====== SLUUG Steering Committee Agenda - 2 January 2019 ======
NOTE: Minutes posted on the Wiki are always unofficial.
Schedules for upcoming presentations are always tentative.
(Some more tentative than others!)
====== Location ======
Panera ~ 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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====== Start Meeting ======
* Wednesday, January 2, 2019
* Meeting called to order.
* Time: 6:50pm
====== 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?
* 2019-01-02
* :?:
====== 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
* 2018-07-02
* 2018-07-30 for AUGUST
* 2018-08-27 for SEPTEMBER
* 2018-10-01
* 2018-11-07
* Gary is in Long Island, attending remotely
* 2018-12-03
* Gary is in Long Island, attending remotely
* 2019-01-02
* :?:
====== Treasurer Report ======
^ Balance as of 1 November | |$4,594.88 |
^ Balance as of 30 November | | $4,594.88 |
====== 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 December 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 | 165 | 147 | 176 | 166 | 184 | 163 ^ 113 ^ 2018 ^
^ 2019 | ??? | ??? | ??? | ??? | ??? | ??? | ??? | ??? | ??? | ??? | ??? | ??? ^ 2018 ^
* xxx - numbers not yet recorded.
* ??? - Future Numbers.
* Stopped counting general StL County Library events in May 2016.
* Re-counted April 2016 without library events.
====== Subscriber Report ======
* SUMMARY Mailing List Report combined with MEETUP membership count, now called Subscriber Report.
* Subscriber numbers (approximate) as of end of December 2018:
^ Year ^ ^ ^ ^ ^ ^ '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 |List |
^ MEETUP ^ 273 | 285 | 291 | 299 | 301 | 302 | 304 | 315 | 319 | 325 | 336 | 340 ^ 348 | 360 | 367 | 372 | 375 | 377 | 385 | 390 | 393 | 402 | 408 | 416 ^MEETUP |
^ ANNOUNCE ^ 582 | 580 | 575 | 570 | 569 | 569 | 569 | 568 | 566 | 562 | 562 | 559 ^ 556 | 544 | 543 | 543 | 545 | 542 | 535 | 534 | 533 | 531 | 531 | 533 ^ANNOUNCE|
^ DISCUSS ^ 197 | 196 | 193 | 190 | 191 | 192 | 191 | 192 | 191 | 189 | 188 | 189 ^ 188 | 188 | 187 | 187 | 187 | 187 | 187 | 185 | 184 | 184 | 185 | 183 ^DISCUSS |
^ STEERCOM ^ 36 | 36 | 35 | 34 | 34 | 34 | 34 | 34 | 33 | 33 | 33 | 33 ^ 33 | 33 | 33 | 33 | 32 | 32 | 32 | 32 | 32 | 31 | 31 | 31 ^STEERCOM|
^ SYSADMIN ^ 20 | 20 | 20 | 23 | 23 | 23 | 23 | 23 | 22 | 22 | 22 | 22 ^ 22 | 22 | 22 | 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 were not recorded.
* - - dash indicates list did not previously exist.
* We do NOT have any account access or control to our presence and videos on Google+ or YouTube.
* We do NOT know how or what to count in Google+ NOR do we know how to metric videos.
* We do NOT know how or what to count in YouTube NOR do we know how to metric videos.
* No way to change meeting dates or set temporary hiatus in Google+
====== Attendance Report ======
* Hazelwood LUG renamed to Newcomer LUG.
