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====== SLUUG Steering Committee Agenda - 5 September 2012 ======
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 ======
<code>

   September 2012   
Su Mo Tu We Th Fr Sa
                   1
 2  3  4  5  6  7  8
 9 10 11 12 13 14 15
16 17 18 19 20 21 22
23 24 25 26 27 28 29
30

</code>

  * Wednesday, September 5, 2012
  * 6:50 PM -  8:00 PM

====== Attendees ======

Lee Lammert

Gary Meyer

Stan Reichardt

====== Agenda Changes ======
 * Are there any additions, deletions, or changes to sequence of items in the prepared agenda?


====== Secretary Report  ======
  * No secretary to report.

====== Treasurer Report ======
|^Balance as of 8/1^$2,934.52^
^ ^Credit (+) ^ Debit (-) ^
^Balance as of 8/31^ $2,934.52^ |

====== Attendance Report ======
  * Initial mail list subscriptions are prompted by attendance sheets.
  * Group leaders are responsible for taking attendance at meetings.
  * Blank attendance sheets are [[http://www.sluug.org/resources/attendance/|available here]]
  * Attendance numbers, as of end of August 2012:

| Meeting  ^ Jul ^ Aug ^ Sep ^ Oct ^ Nov ^ Dec ^ Jan ^ Feb ^ Mar ^ Apr ^ May ^ Jun ^ Jul ^ Aug ^
^ Steercom |   6 |  (5) |  3 |  5 |  6 |  5 |  5 |  6 |   4 |  7 |   5 |   9 |   2 |   4 |
^ SLACC    |   5 |  ? |  (4)|   (7) |  ? |  4 |  8 |  10 |   7 |  ? |   5 |   6 | xxx | xxx |
^ SLUUG    |  18 |  12|  26 |  14 |  15 |  16 |  13 |  18 |  9 |  23 |  11 |   18 |   8 |  xx |
^ SNUG SuSE|   7 |  (8) |  11 |   9 |  9 |  - |  9 |  9 |   8 |  9 |  9 |   9 |   7 |   - |
^ STLLUG   |  15 |  - |  18 |   9 |  20 |  ? |  20 |  14 |   - |  15 |   8 |   21 |  12 |  xx |
^ STCLUG   |   1 |  4 |  6 |  - |  - |  - |  - |   - |  - |  - |   - |   - |   - |   - |
^ HZWLUG   |   8 |  ? |  7 |   8 |  5 |  5 |  9 |  11 |   7 |  6 |   8 |   ? |   6 |   9 |

  * () - 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.

====== Calendar Report ======
  * [[http://www.sluug.org/resources/calendar|SLUUG Calendar]] is a Google Calendar available on our web site.
  * This is a calendar of technical events in the Greater St. Louis area and surrounding regions. 
  * Not all events are official SLUUG events. 
  * Items have been added and corrected by Stan R, Gary Meyer and Don Ellis.
  * Items listed on this calendar feed the ANNOUNCE weekly mailing.
  * Events on HIATUS are not counted!
  * Count of number of events listed, each month, as of end of August 2012:

| Calendar ^ May ^ Jun ^ Jul ^ Aug ^ Sep ^ Oct ^ Nov ^ Dec ^ Jan ^ Feb ^ Mar ^ Apr ^ May ^ Jun ^ Jul ^ Aug ^
^ EVENTS   | 103 | 117 | 105 | 105 | 105 | 113 | 103 |  96 | 110 | 104 | 122 | 123 | 138 | 111 |  99 | 124 |

  * xxx - Numbers not yet counted.

====== Mailing List Report ======
  * Subscriber numbers (approximate) as of end of August 2012:

| List     ^ May ^ Jun ^ Jul ^ Aug ^ Sep ^ Oct ^ Nov ^ Dec ^ Jan ^ Feb ^ Mar ^ Apr ^ May ^ Jun ^ Jul ^ Aug |
^ ANNOUNCE | 704 | 701 | 704 | 704 | 700 | 695 | 667 | 667 | 668 | 670 | 673 | 673 | 671 | 654 | 651 | 649 |
^ DISCUSS  | 215 | 215 | 215 | 211 | 211 | 208 | 206 | 206 | 209 | 208 | 207 | 210 | 209 | 210 | 209 | 209 |
^ STEERCOM |  37 |  37 |  37 |  35|  35|  35 |  35 |  35 |  34 |  33 |  32 |  32 |  32 |  32 |  33 |  33 |
^ SYSADMIN |  17 |  17 |  17 |  17|  17|  16 |  16 |  16 |  16 |  16 |  16 |  15 |  16 |  17 |  17 |  17 |
^ JOBS     |   - |   - |   - |   -|   -|   - |   - |   - |   - |   - |   - |   - |   - |   - |   - |   - |

