still in the same place, the rooms in the Heintz Center were renumbered.  Prior to March 20th this room had been known as HA108.  If anyone finds updated maps, please let us know.)


[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 July 8th ===
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.
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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.






=== CANCELLED Technical Meeting:  Thursday February 13th ===
=== Virtual pandemic social during our technical meeting timeslot:  Thursday June 10th ===
6 pm


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[https://meet.jit.si/klugpcig Meeting link here.]
Presenter needed. Willing to volunteer?  Tell Tina.


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.


6 pm, in or near RCTC Heintz Center's H1411 (note: For those of you that have been coming for a long time, we are still in the same place, the rooms in the Heintz Center were renumbered.  Prior to March 20th this room had been known as HA108.  If anyone finds updated maps, please let us know.)
Agenda: Nothing in particular.


[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]


Also, due to low attendance in January, elections didn't happen, we will try again in February. Anything else you want to see on the agenda?  Let Tina know.
=== Virtual pandemic social during our technical meeting timeslot: Thursday May 13th ===
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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.


=== Social:  "January" and February 2020:  Saturday February 1st ===
Agenda:  Nothing in particular.


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


Saturday, February 1st, 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.
=== 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.


Lunar New Year celebration (a week late)
Agenda:  Nothing in particular.


Saturday February 1st, 12:30 pm
Anything else you want to see on the agenda?  Let Tim or Tina know.


[https://www.google.com/maps/place/Kingdom+Buffet/@44.0401034,-92.4655623,17z/data=!3m1!4b1!4m5!3m4!1s0x87f75f87ea76cc73:0x4cb524b317b5695c!8m2!3d44.0400996!4d-92.4633683  Kingdom Buffet]


Please RSVP to Tina by 3 pm on Thursday January 30th, so she can make reservations.


=== 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.


Agenda includes:


=== Technical Meeting:  Thursday January 9th, 2020 ===
PCIG officer nominations and elections


Dennis DeLorme, on monitoring current and voltage in his river project.
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.


--


As some of you know I have working with my brother on his river water quality monitor project. He is the director of the Prairie Waters Education and Research Center near Valley City North Dakota (http://www.vcsu.edu/prairiewaters/). One of their programs is River Watch (http://www.vcsu.edu/prairiewaters/river-watch) where high school students monitor a river in their area.
=== Virtual pandemic social during our technical meeting timeslot: Thursday February 11th ===


The monitor system is a solar powered data logger recording timestamp, temperature, pH, dissolved oxygen and conductivity.
6 pm


Last fall I sent out a message asking what parts of the project people were interested in. I got 2 responses one asking how we picked components and one asking about solar power.
[https://meet.jit.si/klugpcig Meeting link here.]


To cover these, the presentation will describe the history and evolution of the project over the last couple of years. It will be at a high to medium level. (I already covered specifics of the Bluetooth and WiFi interfaces in previous talks.)
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.


I will also go through some of the problems and data that was collected last fall. Finally I'll demo the current WiFi interface using the actual hardware.
Anything else you want to see on the agenda?  Let Tim or Tina know.


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6 pm, in or near RCTC Heintz Center's H1411 (note: For those of you that have been coming for a long time, we are still in the same place, the rooms in the Heintz Center were renumbered.  Prior to March 2019 this room had been known as HA108.  If anyone finds updated maps, please let us know.)


Also, annual KLUG officer elections, and PCIG officer nominations.
=== Virtual Social during our Technical Meeting timeslot:  Thursday January 14th ===


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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Revision as of 20:21, 7 January 2022



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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