* 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 December 2018:
^ Year ^ ^ ^ ^ ^ ^ '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 |Meeting ^
^ Steercom ^ 8 | 6 | 8 | 6 | 7 | 7 | 5 | 6 | 6 | 4 | 6 | 3 ^ 7 | 3 | 6 | 7 | 6 | 6 | 5| 5 | 7 | 5 | 5 | 4 ^Steercom |
^ SLACC ^ 7 | 12 | 10 | 5 | 7 | (10)| 6 | 7 | 8 | 11 | ?? | 6 ^ 6 | 6 | 7 | 9 | 6 | 6 | 7| 6 | 7 | 4 | 4 | 5 ^SLACC |
^ SLUUG ^ 20 | 17 | 24 | 17 | 10 | 13 | 7 | 13 | 12 | 21 | 14 | 16 ^ 14 | 13 | 13 | 18 | 15 | 11 | 8| 15 | 14 | 14 | 10 | 13 ^SLUUG |
^ STLLUG ^ 14 | 15 | 18 | 14 | 15 | 14 | 18 | 16 | 16 | 12 | (27)| ?? ^ 12 | 8 | 13 | 11 | 13 | 10 | 11| 15 | 13 | ?? | 9 | 9 ^STLLUG |
^ NEWLUG ^ 9 | 10 | ? | 7 | 7 | 8 | 7 | 5 | 8 | 5 | 7 | 9 ^ 8 | 11 | 8 | 11 | 11 | 9 | 10| 12 | 9 | 7 | 10 | 5 ^NEWLUG |
^ sLUGs ^ 9 | 6 | 10 | 4 | 3 | 3 | 4 | 4 | 3 | * | * | * ^ * | * | * | * | * | * | *| * | * | * | * | * ^sLUGs |
^ SNUG SuSE^ 12 | 9 | 9 | 7 | 6 | 8 | 5 | 8 | 8 | 6 | 8 | 12 ^ * | * | * | * | * | * | *| * | * | * | * | * ^SNUG SuSe|
* xx - attendance was taken, numbers not yet recorded.
* ?? - Question marks indicate attendance not taken or sheet missing.
* () - Number in parentheses is head count. Use head count if greater than attendance sheet count (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.
====== Meeting Review Comments ======
===== December 2018 =====
December 2018
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==== STEERCOM - December 3 ====
* HISTORY: Steering Committee usually meets on Monday of the week prior to (9 days) General Meeting.
* VENUE Panera ~ St. Louis Bread Co., 10550 Old Olive Street Rd, Creve Coeur, MO 63141
* Link to [[/steercom/minutes|past minutes and agenda]].
* Link to [[/steercom/potential]] tutorials, topics and speakers.
* :?:
==== SLACC - December 6 ====
* [[http://slacc.sluug.org/|SLACC]] usually holds a Linux configuration workshop - no presentation
* VENUE St. Louis County Library Rock Road Branch
==== Annual Tech Bowling Party - December 10 ====
* VENUE Moolah Lanes, 3821 Lindell Blvd # 2, St. Louis, MO 63108
==== SLUUG - December 12 ====
* [[http://www.sluug.org/|SLUUG General Meeting]]
* VENUE Graybar Electric Company Inc., 11885 Lackland Road, St. Louis MO 63146
* BASE (Personal Computing):
* Automatic (and free) video captioning (by Don Ellis)
* COORDINATOR: Don Ellis
* CONFIRMED: YES
*
* TENTATIVE: Ryan Coleman of Paradowski= Slack presenter via Gary Meyer
* RColeman@Paradowski.com. (314)349-7489 349 Marshall Ave. Webster 63119
* Lee: takes about 10 minutes to explain Slack
* Ryan had scheduling conflicts in both Oct & Nov (per Gary on Tues Oct 2).
* VERY TENTATIVE: Dustin Turpin, host of Open Street Map: How to be a good Slack user
* Was not available for November, out of town. Focusing on finishing up his semester. Per email reply 2018-11-07
* All about Slack. Describes his material as only taking 10-15 minutes.
* As of 11/7, Dustin looks available for December 12, but not committed yet
* Ryan also only 10-15 minutes
* Consider joint presentation
* Gary: One or both might not show
* :?:
* MAIN (Enterprise Computing):
* Networking 101 (by Dave Forrest)
* COORDINATOR: Dave Forrest
* CONFIRMED: YES
* TENTATIVE: Apple interfaces and accessories for audio & video (by Don)
* TENTATIVE: Bill Odom could say something about vim.
* Note: Stan served Penguin Cheddar Snack Crackers!
==== NEWLUG - December 18 (Third Tuesday) ====
* Hazelwood LUG renamed to Newcomer LUG.
* Note: We changed name to reflect that this LUG rarely meets in Hazelwood.
* [[http://newlug.sluug.org |NEWLUG]] Our Linux Users Group for Linux Newcomers.
*
* TOPICS are usually determined by attendees. We usually cover more than one topic.