  * Numbers as end of each month.
  * Blocking of mailing list attachments not completely configured yet. This will be much easier to do on Amber.
  * ANNOUNCE mailing list.
    * Still no volunteer editor to do a quarterly or monthly newsletter.
  * Command used to generate these (as root on Bud):
    * /usr/local/mailman/bin/list_members **list_name** | wc -l
  * xx - numbers not yet recorded.
  * -  - dash indicates list did not previously exist.

====== Meeting Review and Comments ======

===== August 2012 =====
<code>
    August 2012       
Su Mo Tu We Th Fr Sa  
          1  2  3  4  
 5  6  7  8  9 10 11  
12 13 14 15 16 17 18  
19 20 21 22 23 24 25  
26 27 28 29 30 31     
</code>

==== SLUUG - Aug 8 ====
 * [[http://www.sluug.org/|SLUUG]] usually starts with a tutorial or demo session before a main presentation.
  * BASE: Managing SSH agents with keychain - Jeff Muse
  * Last minute, Jeff couldn/t make it.
  * HPLIP or Hylafax, by Jerry Stutte. Audience choice. Presenter will be prepared for either.
  *  Nice job, small core group, lots of discussion.  Ended meeting early for food and drink.

==== SLACC - Aug 9 ====
* [[http://slacc.sluug.org/|SLACC]] usually holds a Linux configuration workshop - no presentation
    * Meeting delayed one week due to library scheduling conflicts
    * Posted to SLUUG Google calendar
    * SLACC home web page has been posted 

==== SNUG - Aug 15 ====
  * [[http://snug.sluug.org/|SNUG]] is the St. Louis Novell Users Group.
  * HIATUS - THERE WILL BE NO MEETING THIS MONTH - AUGUST 2012
  * Posted to SLUUG Google calendar

==== STLLUG - Aug 16 ====
  * [[http://www.stllinux.org/|STLLUG]] is the St. Louis Linux Users Group.
  * TOPIC: Lean Security by Josh More via Lee Lammert
  * YEA!  Excellent job!  Lots of technical knowledge and stratigic viewpoints.

==== HZWLUG - Aug 28 ====
  * [[http://hzwlug.sluug.org |HZWLUG]] topics are usually determined by attendees.  We usually cover more than one.
  * Lots of one-on-one demoing Linux Mint to one guy.

===== Potential Presenters and Topics =====
  * Link to [[/steercom/potential]] speakers and topics.

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

===== September 2012 =====
<code>
   September 2012     
Su Mo Tu We Th Fr Sa  
                   1  
 2  3  4  5  6  7  8  
 9 10 11 12 13 14 15  
16 17 18 19 20 21 22  
23 24 25 26 27 28 29  
30                    
</code>

==== SLUUG - Sep 12 ====
 * [[http://www.sluug.org/|SLUUG]] usually starts with a tutorial or demo session before a main presentation.
  * BASE: None, will take entire time for main presentation. 
  * MAIN: Josh More - Hacking the Job Market - Using Penetrating Testing to find better employment via Lee Lammert

==== SLACC - Sep 13 ====
* [[http://slacc.sluug.org/|SLACC]] usually holds a Linux configuration workshop - no presentation
    * Meeting delayed one week due to library scheduling conflicts
    * SLACC home web page has been posted 

==== SNUG - Sep 19 ====
  * [[http://snug.sluug.org/|SNUG]] is the St. Louis Novell Users Group.
  * TOPIC: To Be Determined (TBD)

==== STLLUG - Sep 20 ====
  * [[http://www.stllinux.org/|STLLUG]] is the St. Louis Linux Users Group.
  * TOPIC: To Be Determined (TBD)
  * Temporary change of venue, Scott's house.
  * Meeting moved to LPI class.

