====== SLUUG Steering Committee Agenda - 3 November 2014 ======
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 ======
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* Tuesday, November 3, 2014
* 6:30 PM - 8:00 PM
====== Attendees ======
* Lee Lammert
* Andrew Latham
* David Forrest
* Don Weiman
* Craig Buchek
* Stan Reichardt
* Wendell Barber
* Gary Meyer
* Don Ellis
====== 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 7/1 ^ ^$2,462.03^
|Balance as of 7/31 ^ ^^ $2,462.03 ^
|Balance as of 8/1 ^ ^$2,462.03^
|Balance as of 8/31 ^ ^^ $2,462.03 ^
|Balance as of 9/1 ^ ^$2,462.03^
|Balance as of 10/30 ^ ^^ $2,462.03 ^
|Balance as of 10/1 ^ $2,462.03 ^ ^ ^
| Income (+) ^ 10.00 ^ Mike Knight Donation ^ ^
| Payments (-) ^ 60.00 ^ SLACC Library Room ^ ^
| Payments (-) ^ 128.00 ^ Postmaster ^ ^
|Balance as of 10/30 ^ ^^ $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 October 2014:
| Meeting ^ 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 ^
^ Steercom | 5 | 4 | 5 | 4 | 6 | 5 | 4 | 4 | 3 | 5 | 3 | 6 | 4 | 5 | 8 | 5 | 6 | 6 | 7 | 9 | 9 | 5 | 6 | 4 ^ 9 ^
^ SLACC | 6 | 3 | 8 | ? | 7 | 4 | 7 | 6 | ? | 6 | 7 | 10 | 9 | 10 | 4 | 7 | 7 | 9 | 8 | 5 | 9 | ? | 8 | 7 ^ 7 ^
^ SLUUG | 7 | 15 | 12 | ? | 12 | 7 | 17 | 20 | 16 | 9 | 16 | 34 | 17 | 14 | 16 | 13 | 27 | 20 | 12 | 21 | (16)| 17 | 15 | 17 ^ 15 ^
^ SNUG SuSE| 10 | - | 5 | 9 | 7 | - | 7 | 7 | 9 | 9 | - | 8 | 9 | 9 | 8 | 10 | 8 | 10 | 10 | 10 | 10 | (8)| 6 | 6 ^ 8 ^
^ STLLUG | - | 13 | ? | ? | - | ? | ?? | 17 | 15 | 14 | 6 | - | 11 | 12 | 14 | 15 | 17 | 15 | 14 | 11 | 15 | 14 | 15 | 14 ^ 14? ^
^ HZWLUG | 9 | 13 | - | 10 | 10 | 10 | 8 | 10 | 10 | 9 | 12 | 7 | 13 | 13 | 10 | 17 | 15 | 14 | 13 | 13 | 10 | 12 | 11 | 10 ^ 12 ^
* () - 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 October 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 | xxx | xxx ^ 2014 ^
* xxx - Future Numbers.
====== Mailing List Report ======
* Subscriber numbers (approximate) as of end of October 2014:
| List ^ 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 ^
^ ANNOUNCE | 649 | 645 | 647 | 644 | 646 | 637 | 635 | 635 | 635 | 625 | 623 | 631 | 624 | 621 | 622 | 628 | 624 | 626 | 627 | 629 | 626 | 621 | 618 | 618 ^ 624 ^
^ DISCUSS | 211 | 209 | 209 | 209 | 210 | 209 | 209 | 208 | 208 | 210 | 211 | 214 | 214 | 216 | 220 | 221 | 222 | 224 | 225 | 224 | 224 | 224 | 225 | 224 ^ 225 ^
^ STEERCOM | 33 | 33 | 32 | 32 | 32 | 32 | 32 | 31 | 31 | 32 | 32 | 33 | 33 | 33 | 33 | 33 | 34 | 34 | 34 | 34 | 34 | 34 | 34 | 34 ^ 34 ^
^ SYSADMIN | 17 | 17 | 17 | 17 | 17 | 17 | 17 | 17 | 17 | 17 | 18 | 18 | 18 | 18 | 18 | 18 | 18 | 18 | 18 | 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 ======
===== October 2014 =====
October 2014
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==== STEERCOM - Steering Committee - September 29 ====
* 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 - October 2 ====
* [[http://slacc.sluug.org/|SLACC]] usually holds a Linux configuration workshop - no presentation
* Mostly troubleshooting netbook with SLUUG projector
* Next day write-up sent to DISCUSS
==== SLUUG - October 8 ====
* [[http://www.sluug.org/|SLUUG General Meeting]]
* BASE: Voting Machines by Scott Granneman
* Good. More interesting than expected.
