====== SLUUG Steering Committee Agenda - 5 March 2018 ======
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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* Tuesday, March 5, 2018
* 6:30 PM -
====== Attendees ======
Listed alphabetically by last name:
* Don Ellis
* David Forrest
:?: * Ken Johnson
* Lee Lammert
* Gary Meyer
* Stan Reichardt
* Steve Stegmann
====== Agenda Changes ======
* Are there any additions, deletions, or other changes to sequence of items in the prepared agenda?
====== Annual Election Ballots ======
* 2018-02-06
* Stan R might have needed help with printing ballots. Current printer cartridge is showing signs of being near empty.
* Had enough ballots for SLACC meeting attendees to vote.
* 2018-03-05
* Ballot PDF was available to download from SLUUG main page by 11 February for submitting by mail.
* Printed ballots were on hand at all February meetings.
* :?:
====== Count 2018 Election Ballots ======
* Accept any last minute ballots
* Counting ballots **before** usual meeting items
* Eligible voter ballots ~ ??
* Ballots separated from envelopes and counted
* Ballot Results:
* Board Member - Dave Forrest v6
* Board Member - Stan Reichardt
* President - Gary Meyer
* Vice President - Stan Reichardt
* Secretary - Don Ellis
* Treasurer - Lee Lammert
* Chairman of STLLUG - :?:
* Board can modify or accept the results of the ballots
* Results submitted to Board of Governors
====== SLUUG Board of Governors Consider 2018 Ballot Results ======
* SLUUG Board of Governors meeting
* Board member attendees:
* Don Ellis
* Gary Meyer
* :?: Jeff Muse (incumbent)
* Stan Reichardt (incumbent)
* Steve Stegman
* Absent members can verbally vote by proxy or mobile phone
* Quorum (Yes/No) for Board meeting: Yes
* Board meeting (time) convened at: 19:25:10
* Board can modify or accept the results of the ballots.
* Board (accepts/modifies) results: accepts
* Board meeting (time) adjourned at: 19:25:20
====== Secretary Report ======
* Don Ellis
* 2018-02-06
* Stan: Instead of having just one individual edit wiki minutes, could we routinely round robin updating minutes?
* Unattributed consensus: Good idea. Let's do it.
====== Treasurer Report ======
^ Balance as of 1 February | $2,650.44 |
^ Prize for reading Announce | -$ 5.00 |
^ Dotster | -$17.49 |
^ Close USBank accounts | $2,596.44 |
^ Balance as of 28 February | $5,224.39 |
====== 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 January 2018:
| 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 | 231 | 183 | 191 | 157 | 166 | 222 | 224 | 212 | 157 ^ 2016 ^
^ 2017 | 133 | 141 | 177 | 168 | 137 | 143 | 124 | 158 | 173 | 163 | 168 | 129 ^ 2017 ^
^ 2018 | 165 ^ ??? | xxx | xxx | xxx | xxx | xxx | xxx | xxx | xxx | xxx | xxx ^ 2018 ^
* ??? - numbers not yet recorded.
* xxx - Future Numbers.
* Stopped counting general StL County Library events in May 2016.
* Re-counted April 2016 without library events.