==== HZWLUG - Sep 25 ====
  * [[http://hzwlug.sluug.org |HZWLUG]] topics are usually determined by attendees.  We usually cover more than one.

===== Potential Presenters and Topics =====
  * Link to [[/steercom/potential]] speakers and topics.

===== October 2012 =====
<code>
    October 2012    
Su Mo Tu We Th Fr Sa
    1  2  3  4  5  6
 7  8  9 10 11 12 13
14 15 16 17 18 19 20
21 22 23 24 25 26 27
28 29 30 31
</code>

==== SLACC - Oct 4 ====
* [[http://slacc.sluug.org/|SLACC]] usually holds a Linux configuration workshop - no presentation
    * Date and location may be changed.
    * Might be delayed to the 11th of October.  Scheduling changes still under consideration.
    * SLACC home web page has been posted 

==== SLUUG - Oct 10 ====
 * [[http://www.sluug.org/|SLUUG]] usually starts with a tutorial or demo session before a main presentation.
  * BASE: To Be Determined (TBD)
  * MAIN: To Be Determined (TBD)

==== STL Business Expo - Oct 16 ====
  * Posted to SLUUG Google calendar
  * Event is on a Tuesday.

==== SNUG - Oct 17 ====
  * [[http://snug.sluug.org/|SNUG]] is the St. Louis Novell Users Group.
  * TOPIC: To Be Determined (TBD)

==== STLLUG - Oct 18 ====
  * [[http://www.stllinux.org/|STLLUG]] is the St. Louis Linux Users Group.
  * TOPIC: To Be Determined (TBD)

==== HZWLUG - Oct 23 ====
  * [[http://hzwlug.sluug.org |HZWLUG]] topics are usually determined by attendees.  We usually cover more than one.

==== Startup Connection - Oct 25 ====
  * [[http://startupconnection.org | Startup Connection ]] we have been invited to have a table at the event so we can make the Startup community aware of the technology resources in the Open Source community.

===== Potential Presenters and Topics =====
  * Link to [[/steercom/potential]] speakers and topics.

===== November 2012 =====

<code>
   November 2012    
Su Mo Tu We Th Fr Sa
             1  2  3
 4  5  6  7  8  9 10
11 12 13 14 15 16 17
18 19 20 21 22 23 24
25 26 27 28 29 30
</code>

==== SLACC - Nov 1 ====
* [[http://slacc.sluug.org/|SLACC]] usually holds a Linux configuration workshop - no presentation
    * SLACC home web page has been posted 

==== SLUUG - Nov 14 ====
 * [[http://www.sluug.org/|SLUUG]] usually starts with a tutorial or demo session before a main presentation.
  * BASE: To Be Determined (TBD)
  * MAIN: To Be Determined (TBD)

==== STLLUG - Nov 15 ====
  * [[http://www.stllinux.org/|STLLUG]] is the St. Louis Linux Users Group.
  * TOPIC: To Be Determined (TBD)

==== SNUG - Nov 21 ====
  * [[http://snug.sluug.org/|SNUG]] is the St. Louis Novell Users Group.
  * TOPIC: To Be Determined (TBD)

==== HZWLUG - Nov 27 ====
  * [[http://hzwlug.sluug.org |HZWLUG]] topics are usually determined by attendees.  We usually cover more than one.

===== Potential Presenters and Topics =====
  * Link to [[/steercom/potential]] speakers and topics.

