====== SLUUG Steering Committee Agenda - 5 September 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 ======
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* Monday, September 5, 2016
* 6:30 PM -
====== Attendees ======
* David Forrest
* Lee Lammert
* Gary Meyer
* Earnest Redwood
* Steve Stegmann
* Don Ellis joined us ~7:15
====== Agenda Changes ======
* Are there any other additions, deletions, or changes to sequence of items in the prepared agenda?
* Verify LUG availability of location for September
* Arrange Earnest being introduced to the SLUUG servers, etc,... He will be helping doing SysAdmin
====== Secretary Report ======
* Per Gary Meyer, Don had accepted the appointment as secretary
====== Treasurer Report ======
^ Balance as of July 1 | $2,525.76 |
^ Balance as of July 31 | $2,525.76 |
====== 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 August 2016:
| Meeting ^ Aug ^ Sep ^ Oct ^ Nov ^ Dec ^ Jan ^ Feb ^ Mar ^ Apr ^ May ^ Jun ^ Jul ^ Aug ^ Sep ^ Oct ^ Nov ^ Dec ^ Jan ^ Feb ^ Mar ^ Apr ^ May ^ Jun ^ Jul ^ Aug ^ Sep ^
^ Steercom | 6 | 4 | 9 | 9 | 7 | 6 | 8 | 9 | 7 | 8 | 8 | 4 | 5 | 3 | 5 | 5 | ? | 6 | 5 | 6 | 5 | 7 | 5 | 7 ^ 7 ^
^ SLACC | 8 | 7 | 7 | 5 | 9 | 12 | 9 | 8 | 9 | 13 | 8 | 9 | 7 | 11 | 9 | 6 | 8 | 8 | 10 | 7 | 7 | 12 | 8 | 9 ^ 10 ^ 11 ^
^ sLUGs | - | - | - | - | - | 9 | 10 | 8 | 8 | 7 | 7 | 5 | 4 | 6 | 6 | 4 | 4 | 5 | 3 | 5 | (3)| 7 | 7 | - ^ - ^
^ SLUUG | 15 | 17 | 15 | 16 | 16 | 15 | 18 | 22 | 24 | 18 | 16 | 13 | (21)| 18 | 16 | 13 | 12 | 17 | 14 | 23 | 17 | 17 | 17 | 13 ^ 21 ^
^ SNUG SuSE| | 6 | 8 | 10 | 7 | 12 | 8 | 8 | 8 | 10 | 7 | 7 | 10 | 11 | 8 | 10 | 8 | 4 | 9 | 6 | 7 | 8 | ? | 6 ^ 6 ^
^ STLLUG | 14 | 15 | 14 |(14) | 10 | 12 | 17 | 15 |(16) |(16) | 18 | 19 | 16 | 10 | 16 | 10 | 11 | 12 | 16 | 16 | 16 | 15 | 11 | 15 ^ 18 ^
^ HZWLUG | 12 | 11 | 10 | 12 | 9 | 9 | 12 | 12 | 12 | 13 | 10 | 7 | 5 | 6 | 15 | 5 | 6 | 8 | 8 | 10 | 12 | 6 | 8 | 10 ^ 7 ^
* () - 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 August 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 | 183 | 191 | xxx ^ xxx | ??? | ??? | ??? | ??? ^ 2016 ^
* xxx - numbers not yet recorded.
* ??? - Future Numbers.
* Corrected the April 2016 count after 2 May meeting.
* Stopped counting general StL County Library events in May 2016.
====== Mailing List Report ======
* Subscriber numbers (approximate) as of end of August 2016:
| List ^ Aug ^ Sep ^ Oct ^ Nov ^ Dec ^ Jan ^ Feb ^ Mar ^ Apr ^ May ^ Jun ^ Jul ^ Aug ^ Sep ^ Oct ^ Nov ^ Dec ^ Jan ^ Feb ^ Mar ^ Apr ^ May ^ Jun ^ Jul ^ Aug ^
^ ANNOUNCE | 618 | 618 | 624 | 621 | 622 | 620 | 622 | 617 | 617 | 616 | 616 | 611 | 613 | 613 | 608 | 607 | 607 | 608 | 603 | 608 | 608 | 607 | 606 | 607 ^ 596 ^
^ DISCUSS | 225 | 224 | 225 | 226 | 224 | 224 | 221 | 222 | 208 | 207 | 208 | 204 | 205 | 212 | 213 | 204 | 204 | 206 | 208 | 206 | 204 | 201 | 201 | 201 ^ 203 ^
^ STEERCOM | 34 | 34 | 34 | 34 | 34 | 34 | 34 | 35 | 35 | 35 | 34 | 34 | 34 | 34 | 34 | 34 | 34 | 37 | 37 | 39 | 39 | 39 | 39 | 39 ^ 38 ^
^ SYSADMIN | 19 | 19 | 19 | 19 | 19 | 19 | 19 | 19 | 19 | 21 | 21 | 19 | 19 | 20 | 20 | 20 | 20 | 21 | 20 | 22 | 21 | 21 | 21 | 21 ^ 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.