* MAIN: Voting Rights by Denise Lieberman
* Good. Interesting history.
* Need to get Don Ellis to upload the YouTube video.
==== SLCL - October 10 ====
* Room reservations made
==== SNUG - October 15 ====
* [[http://snug.sluug.org/|SNUG]] is the St. Louis Novell Users Group lunch time meeting.
* VIDEO: Best Practices for Migrating from Solaris to SUSE Linux Enterprise Server
* Interesting.
==== STLLUG - October 16 ====
* [[http://www.stllinux.org/|STLLUG]] is the St. Louis Linux Users Group.
* TOPIC: DIY Mail Server Tips by Ken Johnson
* More interesting than expected.
* YouTube video - https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCFKdr39d_BIqBsLryaGd_vw/videos
==== STL Business Expo - October 22 ====
* BOOTH: Not done this time.
==== Hazelwood - October 28 ====
* [[http://hzwlug.sluug.org |HZWLUG]] topics are usually determined by attendees. We usually cover more than one topic.
* Demo of Tight VNC between Linux Mint and Windows 7 netbooks
* Next day write-up sent to DISCUSS
* People were really interested
====== Schedule ======
===== November 2014 =====
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==== STEERCOM - Steering Committee - November 3 ====
* 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 - November 6 ====
* [[http://slacc.sluug.org/|SLACC]] usually holds a Linux configuration workshop - no presentation
==== SLUUG - November 12 ====
* [[http://www.sluug.org/|SLUUG General Meeting]]
* Note that Barry Morrison will act as host this month. Valerie can not attend this month.
* BASE: Synergy (Keyboard / Mouse Sharing) by Don Ellis
* MAIN: Uploading and Downloading Social Media Videos by TBD
==== SNUG - November 19 ====
* [[http://snug.sluug.org/|SNUG]] is the St. Louis Novell Users Group lunch time meeting.
* TOPIC: To Be Determined (TBD)
==== STLLUG - November 20 ====
* [[http://www.stllinux.org/|STLLUG]] is the St. Louis Linux Users Group.
* TOPIC: Proxmox by Andrew Latham
==== Hazelwood - November 25 ====
* [[http://hzwlug.sluug.org |HZWLUG]] topics are usually determined by attendees. We usually cover more than one topic.
==== HOLIDAY - November 27 ====
* Thanksgiving Day
===== December 2014 =====
December 2014
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==== 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: Intro to Penetration Testing by Wendell Barber
* MAIN: VPNs: OpenVPN v. IPsec by Andrew Latham
==== 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.
==== SNUG - December 17 ====
* [[http://snug.sluug.org/|SNUG]] is the St. Louis Novell Users Group lunch time meeting.
* TOPIC: To Be Determined (TBD)
==== STLLUG - December 18 ====
* [[http://www.stllinux.org/|STLLUG]] is the St. Louis Linux Users Group.
* TOPIC: How The Web Works by Craig Buchek
==== HOLIDAY - December 25 ====
* Christmas Day
===== January 2015 =====
January 2015
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==== 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 holiday.
==== SLUUG - January 14 ====
* [[http://www.sluug.org/|SLUUG General Meeting]]
* BASE: To Be Determined (TBD)
* MAIN: To Be Determined (TBD)
==== STLLUG - January 15 ====
* [[http://www.stllinux.org/|STLLUG]] is the St. Louis Linux Users Group.
* TOPIC: To Be Determined (TBD)
==== 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.
