====== SLUUG Steering Committee Agenda - 1 September 2010 ====== 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, September 1, 2010 * 6:30 PM - 8:20 PM ====== Attendees ====== * Lee Lammert * Noah Lance * Jerry Stutte * Don Ellis * Craig Buchek * Bill Odom * Gary Meyer ====== Secretary Report ====== * Secretary has not printed minutes since June 2009. * Craig asked if there's any point to printing meeting minutes. * Consensus was that it doesn't really make sense to have printed copies. * Will continue to print out board meeting minutes and annual meeting minutes. ====== Treasurer Report ====== * Balance as of 8/31: $1359.50 * Expenses: none * Income: none ====== Mailing List Report ====== * Subscriber numbers (approximate) as of end of August 2010: | List ^ Aug ^ Sep ^ Oct ^ Nov ^ Dec ^ Jan ^ Feb ^ Mar ^ Apr ^ May ^ Jun ^ Jul ^ Aug ^ ^ ANNOUNCE | 772 | 767 | 770 | 773 | 769 | 767 | 759 | 751 | 752 | 755 | 755 | 739 | 736 | ^ DISCUSS | 217 | 220 | 220 | 227 | 226 | 226 | 221 | 221 | 223 | 223 | 224 | 224 | 222 | ^ STEERCOM | 33 | 34 | 34 | 35 | 35 | 35 | 37 | 37 | 37 | 37 | 40 | 39 | 39 | ^ SYSADMIN | 17 | 17 | 17 | 17 | 17 | 18 | 18 | 18 | 19 | 19 | 19 | 19 | 19 | * Numbers as end of each month. * Blocking of mailing list attachments not completely configured yet. * ANNOUNCE mailing list. * Still no volunteer editor to do a quarterly or monthly newsletter. ====== Attendance Report ====== * Group leaders are responsible for taking attendance at meetings. * Initial mail list subscriptions are prompted by attendance sheets. * Attendance numbers, as of end of August 2010: | Meeting ^ Aug ^ Sep ^ Oct ^ Nov ^ Dec ^ Jan ^ Feb ^ Mar ^ Apr ^ May ^ Jun ^ Jul ^ Aug ^ ^ Steercom | 4 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 6 | 6 | 6 | 5 | 6 | 4 | 6 | 6 | 4 | ^ SLACC | 6 | 4 | 5 | 9 | 9 | - | 5 | 8 | ? | ? | (6)| ? | ? | ^ SLUUG | 19 | 17 | 36 | 30 | 15 | 28 | 22? | ? | ? | ? | 18 | 22? | 29(31) | ^ SNUG SuSE| 6 | 6 | - | (4) | 15 | - | ? | - | 8 | 8 | 9 | ? | 8 | ^ STLLUG | 19 | 22 | 25 | 22 | 25 | 23 | 15 | 16 | 16 | 17 | 19 | 9?| 17 | ^ STCLUG | 8 | 6 | (9) | - | - | (2) | 7 | 6 | ? | 6 | 5 | 12 | 4 | ^ HZWLUG | 10 | 11 | 11 | 11 | 9 | (13) | 10 | 8 | 11 | ? | 8 | ? | ? | * NA - Not part of SLUUG. * () - 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. ====== Meeting Review and Comments ====== ===== August 2010 ===== August 2010 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 ==== SLACC - August 5 ==== * Linux configuration workshop - no presentation ==== SLUUG - August 11 ==== * BASE: Features of GNU grep by Craig Buchek * Good. * MAIN: Open Source Software in Genomics by David Dooling (via Craig) * Excellent. Awesome. Good speaker and interesting topic. * Need to invite him back in 6 months to a year. ==== SNUG - August 18 ==== * TOPIC: OpenSUSE Release 11.3 ==== STLLUG - August 19 ==== * TOPIC: Comparison of dpkg vs RPM by Jeff Muse * Good. ==== HZWLUG - August 24 ==== * Topics are usually determined by attendees. We sometimes cover more than one. ==== STCLUG - August 26 ==== * TOPIC: Open discussion. * Craig forgot that he was supposed to give a talk about hard drives. ====== Presentation Schedule ====== ===== Potential Presenters and Topics ===== * Link to [[/steercom/potential]] speakers and topics. ===== September 2010 ===== September 2010 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 ==== SLACC - September 2 ==== * Linux configuration workshop - no presentation ==== SLUUG - September 8 ==== * BASE: UNIX Toolbox by Jerry Stutte * MAIN: vim by Bill Odom ==== SNUG - September 15 ==== * TOPIC: Something by Noah ==== STLLUG - September 16 ==== * Topic: Parallel Computing Using a Linux Cluster by Sanjiv Bhatia and George Gerules (via Jerry S.) ==== STCLUG - September 23 ==== * TOPIC: DNSMasq revisited, by Jerry Stutte ==== HZWLUG - September 28 ==== * Topics are usually determined by attendees. We sometimes cover more than one. ===== October 2010 ===== October 2010 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 ==== SLACC - October 7 ==== * Linux configuration workshop - no presentation ==== SLUUG - October 13 ==== * BASE: To Be Determined (TBD) * MAIN: Amazon Tools by Scott Granneman ==== SNUG - October 20 ==== * TOPIC: To Be Determined (TBD) ==== STLLUG - October 21 ==== * TOPIC: Postfix by Craig Buchek ==== HZWLUG - October 26 ==== * Topics are usually determined by attendees. We sometimes cover more than