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====== SLUUG Steering Committee Agenda - 5 January 2015 ======

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>
    January 2015    
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
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  * Monday, January 5, 2015
  * 6:45 PM - 8:15 PM

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


 * Craig Buchek
 * David Forrest
 * Ken Johnson
 * Andrew Latham
 * Gary Meyer
 * Stan Reichardt


====== Agenda Changes ======

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

====== Secretary Report ======

  * Nothing to report.

====== Treasurer Report ======

|Balance as of  11/1 ^ $2,344.03 ^           ^ ^
|Balance as of 11/30 ^           ^^ $2,344.03 ^

====== 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 December 2014:

| Meeting  ^ Dec ^ Jan ^ Feb ^ Mar ^ Apr ^ May ^ Jun ^ Jul ^ Aug ^ Sep ^ Oct ^ Nov ^ Dec ^ Jan ^ Feb ^ Mar ^ Apr ^ May ^ Jun ^ Jul ^ Aug ^ Sep ^ Oct ^ Nov ^ Dec ^
^ Steercom |   5 |   4 |   6 |  5  |   4 |   4 |   3 |   5 |   3 |   6 |   4 |   5 |   8 |   5 |   6 |   6 |   7 |   9 |   9 |   5 |   6 |   4 |   9 |   9 ^    7 ^
^ SLACC    |   8 |   ? |   7 |  4  |   7 |   6 |   ? |   6 |   7 |  10 |   9 |  10 |   4 |   7 |   7 |   9 |   8 |   5 |   9 |   ? |   8 |   7 |   7 |   5 ^    9 ^
^ SLUUG    |  12 |   ? |  12 |  7  |  17 |  20 |  16 |   9 |  16 |  34 |  17 |  14 |  16 |  13 |  27 |  20 |  12 |  21 | (16)|  17 |  15 |  17 |  15 |  16 ^   16 ^
^ SNUG SuSE|   5 |   9 |   7 |  -  |   7 |   7 |   9 |   9 |   - |   8 |   9 |   9 |   8 |  10 |   8 |  10 |  10 |  10 |  10 |  (8)|   6 |   6 |   8 |  10 ^    7 ^
^ STLLUG   |   ? |   ? |   - |  ?  |  ?? |  17 |  15 |  14 |   6 |   - |  11 |  12 |  14 |  15 |  17 |  15 |  14 |  11 |  15 |  14 |  15 |  14 |(14) |  10 ^   12 ^
^ HZWLUG   |   - |  10 |  10 | 10  |   8 |  10 |  10 |   9 |  12 |   7 |  13 |  13 |  10 |  17 |  15 |  14 |  13 |  13 |  10 |  12 |  11 |  10 |  12 |   9 ^    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/sponsored 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!  Historical items are NOT counted!  Only face to face meetings are counted!
  * Count of number of events listed, each month, as of end of December 2014:

| Year ^ Jan ^ Feb ^ Mar ^ Apr ^ May ^ Jun ^ Jul ^ Aug ^ Sep ^ Oct ^ Nov ^ Dec ^ Year ^ 
^ 2011 |   ? |   ? | 105 | 108 | 103 | 117 | 105 | 105 | 105 | 113 | 103 |  96 ^ 2011 ^
^ 2012 | 110 | 104 | 122 | 123 | 138 | 111 |  99 | 124 | 122 | 133 | 114 | 111 ^ 2012 ^
^ 2013 | 123 | 128 | 136 | 147 | 144 | 146 | 139 | 119 | 145 | 167 | 153 | 140 ^ 2013 ^
^ 2014 | 143 | 159 | 174 | 165 | 188 | 165 | 132 | 136 | 173 | 165 | 141 ^ 107 ^ 2014 ^

  * xxx - Future Numbers.