//**
??? A drop of 11 in a single month in Announce! Ask Stan if we have any idea "why???".**//
====== Meeting Review and Comments ======
===== August 2016 =====
August 2016
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==== STEERCOM - Steering Committee - August 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 General Meeting.
==== SLACC - August 4 ====
* [[http://slacc.sluug.org/|SLACC]] usually holds a Linux configuration workshop - no presentation
==== SLUUG - August 10 ====
* [[http://www.sluug.org/|SLUUG General Meeting]]
* BASE: Some VIM topic (possibly the Async announcement from Feb) by Bill Odom (Confirmed)
* Bill took ill earlier that day and called and said he wasn't coming. Gary took most of the time for BASE discussing "Chromebooks", specifically the little known "devide password", the DOWNLOAD folder internally stored rather than in the cloud, method and result of dealing with a changed password on the gmail-account, position of keys,... he was joined by Steve Stegman, Don Ellis, and others.
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* MAIN: “The Twinkling of a Distant Star”: Dorothy Gibson, the Titanic, & the 20th Century by Scott Granemann
* What connects the highest-paid silent film actress in the world, the Titanic, a fascist spy, Times Square, the **Saturday Evening Post**, and changes in communications technologies over the last 100 years? By tracing one woman’s life through the 20th century I’ll get into many nooks & crannies that illuminate the enormous changes we’ve seen in culture, society, various technologies, & even maritime safety & laws.
* Sadly, it just seemed //**"too non-technical"**//! It may have made an amusing story IN the **Saturday Evening Post** but we needed stronger hilites on the technical points such as: the stage lite bar, the rolling stage (to keep the sun angle),... Somehow there just seemed to be too much time spent on other details.
==== SNUG - August 17 ====
* [[http://snug.sluug.org/|SNUG]] is the St. Louis Novell Users Group lunch time meeting.
//**??? * TOPIC: A really good, interesting broadcast presentation on__ ------------_.**// The speakers spoke very clear English and the sound quality was good.
==== STLLUG - August 18 ====
* [[http://www.stllinux.org/|STLLUG]] is the St. Louis Linux Users Group.
* ** *NOTE LOCATION CHANGE REQUIRED FOR AUGUST* **
* Meeting location change because the host of the usual meeting space at UMSL's ITE (i.e. Bill) is out town.
* VENUE Chuck arranged for us to be at Graybar. .
* TOPIC: Agile by Craig
Very good talk. A good review of the agile proces, team programming, etc. Much of the good was just the personal anecdotes of how he personally has experienced it altho Craig also gave a good overview of the guidelines for how-to-do-it.
==== Hazelwood - August 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
* ** *NOTE LOCATION CHANGE FOR AUGUST* **
* Meeting location change due to Library schedule conflicts
* VENUE St. Louis County Library Rock Road Br
* First time here and Stan R. will be out of town
//**
??? NOONE at this steercom was there. Any report/feedback available?**//
====== Schedule ======
===== September 2016 =====
September 2016
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==== SLACC - September 1 ====
* [[http://slacc.sluug.org/|SLACC]] usually holds a Linux configuration workshop - no presentation
GOOD STUFF!! Craig showing stuff he does in network trouble shooting. DNS. RSNAPSHOT (has to see tabs).
==== LABOR DAY - September 5 ====
==== STEERCOM - Steering Committee - September 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.
==== SLUUG - September 14 ====
* [[http://www.sluug.org/|SLUUG General Meeting]]
* BASE: Upgrade Vim to First-Class Status by Bill Odom
What's in your Vim status line? You know, that line of reversed-video text at the bottom of your Vim window? A filename? Maybe some numbers off to the right? Is the status line even visible?
For far too many of us, the Vim status line is a sadly-neglected chunk of valuable Vim real estate, and it's capable of *way* more than most people realize. We'll cover some simple (and quick) ways to stuff it full of useful information, and then discuss a few tricks that -- with just a little more effort -- can take your Vim experience to a whole new level.