====== Old Business ======
===== Server Admin =====
* Fixed GoldenWheat (1U server)
* Acquired 2x2U Dell and 2x2U IBM sets of HW
* Configured one as a new VM server
* ToDo (from Noah Lance):
* Finalize Network (openvswitch isn't happy with Linux 3.1), Web GUI, Host monitoring/management configurations
* Build storage configuration - NFS server for images (templates) and home dirs for all VMs
* Validate Web GUI functionality
* Setup Debian 6 VMs for Bud & Budlight
* Attempt p2v of Amber so updates can be tested before pushing to production
* Possible future enhancement - LDAP/Kerberos for SSO to production servers?
* Need to resolve CNAME/A Record issue for sluug.org?
* 2010-07 - Renewed SLUUG.ORG domain during 9 July migration work party.
* 2011-08 - EveryDNS migration to DynDNS caught us unprepared. Craig moved us to buddyns.
* Lee has made copies of zone files and we have BIND on amber now as an authoritative server.
* We should probably make sure buddyns has up-to-date contact info.
* 2011-12 Michelob is dead.
* Joe B. Volunteers to do fix on Michelob, will get together with Gary M.
* 2012-02 Lee installed Webalizer on the new servers, per Stan R's request.
* 2012-03 Stan R is getting some technical response of his email problem.
* Much discussion of Mike Knight's research and possible work around.
* Don and Gary did some testing using Apple mail clients, with results showing same problems.
* 2012-04 Need to run updates on AMBER or plan for alternate virtual install to migrate over.
* 2012-05 Jeff Muse updated AMBER HTTPS cert.
* Altho we believed the change would only effect that, unexpectedly, Gary's Apple eMAIL client complained about the certificate on IMAP.
* 2012-06 Noah got 3 new servers up at Hostirian.
* Bud (replacement) - 600 GB storage array
* Storage for VMs
* Storage for media (audio/video recordings of meetings)
* Golden Wheat (replacement)
* XenPRI - platform to run VMs
* 2012-06 Noah has been updating docs on wiki.
* 2012-07 (late June) No report.
* 2012-08 No update
* 2012-09 No update
* 2012-10 Problem getting to AMBER o/a 19/20 September.
* DNS was broken because of zone file configuration error on 20 August.
* BuddyNS stopped resolving after 30 days.
* We aren't logging or documenting very well.
* Mike Knight suggested extending size of root bash history.
* Mike Knight testing of timestamps for root bash history ran into some problems.
* Mike Knight is authorized to continue this investigation and remediation.
* 2012-11 Lee recycled the old Compaq ProLiant 6400s.
* 2012-12 Vim config was messed up temporarily.
* Don had gotten the config for backup files wrong.
* We need to be sure to notify the group and document any changes we make.
* 2013-01 No news.
* 2013-02 No news.
* 2013-03 No news.
* 2013-04 Up to 401 patches pending on amber.
* 2013-05 No news.
* 2013-06 Mike Knight notice mail virus scanner failed.
* 2013-09 Ed Wehner wants to resurrect user shell access.
* Has gotten access on Bud.
* Will send out a survey to the group on what they want.
* Usenet news groups?
* VMs?
* 2013-10
* Ed has results from of survey - 21 responses
* Will send spreadsheet with summary
* Assuming bandwidth won't be noticeably over-whelming continue exploring
* We need to consider choke points.
* Still need to work inventory to understand what is working, or dead.
* Explore additional sites at universities, etc.
* USENET server, local newsgroups, looking for news server feed
* Open discussion at General meetings calling for working group volunteers.
* 2013-12
* Do we have enough interest in building this out to continue?
* Yes, we have at least 3 or 4 folks interested.
* Ed will set up a time and place to get together to plan/work.
* Do we have or can we get the hardware?
* Need CPU and SAN.
* Craig - Get Andrew access to help with STLLUG site.
* 2014-01 Some discussion on how to move forward.
* 2014-02 No movement.
* 2014-03 No movement.
* 2014-04 No movement.
* 2014-05
* Heartbleed not a problem because AMBER uses older version of OpenSSL that was not vulnerable.
* Andrew updated a few packages on Amber.
* 2014-06
* Andrew updated Amber.
* Set autofsck to yes so that any future reboot would auto approve the fsck operations
* Updated all non-email server packages that required updates.
* 2014-08 No movement.
