====== SLUUG Steering Committee Agenda - 2 November 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 ======
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* Monday, November 2, 2015
* 6:30 PM -
====== Attendees ======
* Lee Lammert
* Gary Meyer
* Stan Reichardt
* David Forest
* Andrew Latham
* Steven Stegmann
====== Agenda Changes ======
* None at this time - David F.
* Review Launch-code Calendar - Gary - Crystal Martin
* Discuss the sponsorship options. What questions might be asked an how can we answer these questions quickly in a repeatable fashion.
* how do I sponsor - food, drinks, money, gear, swag, advertising on website
* what do I sponsor - meetings, speakers, swag, website
* when do I sponsor - annually, monthly, other
* why would I sponsor - visibility, recruitment, sales
* Respond to Teksystems
====== Secretary Report ======
* Craig Buchek has resigned.
* Gary was volunteered to record
* We need a secretary
====== Treasurer Report ======
^ Balance as of October 1 | $2,552.97 |
^ St. Louis County Library | $ -180.00 |
^ USPS - PO Box 411302 | $ -130.00 |
^ Balance as of October 31 | $2,242.07 |
====== 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 2015:
| 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 | 4 | 5 | 8 | 5 | 6 | 6 | 7 | 9 | 9 | 5 | 6 | 4 | 9 | 9 | 7 | 6 | 8 | 9 | 7 | 8 | 8 | 4 | 5 | 3 ^ 5 ^
^ SLACC | 9 | 10 | 4 | 7 | 7 | 9 | 8 | 5 | 9 | ? | 8 | 7 | 7 | 5 | 9 | 12 | 9 | 8 | 9 | 13 | 8 | 9 | 7 | 11 ^ 9 ^
^ sLUGs | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 9 | 10 | 8 | 8 | 7 | 7 | 5 | 4 | 6 ^ 6 ^
^ SLUUG | 17 | 14 | 16 | 13 | 27 | 20 | 12 | 21 | (16)| 17 | 15 | 17 | 15 | 16 | 16 | 15 | 18 | 22 | 24 | 18 | 16 | 13 | (21)| 18 ^ 16 ^
^ SNUG SuSE| 9 | 9 | 8 | 10 | 8 | 10 | 10 | 10 | 10 | (8)| 6 | 6 | 8 | 10 | 7 | 12 | 8 | 8 | 8 | 10 | 7 | 7 | 10 | 11 ^ 8 ^
^ STLLUG | 11 | 12 | 14 | 15 | 17 | 15 | 14 | 11 | 15 | 14 | 15 | 14 |(14) | 10 | 12 | 17 | 15 |(16) |(16) | 18 | 19 | 16 | 10 | 16 ^ 10 ^
^ HZWLUG | 13 | 13 | 10 | 17 | 15 | 14 | 13 | 13 | 10 | 12 | 11 | 10 | 12 | 9 | 9 | 12 | 12 | 12 | 13 | 10 | 7 | 5 | 6 | 15 ^ 5 ^
* () - 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.
====== 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 September 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 | 168 | 162 | 176 | 206 | 294 | xxx | xxx ^ 2015 ^
* ??? - numbers not yet recorded.
* xxx - Future Numbers.
====== Mailing List Report ======
* Subscriber numbers (approximate) as of end of October 2015:
| 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 | 624 | 621 | 622 | 628 | 624 | 626 | 627 | 629 | 626 | 621 | 618 | 618 | 624 | 621 | 622 | 620 | 622 | 617 | 617 | 616 | 616 | 611 | 613 | 613 ^ 608 ^
^ DISCUSS | 214 | 216 | 220 | 221 | 222 | 224 | 225 | 224 | 224 | 224 | 225 | 224 | 225 | 226 | 224 | 224 | 221 | 222 | 208 | 207 | 208 | 204 | 205 | 212 ^ 213 ^
^ STEERCOM | 33 | 33 | 33 | 33 | 34 | 34 | 34 | 34 | 34 | 34 | 34 | 34 | 34 | 34 | 34 | 34 | 34 | 35 | 35 | 35 | 34 | 34 | 34 | 34 ^ 34 ^
^ SYSADMIN | 18 | 18 | 18 | 18 | 18 | 18 | 18 | 19 | 19 | 19 | 19 | 19 | 19 | 19 | 19 | 19 | 19 | 19 | 19 | 21 | 21 | 19 | 19 | 20 ^ 20 ^
* 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
* ??? - numbers not yet recorded.