====== 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 January 2018:
^ Year | | | | | | | '16| | | | | ^ ^ ^ ^ ^ ^ '17^ ^ ^ ^ ^ ^ | '18 | |^ Year ^
| Meeting ^ Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul| Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec ^ Jan ^ Feb ^ Mar ^ Apr ^ May ^ Jun ^ Jul ^ Aug ^ Sep ^ Oct ^ Nov ^ Dec | Jan| Feb ||Meeting ^
^ Steercom ^ 6 | 5 | 6 | 5 | 7 | 5 | 7 | 7 | 6 | 5 | 7 | 7 ^ 8 | 6 | 8 | 6 | 7 | 7 | 5 | 6 | 6 | 4 | 6 | 3 ^ 7 | 3 ||Steercom |
^ SLACC ^ 8 | 10 | 7 | 7 | 12 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 11 | 7 | 7 | 13 ^ 7 | 12 | 10 | 5 | 7 | (10)| 6 | 7 | 8 | 11 | ?? | 6 ^ 6 | 6 ||SLACC |
^ SLUUG ^ 17 | 14 | 23 | 17 | 17 | 17 | 13| 21 | (?) | 15 | 13 | 14 ^ 20 | 17 | 24 | 17 | 10 | 13 | 7 | 13 | 12 | 21 | 14 | 16 ^ 14 | 13 ||SLUUG |
^ STLLUG ^ 11 | 12 | 16 | 16 | 16 | 15 | 11| 15 | 18 | 13 | 13 | 18 ^ 14 | 15 | 18 | 14 | 15 | 14 | 18 | 16 | 16 | 12 | (27)| ?? ^ 12 | 8 ||STLLUG |
^ HZWLUG ^ 8 | 8 | 10 | 12 | 6 | 8 | 10| 7 | 10 | 8 | - | 8 ^ 9 | 10 | ? | 7 | 7 | 8 | 7 | 5 | 8 | 5 | 7 | 9 ^ 8 | 11 ||HZWLUG |
^ sLUGs ^ 5 | 3 | 5 | (3)| 7 | 7 | - | - | - | 5 | (3)| 7 ^ 9 | 6 | 10 | 4 | 3 | 3 | 4 | 4 | 3 | - | - | - ^ - | - ||sLUGs |
^ SNUG SuSE^ 4 | 9 | 6 | 7 | 8 | ? | 6 | 6 | 6 | 6 | 9 | - ^ 12 | 9 | 9 | 7 | 6 | 8 | 5 | 8 | 8 | 6 | 8 | - ^ - | - ||SNUG SuSe|
* () - Number in parentheses is head count.
* xx - attendance was taken, numbers not yet recorded.
* ?? - Question marks indicate attendance not taken or sheet missing.
* * - sLUGs was STL Linux Users Group for Seniors with initial meeting 8 February 2015. Discontinued October 2017.
* * - SNUG SuSe was STL Novell Users Group with lunch meeting. Discontinued December 2017.
* - - dash indicates no meeting.
====== Mailing List Report ======
* Subscriber numbers (approximate) as of end of January 2018:
^ Year | | | | | | | | '16| | | | ^ ^ ^ ^ ^ ^ ^ '17^ ^ ^ ^ ^ | '18 | ^ Year ^
| List ^ Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec ^ Jan ^ Feb ^ Mar ^ Apr ^ May ^ Jun ^ Jul ^ Aug ^ Sep ^ Oct ^ Nov ^ Dec | Jan| Feb ^List |
^ ANNOUNCE ^ 608 | 603 | 608 | 608 | 607 | 606 | 607 | 596 | 596 | 591 | 588 | 585 ^ 582 | 580 | 575 | 570 | 569 | 569 | 569 | 568 | 566 | 562 | 562 | 559 ^ 556| 544 ^ANNOUNCE|
^ DISCUSS ^ 206 | 208 | 206 | 204 | 201 | 201 | 201 | 203 | 202 | 202 | 200 | 199 ^ 197 | 196 | 193 | 190 | 191 | 192 | 191 | 192 | 191 | 189 | 188 | 189 ^ 188| 188 ^DISCUSS |
^ STEERCOM ^ 37 | 37 | 39 | 39 | 39 | 39 | 39 | 38 | 38 | 38 | 37 | 37 ^ 36 | 36 | 35 | 34 | 34 | 34 | 34 | 34 | 33 | 33 | 33 | 33 ^ 33 | 33 ^STEERCOM|
^ SYSADMIN ^ 21 | 20 | 22 | 21 | 21 | 21 | 21 | 21 | 22 | 21 | 21 | 21 ^ 20 | 20 | 20 | 23 | 23 | 23 | 23 | 23 | 22 | 22 | 22 | 22 ^ 22 | 22 ^SYSADMIN|
* 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.