* 2014-09-29
* Mike Knight patched Amber bash bug CVE-2014-6271
* Andrew Latham patched Amber for the 2nd and 3rd bash patches
* Lee reports that Bud has been back up as of August 21
* 2014-11-03
* Andrew did more updates, and stuff
===== Web Site Maintenance =====
* 2011-01 Mike Knight's emails regarding web site.
* Stan R 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 R hasn't gotten around to building new resources page, 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 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 No progress.
* 2011-09 No progress.
* 2011-10 No progress.
* 2011-11 No progress by Stan R.
* 2011-12 Table - No progress by Stan R, but will work on.
* 2012-03 Low priority
* 2012-04 Will need to check out WebDev site stlwebdev.org
* 2012-05 Gary M suggests calendar page to highlight OUR, i.e. SLUUG's mtngs.
* After all, part of the idea of maintaining the calendar is to drive traffic to our own mtngs!
* Could be highlights on the Google calendar itself &/or additional 1-2 lines written outside the Google calendar.
* Lee pointed out that advanced users may pull RSS that would not see the "off-Google" lines.
* 2012-07 (late June) Low priority
* 2012-08 Low priority
* 2012-09 Low priority
* 2012-10 No report.
* 2012-11 No report.
* 2012-12 Low priority.
* 2013-01 Noah has a prototype StCLUG website at [[http://stclug.darkit.org|STCLUG.DARKIT.ORG]]
* 2013-02 No action.
* 2013-03 No action.
* 2013-04 Stan needs to update front page of sluug.org
* 2013-05 SLUUG => resources => presentation page listings updated. Much of end of last year was not listed.
* 2013-09 No change.
* 2013-10
* STLLUG [[http://stllug.sluug.org/meeting_notes/| Meeting Notes listing]] updated (not done since January).
* SLUUG [[http://www.sluug.org/resources/presentations/| Presentation Archives page]] updated (not done since April).
* SLUUG [[http://www.sluug.org/resources/calendar/| Calendar]] ~ Stan R build a combined web page that uses a separate SLUUG events calendar to highlight our meetings in red
* Ryan Dowell volunteered (in August) to code magic to automatically pull in Calendar items. Gary to follow up.
* Troubleshooting over 3 day period removed errant extra web entries from SIU.
* Some buffering problems remain that disappear when browser clients are rebooted.
* Note that this week, someone other than Stan R put a link to SLUUG calendar in a DISCUSS posting.
* 2013-12
* Craig working on finishing new STLLUG site.
* Craig to get Andrew accounts and passwords.
* 2014-01
* Andrew has access, but needs some permission changes.
* Andrew has root access on Amber now.
* 2014-04
* SLUUG [[http://www.sluug.org/resources/calendar/| Calendar]] ~ Stan R combined Historical Events per an idea suggestion from Andrew L.
* Bootstrap is working ok, verbal discussion of using calendar API to get event contents.
* Need to train Stan et al on Boot strap and show how it works.
* 2014-05
* Andrew has updated the STLLUG site to a new design.
* Andrew can proceed with the same with the SLUUG site.
* 2014-07
* Nothing to report, life is getting in the way.
* Lee added our YouTube channel to the SLUUG.ORG home page list of resources.
* 2014-08 No movement.
* 2014-09-29
* With some nudging, Andrew will work on SLUUG site again
* 2014-11-03
* No nudging received so nothing more than uploaded presentations happened.
===== Domain Name Tracking =====
* 2012-03 Gary M renewed the STLLUG.ORG domain.
* 2012-04 This points to Craig's 2011 membership survey web page. Will re-designate to current active site.
* 2012-05 Yet to be done.
* 2012-06 Craig to take a look at this.
* 2012-07 (late June) No report.
* 2012-08 No update
* 2012-09
* SLUUG.ORG Last Updated On:11-Jul-2012 01:23:13 UTC
* SLACC.COM Noel has renewed and offered to donate domain to SLUUG.
* How do we complete this transfer?
* Do we really care anymore? NO!
* Suggested we just continue with subdomains (slacc.sluug.org).
* 2012-11
* STCLUG.ORG is coming up for renewal.
* Agreed that we could let this one go, in favor of STCLUG.SLUUG.ORG.
* 2013-01
* STLWEBDEV.ORG expired
* Alan Trick's daughter advised us last week the domain was expiring; she offered to renew it for two years. Lee will send her a check.
