August 2011 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 ====== SLUUG Steering Committee Agenda - 3 August 2011 ====== 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, August 3, 2011 * 6:30 PM - ====== Attendees ====== :?: * Craig Buchek :?: * Don Ellis :?: * Lee Lammert :?: * Jeff Muse :?: * Stan Reichardt :?: * Jerry Stutte ====== Agenda Changes ====== * Are there any additions, deletions, or changes to sequence of items in the prepared agenda? ====== Secretary Report ====== * Nothing to report. ====== Treasurer Report ====== * Bank Balance as of 6/1: $1499.94 * Deposit from membership fee: $ 10.00 * Deposit from NUI: $ 500.00 * Balance as of 7/1: $2009.94 * Officers signed new signature cards for US Bank. ====== Mailing List Report ====== * Subscriber numbers (approximate) as of end of July 2011: | List ^ Jun ^ Jul ^ Aug ^ Sep ^ Oct ^ Nov ^ Dec ^ Jan ^ Feb ^ Mar ^ Apr ^ May ^ Jun ^ Jul ^ ^ ANNOUNCE | 755 | 739 | 736 | 724 | 718 | 717 | 718 | 717 | 717 | 708 | 703 | 704 | 701 | 704 | ^ DISCUSS | 224 | 224 | 222 | 223 | 222 | 222 | 221 | 219 | 218 | 218 | 216 | 215 | 215 | 215 | ^ STEERCOM | 40 | 39 | 39 | 40 | 38 | 38 | 38 | 38 | 38 | 39 | 38 | 37 | 37 | 37 | ^ SYSADMIN | 19 | 19 | 19 | 19 | 18 | 18 | 17 | 17 | 17 | 17 | 17 | 17 | 17 | 17 | * 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 ====== 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 July 2011: | Meeting ^ May ^ Jun ^ Jul ^ Aug ^ Sep ^ Oct ^ Nov ^ Dec ^ Jan ^ Feb ^ Mar ^ Apr ^ May ^ Jun ^ Jul ^ ^ Steercom | 4 | 6 | 6 | 4 | 7 | 6 | 5 | 7 | 5 | (9) | 5 | 5 | 11 | 5 | 6 | ^ SLACC | 5 | (6)| ? | ? | ? | 8 | x | 7 | ? | 5 | ? | (6)| 5 | 8 | 5 | ^ SLUUG | ? | 18 | 22? | 29(31) | ? | 29 | ? | 15 | 18 | 15 | 14| 16 | 19 | 21 | 18| ^ SNUG SuSE| 8 | 9 | 4 | 8 | ? | - | 7 | 11(14) | 11 | 15 | - | 7 | ? | 8 | 7 | ^ STLLUG | 19 | 9 | 17 | 21 | 17 | 16 | (9) | - | 14 | 13| 15 | 15 | 15 | 14 | 15| ^ STCLUG | 6 | 5 | 12 | 5 | 6 | 6 | 4 | - | 4 | ? | - | 11 | 7 | 7 | ? | ^ HZWLUG | ? | 8 | ? | ? | 6 | 7 | 6 | 9 | 13 | 9 | 7 | 11 | 9 | (7)| 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. * NOTE - Corrected STCLUG August 2010 and September 2010 counts. * NOTE - February 2011 Steercom was via IRC #SLUUG channel on freenode. ====== Meeting Review and Comments ====== ===== July 2011 ===== July 2011 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 - July 7 ==== * [[http://slacc.sluug.org/|SLACC]] usually holds a Linux configuration workshop - no presentation * Problem with room reservations. Canceled because check not processed on time. ==== SLUUG - July 13 ==== * [[http://www.sluug.org/|SLUUG]] usually starts with a tutorial or demo session before a main presentation. * BASE: LastPass by Jay Truesdale (firm commitment) via Stan Reichardt * Excellent treatment of vast capabilities. * MAIN: Artificial Intelligence by Eric Xu via Gary Meyer * Eric does not build robots. ==== SNUG - July 20 ==== * [[http://snug.sluug.org/|SNUG]] is the St. Louis Novell Users Group. * TOPIC: To Be Determined (TBD) ==== STLLUG - July 21 ==== * [[http://www.stllinux.org/|STLLUG]] is the St. Louis Linux Users Group. * TOPIC: Split presentation: * Part I: Yum repositories explored by Jeff Muse * Part II: Apt package tools by Craig Buchek ==== HZWLUG - July 26 ==== * [[http://hzwlug.sluug.org |HZWLUG]] topics are usually determined by attendees. We usually cover more than one. * Two newcomers to Linux (man with wife). Both left with greater knowlege and sample Linux discs. ==== STCLUG - July 28 ==== * [[http://www.stclug.org/|STCLUG]] is the St. Charles Linux Users Group. * No topic previously selected, nor advertised. * Stan R. gave singularly brilliant demonstration of using LibreOffice Mail-merge features to a virtually empty room. ====== Presentation Schedule ====== ===== Potential Presenters and Topics ===== * Link to [[/steercom/potential]] speakers and topics. ===== Aug 2011 ===== August 2011 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 - Aug 4 ==== * [[http://slacc.sluug.org/|SLACC]] usually holds a Linux configuration workshop - no presentation * Need to confirm room reservations re-instated. ==== SLUUG - Aug 10 ==== * [[http://www.sluug.org/|SLUUG]] usually