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

Saint Louis Bread Company,
(at Old Olive and Olive),
10550 Old Olive Street Road,
Creve Coeur, MO 63141

• Wednesday, November 4, 2009
• 6:45 PM - 8:10 PM

• Jeff Muse
• Carl Fitch
• Jerry Stutte
• Craig Buchek
• Gary Meyer
• Stan Reichardt

• Secretary has not printed minutes since June.

• Balance: $1276.62 as of 8/31/2009
• 2009-10 income:
  • Steve Gomez $100 dues
  • Bill Zimmerly $35 dues
  • Joseph Bohnenstiehl $70 dues
• 2009-11 donated expenditures
  • Phil Bunch $60 for meeting rooms
  • Stan Reichardt $20 for meeting rooms
  • Carl Fitch $100 for meeting rooms

• Subscriber numbers (approximate) as of end of October 2009:

• Numbers are as end of each month.
• Blocking of mailing list attachments not completely configured yet.
• ANNOUNCE mailing list.
  • Still no volunteer editor to do a quarterly or monthly newsletter.

• NOTE: Hazelwood LUG attendance for August 2009 was 10, not 8 as previously listed.
• Attendance numbers, as of end of October 2009:

• NA - Not part of SLUUG.
• () - Number in parentheses is head count.
• xx - attendance was taken, numbers not yet recorded.
• ? - Question mark indicates attendance not taken or sheet missing.
• - - dash indicates no meeting.

    October 2009    
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• Linux configuration workshop - no presentation

• NOTE This was a Back to Back meeting.
• BASE: Linux Package Management by Stan Reichardt.
  • Started as a train wreck, after 10 minutes things got a little better. But, not much.
  • Different laptop without Impressive, xPDF or GNOME style PDF reader was disorienting at first.
• MAIN: VirtualBox 3.0 by Jeff Logullo.
  • Very good. Lots of info relayed, including some undocumented stuff.
  • Answered lots of questions.

• NOTE This was a Back to Back meeting.
• Matt Skipton wasn't able to present about VMware.
• TOPIC: Virtual Machines in a Production Environment by Carl Fitch and Jim Roe
  • Not bad, given short notice.
  • Good follow-on from previous evening's topic.

• TOPIC: LDOMs - the Basics by Jeff Muse.
  • Excellent. Good discussion.

• Again at St. Charles Convention Center.
  • SLUUG Linux booth number 501.
  • EPC provided 5 laptops.
  • Event was from 11 AM to 5 PM.
• Volunteers - Lee Lammert, Gary McKee, Stan R., Richard Warwick.
  • Seemed like event had fewer booths than in Spring and last Fall.
  • Need fish bowl to collect business cards at next Expo.
  • Need better orientation of equipment, handouts, supplies and SWAG.

• TOPIC: Canceled due to STL Business Expo.
• Most regular SNUG attendees usually go to Expo.

• TOPIC: Linux From Scratch by Robert Hanse.
  • Rather good OOo slide presentation.
  • Willing to do at STLLUG.

• Topics are usually determined by attendees. We sometimes cover more than one.
• Scheduled to do Presentation on Linux Package Management.
• Projector was not available.
• Instead of the scheduled presentation, we covered a multitude of CALL FOR HELP issues.

• 2009-11 Stan created link to potential speakers and topics.

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• Linux configuration workshop - no presentation

• BASE: Grub2 on Ubuntu by Gary McKee (via Stan R.)
• MAIN: Snow Leopard by Bill Edney and Scott Granneman (confirmed by Gary)

• TOPIC: To Be Determined (TBD)

• TOPIC: To Be Determined (TBD)

• TOPIC: To Be Determined (TBD)
• POSSIBLE: VMware by Matt Skipton (via Carl)
• POSSIBLE: Something something by Jim Roe (Selling Free Software?)

• Topics are usually determined by attendees. We sometimes cover more than one.

• HIATUS - No Meeting During November or December 2009 due to conflicts and holidays.

