====== SLUUG Steering Committee Agenda - 1 June 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 ====== June 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 * Monday, June 1, 2015 * 6:30 PM - 7:45 PM ====== Attendees ====== * Craig Buchek * Don Ellis * Lee Lammert * Andrew Latham * Gary Meyer * Stan Reichardt * Jerry Stutte * Don Weiman ====== 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 May 1 $2,461.12 * Balance as of May 31 $2,461.12 * May 2015 - IRS Form 990-N for Tax Exempt Status completed. ====== 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 May 2015: | Meeting ^ May ^ Jun ^ Jul ^ Aug ^ Sep ^ Oct ^ Nov ^ Dec ^ Jan ^ Feb ^ Mar ^ Apr ^ May ^ Jun ^ Jul ^ Aug ^ Sep ^ Oct ^ Nov ^ Dec ^ Jan ^ Feb ^ Mar ^ Apr ^ May ^ ^ Steercom | 4 | 3 | 5 | 3 | 6 | 4 | 5 | 8 | 5 | 6 | 6 | 7 | 9 | 9 | 5 | 6 | 4 | 9 | 9 | 7 | 6 | 8 | 9 | 7 ^ 8 ^ ^ SLACC | 6 | ? | 6 | 7 | 10 | 9 | 10 | 4 | 7 | 7 | 9 | 8 | 5 | 9 | ? | 8 | 7 | 7 | 5 | 9 | 12 | 9 | 8 | 9 ^ 13 ^ ^ sLUGs | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 9 | 10 | 8 | 8 ^ 7 ^ ^ SLUUG | 20 | 16 | 9 | 16 | 34 | 17 | 14 | 16 | 13 | 27 | 20 | 12 | 21 | (16)| 17 | 15 | 17 | 15 | 16 | 16 | 15 | 18 | 22 | 24 ^ 18 ^ ^ SNUG SuSE| 7 | 9 | 9 | - | 8 | 9 | 9 | 8 | 10 | 8 | 10 | 10 | 10 | 10 | (8)| 6 | 6 | 8 | 10 | 7 | 12 | 8 | 8 | 8 ^ 10 ^ ^ STLLUG | 17 | 15 | 14 | 6 | - | 11 | 12 | 14 | 15 | 17 | 15 | 14 | 11 | 15 | 14 | 15 | 14 |(14) | 10 | 12 | 17 | 15 |(16) | (16) ^ 18 ^ ^ HZWLUG | 10 | 10 | 9 | 12 | 7 | 13 | 13 | 10 | 17 | 15 | 14 | 13 | 13 | 10 | 12 | 11 | 10 | 12 | 9 | 9 | 12 | 12 | 12 | 13 ^ 10 ^ * () - Number in parentheses is head count. * xx - attendance was taken, numbers not yet recorded. * ? - Question mark indicates attendance not taken or sheet missing. * - - sLUGs is new STL Linux Users Group for Seniors initial meeting 8 January 2015 * - - dash indicates no meeting. ===== Sponsorships ===== * Gary and Lee spoke with folks from SuSE * At SuSE Linux Expert Days * Lee got a bunch a schwag to pass out over the next few months * Might be able to bring some of these guys into town for talks * Craig had a recruiter offer to sponsor upcoming meetings * Will follow up ====== 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 May 2015: | 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 ^ ^ 2015 | 171 | 179 | 177 | 183 ^ 176 | xxx | xxx | xxx | xxx | xxx | xxx | xxx ^ 2015 ^ * xxx - Future Numbers. ====== Mailing List Report ====== * Subscriber numbers (approximate) as of end of May 2015: | List ^ May ^ Jun ^ Jul ^ Aug ^ Sep ^ Oct ^ Nov ^ Dec ^ Jan ^ Feb ^ Mar ^ Apr ^ May ^ Jun ^ Jul ^ Aug ^ Sep ^ Oct ^ Nov ^ Dec ^ Jan ^ Feb ^ Mar ^ Apr ^ May ^ ^ ANNOUNCE | 635 | 635 | 625 | 623 | 631 | 624 | 621 | 622 | 628 | 624 | 626 | 627 | 629 | 626 | 621 | 618 | 618 | 624 | 621 | 622 | 620 | 622 | 617 | 617 ^ 616 ^ ^ DISCUSS | 208 | 208 | 210 | 211 | 214 | 214 | 216 | 220 | 221 | 222 | 224 | 225 | 224 | 224 | 224 | 225 | 224 | 225 | 226 | 224 | 224 | 221 | 222 | 208 ^ 207 ^ ^ STEERCOM | 31 | 31 | 32 | 32 | 33 | 33 | 33 | 33 | 33 | 34 | 34 | 34 | 34 | 34 | 34 | 34 | 34 | 34 | 34 | 34 | 34 | 34 | 35 | 35 ^ 35 ^ ^ SYSADMIN | 17 | 17 | 17 | 18 | 18 | 18 | 18 | 18 | 18 | 18 | 18 | 18 | 19 | 19 | 19 | 19 | 19 | 19 | 19 | 19 | 19 | 19 | 19 | 19 ^ 21 ^ * 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 ====== ===== May 2015 ===== May 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 - May 4 ==== * Link to [[/steercom/minutes|past minutes and agenda]]. * Link to [[/steercom/potential]] tutorials, topics and speakers. * NOTE: Monday of week (9 days) prior to SLUUG General Meeting. ==== SLACC - May 7 ==== * [[http://slacc.sluug.org/|SLACC]] usually holds a Linux configuration workshop - no presentation * Small groups covered different items. * Andrew L. determined that an incomplete installation session was why John Steinmeyer WiFi failed * Got him working, with Stan's USB WiFi adapter ==== sLUGs - May 8 ==== * [[http://slugs.sluug.org/|sLUGs]] is our daytime STL Linux Users Group for Seniors * Topics are expected to be determined by attendees. We expect to cover more than one topic. * Web site lists a number of topics to provide general directions from which to take off. ==== SLUUG - May 13 ==== * [[http://www.sluug.org/|SLUUG General Meeting]] * BASE: Alpine email client by Lee Lammert * Stan R. said it was best tutorial Lee ever did. * MAIN: Software and Mobile Ad Hoc Networks by Bryce Meyer * Very detailed. Good. ==== SNUG - May 20 ==== * [[http://snug.sluug.org/|SNUG]] is the St. Louis Novell Users Group lunch time meeting. * For the next three months we’ll be replaying a series from Dell on SUSE OpenStack. * TOPIC Deploying And Configuring The DELL SUSE Openstack Cloud Solution, Powered By Openstack ==== STLLUG - May 21 ==== * [[http://www.stllinux.org/|STLLUG]] is the St. Louis Linux Users Group. * TOPIC: SystemD by Andrew Latham * Andrew L. lamented that it wasn't complete; yet it covered a considerable amount of information and there were a lot of questions answered. * While stalling, considerable current topics were covered. * Good. ==== Hazelwood - May 26 ==== * [[http://hzwlug.sluug.org |HZWLUG]] topics are usually determined by attendees. We usually cover more than one topic. * Web site lists a number of topics to provide general directions from which to take off * Andrew L. and Phil B. did an **awesome** job while Stan R. was out of town. ====== Schedule ====== ===== June 2015 ===== June 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 ==== STEERCOM - Steering Committee - June 1 ==== * Link to [[/steercom/minutes|past minutes and agenda]]. * Link to [[/steercom/potential]] tutorials, topics and speakers. * NOTE: Monday of week (9 days) prior to SLUUG General Meeting. ==== SLACC - June 4 ==== * [[http://slacc.sluug.org/|SLACC]] usually holds a Linux configuration workshop - no presentation ==== SLUUG - June 10 ==== * [[http://www.sluug.org/|SLUUG General Meeting]] * BASE: KeyPass Password Manager by Ken Johnson * MAIN: Munin by Andrew Latham * Munin is a networked resource monitoring tool that can help analyze resource trends and "what just happened to kill our performance?" problems. It is designed to be very plug and play. A default installation provides a lot of graphs with almost no work. http://munin-monitoring.org/ ==== sLUGs - June 12 ==== * [[http://slugs.sluug.org/|sLUGs]] is our daytime STL Linux Users Group for Seniors * Topics are expected to be determined by attendees. We expect to cover more than one topic. * Web site lists a number of topics to provide general directions from which to take off ==== SNUG - June 17 ==== * [[http://snug.sluug.org/|SNUG]] is the St. Louis Novell Users Group lunch time meeting. * For the next two months we will be replaying a series from Dell on SUSE OpenStack. * TOPIC: Simplifying Openstack Administration And Devops With SUSE Openstack Cloud And DELL ==== STLLUG - June 18 ==== * [[http://www.stllinux.org/|STLLUG]] is the St. Louis Linux Users Group. * PLAN A: High-End Hardware Engineering by Mark Rosen via Gary * PLAN B: Immutable Infrastructure by Craig Buchek ==== Hazelwood - June 23 ==== * [[http://hzwlug.sluug.org |HZWLUG]] topics are usually determined by attendees. We usually cover more than one topic. * Web site lists a number of topics to provide general directions from which to take off ==== STEERCOM - Steering Committee - June 29 ==== * Link to [[/steercom/minutes|past minutes and agenda]]. * Link to [[/steercom/potential]] tutorials, topics and speakers. * NOTE: Monday of week (9 days) prior to SLUUG General Meeting. ===== July 2015 ===== July 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 ==== SLACC - July 2 ==== * [[http://slacc.sluug.org/|SLACC]] usually