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====== SLUUG Steering Committee Minutes - August 2007 ======

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

====== Date and Time ======
  * Wednesday, 1 August 2007
  * 6:30 pm - 8:55 pm

====== Attendees ======
  * Stan Reichardt
  * Craig Buchek
  * Carl Fitch
  * Lee Lammert
  * Jeff Muse

====== Secretary Report  ======
  * Craig needs to review printed minutes to ensure we are not missing any.
    * Needs to print out minutes for July.
  * July minutes have been uploaded to wiki.
    * Due to WiFi issues, minutes were taken off-line.

====== Treasurer Report ======
  * Current Balance:  $1239.81 as of 6/30/07
  * Bills paid: $23.57 (Pizza for 6/13 server work day)

  * Open questions:
    * Final bill from Wash U.
    * Receipts for expense reimbursements:
      * Gary - domain registration
      * Carl - state registration

====== Book Sales Report ======
  * None reported for June.

====== Membership Attendance Report ======
  * Most attendance sheets are available from the web servers.
  * Use URLs like http://www.sluug.org/attendance.pdf, http://solaris.sluug.org/attendance.pdf, and so on.
    * Attendance for July 2007:
      * Jul  4 - HOLIDAY - Independence Day
      * Jul  5 - SLACC: 6
      * Jul 10 - 1st LDAP: No meeting in July
      * Jul 11 - SLUUG: 27
      * Jul 16 - Steercom: 4
      * Jul 17 - Solaris:  8
      * Jul 18 - 2nd LDAP: No meeting in July
      * Jul 19 - STLLUG: 31
      * Jul 24 - HZWLUG: 11
      * Jul 25 - Security: 6
      * Jul 26 - STCLUG: 11
  * Must have had good topics, as these numbers are higher than recent months.
    * And July attendance is normally low due to vacations, good weather, etc.

====== Mailing List Report ======
  * We have migrated most lists from Majordomo on Michelob to MailMan on Bud.
    * USERS and non-SLUUG lists are only remaining lists to migrate.
  * Some current mailing list subscriber numbers (approximate):

|| List | May | June | July | Aug ||
|| ANNOUNCE | 917 | 925 | 900 | 915 ||
|| DISCUSS | 184 | 190 | 188 | 190 ||
|| STEERCOM | 32 | 32 | 33 | 32 ||
|| SYSADMIN | xx | xx | 18 | 18 ||

  * Un-advertised MailMan lists are MAILMAN, TEST, TESTING and SYSADMIN.

  * The old ANNOUNCE Majordomo list has been converted to a MailMan list.
    * Subscribed (injected) 920 addresses into the new ANNOUNCE MailMan list on 29 July.
    * Surprisingly fewer than expect unsubscribe requests so far.
    * We still anticipate more ANNOUNCE reductions due to MailMan automated handling of bounces.
    * Already two new subscribers via the new process.
    * Lots of non-subscriber submissions every day -- SPAM.
  * Weekly ANNOUNCE EVENTS mailing.
    * Latest mailing sent out on MailMan list.  Late Sunday evening, 29 July.
    * Continued including name and link to a sponsor in each weekly ANNOUNCE EVENTS mailing.
    * Doing in reverse alphabetical order.
    * Have done 7 so far: UMSL-micros, Strategic Staffing, O'Reilly, K&S Pritchard, Hostirian Graybar, Computers & Things.
    * Next up: EPC and then Ajilon.

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

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

==== HOLIDAY - July 4 ====
  * Independence Day

==== SLACC - July 5 ==== 
  * Linux Configuration Workshop - No presentation.

==== SLUUG - July 11 ====
  * Base: DSH - Distributed Shell by John Hodge
    * Good, but only covered the AIX version for the most part.
    * Generated good discussion on DISCUSS, including alternatives.
  * Main: Basic GIMP Usage by Scott Nesler (confirmed, via Craig)
    * Excellent. Everyone learned something new.
    * Scott enjoyed presenting; wants to do more.

==== SOLARIS - July 17 ====
  * TOPIC: SMF - Service Management Facility by Bob Netherton
    * Very interesting. Centered around satisfying startup dependencies.
    * Bob Netherton was excellent as always.

