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-====== SLUUG Steering Committee Minutes - January 2006 ======
-Minutes posted on the wiki are always unofficial. Schedules for upcoming presentations are always tentative. (Some more tentative than others!)
-===== Location =====
-  Saint Louis Bread Company,
-Old Olive Street Road,
-  Creve Coeur, MO 63141 (at Old Olive and Olive)
-===== Date / Time =====
-  January 4, 2006
-:30 pm - 8:?? pm
-===== Attendees =====
-  * Leeland Lammert
-  * Carl Fitch
-  * Barry Morrison
-  * Craig Buchek
-  * Stan Reichardt
-===== Secretary Report =====
-  * Switching to SLUUG Wiki for this month's minutes, and all following.
-  * Plan to migrate the old Wiki data to the new Wiki.
-  * Need to print previous 2 months' minutes for inclusion in Secretary folder.
-===== Treasurer Report =====
-  * Still working on pulling books into QuickBooks. Has to do it manually. Up to 2004 so far. (That's a year more than last month.)
-===== Book Sales =====
-  * Sold 10 books at SLUUG meeting for $183.91.
-  * Sold 2 books at EPC sale.
-===== Previous Meetings =====
-==== Attendance ====
-Dec STEERC  -  6
-Dec SLUUG   - 17
-Dec STLLUG  - 19 (21)
-Dec STCLUG  -  8
-Dec HZWLUG  - 10
-Dec SECURE  -  * NO MEETING - UMSL MicroComputer Center was closed
-==== Comments on Presentations ====
-  December 2005 (Holiday Schedules)
-- UNIX
-       Base: Brochures with Scribus by Stan Reichardt
-             Note: Did not do GRAMPS (Geneology)
-       Main: Multiple Subject Discussions - NOTEABLE: Response to System Crack by Ed Holland
-- STL LUG
-       Main: QEMU Virtual Machine - Carl Fitch
-- STC LUG
-       Main: Boot Managers - Carl Fitch
-- HZW LUG
-             Brief look at GRAMPS (Geneology)
-             Brief look at OpenOffice 2.0 Database
-- Security  ** NO MEETING ** UMSL MicroComputer Center was closed
-===== Presentation Schedule =====
-==== January 2006 ====
-- UNIX
-       Base: Boot managers - Carl Fitch
-       Main: (TENTATIVE) GeeXboX? (bootable Linux for multi-media) by Mark Bergman
-       Main: (TENTATIVE) WiFi? - Mark Balbes (via Gary)
-- STL LUG
-       Base: TBD
-       Main: TBD
-- HZW LUG
-- Security
-       TBD
-- STC LUG
-       TBD
-==== February 2006 ====
-- UNIX (balloting)
-       Base: Lightning Talks
-       Main: Lightning Talks
-- STL LUG (balloting)
-       Base: TBD
-       Main: TBD
-- Security (balloting)
-       TBD
-- STC LUG (balloting)
-       TBD
-- HZW LUG (balloting)
-==== March 2006 ====
-- UNIX
-       Base: TBD
-       Main: TBD
-- STL LUG (balloting)
-       Base: TBD
-       Main: TBD
-- Security
-       TBD
-- STC LUG
-       TBD
-- HZW LUG
-==== Potential Presentations ====
-    Ruby on Rails - Curt Hibbs (via Craig)
-    WiFi - Mark Balbes (via Gary)
-    Secure Email - Dustin Anders/Paul? Vinson (via Craig)
-    InkScape
-    Scribus - Stan Reichardt
-    OpenOffice.org Database - Stan Reichardt
-===== Old Business =====
-  Missouri Exempt status - (Carl Fitch and Lee Lammert, with help from Fred Smith's wife)
-    Carl has the forms. Needs to get them filled out. Will hand them off to Lee.
-===== Election Committee =====
-  Suggestion to have Diebold run our elections was unanimously rejected.
-  Carl suggested handing out some nomination ballots at this months' meetings to see
-  who people would like to have as officers. People could anonymously nominate
-  themselves or anyone else. Agreement was unanimous.
-  Open positions:
-Board seats (Lee's and Stan's - 3 year terms)
-    President
-    Vice President
-    Secretary
-    Treasurer
-    STLLUG Chair
-    STCLUG Chair
-    Sponsorship Manager
-    Public Relations
-    Presentation Manager
-===== Weekly Announcements =====
-  Status quo.
-===== PROJECT: New servers =====
-  Lee got a contract from Primary Networks to have them provide us with a half-rack at their hosting facility.
-  Server build progressing slowly.
-  Wiki is now up at http://wiki.sluug.info and fully functional.
-  Need to move DNS for SLUUG.ORG over to EveryDNS?.
-  Craig to do this, by setting secondary NS records on Dotster to point to EveryDNS?.
-  Then flip them to all EveryDNS? once DNSreports.com syas things look OK.
-===== SPONSORSHIPS: =====
-  Stan received an email from Angela Trotter from Unidev, wanting to sponsor our group and post job listings.
-  Craig to follow up.
-===== Website Librarian: =====
-  Stan Reichardt's has modified drop down menus and set up skeleton area for presentations.
-  Topics for 2005 have been listed, Stan will be listing prior year's data in the near
-  future.
-  Stan to work with Ted Palmer to get presentations put up.
-===== SYSADMIN =====
-  Account deletions - have been done. Hip-Hip HURRAY!
-  Recording of root passwords. Still need to be changed. Need to have passwords stored with President and Secretary.
-  BBS line reduction - Lee says that we're still paying for 6 phone lines
-  Majordomo admin access
-===== New Business =====
-  Where is list of sponsors? Lee wants to follow up with our previous sponsors.
-  Lightning Talks. We want to do it again. Need to solicit talks. Gary will organize.
-  EPC is having their annual sale this Saturday.
-  We'd like to have some folks there to show off Linux.
-  Carl has coordinated with Frank @ EPC.
-  They will be selling systems with Linux installed. We will be doing the installs.
-  There will be a projector showing off how easy Linux is to use.
-  We will be burning CDs as people ask for them.
-  Phil, Stan, and Barry to do presentations.
-  Stan working on SLUUG brochures and Linux For Beginners brochures to hand out.
-===== Follow-up and Action Items: =====
-  * Craig - Print previous 2 months' minutes for inclusion in Secretary folder.
-  Carl - Ask Mark Bergman to give presentation on December 14.
-  Carl - Hand out nomination ballots at next meetings.
-  Carl - Complete tax-exempt status paperwork.
-  Carl - Look into O'Reilly bringing someone in to speak to our group(s).
-  Craig - DNS move to EveryDNS? (in stages).
-  Craig - Follow up with Angela Trotter @ Unidev regarding sponsorship.
-  Craig - Ask for presentations from Curt Hibbs and Dustin Anders/Paul? Vinson.
-  Craig - Continue working on new servers.
-  Gary - Ask for presentation from Mark Balbes for January general meeting.
-  Gary - Coordinate password changes. Have passwords stored with President and Secretary.
-  Gary - Follow up on Wash U regarding phone line bills.
-  Gary - Get Dave Mills together with Lee to find info regarding sponsors.
-  Gary - Organize Lightning Talks. Respond to Robert on DISCUSS.
-  Stan - Count attendance (to get official membership list) and print up ballots.
-  Stan - Update STLLINUX.ORG for Carl's presentation.

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