====== SLUUG Steering Committee Minutes - August 2007 ====== 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 ====== * Wednesday, 1 August 2007 * 6:30 pm - 8:55 pm ====== Attendees ====== * Stan Reichardt * Craig Buchek * Carl Fitch * Lee Lammert * Jeff Muse ====== Secretary Report ====== * Craig needs to review printed minutes to ensure we are not missing any. * Needs to print out minutes for July. * July minutes have been uploaded to wiki. * Due to WiFi issues, minutes were taken off-line. ====== Treasurer Report ====== * Current Balance: $1239.81 as of 6/30/07 * Bills paid: $23.57 (Pizza for 6/13 server work day) * Open questions: * Final bill from Wash U. * Receipts for expense reimbursements: * Gary - domain registration * Carl - state registration ====== Book Sales Report ====== * None reported for June. ====== Membership Attendance Report ====== * Most attendance sheets are available from the web servers. * Use URLs like http://www.sluug.org/attendance.pdf, http://solaris.sluug.org/attendance.pdf, and so on. * Attendance for July 2007: * Jul 4 - HOLIDAY - Independence Day * Jul 5 - SLACC: 6 * Jul 10 - 1st LDAP: No meeting in July * Jul 11 - SLUUG: 27 * Jul 16 - Steercom: 4 * Jul 17 - Solaris: 8 * Jul 18 - 2nd LDAP: No meeting in July * Jul 19 - STLLUG: 31 * Jul 24 - HZWLUG: 11 * Jul 25 - Security: 6 * Jul 26 - STCLUG: 11 * Must have had good topics, as these numbers are higher than recent months. * And July attendance is normally low due to vacations, good weather, etc. ====== Mailing List Report ====== * We have migrated most lists from Majordomo on Michelob to MailMan on Bud. * USERS and non-SLUUG lists are only remaining lists to migrate. * Some current mailing list subscriber numbers (approximate): || List | May | June | July | Aug || || ANNOUNCE | 917 | 925 | 900 | 915 || || DISCUSS | 184 | 190 | 188 | 190 || || STEERCOM | 32 | 32 | 33 | 32 || || SYSADMIN | xx | xx | 18 | 18 || * Un-advertised MailMan lists are MAILMAN, TEST, TESTING and SYSADMIN. * The old ANNOUNCE Majordomo list has been converted to a MailMan list. * Subscribed (injected) 920 addresses into the new ANNOUNCE MailMan list on 29 July. * Surprisingly fewer than expect unsubscribe requests so far. * We still anticipate more ANNOUNCE reductions due to MailMan automated handling of bounces. * Already two new subscribers via the new process. * Lots of non-subscriber submissions every day -- SPAM. * Weekly ANNOUNCE EVENTS mailing. * Latest mailing sent out on MailMan list. Late Sunday evening, 29 July. * Continued including name and link to a sponsor in each weekly ANNOUNCE EVENTS mailing. * Doing in reverse alphabetical order. * Have done 7 so far: UMSL-micros, Strategic Staffing, O'Reilly, K&S Pritchard, Hostirian Graybar, Computers & Things. * Next up: EPC and then Ajilon. ====== Presentation Review and Comments ====== ===== July 2007 ===== ==== HOLIDAY - July 4 ==== * Independence Day ==== SLACC - July 5 ==== * Linux Configuration Workshop - No presentation. ==== SLUUG - July 11 ==== * Base: DSH - Distributed Shell by John Hodge * Good, but only covered the AIX version for the most part. * Generated good discussion on DISCUSS, including alternatives. * Main: Basic GIMP Usage by Scott Nesler (confirmed, via Craig) * Excellent. Everyone learned something new. * Scott enjoyed presenting; wants to do more. ==== SOLARIS - July 17 ==== * TOPIC: SMF - Service Management Facility by Bob Netherton * Very interesting. Centered around satisfying startup dependencies. * Bob Netherton was excellent as always. ==== STLLUG - July 19 ==== * TOPIC: Everything You (N)Ever Wanted to Know About HDTV by Craig Buchek * Excellent. Tons of information covered in a short amount of