Bill has far too many years of experience as a systems architect and software developer, working on everything from wiki software for Internet startups to global identity management solutions for Fortune 500 companies. He’s an active member of the Open Source community, and even served as president of the Perl Foundation for a couple of years (but try not to hold that against him). He’s also a long-time user and advocate of Vim, and has given many well-received classes and presentations on Vim to several organizations throughout the US.
Bill gave well received talks/classes at Strange Loop and at the Ohio Linux Fest in 2011.
An additional bio provided for Strange Loop 2013 https://thestrangeloop.com/sessions/21st-century-vim)
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* Steve Stegman thinks CHUCK D is working Tutorial on Setting Up a VPN and had been scheduled for Sept!!! We are just PRESUMING it was best to let Bill Odom slip back to Sept since he was sick in Aug BUT if Chuck has been working hard to be ready for Sept, perhaps we should try to schedule Bill for later??!??
* BUT, Bill frequently travels BUT we note that he usually speaks at StrangeLoop her ein St and that is the next day SO...he likely SHOULD be here Wed nite.
* Gary exchanged texts with Bill last Friday but HAS NOT YET gotten a reply from this wknd on his intent. //**Gary will try to persue Bill & Chuck and resolve.
**//
* Possible backups are:
* Hardware inspection using common tools - Stan R maybe (Best chance)
* -OR- Search engines for open or default set-web-camera by Steve Stegmann. (Primary backup/runner up)
* -OR- A Security Tool Demo by TonyZ
* freeCAD by Steve Steve
* LISP programming within EMACS by Steve Steve
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* MAIN: Amazon AWS Glacier HASH TREE -Using Functional programming rather than C for the HASH TREE by Steven Lembark.
* There are 2 similar slide decks already existing in SlideShare.net/lembark. They are the 2nd & 3rd in the current order. I suggested to Steven that it would be best to add some material on: what is AWS Glacier & why we would want to compute the hash. Basically it is a needed so that you can make rapid use of inexpensive cloud storage.
* ** *NOTE CONFLICTING COMPETITIVE LINUX TOPIC* **
* [[https://www.meetup.com/Inventor-Forge-Maker-Space/events/233637819/ | Inventor Forge ~ Linux 101]]
* Linux Training 7pm – 9pm 235 Jungermann Road, Saint Peters, MO
* Stan R plans to attend there rather than SLUUG General Meeting. Stan hopes to attract those at Inventor Forge to attend some of our mtngs, DISCUSS list, etc.
==== STLLUG - September 15 ====
* [[http://www.stllinux.org/|STLLUG]] is the St. Louis Linux Users Group.
* TOPIC:
* //**CONFLICT with City Museum Party at STRANGELOOP**//
* SteerComm suggestion...have a NO TOPIC informal get together at Nick&Elaina's starting at 7. NO MTNG at UMSL's ITE. //**Gary will get Andrew's opinion on this.**//
* I think that is a stupid idea. How many of the normal users go to strange loop? -- Andrew Latham
* I can not make the meeting, I will be gone for work that night. -- Andrew Latham
==== SNUG - September 21 ====
* [[http://snug.sluug.org/|SNUG]] is the St. Louis Novell Users Group lunch time meeting.
* TOPIC: "My experience w SuSE Leap 42.1" by Online Reviewer
==== Hazelwood - September 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
* ** *NOTE LOCATION CHANGE FOR SEPTEMBER* **
* Meeting location change due to Library schedule conflicts
* VENUE St. Louis County Library Thornhill Br
*
===== October 2016 =====
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==== St. Louis County Library Room Reservations - October 1 ====
* First Saturday in October is time to schedule January thru July
* Link to [[http://mo.evanced.info/slcl/lib/roomrequest.asp?mode= |Room Request Date, Time, and Room Selection]].
==== STEERCOM - Steering Committee - October 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 General Meeting.
==== SLACC - October 6 ====
* [[http://slacc.sluug.org/|SLACC]] usually holds a Linux configuration workshop - no presentation
==== SLUUG - October 12 ====
* [[http://www.sluug.org/|SLUUG General Meeting]]
* BASE: TIPv6 migration - Business case best practices. -- Dave Forrest
* MAIN: IBM Linux One - Monte Bauman from IBM via Steve Stegmann -- confirmed.
==== SNUG - October 19 ====
* [[http://snug.sluug.org/|SNUG]] is the St. Louis Novell Users Group lunch time meeting.
