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====== SLUUG Steering Committee Minutes - June 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 =====

  * June 7, 2006
  * 6:30 pm - 8:15 pm

===== Attendees =====

  * Craig Buchek
  * Carl Fitch
  * Stan Reichardt
  * Tim Cross (first meeting -- AIM Management, does monthly round-table discussions)
  * Barry Morrison
  * Ted Palmer

===== 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 =====

  * No report.

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

  * Sold 7 books in May for about $94.
  * No new books ordered this year.

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

==== Attendance ====

May attendance figures:

  * May 10 - UNIX     - 37 (at least 4 new people)
  * May 18 - STL LUG  - 15 (17 head count)
  * May 23 - HZW LUG  - 7
  * May 24 - Security - 8
  * May 25 - STC LUG  - 11

==== Comments on Presentations ====

=== May 2006 ===

== SLUUG - May 10 ==

  * Base: Sudo and not su by Stanford Baldwin
    * Interesting. Good speaker. Could have used a bit more tech.
  * Main: Attacking Web Applications(Site Penetration Testing) by Mark Murdock and Scott Winter of Lantern Secure Solutions (via Ted)
    * Very good. Good overview of the topic. Brought several new people in.

== STLLUG - May 18 ==

  * Scheduled Main: GeeXboX / MythTV / HTPC by Mark Sims
    * Presenter did not show up - got cold feet.
  * Fill-in Presentation: Boot Process by Carl Fitch
    * Wasn't prepared, obviously, but winged it.

== HZWLUG - May 23 ==

  * Demonstration of Starwreck movie (first 5 minutes)
  * Demonstration of Elephant Dreams video done with Blender (first 5 minutes)
  * Demonstration of Fred Smith's tutorial on using Xandros (first 10 minutes)
  * Main Topic: Broken lock files (hands-on and slide-show of Ksnapshot screen captures with gwenview)
    * Pretty good interaction and participation.  Sparked many questions and enthusiasm.

== Security - May 24 ==

  * Hands-on: Wireless Troubleshooting - Kismet & Other Diagnostic Tools by Chris Bird (Laclede Gas)
    * Excellent. Very knowledgeable speaker. Would be good to invite him to the SLUUG meetings.

== STCLUG - May 25 ==

  * Further Explorations with Ruby on Rails by Ed Howland
    * Very informative. Didn't get to cover all the topics thoroughly.

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

==== June 2006 ====

=== SLUUG - June 14 ===
  * Base: Master Boot Records by Carl Fitch
  * Main: Secure Email by Dustin Anders and Paul Vinson of Slashmail (via Craig)

=== STLLUG - June 15 ===
  * Main: SUSE 10 by Matt Skipton of Novell (via Lee)

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

=== HZWLUG - June 27 ===
  * Newbie topics
    * Processes and the ''kill'' command

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

==== July 2006 ====

=== SLUUG - July 12 ===
  * Base: TBD
  * Main: Novell SuSE in the Enterprise Space (Lee, TENTATIVE)

=== STLLUG - July 20 ===
  * Installing Linux from a Disk Image by Carl Fitch

=== HZWLUG - July 25 ===
  * Newbie Topics

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

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

==== August 2006 ====

=== SLUUG - Aug 9 ===
  * Base: TBD
  * Main: something by Scott Granneman (TENTATIVE, via Gary)

=== STLLUG - Aug 17 ===
  * Main: InkScape - Mark Jarnowski (TENTATIVE, via Craig)

=== HZWLUG - Aug 22 ===
  * TBD

=== Security - Aug 23 ===
  * TBD

=== STCLUG - Aug 24 ===
  * TBD

==== September  2006 ====

=== SLUUG - Sep 13 ===
  * Base: TBD
  * Main: Search Engine Optimization and Web Services by Jeff Heaton (TENTATIVE, via Ted)

=== STLLUG - Sep 21 ===
  * Main: TBD

=== HZWLUG - Sep 26 ===
  * Newbie Topics

=== Security - Sep 27 ===
  * TBD

=== STCLUG - Sep 28 ===
  * TBD

==== Potential Presentations ====

  * Certified Ethical Hacking by Mark Russell of Premier Knowledge (via Tim Cross)
  * Zimbra Collaboration Suite (Exchange "replacement") - Matthew Porter volunteered (October?)
  * Perl Scripts to do DNA Genetic Research by Bryce Meyer from Wiltel/Level 3 (via Gary)
  * OpenVPN by Robert Citek
  * SELinux by Stan Reichardt
  * 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/Subversion for Config Files
    * Oracle Application Express
    * How To Update Your System - apt, yum, yast, etc.
    * Music - Linux on iPod, iPod on Linux, Ogg, players, etc.