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• Linux configuration workshop - no presentation

• BASE: Hands-On Updating the SLUUG Google Calendar by Stan Reichardt (tentative)
• MAIN: LaTeX by Eric Xu (via Jerry Stutte)

• TOPIC: To Be Determined (TBD)

• TOPIC: To Be Determined (TBD)

• POSSIBLE: Linux From Scratch by Robert Hanse (tentative, via Carl)

• Topics are usually determined by attendees. We sometimes cover more than one.

• HIATUS - No Meeting During November or December 2009 due to conflicts and holidays.

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• Linux configuration workshop - no presentation
• Meetings will be in smaller room.

• BASE: To Be Determined (TBD)
• MAIN: To Be Determined (TBD)

• TOPIC: To Be Determined (TBD)

• TOPIC: To Be Determined (TBD)

• MAIN: Digital Radio by Bill Zimmerly (via Jerry Stutte)

• Topics are usually determined by attendees. We sometimes cover more than one.

• TOPIC: To Be Determined (TBD)
• Could be VMstuff or redmine or whatever

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• Linux configuration workshop - no presentation
• Meetings will be in smaller room.

• 2009-11 Stan created link to potential speakers and topics.

• 2009-06 Tasked Craig to update SLUUG.ORG to show 3 names in WHOIS data.
• 2009-08-31 Domain SLUUG.ORG only shows 2 names in WHOIS data.
• 2009-09 Per Gary: Stan & I are the current 2 names so we (rather than Craig) need to add the 3rd.
• 2009-10 Not Discussed
• 2009-11 Status quo

• 2009-06 Tasked Carl and Gary to renew SLACC.COM domain.
• Need to register SLACC.COM domain.
  • Carl - follow up with Noel about transferring the SLACC.COM domain to us.
  • Expires in September 2009; need to renew.

Per Gary In August, someone already renewed until Sept 2011! Presumably Noel since he is still the ONLY listed contact. The LONG renewal does violate our concept of using annual renewals so that we keep an institutional memory (and familiarity), but we'll have to work it. We still need to get Noel to include our names/addresses in the registration.

• Check on SLACC.ORG - seems to be owned by a cybersquatter.
• Expires in August 2009.

Per Gary: It was renewed for another year in July by an anonymous registrant in the Netherlands. It is being used for the Salt Lake Chamber of Commerce.

• Noel asked that we allow current email users to keep their SLACC.COM email addresses.
• 2009-06 Tasked Carl and Gary to transfer SLACC.COM domain.
• 2009-10 Not Discussed
• 2009-11 Status quo

• 2009-06 Tasked Craig to update STLLINUX.ORG to show 3 names in WHOIS data.
• 2009-08-31 Domain STLLINUX.ORG only shows 1 name in WHOIS data.
• 2009-10 Not discussed.
• 2009-11 Status quo

• 2009-11 Gary says the STCLUG.ORG domain will expire in December.
  • Gary will renew it.

• 2009-08 The Sun E250 is now up and running.
  • Named bock.
  • Running Solaris 10.
  • Stuffed full of working hard drives.
  • Has about 100 GB of RAID-Z ZFS.
• 2009-08 Bud Light is doing daily rsnapshots to bock.
• 2009-08 Bud backs up to Bud Light.
• 2009-08 Stan created resources to keep track of our systems and what's running on them.
• 2009-10 Not discussed.
• 2009-11 Drive array hooked to budlight is running in RAID 5 disabled mode.
  • Jeff will buy 20 x 72GB FC replacement drives on Ebay.
    • Approximately $120.