* NEWLUG home page lists a number of topics to provide general directions from which to take off
* VENUE St. Louis County Library Rock Road Branch
* NOTICE //Date is Holiday schedule and LOCATION is due to library issues.//
* DATE and LOCATION previously scheduled at Indian Trails. Old library reservation failed, under new system an opening was found.
* Day prior to the meeting the Library sent out reminders for both Indian Trails and Rock Road rooms.
==== STLLUG - December 20 ====
* [[https://stllug.sluug.org/|STLLUG]] is the primary St. Louis Linux Users Group.
*
* VENUE Graybar Electric Company Inc., 11885 Lackland Road, St. Louis MO 63146
* QUESTION Might holiday season cause us to lose out on this meeting space?
* ANSWER Lee contacted Nick and Elena Pizzaria and learned they had a holiday party scheduled.
* TOPIC: MySQL Workbench (by Lee Lammert)
* COORDINATOR: Lee Lammert
* CONFIRMED: YES
* Lee: If we don't do MySQL Workbench at SLUUG Main, could push it to the LUG
* Gary remembers speaking to a young couple at October meeting about doing presentation on RMS distro
* Bug Gary about following up with the guy
* :?:
==== Christmas Eve - December 24 (Monday) ====
==== Christmas Day - December 25 (Tuesday) ====
==== New Year Eve - December 31 (Monday) ====
====== Schedule ======
===== January 2019 =====
January 2019
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==== New Year Day - HOLIDAY - January 1 (Tuesday) ====
==== STEERCOM - January 2 (Wednesday) ====
//**NORMAL rotation would conflict with New Year Eve and New Year Day!!!!**//
* HISTORY Steering Committee usually meets on Monday of the week prior to (9 days) General Meeting.
* PRIMARY selected alternative is Wednesday 2nd of January
* SECONDARY considered alternative was January 7th
* VENUE Panera ~ St. Louis Bread Co., 10550 Old Olive Street Rd, Creve Coeur, MO 63141
* Link to [[/steercom/minutes|past minutes and agenda]].
* Link to [[/steercom/potential]] tutorials, topics and speakers.
* :?:
==== SLACC - January 3 ====
* [[http://slacc.sluug.org/|SLACC]] usually holds a Linux configuration workshop - no presentation
* VENUE St. Louis County Library Rock Road Branch
==== SLUUG - January 9 ====
* [[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)
* COORDINATOR: :?:
* CONFIRMED: NO
* :?:
* MAIN (Enterprise Computing):
* To Be Determined (TBD)
* COORDINATOR: :?:
* CONFIRMED: NO
* :?:
==== STLLUG - January 17 ====
* [[https://stllug.sluug.org/|STLLUG]] is the St. Louis Linux Users Group.
*
* VENUE Nick and Elena's Pizzeria, 3007 Woodson Rd, Overland, MO 63114
* Make sure that the waiter/waitress/server puts a name on every order ticket.
* TOPIC: To Be Determined (TBD)
* COORDINATOR: :?:
* CONFIRMED: NO
* :?:
==== NEWLUG - January 22 ====
* [[http://newlug.sluug.org |NEWLUG]] Our Linux Users Group for Linux Newcomers.
*
* TOPICS are usually determined by attendees. We usually cover more than one topic.
* NEWLUG home page lists a number of topics to provide general directions from which to take off
* VENUE St. Louis County Library Rock Road Branch
===== February 2019 =====
February 2019
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==== STEERCOM - February 4 ====
* HISTORY Steering Committee usually meets on Monday of the week prior to (9 days) General Meeting.
* VENUE Panera ~ St. Louis Bread Co., 10550 Old Olive Street Rd, Creve Coeur, MO 63141
* Link to [[/steercom/minutes|past minutes and agenda]].
* Link to [[/steercom/potential]] tutorials, topics and speakers.
* Start talking up the upcoming election
* talk about the board
* get people to help with operations
* get people to attend meetings
==== SLACC - February 7 ====
* [[http://slacc.sluug.org/|SLACC]] usually holds a Linux configuration workshop - no presentation
*
* Ballots should be made available.