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

  * Stan is looking to somehow automate the announcements.

===== Sponsorships =====

  * Lee working to send out invoices to previous sponsors. ($200)
  * Clarence and Stan will start working to gather information about previous sponsors.
    * Starting with information from the web site.

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

  * Presentation topics as far back as 1998 have been listed.
    * Stan will add listings for at least two more years.
    * 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 will start adding some of the materials that are smaller. 
  * Stan working with Ted to get presentations put up.
    * Ted not comfortable with ''librarian'' as a title, but the goal remains to gather the materials.
    * Ted has gotten some of the older presentations gathered.
    * Ted's major emphasis will be to focus on getting the material from presenters.
    * We anticipate HTML to be the most desirable format, followed by PDF.

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

  * Mike Knight reported on a recurring rebooting issue with Dark.
  * Mike Knight reported on a recurring issue with one of the modems.

===== PROJECT: New servers =====
  * 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.
    * Lee measured the depth of the rails - 28.5 inches front to back.
    * Need to be mounted on a Compaq 4U server.
  * 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.

  * Craig needs to work to write up new membership info.
    * See last month's minutes for full details.

  * Gary sent email to reduce dial-up lines to 4.

  * Lee found a dial-up service at Primary Networks for $120/year.
    * This could be a fall-back if we can no longer provide that service.
    * We need to re-assess cost of phone lines at the end of this year.

  * Stan has removed many of our email aliases.
    * Most of them only collected spam.
    * Needs to make a few alias changes still.
    * Updated the contacts page.
    * Needs to make a few more changes to the web site still.


===== New Business =====
  * Craig proposes that a BBS Committee be formed.
    * They will ensure financial viability of the BBS.
    * They will report to Steering Committee on continuing viability at least quarterly.
      * Or else the BBS service will be canceled the following year.
    * If no committee is formed by interested parties, the BBS service will be canceled the following year.
    * Carl says that 12 people have used the dial-up over the past year.
      * Carl will inform all these current users about our plans.
    * Primary Networks offers dial-up service.
      * For $8/month, users can get basic dial-up.
      * For $10/month, users can get nation-wide dial-up.
      * Carl said it is an option to resell Primary's dial-up.
    * Despite notification that we'd discuss this, nobody who cares showed up.

  * We seem to be proceeding with dropping dial-up once the current term expires.
    * Gary seems resigned to letting go of the dial-up.
    * Gary has started the process of notifying current users.

  * Craig suggested that we may need to set procmail to delete spam of a certain rating.

===== Blue Sky =====

  * Carl suggested we remove the passwords from mailing list archives.
    * Craig thinks that Mhonarc does not strip email addresses from the message bodies.
    * Barry will look into stripping email addresses from bodies on new servers.

  * Stan suggested we hold the occasional meeting at some other location.
    * Or a joint meeting with some other group.
      * Java groups.
      * Web Developers.
        * LAMP would be a great topic.

===== Follow-up and Action Items =====
  * Carl - Complete tax-exempt status paperwork.
  * Craig - Get abstract/bio from Dustin Anders and Paul Vinson.
    * Tell them to spend at least half the time on client-side (PGP).
  * 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 - Write up info on membership levels for web site and hand-outs.
  * Lee - Get abstract/bio from Matt Skipton of Novell.
  * Lee - Finish QuickBooks transfer & financials.
  * Barry - Look into Webmin and Majordomo/Mailmain for new servers.
    * Need to be able to preserve the archives.
  * Ted - Get abstract/bio from Jeff Heaton and confirm date.
  * Gary - Talk to people about presentations (see above).
  * Tim - Contact Mark Russell about presenting at Security group.
  * Stan - Update web sites.
  * Stan - Upload presentations to web archive.
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