time. * Invitation mailed to ANNOUNCE the prior day seemed to bring in several new people. * Presentation available at [[http://craigbuchek.com/presentations]] ==== HZWLUG - July 24 ==== * TOPIC: Review updated HZWLUG Information CD-ROM Disc by Stan Reichardt * Went well. Stan did well, even without Carl there. * Plus other unstructured topics requested by Newbie questions ==== SECURITY - July 25 ==== * TOPIC: Continued Examination of Snort by Chris Byrd and Mark Buchanan * Excellent review and continuation of topic. * Suggestion made to make Savvis primary meeting location. * PRO: Room is available more than UMSL location. * PRO: Nice space - main conference room. * PRO: Free sodas. * PRO: Gets Chris Byrd and Mark Buchanan more involved in leadership. * CON: No hands-on available in main conference room. * CON: Difficult to get into the building after 6:00. * Clarence should make the final decision about moving. * Carl will call Clarence. ==== STCLUG - July 26 ==== * TOPIC: Basic GIMP Usage by Scott Nesler * Updated a bit from SLUUG version, fewer mistakes. * Excellent once again. ====== Presentation Schedule ====== ===== August 2007 ===== ==== SLACC - August 2 ==== * Linux Configuration Workshop - No presentation. ==== SLUUG - August 8 ==== * Base: SFTP by Carl Fitch * Main: APV (Advance POWER Virtualization) Overview by John Hodge * Alternative: Technology Since 1968 by Scott Granneman (via Gary) ==== STLLUG - August 16 ==== * TOPIC: Podcasting with Audacity by Scott Granneman (via Craig) ==== SOLARIS - August 21 ==== * TOPIC: TBD. Possibly work on installing (Open)Solaris, or DTrace presentation by Jeff Muse ==== STCLUG - August 23 ==== * TOPIC: TBD. Possibly John Pitney. ==== HZWLUG - August 28 ==== * TOPIC: Whatever the newest person wants to talk about. * Plus other unstructured topics requested by Newbie questions. ==== SECURITY - August 29 ==== * TOPIC: TBD. ===== September 2007 ===== ==== HOLIDAY - September 3 ==== * Labor Day ==== SLACC - September 6 ==== * Linux Configuration Workshop - No presentation. ==== SLUUG - September 12 ==== * Base: Rsyncing System Files with Root Permissions by Carl Fitch * TOPIC: TBD. Possibly John Hodge or Scott Granneman. ==== SOLARIS - September 18 ==== * TOPIC: TBD ==== STLLUG - September 20 ==== * TOPIC: TBD ==== HZWLUG - September 25 ==== * TOPIC: TBD * Plus other unstructured topics requested by Newbie questions ==== SECURITY - September 26 ==== * TOPIC: TBD ==== STCLUG - September 27 ==== * TOPIC: TBD ===== October 2007 ===== ==== St. Louis Business Expo - October 2 ==== * At St. Charles Convention Center * See [[http://www.sbmon.com/expo/ | http://sbmon.com/ expo ]] * SLUUG will have a booth again. ==== SLACC - October 4 ==== * Linux Configuration Workshop - No presentation. ==== HOLIDAY - October 8 ==== * Columbus Day ==== SLUUG - October 10 ==== * Base: TBD * TOPIC: TBD ==== SOLARIS - October 16 ==== * TOPIC: TBD ==== STLLUG - October 18 ==== * TOPIC: Lotus Notes (Client and Server) on Linux by Tom Bowman of TeamCentric (confirmed, via Craig) ==== SECURITY - October 24 ==== * TOPIC: TBD ==== STCLUG - October 25 ==== * TOPIC: Joomla by Mark Ward (confirmed, via Carl) ==== HZWLUG - October 30 ==== * TOPIC: TBD * Plus other unstructured topics requested by Newbie questions * On the 5th Tuesday because of Library schedule conflict. ===== November 2007 ===== ==== HOLIDAY - November 12 ==== * Veterans Day (Observed) ==== SLUUG - November 14 ==== * TOPIC: Genetics, DNA, Viruses, Bioinfomatics, etc. (part 1) by Robert Citek (tentative, via Craig) ==== STLLUG - November 15 ==== * TOPIC: Genetics, DNA, Viruses, Bioinfomatics, etc. (part 2) by Robert Citek (tentative, via Craig) ==== STCLUG - November 19 ==== * NOTE: Date changed due to 4th Thursday falling on Thanksgiving. * TOPIC: Rapid Data Oriented Web Development with CakePHP and PHPReports by Scott Nesler (confirmed, via Carl) ==== HOLIDAY - November 22 === * Thanksgiving Day ===== Potential Future Topics ===== * Scribus by Stan Reichardt. * Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5 (RHEL 5)- still looking for volunteer (via Craig). * CentOS Linux by Tim Dreste (Tentatively October, via Stan.) * AIX 6 - due out later this year (about November, IBM via John Hodge) * Another presentation from Tom Bowman at TeamCentric Technologies (via Craig) * History of tech since 1968 from Scott Granneman (via Gary). * Building a modern kernel by Ed Howland. * Using git by Ed Howland. * Linux(xBSD, etc) on Wireless. (Suggested by Ed Howland) * Part 1: Theory and operation of wireless networks. * The 802.11 stack (relevant protocols.) * Descriptions of terms, expansion of alphabet soup. * Security (WEP, WPA, WPA2) * Network types (ad-hoc, infrastrucure.) * Modes (ad-hoc, managed, master, monitor.) * Packet Types (management, data frames. Beacons, probes.) * Part 2: Practical Linux Wireless configuration. * Cards, compatiblity. * NDISWrapper and native (devicescape stack.) * Drivers * Tools (using wpa_supplicant.) * Network Monitor * Wireshark sniffing. ====== Sponsorships ====== * No change from last month. * Effort should be directed to find new sponsors. * No effort means no new sponsors. ====== System Administration ====== * ISSUE - Storage space on MICHELOB/DARK /home directory * Space use at 95% level causing backups to FAIL. * One user taking up way too much space. * Security issues * Confirmed that we will not be using "sudo" on new sysems. * Set new root passwords on BUD and BUDLIGHT. * Sent notice of password change out to SYSADMIN list. * Set up cron job to dun us to change password every 6 months. ====== Server Migration Project ====== * Carl, Craig, Stan, and Mike Knight met on July 25 to work on the new servers. * Migrated ANNOUNCE list. * Fixed problem with mailing list archive listings. * Corrected mailing list pages to point to new archives. * Fixed problem Phil reported with mailing list passwords. * Added mailx to allow sending email via the 'mail' command. * Got cron job working, to tell us when we need to update packages. * Upgraded to most recent version of DokuWiki. * Got SASL working, so authenticated users can send out emails. * Started documenting client email configurations, to help users migrate. * See [[../users]] page. * It was suggested that the Mail Clients sections be split out to separate pages to reduce overall size. * Work left to do: * Make sure docs are up to date. * Add documentation telling users how to configure mail clients to use Bud. * Start migrating individual users. * Make sure we have documentation on what we need to migrate. * Rebuild Budlight. * Carl may rebuild using virtual machines. * Get offsite backups working. * Put SSH host keys on web page. * Work with Ed Wehner to migrate gateway-l and archrivals lists. * Migrate USERS mailing list. * Document changes to PAM to correct MAIL variable. (Craig) ====== Website Library ====== * Stan R. and Ted P. * Partial migration from Dark to Bud sufficient to start loading presentations. * Migration means that we can start making real progress each month. * No routine presentation uploads yet. * Each website has skeleton presentation page listing topics given to date. ====== SLACC as a SIG ====== * Carl spoke with Noel about moving the SLACC.com domain website. * Yes. Carl to follow up. ====== Event at EPC ====== * August 3-5 is Missouri's tax holiday, which includes computers. * EPC is having a big sale on August 4. * We