*
* VENUE St. Louis County Library Rock Road Branch
==== SLUUG - February 13 ====
* [[http://www.sluug.org/|SLUUG General Meeting]]
*
* ANNUAL Board meeting and election.
* Ballots should be made available.
*
* VENUE Graybar Electric Company Inc., 11885 Lackland Road, St. Louis MO 63146
* BASE (Personal Computing):
* To Be Determined (TBD)
* COORDINATOR: :?:
* CONFIRMED: NO
* :?:
* MAIN (Enterprise Computing):
* To Be Determined (TBD)
* COORDINATOR: :?:
* CONFIRMED: NO
* :?:
==== STLLUG - February 21 ====
* [[https://stllug.sluug.org/|STLLUG]] is the St. Louis Linux Users Group.
*
* Ballots should be made available.
*
* REQUIRED SLUUG Annual Board Meeting and elections.
*
* VENUE Nick and Elena's Pizzeria, 3007 Woodson Rd, Overland, MO 63114
* TOPIC: OpenVAS by Tony Zafiropoulos
* COORDINATOR: Gary Meyer
* CONFIRMED: NO
* :?:
==== NEWLUG - February 26 ====
* [[http://newlug.sluug.org |NEWLUG]] Our Linux Users Group for Linux Newcomers.
*
* Ballots should be made available.
*
* TOPICS are usually determined by attendees. We usually cover more than one topic.
* NEWLUG home page lists a number of topics to provide general directions from which to take off
* VENUE St. Louis County Library Rock Road Branch
===== March 2019 =====
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==== STEERCOM - Steering Committee - March 4 ====
* HISTORY Steering Committee usually meets on Monday of the week prior to (9 days) General Meeting.
* VENUE Panera ~ St. Louis Bread Co., 10550 Old Olive Street Rd, Creve Coeur, MO 63141
* Link to [[/steercom/minutes|past minutes and agenda]].
* Link to [[/steercom/potential]] tutorials, topics and speakers.
*
* Board to count ballots and announce results
*
==== SLACC - March 7 ====
* [[http://slacc.sluug.org/|SLACC]] usually holds a Linux configuration workshop - no presentation
*
* VENUE St. Louis County Library Rock Road Branch
* Announce election results.
==== SLUUG - March 13 ====
* [[http://www.sluug.org/|SLUUG General Meeting]]
*
* Announce election results.
*
* VENUE Graybar Electric Company Inc., 11885 Lackland Road, St. Louis MO 63146
* BASE (Personal Computing):
* To Be Determined (TBD)
* COORDINATOR: :?:
* CONFIRMED: NO
* :?:
* MAIN (Enterprise Computing):
* To Be Determined (TBD)
* COORDINATOR: :?:
* CONFIRMED: NO
* :?:
==== STLLUG - March 21 ====
* [[https://stllug.sluug.org/|STLLUG]] is the St. Louis Linux Users Group.
*
* Announce election results.
*
* VENUE Nick and Elena's Pizzeria, 3007 Woodson Rd, Overland, MO 63114
* TOPIC: To Be Determined (TBD)
* COORDINATOR: :?:
* CONFIRMED: NO
* :?:
==== NEWLUG - March 26 ====
* [[http://newlug.sluug.org |NEWLUG]] Our Linux Users Group for Linux Newcomers.
*
* Announce election results.
*
* TOPICS are usually determined by attendees. We usually cover more than one topic.
* NEWLUG home page lists a number of topics to provide general directions from which to take off
* VENUE St. Louis County Library Rock Road Branch
====== Old Business ======
===== Server Admin =====
* SUMMARY: We put up a server on the Internet for email, it grew, and now we have to maintain it.
* Agenda item narratives prior to 2018 have been removed.
*
* 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
* 2018-07-02
* BOCK Transition Team met in Bat Cave on ...
* BOCK Transition Team members Chuck Doolittle, Don Ellis (23 May), Mike Knight, Lee Lammert, Andrew St Clair, Stan Reichardt, Steve Stegmann, and Gary Meyer.
* Ongoing AMBER replacement wiki [[http://wiki.sluug.org/amber_replacment| documentation]]
* NOTE Surrounding pasted notes with < code > and < / code > tags improve display ~ stanr.