====== Other Kinda Stuff Report ======
^ Year ^ ^ ^ '15 ^ ^ ^ | | | '16| | | ^ ^ ^ ^ ^ ^ '17^ ^ ^ ^ ^ ^ | '18 | ^ Year ^
| Other ^ Mar ^ Apr ^ May ^ Jun ^ Nov ^ Dec | Jan | Apr | Jul | Oct | Nov | Dec ^ Jan ^ Feb ^ Mar ^ Apr ^ May ^ Jun ^ Jul ^ Aug ^ Sep ^ Oct ^ Nov ^ Dec | Jan| Feb |Other |
^ MEETUP | 39 | 59 | 77 | 92 | xxx | 172 ^ 179 | xxx | xxx | xxx | 259 | xxx ^ 273 | 285 | 291 | 299 | 301 | 302 | 304 | 315 | 319 | 325 | 336 | 340 ^ 348| 360 |MEETUP |
^ GOOGLE+ | ??? | ??? | ??? | ??? | ??? | ??? ^ ??? | ??? | ??? | ??? | ??? | ??? ^ ??? | ??? | ??? | ??? | ??? | ??? | ??? | ??? | ??? | ??? | ??? | ??? ^ ???| ??? |GOOGLE+|
^ YOUTUBE | ??? | ??? | ??? | ??? | ??? | ??? ^ ??? | ??? | ??? | ??? | ??? | ??? ^ ??? | ??? | ??? | ??? | ??? | ??? | ??? | ??? | ??? | ??? | ??? | ??? ^ ???| ??? |YOUTUBE|
* xxx - numbers not recorded.
* ??? - don't know where or how to get a count for this.
* - - dash indicates list did not previously exist.
* We do NOT know how/what to count in YouTube Nor do we know how to metric videos.
* We do NOT know how/what to count in Google+ Nor do we know how to metric videos.
====== Meeting Review and Comments ======
===== January 2018 =====
January 2018
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==== New Years Day - HOLIDAY - January 1 ====
* Federal Observed
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==== STEERCOM - Steering Committee - January 2 ====
* Yes! We met on Jan 2!
* Tuesday 2 January instead of Monday 1 January
==== SLACC - January 4 ====
* [[http://slacc.sluug.org/|SLACC]] usually holds a Linux configuration workshop - no presentation
* ** *NOTE LOCATION FOR January 4 2018* **
* VENUE St. Louis County Library Rock Road Branch
==== Dell/EMC World/StL - January 10 ====
* The company had a show at Marriot Grand Hotel on Washington downtown. 9am-5pm:
* This was same day as general mtng...
==== SLUUG - January 10 ====
* [[http://www.sluug.org/|SLUUG General Meeting]]
* BASE (Personal Computing):
* Don Ellis on "How to find and view the Video recordings of our mtngs."
* Stan still doesn't know what we're doing. Don was pleased with his presentation. Further information is forthcoming, i.e. watch for part II at a future date!
* Gary noticed another group also discussing how to do their video recordings. Hope to connect and compare notes.
* MAIN (Enterprise Computing):
* CubeSat by Bryce Meyer
* Really fascinating. Not Unix/Linux, but we liked it anyway.
==== MLK Day - HOLIDAY - January 15 ====
* Federal Observed
*
==== STLLUG - January 18 ====
* [[http://www.stllinux.org/|STLLUG]] is the St. Louis Linux Users Group.
* Jan 2018 - Will stlLUG return to UMSL ITE???
* No. For February will probably be back to ITE.
* VENUE Graybar? Yes.
* TOPIC: Bloodhound and Go-Fetch (security tools) by Tony Zafiropoulos
* Tony put it together same day; did pretty good job considering. New technology, but didn't have time to really fine tune it.
==== Hazelwood - January 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 FOR January 23 2018* **
* VENUE St. Louis County Library Bridgeton Trails Branch
* Wonderful. Stan was there.
===== February 2018 =====
February 2018
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==== SLACC - February 1 ====
* [[http://slacc.sluug.org/|SLACC]] usually holds a Linux configuration workshop - no presentation
* Balloting this month
* VENUE St. Louis County Library Rock Road Branch
* ** *NOTE NEXT MONTH MEETING IS NOT FIRST THURSDAY. WILL BE FOURTH THURSDAY ON 22nd MARCH 2018* **
==== STEERCOM - Steering Committee - February 6 ====
* NOTE: Monday of week (9 days) prior to General Meeting.
