====== SLUUG Steering Committee Agenda - 4 June 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 ====== June 2018 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 * Tuesday, June 4, 2018 * 6:30 PM - 8:20 PM ====== Attendees ====== Listed alphabetically by last name: * Don Ellis * David Forrest :?: * Ken Johnson * Lee Lammert * Gary Meyer * Stan Reichardt :?: * Steve Stegmann * Andrew St. Clair ====== Agenda Changes ====== * Are there any additions, deletions, or other changes to sequence of items in the prepared agenda? * 2018-06-04 * :?: ====== 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. * 2018-04-02 * We did some of that during March meeting. Seemed to help improve recording somewhat. * 2018-04-30 for MAY * 2018-06-04 * ====== Treasurer Report ====== ^ Balance as of 1 April | $5,164.39 | ^ Library rooms | $ -20.00 | ^ Extension cords for LUG (Walmart) | $ -32.61 | ^ Work night pizza (Imo's) | $ -49.80 | ^ Balance as of 30 April | $5,061.96 | * May 2018 - IRS Form 990-N for Tax Exempt Status. e-postcard. Done. * 2018-06-04 * ====== Calendar Report ====== * [[http://www.sluug.org/resources/calendar|SLUUG Calendar]] is a Google Calendar available on our web site. * This is a calendar of technical events in the Greater St. Louis area and surrounding regions. * Not all events are official/sponsored SLUUG events. * Items have been added and corrected by Stan R, Gary Meyer and Don Ellis. * Items listed on this calendar feed the ANNOUNCE weekly mailing. * Events on HIATUS are NOT counted! Historical items are NOT counted! Only face to face meetings are counted! * Count of number of events listed, each month, as of end of May 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 ^ 177 ^ 166 ^ 179 ^ 162 | 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 May 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 | Mar | Apr | May |^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 | 6 | 7 | 6 |^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 | 7 | 9 | 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 | 13 | 18 | 15 |^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 | 13 | ?? | 13 |^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 | 8 | 11 | 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 May 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 | Mar | Apr | May |^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 | 543 | 543 | 545 |^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 | 187 | 187 | 187 |^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 | 33 | 33 | 32 |^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 | 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 ^ Dec | Jan | Apr | Jul | Oct | Nov | Dec ^ Jan ^ Feb ^ Mar ^ Apr ^ May ^ Jun ^ Jul ^ Aug ^ Sep ^ Oct ^ Nov ^ Dec | Jan| Feb | Mar | Apr | May ||Other | ^ MEETUP | 39 | 59 | 77 | 92 | 172 ^ 179 | xxx | xxx | xxx | 259 | xxx ^ 273 | 285 | 291 | 299 | 301 | 302 | 304 | 315 | 319 | 325 | 336 | 340 ^ 348| 360 | 367 | 372 ^ 375 ||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 Comments ====== ===== May 2018 ===== May 2018 Su Mo Tu We Th Fr Sa 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 29 30 31 ==== SLACC - 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]] * VENUE Graybar Electric Company Inc., 11885 Lackland Road, St. Louis MO 63146 * Since Chuck Doolittle was out of town, Valerie Bacon agreed to act as host for this meeting * BASE (Personal Computing): * Dave Forrest: What the heck is ARIN? * If you want a public IP, you really need to know. * American Registry of Internet Numbers * Dave sent note to director of member services for ARIN. She responded with very nice reply. * MAIN (Enterprise Computing): * Scott Grannemann: How to Judge a Website * Stan: it was really good. * Gary: different points are key for different clients. * Dave: agrees that comment on cancel vs accept and strange cancel functions are serious issue. ==== 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: Stephen Lembark -- Introduction to using Amazon's AWS virtual machines * Lee: very informative. Dave agrees. ==== 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 * Stan: Wonderful meeting. Have no idea what happened. Gary was there too. Got into big conversation with Phil. ====== Schedule ====== ===== June 2018 ===== June 2018 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 - June 4 ==== * Link to [[/steercom/minutes|past minutes and agenda]]. * Link to [[/steercom/potential]] tutorials, topics and speakers. * NOTE: Steering Committee meets on Monday of the week prior to (9 days) General Meeting. * ==== ARIN On The Run meeting - June 5 ==== Tuesday, 5 June 2018 10:00 AM - 3:30 PM St. Louis, MO (Hilton St. Louis at the Arch) ==== SLACC - June 7 ==== * [[http://slacc.sluug.org/|SLACC]] usually holds a Linux configuration workshop - no presentation * VENUE St. Louis County Library Rock Road Branch ==== SLUUG - June 13 ==== * [[http://www.sluug.org/|SLUUG General Meeting]] * VENUE Graybar Electric Company Inc., 11885 Lackland