SLUUG Steering Committee Agenda - 3 December 2018
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
December 2018
Su Mo Tu We Th Fr Sa
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30 31
Start Meeting
Attendees
Listed alphabetically by last name:
* Don Ellis
* David Forrest
* Ken Johnson
* Lee Lammert
* Gary Meyer ~ Will still be in New York for foreseeable future.* Remote
* Stan Reichardt ~ Not likely to make the 3 December meeting
* Steve Stegmann
* Andrew St. Clair
Agenda Changes
Secretary Report
Don Ellis
2018-02-06
Stan: Instead of having just one individual edit wiki minutes, could we routinely round robin updating minutes?
Unattributed consensus: Good idea. Let's do it.
2018-04-02
2018-04-30 for MAY
2018-06-04
2018-07-02
2018-07-30 for AUGUST
2018-08-27 for SEPTEMBER
2018-10-01
2018-11-07
2018-12-03
Treasurer Report
Balance as of 1 November | | $4,594.88 |
Balance as of 30 November | | $4,594.88 |
Calendar Report
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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 November 2018:
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 |
2015 | 171 | 179 | 177 | 183 | 176 | 168 | 162 | 176 | 206 | 294 | 236 | 197 | 2015 |
2016 | 260 | 277 | 314 | 231 | 183 | 191 | 157 | 166 | 222 | 224 | 212 | 157 | 2016 |
2017 | 133 | 141 | 177 | 168 | 137 | 143 | 124 | 158 | 173 | 163 | 168 | 129 | 2017 |
2018 | 165 | 177 | 166 | 179 | 162 | 165 | 147 | 176 | 166 | 184 | 163 | ??? | 2018 |
xxx - numbers not yet recorded.
??? - Future Numbers.
Stopped counting general StL County Library events in May 2016.
Re-counted April 2016 without library events.
Subscriber Report
NOTICE We have eliminated the separate Other Kinda Stuff Report
SUMMARY Mailing List Report combined with MEETUP membership count, now called Subscriber Report.
Subscriber numbers (approximate) as of end of November 2018:
Year | | | | | | | '16 | | | | | | | | | | | '17 | | | | | | | | | | | | '18 | | | | | | Year |
List | Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | List |
MEETUP | 179 | xxx | xxx | xxx | xxx | xxx | xxx | xxx | xxx | xxx | 259 | xxx | 273 | 285 | 291 | 299 | 301 | 302 | 304 | 315 | 319 | 325 | 336 | 340 | 348 | 360 | 367 | 372 | 375 | 377 | 385 | 390 | 393 | 402 | 408 | MEETUP |
ANNOUNCE | 608 | 603 | 608 | 608 | 607 | 606 | 607 | 596 | 596 | 591 | 588 | 585 | 582 | 580 | 575 | 570 | 569 | 569 | 569 | 568 | 566 | 562 | 562 | 559 | 556 | 544 | 543 | 543 | 545 | 542 | 535 | 534 | 533 | 531 | 531 | ANNOUNCE |
DISCUSS | 206 | 208 | 206 | 204 | 201 | 201 | 201 | 203 | 202 | 202 | 200 | 199 | 197 | 196 | 193 | 190 | 191 | 192 | 191 | 192 | 191 | 189 | 188 | 189 | 188 | 188 | 187 | 187 | 187 | 187 | 187 | 185 | 184 | 184 | 185 | DISCUSS |
STEERCOM | 37 | 37 | 39 | 39 | 39 | 39 | 39 | 38 | 38 | 38 | 37 | 37 | 36 | 36 | 35 | 34 | 34 | 34 | 34 | 34 | 33 | 33 | 33 | 33 | 33 | 33 | 33 | 33 | 32 | 32 | 32 | 32 | 32 | 31 | 31 | STEERCOM |
SYSADMIN | 21 | 20 | 22 | 21 | 21 | 21 | 21 | 21 | 22 | 21 | 21 | 21 | 20 | 20 | 20 | 23 | 23 | 23 | 23 | 23 | 22 | 22 | 22 | 22 | 22 | 22 | 22 | 22 | 22 | 22 | 22 | 22 | 22 | 22 | 22 | SYSADMIN |
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.