====== Mailing List Report ======
  * Subscriber numbers (approximate) as of end of December 2014:

| List     ^ Dec ^ Jan ^ Feb ^ Mar ^ Apr ^ May ^ Jun ^ Jul ^ Aug ^ Sep ^ Oct ^ Nov ^ Dec ^ Jan ^ Feb ^ Mar ^ Apr ^ May ^ Jun ^ Jul ^ Aug ^ Sep ^ Oct ^ Nov ^ Dec ^
^ ANNOUNCE | 647 | 644 | 646 | 637 | 635 | 635 | 635 | 625 | 623 | 631 | 624 | 621 | 622 | 628 | 624 | 626 | 627 | 629 | 626 | 621 | 618 | 618 | 624 | 621 ^ 622 ^
^ DISCUSS  | 209 | 209 | 210 | 209 | 209 | 208 | 208 | 210 | 211 | 214 | 214 | 216 | 220 | 221 | 222 | 224 | 225 | 224 | 224 | 224 | 225 | 224 | 225 | 226 ^ 224 ^
^ STEERCOM |  32 |  32 |  32 |  32 |  32 |  31 |  31 |  32 |  32 |  33 |  33 |  33 |  33 |  33 |  34 |  34 |  34 |  34 |  34 |  34 |  34 |  34 |  34 |  34 ^  34 ^
^ SYSADMIN |  17 |  17 |  17 |  17 |  17 |  17 |  17 |  17 |  18 |  18 |  18 |  18 |  18 |  18 |  18 |  18 |  18 |  19 |  19 |  19 |  19 |  19 |  19 |  19 ^  19 ^

  * 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 ======

===== December 2014 =====

<code>
   December 2014    
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>

==== STEERCOM - Steering Committee - December 1 ====
  * Link to [[/steercom/minutes|past minutes and agenda]].
  * Link to [[/steercom/potential]] tutorials, topics and speakers.
  * NOTE: Monday of week prior to General Meeting.

==== SLACC - December 4 ====
  * [[http://slacc.sluug.org/|SLACC]] usually holds a Linux configuration workshop - no presentation

==== SLUUG - December 10 ====
  * [[http://www.sluug.org/|SLUUG General Meeting]]
    * BASE: Upgrading SuSE by Lee Lammert
      * Stan was sick ~ didn't make it to the meeting.
    * MAIN: VPNs: OpenVPN v. IPsec by Andrew Latham
      * Good, but probably over many people's heads.

==== Hazelwood - December 16 ====
  * [[http://hzwlug.sluug.org |HZWLUG]] topics are usually determined by attendees.  We usually cover more than one topic.
    * Scheduled one week earlier than usual, because of holiday.
      * Demo of TorSync and Syncthing (Pulse)
      * Installed Linux Mint 17.1 on new attendee's laptop

==== SNUG - December 17 ====
  * [[http://snug.sluug.org/|SNUG]] is the St. Louis Novell Users Group lunch time meeting.
  * TOPIC: ZenWorks
    * Terrible - worst in years
    * Canned (live) video presentation
      * Too many buzzwords, too much of a sales pitch, no technical content.

==== Bowling Night ====
  * Yearly meeting of non-athletics to roll a ball down a lane and argue about emacs and vi
  * 7pm - 10pm
  * Moolah Lanes look at the calendar it is likely correct

==== STLLUG - December 18 ====
  * [[http://www.stllinux.org/|STLLUG]] is the St. Louis Linux Users Group.
  * TOPIC: Old Hardware day! Bring an old laptop and lets make it work with Linux "Power cords not optional"
    * Ken Johnson presented on CoLinux (Linux on Windows)
      * Good - nice style
    * Stan R. installed Linux Mint 17.1 on Ted Palmer's laptop ~ no other installs done by anybody else.
    * More group discussion than normal.

==== HOLIDAY - December 25 ====
    * Christmas Day

====== Schedule ======

===== January 2015  =====

<code>
    January 2015    
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>

==== HOLIDAY - January 1 ====
    * New Years Day

==== STEERCOM - Steering Committee - January 5 ====
  * Link to [[/steercom/minutes|past minutes and agenda]].
  * Link to [[/steercom/potential]] tutorials, topics and speakers.
  * NOTE: Monday of week prior to General Meeting.

