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====== SLUUG Steering Committee Minutes - May 2007 ======

NOTE: Minutes posted on the wiki are always unofficial.
Schedules for upcoming presentations are always tentative.
(Some more tentative than others!)

====== Location ======
The Bread Company's wifi access was down, so we had to move this month to:

  Omnitec Corporation
  PO Box 411010
  Creve Coeur, MO 63141

====== Date and Time ======
  * May 2, 2007
  * 7:00 pm - 8:40 pm

====== Attendees ======
  * Gary Meyer
  * Lee Lammert
  * Carl Fitch
  * Patrick Bellinger
  * Craig Buchek

====== Secretary Report  ======
  * Secretary is catching up with things.

====== Treasurer Report ======
  * Bank balance as of 3/31/2007: $1,371.49
  * No pending deposits.
  * Expenses:
    * New Sign (1'x6'):           $ 50.00
  * Still have not received final bill from Wash U yet.

====== Book Sales Report ======
  * Book sales were not done due to illness.

====== Membership Report ======
  * Attendance for April 2007:
    * Apr  4 - Steercom: 3
    * Apr 11 - SLUUG: 22
    * Apr 17 - Solaris: 18
    * Apr 19 - STLLUG: 18
    * Apr 24 - HZWLUG: 8
    * Apr 25 - Security: 7
    * Apr 26 - STCLUG: 6
 
====== Mailing List Report ======
  * Some current mailing list subscriber numbers (approximate):
    * ANNOUNCE - 917
    * DISCUSS - 184
    * STEERCOM - 32

====== Presentation Review and Comments ======

===== April 2007 =====

==== SLUUG - Apr 11 ====
  * Base: Handcrafting Weekly Events with VIM by Stan Reichardt
    * Due to some earlier conflicts set up and start were delayed.
      * Internet connection was not attempted.
    * No slides were harmed during this session.
    * This was a live demo of VIM techniques used to build ANNOUNCE Weekly Events mailing.
    * Some interesting issues due to incorrect file permissions - got a few laughs.
    * Had been better at the previous STCLUG; was distracted by technical difficulties.
  * Main: ZFS by Jeff Muse
    * Very good. Good to have an advanced/enterprise topic.

==== SOLARIS - Apr 17 ====
  * TOPIC: Live Upgrade by Jeff Lugullo
    * First meeting held at Sun's office building.
    * Turn-out is improving dramatically.
    * Good. Very detailed. Based on swapping virtual machines -- good idea.

==== STLLUG - Apr 19 ====
  * TOPIC: Some New Linux Distros hosted by Stan Reichardt
    * Jay Truesdale ended up doing much of the presentation.
    * Became "Using Distrowatch to Compare Distos".
    * Pretty good. Unstructured, but good group discussion.

==== Special Event - Apr 23 ====
  * Richard Stallman lecture at UMSL.
  * TOPIC: Goals of the Free Software Movement.
  * SLUUG and all SIG web pages carried announcement blurb with link to PDF flyer and maps.
  * Event was added to the April calendar and appeared in ANNOUNCE Weekly Events.
  * Additional ANNOUNCE blurbs were sent out by Gary Meyer.
  * Event was posted to www.askarchy.com and www.stlcalendar.com by Stan R.
  * Per RMS's objections, we did not have a table for fliers, or signage.
  * Attendance was estimated at 250-300.
  * Generated lively conversation on our DISCUSS list afterwards.

==== HZWLUG - Apr 24 ====
  * Back at the regular Prairie Commons Branch Library location.
  * TOPIC: Using DSL Grub to chainload other Linux Distributions
  * Demo: A little of Ubuntu and DSL distros

==== SECURITY - Apr 25 ====
  * TOPIC: Extraordinary SSH Use by Carl Fitch (re-scheduled from last month)
  * UMSL lab set up was using Red Hat 7.2 which didn't play well with Carl.

==== STCLUG - Apr 26 ====
  * TOPIC: How To Create a UBCD4Win (Ultimate Boot CD) bootable CD by Carl Fitch
    * Very good.
    * Includes Windows BartPE and Linux both bootable from CD.

====== Presentation Schedule ======
===== May 2007 =====

==== SLUUG - May 9 ====
  * TOPIC: How To Create a UBCD4Win (Ultimate Boot CD) by Carl Fitch
    * Reprise of last month's STCLUG presentation.
    * People can follow along if they bring their own Windows XP installation disc.
      * Can use an OEM recovery disc or Windows Server 2003.
    * NOTE: This will be an extended topic -- no separate tutorial.