* 2013-02
* Gary needs to renew STLLINUX.ORG domain before 2/8.
* Gary needs to transfer STLWEBDEV.ORG account to SLUUG Dotster control.
* 2013-03
* Gary renewed STLLINUX.ORG domain.
* Stephanie Trick renewed STLWEBDEV.ORG domain for 2 years.
* Need to transfer STLWEBDEV.ORG domain and consolidate in Dotster.
* Stan asked Gary to work up a LibreOffice Calc spreadsheet listing info
* Domain name, expiration date, vendor, cost, etc.
* 2013-04 No progress on spreadsheet listing info
* 2013-05 No progress on spreadsheet listing info
* 2013-07 Lee renewed SLUUG.ORG domain.
* 2013-09 No movement.
* 2013-10 No Cooperation from Gary.
* 2013-12 Still need to document domains.
* 2014-01 No movement.
* 2014-02 Gary renewed STLLINUX.ORG; needs to document the process.
* 2014-03 Lee has them set to auto-renew.
* 2014-04 No movement.
* 2014-07 Gary renewed SLUUG.ORG domain.
* 2014-08 No movement.
* 2014-11-03
===== Uploading Presentations =====
* 2013-05
* ISSUE: Don Ellis has been recording many of the meetings. Where/When/How can he start uploading.
* NEED: Volunteer to setup media storage on one of the SLUUG machines at Hostirian.
* 2013-07 Lee found we have some space to store media.
* On Bud on /srv/storage/.
* 2013-09 No movement.
* 2013-11 Don E. - Working on Uploading presentations.
* 2013-12 A bit of movement
* Stan uploaded Scott Granneman's last presentation.
* We may look into uploading to YouTube, via Google+.
* 2014-01
* We tried using Google Hangouts On Air at STLLUG and HZWLUG meetings.
* These post to YouTube automatically.
* Already have over 10 views on Google+ each.
* Worked relatively well.
* Problem with camera and power, so we only got first parts of meetings.
* 2014-03
* Andrew would like some feedback.
* Sound quality is really good.
* He's been using a Logitech HD Pro Webcam C920 ($80)
* 2014-04 No movement.
* 2014-05
* Andrew uploaded recent presentations.
* Needs to upload some more.
* Need to figure out where we have enough disk space for everything.
* Lee seems to be able help.
* 2014-06
* Uploading (or recording directly) to YouTube seems to be working well.
* Might try recording the slides (via screen sharing) in addition to video.
* Need to find a way to attach the presentation slides.
* 2014-08 No movement.
* 2014-09-29
* Need to figure out how to get the slides published along with video.
* 2014-11-03
* Andrew uploaded many presentations and linked them via the sites.
* Much more work needs done
* Some random people emailed Andrew presentations from the last 5 years hoping he would just do the needful.
===== Internet Presence =====
* 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.
* 2013-03 Craig to take this up.
* 2013-04 No action - Craig missing
* 2013-05
* Need volunteer to maintain and publicize!
* No report from Craig
* 2013-07 Got a volunteer by email.
* Craig, Stan, or Gary will follow up.
* 2013-09 Gary got a volunteer to help us.
* Will need to reply to him and get him money.
* 2013-12
* Craig - Contact Ed Schneider about MEETUP.COM Group creation and maintenance.
* Andrew - Google+ page with Youtube account for large videos https://plus.google.com/114654162617367865312/about
* 2014-01
* No movement on MEETUP.COM
* Andrew did the video uploads via Google Hangouts On Air
* 2014-03
* Andrew did more stuff on the Google+ pages.
* 2014-04 No movement.
* 2014-08 No movement.
* 2014-11-03
* Social Media via Google+ (46 followers) and YouTube (Subscribers) is slowly growing.
* We need to have a second for uploading video.
===== SLUUG Web Site Alternative Offers =====
* FYI Webalizer [[http://www.sluug.org/hitreport/ | report]].
* Both Noah Lance and Craig Buchek have worked on "new" web pages in the past.
* 2014-03: Scott Granneman indicated our current web site sucks for mobile users.
* He proposed we switch over to using their service for minimal monthly fee.
* They would redesign the site for us and host on their CMS.