==== SLACC - January 8 ====
  * [[http://slacc.sluug.org/|SLACC]] usually holds a Linux configuration workshop - no presentation
    * Delayed one week because of New Years Day holiday.

==== SLUUG - January 14 ====
  * [[http://www.sluug.org/|SLUUG General Meeting]]
    * BASE: Intro to Penetration Testing by Wendell Barber (via Andrew)
    * MAIN: Core Boot - Aaron Durbin (via Andrew)

==== STLLUG - January  15 ====
  * [[http://www.stllinux.org/|STLLUG]] is the St. Louis Linux Users Group.
  * TOPIC: Blender - Ed Wehner

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

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

===== February 2015 =====

<code>
   February 2015    
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
</code>

==== STEERCOM - Steering Committee - February 2 ====
  * Link to [[/steercom/minutes|past minutes and agenda]].
  * Link to [[/steercom/potential]] tutorials, topics and speakers.
  * NOTE: Monday of week prior to General Meeting.

==== SLACC - February 5 ====
  * [[http://slacc.sluug.org/|SLACC]] usually holds a Linux configuration workshop - no presentation

==== SLUUG - February 11 ====
  * [[http://www.sluug.org/|SLUUG General Meeting]]
    * BASE: Something by Stan Reichardt (tentative)
    * MAIN: Intro to 3D Printing by Lee Lammert
	* Official annual meeting.
	* Election balloting.

==== SNUG - February 18 ====
  * [[http://snug.sluug.org/|SNUG]] is the St. Louis Novell Users Group lunch time meeting.
  * TOPIC: To Be Determined (TBD)

==== STLLUG - February  19 ====
  * [[http://www.stllinux.org/|STLLUG]] is the St. Louis Linux Users Group.
  * TOPIC: Guacamole by Andrew Latham

==== Hazelwood - February 24 ====
  * [[http://hzwlug.sluug.org |HZWLUG]] topics are usually determined by attendees.  We usually cover more than one topic.

===== March 2015  =====

<code>
     March 2015     
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>

==== STEERCOM - Steering Committee - March 2 ====
  * Link to [[/steercom/minutes|past minutes and agenda]].
  * Link to [[/steercom/potential]] tutorials, topics and speakers.
  * NOTE: Monday of week prior to General Meeting.

==== SLACC - March 5 ====
  * [[http://slacc.sluug.org/|SLACC]] usually holds a Linux configuration workshop - no presentation

==== SLUUG - March 11 ====
  * [[http://www.sluug.org/|SLUUG General Meeting]]
    * BASE: To Be Determined (TBD)
    * MAIN: How the Web Works (part 1) by Craig Buchek

==== SNUG - March 18 ====
  * [[http://snug.sluug.org/|SNUG]] is the St. Louis Novell Users Group lunch time meeting.
  * TOPIC: To Be Determined (TBD)

==== STLLUG - March  19 ====
  * [[http://www.stllinux.org/|STLLUG]] is the St. Louis Linux Users Group.
    * MAIN: How the Web Works (part 2) by Craig Buchek

==== Hazelwood - March 24 ====
  * [[http://hzwlug.sluug.org |HZWLUG]] topics are usually determined by attendees.  We usually cover more than one topic.

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

===== Server Admin =====

  * Andrew has been applying updates
    * Ignoring Postfix until he understands our configuration.

===== Web Site Maintenance =====

  * Andrew still needs to finish up some stuff.


===== Uploading Presentations =====

  * Andrew uploaded many presentations and linked them via the sites.
    * Much more work needs done.
  * Need to figure out how to get the slides published along with video.
  * Need to get more old presentations uploaded.

===== Domain Name Tracking =====

  * STLWEBDEV.ORG was renewed in December.

===== Internet Presence (Social Media)=====

  * Gary and Craig asked to reconsider MEETUP.COM.
    * It's a place to find meetings.
    * It does cost money ($12 / month).
    * It helps attendees of similar groups find our group.
    * DECISION: We'll ask for volunteers on DISCUSS to "own" the group.
    * Craig - Contact Ed Schneider about MEETUP.COM Group creation and maintenance.
    * Possible meetup volunteer - Brian Bilgere

===== Pamphlets =====

  * Stan has continued updating pamphlets.
  * Don Weimann has been printing pamphlets when Stan R. asks for them.

