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March 1, 2006 | March 1, 2006 | ||
- | 6:30 pm - 8:??0 pm | + | 6:30 pm - 8:30 pm |
===== Attendees ===== | ===== Attendees ===== | ||
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Comments: Good turn-out. Most of the talks were very good. | Comments: Good turn-out. Most of the talks were very good. | ||
- | Need to brief presenters on what to expect more. | + | Need to brief presenters on what supporting hardware to expect. |
16 - STL LUG | 16 - STL LUG | ||
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8 - UNIX | 8 - UNIX | ||
Base: KDE Control Center by Carl Fitch | Base: KDE Control Center by Carl Fitch | ||
- | Main: (STILL TENTATIVE) GeeXboX (bootable Linux for multi-media) by Mark Bergman (Carl needs to confirm) | + | Main: FreeNX and Friends by Jim Roe |
- | Alternate main: | + | |
16 - STL LUG | 16 - STL LUG | ||
Main: Blender by JT Moree (confirmed via Craig) | Main: Blender by JT Moree (confirmed via Craig) | ||
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Main: dd_rescue and dd_rhelp by Carl Fitch | Main: dd_rescue and dd_rhelp by Carl Fitch | ||
23 - STC LUG | 23 - STC LUG | ||
- | Main: | + | Main: dd_rescue and dd_rhelp by Carl Fitch |
28 - HZW LUG | 28 - HZW LUG | ||
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12 - UNIX | 12 - UNIX | ||
- | Base: FreeNX and Friends by Jim Roe | + | Base: TBD |
- | Main: TBD | + | Main: Wireless Network Card Configurations (including ndiswrapper) by Carl Fitch |
20 - STL LUG | 20 - STL LUG | ||
Main: Ruby on Rails by Curt Hibbs (Craig needs to confirm) | Main: Ruby on Rails by Curt Hibbs (Craig needs to confirm) | ||
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TBD | TBD | ||
26? - Security | 26? - Security | ||
- | TBD | + | TENTATIVE: Mark Bunn @ Fishnet (via Clarence) |
25? - HZW LUG | 25? - HZW LUG | ||
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10 - UNIX | 10 - UNIX | ||
Base: TBD | Base: TBD | ||
- | Main: Web Services and the Google API by Jeff Heaton (via Ted, need to confirm) | + | Main: Web Services and the Google API by Jeff Heaton (Ted to confirm) |
18 - STL LUG | 18 - STL LUG | ||
Main: TBD | Main: TBD | ||
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==== Potential Presentations ==== | ==== Potential Presentations ==== | ||
- | * InkScape (STLLUG) - Mark Jarnowski volunteered (via Craig) | ||
* Secure Email (STLLUG?) - Dustin Anders/Paul Vinson (via Craig) | * Secure Email (STLLUG?) - Dustin Anders/Paul Vinson (via Craig) | ||
+ | * InkScape (STLLUG) - Mark Jarnowski volunteered (via Craig) | ||
* MythTV / Freevo / TiVo - (STLLUG?) - (via Sarah on the Perl list) | * MythTV / Freevo / TiVo - (STLLUG?) - (via Sarah on the Perl list) | ||
- | * CVS - Sanjiv, JT, Ed Howland | ||
* WiFi - Jerry @ OCI (via Gary) | * WiFi - Jerry @ OCI (via Gary) | ||
+ | * CVS/Subversion - Sanjiv, JT, Ed Howland | ||
+ | * Requests: | ||
+ | * VPN (hands-on preferred, good for a Security meeting) | ||
+ | * CVS for Config Files | ||
+ | * Oracle Application Express | ||
===== Old Business ===== | ===== Old Business ===== | ||
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* Stan is looking to somehow automate the announcements. | * Stan is looking to somehow automate the announcements. | ||
+ | * Found his sed and awk notes. | ||
===== Sponsorships ===== | ===== Sponsorships ===== | ||
+ | * Clarence and Stan will start working to gather information about previous sponsors. | ||
+ | * Starting with information from the web site. | ||
+ | * Lee spoke with Dave Mills. He said that Christine had the most recent info. | ||
* Stan received an email from Angela Trotter from Unidev, wanting to sponsor our group and post job listings. | * Stan received an email from Angela Trotter from Unidev, wanting to sponsor our group and post job listings. | ||
* Craig to follow up. | * Craig to follow up. | ||
- | * New form on sponsors page. | ||
- | * Compilation of SLUUG info brochure, with sponsorship info added at bottom. | ||
- | * Need to get info regarding previous sponsors. | ||
- | * Gary - Get Dave Mills together with Lee. | ||
===== Website Librarian ===== | ===== Website Librarian ===== | ||
- | * Presentation topics as far back as 2003 have been listed. | + | * Presentation topics as far back as 2000 have been listed. |
* Stan indicated that accuracy is not high, but will search additional notes. | * Stan indicated that accuracy is not high, but will search additional notes. | ||
- | * Stan will continue listing prior years' data as time permits. | + | * Stan and Ted will continue listing prior years' data as time permits. |