* Learning to manage content on their CMS shouldn't be significant.
* Harry (John) Hodges of Graybar offered assistance.
* 2014-03: Our needs:
* We have 2 web sites that we need to update.
* Better appearance
* Especially on mobile
* Easier to maintain
* Web interface
* Easier for multiple people to edit
* Our on-going issue is finding people to find the time to help.
* 2014-03: Andrew's proposal:
* First, redesign static content of existing site(s)
* LUG first, then UUG page
* Using Bootstrap CSS framework (helps with mobile)
* Second, use Monstra (static site builder with no DB required)
* 2014-03: Steering committee decided to go with Andrew's proposal for now.
* Keeps our current hosting.
* Smaller incremental changes, that we're more comfortable with.
* More done by our members.
* 2014-08 No movement.
* 2014-11-03
* Mentioned above, little movement beyond presentation uploads
===== Sponsorship Offers =====
* 2013-06 Strategic Staffing Offered to do something.
* Pizza for STLLUG?
* 2013-07 SBS Creatix sponsored pizza and soda at the June meeting. [Which meeting SLUUG or STLLUG?]
* Thanks!
* 2013-09 No movement.
* Melissa from Contegix offered to sponsor pizzas. [Which meeting SLUUG or STLLUG?]
* 2014-01 No movement.
* 2014-02 No movement.
* 2014-03 No movement.
* 2014-04 No movement.
* 2014-05
* Lee needs to work with Hostirian again for free hosting.
* We should all hit the Hostirian link on our front page and ask for a quote.
* 2014-08 No movement.
* 2014-09-29
* 2014-11-03
===== Publicity =====
* 2013-09 Publicity.
* Gary M says we're not good at this.
* Flyers for meetings (like this month) will help.
* Mention them at other meetings.
* Mention that the SLUUG calendar covers lots of groups.
* 2013-12 Andrew has been talking to some college kids.
* Inviting them to meetings.
* 2014-01
* Not too much movement.
* Might want to hand out business cards.
* 2014-03
* The SLUUG calendar is being referenced at other groups.
* It's a nice way for us to keep our name out there.
* The Google Plus group is also helping a bit.
* 2014-04 No discussion.
* 2014-08 No movement.
* 2014-09-29
* 2014-11-03
===== Pamphlets =====
* 2012-04 - Stan R with considerable help from Christine Wanta has produced a pamphlet on Free Open Source Software (FOSS).
* It should be very complementary to what we hawk at the St. Louis Business Expo Linux Booth.
* The pamphlet has been added to the SLUUG Resources Handouts page
* Another pamphlet is planned to highlight our Google calendar and list regular meeting days of the month.
* Lee suggested a single page calendar poster also.
* 2012-05 Stan R built new pamphlet for Calendar and Free Open Source Software (FOSS).
* 2012-06 New pamphlets have been posted to our web site http://www.sluug.org/resources/handouts/
* 2012-06 Stan will go to Lee's to print out some copies.
* Good for handing out, especially at Business Expo.
* 2012-06 Stan has more ideas.
* Troubleshooting
* 2012-07 (late June) No report.
* 2012-08
* Stan R. - printed approximately 100 each of Calendar, FOSS, GNU/Linux for Beginners, and GNU/Linux Resources pamphlets.
* Minor spacing revisions have been made to the **GNU/Linux for Beginners** pamphlet, stock on hand can be used.
* Significant revision being made to the **Password Guidelines for Beginners** pamphlet before printing.
* Suggested minor revisions will be made to **FOSS** pamphlet, stock on hand can be used.
* Our **General Information** pamphlet will have to be revised before STL Business Expo on 16 October.
* 2012-09 Lee will update and send on to Stan R.
* 2012-10 Stan has 100 of each, but needs to continue working on the "General" pamphlet.
* 2012-11 Stan doesn't have any more pamphlets.
* Gary McGee might have ended up with the remaining.
* 2012-12
* Gary McGee returned pamphlets to Stan R.
* We have at least 80 of each.
* Will take them to the upcoming SBE event at the library.
* 2013-01 Stan R. - gave available folded pamphlets to Gary M. There were only about 30 to 40 each (not 80) on hand.