====== Old Business ======

===== Server Admin =====
  * Fixed GoldenWheat (1U server)
  * Acquired 2x2U Dell and 2x2U IBM sets of HW
  * Configured one as a new VM server
  * ToDo (from Noah Lance):
  * Finalize Network (openvswitch isn't happy with linux 3.1), Web GUI, Host monitoring/management configurations
  * Build storage configuration - NFS server for images (templates) and home dirs for all VMs
  * Validate Web GUI functionality
  * Setup Debian 6 VMs for Bud & Budlight
  * Attempt p2v of Amber so updates can be tested before pushing to production
  * Possible future enhancement - LDAP/Kerberos for SSO to production servers?
  * Need to resolve CNAME/A Record issue for sluug.org?
  * 2010-07 - Renewed SLUUG.ORG domain during 9 July migration work party.
  * 2011-08 - EveryDNS migration to DynDNS caught us unprepared. Craig moved us to buddyns.
    * Lee has made copies of zone files and we have BIND on amber now as an authoritative server.
    * We should probably make sure buddyns has up-to-date contact info. 
  * 2011-12 Michelob is dead.
    * Joe B. Volunteers to do fix on Michelob, will get together with Gary M.
  * 2012-01
  * 2012-02 Lee installed Webalizer on the new servers, per Stan R's request.
  * 2012-03 Stan R is getting some technical response of his email problem.
    * Much discussion of Mike Knight's research and possible work around.
    * Don and Gary did some testing using Apple mail clients, with results showing same problems.
  * 2012-04 Need to run updates on AMBER or plan for alternate virtual install to migrate over.
  * 2012-05 Jeff Muse updated AMBER HTTPS cert.  
    * Altho we believed the change would only effect that, unexpectedly, Gary's Apple eMAIL client complained about the certificate on IMAP.
  * 2012-06 Noah got 3 new servers up at Hostirian.
    * Bud (replacement) - 600 GB storage array
      * Storage for VMs
      * Storage for media (audio/video recordings of meetings)
    * Golden Wheat (replacement)
    * XenPRI - platform to run VMs
  * 2012-06 Noah has been updating docs on wiki.
  * 2012-07 (late June) No report.
  * 2012-08 No update
  * 2012-09 No update

===== JOBS Mailing List =====
  * Historically SLUUG had discouraged postings of jobs on our mailing lists.
    * Such job postings could be perceived as SPAM.
  * With drastically lower member employment, job postings have been considered acceptable.
  * Ideally SLUUG would offer something to paid sponsors and receive credit and compensation.
  * 2012-06 Jeff Muse volunteered to create a JOBS mailing list.
    * We'll also add an archive of the list on the web.
  * 2012-07 (late June) Jeff had indicated earlier that there were problems. Nothing additional reported.
  * 2012-08 Jeff has been AWOL
  * 2012-09 Jeff got it working.  Now testing.
  * Documentation?
  * Before trying to set up kind of Policy?
  * We believe  we'll open it up to use, to see how members use it.  Announce it on DISCUSS 
  to sign up . for now JOBS no longer welcome on DISCUSS list.  See what happens instead of
  beating our heads against the wall.


===== Pamphlets =====
  * 2012-04 - Stan R with considerable help from Christine Wanta has produced a pamphlet on Free Open Source Software (FOSS).
    * It should be very complementary to what we hawk at the St. Louis Business Expo Linux Booth.
      * The pamphlet has been added to the SLUUG Resources Handouts page
      * Another pamphlet is planned to highlight our Google calendar and list regular meeting days of the month.
      * Lee suggested a single page calendar poster also.
  * 2012-05 Stan R built new pamphlet for Calendar and Free Open Source Software (FOSS).
  * 2012-06 New pamphlets have been posted to our web site http://www.sluug.org/resources/handouts/
  * 2012-06 Stan will go to Lee's to print out some copies.
    * Good for handing out, especially at Business Expo.
  * 2012-06 Stan has more ideas.
    * Troubleshooting
  * 2012-07 (late June) No report.
  * 2012-08 
    * Stan R. printed approximately 100 each of Calendar, FOSS, GNU/Linux for Beginners, and GNU/Linux Resources pamphlets.
    * Minor spacing revisions have been made to the **GNU/Linux for Beginners** pamphlet, stock on hand can be used.
    * Significant revision being made to the **Password Guidelines for Beginners** pamphlet before printing.
    * Suggested minor revisions will be made to **FOSS** pamphlet, stock on hand can be used.
    * Our **General Information** pamphlet will have to be revised before STL Business Expo on 16 October.
  * 2012-09 Lee will update and send on to Stan R. 

