====== 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 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 * 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 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: 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 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 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 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 ==== 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 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 - 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.