will have some SLUUG folks demonstrating applications. * Blurb was put in this week's ANNOUNCE about Linux Demonstration Table at EPC. * Will focus on how to use GNU/Linux and Open Source applications. * Setup from 4-6 PM on Friday August 3. * EPC will print some brochures for us to hand out. ====== Membership (and Shell Accounts) ====== * Stan and Craig met earlier on August 1 to work out membership issues. * See the wiki [[../membership]] page. * Those present read through the write-up on the wiki page. * Recommendations from the group: * Make it clear that the primary benefit is to support the group. * Give away an item (from [[http://www.cafepress.com/sluug | our CafePress page]]) for each level * Platinum level - golf shirt * Gold level - t-shirt, mug, or baseball cap * Silver level - bumper sticker (excluding the $10 level) * No longer need to follow July - June billing cycle. * Each member will renew 1 year from their start date. * Craig to rework the membership page a bit. * Will post URL to STEERCOM for confirmation/vote. * Carl will spend $150 to buy membership gifts to have on-hand. * Unanimous support from committee to spend this amount. * Membership drive will start in September. * After that point, Stan will add CafePress link to SLUUG web site. * We talked about making the logos that Scott Nesler made official logos. * Will post URLs to options on STEERCOM, and vote on them there. * NOTE: Membership sign-ups must include form with user info. ====== Publicity Handouts ====== * Craig and Stan met earlier on August 1 to work on handouts. * Reviewed and mapped out improvements to the brochures we have. * Decided to include a page telling when/where all our meetings are. (Craig working on) * Stan had previously created a St. Charles LUG brochure on GNU/Linux resources. * Added link to PDF on [[http://www.sluug.org/resources/handouts/ | SLUUG Handouts]] web page. * Will add link to PDF on STCLUG web page. * Need about 200 copies of all brochures. * Carl was to ask EPC to print 200 copies of each. * After event at EPC we should ask for volunteer on DISCUSS to print any shortages. ====== Other Old Business ====== * Gary has an additional (E250?) Sun box to put into production for our members to access. ====== New Business ====== * Lee suggested dropping the merchant account, to save $60/yr. * We're not sure if we want to accept credit cards for membership drive. * We'll wait a couple months to see if membership drive makes keeping it worthwhile. * Jeff has an RS/6000 to get rid of. * 300 MHz, 512 MB, 18 GB+36 GB drives * Has PCI bus, so will run AIX 5.3. * Tower system. * Would be a good system to use once we retire Michelob and/or Dark. * We don't have space otherwise. * Jeff would be willing to build it with AIX 5.3 if someone has CDs. * Currently running AIX 5.1. * If Jeff can get assistance from others, we can use it. ====== Follow-up and Action Items ====== * Carl - Follow up with John Hodge to determine if he wants to postpone presentation. * Carl - Call Noel about transferring SLACC.com domain. * Carl - Rebuild Budlight. * Carl - Lead effort at EPC. * Carl - Buy $150 of membership gifts from CafePress to have on-hand. * Carl - Split out Mail Clients pages on users wiki document. * Craig - Write up brochures on meetings. * Craig - Fix up membership page, per recommendations. * Post URL to STEERCOM for confirmation/vote. * Craig - Print minutes for any months missing from secretary folder. * Craig - Work on finishing server builds. * Jeff - Seek assistance from AIX gurus to see if we want to set up his box. * Stan - Work on updating brochures on membership issues. * Lee - Consider online database for membership applications/renewals.