Command used to generate these (as root on Bud):
xxx - numbers were not recorded.
- - dash indicates list did not previously exist.
We do NOT have any account access or control to our presence and videos on Google+ or YouTube.
We do NOT know how or what to count in Google+ NOR do we know how to metric videos.
We do NOT know how or what to count in YouTube NOR do we know how to metric videos.
No way to change meeting dates or set temporary hiatus in Google+
Attendance Report
Initial mail list subscriptions are prompted by attendance sheets.
Group leaders are responsible for taking attendance at meetings.
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Attendance numbers, as of end of November 2018:
Year | | | | | | | '16 | | | | | | | | | | | '17 | | | | | | | | | | | | '18 | | | | | | Year |
Meeting | Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Meeting |
Steercom | 6 | 5 | 6 | 5 | 7 | 5 | 7 | 7 | 6 | 5 | 7 | 7 | 8 | 6 | 8 | 6 | 7 | 7 | 5 | 6 | 6 | 4 | 6 | 3 | 7 | 3 | 6 | 7 | 6 | 6 | 5 | 5 | 7 | 5 | 5 | Steercom |
SLACC | 8 | 10 | 7 | 7 | 12 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 11 | 7 | 7 | 13 | 7 | 12 | 10 | 5 | 7 | (10) | 6 | 7 | 8 | 11 | ?? | 6 | 6 | 6 | 7 | 9 | 6 | 6 | 7 | 6 | 7 | 4 | 4 | SLACC |
SLUUG | 17 | 14 | 23 | 17 | 17 | 17 | 13 | 21 | (?) | 15 | 13 | 14 | 20 | 17 | 24 | 17 | 10 | 13 | 7 | 13 | 12 | 21 | 14 | 16 | 14 | 13 | 13 | 18 | 15 | 11 | 8 | 15 | 14 | 14 | 10 | SLUUG |
STLLUG | 11 | 12 | 16 | 16 | 16 | 15 | 11 | 15 | 18 | 13 | 13 | 18 | 14 | 15 | 18 | 14 | 15 | 14 | 18 | 16 | 16 | 12 | (27) | ?? | 12 | 8 | 13 | 11 | 13 | 10 | 11 | 15 | 13 | ?? | 9 | STLLUG |
HZWLUG | 8 | 8 | 10 | 12 | 6 | 8 | 10 | 7 | 10 | 8 | - | 8 | 9 | 10 | ? | 7 | 7 | 8 | 7 | 5 | 8 | 5 | 7 | 9 | 8 | 11 | 8 | 11 | 11 | 9 | 10 | 12 | 9 | 7 | 10 | HZWLUG |
sLUGs | 5 | 3 | 5 | (3) | 7 | 7 | - | - | - | 5 | (3) | 7 | 9 | 6 | 10 | 4 | 3 | 3 | 4 | 4 | 3 | * | * | * | * | * | * | * | * | * | * | * | * | * | * | sLUGs |
SNUG SuSE | 4 | 9 | 6 | 7 | 8 | ? | 6 | 6 | 6 | 6 | 9 | - | 12 | 9 | 9 | 7 | 6 | 8 | 5 | 8 | 8 | 6 | 8 | 12 | * | * | * | * | * | * | * | * | * | * | * | SNUG SuSe |
xx - attendance was taken, numbers not yet recorded.
?? - Question marks indicate attendance not taken or sheet missing.
() - Number in parentheses is head count. Use head count if greater than attendance sheet count (or sheet missing).
* - sLUGs was STL Linux Users Group for Seniors with initial meeting 8 February 2015. Discontinued October 2017.
* - SNUG SuSe was STL Novell Users Group with lunch meeting. Discontinued December 2017.
- - dash indicates no meeting.