* Ice predicted, but nothing happened.
==== Valentines Day - February 14 ====
* Historically this cuts into our attendance!!
==== SLUUG Annual Board Meeting - February 14 ====
* Historically this cuts into our attendance!!
* Sometimes we would do lightning talks.
* Elections also this month.
* Recorded on video and audio
* :?:
==== SLUUG - February 14 ====
* [[http://www.sluug.org/|SLUUG General Meeting]]
* Balloting this month
* BASE (Personal Computing):
* OEM Builds with Samba and Skel by Stan Reichardt
* Gary: Wonderful. Real fine presentation. Lots of questions from Stanford.
* MAIN (Enterprise Computing):
* Mirroring Installation Server by Joe Bohnenstiehl
* Gary: kind of flat. Not enough material. Hadn't done enough yet; looking forward to longer presentation covering problems of implementation. Showed where he hit some snags & problems, leading to shortage of material; will return and show further progress.
* **//NOTICE SLUUG MAIN AND LINUX LUG MEET BACK TO BACK THIS WEEK!!//**
==== STLLUG - February 15 ====
* [[http://www.stllinux.org/|STLLUG]] is the St. Louis Linux Users Group.
* Balloting this month
* VENUE Nick and Elena's Pizzeria, 3007 Woodson Rd, Overland, MO 63114
* TOPIC: Private versus Public Addressing with David Forrest
* Gary: Loved the presentation. Great pizza & beer. Slides were confusing in isolation, but discussion was illuminating.
* Seating and power cords need to be reconfigured for the new venue.
==== Hazelwood - February 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
* VENUE St. Louis County Library Bridgeton Trails Branch
* Balloting this month
* :?:
====== Schedule ======
===== March 2018 =====
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==== STEERCOM - Steering Committee - March 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.
* Count ballots and submit results to Board
*
==== SLUUG - March 14 ====
* [[http://www.sluug.org/|SLUUG General Meeting]]
* Announce SLUUG annual election results.
* BASE (Personal Computing):
* Steve Stegman - Using System Rescue to fix non-booting Windows machines
* MAIN (Enterprise Computing):
* Brian Bilgere - Introduction to Racket programming language
* Future presentation from Brian: VMs on BSD
* Gary is in contact with guy from Reuters on ROS talk.
* **//NOTICE SLUUG MAIN AND LINUX LUG MEET BACK TO BACK THIS WEEK!!//**
==== STLLUG - March 15 ====
* [[http://www.stllinux.org/|STLLUG]] is the St. Louis Linux Users Group.
* VENUE Nick and Elena's Pizzeria, 3007 Woodson Rd, Overland, MO 63114
* TOPIC: To Be Determined (TBD)
* :?:
==== SLACC - March 22 ====
* [[http://slacc.sluug.org/|SLACC]] usually holds a Linux configuration workshop - no presentation
* ** *NOTE THIS MONTH MEETING IS NOT FIRST THURSDAY. WILL BE FOURTH THURSDAY ON 22nd MARCH 2018* **
* ** *NOTE NEXT MONTH MEETING RETURNS TO USUAL PATTERN OF FIRST THURSDAY* **
* VENUE St. Louis County Library Rock Road Branch
==== Hazelwood - March 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
* VENUE St. Louis County Library Bridgeton Trails Branch
===== April 2018 =====
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==== STEERCOM - Steering Committee - April 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 - April 5 ====
* [[http://slacc.sluug.org/|SLACC]] usually holds a Linux configuration workshop - no presentation
* ** *NOTE THIS MONTH MEETING RETURNS TO USUAL PATTERN OF FIRST THURSDAY* **
* VENUE St. Louis County Library Rock Road Branch
==== Saint Louis County Library Reservation - April 7 ====
* Needed by SLACC and HZWLUG for last half of year
==== SLUUG - April 11 ====
* [[http://www.sluug.org/|SLUUG General Meeting]]
* BASE (Personal Computing):
* To Be Determined (TBD)
* :?:
* MAIN (Enterprise Computing):
* To Be Determined (TBD)
* :?:
==== STLLUG - April 19 ====
* [[http://www.stllinux.org/|STLLUG]] is the St. Louis Linux Users Group.
