====== SLUUG Steering Committee Agenda - 5 January 2015 ======
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 ======
January 2015
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* Monday, January 5, 2015
* 6:45 PM - 8:15 PM
====== Attendees ======
* Craig Buchek
* David Forrest
* Ken Johnson
* Andrew Latham
* Gary Meyer
* Stan Reichardt
====== 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 11/1 ^ $2,344.03 ^ ^ ^
|Balance as of 11/30 ^ ^^ $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 December 2014:
| Meeting ^ Dec ^ Jan ^ Feb ^ Mar ^ Apr ^ May ^ Jun ^ Jul ^ Aug ^ Sep ^ Oct ^ Nov ^ Dec ^ Jan ^ Feb ^ Mar ^ Apr ^ May ^ Jun ^ Jul ^ Aug ^ Sep ^ Oct ^ Nov ^ Dec ^
^ Steercom | 5 | 4 | 6 | 5 | 4 | 4 | 3 | 5 | 3 | 6 | 4 | 5 | 8 | 5 | 6 | 6 | 7 | 9 | 9 | 5 | 6 | 4 | 9 | 9 ^ 7 ^
^ SLACC | 8 | ? | 7 | 4 | 7 | 6 | ? | 6 | 7 | 10 | 9 | 10 | 4 | 7 | 7 | 9 | 8 | 5 | 9 | ? | 8 | 7 | 7 | 5 ^ 9 ^
^ SLUUG | 12 | ? | 12 | 7 | 17 | 20 | 16 | 9 | 16 | 34 | 17 | 14 | 16 | 13 | 27 | 20 | 12 | 21 | (16)| 17 | 15 | 17 | 15 | 16 ^ 16 ^
^ SNUG SuSE| 5 | 9 | 7 | - | 7 | 7 | 9 | 9 | - | 8 | 9 | 9 | 8 | 10 | 8 | 10 | 10 | 10 | 10 | (8)| 6 | 6 | 8 | 10 ^ 7 ^
^ STLLUG | ? | ? | - | ? | ?? | 17 | 15 | 14 | 6 | - | 11 | 12 | 14 | 15 | 17 | 15 | 14 | 11 | 15 | 14 | 15 | 14 |(14) | 10 ^ 12 ^
^ HZWLUG | - | 10 | 10 | 10 | 8 | 10 | 10 | 9 | 12 | 7 | 13 | 13 | 10 | 17 | 15 | 14 | 13 | 13 | 10 | 12 | 11 | 10 | 12 | 9 ^ 9 ^
* () - 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 December 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 | 141 ^ 107 ^ 2014 ^
* xxx - Future Numbers.
====== Mailing List Report ======
* Subscriber numbers (approximate) as of end of December 2014:
| List ^ Dec ^ Jan ^ Feb ^ Mar ^ Apr ^ May ^ Jun ^ Jul ^ Aug ^ Sep ^ Oct ^ Nov ^ Dec ^ Jan ^ Feb ^ Mar ^ Apr ^ May ^ Jun ^ Jul ^ Aug ^ Sep ^ Oct ^ Nov ^ Dec ^
^ ANNOUNCE | 647 | 644 | 646 | 637 | 635 | 635 | 635 | 625 | 623 | 631 | 624 | 621 | 622 | 628 | 624 | 626 | 627 | 629 | 626 | 621 | 618 | 618 | 624 | 621 ^ 622 ^
^ DISCUSS | 209 | 209 | 210 | 209 | 209 | 208 | 208 | 210 | 211 | 214 | 214 | 216 | 220 | 221 | 222 | 224 | 225 | 224 | 224 | 224 | 225 | 224 | 225 | 226 ^ 224 ^
^ STEERCOM | 32 | 32 | 32 | 32 | 32 | 31 | 31 | 32 | 32 | 33 | 33 | 33 | 33 | 33 | 34 | 34 | 34 | 34 | 34 | 34 | 34 | 34 | 34 | 34 ^ 34 ^
^ SYSADMIN | 17 | 17 | 17 | 17 | 17 | 17 | 17 | 17 | 18 | 18 | 18 | 18 | 18 | 18 | 18 | 18 | 18 | 19 | 19 | 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 ======
===== 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: Upgrading SuSE by Lee Lammert
* Stan was sick ~ didn't make it to the meeting.
* MAIN: VPNs: OpenVPN v. IPsec by Andrew Latham
* Good, but probably over many people's heads.
==== 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.
* Demo of TorSync and Syncthing (Pulse)
* Installed Linux Mint 17.1 on new attendee's laptop
==== SNUG - December 17 ====
* [[http://snug.sluug.org/|SNUG]] is the St. Louis Novell Users Group lunch time meeting.
* TOPIC: ZenWorks
* Terrible - worst in years
* Canned (live) video presentation
* Too many buzzwords, too much of a sales pitch, no technical content.
==== Bowling Night ====
* Yearly meeting of non-athletics to roll a ball down a lane and argue about emacs and vi
* 7pm - 10pm
* Moolah Lanes look at the calendar it is likely correct
==== STLLUG - December 18 ====
* [[http://www.stllinux.org/|STLLUG]] is the St. Louis Linux Users Group.
* TOPIC: Old Hardware day! Bring an old laptop and lets make it work with Linux "Power cords not optional"
* Ken Johnson presented on CoLinux (Linux on Windows)
* Good - nice style
* Stan R. installed Linux Mint 17.1 on Ted Palmer's laptop ~ no other installs done by anybody else.
* More group discussion than normal.