November 2018
November 2018
Su Mo Tu We Th Fr Sa
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18 19 20 21 22 23 24
25 26 27 28 29 30
SLACC - November 1
SLACC usually holds a Linux configuration workshop - no presentation
Daylight Saving Time Ends - November 4
U. S. General Elections - November 6
STEERCOM - Wednesday ~ November 7
Veterans Day (Observed) - November 12
SLUUG - November 14
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VENUE Graybar Electric Company Inc., 11885 Lackland Road, St. Louis MO 63146
BASE (Personal Computing):
Virtual Machines on OpenBSD
SPEAKER: Brian Bilgere
COORDINATOR: Gary Meyer
Dave: different room. Excellent presentation
Lee: Brian complained he didn't have live demo because connection didn't work. He described it well verbally
NOTE Back-To-Back Meetings This Month
STLLUG - November 15
STLLUG is the St. Louis Linux Users Group.
VENUE Nick and Elena's Pizzeria, 3007 Woodson Rd, Overland, MO 63114
TOPIC: MO Botanical Gardens GIS (GeoSpacial Info Sys) Applications
SPEAKER: Kayla Flamm
COORDINATOR: Ken Johnson
CONFIRMED: YES
11/7: Gary confirmed GIS presentation is good to go
Didn't need possible backup: Steve & Chuck — Getting Started on Arduino
We made sure the restaurant waitress/server put names on order tickets!
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Lee thinks attendance count may be low. Check again.
Thanksgiving Day - November 22
Hazelwood - November 27
HZWLUG topics are usually determined by attendees. We usually cover more than one topic.
Schedule
December 2018
December 2018
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9 10 11 12 13 14 15
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23 24 25 26 27 28 29
30 31
STEERCOM - December 3
SLACC - December 6
SLACC usually holds a Linux configuration workshop - no presentation
Annual Tech Bowling Party - December 10
SLUUG - December 12
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VENUE Graybar Electric Company Inc., 11885 Lackland Road, St. Louis MO 63146
BASE (Personal Computing):
Automatic (and free) video captioning (by Don)
CONFIRMED: YES
TENTATIVE: Ryan Coleman of Paradowski= Slack presenter via Gary Meyer
VERY TENTATIVE: Dustin Turpin, host of Open Street Map: How to be a good Slack user
Was not available for November, out of town. Focusing on finishing up his semester. Per email reply 2018-11-07
All about Slack. Describes his material as only taking 10-15 minutes.
As of 11/7, Dustin looks available for December 12, but not committed yet
Ryan also only 10-15 minutes
Consider joint presentation
Gary: One or both might not show
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MAIN (Enterprise Computing):
CONFIRMED: YES
TENTATIVE: Apple interfaces and accessories for audio & video (by Don)
TENTATIVE: Lee could talk about MySQL Workbench
TENTATIVE: Bill Odom could say something about vim.
Note: Stan served Penguin Cheddar Snack Crackers!
Hazelwood - December 18 (Third Tuesday)
HZWLUG Our Linux Users Group for Linux Newcomers.
STLLUG - December 20
STLLUG is the primary St. Louis Linux Users Group.
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VENUE Nick and Elena's Pizzeria, 3007 Woodson Rd, Overland, MO 63114
TOPIC: To Be Determined (TBD)
Lee: If we don't do MySQL Workbench at SLUUG Main, could push it to the LUG
Gary remembers speaking to a young couple at October meeting about doing presentation on RMS distro
Bug Gary about following up with the guy
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Note: Lee will contact Nick & Elena to confirm the date isn't taken by holiday parties
Christmas Eve - December 24 (Monday)
Christmas Day - December 25 (Tuesday)
New Year Eve - December 31 (Monday)
January 2019
January 2019
Su Mo Tu We Th Fr Sa
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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
New Year Day - January 1 (Tuesday)
STEERCOM - January 2 (Wednesday)
NORMAL rotation would conflict with New Year Eve and New Year Day!!!!