* - - dash indicates list did not previously exist.
====== Meeting Review and Comments ======
===== October 2015 =====
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==== SLACC - October 1 ====
* [[http://slacc.sluug.org/|SLACC]] usually holds a Linux configuration workshop - no presentation
* Did stuff, Stan can't remember
==== STEERCOM - Steering Committee - October 5 ====
* 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.
==== sLUGs - October 9 ====
* [[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
* Nothing interesting happened.
==== SLUUG - October 14 ====
* [[http://www.sluug.org/|SLUUG General Meeting]]
* BASE: OwnCloud by Lee L.
* Terrible per Steven and Gary (Sarcasm)
* Head nod from David
* MAIN: To Be Determined Modeling in farms in space - Bryce Myer
* Good talk
* advertisement for Martian movie
* Thought provoking
==== STLLUG - October 15 ====
* [[http://www.stllinux.org/|STLLUG]] is the St. Louis Linux Users Group.
* TOPIC: Validating and testing your firewall. - Andrew L. and David F.
* Target audience mentioned some scoped topics like firewalls on laptops
* light attendance
==== SNUG - October 21 ====
* [[http://snug.sluug.org/|SNUG]] is the St. Louis Novell Users Group lunch time meeting.
* TOPIC: Buy more Suse, send them money - have chicken pot pie
* Security something
==== Hazelwood - October 27 ====
* [[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
* Light attendance, excellent discussion
====== Schedule ======
===== November 2015 =====
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==== STEERCOM - Steering Committee - November 2 ====
* 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.
==== SLACC - November 12 ====
* [[http://slacc.sluug.org/|SLACC]] usually holds a Linux configuration workshop - no presentation
* Moved because of scheduling conflicts
==== SLUUG - November 11 ====
* [[http://www.sluug.org/|SLUUG General Meeting]]
* BASE: Libre Office Product Overview (Hidden Stuff) - Stan R.
* MAIN: Steven Lembark - Logical Volume Manager - why I like it
==== sLUGs - November 13 ====
* [[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 - November 18 ====
* [[http://snug.sluug.org/|SNUG]] is the St. Louis Novell Users Group lunch time meeting.
* TOPIC: Chicken Pot Pie, Buy more Suse
==== STLLUG - November 19 ====
* [[http://www.stllinux.org/|STLLUG]] is the St. Louis Linux Users Group.
* TOPIC: Maybe Stan talking about Libre Office Base, maybe Andrew talking about FOG Project, maybe Andrew talking about Centreon, maybe something else or conscripting volunteers. Firewall redux in deep..
==== Hazelwood - November 24 ====
* [[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 - November 30 ====
* 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.
===== December 2015 =====
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==== SLACC - December 3 ====
* [[http://slacc.sluug.org/|SLACC]] usually holds a Linux configuration workshop - no presentation
==== SLUUG - December 9 ====
* [[http://www.sluug.org/|SLUUG General Meeting]]
* BASE: Brian Bilgere - Choosing a BSD distro
* MAIN: Steven Stegmann - EMACS - Get started
==== SNUG - December 16 ====
* [[http://snug.sluug.org/|SNUG]] is the St. Louis Novell Users Group lunch time meeting.
* TOPIC: To Be Determined (TBD)
==== STLLUG - December 17 ====
* [[http://www.stllinux.org/|STLLUG]] is the St. Louis Linux Users Group.
* TOPIC: Stan prefers security in December - Turning off services. Misdirection - Social Engineering
==== Hazelwood - December 15 ====
* [[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
===== January 2016 =====
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David F. can do a talk about Mint with pre-post rule firewall decision making
====== 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.
* 2015-06-29
* 2015-08-03
* Mike Knight is doing a great job.
* 2015-08-31
* Steve S volunteered to be indoctrinated in SLUUG Server Lore
===== Web Site Maintenance =====
* Stan to update schedule for sLUGs & HZWLUG due to location updates (Library construction moved back to December)
* 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.
* 2015-06-29
* 2015-08-03
* Dave suggests a button to add a link to contextual item viewed to viewers calendar.
* 2015-08-31
* Andrew still needs to finish up some stuff.
===== Sponsorships =====
2015/06
* Sponsor logos in the main rotation have been purged of those we have not heard from in three years
* SuSE had been asked multiple times about a local presentation, .. no response
Old
* 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
* 2015-06-29
* Stan R. asked Valerie Bacon and John Hodge of Graybar about Gary's never asked question about beer.