* The XFER of all functions to BOCK on the VM at OMNItec (and off of Amber at Contegix) will happen **TONITE** after this SteerCom mtng. Lee has tested mail clients.
* 2018-07-30 for AUGUST
* Stan reports that we need to arrange to set up separate cert for stllug.org domain since it doesn’t match wildcard. Must be sure and continue paying for it!
* Lee points out we can set up Stllinux.org to redirect to stllinux.sluug.org and avoid the warnings.
* 2018-08-27 for SEPTEMBER
* 2018-10-01
* Bock is humming
* Lee has to install SpamAssassin
* At some time may need to move to different hosts, but that won’t affect anything other than maybe a few hours downtime.
* 2018-11-07
* November 2018 - *automated* LetsEncrypt free SSL certificates for websites on BOCK.
* Lee reported it as done in October.
* Consider that URLs www.stllinux.org and www.stllug.org both transition to http://stllug.sluug.org
* Lee: Servers are running. Still need to do email filtering.
* QUESTION (Stan): Do we have to worry about losing ownership of those two domains?
* 2018-12-03
* ANSWER (Lee): Autorenew via Dotster -- sluug, stllinux, stlwebdev
* 2019-01-02
* Lee Lammert and Mike Knight working on SpamAssassin. Extensive plan developed by Mike Knight.
* QUESTION (Stan): Do we have to worry about losing ownership of the stllug.org domains?
* ANSWER
* :?:
===== Rename HZWLUG to NEWLUG =====
* 2018-12-03
* QUESTION: Is there any new business to consider?
* YES, Stan R would like to rename the Hazelwood LUG to the Newcomer LUG.
* BACKGROUND: Phil Bunch commented that the November HZWLUG was finally meeting in Hazelwood.
* Stan R and Gary Meyer discussed, realized that the Hazelwood LUG name was confusing to new attendees.
* Stan R would like to transition web site from https://hzwlug.sluug.org/ to https://newlug.sluug.org/.
* Stan R would rather use term newcomer instead of newbie or beginner whenever possible.
* Consensus: Lee, Dave, Don, & Gary concur
* 2019-01-02
* Chuck and Lee made DNS changes.
* Stan R duplicated HZWLUG to NEWLUG directories and made initial name changes in HTML files.
* :?:
===== Web Site SLUUG.ORG Maintenance =====
* SUMMARY: Our traditional Internet presence is with our main [[http://www.sluug.org/|SLUUG web site]].
* Agenda item narratives prior to 2018 have been removed.
*
* 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?"
* 2018-07-02
* Somehow the Sponsored Events half of the SLUUG Google Calendar lost permissions and had to be reset. That had caused loss of our abbreviated calendars on all web sites.
* Andrew Latham provided some very constructive criticism on Stan R's effort to develop future replacement main SLUUG [[http://www.sluug.org/test/|test page]].
* 2018-07-30 for AUGUST
* Stan is the magician
* Stan: what happens come January?
* Lee: we’ll just make sure Stan can’t sell the house.
* 2018-08-27 for SEPTEMBER
* 2018-10-01
* Stan R had switched main SLUUG home page style to smartphone friendlier format.
* Stanford B complained about incorrect feature. Stan R suggested Stanford B could volunteer to fix. (Sound of crickets chirping.)
* 2018-11-07
* 2018-12-03
* QUESTION: Are there any significant problems with the new home page style?
* ANSWER: (Don) I had problem selecting the Wiki from top menu. Menu vanished when I scrolled down below item #6. Menu is white text, transparent over pale blue background. I scrolled all the way to bottom to get another list of links. Dave suggested clicking on the menu head, which opens another page of links.
* 2019-01-02
* Stan R fixed error that kept website from displaying the ATTENDANCE sheets page.
* QUESTION: Are there any other broken pages?
* :?:
===== Web Site MEETUP.COM Maintenance =====
* SUMMARY: We have presence on [[https://www.meetup.com/Saint-Louis-Unix-Users-Group/|MEETUP.COM]].
* Agenda item narratives prior to 2018 have been removed.
*
* 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.