holds a Linux configuration workshop - no presentation ==== SLUUG - July 8 ==== * [[http://www.sluug.org/|SLUUG General Meeting]] * BASE: To Be Determined (TBD) * MAIN: Secure Communication in the Post-Snowden Era by Scott Granneman (or Social Media and Politics) ==== sLUGs - July 10 ==== * [[http://slugs.sluug.org/|sLUGs]] is our daytime STL Linux Users Group for Seniors * Topics are expected to be determined by attendees. We expect to cover more than one topic. * Web site lists a number of topics to provide general directions from which to take off ==== SNUG - July 15 ==== * [[http://snug.sluug.org/|SNUG]] is the St. Louis Novell Users Group lunch time meeting. * For the next two months we will be replaying a series from Dell on SUSE OpenStack. * TOPIC To Be Determined (TBD) ==== STLLUG - July 16 ==== * [[http://www.stllinux.org/|STLLUG]] is the St. Louis Linux Users Group. * TOPIC: To Be Determined by Adam Thornton (via Andrew) ==== Hazelwood - July 28 ==== * [[http://hzwlug.sluug.org |HZWLUG]] topics are usually determined by attendees. We usually cover more than one topic. * Web site lists a number of topics to provide general directions from which to take off ===== August 2015 ===== August 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 - August 3 ==== * Link to [[/steercom/minutes|past minutes and agenda]]. * Link to [[/steercom/potential]] tutorials, topics and speakers. * NOTE: Monday of week (9 days) prior to SLUUG General Meeting. ==== SLACC - August 6 ==== * [[http://slacc.sluug.org/|SLACC]] usually holds a Linux configuration workshop - no presentation ==== SLUUG - August 12 ==== * [[http://www.sluug.org/|SLUUG General Meeting]] * BASE: To Be Determined (TBD) * MAIN: Linux on Power by John Hodge (Graybar) via Stan R. ==== sLUGs - August 14 ==== * [[http://slugs.sluug.org/|sLUGs]] is our daytime STL Linux Users Group for Seniors * Topics are expected to be determined by attendees. We expect to cover more than one topic. * Web site lists a number of topics to provide general directions from which to take off ==== SNUG - August 19 ==== * [[http://snug.sluug.org/|SNUG]] is the St. Louis Novell Users Group lunch time meeting. * For the next two months we will be replaying a series from Dell on SUSE OpenStack. * TOPIC: To Be Determined (TBD) (Possibly SUSE folks) ==== STLLUG - August 20 ==== * [[http://www.stllinux.org/|STLLUG]] is the St. Louis Linux Users Group. * TOPIC: To Be Determined (TBD) (Possibly SUSE folks) ==== Hazelwood - August 25 ==== * [[http://hzwlug.sluug.org |HZWLUG]] topics are usually determined by attendees. We usually cover more than one topic. * Web site lists a number of topics to provide general directions from which to take off ==== STEERCOM - Steering Committee - August 31 ==== * Link to [[/steercom/minutes|past minutes and agenda]]. * Link to [[/steercom/potential]] tutorials, topics and speakers. * NOTE: Monday of week (9 days) prior to General Meeting. ==== SLUUG MAIN September 9 ==== * Hardened BSD/defcon update * Phil Cryer * Set 11 Jun, discussion on discuss ====== Old Business ====== ===== Server Admin ===== * Andrew has been applying updates * Ignoring Postfix until he understands our configuration. * 2015-02-02 * Need to apply patches for recent vulnerabilities (Glibc, PHP) * 2015-03-02 * Need to perform restart to enable kernel updates * Need to discuss update to more recent supported OS * Andrew proposes a weekend event to update & document the system * Perhaps migrate away from a legacy platform * Investigate Linode as new/additional location * These concepts will be pursued in an email thread on sysadmin list * 2015-03-30 * New server VM has been deployed at Contegix * Named "nick", after owner of Nick & Elena's who passed away * Will migrate functionality of Amber to it * CentOS 6 * Craig suggested looking at Digital Ocean as new/additional