====== SLUUG Steering Committee Agenda - 3 June 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 ====== June 2019 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 ====== Start Meeting ====== * Monday, June 3rd, 2019 * Meeting called to order. * Time: ====== Attendees ====== Listed alphabetically by last name: * Chuck Doolittle * 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? * 2019-06-03 * No changes ====== Secretary Report ====== * Don Ellis * 2019-06-03 * :?: ====== Treasurer Report ====== ^ Balance as of 1 May | |$4,286.41 | ^ Balance as of 30 May | | $4,268.41 | ====== 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 2019: | Year ^ Jan ^ Feb ^ Mar ^ Apr ^ May ^ Jun ^ Jul ^ Aug ^ Sep ^ Oct ^ Nov ^ Dec | Year ^ ^ 2011 | xxx | xxx | 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 | 131 | 160 | 173 | 171 ^ 145 | ??? | ??? | ??? | ??? | ??? | ??? | ??? ^ 2019 ^ * xxx - numbers not recorded. * ??? - Future Numbers. * Stopped counting general StL County Library events in May 2016. * Re-counted April 2016 without library events. * Count of calendar entries for May is down from previous months. No explanation is given. ====== Subscriber Report ====== * SUMMARY Mailing List Report combined with MEETUP membership count, now called Subscriber Report. * Subscriber numbers (approximate) as of end of May 2019: ^ Year | | | | | | | '17 | | | | | ^ Year ^ | List ^ 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 ^MEETUP | ^ ANNOUNCE | 582 | 580 | 575 | 570 | 569 | 569 | 569 | 568 | 566 | 562 | 562 | 559 ^ANNOUNCE| ^ DISCUSS | 197 | 196 | 193 | 190 | 191 | 192 | 191 | 192 | 191 | 189 | 188 | 189 ^DISCUSS | ^ STEERCOM | 36 | 36 | 35 | 34 | 34 | 34 | 34 | 34 | 33 | 33 | 33 | 33 ^STEERCOM| ^ SYSADMIN | 20 | 20 | 20 | 23 | 23 | 23 | 23 | 23 | 22 | 22 | 22 | 22 ^SYSADMIN| ^ Year | | | | | | | '18 | | | | | ^ Year ^ | List ^ Jan ^ Feb ^ Mar ^ Apr ^ May ^ Jun ^ Jul ^ Aug ^ Sep ^ Oct ^ Nov ^ Dec | List | ^ MEETUP | 348 | 360 | 367 | 372 | 375 | 377 | 385 | 390 | 393 | 402 | 408 | 416 ^ MEETUP | ^ ANNOUNCE | 556 | 544 | 543 | 543 | 545 | 542 | 535 | 534 | 533 | 531 | 531 | 533 ^ ANNOUNCE| ^ DISCUSS | 188 | 188 | 187 | 187 | 187 | 187 | 187 | 185 | 184 | 184 | 185 | 183 ^ DISCUSS | ^ STEERCOM | 33 | 33 | 33 | 33 | 32 | 32 | 32 | 32 | 32 | 31 | 31 | 31 ^ STEERCOM| ^ SYSADMIN | 22 | 22 | 22 | 22 | 22 | 22 | 22 | 22 | 22 | 22 | 22 | 22 ^ SYSADMIN| ^ Year | | | | | | | '19 | | | | | ^ Year ^ | List ^ Jan ^ Feb ^ Mar ^ Apr ^ May ^ Jun ^ Jul ^ Aug ^ Sep ^ Oct ^ Nov ^ Dec | List | ^ MEETUP | 416 | 423 | 432 | 443 ^ 452 | ??? | ??? | ??? | ??? | ??? | ??? | ??? ^ MEETUP | ^ ANNOUNCE | 532 | 532 | 532 | 534 ^ 519 | ??? | ??? | ??? | ??? | ??? | ??? | ??? ^ ANNOUNCE| ^ DISCUSS | 184 | 182 | 181 | 182 ^ 183 | ??? | ??? | ??? | ??? | ??? | ??? | ??? ^ DISCUSS | ^ STEERCOM | 31 | 31 | 31 | 31 ^ 31 | ?? | ?? | ?? | ?? | ?? | ?? | ?? ^ STEERCOM| ^ SYSADMIN | 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 (This doesn't