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steercom:2006-03 [2006/02/28 16:59] 151.145.63.122 Moved election results to the top of the agenda. (CMB) |
steercom:2006-03 [2006/03/10 13:30] (current) 69.152.93.163 more detail on briefing presenters - stan r. |
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| March 1, 2006 | March 1, 2006 | ||
| - | 6:30 pm - 8:??0 pm | + | 6:30 pm - 8:30 pm |
| ===== Attendees ===== | ===== Attendees ===== | ||
| - | * Carl Fitch?? | + | * Carl Fitch |
| - | * Barry Morrison?? | + | * Barry Morrison |
| - | * Craig Buchek?? | + | * Craig Buchek |
| - | * Ted Palmer?? | + | * Ted Palmer |
| - | * Stan Reichardt?? | + | * Stan Reichardt |
| - | * Gary Meyer?? | + | * Gary Meyer |
| - | * Lee Lammert?? | + | * Lee Lammert |
| - | * ??? | + | * Clarence Johnson |
| ===== Election Results ===== | ===== Election Results ===== | ||
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| Ballots were counted at the steering committee meeting. (Voting ran up to the Hazelwood LUG meeting the previous day.) | Ballots were counted at the steering committee meeting. (Voting ran up to the Hazelwood LUG meeting the previous day.) | ||
| - | * 2 Board seats (Lee's and Stan's - 3 year terms) | + | * 2 Board seats (Lee's and Stan's - 3 year terms) Both were elected with 25 votes |
| - | * President | + | * President Carl 28 |
| - | * Vice President | + | * Vice President Stan 27 |
| - | * Secretary | + | * Secretary Craig 23 |
| - | * Treasurer | + | * Treasurer Lee 23 |
| - | * STLLUG Chair | + | * STLLUG Chair Craig 25 |
| - | * STCLUG Chair | + | * STCLUG Chair Carl 2 Phil Bunch 2 Jim Roe 1 Jay Truesdale 1 Mike808 1 CFW1 1 |
| - | * Sponsorship Manager | + | * Sponsorship Manager Clarence 1 CFW1 1 |
| - | * Public Relations | + | * Public Relations Scott G 1 Kevin Shen 1 Mike808 1 |
| - | * Presentation Manager | + | * Presentation Manager Ted Palmer 1 Gary Meyer 1 CFW1 1 |
| ===== Secretary Report ===== | ===== Secretary Report ===== | ||
| * Need to type up minutes for official annual meeting, and print out previous months' minutes for signature and inclusion in Secretary folder. | * Need to type up minutes for official annual meeting, and print out previous months' minutes for signature and inclusion in Secretary folder. | ||
| - | * | + | * Need to type up minutes for March 3 board meeting. |
| ===== Treasurer Report ===== | ===== Treasurer Report ===== | ||
| - | * | + | * Currently working on pulling in 2002 data into QuickBooks. |
| ===== Book Sales ===== | ===== Book Sales ===== | ||
| - | * | + | * No books were sold. |
| ===== Previous Meetings ===== | ===== Previous Meetings ===== | ||
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| 01 Feb STEERC - 6 | 01 Feb STEERC - 6 | ||
| - | 08 Feb SLUUG - 37 | + | 08 Feb SLUUG - 37 (40) |
| 16 Feb STLLUG - 22 (23) | 16 Feb STLLUG - 22 (23) | ||
| 22 Feb SECURE - 8 | 22 Feb SECURE - 8 | ||
| 23 Feb STCLUG - 10 | 23 Feb STCLUG - 10 | ||
| - | 28 Feb HZWLUG - | + | 28 Feb HZWLUG - 7 (10) |
| ==== Comments on Presentations ==== | ==== Comments on Presentations ==== | ||
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| 8 - UNIX | 8 - UNIX | ||
| - | Lightning Talks | + | Lightning Talks |
| * (Early Bird Tour of Greybar Facilities) | * (Early Bird Tour of Greybar Facilities) | ||
| * Jim Leingang - Update on the Job Market | * Jim Leingang - Update on the Job Market | ||
| * Jeff Muse - Shell Shortcuts (Speeding Up Your CLI) | * Jeff Muse - Shell Shortcuts (Speeding Up Your CLI) | ||
| * Barry Morrison - What Greybar Does (Our Host) | * Barry Morrison - What Greybar Does (Our Host) | ||