starts with a tutorial or demo session before a main presentation. * BASE: LibreOffice Mail Merge Processing by Stan Reichardt * MAIN: Migration of SLUUG services to AMBER by Jeff Muse (tentative pending completion of work) ==== SNUG - Aug 17 ==== * [[http://snug.sluug.org/|SNUG]] is the St. Louis Novell Users Group. * TOPIC: ZENworks Configuration Management 11 ==== STLLUG - Aug 18 ==== * [[http://www.stllinux.org/|STLLUG]] is the St. Louis Linux Users Group. * TOPIC: HIATUS per ITEN request (No meeting this month) ==== HZWLUG - Aug 23 ==== * [[http://hzwlug.sluug.org |HZWLUG]] topics are usually determined by attendees. We usually cover more than one. ==== STCLUG - Aug 25 ==== * [[http://www.stclug.org/|STCLUG]] is the St. Charles Linux Users Group. * TOPIC: To Be Determined (TBD) ===== Sep 2011 ===== September 2011 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 21 24 25 26 27 28 29 30 ==== SLACC - Sep 1 ==== * [[http://slacc.sluug.org/|SLACC]] usually holds a Linux configuration workshop - no presentation * Need to confirm room reservations re-instated. ==== SLUUG - Sep 14 ==== * [[http://www.sluug.org/|SLUUG]] usually starts with a tutorial or demo session before a main presentation. * BASE: To Be Determined (TBD) * MAIN: Internet Security by Joseph J. Papes, former FBI agent, via Jerry Stutte * BACKUP: To Be Determined (TBD) ==== STLLUG - Sep 15 ==== * [[http://www.stllinux.org/|STLLUG]] is the St. Louis Linux Users Group. * TOPIC: Machine Vision & Facial Recognition by Chris Leighton, confirmed via Lee * BACKUP: To Be Determined (TBD) ==== SNUG - Sep 21 ==== * [[http://snug.sluug.org/|SNUG]] is the St. Louis Novell Users Group. * TOPIC: To Be Determined (TBD) ==== STCLUG - Sep 22 ==== * [[http://www.stclug.org/|STCLUG]] is the St. Charles Linux Users Group. * TOPIC: To Be Determined (TBD) ==== HZWLUG - Sep 26 ==== * [[http://hzwlug.sluug.org |HZWLUG]] topics are usually determined by attendees. We usually cover more than one. ===== Oct 2011 ===== October 2011 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 - Oct 6 ==== * [[http://slacc.sluug.org/|SLACC]] usually holds a Linux configuration workshop - no presentation * Need to confirm room reservations re-instated. ==== SLUUG - Oct 12 ==== * [[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) * BACKUP: To Be Determined (TBD) ==== SNUG - Oct 19 ==== * [[http://snug.sluug.org/|SNUG]] is the St. Louis Novell Users Group. * TOPIC: To Be Determined (TBD) ==== STLLUG - Oct 20 ==== * [[http://www.stllinux.org/|STLLUG]] is the St. Louis Linux Users Group. * TOPIC: To Be Determined (TBD) * BACKUP: To Be Determined (TBD) ==== HZWLUG - Oct 25 ==== * [[http://hzwlug.sluug.org |HZWLUG]] topics are usually determined by attendees. We usually cover more than one. ==== STCLUG - Oct 27 ==== * [[http://www.stclug.org/|STCLUG]] is the St. Charles Linux Users Group. * TOPIC: To Be Determined (TBD) ====== Old Business ====== ===== SNUG ===== * [[http://snug.sluug.org/|SNUG]] is the St. Louis Novell Users Group. * Need a copy of the SNUG by-laws. * Stan will get with Gary Hollingsworth to see if he can get us a copy. ===== Password Cards ===== * Craig finally handed Mike Knight a copy of the password card. * Root passwords were changed at work party for Bud, Amber, and Redhook. * Lee will get Don Ellis a copy of the card. * 2011-08 ===== Server Admin ===== * Bud Light offline due to fan failure, is still offline. * Michelob is dead. * Not sure anyone is willing to revive it. * If anyone is willing to spend the time, they are welcome. * Work party took place May 21 at Lee's place. * Much progress made on a Budlight replacement. * Some websites moved over to Amber. * Mail is working on Amber but need to migrate user accounts. * This is being held up by old-style DES passwords still in use. * Jeff is trying to get them changed. * Amber build is documented at [[:amber_build|Base OS Config]] * We rebuilt Budlight on DL380 G2. * 4 x 73 GB disks (old servers have 4 x 18GB) * 3 GB RAM (old servers have 4 GB) * Server was built, but not put online yet at this point. * It is functional, but we need spare parts for whatever hardware we deploy. * Jay Truesdale is looking for a pair of