==== STLLUG - July 19 ====
  * TOPIC: Everything You (N)Ever Wanted to Know About HDTV by Craig Buchek
    * Excellent. Tons of information covered in a short amount of time.
    * Invitation mailed to ANNOUNCE the prior day seemed to bring in several new people.
    * Presentation available at [[http://craigbuchek.com/presentations]]

==== HZWLUG - July 24 ====
  * TOPIC: Review updated HZWLUG Information CD-ROM Disc by Stan Reichardt
    * Went well. Stan did well, even without Carl there.
  * Plus other unstructured topics requested by Newbie questions

==== SECURITY - July 25 ====
  * TOPIC: Continued Examination of Snort by Chris Byrd and Mark Buchanan
    * Excellent review and continuation of topic.
  * Suggestion made to make Savvis primary meeting location.
    * PRO: Room is available more than UMSL location.
    * PRO: Nice space - main conference room.
    * PRO: Free sodas.
    * PRO: Gets Chris Byrd and Mark Buchanan more involved in leadership.
    * CON: No hands-on available in main conference room.
    * CON: Difficult to get into the building after 6:00.
  * Clarence should make the final decision about moving.
    * Carl will call Clarence.

==== STCLUG - July 26 ====
  * TOPIC: Basic GIMP Usage by Scott Nesler
    * Updated a bit from SLUUG version, fewer mistakes.
    * Excellent once again.

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

===== August 2007 =====

==== SLACC - August 2 ==== 
  * Linux Configuration Workshop - No presentation.

==== SLUUG - August 8 ====
  * Base: SFTP by Carl Fitch
  * Main: APV (Advance POWER Virtualization) Overview by John Hodge
  * Alternative: Technology Since 1968 by Scott Granneman (via Gary)

==== STLLUG - August 16 ====
  * TOPIC: Podcasting with Audacity by Scott Granneman (via Craig)

==== SOLARIS - August 21 ====
  * TOPIC: TBD. Possibly work on installing (Open)Solaris, or DTrace presentation by Jeff Muse

==== STCLUG - August 23 ====
  * TOPIC: TBD. Possibly John Pitney.

==== HZWLUG - August 28 ====
  * TOPIC: Whatever the newest person wants to talk about.
  * Plus other unstructured topics requested by Newbie questions.

==== SECURITY - August 29 ====
  * TOPIC: TBD.

===== September 2007 =====

==== HOLIDAY - September 3 ====
  * Labor Day

==== SLACC - September 6 ====
  * Linux Configuration Workshop - No presentation.

==== SLUUG - September 12 ====
  * Base: Rsyncing System Files with Root Permissions by Carl Fitch
  * TOPIC: TBD. Possibly John Hodge or Scott Granneman.

==== SOLARIS - September 18 ====
  * TOPIC: TBD

==== STLLUG - September 20 ====
  * TOPIC: TBD

==== HZWLUG - September 25 ====
  * TOPIC: TBD
  * Plus other unstructured topics requested by Newbie questions

==== SECURITY - September 26 ====
  * TOPIC: TBD

==== STCLUG - September 27 ====
  * TOPIC: TBD

===== October 2007 =====

==== St. Louis Business Expo - October 2 ====
  * At St. Charles Convention Center
    * See [[http://www.sbmon.com/expo/ | http://sbmon.com/ expo ]]
    * SLUUG will have a booth again.

==== SLACC - October 4 ====
  * Linux Configuration Workshop - No presentation.

==== HOLIDAY - October 8 ====
  * Columbus Day

==== SLUUG - October 10 ====
  * Base: TBD
  * TOPIC: TBD

==== SOLARIS - October 16 ====
  * TOPIC: TBD

==== STLLUG - October 18 ====
  * TOPIC: Lotus Notes (Client and Server) on Linux by Tom Bowman of TeamCentric (confirmed, via Craig)

==== SECURITY - October 24 ====
  * TOPIC: TBD

==== STCLUG - October 25 ====
  * TOPIC: Joomla by Mark Ward (confirmed, via Carl)

==== HZWLUG - October 30 ====
  * TOPIC: TBD
  * Plus other unstructured topics requested by Newbie questions
  * On the 5th Tuesday because of Library schedule conflict.


