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====== SLUUG Steering Committee Minutes - April 2006 ======

NOTE: 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,
  10550 Old Olive Street Road,
  Creve Coeur, MO 63141 (at Old Olive and Olive)

===== Date / Time =====

  * April 5, 2006
  * 7:00 pm - 8:25 pm

===== Attendees =====

  * Carl Fitch
  * Barry Morrison
  * Stan Reichardt
  * Lee Lammert
  * Craig Buchek

===== Secretary Report =====

  * Need to print out previous months' minutes for signature and inclusion in Secretary folder.
  * Need to finish typing up minutes for March 3 board meeting and official annual meeting.

===== Treasurer Report =====

  * Currently working on pulling in 2003 data into QuickBooks.
  * Treasurer recommends passage of motion to establish Professional Memberships @ $100.

===== Book Sales =====

  * Four books sold for total sales of $95.37. Credit card posting fee of $5.00 resulting in $90.37 of income.
  * No new books ordered this year.

  * Annual report received for 2005 and Q1 2006.

===== Previous Meetings =====

==== Attendance ====

March attendance figures:

   8 - UNIX     - 23
  16 - STL LUG  - 15
  22 - Security -  9
  23 - STC LUG  -  3
  28 - HZW LUG  -  5
 

==== Comments on Presentations ====

==== March 2006 ====

   8 - UNIX
       Base: KDE Control Center by Carl Fitch
         Stan said it was pretty good.
       Main: FreeNX by Jim Roe
         Outstanding.
  16 - STL LUG
       Main: Blender by JT Moree
         Best presentation in 2 years.
  22 - Security
       Main: dd_rescue and dd_rhelp by Carl Fitch
         A bit disjointed. Not enough time.
  23 - STC LUG
       Main: dd_rescue and dd_rhelp by Carl Fitch
          Better the second time around, with more time.
  28 - HZW LUG
       Hands-on Troubleshooting Juno dial-up script for Xandros 3.0 by Phil Bunch

===== Presentation Schedule =====

==== April 2006 ====

=== SLUUG - April 12 ===
  * Base: ???? by Stanford Baldwin (via Craig)
  * Main: Wireless Network Card Configurations (including ndiswrapper) by Carl Fitch

=== STLLUG - April 20 ===
  * Base: [CLI] Simple Redirection by Stan Reichardt
  * Main: Ruby on Rails by Jeff Barczewski (Confirmed, LVL)

=== EPC Warehouse Sale - April 22 ===
  * Volunteers needed to man tables
  * Setup 8:00 AM, Teardown 4:00 PM

=== HZW LUG - April 25 ===
  * Base: [CLI] Simple Redirection by Stan Reichardt
  * Newbie topics

=== Security - April 26 ===
  * TENTATIVE: Mark Bunn @ Fishnet (via Clarence)

=== STCLUG - April 27 ===
  * Main: CUPS Printing w/ BSD by Carl Fitch

==== May 2006 ====

=== SLUUG - May 10 ===
  * Base: [CLI] Simple Redirection by Stan Reichardt
  * Main: Attacking Web Applications by Mark Murdock and Scott Winter of Lantern Secure Solutions (via Ted)

=== STLLUG - May 18 ===
  * Base: TBD
  * Main: GeeXboX / MythTV / HTPC by Mark Sims (Carl has reconfirmed date and location)

=== HZWLUG - May 23 ===
  * Newbie topics

=== Security - May 24 ===
  * Wireless Troubleshooting - Kismet & Other Diagnostic Tools

=== STCLUG - May 25 ===
  * TBD

==== June 2006 ====

=== SLUUG - June 14 ===
  * Base: TBD
  * Main: Secure Email by Dustin Anders and Paul Vinson of Slashmail (via Craig)

=== STLLUG - June 15 ===
  * Main: SUSE 10 by Novell (LVL)

=== STCLUG - June 22 ===
  * TBD

=== HZWLUG - June 27 ===
  * Newbie topics

=== Security - June 28 ===
  * TBD

==== July 2006 ====

=== SLUUG - July 13 ===
  * Base: TBD
  * Main: Novell SuSE in the Enterprise Space (LVL Tentative)

=== STLLUG - July 21 ===
  * TBD
  * Alternate: Distro Updating Installfest

=== STCLUG - July 27 ===
  * TBD

=== HZWLUG - July 27 ===
  * TBD

=== Security - July 26 ===
  * TBD

==== Potential Presentations ====

  * Zimbra Collaboration Suite (Exchange "replacement") - Matthew Porter volunteered (October?)
  * InkScape (STLLUG) - Mark Jarnowski volunteered (via Craig)
  * Alternate: Distro Updating Installfest
  * MythTV / Freevo / TiVo - (STLLUG?) - (via Sarah on the Perl list)
  * 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
    * How To Update Your System - apt, yum, etc.
    * Music - Linux on iPod, iPod on Linux, Ogg, players, etc.

===== Weekly Announcements =====

  * Stan is looking to somehow automate the announcements.

===== Sponsorships =====

  * Lee volunteered to send invoices to our list of previous sponsors. ($200)
  * Clarence and Stan will start working to gather information about previous sponsors.
    * Starting with information from the web site.
    * Lee spoke with Dave Mills - NO other informaiton available.
  * Stan received an email from Angela Trotter from Unidev, wanting to sponsor our group and post job listings.
    * Craig to follow up.