Road, St. Louis MO 63146 * BASE (Personal Computing): * Steve Stegman: How to build a C program in a nice GUI (NetBeans) * :?: * MAIN (Enterprise Computing): * Dave Forrest: IPv6 Addressing * Alternative * Steve -- Raspberry Pi mail system to replace existing enterprise grade email system * Lee -- Raspberry Pi on Desktop * :?: ==== STLLUG - June 21 ==== * [[http://www.stllinux.org/|STLLUG]] is the St. Louis Linux Users Group. * VENUE Nick and Elena's Pizzeria, 3007 Woodson Rd, Overland, MO 63114 * The following topic has been listed on the web site as tentative for either June or July. Stan R would prefer waiting for July if we can find something else for June. * Shootout with current distros (various artists -- bring your favorite) * Some major distros (top 20 or so on [[http://DistroWatch.com|Distrowatch]]) either have been or are in the process of coming out with new releases. * MX-Linux 17.1 was released 14 March. * TrueOS 18.03 (formerly PC-BSD) was released 30 March. * Antergos 18.4 was released 2 April. * Ubuntu 18.04 Long Term Support (LTS) series distros were released 26 April. * Includes beginner friendly Ubuntu-Mate among many others. * Manjaro 17.1.9 released on 28 April. * Fedora 28 was released 1 May. * CentOS 7-1804 was release 10 May. * OpenSUSE 15 Leap was released 25 May. * LinuxMint 19 series BETA (based on Ubuntu 18.04 LTS) was just released today (4 June). * Elementary OS 5.0 Juno nearing BETA release (maybe in June). * OpenELEC (Stan) * SuSE (Lee) -- remind Lee to show BitWarden * Mint 19 released 4 Jun (Stan) * :?: ==== Hazelwood - June 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 * VENUE St. Louis County Library Bridgeton Trails Branch ===== July 2018 ===== July 2018 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 - July 2 ==== * Link to [[/steercom/minutes|past minutes and agenda]]. * Link to [[/steercom/potential]] tutorials, topics and speakers. * NOTE: Steering Committee meets on Monday of the week prior to (9 days) General Meeting. * ==== SLACC - July 5 ==== * [[http://slacc.sluug.org/|SLACC]] usually holds a Linux configuration workshop - no presentation * VENUE St. Louis County Library Rock Road Branch ==== SLUUG - July 11 ==== * [[http://www.sluug.org/|SLUUG General Meeting]] * VENUE Graybar Electric Company Inc., 11885 Lackland Road, St. Louis MO 63146 * BASE (Personal Computing): * To Be Determined (TBD) * :?: * MAIN (Enterprise Computing): * Tentative: Lee -- Raspberry Pi on Desktop (KODI or OpenELEC) * Tentative Alternative * Steve -- Raspberry Pi mail system to replace existing enterprise grade email system * Tentative: Andrew St Clair -- report on upgrade to SLUUG email system ==== STLLUG - July 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 - July 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 * VENUE St. Louis County Library Rock Road Branch ==== STEERCOM - July 30 for AUGUST ==== * Link to [[/steercom/minutes|past minutes and agenda]]. * Link to [[/steercom/potential]] tutorials, topics and speakers. * NOTE: Steering Committee meets on Monday of the week prior to (9 days) General Meeting. * ===== August 2018 ===== August 2018 Su Mo Tu We Th Fr Sa 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 29 30 31 ==== SLACC - August 2 ==== * [[http://slacc.sluug.org/|SLACC]] usually holds a Linux configuration workshop - no presentation * VENUE St. Louis County Library Rock Road Branch ==== SLUUG - August 8 ==== * [[http://www.sluug.org/|SLUUG General Meeting]] * VENUE Graybar Electric Company Inc., 11885 Lackland Road, St. Louis MO 63146 * BASE (Personal Computing): * To Be Determined (TBD) * :?: * MAIN (Enterprise Computing): * To Be Determined (TBD) * :?: ==== STLLUG - August 16 ==== * [[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 - August 28 ==== * [[http://hzwlug.sluug.org |HZWLUG]] topics are usually determined by attendees. We usually cover more than one topic. * VENUE St. Louis County Library Rock Road Branch (will change yet again next month) * Web site lists a number of topics to provide general directions from which to take off ===== September 2018 ===== September 2018 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 ==== Labor Day - September 3 ==== ==== STEERCOM - When should session be held for SEPTEMBER? ==== * Link to [[/steercom/minutes|past minutes and agenda]]. * Link to [[/steercom/potential]] tutorials, topics and speakers. * NOTE: Steering Committee usually meets on Monday of the week prior to (9 days) General Meeting. * **NOTE: This would cause the meeting to fall on Labor Day** * :?: ====== Old Business ====== ===== Server Admin ===== * SUMMARY: We put up a server on the Internet for email, it grew, and now we have to maintain it. * * 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. * 2018-04-02 * Mike Knight has been cleaning house to reduce volume [of Gary's email] that needs to be migrated * Lee has been discussing terms with Contegix for continued service * Lee has explored Digital Ocean -- they can't send valid confirmation mail * Lee is willing