* Per John Hodge, Graybar no longer (as they once did) allows beer at meetings.
* 2015-08-03
* Lee purged old sponsors from front page rotation.
* Andrew checking with NEC Electonics contact, requesting sponsorship by way presentations.
* Gary suggests rotating banners for other groups.
* Lee suggest reserving primary appearence for sponsors that provide us with resources.
* 2015-08-31
* Teksystems - Lee
* look at agenda items for discussion
===== 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.
* 2015-06-29
* Andrew showed Don Ellis how to stream sessions directly up to YouTube/Google+
* 2015-08-03
* We need an intervention.
* 2015-08-31
===== Domain Name Tracking =====
* STLWEBDEV.ORG was renewed in December.
* STLLINUX.ORG renewed in January.
* SLUUG.ORG renewed in July.
* 2015-06-29
* SLUUG.ORG renewed by Dodster thru Gary M. credit card
* 2015-08-03
* Lee believes that all the domanins are off of Gary's credit card. Replaced with SLUUG credit card.
* 2015-08-31
* Nothing happen in Oct...
===== 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.
* 2015-06-29
* A total of xx are following our Google+ page
* A total of 92 have joined with our MEETUP.COM site (as of 29 June)
* However, new attendees are still just finding us by way of Google search or the SLUUG Google Calendar (per Stan R.)
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* 2015-08-03
* A total of 63 are following our Google+ page
* A total of 1466 views and 29 subscribers are following our YouTube.
* A total of 106 have joined with our MEETUP.COM site (as of 2 Aug)
* Gary needs to learn how to post to MEETUP.COM, Stan R. offers to show him.
* Lee has resubmitted narrative stuff to STEERCOM mailing list.
* 2015-08-31
* Stan made the calendar color coded so you can sort though the many many events.
* 32 Subscribers on youtube
* **Hmm, there aren't any saint louis unix Meetups near you yet**
===== 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.
* 2015-06-29
* 2015-08-03
* No update.
* 2015-08-31
* 2015-10-05 - Small cards with all the websites and names of groups we care about.
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===== 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
* 2015-06-29
* 2015-08-03
* No update.
* 2015-08-31
===== Free SSL Certificates =====
* 2015-06-01
* 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.
* 2015-06-29
* Let's Encrypt announced to be available during week of 14 September 2015.
* 2015-08-03
* No update.
* 2015-08-31
* 2015-10-05 - no volunteers to do it for us yet.
===== Revival of BSD Special Interest Group =====
* 2015-06-29
* Recent question at SLUUG General meeting has spurred some interest
* Lee Lamert has volunteered to chair
* We have an existing http://stlbsd.sluug.org/ web page, showing status as HIATUS.
* So that URL will work if we were to reactivate and update links.
* Web page could easily be updated to resemble the newer SIG designs.
* 2015-08-03
* No update. We might [have] BSD presentation in September that [may] drive up interest.
* 2015-08-31
* NextBSD announced on 8/23!
===== New Logo =====
* See new logo samples; questions for the group:
* St. Louis, SLUUG, - any other main points to communicate?
* "Unix, BSD, Linux"?
* ??
* First thought is something more landscape - others?
* Should we also do SIG logos?
* If so, which should be 'Tux'd?
* Any other SIG logos? OpenSuSE? BSDs?
* Is our old byline still usable?
* 2015-08-03
* Lee L. will post reference to STEERCOM mailing list of samples.
* Andrew L. submitting ideas to STEERCOM mailing list on keywords and graphic sequences.
* Gary M. confused about community/share/open source references.
* 2015-08-31
* Need to review and get feedback
====== New Business ======
* Anything?
===== Anything Else? =====
* Need more Indians!
====== Recognize Useful Efforts ======
* Stan R for bird-dogging room changes at SLCL!
* Steve inventoried hardware
====== Blue Sky Ideas ======
* Anything?
====== Recurring Requirements ======
* 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.
* July 2016 - Renew SLUUG.ORG domain with Dotster.
* August 2016 - Missouri Annual Report for Corporate Legal Status.
* https://bsd.sos.mo.gov/BusinessEntity/BusinessEntityDetail.aspx?page=beSearch&ID=681250
====== 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 [or copy videos to a hard drive].
* Andrew L. - work on updates to web site.