===== Penguin Honorarium =====

  * Andrew gave Gary a few more small penguins to pass out to guest presenters.

===== Projector =====
  * Andrew added a remote control for presentations
    * It's in the projector case.
  
===== STLLUG Location =====
  * Current St. Louis Linux Users Group (STLLUG) location is inconvenient, probably turning people off
  * Craig spoke w/ Brian Button about hosting at CenturyLink.
  * Craig spoke w/ Jessie Jackson of SBS Creatix about having her talk to CenturyLink.
  * Venture Cafe will provide free beer for meetings hosted there.
    * They're only open Thursdays from 3 PM to 8 PM.
    * Didn't seem to be much interest from our group.

===== Nomination Committee =====
  * Gary and Stan were volontold to be the nominating committee.
    * They're working on determining which board seats are open.

====== New Business ======

===== St. Louis Linux Users Group for Seniors =====
  * Stan has started up the St. Louis Linux Users Group for Seniors (SLUGS).
    * Asked if we should make it an official SLUUG SIG.
      * Consensus was YES.
  * Monthly meetings scheduled on every 2nd Friday, 1PM~3PM, at St. Louis County Library Prairie Commons Branch.
  * The room fees of $80 have been paid up through August.
    * Stan asked if he could be reimbursed for this.
      * Consensus was YES.

===== Anything Else? =====
  * There's a site using our calendar without our permission.
    * They're not including official SLUUG events.
    * They're not attributing our work to us.
    * Gary is going to talk to a lawyer.
    * We changed our calendar to include our name in all events in the calendar.

====== Recognize Useful Efforts ======

  * Stan converted the St. Louis County Older Computer Users group to a Linux group.

====== Blue Sky Ideas ======

  * Ken mentioned that Missouri has 2 kinds of non-profit corporations:
    * Standard corporation
    * Benevolent Corporation
      * Created by a circuit judge
      * No annual fee
      * Runs in perpetuity
      * Would require talking to a lawyer

====== Recurring Requirements ======

  * February 2015 - Renew STLLINUX.ORG domain.
  * February 2015 - SLUUG annual Board meeting and elections.
  * April 2015 - First Saturday, reserve rooms at St. Louis County Library Branches.
  * May 2015 - IRS Form 990-N for Tax Exempt Status.
  * June 2015 - BuddyNS SLUUG account due.
  * July 2015 - Renew SLUUG.ORG domain with Dotster.
  * August 2015 - Missouri Annual Report for Corporate Legal Status.
  * October 2015 - First Saturday, reserve rooms at St. Louis County Library Branches.
  * December 2015 - Transfer and renew STLWEBDEV.ORG domain.

====== Follow-up and Action Items ======
  * Everyone - Review the STEERCOM minutes, make corrections, act!
  * Everyone - Talk to someone about coming to meetings.
  * Everyone - Talk to someone about giving a presentation.
  * Unassigned - Strategic Staffing
  * Unassigned - Pamphlets or table at First Friday.
  * Craig - Contact Ed Schneider about MEETUP.COM Group creation and maintenance.
  * Lee - Check on running joint meeting with WEBDEV.
  * Ed W. - newsgroups on hold until firmed up.
  * Ed W. - Member Access Machines (MAM) in progress (bring up at General Meeting).
  * Don Ellis - work with Andrew Latham to upload older videos to YouTube.
  * Stan - Remind Gary to bring Penguins to meetings and hand out pamphlets.
  * Gary - Build spreadsheet to track domain name registrations. http://bgp.he.net/ip/207.223.253.71#_dns
  * Gary - Follow up with Noel about transferring the SLACC.COM domain to us.
  * Andrew - remind Ken Johnson about STEERCOM meeting, give another talk
  * Andrew - work with Don Ellis to upload older videos to YouTube.
  * Andrew - work on updates to web site.
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