to put up server in Bat Cave * Lee will attempt a June 30 target date for migration * 2018-04-30 for MAY * We have new VPS (Virtual Private Server) -- Michelob, abbreviation "m" * Located in Bat Cave * Debian 9 * See Lee for access * Set goal to configure Michelob to go live by end of May * Work days to be scheduled * Web first half May * email & mailing lists second half May * 2018-06-04 * BOCK Transition team met in Bat Cave on Wednesday 23 and Wednesday 30 May. Next session will be Wednesday 6 June. * Bock transition Team members Chuck Doolittle, Don Ellis (23 May), Mike Knight, Lee Lammert, Andrew St Clair, Stan Reichardt, and Steve Stegmann * Chuck Doolittle volunteered to set up *automated* LetsEncrypt free SSL certificates for websites on BOCK. * Andrew: We have running todo list on sysadmin tasks ===== Web Site SLUUG.ORG Maintenance ===== * SUMMARY: Our traditional Internet presence is with our main [[http://www.sluug.org/|SLUUG web site]]. * 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. * 2018-04-02 * 2018-04-30 for MAY * Stan R has updated SLACC and Hazelwood meeting dates on respective update pages. * 2018-06-04 * Stan R is updating HTML pages on BOCK. * Special Interest Group meeting sites SLACC, STLLINUX and Hazelwood have been updated for June. * General meeting home page is a work in progress. What sponsor do I remove? * Lee: better question is "what sponsors do I keep?" * :?: ===== Web Site MEETUP.COM Maintenance ===== * SUMMARY: We have presence on [[https://www.meetup.com/Saint-Louis-Unix-Users-Group/|MEETUP.COM]]. * 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 R -- 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. * 2018-04-02 * A total of 367 have joined with our MEETUP.COM site, as of this March. Compared to 291 last March. * Stan wants someone else to respond to email inquiries and update calendar entries * One person attended March SLUUG meeting due to Meetup contact * 2018-04-30 for MAY * A total of 372 have joined with our MEETUP.COM site, as of this April. Compared to 299 last April. * 2018-06-04 * Transferred other social media issues to separate category. * We continue to need someone to help utilize MEETUP.COM resource. * :?: ===== Internet Presence on Other Social Media ===== * SUMMARY: We presume that our single web site isn't enough to draw younger crowd. * * 2017-02-27 * In February 2017 Ken offered to put out a call for help for volunteers to work with us setting up our social media presence. * 2017-12-04 * (Stan R) -- Hate the world. Except for chocolate. Should we be on FaceBook or Slack for social media interaction? * 2018-06-04 * Internet Presence on Social Media other than MEETUP.COM site needs to be addressed separately. * Transferred other social media issues from Internet Presence to separate stanzas here. * We have no presence on FACEBOOK or TWITTER. * We have lost control of our presence on GOOGLE+ and YOUTUBE. We don't even know how to count anything there. * See counts in the Other Kinda Stuff Report above. * :?: ===== ANNOUNCE Mailing List ===== * SUMMARY: The ANNOUNCE mailing is a weekly extract of our SLUUG GOOGLE calendar of events. * HISTORY: The subscriber list has been populated from attendance sheets by a nominating subscription process. * * 2018-04-30 for MAY * Stan found himself remiss in nominating attendee email addresses from attendance sheets. * Procrastination is ugly. Until this weekend, none of email addresses for all of 2017 were nominated to ANNOUNCE and DISCUSS mailing lists. * Suggest we emphasise self registration at each meeting by way of our [[http://www.sluug.org/mailman/listinfo/ | web resource sign up pages]]. * Print more cards with sign up procedure to hand out at meetings * If nobody other than Stan R will build weekly ANNOUNCE mailing, why bother with ANNOUNCE list? * 2018-06-04 * At a few meetings in May we pointed new attendees to self registration by way of our [[http://www.sluug.org/mailman/listinfo/ | web resource sign up pages]]. * With the transition from AMBER to BOCK we switched to using web pages on BOCK where mailing list sign ups are broken. * Magnanimous Mike Knight provided a DNS procedure with local /etc/host which provided a work-around process. * Stan R (was able|was not able) to send out the ANNOUNCE mailing using that work-around process. * Andrew St Clair wrote a script to help massage ANNOUNCE text; but, GOOGLE changed calendar text structure, negating effort. * Gary M never got together with Stan R to see how ANNOUNCE was assembled and deployed (Outstanding action item since 2017-06). * :?: ===== Camera and Microphone ===== * SUMMARY: We try to record many of our meetings. * * 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. * 2018-04-02 * Don acquired 2 GoPro Hero4 cameras for evaluation. * Don will visit Schiller again to get quote for solution to requirements * Need external power, microphone, auxiliary lens, & remoter control for two cameras * Will get quote so we can allocate funds * 2018-04-30 for MAY * Don returned 2 GoPro