* VENUE Nick and Elena's Pizzeria, 3007 Woodson Rd, Overland, MO 63114
* TOPIC: To Be Determined (TBD)
* :?:
==== Hazelwood - April 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 TEMPORARY LOCATION CHANGE FOR APRIL 24 2018* **
* VENUE St. Louis County Library Rock Road Branch
==== STEERCOM - Steering Committee - April 30 ====
* Nine days prior to Main SLUUG General Meeting
*
===== May 2018 =====
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==== SLACC - May 3 ====
* [[http://slacc.sluug.org/|SLACC]] usually holds a Linux configuration workshop - no presentation
* VENUE St. Louis County Library Rock Road Branch
==== SLUUG - May 9 ====
* [[http://www.sluug.org/|SLUUG General Meeting]]
* BASE (Personal Computing):
* To Be Determined (TBD)
* :?:
* MAIN (Enterprise Computing):
* To Be Determined (TBD)
* :?:
==== STLLUG - May 17 ====
* [[http://www.stllinux.org/|STLLUG]] is the St. Louis Linux Users Group.
* VENUE Nick and Elena's Pizzeria, 3007 Woodson Rd, Overland, MO 63114
* TOPIC: To Be Determined (TBD)
* :?:
==== Hazelwood - May 22 ====
* [[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
* ** *RETURN TO NORMAL LOCATION FOR MAY 22 2018* **
* VENUE St. Louis County Library Bridgeton Trails Branch
====== Old Business ======
===== Location for St. Louis Linux Users Group =====
* 2017-05-01 For MAY
* We had to find different VENUE. Our sponsoring host, Dr. Lemon UMSL-ITEC, has new commitments.
* UMSL ITE meeting site will not be available after it rains.
* Need new location for StL LUG -- sponsor will be working on Robotics Competition.
* 2017-06-05 for JUNE
* Will keep meeting at Graybar until further notice.
* 2017-06-26 for JULY
* 2017-07-31 for AUGUST
* 2017-08-28 for SEPTEMBER
* Graybar good for remainder of 2017
* 2017-10-02
* 2017-10-30 for NOVEMBER
* We need to start talking to Chuck Doolittle of Graybar, Dr. Lemmon UMSL-ITEC, and any others about stlLUG location.
* 2017-12-04
* **Nick and Elaina's** as mtng location!!!!
* Lee made contact with Nick and Elaina's.
* Gary, Chuck, Lee have asked them for the room. //Did we only ask about Wed? NOT Thurs???//
* 2018-01-02
* Will stlLUG return to UMSL ITE???
* 2018-02-06
* VENUE Nick and Elena's Pizzeria
* 3007 Woodson Rd, Overland, MO 63114
* 2018-03-05
* Did we let Dr. Lemmon of UMSL know?
* Yes. He might attend
* Feedback from Elena?
* positive reception
===== Library Room Reservations =====
* 2017-12-04
* Next time we need to make Library reservations will be 7 April 2018 - First Saturday, reserve rooms at St. Louis County Library Branches. ~ stanr
* 2018-01-02
* 2018-02-06
* Thanks to Phil Bunch the April SLACC meeting date has been restored to the first Thursday of month pattern.
* 2018-03-05
* Only the March SLACC meeting date remains out of sequence. Phil keeps an eye out for an 8 March opening.
* Next deadline for reservations is 7 April; Stan & Phil Bunch will take care of it.
===== Server Admin =====
* 2017-01-02
* Andrew Latham did more updates
* 2017-01-30
* 2017-02-27 For MARCH
* Lee & Earnest visited Hostirian and recovered KVM hotkeys
* Lee, Earnest, & Mike Knight are working on Bud login delays
* Lee worked with Jeff M. on recovering MailMan PWs. New site PW in config.html
* All SLUUG core info is on Amber in /home/SLUUG, accessible to anyone with admin access
* 2017-04-03 for APRIL
* Lee visited Hostirian (Bock, Bud) wrt requirement to participate in Hostirian's revenue stream.