* TOPIC: To Be Determined (TBD)
==== STLLUG - October 20 ====
* [[http://www.stllinux.org/|STLLUG]] is the St. Louis Linux Users Group.
* TOPIC: Using OpenCV on a RaspberyPI Appliance by Lee.
==== Hazelwood - October 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
* ** *NOTE LOCATION CHANGE FOR OCTOBER* **
* Meeting location change due to Library schedule conflicts
* VENUE St. Louis County Library Thornhill Br
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==== STEERCOM - Steering Committee - October 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.
===== November 2016 =====
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==== SLACC - November 3 ====
* [[http://slacc.sluug.org/|SLACC]] usually holds a Linux configuration workshop - no presentation
==== SLUUG - November 9 ====
* [[http://www.sluug.org/|SLUUG General Meeting]]
* BASE: The LISP programming in EMACS (or maybe...Intro to freeCAD by Steve Stegman. (Tentative))
* MAIN: Converge: Introducing a next-generation configuration management system. Steven Borrelli steve@aster.is via Andrew Latham
==== SNUG - November 16 ====
* [[http://snug.sluug.org/|SNUG]] is the St. Louis Novell Users Group lunch time meeting.
* TOPIC: To Be Determined (TBD)
==== STLLUG - November 17 ====
* [[http://www.stllinux.org/|STLLUG]] is the St. Louis Linux Users Group.
* TOPIC: To Be Determined (TBD)
* TENTATIVE:
==== Hazelwood - November 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
* ** *NOTE LOCATION CHANGE FOR NOVEMBER* **
* Meeting location change due to Library schedule conflicts
* VENUE St. Louis County Library Thornhill Br
* ** *NOTE DAY OF WEEK CHANGE FOR NOVEMBER* **
* On a Wednesday instead of normal fourth Tuesday due to Library schedule conflicts.
* UNLESS Prairie Commons date and time can be acquired
==== SLUUG - December 14 ====
* [[http://www.sluug.org/|SLUUG General Meeting]]
* BASE: TBD
* MAIN: IoT, IoE, Hyperconvergence and Security - Presented by Maurice Dawson (UMSL) by Lee L
====== 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.
* 2015-08-03
* Mike Knight is doing a great job.
* 2015-08-31
* Steve S volunteered to be indoctrinated in SLUUG Server Lore
* 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.**
* 2016-07-05
* Don has automated a script. Don needs to document.
* Progress continues.
* 2016-08-01
* Stan R. reports possible change in vim configuration. Thinks it may have reverted to earlier release. Did this happen by some automatic patch, or what?
* 2015-09-05
* //**Stan R. doesn't see different vim configuration. Anomaly must have been something he did wrong.**//
* Earnest Redwood came to his 1st steercom tonite after a couple months of other mtngs. He volunteered to be indoctrinated in SLUUG Server Lore (as Steve Stegman was 13 months ago. Lee and Earnest have exchanged e-mail addresses and will arrange times for him to come in and see the machines and start getting organized. Gary asked that WHEN POSSIBLE we make the mtngs known on SysAdmin in case others want to join and (re)learn.
===== 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.
* 2015-10-05 - no volunteers to do it for us yet.
* 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.**
* Confirmed working by Lee -- 2016-08-01
* 2016-07-05 Don has automated a script. Don needs to document.
* 2016-08-01
* Lee confirms we can do LetsEncrypt certs.
* LetsEncrypt creates free SSL certs that are honored in all current browsers without error.
* 90 day expiration.
* 2015-09-05
* //**Lee reports we are on hold because of ?????
**//
===== 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.
* 2016-02-01
* Stan R. has made SLACC, sLUGs, SNUG, and STLLINUX home pages a bit more consistant.
* 2016-07-05
* Stan has updated the webpages for our SIGs that are on hiatus.
* 2016-08-01
* 2015-09-05
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===== 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
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* 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
* 2016-07-05
* 2016-08-01
* 2015-09-05
//*** It would be very nice to get some sponsors who might provide food/drink!! THINK!**//
===== 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.
* 2016-02-01
* Stan R. uploaded Andrew's presentation and linked on STLLINUX page.
* 2016-07-05
* July presentations for SLUUG main & StLLUG were uploaded as they were recorded
* 2016-08-01
* 2015-09-05
* Don has been recording live. Sound needs to be better and sound needs to be synced to the video.
===== 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.
* 2016-02-01
* February 2016 - Renewed STLLINUX.ORG domain.