HISTORY Steering Committee usually meets on Monday of the week prior to (9 days) General Meeting.
PRIMARY possible alternative is Wednesday 2nd of January
SECONDARY possible alternative is January 7th
If we got enough presentations scheduled ahead we could just skip it for month of January.
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Link to
potential tutorials, topics and speakers.
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SLACC - January 3
SLACC usually holds a Linux configuration workshop - no presentation
SLUUG - January 9
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VENUE Graybar Electric Company Inc., 11885 Lackland Road, St. Louis MO 63146
BASE (Personal Computing):
To Be Determined (TBD)
COORDINATOR:
![:?:](/lib/images/smileys/icon_question.gif)
CONFIRMED: NO
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STLLUG - January 17
STLLUG is the St. Louis Linux Users Group.
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VENUE Nick and Elena's Pizzeria, 3007 Woodson Rd, Overland, MO 63114
TOPIC: To Be Determined (TBD)
COORDINATOR:
![:?:](/lib/images/smileys/icon_question.gif)
CONFIRMED: NO
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Hazelwood - January 22
HZWLUG Our Linux Users Group for Linux Newcomers.
February 2019
February 2019
Su Mo Tu We Th Fr Sa
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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
STEERCOM - February 4
SLACC - February 7
SLACC usually holds a Linux configuration workshop - no presentation
SLUUG - February 13
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ANNUAL Board meeting and election.
Ballots should be made available.
VENUE Graybar Electric Company Inc., 11885 Lackland Road, St. Louis MO 63146
BASE (Personal Computing):
To Be Determined (TBD)
COORDINATOR:
![:?:](/lib/images/smileys/icon_question.gif)
CONFIRMED: NO
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STLLUG - February 21
STLLUG is the St. Louis Linux Users Group.
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Ballots should be made available.
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VENUE Nick and Elena's Pizzeria, 3007 Woodson Rd, Overland, MO 63114
TOPIC: To Be Determined (TBD)
COORDINATOR:
![:?:](/lib/images/smileys/icon_question.gif)
CONFIRMED: NO
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Hazelwood - February 26
HZWLUG Our Linux Users Group for Linux Newcomers.
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Ballots should be made available.
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TOPICS are usually determined by attendees. We usually cover more than one topic.
VENUE St. Louis County Library Rock Road Branch
Old Business
Server Admin
SUMMARY: We put up a server on the Internet for email, it grew, and now we have to maintain it.
2017-01-02
2017-01-30
2017-02-27 For MARCH
Lee & Earnest visited Hostirian and recovered KVM hotkeys
Lee, Earnest, & Mike Knight are working on Bud login delays
Lee worked with Jeff M. on recovering MailMan PWs. New site PW in config.html
All SLUUG core info is on Amber in /home/SLUUG, accessible to anyone with admin access
2017-04-03 for APRIL
Lee visited Hostirian (Bock, Bud) wrt requirement to participate in Hostirian's revenue stream.
Lee discussed with Matthew Porter (who is leaving Contegix management role)
What revenue is being generated for Contegix (Amber, Nick)?
If he's leaving active management, we might lose VM presence, including SLUUG.org (Amber)
Need to inventory all servers and document status WRT
EOL.
2017-06-26 for JULY
2017-07-31 for AUGUST
2017-08-28 for SEPTEMBER
2017-10-02
2017-10-30 for NOVEMBER
2017-12-04
If anyone wants anything from Bud, contact Lee by December 31
2018-01-02
2018-02-06
2018-03-05
Situation at Contegix remains, running obsolete CentOS
Contegix has requested we move to more modern host system at much reduced monthly cost over standard rates (getting it free for past 10 years); have not yet received proposal.