===== November 2007 =====

==== HOLIDAY - November 12 ====
  * Veterans Day (Observed)

==== SLUUG - November 14 ====
  * TOPIC: Genetics, DNA, Viruses, Bioinfomatics, etc.  (part 1) by Robert Citek (tentative, via Craig)

==== STLLUG - November 15 ====
  * TOPIC: Genetics, DNA, Viruses, Bioinfomatics, etc.  (part 2) by Robert Citek (tentative, via Craig)


==== STCLUG - November 19 ====
  * NOTE: Date changed due to 4th Thursday falling on Thanksgiving.
  * TOPIC: Rapid Data Oriented Web Development with CakePHP and PHPReports by Scott Nesler (confirmed, via Carl)

==== HOLIDAY - November 22 ===
  * Thanksgiving Day


===== Potential Future Topics =====
  * Scribus by Stan Reichardt.
  * Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5 (RHEL 5)- still looking for volunteer (via Craig).
  * CentOS Linux by Tim Dreste (Tentatively October, via Stan.)
  * AIX 6 - due out later this year (about November, IBM via John Hodge)
  * Another presentation from Tom Bowman at TeamCentric Technologies (via Craig) 
  * History of tech since 1968 from Scott Granneman (via Gary).
  * Building a modern kernel by Ed Howland.
  * Using git by Ed Howland.
  * Linux(xBSD, etc) on Wireless. (Suggested by Ed Howland)
    * Part 1: Theory and operation of wireless networks.
      * The 802.11 stack (relevant protocols.)
      * Descriptions of terms, expansion of alphabet soup.
      * Security (WEP, WPA, WPA2)
      * Network types (ad-hoc, infrastrucure.)
      * Modes (ad-hoc, managed, master, monitor.)
      * Packet Types (management, data frames. Beacons, probes.)
    * Part 2: Practical Linux Wireless configuration.
      * Cards, compatiblity.
      * NDISWrapper and native (devicescape stack.)
      * Drivers
      * Tools (using wpa_supplicant.)
      * Network Monitor
      * Wireshark sniffing.

====== Sponsorships ======
  * No change from last month.
  * Effort should be directed to find new sponsors.
    * No effort means no new sponsors.  

====== System Administration ======
  * ISSUE - Storage space on MICHELOB/DARK /home directory
    * Space use at 95% level causing backups to FAIL.
    * One user taking up way too much space.
  * Security issues
    * Confirmed that we will not be using "sudo" on new sysems.
    * Set new root passwords on BUD and BUDLIGHT.
    * Sent notice of password change out to SYSADMIN list.
    * Set up cron job to dun us to change password every 6 months.

====== Server Migration Project ======
  * Carl, Craig, Stan, and Mike Knight met on July 25 to work on the new servers.
    * Migrated ANNOUNCE list.
    * Fixed problem with mailing list archive listings.
    * Corrected mailing list pages to point to new archives.
    * Fixed problem Phil reported with mailing list passwords.
    * Added mailx to allow sending email via the 'mail' command.
    * Got cron job working, to tell us when we need to update packages.
    * Upgraded to most recent version of DokuWiki.
    * Got SASL working, so authenticated users can send out emails.
    * Started documenting client email configurations, to help users migrate.
      * See [[../users]] page.
      * It was suggested that the Mail Clients sections be split out to separate pages to reduce overall size.
      
  * Work left to do:
    * Make sure docs are up to date.
      * Add documentation telling users how to configure mail clients to use Bud.
    * Start migrating individual users.
      * Make sure we have documentation on what we need to migrate.
    * Rebuild Budlight.
      * Carl may rebuild using virtual machines.
    * Get offsite backups working.
    * Put SSH host keys on web page.
    * Work with Ed Wehner to migrate gateway-l and archrivals lists.
    * Migrate USERS mailing list.
    * Document changes to PAM to correct MAIL variable. (Craig)

====== Website Library ======
  * Stan R. and Ted P.
  * Partial migration from Dark to Bud sufficient to start loading presentations.
  * Migration means that we can start making real progress each month.
  * No routine presentation uploads yet.
  * Each website has skeleton presentation page listing topics given to date.