* Need to decide:
* Offer DR (Disaster Recovery) service to members
* Find revenue source to justify presence
* Blurb special offer to members
* Abandon Hostirian presence
* Hard decision required by end of May 2017
* Lee discussed with Matthew Porter (who is leaving Contegix management role)
* What revenue is being generated for Contegix (Amber, Nick)?
* If he's leaving active management, we might lose VM presence, including SLUUG.org (Amber)
* Need to inventory all servers and document status WRT EOL.
* Earnest has offered to help with this effort
* 2017-06-26 for JULY
* 2017-07-31 for AUGUST
* 2017-08-28 for SEPTEMBER
* 2017-10-02
* Contegix wants $150 to upgrade from 6 to 7 CentOS on Nick. Lee is still considering. They will NOT let us do it ourself.
* 2017-10-30 for NOVEMBER
* 2017-12-04
* If anyone wants anything from Bud, contact Lee by December 31
* 2018-01-02
* 2018-02-06
* 2018-03-05
* Situation at Contegix remains, running obsolete CentOS
* Contegix has requested we move to more modern host system at much reduced monthly cost over standard rates (getting it free for past 10 years); have not yet received proposal.
===== Free SSL Certificates =====
* 2017-01-30 for FEBRUARY
* Proposed to test at one site; can do implementation during a meeting as a presentation/group exercise. Will test 4 months before switching to another site. Directive to redirect will have to wait until very end.
* 2017-06-05 for JUNE
* LetsEncrypt certs
* Amber is too old -- CentOS 5 is too old for basic installation. VM; no access to console. VM is running on Contegix system. Upgrading OS is hard to do; will instead move to new machine (Nick)
* LetsEncrypt could be set up on Bud
* 2017-06-26 for JULY
* 2017-07-31 for AUGUST
* 2017-08-28 for SEPTEMBER
* 2017-10-02
* 2017-10-30 for NOVEMBER
* 2017-12-04
* 2018-01-02
* 2018-02-06
* 2018-03-05
* :?:
===== Web Site Maintenance =====
* 2017-01-02
* 2017-01-30 For FEB
* Andrew suggests content management system on Linux website.
* 2017-02-27 For MARCH
* Stan R: No progress
* 2017-04-03 For APRIL
* Gary M: No progress
* 2017-06-05 for JUNE
* [[http://www.sluug.org/hitreport/| hitreport]] shows details of web traffic
* 2017-06-26 for JULY
* 2017-07-31 for AUGUST
* 2017-08-28 for SEPTEMBER
* 2017-10-02
* Stan's the magician
* 2017-10-30 for NOVEMBER
* Stan R deleted home page access to old volunteering page. It may have had an archaic e-mail address as we never received anything from it.
* Stan R made some edits on Special Interest Group (SIG) drop down. The sLUGs SIG web page indicates end of meetings, much like other discontinued SIGs.
* Stan R & Don E will coordinate addition of video links to home page and/or G+ page by December Steercom meeting.
* 2017-12-04
* STLWEBDEV.ORG domain was automatically renewed
* Stan R is asking why we're supporting the domain other than for their mailing list. He receives email, but has never been able to post on the list. Not sure how to sign up for the list.
* Gary saw on Meetup.com a group name that sounds dedicated to the same topic. Will this one continue, or be absorbed into the Meetup?
* 2018-01-02
* 2018-02-06
* Copyright date on web page footer changed.
* Appearance of the drop down list of Special Interest Groups (SIGs) has been completely cleaned up by removing defunct groups.
* Stan R has been experimenting with altering the SLUUG General Meeting [[http://www.sluug.org/|current design]] with new structure [[http://www.sluug.org/test/|TEST design]].
* This structure is same as the one Andrew Latham provided for the STL LUG and is now being used for all of our active LUGs.
* Have not yet been able to figure out color scheme coding.
* Setting the right sequence of sections for smart phone display will be important; but, is proving to be quite hard to manipulate.
* Most sections look fine on desktop FireFox browser display; but, some are missing on smart phone display possibly because of considerable errors in HTML.