==== SOLARIS - May 15 ====
  * TOPIC: TBD.

==== STLLUG - May 17 ====
  * TOPIC: Ubuntu GNU/Linux (tentative)
    * Need to find a presenter. (Carl suggested Jay Truesdale)
  * Craig will be out of town. Need someone to run the meeting.

==== HZWLUG - May 22 ====
  * The HZWLUG meetings thru November are now listed on www.stlcalendar.com
  * Experimenting with www.askarchy.com listing.  Only submitted May meeting.
  * Uncertain if Stan R. will be in town for this meeting.

==== SECURITY - May 23 ====
  * TOPIC: TBD by Chris Byrd

==== STCLUG - May 24 ====
  * TOPIC: TBD

===== June 2007 =====

==== SLUUG - June 13 ====
  * Base: TBD
  * Main: Building a Bootable USB Drive for Troubleshooting by James Campbell
    * People can follow along if they bring their own laptop and 1 GB USB memory stick.

==== SOLARIS - June 19 ====
  * TOPIC: TBD


==== STLLUG - June 21 ====
  * TOPIC: Programming Micro-Controllers with Linux by Jason Burke (confirmed)

==== HZWLUG - June 26 ====
  * TOPIC: TBD

==== SECURITY - June 27 ====
  * TOPIC: TBD

==== STCLUG - June 28 ====
  * TOPIC: TBD

===== July 2007 =====

==== SLUUG - July 11 ====
  * Base: TBD
  * Main: Basic GIMP Usage by Scott Nesler (tentative)

==== SOLARIS - July 17 ====
  * TOPIC: TBD

==== STLLUG - July 19 ====
  * TOPIC: Everything You (N)Ever Wanted to Know About HDTV by Craig Buchek

==== HZWLUG - July 24 ====
  * TOPIC: TBD

==== SECURITY - July 25 ====
  * TOPIC: TBD

==== STCLUG - July 26 ====
  * TOPIC: TBD

====== Sponsorships ======
  * Added EPC to sponsors lists.
    * EPC graphic will appear randomly on front page.
  * Recognition of extended membership levels has not yet been done.
  * Effort should be directed to find new sponsors.
  * No effort means no new sponsors.

====== System Administration ======
  * Dark keeps crashing.
  * Waiting for it to not come back up.

  * Should our Solaris site just redirect link to our page on the Solaris web site?
    * http://www.opensolaris.org/os/community/os_user_groups/stl-osug/
    * Nobody seems to be updating http://solaris.sluug.org web page.

====== Server Migration Project ======
  * Carl and Craig to meet at Lee's on May 9 to work on migration.
    * Compare notes on Postfix configuration.
    * Install and configure Drupal for multiple web sites.
      * Integrate Drupal module for Mailman.
    * Integrate SpamAssassin into Postfix.
      * Compare configuration with Dark.
    * Verify Postfix delivery to IMAP server.

====== Website Library ======
  * Stan R. and Ted P.
  * No routine presentation uploads yet - waiting for migration.
  * No migration means no real progress this month.

====== Other Old Business ======
  * none

====== New Business ======
  * Lee asked whether we should buy $100 worth of ink pens with our name on it.
    * Members can get 2 for $1 donation.
    * We can hand them out at conventions.
    * Should have our name and URL.
    * Also add a slogan: UNIX, GNU/Linux, Open Source
    * Unanimous support for spending $100 for 250 pens.

====== Blue Sky ======
  * anything up there?

====== Follow-up and Action Items ======
  * Craig - print out previous minutes.
  * Craig - finish up work on email server.
  * Craig - get people to test using IMAP to connect to Bud from their email clients.
  * Carl and Craig - get together to work on new servers.
  * Gary - get Sun Netra T1/105 (1U) boxes from Craig, and install them at Primary.
  * Lee - provide power, food, and drink for those working on servers.
  * Carl - STCLUG Web site still shows March topic.
  * Clarence - Update Security UG web page.
  * Clarence - Inform us of upcoming topics.
  * Jeff/Jeff - Update Solaris UG web page.
  * Jeff/Jeff - Inform us of upcoming topics.
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