* 2018-07-02
* 2018-07-30 for AUGUST
* Stan: Meetup maintenance is a PITA
* 2018-08-27 for SEPTEMBER
* 2018-10-01
* 2018-11-07
* Gary Meyer has signed up with MEETUP. Stan R elevated him to CO-ORGANIZER status so he can maintain pages and events.
* 2018-12-03
* QUESTION: Should anyone else be elevated to CO-ORGANIZE status?
* ANSWER: (Gary) Yes. Any volunteers?
* 2019-01-02
* :?:
===== Saint Louis County 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.
* Agenda item narratives prior to 2018 have been removed.
*
* 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.
* 2018-07-02
* 2018-07-30 for AUGUST
* 2018-08-27 for SEPTEMBER
* 2018-10-01
* Saint Louis County Library Room Reservations for SLACC and HZWLUG to be made October 6
* Stan R unavailable; Phil Bunch had volunteered and Dave F. was to check in with him Tue 10/2
* Phil agreed to handle making SLACC and HZWLUG reservations. Stan R provided paperwork to Phil.
* 2018-11-07
* Library had new reservation system.
* New reservation system revealed that one December 2018 session had not been booked.
* Unfamiliar staff booked some HZWLUG meetings to wrong branch.
* Corrected reservations, confirmed all and paid all.
* HZWLUG and SLACC home pages have been updated to indicate scheduled dates and room codes.
* The next reservation cycle will begin again the first Saturday of April.
* 2018-12-03
* Gary: System wide county library have changed reservation procedures around Oct 2018; working out bugs, had problems a month or so, but now seems to be working well.
* 2019-01-02
* :?:
===== Internet Presence on Other Social Media =====
* SUMMARY: We presume that our single web site isn't enough to draw younger crowd.
* Agenda item narratives prior to 2018 have been removed.
*
* 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.
* 2018-07-02
* 2018-07-30 for AUGUST
* 2018-08-27 for SEPTEMBER
* Stan stated MEETUP.COM editing is problematic.
* Stan stated that we STILL don’t have control of Google+ and YouTube
* 2018-10-01
* Andrew MAY have been creator of G+ and YouTube presence
* 2018-11-07
* 2018-12-03
* We do NOT know how or what to count in Google+ NOR do we know how to metric videos.
* We do NOT know how or what to count in YouTube NOR do we know how to metric videos.
* We do NOT have any account access or control to our presence and videos on Google+ or YouTube.
* No way to change meeting dates or set temporary hiatus in Google+
* NOTE: Google+ will be shut down by the end of August 2019
* https://www.cnet.com/news/google-reportedly-exposed-data-of-hundreds-of-thousands-of-google-users/
* What do we do about videos that are up there? Do we have them archived? Do we need to capture them? Move them to U-Tube? Do we do nothing?
* Stan R obtained hard drive containing Don's videos and voice recordings without having made any progress in trying to combine them.
* QUESTION: Does it matter, do we know what to do, or does anyone care?
* ANSWER: Gary will pursue G+; Don will pursue YouTube
* Credentials, etc
* 2019-01-02
* :?:
===== Uploading Presentations =====
* SUMMARY: We have recorded many of our past meetings and made them available on the Internet.
* Agenda item narratives prior to 2018 have been removed.
*
* 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
* 2018-07-02
* 2018-07-30 for AUGUST
* 2018-08-27 for SEPTEMBER
* 2018-10-01
* Dave suggested finding auto CC system. Requires research
* 2018-11-07
* Stan R obtained hard drive containing Don's videos and voice recordings without having made any progress in trying to combine them.
* QUESTION: Does it matter, do we know what to do, or does anyone care?
* Stan will be using his stream editor to combine the videos
* Lee: Don needs to discover SLUUG video credentials and place them at bock:/home/SLUUG
* QUESTION: Please explain "Share gmail data with screichardt@gmail.com"
* 2018-12-03
* 2019-01-02
* :?:
===== Camera and Microphone =====
* SUMMARY: We try to record many of our meetings.
* Agenda item narratives prior to 2018 have been removed.
*
* 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
* 2018-07-02
* 2018-07-30 for AUGUST
* 2018-08-27 for SEPTEMBER
* 2018-10-01
* 2018-11-07
* Stan R obtained hard drive containing Don's videos and voice recordings without having made any progress in trying to combine them.