===== Domain Names =====
  * 2012-03 Gary M renewed the STLLUG.ORG domain.
  * 2012-04 This points to Craig's 2011 membership survey web page.  Will redesignate to current active site.
  * 2012-05 Yet to be done.
  * 2012-06 Craig to take a look at this.
  * 2012-07 (late June) No report.
  * 2012-08 No update
  * 2012-09 
    * SLUUG.ORG Last Updated On:11-Jul-2012 01:23:13 UTC
	* SLACC.COM Noel has renewed and offered to donate domain to SLUUG.
	* How do we complete this transfer?
	* Do we really care anymore? NO!
	* Suggested we just continue with subdomains(slacc.sluug.org).

===== Additional Monitor =====
  * $200 for USB monitor for NUI meetings
  * Funded by NUI Capital Reserves
  * 2012-05 Consideration of alternate splitter, requested and approved. 
  * 2012-06 Has been purchased.
  * 2012-07 (late June) No report.
  * 2012-08 Additional monitor was used at July meeting.  Made viewing presentations a lot better.
  * 2012-09 No more discussion, remove item. 

===== Projector =====
  * 2012-05 We had previously agreed to buy one.
    * Would be great to possibly have a second projector at sites that already provide us with one.
    * ~$500 for WXGA Projector for Embedded SIG and meeting spare
	* Go ahead.
  * 2012-06 Have been unable to meet our criteria at the price point.
  * 2012-07 (late June) No report.
  * 2012-08 Gary Meyer purchased an older projector that he donated to us.
  * 2012-09 In testing, remote focus doesn't work, can be done manually.
  * 2012-09 Gary has spare projector if needed. No more discussion, remove item. 

===== Wash U Cleanup =====
  * 2009-09 Jerry Stutte, Jeff Muse, and Eric Xu volunteered to cleanup Wash U site.
  * 2009-09 Gary Meyer is Captain.
  * 2009-10 Captain is AWOL. Carl will be available in November or later.
  * 2009-11 Captain was AWOL.
  * 2009-12 Captain still AWOL.
  * 2010-01 Captain still AWOL.
  * 2010-02 Captain Gary Meyer still AWOL. Search party has not reported back.
  * 2010-04 Pending until next month at the earliest.
  * 2010-05 This project open since September 2009. Gary immediately left meeting.
  * 2010-06 Gary not here, nothing resolved.
  * 2010-07 Gary not here, nothing resolved.
  * 2010-09 Gary will work on this.
  * 2010-10 No progress. Stan R questioned Gary's usefulness.  Suggested that he is merely decorative.
  * 2010-11 No progress. See note above about Gary's usefulness.
  * 2010-12 No progress. See note above about Gary's usefulness.
  * 2011-01 No progress. See note above about Gary's usefulness.
  * 2011-02 No progress. See note above about Gary's usefulness.
  * 2011-03 No progress. Gary is in Florida. See note above about Gary's usefulness.
  * 2011-04 No progress.
  * 2011-05 No progress.
  * 2011-06 No progress. Unless there is rain Gary won't be attending until September.
  * 2011-07 No progress.
  * 2011-08 No progress
  * 2011-09 Gary did a site survey and said "Someday....."
  * 2011-10 Gary says to repeat above response, ie "Someday....."
  * 2011-11 Table - Consensus is to do later, in Spring.
  * 2012-03 Gary provided song and dance routine.  Stay tuned.
  * 2012-04 No progress. Stan R again questioned Gary's usefulness.  Again suggested that he is merely decorative.
  * 2012-05 Gary protests and proclaims that decorative is useful (no progress).
  * 2012-06 Three-year anniversary of this item's proposal is rapidly approaching.
  * 2012-07 No progress - Captain Meyer, our fearless leader, is still AWOL!
  * 2012-08 Three-year anniversary of this topic is next month
  * 2012-09
    * Topic suspended .  We will maintain ciurrent hardware as our presence at WU. 
    * No more discussion, remove item. 

