====== SLUUG Steering Committee Agenda - 2 May 2016 ====== 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 ====== May 2016 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, May 2, 2016 * 6:30 PM - 9:01 PM ====== Attendees ====== * Don Ellis * David Forrest * Andrew Latham * Gary Meyer * Stan Reichardt * Steve Stegmann ====== Agenda Changes ====== * Are there any other additions, deletions, or changes to sequence of items in the prepared agenda? * ? ====== Validate Election ====== * Counted ballots **before** usual meeting * Ballots separated from envelopes and counted * SLUUG Board of Governors meeting not held 29 February * No quorum for Board meeting * Board to consider results of the ballots at a later date * SLUUG Board of Governors meeting held * Absent members can verbally vote by proxie or mobile phone * Board member attendees: :?: * Stan Reichardt Vote Early :?: * Stan Reichardt Vote Often :?: * Stan Reichardt :?: * Quorum for Board meeting ~ YES/NO * Board could modify or accept the results of the ballots * Final Results: * Board Member - ?? * Board Member - ?? * President - Gary Meyer * Vice President - Stan Reichardt * Secretary - ?? * Treasurer - Lee Lammert * Chairman of STLLUG - ?? :?: * Board meeting held ~ YES/NO ====== Secretary Report ====== * We need a secretary * Don was voluntold as acting secretary ====== Treasurer Report ====== ^ Balance as of March 31 | $2,210.50 | ^ Membership Sales | $20.00 ^ SLCL - Meeting Rooms | -$120.00 | ^ Balance as of March 31 | $2,090.50 | ====== 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 April 2016: | Meeting ^ Apr ^ May ^ Jun ^ Jul ^ Aug ^ Sep ^ Oct ^ Nov ^ Dec ^ Jan ^ Feb ^ Mar ^ Apr ^ May ^ Jun ^ Jul ^ Aug ^ Sep ^ Oct ^ Nov ^ Dec ^ Jan ^ Feb ^ Mar ^ Apr ^ ^ Steercom | 7 | 9 | 9 | 5 | 6 | 4 | 9 | 9 | 7 | 6 | 8 | 9 | 7 | 8 | 8 | 4 | 5 | 3 | 5 | 5 | ? | 6 | 5 | 6 ^ 5 ^ ^ SLACC | 8 | 5 | 9 | ? | 8 | 7 | 7 | 5 | 9 | 12 | 9 | 8 | 9 | 13 | 8 | 9 | 7 | 11 | 9 | 6 | 8 | 8 | 10 | 7 ^ 7 ^ ^ sLUGs | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 9 | 10 | 8 | 8 | 7 | 7 | 5 | 4 | 6 | 6 | 4 | 4 | 5 | 3 | 5 ^ (3)^ ^ SLUUG | 12 | 21 | (16)| 17 | 15 | 17 | 15 | 16 | 16 | 15 | 18 | 22 | 24 | 18 | 16 | 13 | (21)| 18 | 16 | 13 | 12 | 17 | 14 | 23 ^ 17 ^ ^ SNUG SuSE| 10 | 10 | 10 | (8)| 6 | 6 | 8 | 10 | 7 | 12 | 8 | 8 | 8 | 10 | 7 | 7 | 10 | 11 | 8 | 10 | 8 | 4 | 9 | 6 ^ 7 ^ ^ STLLUG | 14 | 11 | 15 | 14 | 15 | 14 |(14) | 10 | 12 | 17 | 15 |(16) |(16) | 18 | 19 | 16 | 10 | 16 | 10 | 11 | 12 | 16 | 18 | 18 ^ 16 ^ ^ HZWLUG | 13 | 13 | 10 | 12 | 11 | 10 | 12 | 9 | 9 | 12 | 12 | 12 | 13 | 10 | 7 | 5 | 6 | 15 | 5 | 6 | 8 | 8 | 10 | 12 ^ 9 ^ * () - 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 April 2016: | 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 | 236 | 197 ^ 2015 ^ ^ 2016 | 260 | 277 | 314 ^ 359 | ??? | ??? | ??? | ??? | ??? | ??? | ??? | ??? ^ 2016 ^ * xxx - numbers not yet recorded. * ??? - Future Numbers. * Corrected the April 2016 count after 2 May meeting. ====== Mailing List Report ====== * Subscriber numbers (approximate) as of end of April 2016: | List ^ Apr ^ May ^ Jun ^ Jul ^ Aug ^ Sep ^ Oct ^ Nov ^ Dec ^ Jan ^ Feb ^ Mar ^ Apr ^ May ^ Jun ^ Jul ^ Aug ^ Sep ^ Oct ^ Nov ^ Dec ^ Jan ^ Feb ^ Mar ^ Apr ^ ^ ANNOUNCE | 627 | 629 | 626 | 621 | 618 | 618 | 624 | 621 | 622 | 620 | 622 | 617 | 617 | 616 | 616 | 611 | 613 | 613 | 608 | 607 | 607 | 608 | 603 | 608 ^ 608 ^ ^ DISCUSS | 225 | 224 | 224 | 224 | 225 | 224 | 225 | 226 | 224 | 224 | 221 | 222 | 208 | 207 | 208 | 204 | 205 | 212 | 213 | 204 | 204 | 206 | 208 | 206 ^ 204 ^ ^ STEERCOM | 34 | 34 | 34 | 34 | 34 | 34 | 34 | 34 | 34 | 34 | 34 | 35 | 35 | 35 | 34 | 34 | 34 | 34 | 34 | 34 | 34 | 37 | 37 | 39 ^ 39 ^ ^ SYSADMIN | 18 | 19 | 19 | 19 | 19 | 19 | 19 | 19 | 19 | 19 | 19 | 19 | 19 | 21 | 21 | 19 | 19 | 20 | 20 | 20 | 20 | 21 | 20 | 22 ^ 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 * xxx - numbers not yet recorded. * - - dash indicates list did not previously exist. ====== Meeting Review and Comments ====== ===== April 2016 ===== April 2016 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 - April 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 