* QUESTION: Does it matter, do we know what to do, or does anyone care?
* Don: Microphone bought online is not adequate; will continue to search
* Lee suggested going to Schiller's and getting shotgun mic with 3.5mm
* 2018-12-03
* ANSWER: see under "Uploading Presentations" above
* Don needs to visit Schiller's again
* 2019-01-02
* :?:
===== Sponsorships =====
* SUMMARY: We seek financial support from the tech community.
* HISTORY: We are not good at it.
* Agenda item narratives prior to 2018 have been removed.
*
* 2018-01-02
* 2018-02-06
* 2018-03-05
* 2018-04-02
* 2018-04-30 for MAY
* 2018-06-04
* Nada
* 2018-07-02
* 2018-07-30
* 2018-07-30 for AUGUST
* 2018-08-27 for SEPTEMBER
* 2018-10-01
* Gary commented on last week’s DevOps meeting - poor presentation but good food resulted in good attendance.
* How do we get headhunters & job hunters to attend, resulting in good food.
* Or, how to get commercial software vendors to sponsor meeting if we’re not in market for the software?
* 2018-11-07
* The new style SLUUG home page no longer features a rotating sponsor logo display.
* QUESTION: Does it matter, do we know what to do, or does anyone care?
* Consider this a moot point, since we don't have enough to rotate (other than Lee).
* 2018-12-03
* ANSWER: Ads are gone on new website
* 2019-01-02
* :?:
===== 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 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).
* 2018-07-02
* 2018-07-30 for AUGUST
* 2018-08-27 for SEPTEMBER
* 2018-10-01
* Lee loves it, scans it every time it comes out
* 2018-11-07
* Stan R failed to provide 1 November SLACC meeting listing with extra expanded editing to stand out in the 29 October mailing.
* Subsequent posting to DISCUSS list used extra expanded editing features.
* 2018-12-03
* QUESTION: Would someone else (besides Stan R) take on generating the weekly ANNOUNCE mailing?
* NEW IDEA: Per Lee: Send Announce email to Meetup group instead of updating Meetup page every month
* PROPOSAL: scrape info from calendar into weekly ANNOUNCE; send ANNOUNCE to Meetup email address
* 2019-01-02
* Scraping info from calendar into weekly ANNOUNCE; send ANNOUNCE to Meetup email address
* Would not work because of MEETUP.COM message size limitation.
* QUESTION: Would someone else (besides Stan R) take on generating the weekly ANNOUNCE mailing?
* :?:
===== Handouts =====
* SUMMARY: We have informational handout PDFs available [[http://www.sluug.org/resources/handouts/]].
* HISTORY: The PDFs are generated with LibreOffice. The originating files are stored along with generated PDFs.
* Agenda item narratives prior to 2018 have been removed.
*
* 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?
* 2018-07-02
* Does anyone KNOW where to get our handouts, so that they could print and fold them?
* 2018-07-30 for AUGUST
* 2018-08-27 for SEPTEMBER
* 2018-10-01
* Should get handouts for SUSE meeting
* If Lee can find right PDF, can make 20-30 copies
* Lee has new printer
* Stan was volunteered to tell Lee which brochures to print. Stan didn't volunteer.
* 2018-11-07
* 2018-12-03
* QUESTION: Would someone else (besides Stan R) take on printing and maintaining an inventory of our brochures?
* ANSWER: Lee will print them if someone will tell him what they want.
* Gary: We still need someone to dictate content of handouts
* 2019-01-02
* Linux User Group Name on the Beginner Handout will be changed from Hazelwood to Newcomer by Stan R..
* :?:
===== Linux Stickers =====
* 2018-10-01
* Gary suggests buying several of the packs @$1 to give out at meetings.
* see unixstickers.com stickermule.com (same site)
* Board ad hoc approved that Gary will purchase some stickers to use as giveaways.
* 2018-11-07
* 2018-11-07
* Gary didn't realize that he was volunteered, since he is out of town momentum will likely be slow.
* 2018-12-03
* QUESTION: Would someone else (besides Gary M) assume the mission?
* ANSWER: Lee can't find source for printing tux key stickers
* 2019-01-02
* :?:
===== Summer Workshops =====
* 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.