===== Website Librarian =====

  * Presentation topics as far back as 2000 have been listed.
    * Stan indicated that accuracy is not high, but will search additional notes.
    * Stan and Ted will continue listing prior years' data as time permits.
  * Stan working with Ted to get presentations put up.
    * Ted has gotten some of the older presentations gathered.
    * Ted's major emphasis will be to focus on getting the material from presenters.

===== System Administration =====

  * Root passwords on all 4 systems have been changed. Passwords have been given to the President and Secretary.
    * Most admin work should be done via ''sudo'', which does not require the root password.
  * After some mis-steps, our DNS situation seems to be working now.
    * Wash U removed SLUUG.ORG zone from their servers.
      * But the their systems were out of sync for a while, returning inconsistent results.
      * Reverse DNS records were changed, causing some issues with NFS.
    * Wash U records not matching EveryDNS records caused some problems for dial-up and shell users.
    * Wildcard record caused some problems for email and RADIUS services.
      * Wilcard record has been removed from EveryDNS.

===== PROJECT: New servers =====

  * Several of us met at Computers and Things on March 18 to discuss how to proceed, and to get some work done.
  * Configured SLUUG.ORG web site on new server.
    * Copied over all the data.
    * Configured a redirect back to old systems for user pages for short-term.
      * Will redirect to users.sluug.org, which can remain in place after the full migration.
      * This will allow us to move the web site without having to move the users.
    * Need to determine how to do the mailing list sign-up pages.
    * Need to determine how to proceed with non-SLUUG sites we host.
  * Next step is to test the new site, before we point our production DNS there.
    * Make sure everything is there and working.
    * Make sure we copy over any updates from the old web site.
    * Make sure the redirect to user pages is working.
    * Make sure the SIG sites/pages work.
    * Get the mailing list sign-up pages to work.
  * Craig is working on email infrastructure. 
    * He made some progress, but is not quite finished.
    * Got some input on how to proceed from the others.
  * We need some versa-rails to mount the servers.
    * Craig will go into Primary and measure the rack depth.
  * Craig has a 1U UltraSparc with Solaris 10 to donate and install at Primary.
  * We could use a rackmount switch.
    * Carl has a 12-port rackmount hub he will donate.

===== Old Business =====

  * Missouri Exempt status - (Carl Fitch and Lee Lammert, with help from Fred Smith's wife)
    * Carl has the forms. Working to finish filling them out. Will hand them off to Lee.
    * Gary will take forms to Rich McClennan to get help answering some of the questions.

  * See about O'Reilly bringing someone in to speak to our group(s).
    * Carl will follow up.

  * Stan proposed we clean house, and send any excess inventory to WITS.

===== New Business =====

  * Need to come up with rates for membership / accounts this year.
    * Craig proposed a new $100 "professional" membership level.
      * He wants to pay that much for a membership this year.
      * This would support one of SLUUG's goals - being a professional organization.
      * Professional members will receive recognition on a new page on the web site.
      * No other benefits currently proposed for this level, beyond the current membership benefits.
      * Craig will write up info on the membership levels for the web site and hand-outs.
    * Proposed rates for 2006:
      * Level 1: $35    (basic/shell)          Shell
      * Level 2: $65    (dial-up + shell)      Sustaining
      * Level 3: $100   ("professional")       Professional
      * Corporate Sponsorship: $200
    * Stan proposed that we charge a $5/month late fee.
      * Annual account ffes are due on July 1.
      * Late fee takes effect starting August 1.
      * Accounts over 90 days past due will be suspended.
    * Need to announce the new rates, and update all web pages.
      * Craig volunteered.

  * Mike Knight suggested (via email) that 4 dial-up lines would be the optimal number.
    * We currently have 5 lines, and pay $160/month.
    * Having 4 lines would result in only a small number of busy signals.
    * Reducing 1 line would save us 20% of our #1 expense.
    * Reducing 2 lines (down to 3 lines) would save us $768, reducing the total expense to $1152/year.
      * This would require about 18 $65 accounts to sustain.
    * Unanymous agreement to reduce to 4.
    * There was nearly unanymous agreement to reduce to 3 lines.
      * Will table the discussion to reduce to 3 (or 0) for later.
        * Mike Knight reminded us (via email) that we need to remember that we provide Rich McLennan with a comp account.
          * Would need to make alternate arrangements with him for his work for us.
      * It was suggested that those who want dial-up look into a more sustainable arrangement.
        * Wholesale dial-up accounts.
        * Recruiting more users.

===== Board Meeting =====

A board meeting was held in order to agree upon the proposals listed above. Quorum was met, with Lee, Carl, and Stan in attendance.

Called to order @ 8:25.
Motion by Lee to reduce number of phone lines to 4.
Unanymous approval.
Motion by Lee to approve proposed fee structure for accounts/memberships.
Unanymous approval.
Move to adjourn by Lee.
Meeting adjourned @ 8:27.

===== Follow-up and Action Items: =====

  * Carl - Complete tax-exempt status paperwork.
  * Carl - Follow up with O'Reilly about bringing someone in to speak to our group(s).
  * Craig - Write up info on membership levels for web site and hand-outs.
  * Craig - Print out meeting minutes for inclusion in secretary folder.
  * Craig - Continue working on new servers.
    * Recruit testers in preparation to move www.sluug.org site.
    * Complete email configuration.
  * 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.
  * Ted - Get abstract for May 10 presentation.
  * Stan - Update web sites w/ info on April presentations.
  * Stan - Confirm April 12 tutorial with Stanford Baldwin. Get topic/details.
  * Lee - Finish QB transfer & financials.
  * Barry - Look into Webmin and Majordomo/Mailmain for new servers.
    * Need to be able to preserve the archives.
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