- | * Stan to work with Ted Palmer to get presentations put up. | + | * Stan working with Ted to get presentations put up. |
- | * Ted Palmer volunteered to be the website libraian. | + | * Ted has gotten some of the older presentations gathered. |
- | * Ted's major emphasis will be to focus on getting the material from presenter. | + | * Ted's major emphasis will be to focus on getting the material from presenters. |
===== System Administration ===== | ===== System Administration ===== | ||
+ | * Gary said that Wash U will be removing SLUUG zone from their servers shortly. | ||
* Recording of root passwords. Still need to be changed. Need to have passwords stored with President and Secretary. | * 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. | + | * BBS line reduction - Lee says that we're now only paying for 5 phone lines, as of January. |
* Majordomo admin access. | * Majordomo admin access. | ||
+ | * Stan screwed up the permissions again. Mike Knight fixed them again. | ||
+ | * Suggestion was to build new mailing list system on new servers. | ||
+ | * Barry will investigate majordomo + webmin, and mailman. | ||
===== PROJECT: New servers ===== | ===== PROJECT: New servers ===== | ||
- | * | + | * Next step is to migrate web sites to new systems. |
+ | * We need to meet to do the web servers, and discuss migration plans. | ||
+ | * We'd like Mike Knight to be there, as he has the most experience, and knows our systems the best. | ||
+ | * We'll work around his schedule. | ||
+ | * March 12 and 18 are looking good for most of us. | ||
+ | * Location to be determined. Possibly Computers and Things on March 18. | ||
+ | * We need to use sudo as much as possible. | ||
+ | * Craig has a 1U UltraSparc with Solaris 10 to donate and install at Primary. | ||
+ | * We need some versa-rails to mount the servers. | ||
+ | * Craig will go into Primary and measure the rack depth. | ||
+ | * We could use a rackmount switch. | ||
+ | * Carl has a 12-port rackmount hub he will donate. | ||
* Other functionality of the systems is in progress. | * Other functionality of the systems is in progress. | ||
* If anyone wants an account to work on adding functionality, contact Craig or Lee. | * If anyone wants an account to work on adding functionality, contact Craig or Lee. | ||
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===== New Business ===== | ===== New Business ===== | ||
- | * | + | * Stan proposed we clean house, and send any excess inventory to WITS. |
+ | |||
+ | ===== Board Meeting ===== | ||
+ | |||
+ | A board meeting was held from 8:30 to 8:42. | ||
===== Follow-up and Action Items: ===== | ===== Follow-up and Action Items: ===== | ||
- | * Carl - Confirm Mark Bergman to give presentation March 8. | + | * Carl - **Confirm Mark Bergman to give presentation March 8.** |
* Carl - Complete tax-exempt status paperwork. | * Carl - Complete tax-exempt status paperwork. | ||
* Carl - Follow up with O'Reilly about bringing someone in to speak to our group(s). | * Carl - Follow up with O'Reilly about bringing someone in to speak to our group(s). | ||
- | * Craig - Ask for presentation from Dustin Anders/Paul Vinson (March). | + | * Craig - Ask for presentation from Dustin Anders/Paul Vinson (March). - DONE (awaiting reply) |
+ | * Craig - Ask Mark Volkmann and Jeff Barczewski if they can give a presentation/demo of Ruby on Rails. - DONE (awaiting reply) | ||
+ | * Craig - Go into Primary and measure the rack depth. | ||
* Craig - Follow up on email by Angela Trotter from Unidev, wanting to sponsor our group and post job listings. | * Craig - Follow up on email by Angela Trotter from Unidev, wanting to sponsor our group and post job listings. | ||
- | * Craig - Continue working on new servers. | + | * Craig - Continue working on new servers. Copy stllinux.org data over. |
* Craig - Change root passwords on new servers. Send info to SYSADMIN. Tell folks how to use sudo. | * Craig - Change root passwords on new servers. Send info to SYSADMIN. Tell folks how to use sudo. | ||
- | * Craig - Copy stllinux.org data to new servers. Update for next meeting. | ||
- | * Gary - Get Dave Mills together with Lee to find info regarding sponsors. | ||
* Gary - Coordinate password changes. Have passwords stored with President and Secretary. | * Gary - Coordinate password changes. Have passwords stored with President and Secretary. | ||
- | * Gary - Add host file entries on dark and michelob for bud and budlight. | + | * Ted - Confirm Jeff Heaton for May 10. |