* At the Bat Cave Stan R. - printed 100 each of the 3 topical pamphlets (Beginner, Calendar, FOSS). Yet to be folded.
* 2013-02 Stan will redo 2 of the older brochures.
* 2013-03 Stan working on these for the business expo.
* 2013-09 No movement.
* 2014-01
* No movement.
* 2014-03
* Stan is burnt out.
* 2014-04
* SLUUG pamphlets are available on our Resources/[[http://www.sluug.org/resources/handouts/|Handout]] page.
* Pamphlets built with Scribus are being converted to LibreOffice Writer format in order to use more familiar editing features.
* Single remaining Scribus based pamphlet titled **Password Guidelines for Beginners** will be converted later.
* Pamphlet source .ODT documents are uploaded along side corresponding .PDF files (just not listed on web page).
* Created 1 new pamphlet titled **Why Use Linux?** We should expect that the narratives currently used will be changed.
* Updated 3 other pamphlets, **Calendar**, **FOSS**, and **GNU/Linux for Beginners**.
* The **Password Guidlines for Beginners** and **GNU/Linux Resources** pamphlets are being worked on.
* No progress has been made to adapt ideas in Christine Wanta's handout from last year. Has good points that need to be adapted.
* Nothing has been done to review or update the **SLUUG general information** handout.
* Would like to print 100 each of the (4) new and updated pamphlets to have on hand for 8 April STL Business Expo.
* We expect that last minute spacing adjustments will be required to match printer alignment for nice folding.
* 2014-05
* SLUUG pamphlets are available on our Resources/[[http://www.sluug.org/resources/handouts/|Handout]] page. The source .ODT files are availible in same location (just change .PDF to .ODT to download).
* The **GNU/Linux Resources** pamphlet has been updated.
* The **Why Use Linux** pamphlet has also been updated, incorporating suggestions from members.
* The **SLUUG general information** pamphlet is being worked on.
* The **Password Guidelines for Beginners** pamphlet needs to be worked on.
* All printed pamphlets have been handed off to Gary.
* Now he can hand them out when he's at various events.
* 2014-06
* The **Why Use Linux** pamphlet has been updated yet again.
* Gathering notes for building a **Which Linux Distro to Use** pamphlet.
* No other pamplets have been worked on.
* 2014-07
* New phamplets have been printed and are in process of being folded
* 2014-08
* Don Weimann has been printing pamphlets, in preparation for STL Business Expo (SBE).
* Gary suggested taking some pamphlets to Strange Loop.
* 2014-09-29
* Stan R. has 45 each, following pamphlets on hand **Calendar**, **FOSS**, and **GNU/Linux for Beginners**, and **Why Use Linux?**.
* Minor revision to the **FOSS** pamphlet needs to be made, stock on hand can be used.
* Gary Meyer has additional pamphlets hidden somewhere in his car.
* 2014-11-03
===== Penguins =====
* 2012-09 Gary bought some Penguins and gave one out as gift to STLLUG presenter last month.
* 2012-10 Gary still has more penguins. Considering giving them away at SBE.
* 2012-11 Gary will give these out as speaker prizes.
* 2013-01 Gary still has penguins to give away. Jeff will not give presentation SLUUG 2013/01 without a penguin.
* Finally, someone got a penguin!
* 2013-02 Gary - bring the penguins.
* 2013-03 Gary brought a penguin for Craig to give to Jessica.
* 2013-04 Jess got her penguin. Only place with more penguins in the area is the zoo.
* 2013-09 Gary still has some to hand out.
* 2013-12 Andrew has been sewing penguins.
* 2014-01 Andrew gave Gary a penguin he found at Goodwill for $0.50.
* 2014-02 Andrew gave Gary a large penguin he found at Goodwill for $2.00.
* 2014-03 Andrew has not made it to Goodwill lately, but finished sewing his 1st penguin.
* 2014-04 No movement.
* 2014-05
* Stan R. suggests we provide SLUUG swag (cups, etc.) as optional items for presenters
* Good idea - give the presenter a choice of swag.
* 2014-06
* Gary forgot to give Shane Carr a penguin.
* 2014-08 No movement.
* 2014-09-29
* 2014-11-03
===== Projector =====
* 2014-06
* We have a new ViewSonic projector and Penguin case.