* 2018-03-05
* Stan R had wrong meeting date on SLUUG main page (it still showed January date) and failed to update SLUUG February topics on MEETUP page.
* Lee Lammert updated SLUUG February topics on the MEETUP page.
* Above errors, delays and omissions may have affected SLUUG general meeting February attendance.
* ANNOUNCE for the week and our Google Calendar entries had correct information.
* :?:
===== Internet Presence (Social Media) =====
* 2017-01-30
* A total of 273 have joined with our MEETUP.COM site (as of 29 Jan)
* Note that some people RSVP on Meetup and don't show up. Inflates their LinkedIn stats.
* 2017-02-27 For MARCH
* A total of 285 have joined with our MEETUP.COM site (as of 27 Feb)
* Ken has offered to put out a call for help for volunteers to work with us setting up our social media presence.
* 2017-06-26 for JULY
* 2017-07-31 for AUGUST
* 2017-08-28 for SEPTEMBER
* 2017-10-02
* 2017-10-30 for NOVEMBER
* A total of 325 have joined with our MEETUP.COM site (as of 30 Oct)
* 2017-12-04
* A total of 336 have joined with our MEETUP.COM site (as of 30 Nov)
* There is a new interface structure to MEETUP.COM maintenance, making changes difficult.
* Example: Deleting duplicate information for SLACC meetings was hard to do and MIGHT have inadvertently sent cancellation messages.
* We continue to need someone to help utilize MEETUP.COM resource.
* Maintenance to MEETUP.COM is not done with scripts. It is user interface intensive. ~ stanr
* (Stan) -- Hate the world. Except for chocolate. Should we be on FaceBook or Slack for social media interaction?
* 2018-01-02
* As of 31 December a total of 340 have joined with our MEETUP.COM site. See counts in the Other Kinda Stuff Report above.
* (Stan) -- Meetup is a PITA and he ends up missing things.
* 2018-02-06
* A total of 348 have joined with our MEETUP.COM site, as of this January. Compared to 273 last January.
* See https://www.meetup.com/Saint-Louis-Unix-Users-Group/
* 2018-03-05
* A total of 360 have joined with our MEETUP.COM site, as of this February. Compared to ??? last February.
* Unknown number have actually attended.
===== Uploading Presentations =====
* 2017-01-02
* Uploaded some presentations at request - Andrew Latham
* 2017-02-27 For MARCH
* Videos of March LUG uploaded to https://goo.gl/photos/EUcos7PJKvkB18yw7
* 2017-06-05 for JUNE
* Don has sent link to May presentations to steercom
* Link: https://goo.gl/photos/iSyk5WZH8KZVpZ5A6
* Don is working on general solution to organize videos for display
* 2017-06-26 for JULY
* 2017-07-31 for AUGUST
* 2017-08-28 for SEPTEMBER
* 2017-10-02
* 2017-10-30 for NOVEMBER
* 2017-12-04
* (Don) -- need to practice posting videos on G+
* 2018-01-02
* Don is presenting on this on Wed Jan 10
* 2018-02-06
* Stan R gave 1 TB USB Hard Drive to Don E for copying video and voice files.
* 2018-03-05
* Don brought HD back to Stan so he can mess around with it and get something done.
===== Web Camera and Microphone =====
* 2017-06-05 for JUNE
* Don is using iPhone and iPhone with external cardioid microphone for recordings
* Not streaming; videos are uploaded and shared
* 2017-06-26 for JULY
* 2017-07-31 for AUGUST
* 2017-08-28 for SEPTEMBER
* 2017-10-02
* 2017-10-30 for NOVEMBER
* Don E will be procuring an external microphone for use with iPhone recorder, coordinating with Lee
* 2017-12-04
* (Don) -- Lee suggested I contact Guitar Center for suggestions on microphones.
* 2018-01-02
* 2018-02-06
* 2018-03-05
* See how Stan's editing comes out and decide if we need to buy more.
===== Sponsorships =====
* 2017-01-30
* Andrew & Lee: need to find a way to tell sponsors how they can donate.