===== Recording Meetings =====
  * 2010-12
    * We have a voice recorder (VC) for recording meeting presentations and have posted some results on web site.
    * On 28 Oct Stan R suggested buying an additional VC so that there wouldn't be a single point of failure.
      * We forget who has it.
      * We forget to bring it.
      * We forget to turn it on.
      * We forget fresh batteries.
      * We forget how to turn it on.
      * We forget to free up space on it.
    * There was some STEERCOM list banter but nothing was brought up at 3 November Steering Committee meeting.
    * 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.
    * Noah volunteered an old Digital8 recorder.
  * 2011-01 Continued discussion, but no consensus.
  * 2011-02 Not discussed during IRC meeting.
  * 2011-03 Gary M returned voice recorder to Stan R before going to Florida.
    * Stan R needs to pull February 2011 STLLUG recording and post it (on Amber).
      * And email it to the speaker (Igor Gueths).
  * 2011-04 Stan R  passed on voice recorder to Phil Bunch, who should be at next general meeting.
  * 2011-05 Phil B  passed voice recorder back to Stan R.
  * 2011-05 Craig suggested getting another voice recorder (or 2), and extra batteries.
  * 2011-06 Jeff wanted to move that we use some of the Novell money to buy a second recorder.
    * Did not have a quorum.
    * Stan R suggested getting one that records in ideally OGG, but failing that, MP3. 
      * Either would be better than the current uncompressed format.
  * 2011-07 Group unanimously voted to buy 2 new voice recorders.
    * As long as they do not require Windows drivers.
    * Preferably record in OGG format, or MP3 at the least.
    * Upper limit $100 each.
    * Jerry and Lee will research and purchase.
  * 2011-08 No progress
  * 2011-09 Jerry has sent pricing information to Lee
  * 2011-10 No action on voice recorders.  
    * Much discussion about projectors.  Jerry S will research available units. 
  * 2011-11 Jerry and Lee still researching projectors and voice recorders.
  * 2011-12 Table -  until somebody gets interested.
  * 2012-02 Don Ellis has been video recording presentations in recent months.
    * Need to get him to post those to the official web sites.
  * 2012-02 Jerry has an associate who can help convert voice and video recordings to MP3 and Ogg.
  * 2012-03 Jerry has an associate working on conversions.  No decision on new hardware.
  * 2012-04 Michael Jackson offers to voice record meetings and provide us with sound file.
    *  We need to pull server boxes and build space.
  * 2012-05 Don says that at some point he will be able to upload what he has.
  * 2012-06 Don will be able to upload to the new Bud shortly.
    * Stan will be able to link them into our web sites.
  * 2012-07 (late June) No report.
  * 2012-08 No report. Disk space is available on new bud but we need someone to upload files.
  * 2012-09 Ready to setup archive so will   

===== Web Site Suggestions =====
  * 2011-01 Mike Knight's emails regarding web site.
    * Stan R changed the copyright dates.
    * Good idea to list other Open Source friendly resources.
      * On a separate page from our own SIGs.
      * Sites like WITS, CVillage, Arch Reactor, 2600.
    * Our site layout has not changed for years.
      * Would take some effort to re-do it, and seems to be working for most people.
  * 2011-02 Stan R hasn't gotten around to building new resources page, yet.
  * 2011-03 No change.
  * 2011-04 No change.
  * 2011-05 No change.
  * 2011-06 There was brief discussion of implementing a CMS at the work party on 5/21. No decisions made.
  * 2011-07 Gary noticed Wayback machine has STOPPED archiving our server as of about May 2009.
    * It would be good to get resumption of archiving at Wayback.
      * How can we accomplish this?  We don't know; so, we appointed Gary M. to find a way.
  * 2011-08 No progress.
  * 2011-09 No progress.
  * 2011-10 No progress.
  * 2011-11 No progress by Stan R.
  * 2011-12 Table - No progress by Stan R, but will work on.
  * 2012-03 Low priority
  * 2012-04 Will need to check out WebDev site stlwebdev.org
  * 2012-05 Gary M. suggests calendar page to highlight OUR, i.e. SLUUG's mtngs.  
    * After all, part of the idea of maintaining the calendar is to drive traffic to our own mtngs!
      * Could be hilites on the Google calendar itself &/or additional 1-2 lines written outside the Google calendar.
      * Lee pointed out that advanced users may pull RSS that would not see the "off-Google" lines.
  * 2012-07 (late June) Low priority
  * 2012-08 Low priority
  * 2012-09 