====== SLACC as a SIG ======
  * Carl spoke with Noel about moving the SLACC.com domain website.
    * Yes. Carl to follow up.

====== Event at EPC ======
  * August 3-5 is Missouri's tax holiday, which includes computers.
  * EPC is having a big sale on August 4.
  * We will have some SLUUG folks demonstrating applications.
    * Blurb was put in this week's ANNOUNCE about Linux Demonstration Table at EPC.
    * Will focus on how to use GNU/Linux and Open Source applications.
    * Setup from 4-6 PM on Friday August 3.
    * EPC will print some brochures for us to hand out.

====== Membership (and Shell Accounts) ======
  * Stan and Craig met earlier on August 1 to work out membership issues.
    * See the wiki [[../membership]] page.
  * Those present read through the write-up on the wiki page.
  * Recommendations from the group:
    * Make it clear that the primary benefit is to support the group.
    * Give away an item (from [[http://www.cafepress.com/sluug | our CafePress page]]) for each level
      * Platinum level - golf shirt
      * Gold level - t-shirt, mug, or baseball cap
      * Silver level - bumper sticker (excluding the $10 level)
    * No longer need to follow July - June billing cycle.
      * Each member will renew 1 year from their start date.
  * Craig to rework the membership page a bit.
    * Will post URL to STEERCOM for confirmation/vote.
  * Carl will spend $150 to buy membership gifts to have on-hand.
    * Unanimous support from committee to spend this amount.
  * Membership drive will start in September.
    * After that point, Stan will add CafePress link to SLUUG web site.
  * We talked about making the logos that Scott Nesler made official logos.
    * Will post URLs to options on STEERCOM, and vote on them there.
  * NOTE: Membership sign-ups must include form with user info.

====== Publicity Handouts ======
  * Craig and Stan met earlier on August 1 to work on handouts.
    * Reviewed and mapped out improvements to the brochures we have.
    * Decided to include a page telling when/where all our meetings are. (Craig working on)
  * Stan had previously created a St. Charles LUG brochure on GNU/Linux resources.
    * Added link to PDF on [[http://www.sluug.org/resources/handouts/ | SLUUG Handouts]] web page.
    * Will add link to PDF on STCLUG web page.
  * Need about 200 copies of all brochures.
    * Carl was to ask EPC to print 200 copies of each.
    * After event at EPC we should ask for volunteer on DISCUSS to print any shortages.

====== Other Old Business ======
  * Gary has an additional (E250?) Sun box to put into production for our members to access.

====== New Business ======
  * Lee suggested dropping the merchant account, to save $60/yr.
    * We're not sure if we want to accept credit cards for membership drive.
    * We'll wait a couple months to see if membership drive makes keeping it worthwhile.
  * Jeff has an RS/6000 to get rid of.
    * 300 MHz, 512 MB, 18 GB+36 GB drives
    * Has PCI bus, so will run AIX 5.3.
    * Tower system.
    * Would be a good system to use once we retire Michelob and/or Dark.
      * We don't have space otherwise.
    * Jeff would be willing to build it with AIX 5.3 if someone has CDs.
      * Currently running AIX 5.1.
    * If Jeff can get assistance from others, we can use it.

====== Follow-up and Action Items ======
  * Carl - Follow up with John Hodge to determine if he wants to postpone presentation.
  * Carl - Call Noel about transferring SLACC.com domain.
  * Carl - Rebuild Budlight.
  * Carl - Lead effort at EPC.
  * Carl - Buy $150 of membership gifts from CafePress to have on-hand.
  * Carl - Split out Mail Clients pages on users wiki document.
  * Craig - Write up brochures on meetings.
  * Craig - Fix up membership page, per recommendations.
    * Post URL to STEERCOM for confirmation/vote.
  * Craig - Print minutes for any months missing from secretary folder.
  * Craig - Work on finishing server builds.
  * Jeff - Seek assistance from AIX gurus to see if we want to set up his box.
  * Stan - Work on updating brochures on membership issues.
  * Lee - Consider online database for membership applications/renewals.
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