====== 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 ====== November 2014 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 * 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 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 ==== 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 ===== November 2014 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 ==== 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 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 ==== 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 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 ==== 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.