===== STLLUG Sponsorship Credit =====
  * 2010-11 [[http://www.stllinux.org/|STLLUG]] is the St. Louis Linux Users Group.
  * STLLUG meetings are now hosted at IT Enterprises, which is affiliated with UMSL. 
  * Typically because of meeting space value we recognize host as sponsor on our web pages.
  * Previously, some educational institutions (other than UMSL) did not want to be listed.
  * 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.]]
  * 2010-12 No status change.
  * We should push the PayPal usage.
  * 2011-01 Stan R suggested putting Hostirian at the bottom of all SIG web sites.
  * 2011-02 Stan R hasn't gotten around to the pages, yet.
    * Noticed .PNG file doesn't show up on old county library browsers.  Do we have .JPG file anywhere?
    * Not discussed during IRC meeting.
  * 2011-03 No change.
  * 2011-04 No change.
  * 2011-05 No change.
  * 2011-06 No change. The spirit is willing but the schedule is weak.
  * 2011-07 Stan R added Historian logo stuff to bottom of home pages of all active Special Interest Groups.
  * 2011-08 No progress.
  * 2011-09 No progress.
  * 2011-10 Table - No progress.
  * 2012-03 Low priority
  * 2012-04 Low priority
  * 2012-05 Low priority, Stan R needs to go back and finish.
  * 2012-06 Low priority, Stan R needs to go back and finish.
  * 2012-07 Low priority, Stan R needs to go back and finish.
  * 2012-08 No update
  * 2012-09 

====== New Business ======
===== Biennual Report to State of Missouri =====
  * Need to file our Biennual Report, it is now over due.
  * Biennual Report for 2010 is on file, next Report was due 31 August.
	* Filed documents available [[https://www.sos.mo.gov/BusinessEntity/soskb/Corp.asp?681250|here]].
	* REGISTRATION REPORT FEE IS:
		* Fees have gone up
		* $20.00 If filed on or before 8/31
		* $25.00 If filed after 8/31
	* Corporation will be administratively dissolved if report is not filed by November 30th.
	* Craig is a registered agent, per Missouri state, and volunteered to serve as our group's agent.
	* The registered agent receives surface mail delivery.
  * 2012-09 Stan will gather names for Lee and he will do online. 

===== Expired Certificate =====
  * Need to renew AMBER SMTPS (over SSL port 465) mail.sluug.org self-signed certificate.
  * This self-signed certificate expire o/a 12 July 2012.
  * 2012-09  Stan will harass Craig or Jeff, or do it himself.

===== Penguins =====
  * 2012-09 Gary bought some Penguins and gave one out as gift to STLLUG presenter last month.

===== Meet up =====
  * 2012-09 Gary has on his agenda to set up a SLUUG meet up presence.

====== Future Requirements ======
  * July 2012 - Renew AMBER SMTPS (over SSL port 465) mail.sluug.org self-signed certificate.
  * August 2012 - Missouri Annual Report for Corporate Legal Status (now every 2 years).
  * October 2012 - First Saturday, reserve rooms at St. Louis County Library Branches.
  * October 2012 - St. Louis Business Expo.
  * December 2012 - Renew SLUUG.INFO domain.
  * December 2012 - Renew STCLUG.ORG domain.
  * February 2013 - Renew STLLINUX.ORG domain.
  * February 2013 - SLUUG annual Board meeting and elections.
  * March 2013 - Renew STLLUG.ORG domain.
  * March 2013 - St. Louis Business Expo 
  * April 2013 - First Saturday, reserve rooms at St. Louis County Library Branches.
  * May 2013 - IRS Form 990-N for Tax Exempt Status.
  * June 2013 - BuddyNS SLUUG account due. 
  * July 2013 - Renew SLUUG.ORG domain.

====== Recognize Useful Efforts ======
  * Recognize completed action items, and other useful actions.
  * 2012-09 

====== Blue Sky ======
  * 2012-09 

====== Follow-up and Action Items ======
  * Everyone - Talk to someone about coming to meetings.
  * Everyone - Talk to someone about giving a presentation.
  * Noah - Work on Bud/GoldenWheat build.
  * Gary - Follow up with Noel about transferring the SLACC.COM domain to us.
  * Gary - Get Wash U site cleaned up.
  * ???? - File biennual report with state of MO well prior to 30 November.
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