2018-04-02
Mike Knight has been cleaning house to reduce volume [of Gary's email] that needs to be migrated
Lee has been discussing terms with Contegix for continued service
Lee has explored Digital Ocean – they can't send valid confirmation mail
Lee is willing to put up server in Bat Cave
Lee will attempt a June 30 target date for migration
2018-04-30 for MAY
We have new VPS (Virtual Private Server) – Michelob, abbreviation "m"
Located in Bat Cave
Debian 9
See Lee for access
Set goal to configure Michelob to go live by end of May
2018-06-04
BOCK Transition Team met in Bat Cave on Wednesday 23 and Wednesday 30 May. Next session will be Wednesday 6 June.
BOCK Transition Team members Chuck Doolittle, Don Ellis (23 May), Mike Knight, Lee Lammert, Andrew St Clair, Stan Reichardt, and Steve Stegmann
Chuck Doolittle volunteered to set up *automated* LetsEncrypt free SSL certificates for websites on BOCK.
Andrew: We have running todo list on sysadmin tasks
2018-07-02
BOCK Transition Team met in Bat Cave on …
BOCK Transition Team members Chuck Doolittle, Don Ellis (23 May), Mike Knight, Lee Lammert, Andrew St Clair, Stan Reichardt, Steve Stegmann, and Gary Meyer.
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NOTE Surrounding pasted notes with < code > and < / code > tags improve display ~ stanr.
The XFER of all functions to BOCK on the VM at OMNItec (and off of Amber at Contegix) will happen TONITE after this SteerCom mtng. Lee has tested mail clients.
2018-07-30 for AUGUST
2018-08-27 for SEPTEMBER
2018-10-01
Bock is humming
Lee has to install SpamAssassin
At some time may need to move to different hosts, but that won’t affect anything other than maybe a few hours downtime.
2018-11-07
November 2018 - *automated* LetsEncrypt free SSL certificates for websites on BOCK.
Lee reported it as done in October.
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Lee: Servers are running. Still need to do email filtering.
QUESTION (Stan): Do we have to worry about losing ownership of those two domains?
2018-12-03
Library Room Reservations
SUMMARY: Room reservations at Saint Louis County Library Branches are available on each first Saturday of October and April.
HISTORY: We routinely reserve and pay fees for monthly SIG meetings at various Saint Louis County Library Branches.
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2017-12-04
2018-01-02
2018-02-06
2018-03-05
2018-04-02
2018-04-30 for MAY
Phil Bunch had success with all SLACC meeting dates and using Rock Road locations. Stan missed Saturday registration for HZWLUG.
All preferred Prairie Commons dates were Library reserved anyway, and differing dates and locations had to be found. The Indian Trails Branch messed up confirmations.
STL County Library Reservation made for SLACC and HZWLUG done, two payments still needed. i
Our web page schedules updated, still need to update location information on our Google calendar and all MEETUP information.
Problem with activating new Regions bank card used to make payments.
2018-06-04
Was able to pay for rooms with new Regions bank card; but, one of the meetings may not be properly credited by library.
The new Regions bank card may need to be realigned with different Federal account number.
2018-07-02
2018-07-30 for AUGUST
2018-08-27 for SEPTEMBER
2018-10-01
Saint Louis County Library Room Reservations for SLACC and HZWLUG to be made October 6
Stan R unavailable; Phil Bunch had volunteered and Dave F. was to check in with him Tue 10/2
Phil agreed to handle making SLACC and HZWLUG reservations. Stan R provided paperwork to Phil.
2018-11-07
Library had new reservation system.
New reservation system revealed that one December 2018 session had not been booked.
Unfamiliar staff booked some HZWLUG meetings to wrong branch.
Corrected reservations, confirmed all and paid all.
HZWLUG and SLACC home pages have been updated to indicate scheduled dates and room codes.
The next reservation cycle will begin again the first Saturday of April.
2018-12-03
Web Site SLUUG.ORG Maintenance
SUMMARY: Our traditional Internet presence is with our main
SLUUG web site.
2017-01-02
2017-01-30 For FEB
2017-02-27 For MARCH
2017-04-03 For APRIL
2017-06-05 for JUNE
2017-06-26 for JULY
2017-07-31 for AUGUST
2017-08-28 for SEPTEMBER
2017-10-02
2017-10-30 for NOVEMBER
Stan R deleted home page access to old volunteering page. It may have had an archaic e-mail address as we never received anything from it.