* Stan: We need to set up a page to accept donations. He will change Volunteer page to a link to accept donations (Square)
* 2017-02-27 For MARCH
* Cupcakes & doughnuts for LUG meeting. Were brought for PHP and passed some on to us.
* 2017-06-26 for JULY
* 2017-07-31 for AUGUST
* 2017-08-28 for SEPTEMBER
* 2017-10-02
* 2017-10-30 for NOVEMBER
* Lee has spoken with Elizabeth Laspe; maybe she can help with Nick & Elena's meeting?
* 2018-01-02
* 2018-02-06
* 2018-03-05
* :?:
===== Handouts =====
* 2017-02-27 For MARCH
* Need someone to work with Stan preparing handouts for SUSE Expert days
* Raspberry Pi day at Science Center 3/11
* First Friday at Science Center
* 2017-06-26 for JULY
* 2017-07-31 for AUGUST
* 2017-08-28 for SEPTEMBER
* 2017-10-02
* 2017-10-30 for NOVEMBER
* 2017-12-04
* 2018-01-02
* 2018-02-06
* 2018-03-05
* :?:
===== We Need Help =====
* Need new members who want to do stuff. Same as every month.
* 2017-01-02
* 2017-02-27 For MARCH
* 2017-05-01 For MAY
* Gary asked Rich Seibel to volunteer a couple of his students to help us with social media
* Bob asked: How do people find out about this group? Answer: I wish we knew
* 2017-06-26 for JULY
* 2017-07-31 for AUGUST
* 2017-08-28 for SEPTEMBER
* 2017-10-02
* 2017-10-30 for NOVEMBER
* 2017-12-04
* 2018-01-02
* Lee has clipboard; has to give it to Don for entry into minutes
* Stan has been snowed under & would like help updating list of previous presentations
* 2018-02-06
* 2018-03-05
* :?:
====== New Business ======
===== Any New Business =====
* 2018-03-05
* :?:
====== Recognize Useful Efforts ======
* When somebody does something to help!
* 2018-03-05
* Stan pulled together agenda & kept things going
* Dave gave great talk at LUG meeting
* Lee did great job shilling for Dave
* Stan brought HDD for me to copy videos to
* I got the videos copied to HDD
====== Blue Sky Ideas ======
* Food for thought
* Some ideas should be recorded.
* Some ideas are Off-The-Record ~ NOT TO BE RECORDED!
* 2018-03-05
* :?:
====== Recurring Requirements ======
* April 2018 - First Saturday, reserve rooms at St. Louis County Library Branches.
* May 2018 - IRS Form 990-N for Tax Exempt Status. e-postcard.
* June 2018 - BuddyNS SLUUG account due
* June 2018 - Missouri Annual Report for Corporate Legal Status due.
* https://bsd.sos.mo.gov/BusinessEntity/BusinessEntityDetail.aspx?page=beSearch&ID=681250
* July 2018 - SLUUG.ORG domain is domain automatic renewal? Is it with Dotster?
* October 2018 - First Saturday, reserve rooms at St. Louis County Library Branches.
* December 2018 - STLWEBDEV.ORG is domain automatic renewal?
* January 2019 - STLLINUX.ORG domain automatic renewal.
* February 2019 - SLUUG Annual Board meeting and elections.
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====== 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.
* Don Ellis - upload older videos to Google Photos and/or Google Docs & publish links
* Lee Lammert - Check on running joint meeting with WEBDEV folks.
* Gary Meyer - Build spreadsheet to track domain name registrations. http://bgp.he.net/ip/207.223.253.71#_dns
* Gary Meyer - Did not follow up with Noel about transferring the SLACC.COM domain to us.
* SLACC.COM is now in use by someone else.
* SLACC.ORG could be registered. SLACC.ORG available for sale ~ only $499
* Lee Lammert - Reminder: If anyone needs SLUUG critical info, it's stored on Amber /home/admin
* Stan R. - Remind Gary Meyer to bring Penguins to meetings and hand out pamphlets.
* Stan & Gary should get together and discuss how announce is done
* Gary & Stan will volunteer run the nomination committee for elections