==== HOLIDAY - December 25 ====
* Christmas Day
====== Schedule ======
===== 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 New Years Day holiday.
==== SLUUG - January 14 ====
* [[http://www.sluug.org/|SLUUG General Meeting]]
* BASE: Intro to Penetration Testing by Wendell Barber (via Andrew)
* MAIN: Core Boot - Aaron Durbin (via Andrew)
==== STLLUG - January 15 ====
* [[http://www.stllinux.org/|STLLUG]] is the St. Louis Linux Users Group.
* TOPIC: Blender - Ed Wehner
==== 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.
===== February 2015 =====
February 2015
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==== STEERCOM - Steering Committee - February 2 ====
* 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 - February 5 ====
* [[http://slacc.sluug.org/|SLACC]] usually holds a Linux configuration workshop - no presentation
==== SLUUG - February 11 ====
* [[http://www.sluug.org/|SLUUG General Meeting]]
* BASE: Something by Stan Reichardt (tentative)
* MAIN: Intro to 3D Printing by Lee Lammert
* Official annual meeting.
* Election balloting.
==== SNUG - February 18 ====
* [[http://snug.sluug.org/|SNUG]] is the St. Louis Novell Users Group lunch time meeting.
* TOPIC: To Be Determined (TBD)
==== STLLUG - February 19 ====
* [[http://www.stllinux.org/|STLLUG]] is the St. Louis Linux Users Group.
* TOPIC: Guacamole by Andrew Latham
==== Hazelwood - February 24 ====
* [[http://hzwlug.sluug.org |HZWLUG]] topics are usually determined by attendees. We usually cover more than one topic.
===== March 2015 =====
March 2015
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==== STEERCOM - Steering Committee - March 2 ====
* 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 - March 5 ====
* [[http://slacc.sluug.org/|SLACC]] usually holds a Linux configuration workshop - no presentation
==== SLUUG - March 11 ====
* [[http://www.sluug.org/|SLUUG General Meeting]]
* BASE: To Be Determined (TBD)
* MAIN: How the Web Works (part 1) by Craig Buchek
==== SNUG - March 18 ====
* [[http://snug.sluug.org/|SNUG]] is the St. Louis Novell Users Group lunch time meeting.
* TOPIC: To Be Determined (TBD)
==== STLLUG - March 19 ====
* [[http://www.stllinux.org/|STLLUG]] is the St. Louis Linux Users Group.
* MAIN: How the Web Works (part 2) by Craig Buchek
==== Hazelwood - March 24 ====
* [[http://hzwlug.sluug.org |HZWLUG]] topics are usually determined by attendees. We usually cover more than one topic.
====== Old Business ======
===== Server Admin =====
* Andrew has been applying updates
* Ignoring Postfix until he understands our configuration.
===== Web Site Maintenance =====
* Andrew still needs to finish up some stuff.
===== Uploading Presentations =====
* Andrew uploaded many presentations and linked them via the sites.
* Much more work needs done.
* Need to figure out how to get the slides published along with video.
* Need to get more old presentations uploaded.
===== Domain Name Tracking =====
* STLWEBDEV.ORG was renewed in December.
===== Internet Presence (Social Media)=====
* 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.
* Craig - Contact Ed Schneider about MEETUP.COM Group creation and maintenance.
* Possible meetup volunteer - Brian Bilgere
===== Pamphlets =====
* Stan has continued updating pamphlets.
* Don Weimann has been printing pamphlets when Stan R. asks for them.
===== Penguin Honorarium =====
* Andrew gave Gary a few more small penguins to pass out to guest presenters.
===== Projector =====
* Andrew added a remote control for presentations
* It's in the projector case.
===== STLLUG Location =====
* Current St. Louis Linux Users Group (STLLUG) location is inconvenient, probably turning people off
* Craig spoke w/ Brian Button about hosting at CenturyLink.
* Craig spoke w/ Jessie Jackson of SBS Creatix about having her talk to CenturyLink.
* Venture Cafe will provide free beer for meetings hosted there.
* They're only open Thursdays from 3 PM to 8 PM.
* Didn't seem to be much interest from our group.
===== Nomination Committee =====
* Gary and Stan were volontold to be the nominating committee.
* They're working on determining which board seats are open.
====== New Business ======
===== St. Louis Linux Users Group for Seniors =====
* Stan has started up the St. Louis Linux Users Group for Seniors (SLUGS).
* Asked if we should make it an official SLUUG SIG.
* Consensus was YES.
* Monthly meetings scheduled on every 2nd Friday, 1PM~3PM, at St. Louis County Library Prairie Commons Branch.
* The room fees of $80 have been paid up through August.
* Stan asked if he could be reimbursed for this.
* Consensus was YES.
===== Anything Else? =====
* There's a site using our calendar without our permission.
* They're not including official SLUUG events.
* They're not attributing our work to us.
* Gary is going to talk to a lawyer.
* We changed our calendar to include our name in all events in the calendar.
====== Recognize Useful Efforts ======
* Stan converted the St. Louis County Older Computer Users group to a Linux group.
====== Blue Sky Ideas ======
* Ken mentioned that Missouri has 2 kinds of non-profit corporations:
* Standard corporation
* Benevolent Corporation
* Created by a circuit judge
* No annual fee
* Runs in perpetuity
* Would require talking to a lawyer
====== Recurring Requirements ======
* 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.
* December 2015 - Transfer and renew STLWEBDEV.ORG domain.
====== 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.
* 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 and hand out pamphlets.
* 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.
* 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.