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| ====== Date and Time ====== | ====== Date and Time ====== | ||
| * Wednesday, December 1, 2010 | * Wednesday, December 1, 2010 | ||
| - | * 6:30 PM - | + | * 6:30 PM - 8:10 PM |
| ====== Attendees ====== | ====== Attendees ====== | ||
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| ==== HZWLUG - December 28 ==== | ==== HZWLUG - December 28 ==== | ||
| * [[http://hzwlug.sluug.org |HZWLUG]] topics are usually determined by attendees. We sometimes cover more than one. | * [[http://hzwlug.sluug.org |HZWLUG]] topics are usually determined by attendees. We sometimes cover more than one. | ||
| + | * Stan may not be able to make it to run the meeting. | ||
| ===== January 2011 ===== | ===== January 2011 ===== | ||
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| ==== SLUUG - January 12 ==== | ==== SLUUG - January 12 ==== | ||
| * [[http://www.sluug.org/|SLUUG]] usually starts with a tutorial or demo session before a main presentation. | * [[http://www.sluug.org/|SLUUG]] usually starts with a tutorial or demo session before a main presentation. | ||
| - | * BASE: To Be Determined (TBD) | + | * BASE: BSD Jails by Lee Lammert |
| - | * MAIN: Comparison of ARM and Atom, by Jerry Stutte | + | * MAIN: Comparison of ARM and Atom by Jerry Stutte |
| ==== SNUG - January 19 ==== | ==== SNUG - January 19 ==== | ||
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| ==== STLLUG - January 20 ==== | ==== STLLUG - January 20 ==== | ||
| * [[http://www.stllinux.org/|STLLUG]] is the St. Louis Linux Users Group. | * [[http://www.stllinux.org/|STLLUG]] is the St. Louis Linux Users Group. | ||
| - | * TOPIC: To Be Determined (TBD) | + | * TOPIC: Setting Up Webalizer by Lee Lammert (tentative) |
| ==== HZWLUG - January 25 ==== | ==== HZWLUG - January 25 ==== | ||
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| * [[http://www.sluug.org/|SLUUG]] usually starts with a tutorial or demo session before a main presentation. | * [[http://www.sluug.org/|SLUUG]] usually starts with a tutorial or demo session before a main presentation. | ||
| * BASE: To Be Determined (TBD) | * BASE: To Be Determined (TBD) | ||
| - | * MAIN: To Be Determined (TBD) | + | * MAIN: Cyber Security by Ruben Lopez (tentative, via Jerry) |
| ==== SNUG - February 16 ==== | ==== SNUG - February 16 ==== | ||
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| ==== STLLUG - February 17 ==== | ==== STLLUG - February 17 ==== | ||
| * [[http://www.stllinux.org/|STLLUG]] is the St. Louis Linux Users Group. | * [[http://www.stllinux.org/|STLLUG]] is the St. Louis Linux Users Group. | ||
| - | * TOPIC: To Be Determined (TBD) | + | * TOPIC: Video Capture and Editing by Noah Lance (tentative) |
| ==== HZWLUG - February 22 ==== | ==== HZWLUG - February 22 ==== | ||
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| * 2010-11 | * 2010-11 | ||
| * We have 2 new boxes. | * We have 2 new boxes. | ||
| - | * Compaq DL580s (G1) at Lee's house. | + | * Compaq DL580 (G1) boxes at Lee's house. |
| + | * 4 x 73 GB disks (old servers have 4 x 18GB) | ||
| + | * 3 GB RAM (old servers have 4 GB) | ||
| * Work party to finish moving bud to the cloud box - Nov 13th at Lee's. | * Work party to finish moving bud to the cloud box - Nov 13th at Lee's. | ||
| * 2010-12 | * 2010-12 | ||
| - | * | + | * Got Budlight back up and runnable |
| + | * Got a fan to fit in it | ||
| + | * Need to reinstall in rack | ||
| + | * Got OS installed on DL580, but Grub didn't work. | ||
| + | * Lee suggested we keep 1 of each system type. | ||
| + | * Keep the 2nd of each system type as backup hardware. | ||
| ===== Wash U Cleanup ===== | ===== Wash U Cleanup ===== | ||
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| * 2010-10 No progress. Stan questioned Gary's usefulness. Suggested that he is merely decorative. | * 2010-10 No progress. Stan questioned Gary's usefulness. Suggested that he is merely decorative. | ||
| * 2010-11 No progress. See note above about Gary's usefulness. | * 2010-11 No progress. See note above about Gary's usefulness. | ||
| - | * 2010-12 | + | * 2010-12 No progress. See note above about Gary's usefulness. |
| - | * | + | |
| ===== Purge SYSADMIN mailing list ===== | ===== Purge SYSADMIN mailing list ===== | ||
| - | * 2009-12 Stan R. would like us to clean up the SYSADMIN mailing list, to eliminate people who have not been active for the past year. | + | * Stan went through SYSADMIN list, looking for inactive members. |
| - | * 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. | + | * Found only 1 inactive member, and removed him. |
| - | * 2010-05 This project open since December. | + | |