* 2018-07-02
* Stan R posted to DISCUSS mailing list an item with **SUBJECT: Possible SLUUG Summer Workshops**, inviting feedback on the topic.
* 2018-07-30 for AUGUST
* Stan: Being in the middle of summer, seems a little late to try anything, other than gather opinions for next year.
* 2018-08-27 for SEPTEMBER
* Start planning next April for summertime hiatus
* Schedule “workshops” in July & August
* 2018-10-01
* 2018-11-07
* 2018-12-03
* QUESTION: Should/Would someone set up a www.strawpoll.me questionnaire to promote and evaluate interest?
* ANSWER: (Gary) Should: Yes. Would: No. No movement toward setting up and pushing questionnaire.
* 2019-01-02
* :?:
===== 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.
* Agenda item narratives prior to 2018 have been removed.
*
* 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
* 2018-07-02
* 2018-07-30 for AUGUST
* 2018-08-27 for SEPTEMBER
* 2018-10-01
* Stan has done awesome work. Promises to leave by around January.
* If Stan leaves, many tasks he does will have to be done by someone else
* How can we get someone to perform these tasks?
* Website?
* Weekly announce list?
* Might have to reduce meetings
* Main vs Linux?
* Hazelwood, SLACC?
* 2018-11-07
* 2018-12-03
* QUESTION: Any new volunteers to help?
* 2019-01-02
* QUESTION: Any new volunteers to help?
* :?:
====== New Business ======
===== Any New Business =====
* 2019-01-02
* :?:
====== Recognize Useful Efforts ======
* SUMMARY: When somebody does something to help!
* QUESTION: Did anyone do anything helpful?
* 2019-01-02
* :?:
====== Blue Sky Ideas ======
* SUMMARY: Food for thought ~ anything not previously covered that provides mental stimulus for thinking about improvements or problems.
* Some ideas are Off-The-Record ~ NOT TO BE RECORDED!
* Some ideas should be publicized.~ SHOULD BE RECORDED!
* If a speaker believes something should not be recorded, the record operator needs to be notified.
* ** Each speaker should initially declare whether an idea should be recorded or not. **
* ** Each speaker should initially declare whether GPS location should be recorded or not. **
* 2019-01-02
* :?:
====== Adjourn Meeting ======
* Wednesday, January 2, 2019
* QUESTION: When was meeting adjourned?
* Time: 8:50pm
====== Recurring Requirements ======
* November 2018 - *automated* LetsEncrypt free SSL certificates for websites on BOCK.
* Lee reports it is done
*
* January 2019 - STLLINUX.ORG domain automatic renewal.
* February 2019 - SLUUG Annual Board meeting and elections.
* Verify renewal of certs with LetsEncrypt
* March 2019 - Count Ballots
* April 2019 - First Saturday, reserve rooms at St. Louis County Library Branches.
* June 2019 - BuddyNS SLUUG account due
* Lee is updating account
* June 2019 - Missouri Annual Report for Corporate Legal Status due.
* https://bsd.sos.mo.gov/BusinessEntity/BusinessEntityDetail.aspx?page=beSearch&ID=681250
* Lee was considering changing mailing address
* July 2019 - SLUUG.ORG domain is domain automatic renewal? Is it with Dotster?
* Lee was going to update credit card info. Done.
* October 2019 - First Saturday, reserve rooms at St. Louis County Library Branches.
* December 2019 - STLWEBDEV.ORG is domain automatic renewal?
*
* April 2020 - First Saturday, reserve rooms at St. Louis County Library Branches.
* January 2020 - STLLINUX.ORG domain automatic renewal.
* February 2020 - SLUUG Annual Board meeting and elections.
* March 2020 - Count Ballots
* May 2020 - 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
* Gary Meyer - Build spreadsheet to track domain name registrations. See 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/SLUUG
* 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
* Next March or April:
* schedule workshops for July and August
* Possible presentation - suggested 11/7/18
* Apple interfaces and accessories for audio & video (by Don)
* Possible presentation (Stan R item) - suggested 12/3/18 by Lee
* Identify/contact couple who attended Lee's Pi presentation, brought Pi cluster running Kubernetes