Stan R made some edits on Special Interest Group (SIG) drop down. The sLUGs SIG web page indicates end of meetings, much like other discontinued SIGs.
Stan R & Don E will coordinate addition of video links to home page and/or G+ page by December Steercom meeting.
2017-12-04
STLWEBDEV.ORG domain was automatically renewed
Stan R is asking why we're supporting the domain other than for their mailing list. He receives email, but has never been able to post on the list. Not sure how to sign up for the list.
Gary saw on Meetup.com a group name that sounds dedicated to the same topic. Will this one continue, or be absorbed into the Meetup?
2018-01-02
2018-02-06
2018-03-05
Stan R had wrong meeting date on SLUUG main page (it still showed January date) and failed to update SLUUG February topics on MEETUP page.
Lee Lammert updated SLUUG February topics on the MEETUP page.
Above errors, delays and omissions may have affected SLUUG general meeting February attendance.
ANNOUNCE for the week and our Google Calendar entries had correct information.
2018-04-02
2018-04-30 for MAY
2018-06-04
Stan R is updating
HTML pages on BOCK.
Special Interest Group meeting sites SLACC, STLLINUX and Hazelwood have been updated for June.
General meeting home page is a work in progress. What sponsor do I remove?
2018-07-02
2018-07-30 for AUGUST
2018-08-27 for SEPTEMBER
2018-10-01
Stan R had switched main SLUUG home page style to smartphone friendlier format.
Stanford B complained about incorrect feature. Stan R suggested Stanford B could volunteer to fix. (Sound of crickets chirping.)
2018-11-07
2018-12-03
QUESTION: Are there any significant problems with the new home page style?
ANSWER: (Don) I had problem selecting the Wiki from top menu. Menu vanished when I scrolled down below item #6. Menu is white text, transparent over pale blue background. I scrolled all the way to bottom to get another list of links. Dave suggested clicking on the menu head, which opens another page of links.
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Web Site MEETUP.COM Maintenance
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2017-01-30
2017-02-27 For MARCH
2017-06-26 for JULY
2017-07-31 for AUGUST
2017-08-28 for SEPTEMBER
2017-10-02
2017-10-30 for NOVEMBER
2017-12-04
A total of 336 have joined with our MEETUP.COM site (as of 30 Nov)
There is a new interface structure to MEETUP.COM maintenance, making changes difficult.
Example: Deleting duplicate information for SLACC meetings was hard to do and MIGHT have inadvertently sent cancellation messages.
We continue to need someone to help utilize MEETUP.COM resource.
Maintenance to MEETUP.COM is not done with scripts. It is user interface intensive. ~ stanr
Stan R – Hate the world. Except for chocolate. Should we be on FaceBook or Slack for social media interaction?
2018-01-02
2018-02-06
2018-03-05
A total of 360 have joined with our MEETUP.COM site, as of this February. Compared to ??? last February.
Unknown number have actually attended.
2018-04-02
A total of 367 have joined with our MEETUP.COM site, as of this March. Compared to 291 last March.
Stan wants someone else to respond to email inquiries and update calendar entries
One person attended March SLUUG meeting due to Meetup contact
2018-04-30 for MAY
2018-06-04
2018-07-02
2018-07-30 for AUGUST
Stan: Meetup maintenance is a
PITA
2018-08-27 for SEPTEMBER
2018-10-01
2018-11-07
2018-12-03
SUMMARY: We presume that our single web site isn't enough to draw younger crowd.
2017-02-27
In February 2017 Ken offered to put out a call for help for volunteers to work with us setting up our social media presence.
2017-12-04
2018-06-04
Internet Presence on Social Media other than MEETUP.COM site needs to be addressed separately.
Transferred other social media issues from Internet Presence to separate stanzas here.