• Work left to do:
  • Make sure docs are up to date.
    • 2008-01 Add documentation telling users how to configure mail clients to use Bud.
    • 2008-01 Started documenting client email configurations, to help users migrate.
    • 2008-01 See users and mail_setup pages.
  • Craig - Work on finishing server builds.
    • 2008-01 Document changes to PAM to correct MAIL variable. (Craig)
    • 2008-03 More security, for SSH and otherwise.
    • 2008-01 Get offsite backups working. (Mike Knight)
    • 2008-01 Publish SSH host keys on web page.
    • 2008-03 Standardize/regularize user accounts (IDs, password expirations). (Mike Knight)
• Other work to do:
  • 2008-08 Document useradd process.
  • 2008-03 Better web site management tools
  • 2008-08 Develop standardized 'Membership List' & use same UIDs across all production machines.
• 2009-10 During September:
  • Jeff Muse had done kernel updates on BUDs.
  • Jeff has built script to do service checks, ping tests, etc.
  • Carl had turned off duplicate backups on BUD.
  • Jeff has completed documentation on wiki regarding his earlier changes.

• Annual Report for 2008 is on file, next Annual Report due 31 August.
• Filed documents available here.
• REGISTRATION REPORT FEE IS:
  • $15.00 If filed on or before 8/31
  • $20.00 If filed after 8/31
  • Corporation will be administratively dissolved if report is not filed by November 30th.
• We still need to change the registered agent for surface mail delivery.
  • Craig is a registered agent, per Missouri state, and volunteered to serve as our group's agent.
    • Someone just needs to file the right paperwork.
    • We thought we had filled out the paperwork; apparently it's been lost or misplaced.
• The registration was updated by Carl in August 2009
• 2009-10 Annual Report for 2009 have been processed and available on state's web page. Carl will do registered agent form.

• 2009-09 Jerry Stutte has written an app to manage membership.
  • Working with Lee Lammert.
  • Need to deploy to bud.
  • Lists membership levels and names.
  • Will be able to show expiration dates of memberships and send out emails.
  • Need to add timestamps for changes
  • Searchable renewal method
  • Drop down list for State
  • Auto ID number generation
• 2009-10 Membership application now running on BUD. When more mature Jerry will do a tutorial or presentation.
• 2009-11 During October:
  • At SLUUG meeting we explained St. Louis County Library (SLCL) policy change on room payments.
  • Stan R. handed out all available Annual Supporting Membership forms during SLUUG meeting.
  • Sales pitch for Supporting Memberships was to not throw form away, take it home, look at it.
  • Need more forms printed.

• Reservations of St. Louis County Library (SLCL) rooms for calendar year 2010 made on 3 October.
  • Reserved Indian Trails - Phil Bunch
  • Reserved Prairie Commons - Stan Reichardt
  • Reserved Thornhill - Carl Fitch
• Process has changed. Limited to 6 months. Next round may be first Saturday in April.
• Reserving a meeting room now done on line - http://www.slcl.org/services/reserve.htm
• Payment required within 14 days, or we lose reservation.
• We can still collect donations for future meetings.
• 2009-11 Completed in October:
  • Paid Indian Trails - Carl Fitch
  • Paid Prairie Commons - Carl Fitch and Stan Reichardt
  • Paid Thornhill - Phil Bunch
  • Come April or May we will have to again schedule and pay withing 14 days to reserve rooms for last six months of year.
  • To avoid problems, payments need to be made separately to each SLCL Branch.

• 2009-09 Jerry Stute, Jeff Muse, and Eric Xu volunteered to cleanup Wash U site.
• 2009-09 Gary Meyer is Captain.
• 2009-10 Captain was AWOL.

• Charles Sharp created an IRC channel on irc.freenode.net.
• Channel is named #sluug.
• Typically 7 people on at times.

• Speculate on events, plans, policy, procedures, projects.
• Stan would like us to clean up the SYSADMIN mailing list, to eliminate people who have not been active for the past year.
  • We decided to send a message out to the list, asking who wants to stay on the list. Then we can remove folks that are not staying active.

• Recognize completed action items, and other useful actions.
• Lee put a lot of work into the Small Business Expo. Yay!

• Everyone - Talk to someone about coming to meetings.
• Everyone - Talk to someone about sponsorships.
• Everyone - Talk to someone about giving a presentation.
• Craig - Contact Kyle Cordes about presenting on Puppet.