* Resolution: 1080P
* Connectors: HDMI, VGA, S-Video, RCA
* Stan R. took it from STEERCOM to SLAAC.
* 2014-07
* Used at SLACC meeting ~ one of attendees inadvertantly unplugged before cool down cycle completed.
* Used at SLUUG meeting ~
* Used at STLLUG meeting ~ new HDMI cable placed in case.
* Used at HZWLUG meeting ~ stan r. was unable to get HDMI cable working with ALIENWARE M11 laptop.
* Observations:
* Documentation is pretty and very convoluted and obtuse.
* Factory default had cool down turned off! Had to turn that on, now uses full 60 second cool down.
* The hand controller is somewhat easier to use than on-the-box buttons.
* The hand controller uses InfraRed and works only from front.
* The hand controller brings up menus that then require (counter intuitive) right-or-left selection.
* Overall attendees at each meeting are very impressed with resolution and some even want one for home use.
* As of now, Stan R. has the projector.
* 2014-08 No discussion
* 2014-09-29
* Stan R. uploaded 84 page projector User Guide to http://www.sluug.org/pdf/projector.pdf
* Stan currently has it.
* 2014-11-03
* Stan is giving the projector to Andrew.
===== STLLUG Location =====
* 2014-02
* Current St. Louis Linux Users Group (STLLUG) location is inconvenient, probably turning people off
* Craig needs to look into Savvis
* Andrew will look into Richmond Heights Community Center
* 2014-03 No movement.
* 2014-04 Stan R suggests reserving STL County Library Thornhill Br Auditorium.
* 2014-05
* STL County Library Thornhill Br Auditorium was reserved for library use, not available to public.
* 2014-08
* Craig spoke w/ Brian Button about hosting at CenturyLink.
* Have not heard back.
* 2014-09-29
* No update. Will see about contacting others at CenturyLink.
* 2014-11-03
* Andrew says: I like the current location.
* Craig says: Haven't heard any peeps from CenturyLink.
* Venture Cafe will provide free beer for meetings hosted there.
* They're only open Thursdays from 3 PM to 8 PM.
* PerlMongers is probably going to move there.
* Didn't seem to be much interest from our group.
===== STL Business Expo =====
* 2014-09-29
* Event is twice a year, occurs next on 22 October.
* We have been holding a Linux demontration booth there for a number of years.
* EPC has been providing laptops for our use.
* Booth has primarily been manned by Lee Lammert, Phil Bunch, Gary McKee and Stan R.
* Some discussion has already been done on STEERCOM mailing list.
* We've not been getting much traffic through lately.
* Consensus seems to be to stop going.
* No interest from anyone to continue.
* 2014-11-03
===== Rooms at STL County Library =====
* 2014-09-29
* Reservations for the next 6 months need to be made on 4 October, the first Saturday in October.
* Reservations for up to 3 hours can be made for $10 each.
* Reservations are granted on first come basis.
* Payment for all reservations must be made within 14 days.
* We reserve and pay fee for the SLACC meetings.
* The session can not go beyond 9:00 PM, or there is an extra charge every ten minutes.
* Donations of $1 are collected from attendees.
* Stan will make reservations on Saturday.
* 2014-11-03
* Rooms have been reserved.
====== New Business ======
* Anything?
* 2014-11-03
* Bowling party
* Usually held by PerlMongers and VimGeeks
* Doesn't seem to be a 2014 event scheduled yet
===== Something Else =====
* Anything?
* 2014-11-03
====== Recognize Useful Efforts ======
* 2014-11-03
* Anything?
====== Blue Sky Ideas ======
* 2014-11-03
* We should clean up minutes that we haven't talked about recently.
* Stan should use his own judgement.
====== Recurring Requirements ======
* January 2015 - Transfer and renew STLWEBDEV.ORG domain.
* 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.
====== 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.
* Craig or Gary - talk to Steven Lembark about Vile talk at November STLLUG.
* 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.
* Gary - Move phone book to new phone.
* Gary - Talk to Ryan Dowell about automating SLUUG Calendar.
* 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.
* Gary - Transfer STLWEBDEV.ORG account to SLUUG Dotster control.
* 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.