| - | * 2010-06 Not finished | + | |
| - | * 2010-07 Sent warning of purge on 30 June to SYSADMIN and STEERCOM mailing lists. | + | |
| - | * Gary M. and Stan R. will determine exceptions. | + | |
| - | * 2010-08 Status unchanged. | + | |
| - | * 2010-09 Status unchanged. | + | |
| - | * 2010-10 Stan will delete inactive names from SYSADMIN and will post warning message to STEERCOM advising of purge of inactive members. | + | |
| - | * 2010-11 Status unchanged. | + | |
| - | * 2010-12 | + | |
| - | * | + | |
| ===== Password Cards ===== | ===== Password Cards ===== | ||
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| * 2010-10 Mike Knight, Jerry, and Don all need password cards. Jeff sent mail to Craig inquiring. | * 2010-10 Mike Knight, Jerry, and Don all need password cards. Jeff sent mail to Craig inquiring. | ||
| * 2010-11 Jerry received a password card from Craig. | * 2010-11 Jerry received a password card from Craig. | ||
| - | * 2010-12 | + | * 2010-12 Status unchanged. |
| - | * | + | |
| ===== Linux Conference in May ===== | ===== Linux Conference in May ===== | ||
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| * 2010-10 Carl will investigate. | * 2010-10 Carl will investigate. | ||
| * 2010-11 Craig will investigate. | * 2010-11 Craig will investigate. | ||
| - | * 2010-12 | + | * 2010-12 Craig will investigate. |
| - | * | + | |
| ===== SNUG Future ===== | ===== SNUG Future ===== | ||
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| * Gary Hollingsworth expects Novell to pull out of Linux. | * Gary Hollingsworth expects Novell to pull out of Linux. | ||
| * Novell will be divesting its Linux business to VMware and the remaining assets to Attachmate. | * Novell will be divesting its Linux business to VMware and the remaining assets to Attachmate. | ||
| - | * Assume worst case that SNUG - St. Louis Novell Users Group will possibly disolve. | + | * Assume worst case that SNUG - St. Louis Novell Users Group will possibly dissolve. |
| * Need confidential recommendations on SNUG funds. | * Need confidential recommendations on SNUG funds. | ||
| * There was no October meeting because of STL Business Expo. | * There was no October meeting because of STL Business Expo. | ||
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| * Future of the group will be discussed this month. | * Future of the group will be discussed this month. | ||
| * 2010-12 | * 2010-12 | ||
| - | * | + | * Was not discussed last month. |
| + | * We should defer this discussion until Attachmate buy-out settles out. | ||
| ===== Domain Name Renewals ===== | ===== Domain Name Renewals ===== | ||
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| * For December 2010 - Renew STCLUG.ORG domain. Our other domains scattered through out year. | * For December 2010 - Renew STCLUG.ORG domain. Our other domains scattered through out year. | ||
| * Suggestion was made that it might be possible to renew all domains during same month. | * Suggestion was made that it might be possible to renew all domains during same month. | ||
| - | * Gary M. was going to check the possibility with vendors. | + | * Gary is going to check the possibility with vendors. |
| - | * 2010-12 | + | |
| - | * | + | |
| ===== STLLUG Sponsorship Credit ===== | ===== STLLUG Sponsorship Credit ===== | ||
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| * Lee updated the SLUUG web site [[http://www.sluug.org/sponsors/|sponsors list]] | * Lee updated the SLUUG web site [[http://www.sluug.org/sponsors/|sponsors list]] | ||
| * Also added PayPal button to SLUUG web site [[http://www.sluug.org/members/join/|membership join page.]] | * Also added PayPal button to SLUUG web site [[http://www.sluug.org/members/join/|membership join page.]] | ||
| - | * 2010-12 | + | * 2010-12 No status change. |
| - | * | + | * We should push the PayPal usage. |
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| - | ====== New Business ====== | + | |
| ===== Recording Meetings ===== | ===== Recording Meetings ===== | ||
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| * Alternative of video recording suggested, huge size of video files was mentioned. | * Alternative of video recording suggested, huge size of video files was mentioned. | ||
| * Stan R. passed voice recorder to Gary M. on 18 November and doesn't want it back. | * Stan R. passed voice recorder to Gary M. on 18 November and doesn't want it back. | ||
| - | * | + | * Noah volunteered an old Digital8 recorder. |
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| + | ====== New Business ====== | ||