* 2016-07-05
* 2016-08-01
* Lee reports all domains are on auto-renew. No expire notices for past year.
* 2015-09-05
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===== 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
* 2016-05-02
* 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
* 2016-07-05
* * **Gary will ask (again?) on DISCUSS if anyone can help get us VISIBLE on MEETUP.COM as none of our mtngs are almost NEVER offered as "You may also be interested"... We need help to get this resource utilized.**
* 2016-08-01
* Continue to need someone to help utilize Meetup resource.
* Should be able to script interface to Meetup to improve automation.
* 2015-09-05
*//*** Earnest made some inquiries about our presence on Facebook. Gary had no response IN PERSON AT OUR MTNGS but there was an e-mail response in DISCUSS. We need to persue a conversation withnthat person in discuss!! HELP! MORE STEERCOM FOLKS NEED TO REPLY ON THAT THREAD.**
//
===== 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
* 2016-05-02
* Suggestion was made for T-shirts with SLUUG Gray Beard slogon
* Has this been posted to DISCUSS mailing list?
* 2016-07-05
* 2016-08-01
* 2015-09-05
*
===== 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
* 2016-05-02
* Has this been posted to DISCUSS mailing list?
* How about we print coffee mugs with "SLUUG supports IPv6"?
* 2016-07-05
* 2016-08-01
* 2015-09-05
*
===== 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
* 2016-05-31
* How about a presentation about what Launch Code is?
* 2016-07-05
* 2016-08-01
* 2015-09-05
*
===== 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.
* 2015-10-05 We should request small cards with all the websites and names of groups we care about.
* 2016-07-05
* 2016-08-01
* 2015-09-05
*
===== Library Reservations =====
* 2016-04-04
* 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.
* sLUGs (StL LUG for Seniors) is NOT done!
* sLUGs ...Stan will wait.
* HZWLUG is all scheduled correctly EXCEPT 1 date in November was unavailable so he moved to Wed nite. Locations varies.
* If Prarie Commons becomes available in summer....we can centralize there.
* 2016-07-05
* Pending late summer opening of Prairie Commons Branch
* sLUGs (StL LUG for Seniors) now on HIATUS, no meetings until further notice
* HZWLUG July meeting will be at Thornhill Br
* HZWLUG August meeting will be at Rock Road Br
* HZWLUG September meeting will be at Thornhill Br
* Stan R. will continue monitoring library status for changes
* 2016-08-01
* 2015-09-05
* SLACC mtng had librarians who claimed we hadn't paid nor had a reservation. Stan explained where they had gone wrong.
* //**Oct 1 is the day for reservations!! Is Stan handling this or has Phil or others been delegated??**//
===== Web Camera and Mic =====
* Purchase/decide upon web camera & mic
* 2016-07-05
* **Gary has (hopefully) brought in a voice recorder.**
* Go and learn hangouts in your YouTube account. All Gmail properties are synced.
* Do the slides and the audio and don't worry about the video.
* Steve S. is going to play with it (maybe).
* 2016-08-01
* Gary reports he delivered digital voice recorder to Stan last month.
* 2015-09-05
*
====== New Business ======
* Is there any New Business?
* Anything?
===== Anything Else? =====
* Lee reports that LAMBDA LOUNGE moderators have announced that they are ceasing to plan mtngs after 7 years.
* Dave F. reports that the next DevOps mtng will just be jointly held with the Docker Group. We need to get details onto out calendar.
* Andrew had mentioned that there was a 25th BD cake at the last DevOps since it was held ON LINUX' BD!! Gary had meant to ask Dave to elaborate.
* We discussed the "less attendees" vs "more groups mtng" in town. The argument was made that the topics are so esoteric as to be UNinteresting to larger audiences.
====== Recognize Useful Efforts ======
* Did anybody do anything?
* by Anybody
* As usual...Stan R has done MUCH this month...from calendar to content for HzlwdLUG & SLACC, to planing to go to the Makers mtng..to putting out this agenda. THANKS STAN!!
====== Blue Sky Ideas ======
* Food for thought
====== Recurring Requirements ======
* 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.
* June 2017 - BuddyNS SLUUG account due.
* July 2017 - Renew SLUUG.ORG domain with Dotster
* August 2017 - 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 1st Friday at Science Center.
* 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.
* SLACC.COM is in use by someone else. We will get SLACC.ORG registered.
* 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
* //**Stan R. appoint someone to take care of library reservations on Oct 1.**//