| - | * Robert Citek - Using Knoppix with a Persistent Disk Images (PDI) | + | * Robert Citek - Using Knoppix with a Persistent Disk Image (PDI) |
| * Clarence Johnson - Poetry Readings: | * Clarence Johnson - Poetry Readings: | ||
| - Unix Man (Nowhere Man) | - Unix Man (Nowhere Man) | ||
| - What If Dr. Suess Did Technical Writing | - What If Dr. Suess Did Technical Writing | ||
| - | - Write In C ( Let It Be) | + | - Write In C (Let It Be) |
| * Ed Howland - System logging with Syslog-ng, STunnel, SWatch and LogWatch | * Ed Howland - System logging with Syslog-ng, STunnel, SWatch and LogWatch | ||
| * Craig Buchek - Intro to SVG (Scalable Vector Graphics) | * Craig Buchek - Intro to SVG (Scalable Vector Graphics) | ||
| * Jeff Muse - More Shortcuts (???) | * Jeff Muse - More Shortcuts (???) | ||
| * Stan Reichardt - Outline to 100 Slides in Ten Minutes | * Stan Reichardt - Outline to 100 Slides in Ten Minutes | ||
| - | * Scott McKellar - Aargh - A Code Generator for Parsing the Command Line (?When was this done?) | + | * Scott McKellar - Aargh - A Code Generator for Parsing the Command Line |
| * Allen Rueter - Using Arrow Keys in VI Editor | * Allen Rueter - Using Arrow Keys in VI Editor | ||
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| + | Comments: Good turn-out. Most of the talks were very good. | ||
| + | Need to brief presenters on what supporting hardware to expect. | ||
| 16 - STL LUG | 16 - STL LUG | ||
| Main: Financial Apps (GnuCash, MoneyDance, KMyMoney, etc.) by Craig Buchek | Main: Financial Apps (GnuCash, MoneyDance, KMyMoney, etc.) by Craig Buchek | ||
| - | Good. Could have answered some more in-depth questions. | + | Very Good. Could have answered some more in-depth questions. |
| 22 - Security | 22 - Security | ||
| - | Hands On use of Knoppix STD Live CD | + | Hands On use of Knoppix STD Live CD by Jeff Ziesemann |
| + | Very Good. Covered mostly Nessus. | ||
| 23 - STC LUG | 23 - STC LUG | ||
| Wireless Network Card Configurations (including ndiswrapper) by Carl Fitch | Wireless Network Card Configurations (including ndiswrapper) by Carl Fitch | ||
| + | Excellent. Covered a wide variety of cards. Answered lots of questions. | ||
| 28 - HZW LUG | 28 - HZW LUG | ||
| - | Partitioning and File System Hierarchy | + | Partitioning and File System Hierarchy by Stan Reichardt |
| + | Very good. | ||
| ===== Presentation Schedule ===== | ===== Presentation Schedule ===== | ||
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| 8 - UNIX | 8 - UNIX | ||
| Base: KDE Control Center by Carl Fitch | Base: KDE Control Center by Carl Fitch | ||
| - | Main: (TENTATIVE) GeeXboX (bootable Linux for multi-media) by Mark Bergman (via Carl) | + | Main: FreeNX and Friends by Jim Roe |
| 16 - STL LUG | 16 - STL LUG | ||
| Main: Blender by JT Moree (confirmed via Craig) | Main: Blender by JT Moree (confirmed via Craig) | ||
| 22 - Security | 22 - Security | ||
| - | TBD | + | Main: dd_rescue and dd_rhelp by Carl Fitch |
| 23 - STC LUG | 23 - STC LUG | ||
| - | TBD | + | 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 it's 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. |
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| + | ===== Board Meeting ===== | ||
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| + | 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 - Complete tax-exempt status paperwork. | * Carl - Complete tax-exempt status paperwork. | ||
| - | * Carl - Ask Mark Bergman to give presentation March 8. | ||
| * 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. |
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