location * Cheap ($5 month) * Really nice APIs * 2015-05-05 * Mike and Andrew were discussing a newer OS, perhaps CentOS 7 * Not clear about console access to our VMs * Ken volunteered to help * Andrew added him to SYSADMIN mailing list * 2015-06-01 * Ken is set up on both servers, but no other movement. ===== Web Site Maintenance ===== * Andrew still needs to finish up some stuff. * 2015-02-02 * Stan R. has built a separate web page for STL Linux Users Group for Seniors (sLUGs) * Lee added slugs.sluug.org DNS entry, and updated our docs. * 2015-03-02 * Andrew still needs to do things, requests more entertainment of problems to be solved. ===== 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. * STLLINUX.ORG was renewed in January. * SLUUG.ORG will need to be renewed in July. ===== 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 * 2015-03-02 * Meetup site for SLUUG set up by Ken Johnson * Youtube * Google+ * 2015-03-30 * A total of 39 have joined with our Meetup site * Had 1 person come to SLUUG meeting after seeing it * Had 1 person come to STLLUG meeting after seeing it * Had 2 people come to HZWLUG meeting after seeing it * 2015-05-05 * A total of 59 have joined with our MEETUP.COM site * A total of 24 people are tracking our YouTube channel * 2015-06-01 * A total of 61 are following our Google+ page * A total of 77 have joined with our MEETUP.COM site * Starting to see cross-promotional references with other groups. ===== Handouts ===== * Link to [[http://www.sluug.org/resources/handouts/|SLUUG Handouts]] * Stan R. has continued updating pamphlets. * Don Weimann has been printing pamphlets when Stan R. asks for them. * New paper is nicer. * Stan R. has been working on a pamphlet on VIM. * 2015-03-02 * Stan has provided information to Graybar representative in response to request for information at last SLUUG meeting. * 2015-06-01 * Revised **Learn to use the VIM text editor** pamphlet. * Update includes section on VIM folding. * Stan updated the **Free Open Source Software (FOSS)** pamphlet. * Updated application links, statistics, and added link to Senior Linux (sLUGs). * Don W. printed some more copies. ===== Speaker Honorarium ===== * Andrew gave Gary a few more small penguins to pass out to guest presenters. * 2015-03-02 * Andrew has many marching penguins to give out at future meetings * 2015-06-01 * Stan suggested giving speakers the option of SLUUG mugs or stickers ===== Hostirian hosting ===== * Hostirian hosting was renewed. ====== New Business ====== ===== Anything Else? ===== * We'd like to get SSL certificates. * StartSSL is free for non-profits. * But we'd have to prove paperwork. * Let's Encrypt will be providing certs for free to everyone later this year. ====== Recognize Useful Efforts ====== * Stan did a whole bunch of things this month. * Lee filled out our tax forms. ====== Blue Sky Ideas ====== * Anything? ====== Recurring Requirements ====== * 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. * February 2016 - SLUUG annual Board meeting and elections. * February 2016 - Renew STLLINUX.ORG domain. * April 2016 - First Saturday, reserve rooms at St. Louis County Library Branches. * May 2016 - IRS Form 990-N for Tax Exempt Status. * June 2016 - BuddyNS SLUUG account due. ====== 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. * Lee L. - Check on running joint meeting with WEBDEV folks. * Ed W. - newsgroups on hold until firmed up. * Ed W. - Member Access Machines (MAM) in progress (bring up at General Meeting). * Stan R. - Remind Gary M. to bring Penguins to meetings and hand out pamphlets. * Gary M. - Build spreadsheet to track domain name registrations. http://bgp.he.net/ip/207.223.253.71#_dns * Gary M. - Follow up with Noel about transferring the SLACC.COM domain to us. * Don Ellis - upload older videos to YouTube. * Andrew L. - work on updates to web site.