one. ==== STCLUG - October 28 ==== * TOPIC: Continuation of Linux v. Windows by Noah Lance ===== November 2010 ===== November 2010 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 ==== SLACC - November 4 ==== * Linux configuration workshop - no presentation ==== SLUUG - November 10 ==== * BASE: vim by Bill Odom * MAIN: mdadm by Jeff Muse ==== SNUG - November 17 ==== * TOPIC: To Be Determined (TBD) ==== STLLUG - November 18 ==== * TOPIC: To Be Determined (TBD) ==== HZWLUG - November 23 ==== * Topics are usually determined by attendees. We sometimes cover more than one. ==== Thankgiving Day - November 25 ==== ==== STCLUG - November 2? ==== * TOPIC: To Be Determined (TBD) ===== Potential Presenters and Topics ===== * Link to [[/steercom/potential]] speakers and topics. ====== Standing Action Item ====== Update front page of sluug.org so that we are current with presentations listed above. ====== EPC Sale for Tax-Free Weekend (Aug 8) ====== * We were unable to make it happen in time. * Crowd at the store was smaller than in previous years. ====== SLCL Room Reservations ====== * 2010-05 Stan R. paid for HZWLUG Library rooms July through December 2010. * Other library rooms were NOT paid, so reservations for SLACC and STLlug have expired. * We will renew reservations for both SLACC and STLLUG. * Money can be refunded if we switch STLLUG meetings to other site. * On 20 May, Stan R. paid for SLACC Thornhill Branch Library Auditorium July through December 2010. * SLACC web page changed. Calendar changed. Changes to be reflected in upcoming Announce mailing. * On 18 May, Noah L. signaled change to new STLLUG location. * 2010-06 * Stan R. asked Gary M. to notify Indian Trails and get refund. * Library could not figure out how to give a refund, so there are two meeting charges outstanding - need to get refund! * STLLUG web page changed. Calendar and Announce mailings noted STLLUG change. * Need to get refund from Indian Trails. * 2010-07 * CRAIG - work on getting refund for 2 months of Indian Trails reservations we did not use. * Or transfer the 2 months to SLACC or HZWLUG. * 2010-09 * We now only hold SLACC and HZWLUG meetings at the St. Louis County Library Branches. * We believe that room reservations for calandar year 2011 can be made starting the first Saturday in October. ====== Server Admin ====== * 2009-12 Bud Light offline due to fan failure, is still offline. * 2009-12 Craig has been adding some packages to his server; would be willing to add them to SLUUG servers. * fail2ban - temporarily ban IPs that have too many SSH failures (unanimous agreement) * fcheck - file integrity checker - emails files that changed since last time run * logcheck - email anomalous log entries * munin - monitoring of system details * awstats - web stats * 2009-12 Carl recommended using one of the Sun Netras as a log server. * 2010-02 Craig wondered if we could put sudo back on Bud. * Configure it to require root password instead of user's own password. * Will follow up on SYSADMIN list. * 2010-02 Craig wondered if we could start applying the patches pending for Bud. * There are a lot of patches pending now, including kernel and security fixes. * We have some concern with DNS patches, but Craig has applied them on his systems without issues. * Will follow up on SYSADMIN list. * 2010-02 Noah has a server we can use. * IBM X325, dual P4 Xeon 2.8 GHz, 2x72 GB. * Name: Golden Wheat * Craig will get with Noah to install the system. * 2010-03 Noah and Craig will install it on Wednesday 3/10 at 2:00 PM. * 2010-03 Noah has loaded VMware ESXi 4.0 * 2010-04 New server [Debian] installed from Noah - thanks! * 2010-04 Noah has two more Dell 2850s for installation at IT Enterprises for the OS lab, to be supported by SLUUG. Noah to contact them and confirm installation - this will be a good indication of the support level they wish to have for an ongoing relationship. * 2010-04 New server from Contegix - Amber * Contact Lee or SysAdmin list for info * 2010-05 * PrimaryNet problem with possible rogue IRC activity on system we later identified as Golden Wheat. * Stan R. added some info on Golden Wheat to resources.txt file. * Taking Golden Wheat offline... * Mike Knight pointed out that Bud is not being backed up since BudLight went down. * Jeff Muse has started rsnapshots backing up Bud to Bock. * Noah Lance willing to diagram our assets -- later. * Joe B will be installing Sun Netra box. * 