General Meeting. ==== SLACC - April 7 ==== * [[http://slacc.sluug.org/|SLACC]] usually holds a Linux configuration workshop - no presentation ==== sLUGs - April 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 * ** *NOTE LOCATION* ** * Meeting location change due to Library schedule conflicts * VENUE St. Louis County Library Bridgeton Trails Br * 3455 McKelvey Rd. Bridgeton, MO 63044-2500 ==== SLUUG - April 13 ==== * [[http://www.sluug.org/|SLUUG General Meeting]] * BASE: IPv6 Refresher - David Forrest * Dave did an excellent job dealing with distractions * MAIN: Backuping Systems with GIT - Lee L. * Lee did fantastic presentation * Sysadmin vs Developer use of git are different - both in same room ==== SNUG - April 20 ==== * [[http://snug.sluug.org/|SNUG]] is the St. Louis Novell Users Group lunch time meeting. * TOPIC: Open Enterprise Server - projector malfunctioned, so open discussion resulted ==== STLLUG - April 21 ==== * [[http://www.stllinux.org/|STLLUG]] is the St. Louis Linux Users Group. * TOPIC: Distributed File Systems Ceph - Andrew Latham * Excellent presentation by Andrew; Stan helped by asking helpful questions * Attendance may have been underreported - some may not have signed in ==== Hazelwood - April 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 * ** *NOTE LOCATION* ** * Meeting location change due to Library schedule conflicts * VENUE St. Louis County Library Bridgeton Trails Br * 3455 McKelvey Rd. Bridgeton, MO 63044-2500 * Smaller group than expected, mostly old timers. Newbies did not show * Stan did demo of Ubuntu Mate distro ====== Schedule ====== ===== May 2016 ===== May 2016 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 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 - May 5 ==== * [[http://slacc.sluug.org/|SLACC]] usually holds a Linux configuration workshop - no presentation ==== SLUUG - May 11 ==== * [[http://www.sluug.org/|SLUUG General Meeting]] * BASE: Shared remote gnucash by Dave Forrest * MAIN: To Be Determoned (TBD) * Plan A: Apple iOS security - ref Andrew T. * Plan B: Bryce was getting his life together (IOW - No) * Plan C: Craig - not available for this date * Plan D: Dummies - Uninstalling MS Windows from a netbook - Stan * Plan EL: Ellis & Latham - benefits of Chromebooks * Switching to & from Developer Mode * Andrew has ordered a Chromebase for the talk * Also has Chromebox & a Chromebook * Maybe Don can have dual booting set up * Recovering from Chrome/Ubuntu install, restoring to default configuration (demonstrate that you can do whatever you want & restore to a supported configuration) * need to reach out to: * UMSL New Information Systems Prof on Security (thru contact Prof. Sanjiv Bhatia) Maurice Dawson. * I misunderstood and Sanjiv straightened me out. Mau is in B. Scools' Infor Syst dept. I was looking for him in CS. * Gary met him when he spoke at the Security Conference at UMSL on Nov 20. * Phone number on UMSL website is incorrect. The correct # is 516-6288. * Dawsonmau@umsl.edu should work according to Sanjiv so Gary is trying that. * Gary has left him voice mail on 2 May with offer of opportunity to speak. No response yet. * * Yi Yang (Security professor at Fontbonne) * Security issues, Key management * Gary going to share contact info. She'd asked if we liked anything something from her list of talks. Nobody has responded with a preference. * * Gabe Hope did GPU talk for ACM in Nov. He got his Masters and has moved on to Brown University. * Gary had tried to contact him thru Dr. Jeremy Buhler, the faculty advivor for UEP frat. jbuhler@wustl.edu. 935-6180 * Dr. Buhler has offered to see if another student could talk about GPUs. * * Physics dept could be another source for a GPU talk. * See sluug.org/calendar on March 31 for Intro to GPU based parallel programming with CUDA". * It was a 1 of 4 talks specifically for the Physics dept's new GPU cluster. ** Good Job, Gary! ** ==== sLUGs - May 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 * ** *NOTE LOCATION* ** * Meeting location change due to Library schedule conflicts * VENUE St. Louis County Library Bridgeton Trails Br * 3455 McKelvey Rd. Bridgeton, MO 63044-2500 ==== SNUG - May 18 ==== * [[http://snug.sluug.org/|SNUG]] is the St. Louis Novell Users Group lunch time meeting. * TOPIC: To Be Determined (TBD) ==== STLLUG - May 19 ==== * [[http://www.stllinux.org/|STLLUG]] is the St. Louis Linux Users Group. * TOPIC: Andrew will do DNS setup for Steve Stegman ==== Hazelwood - May 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 * ** *NOTE LOCATION* ** * Meeting location change due to Library schedule conflicts * VENUE St. Louis County Library Bridgeton Trails Br * 3455 McKelvey Rd. Bridgeton, MO 63044-2500 ==== MEMORIAL DAY - May 30 (Monday) ==== ==== STEERCOM - Steering Committee - May 31 (Tuesday) for June ==== * 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. ===== June 2016 ===== June 2016 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 ==== SLACC - June 2 ==== * [[http://slacc.sluug.org/|SLACC]] usually holds a Linux configuration workshop - no presentation ==== SLUUG - June 8 ==== * [[http://www.sluug.org/|SLUUG General Meeting]] * BASE: To Be Determined (TBD) * MAIN: To Be Determined (TBD) * need to reach out to * UMSL New Comp Sci Prof on Security (thru contact Prof. Sanjiv Bhatia) * Yi Yang (Security professor at Fontbonne) * Security issues, Key management * Gary going to share contact info * Bryce? * Granneman? * Stegman? (for Base) (Genetic Algorithms?) ==== sLUGs - June 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 * ** *NOTE LOCATION* ** * Meeting location change due to Library schedule conflicts * VENUE St. Louis County Library Bridgeton Trails Br * 3455 McKelvey Rd. Bridgeton, MO 63044-2500 ==== SNUG - June 15 ==== * [[http://snug.sluug.org/|SNUG]] is the St. Louis Novell Users Group lunch time meeting. * TOPIC: To Be Determined (TBD) ==== STLLUG - June 16 ==== * [[http://www.stllinux.org/|STLLUG]] is the St. Louis Linux Users Group. * TOPIC: To Be Determined (TBD) * (Andrew will talk about something) ==== Hazelwood - June 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 * ** *NOTE LOCATION* ** * Meeting location change due to Library schedule conflicts * VENUE St. Louis County Library Bridgeton Trails Br * 3455 McKelvey Rd. Bridgeton, MO 63044-2500 ===== July 2016 ===== July 2016 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 ==== INDEPENDENCE DAY - July 4 ==== ==== STEERCOM - Steering Committee - July 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. ==== SLACC - July 7 ==== * [[http://slacc.sluug.org/|SLACC]] usually holds a Linux configuration workshop - no presentation ==== sLUGs - July 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 * ** *NOTE LOCATION* ** * Meeting location change due to Library schedule conflicts * VENUE St. Louis County Library Bridgeton Trails Br * 3455 McKelvey Rd. Bridgeton, MO 63044-2500 ==== SLUUG - July 13 ==== * [[http://www.sluug.org/|SLUUG General Meeting]] * BASE: To Be Determined (TBD) * MAIN: To Be Determined (TBD) * need to reach out to * UMSL New Comp Sci Prof on Security (thru contact Prof. Sanjiv Bhatia) * Yi Yang (Security professor at Fontbonne) * Security issues, Key management * Gary going to share contact info ==== SNUG - July 20 ==== * [[http://snug.sluug.org/|SNUG]] is the St. Louis Novell Users Group lunch time meeting. * TOPIC: To Be Determined (TBD) ==== STLLUG - July 21 ==== * [[http://www.stllinux.org/|STLLUG]] is the St. Louis Linux Users Group. * TOPIC: To Be Determined (TBD) ==== Hazelwood - July 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 * ** *NOTE LOCATION* ** * Meeting location change due to Library schedule conflicts * VENUE St. Louis County Library Bridgeton Trails Br * 3455 McKelvey Rd. Bridgeton, MO 63044-2500 ====== 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 * 2015-11-30 * 2016-01-04 * 2016-02-01 * 2016-02-29 * BUD ntp issues. Exploit danger. Lee shut it off. Andrew gave him the patches and Lee applied. * 2016-04-04 * We should get "Lets Encrypt certs" for all our servers. * 2016-05-02 * ===== 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. * 2015-11-30 * 2016-01-04 * 2016-02-01 * Demo stlinux.org site for the lug talk * 2016-04-04 * Don has the script working but wants to clean stuff up. * 2016-05-02 * Don has the script working but wants to clean stuff up. * ===== 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. * 2015-11-30 * 2016-01-04 * 2016-02-01 * Stan R. has made SLACC, sLUGs, SNUG, and STLLINUX home pages a bit more consistant. * 2016-04-04 * 2016-05-02 * ===== 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 * 2015-11-30 * 2016-01-04 * 2016-02-01 * 2016-04-04 * 2016-05-02 * ===== 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 * 2015-11-30 * 2016-01-04 * 2016-02-01 * Stan R. uploaded Andrew's presentation and linked on STLLINUX page. * 2016-04-04 * 2016-05-02 * ===== 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... * 2015-11-30 * 2016-01-04 * 2016-02-01 * February 2016 - Renewed STLLINUX.ORG domain. * 2016-04-04 * 2016-05-02 * ===== 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.) * 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** * 2016-01-04 * A total of 172 have joined with our MEETUP.COM site (as of 4 Jan) * 2016-02-01 * A total of 179 have joined with our MEETUP.COM site (as of 31 Jan) * How many Google+ Youtube subscribers? 35 subscribers on Youtube * 2016-04-04 * 2016-05-02 * Return to doing Youtube recordings * Acquire camera and set of lavaliere cordless microphones * Steve volunteered to manage monthly recording process * Andy sent email to steercom suggesting we research & buy equipment ===== 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 We should request small cards with all the websites and names of groups we care about. * 2015-11-30 * 2016-01-04 * 2016-02-01 * 2016-04-04 * 2016-05-02 * ===== 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 * 2015-11-30 * 2016-01-04 * 2016-02-01 * 2016-05-02 * Suggestion was made for T-shirts with SLUUG Gray Beard slogon * Has this been posted to DISCUSS mailing list? * ===== 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 * 2015-11-30 * 2016-01-04 * 2016-02-01 * 2016-04-04 * 2016-05-02 * Has this been posted to DISCUSS mailing list? * How about we print coffee mugs with "SLUUG supports IPv6"? ===== Review Launch-code Calendar ===== * 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 * 2015-11-30 * 2016-01-04 * 2016-02-01 * 2016-04-04 * 2016-05-02 * How about a presentation about what Launch Code is? ===== Special Printing ===== * If anyone has access to a printer that can do key-stickers, We would like to print a bunch of Tux-key stickers to cover up the "Windoze" keys! * 2016-01-04 * 2016-02-01 * 2016-05-02 * Has this been posted to DISCUSS mailing list? * ===== Library Reservations ===== * Library renovation shutdowns are not yet scheduled. Their calendar is in flux. Not much past July. * SLACC has dates at Thornhill but MAY lose in Winter. * Senior lug is NOT done! * sLUG ...Stan will wait. * HZWLUG is all scheduled correctly EXCEPT 1 date was unavailable so he moved to Wed nite. Locations varies. * If Prarie Commons becomes available in summer....we can centralize there. * 2016-05-02 * ====== New Business ====== * Anything? * Purchase/decide upon web camera & mic ===== Anything Else? ===== * Anything? * ====== Recognize Useful Efforts ====== * Did anbody do anything? * by Anybody ====== Blue Sky Ideas ====== * Food for thought ====== Recurring Requirements ====== * 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 * August 2016 - Missouri Annual Report for Corporate Legal Status. * October 2016 - First Saturday, reserve rooms at St. Louis County Library Branches. * December 2016 - Renew STLWEBDEV.ORG domain. * February 2017 - SLUUG annual Board meeting and elections. * April 2017 - First Saturday, reserve rooms at St. Louis County Library Branches. * * May 2017 - IRS Form 990-N for Tax Exempt Status. e-postcard. ====== 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). * Don Ellis - upload older videos to YouTube [or copy videos to a hard drive]. * Andrew L. - work on updates to web site. * 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. * Gary M. * Need to reach out to * UMSL New Comp Sci Prof on Security (thru contact Prof. Sanjiv Bhatia) * Yi Yang (Security professor at Fontbonne) * Security issues, Key management * Gary going to share contact info