We have no presence on FACEBOOK or TWITTER.
We have lost control of our presence on GOOGLE+ and YOUTUBE. We don't even know how to count anything there.
See counts in the Other Kinda Stuff Report above.
2018-07-02
2018-07-30 for AUGUST
2018-08-27 for SEPTEMBER
2018-10-01
2018-11-07
2018-12-03
We do NOT know how or what to count in Google+ NOR do we know how to metric videos.
We do NOT know how or what to count in YouTube NOR do we know how to metric videos.
We do NOT have any account access or control to our presence and videos on Google+ or YouTube.
No way to change meeting dates or set temporary hiatus in Google+
NOTE: Google+ will be shut down by the end of August 2019
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What do we do about videos that are up there? Do we have them archived? Do we need to capture them? Move them to U-Tube? Do we do nothing?
Stan R obtained hard drive containing Don's videos and voice recordings without having made any progress in trying to combine them.
QUESTION: Does it matter, do we know what to do, or does anyone care?
ANSWER: Gary will pursue G+; Don will pursue YouTube
Uploading Presentations
Camera and Microphone
ANNOUNCE Mailing List
Handouts
Linux Stickers
2018-10-01
Gary suggests buying several of the packs @$1 to give out at meetings.
see unixstickers.com stickermule.com (same site)
Board ad hoc approved that Gary will purchase some stickers to use as giveaways.
2018-11-07
2018-11-07
2018-12-03
Summer Workshops
2018-06-04
Thoughts about announcing workshops for summer meetings instead of actual topics. Prevent having to develop presentations.
OTOH, would be helpful to have topics for the workshops, so not zero effort.
2018-07-02
2018-07-30 for AUGUST
2018-08-27 for SEPTEMBER
2018-10-01
2018-11-07
2018-12-03
We Need Help
New Business
Any New Business
2018-12-03
QUESTION: Is there any new business to consider?
YES, Stan R would like to rename the Hazelwood LUG to the Newcomer LUG.
BACKGROUND: Phil Bunch commented that the November HZWLUG was finally meeting in Hazelwood.
Stan R and Gary Meyer discussed, realized that the Hazelwood LUG name was confusing to new attendees.
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Stan R would rather use term newcomer instead of newbie or beginner whenever possible.
Recognize Useful Efforts
Blue Sky Ideas
Adjourn Meeting
Recurring Requirements
November 2018 - *automated* LetsEncrypt free SSL certificates for websites on BOCK.
January 2019 - STLLINUX.ORG domain automatic renewal.
February 2019 - SLUUG Annual Board meeting and elections.
March 2019 - Count Ballots
April 2019 - First Saturday, reserve rooms at St. Louis County Library Branches.
June 2019 - BuddyNS SLUUG account due
June 2019 - Missouri Annual Report for Corporate Legal Status due.
July 2019 - SLUUG.ORG domain is domain automatic renewal? Is it with Dotster?
October 2019 - First Saturday, reserve rooms at St. Louis County Library Branches.
December 2019 - STLWEBDEV.ORG is domain automatic renewal?
April 2020 - First Saturday, reserve rooms at St. Louis County Library Branches.
January 2020 - STLLINUX.ORG domain automatic renewal.
February 2020 - SLUUG Annual Board meeting and elections.
March 2020 - Count Ballots
May 2020 - IRS Form 990-N for Tax Exempt Status. e-postcard.
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.
Don Ellis - upload older videos to Google Photos and/or Google Docs & publish links
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Gary Meyer - Did not follow up with Noel about transferring the SLACC.COM domain to us.
Lee Lammert - Reminder: If anyone needs SLUUG critical info, it's stored on Amber /home/SLUUG
Stan R. ~ Remind Gary Meyer to bring Penguins to meetings and hand out pamphlets.
Stan and Gary should get together and discuss how ANNOUNCE is done
Next March or April:
Possible presentation - suggested 11/7/18
Possible presentation (Stan R item) - suggested 12/3/18 by Lee