2010-06 * Golden Wheat ready for reinstall - setup with virtual appliance Debian 5 XVA. * Lee is building backup on a server built - aliased as AMBER. We might need different name. * 2010-07 * Golden Wheat has been re-installed, and fully functional. * Amber had incorrect DNS entry; Craig fixed it. * Lee copied over Bud home directories to /bu/home on Amber. * Cannot get rsync to work between the 2 systems --- JEFF FIXED THIS * Work party at the bat cave - started on web, mail, system services, user IDs. Big problem now is that mysql won't let postfix log in. * 2010-08 * Jerry is working on setting up Nagios * 2010-09 * Backups have been disabled, since they were filling the / partition. * Postfix integration with MySQL -- not working yet. * Trying to get Zimbra installed -- not working yet either. ====== 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. ====== 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. * 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. * 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. ====== Password Cards ====== * 2009-12 We need to change root passwords. * 2010-01 Craig handed out new password cards. * 2010-06 Stan R. will build an unviewable page to record the number for server list. * Further implementation when we move BUD downtown. * 2010-07 Craig - change root passwords; make sure Mike Knight has a copy of the password card. * 2010-09 Status unchanged. ====== Form 990-N for Tax Exempt Status ====== * 2010-06 Late 16 May Stan R. saw article on annual filing requirement. * IRS will revoke tax status on non-filing non-profit organizations. * Stan R. went into panic mode and passed action to Gary Meyer. * Per Gary and Gary * Per Lee * Per Mike Knight * Gary, Gary, Lee and Mike put out fire. * Annual requirement - needs to be done every May ====== InstallFest ====== * 2010-08 Arch Reactor wants to do an InstallFest (brought to us by Noah) * Likely in October * Would like to do this in conjunction with SLUUG * Would like to hold at ITe to get them publicity too * Looking at fall quarter * Targeting professionals and hobbyists * ITe also expressed interest in working with any companies working with Open Source * Invite Splunk reps to speak at SLUUG? Jeff and Lee can contact them to give a presentation. * 2010-09 No movement ====== New Business ====== * 2010-09 Possible Linux event next May * Mid-America GNU/Linux Networkers Conference on 5 and 6 May 2011 [[http://magnetcon.info/]] * Web site looks like it went up early in February 2010. * Event name changed, was previously listed as Mid-America LinuxFest. * Web site had not kept up with July 2010 selection of St. Louis as city of choice. * Location seems to be St. Louis Union Station Marriott. * Appears to be for-profit. * Looking for sponsors. * We need someone to determine viability of efforts before we consider committing. * Any volunteer? * 2010-09 Had long discussion about how to introduce a series of vim presentations/tutorials. * Eventually reach consensus to start with a 1-hour presentation. * Followed by 30-minute sessions every other month. * 2010-09 Stan's wife Abby passed away this past month. * The group expressed their condolences for Stan's loss, and best wishes to him and his family. * The group agreed to purchase a floral arrangement. * Possibly something that can be planted. * Carolyn will make the arrangements for us, and make the final decision. ====== Blue Sky ====== * Speculate on events, plans, policy, procedures, projects. ====== Recognize Useful Efforts ====== * Recognize completed action items, and other useful actions. * Who did what? ====== Follow-up and Action Items ====== * Everyone - Talk to someone about coming to meetings. * Everyone - Talk to someone about sponsorships. * 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. * Craig - change root passwords; make sure Mike Knight has a copy of the password card. * Craig - work on getting refund for 2 months of Indian Trails reservations we did not use. * Or transfer the 2 months to SLACC or HZWLUG. * Craig - follow up w/ Kyle Cordes for ffmpeg presentation. * Jerry - find someone to talk to us about Android. * Talk to Joshua Frank and Bill Zimmerly. * Talk to Rich Siebel to see if Andrew Prunicki of OCI can talk to us. * See Announce list from February 2009 for speakers from Java SIG presentations. * Jeff - talk to Splunk reps about presenting. * Noah - work on Amber build.