| ===== Preparation for February Annual Meeting and Elections ===== | ===== Preparation for February Annual Meeting and Elections ===== | ||
| - | * 2010-12 | + | * Annual Official Business Meeting is 2nd Wednesday in February. |
| - | * | + | * Elections are all the February meetings. |
| - | + | * All votes will be counted at the Steering Committee meeting. | |
| - | ===== Anything Else ??? ===== | + | * On the 1st Wednesday in March. |
| - | * 2010-12 | + | |
| - | * | + | |
| ====== Annual Requirements ====== | ====== Annual Requirements ====== | ||
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| * October 2011 - Reserve rooms at St. Louis County Library Branches. | * October 2011 - Reserve rooms at St. Louis County Library Branches. | ||
| * October 2011 - St. Louis Business Expo | * October 2011 - St. Louis Business Expo | ||
| + | * December 2011 - Renew STCLUG.ORG domain. | ||
| * August 2012 - Missouri Annual Report for Corporate Legal Status (every 2 years). | * August 2012 - Missouri Annual Report for Corporate Legal Status (every 2 years). | ||
| ====== Blue Sky ====== | ====== Blue Sky ====== | ||
| - | * Speculate on events, plans, policy, procedures, projects. | + | * Gary spoke about the difficulties we have finding current information on all the upcoming meetings. |
| - | * | + | * SLUUG calendar is relatively definitive, but the original sources are often out of date. |
| + | * Stan talked about the order of the Steering Committee agenda. | ||
| + | * Suggested that it might be better to have new topics at the top. | ||
| + | * This would allow new members to come and have input right away. | ||
| + | * Gary suggested that the first item on the agenda should be agenda changes. | ||
| + | * Stan and Gary suggested posting post-meeting wrap-ups to DISCUSS. | ||
| + | * Things like posting the "Recognize Useful Efforts" section from the Steering minutes every month. | ||
| + | * Summary of Steering Committee minutes. | ||
| + | * Highlights of presentations. | ||
| + | * Questions (and answers) from Q&A sessions from presentations. | ||
| + | * Stan wanted to gather web analytics. | ||
| + | * Craig said that there are 2 ways to accomplish this. | ||
| + | * Way 1 is to analyze Apache logs, such as webalizer. | ||
| + | * Way 2 is to use something like Google Analytics. | ||
| + | * The group decided against using anything external like Google for this. | ||
| ====== Recognize Useful Efforts ====== | ====== Recognize Useful Efforts ====== | ||
| * Recognize completed action items, and other useful actions. | * Recognize completed action items, and other useful actions. | ||
| * Who did what? | * Who did what? | ||
| + | * Nothing to report. | ||
| ====== Follow-up and Action Items ====== | ====== Follow-up and Action Items ====== | ||
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| * Everyone - Talk to someone about sponsorships. | * Everyone - Talk to someone about sponsorships. | ||
| * Everyone - Talk to someone about giving a presentation. | * Everyone - Talk to someone about giving a presentation. | ||
| - | * Gary - follow up with Noel about transferring the SLACC.COM domain to us. | ||
| - | * Gary - get Wash U site cleaned up. | ||
| * Carl - send thank-you note to Hostirian for hosting our servers. | * Carl - send thank-you note to Hostirian for hosting our servers. | ||
| * Craig - change root passwords; make sure Mike Knight and Don Ellis have a copy of the password card. | * Craig - change root passwords; make sure Mike Knight and Don Ellis have a copy of the password card. | ||
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| * Or transfer the 2 months to SLACC or HZWLUG. | * Or transfer the 2 months to SLACC or HZWLUG. | ||
| * Craig - follow up on potential presentations. | * Craig - follow up on potential presentations. | ||
| - | * Kyle Cordes - ffmpeg or other | ||
| * Igor - blind Linux users | * Igor - blind Linux users | ||
| + | * Kyle Cordes - ffmpeg or other | ||
| * Jerry - find someone to talk to us about Android. | * Jerry - find someone to talk to us about Android. | ||
| * Talk to Joshua Frank and Bill Zimmerly. | * Talk to Joshua Frank and Bill Zimmerly. | ||
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| * Noah - work on Amber build. | * Noah - work on Amber build. | ||
| * Gary - look into syncing domain renewals so they all happen at the same time of year. | * Gary - look into syncing domain renewals so they all happen at the same time of year. | ||
| + | * Gary - renew STCLUG.ORG domain!!!! | ||
| + | * Gary - follow up with Noel about transferring the SLACC.COM domain to us. | ||
| + | * Gary - get Wash U site cleaned up. | ||
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