DL380 G4 servers to use instead. * Work party scheduled for July 9 at Lee's (9 AM). * Need to transition mail services to Amber. * Need to move wiki and www web services to Amber. * Stan has put a notice on the web page. * 2010-07 - * Renewed SLUUG.ORG domain during 9 July migration work party. * 2011-08 ===== 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 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 ===== 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 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 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 ===== Web Site Suggestions ===== * 2011-01 Mike Knight's emails regarding web site. * Stan 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 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 ===== 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 suggested putting Hostirian at the bottom of all SIG web sites. * 2011-02 Stan 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 ===== LUGs and Attendance ===== * 2011-03 Craig brought up the topic of LUG attendance. * Why is STLLUG attendance so low? * Is it the location? * Was it the change in location? * Is it because we have too many local meetings? * Is it the improving job market? * With low attendance, we cannot bring in bigger names. * Telling Red Hat they'll have 15 people to speak with won't get them to come here. * Craig will post a message to DISCUSS. * Explain why I'm asking. * Ask why people don't attend. * Ask what we could do to get people to attend more often. * Ask if we should combine some of the LUG meetings. * 2011-04 * Craig has created a survey -- http://stllug.org/2011-member-survey * Need to have STEERCOM members look at it first, to make suggestions. * Craig will send out the URL to DISCUSS and ANNOUNCE once we're happy with it. * 2011-07 - Craig WILL send out the survey to STEERCOM, then DISCUSS and ANNOUNCE. * 2011-08 ===== PR ===== * Jerry recommended we create a Facebook group and page. * Jerry recommended we post meeting notices on college campus bulletin boards. * Jerry will send out an email to Sanjiv. * 2011-05 * Several people were opposed to this idea. (CLARIFICATION 6/1: The opposition was specifically to facebook) * 2011-07 Gary Meyer volunteered to do PR for the group to get younger members involved. * 2011-08 ====== New Business ====== ===== SLACC Library Reservations ===== * 2011-07 [[http://slacc.sluug.org/|SLACC]] usually holds a Linux configuration workshop - no presentation * St. Louis County Library Thornhill Branch indicated room fee was not paid * All reservations had been canceled. Had to pay cash for meeting. * Review of minutes indicated that check was hand carried to library. * Don Ellis said he had receipt. * Lee provided image of cancelled check to Stan R. * Stan R. talked to Thornhill staff (Nick), * Confirmed room reservations re-instated, except for November and December conflicts. * 2011-08 * ===== Other New Business ===== * None. ====== Annual Requirements ====== * October 2011 - First Saturday, reserve rooms at St. Louis County Library Branches. * October 2011 - St. Louis Business Expo * December 2011 - Renew STCLUG.ORG domain. * February 2012 - Renew STLLINUX.ORG domain. * February 2012 - SLUUG annual Board meeting and elections. * March 2012 - St. Louis Business Expo * April 2012 - First Saturday, reserve rooms at St. Louis County Library Branches. * May 2012 - IRS Form 990-N for Tax Exempt Status. * July 2012 - Renew SLUUG.ORG domain. * August 2012 - Missouri Annual Report for Corporate Legal Status (now every 2 years). * May 2012 - IRS Form 990-N for Tax Exempt Status. ====== Blue Sky ====== * None. ====== Recognize Useful Efforts ====== * Recognize completed action items, and other useful actions. * Who did what? * Stan updated web sites. ====== 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. * Craig - talk to Splunk reps about presenting. * Craig - follow up on potential presentations. * Kyle Cordes - ffmpeg or other * GStreamer * 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. * Noah - work on Amber build. * Gary - follow up with Noel about transferring the SLACC.COM domain to us. * Gary - get Wash U site cleaned up.