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steercom:2006-06 [2006/06/07 19:25] 64.241.37.140 First save during the meeting. (CMB) |
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* June 7, 2006 | * June 7, 2006 | ||
- | * 6:30 pm - | + | * 6:30 pm - 8:15 pm |
===== Attendees ===== | ===== Attendees ===== | ||
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May attendance figures: | May attendance figures: | ||
- | * May 10 - UNIX - 37 | + | * May 10 - UNIX - 37 (at least 4 new people) |
* May 18 - STL LUG - 15 (17 head count) | * May 18 - STL LUG - 15 (17 head count) | ||
* May 23 - HZW LUG - 7 | * May 23 - HZW LUG - 7 | ||
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* Base: Sudo and not su by Stanford Baldwin | * Base: Sudo and not su by Stanford Baldwin | ||
* Interesting. Good speaker. Could have used a bit more tech. | * Interesting. Good speaker. Could have used a bit more tech. | ||
- | * Main: Attacking Web Applications by Mark Murdock and Scott Winter of Lantern Secure Solutions (via Ted) | + | * 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. | * Very good. Good overview of the topic. Brought several new people in. | ||
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* Demonstration of Starwreck movie (first 5 minutes) | * Demonstration of Starwreck movie (first 5 minutes) | ||
* Demonstration of Elephant Dreams video done with Blender (first 5 minutes) | * Demonstration of Elephant Dreams video done with Blender (first 5 minutes) | ||
- | * Main Topic: Broken lock files (hands-on and slide-show with gwenview) | + | * Demonstration of Fred Smith's tutorial on using Xandros (first 10 minutes) |
- | * Pretty good. | + | * 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 == | == Security - May 24 == | ||
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=== SLUUG - July 12 === | === SLUUG - July 12 === | ||
* Base: TBD | * Base: TBD | ||
- | * Main: Novell SuSE in the Enterprise Space (LVL Tentative) | + | * Main: Novell SuSE in the Enterprise Space (Lee, TENTATIVE) |
=== STLLUG - July 20 === | === STLLUG - July 20 === | ||
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=== SLUUG - Sep 13 === | === SLUUG - Sep 13 === | ||
* Base: TBD | * Base: TBD | ||
- | * Main: Search Engine Optimization and Web Services by Jeff Heaton (via Ted) | + | * Main: Search Engine Optimization and Web Services by Jeff Heaton (TENTATIVE, via Ted) |
=== STLLUG - Sep 21 === | === STLLUG - Sep 21 === | ||
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* Presentation topics as far back as 1998 have been listed. | * 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 indicated that accuracy is not high, but will search additional notes. | ||
* Stan and Ted will continue listing prior years' data as time permits. | * 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. | * 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 has gotten some of the older presentations gathered. | ||
* Ted's major emphasis will be to focus on getting the material from presenters. | * 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 ===== | ===== System Administration ===== | ||
* Mike Knight reported on a recurring rebooting issue with Dark. | * 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 ===== | ===== PROJECT: New servers ===== | ||
- | * From May - Has any of this changed? | ||
* Configured SLUUG.ORG web site on new server. | * Configured SLUUG.ORG web site on new server. | ||
* Copied over all the data. | * Copied over all the data. | ||
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===== Old Business ===== | ===== Old Business ===== | ||
- | * From May - Has any of this changed? | ||
* Missouri Exempt status - (Carl Fitch and Lee Lammert, with help from Fred Smith's wife) | * 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. | * Carl has the forms. Working to finish filling them out. Will hand them off to Lee. | ||
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* This could be a fall-back if we can no longer provide that service. | * 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. | * We need to re-assess cost of phone lines at the end of this year. | ||
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+ | * 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 ===== | ===== New Business ===== | ||
- | * From May - Has any of this changed? | ||
* Craig proposes that a BBS Committee be formed. | * Craig proposes that a BBS Committee be formed. | ||
* They will ensure financial viability of the BBS. | * They will ensure financial viability of the BBS. | ||
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* Or else the BBS service will be canceled the following year. | * 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. | * 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 ===== | ===== Blue Sky ===== | ||
- | * From May - has any of this changed? | + | |
- | * Stan will look into removing many of our email aliases. | + | * Carl suggested we remove the passwords from mailing list archives. |
- | * Most of them only collect spam. | + | * Craig thinks that Mhonarc does not strip email addresses from the message bodies. |
- | * Craig suggested that we may need to set procmail to delete spam of a certain rating. | + | * Barry will look into stripping email addresses from bodies on new servers. |
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+ | * 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 ===== | ===== Follow-up and Action Items ===== | ||
- | * From May - has any of this changed? | ||
- | * Carl - Get abstract/bio from Mark Sims. | ||
* 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). | ||
- | * Craig - Write up info on membership levels for web site and hand-outs. | ||
* Craig - Get abstract/bio from Dustin Anders and Paul Vinson. | * Craig - Get abstract/bio from Dustin Anders and Paul Vinson. | ||
* Tell them to spend at least half the time on client-side (PGP). | * Tell them to spend at least half the time on client-side (PGP). | ||
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* Recruit testers in preparation to move www.sluug.org site. | * Recruit testers in preparation to move www.sluug.org site. | ||
* Complete email configuration. | * 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 - Get abstract/bio from Matt Skipton of Novell. | ||
- | * Lee - Finish QB transfer & financials. | + | * Lee - Finish QuickBooks transfer & financials. |
* Barry - Look into Webmin and Majordomo/Mailmain for new servers. | * Barry - Look into Webmin and Majordomo/Mailmain for new servers. | ||
* Need to be able to preserve the archives. | * Need to be able to preserve the archives. | ||
- | * Ted - Get abstract/bio from Mark Murdock and Scott Winter. | + | * Ted - Get abstract/bio from Jeff Heaton and confirm date. |
- | * Ted - Get abstract/bio from Jeff Heaton. | + | |
* Gary - Talk to people about presentations (see above). | * 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. |