Hero4 * one DOA * second camera demonstrated that file format is too bulky * second camera was defective * Don acquired directional microphone and mic mount for iPhone, and tripod for mic mounted assembly * Don is testing revised configuration * 2018-06-04 * Don: No progress yet -- will revisit next month ===== Uploading Presentations ===== * SUMMARY: We have recorded many of our past meetings and made them available on the Internet. * * 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 GOOGLE+ * 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 R so he can mess around with it and get something done. * 2018-04-02 * With any luck, Stan R will report progress before moving to Vegas * 2018-04-30 for MAY * Stan R has not yet made progress * 2018-06-04 * Stan: HD is still in plastic bag ===== Sponsorships ===== * SUMMARY: We seek financial support from the tech community. * HISTORY: We are not good at it. * * 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 * 2018-04-02 * 2018-04-30 for MAY * 2018-06-04 * Nada ===== Library Room Reservations ===== * SUMMARY: Room reservations at Saint Louis County Library Branches are available on each first Saturday of October and April. * HISTORY: We routinely reserve and pay fees for monthly SIG meetings at various Saint Louis County Library Branches. * * 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. * 2018-04-02 * Needed by SLACC and HZWLUG for last half of year * Stan & Phil have it under control * 2018-04-30 for MAY * Phil Bunch had success with all SLACC meeting dates and using Rock Road locations. Stan missed Saturday registration for HZWLUG. * All preferred Prairie Commons dates were Library reserved anyway, and differing dates and locations had to be found. The Indian Trails Branch messed up confirmations. * STL County Library Reservation made for SLACC and HZWLUG done, two payments still needed. i * Our web page schedules updated, still need to update location information on our Google calendar and all MEETUP information. * Problem with activating new Regions bank card used to make payments. * 2018-06-04 * Was able to pay for rooms with new Regions bank card; but, one of the meetings may not be properly credited by library. * The new Regions bank card may need to be realigned with different Federal account number. * :?: ===== Handouts ===== * SUMMARY: We have informational handout PDFs available [[http://www.sluug.org/resources/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 * 2018-04-02 * 2018-04-30 for MAY * Would be nice to have handouts to leave at ARIN meeting * Handouts would be excellent test of capabilities of Lee's new printer * 2018-06-04 * Does anyone NOT KNOW where to get our handouts, so that they could print and fold them? * :?: ===== We Need Help ===== * SUMMARY: We don't have enough volunteers to do everything consistently. * * 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 * 2018-04-02 * During Xmas break, grad student from Mississippi came to SNUG, SLUUG, & Linux. Gary needs to reach out to him and request the help he offered. Check sign up sheets from meetings. * Gary expresses concern that we're not getting new members. Need to find ways to connect. Do we need to cut back on presentations or find new people? * 2018-04-30 for MAY * Two or three potential new members among new attendees * 2018-06-04 * :?: ====== New Business ====== ===== Any New Business ===== * 2018-06-04 * Thoughts about announcing workshops for summer meetings instead of actual topics. Prevent having to develop presentations. OTOH, would be helpful to have topics for the workshops, so not zero effort. ====== Recognize Useful Efforts ====== * When somebody does something to help! * 2018-06-04 * Bock transition Team members Chuck Doolittle, Don Ellis (23 May), Mike Knight, Lee Lammert, Andrew St Clair, Stan Reichardt, and Steve Stegmann * :?: ====== Blue Sky Ideas ====== * Food for thought * Some ideas are Off-The-Record ~ NOT TO BE RECORDED! * Some ideas should be publicized.~ SHOULD BE RECORDED! * 2018-06-04 * In order to not record or start recording, record operator needs to be notified. ====== Recurring Requirements ====== * June 2018 - BuddyNS SLUUG account due * Lee is updating account * June 2018 - Missouri Annual Report for Corporate Legal Status due. * https://bsd.sos.mo.gov/BusinessEntity/BusinessEntityDetail.aspx?page=beSearch&ID=681250 * Lee is considering changing mailing address * July 2018 - SLUUG.ORG domain is domain automatic renewal? Is it with Dotster? * Lee is going to update credit card info * 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. * April 2019 - First Saturday, reserve rooms at St. Louis County Library Branches. * May 2019 - 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. * 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. See http://bgp.he.net/ip/207.223.253.71#_dns * Gary Meyer ~ Email Lee to remind him about WebDev mailing list. * 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 and Gary should get together and discuss how ANNOUNCE is done