seem to work on Bock.) * xxx - numbers not recorded. * ??? - Future Numbers. * - - 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 ====== * 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 2019: ^ Year | | | | | | | '17 | | | | | ^ Year ^ | Meeting ^ 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 ^ Steercom| ^ SLACC | 7 | 12 | 10 | 5 | 7 | (10)| 6 | 7 | 8 | 11 | xx | 6 ^ SLACC | ^ SLUUG | 20 | 17 | 24 | 17 | 10 | 13 | 7 | 13 | 12 | 21 | 14 | 16 ^ SLUUG | ^ STLLUG | 14 | 15 | 18 | 14 | 15 | 14 | 18 | 16 | 16 | 12 | (27)| xx ^ STLLUG | ^ NEWLUG | 9 | 10 | xx | 7 | 7 | 8 | 7 | 5 | 8 | 5 | 7 | 9 ^ NEWLUG | ^ Year | | | | | | | '18 | | | | | ^ Year ^ | Meeting ^ Jan ^ Feb ^ Mar ^ Apr ^ May ^ Jun ^ Jul^ Aug ^ Sep ^ Oct ^ Nov ^ Dec | Meeting ^ ^ Steercom | 7 | 3 | 6 | 7 | 6 | 6 | 5| 5 | 7 | 5 | 5 | 4 ^ Steercom| ^ SLACC | 6 | 6 | 7 | 9 | 6 | 6 | 7| 6 | 7 | 4 | 4 | 5 ^ SLACC | ^ SLUUG | 14 | 13 | 13 | 18 | 15 | 11 | 8| 15 | 14 | 14 | 10 | 13 ^ SLUUG | ^ STLLUG | 12 | 8 | 13 | 11 | 13 | 10 | 11| 15 | 13 | xx | 9 | 9 ^ STLLUG | ^ NEWLUG | 8 | 11 | 8 | 11 | 11 | 9 | 10| 12 | 9 | 7 | 10 | 5 ^ NEWLUG | ^ Year | | | | | | | '19 | | | | | ^ Year ^ | Meeting ^ Jan ^ Feb ^ Mar ^ Apr ^ May ^ Jun ^ Jul^ Aug ^ Sep ^ Oct ^ Nov ^ Dec | Meeting ^ ^ Steercom | 6 | 6 | 6 | 7 ^ 5 | ? | ?| ? | ? | ? | ? | ? ^ Steercom| ^ SLACC | 6 | 6 | 7 | (6) ^ 8 | ? | ?| ? | ? | ? | ? | ? ^ SLACC | ^ SLUUG | 15 | 14 | 13 | 18 ^ 12 | ?? | ??| ?? | ?? | ?? | ?? | ?? ^ SLUUG | ^ STLLUG | 18 | 11 | 11 | 16 ^ 12 | ?? | ??| ?? | ?? | ?? | ?? | ?? ^ STLLUG | ^ NEWLUG | 9 | 5 | 11 | 10 ^ 8 | ?? | ??| ?? | ?? | ?? | ?? | ?? ^ NEWLUG | * xx - numbers not yet recorded, attendance not taken, or sheet missing. * ?? - Future Numbers. * () - 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 ====== ===== May 2019 ===== May 2019 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 2 ==== * [[http://slacc.sluug.org/|SLACC]] usually holds a Linux configuration workshop - no presentation * VENUE St. Louis County Library Thornhill Branch * * REVIEW: * :?: ==== SLUUG - May 8 ==== * [[http://www.sluug.org/|SLUUG General Meeting]] * VENUE Graybar Electric Company Inc., 11885 Lackland Road, St. Louis MO 63146 * * BASE (Personal Computing): * NOT DONE: Carolyn Peters (Mastercard): Bash for relatively new user. Long enough for main presentation, or do hour long intro followed by shorter main. * Scheduled speaker developed laryngitis * COORDINATOR: Gary * CONFIRMED: Yes * ABSTRACT: Yes * BIO: No * TOPIC: Newcomer Resources by Stan Reichardt * A view of an ongoing effort to provide newcomers to Linux with audio, video and written information. Whatever the newest user needs to know. * * REVIEW: * Covered contents of 32 Gb USB thumb drive collection of handouts, PDF cheat sheets, videos and podcast audio files. * Lots of good useful stuff. * MAIN (Enterprise Computing): * TOPIC: LYNIS security tool by Dave Forrest: * COORDINATOR: Gary * CONFIRMED: Yes * ABSTRACT: NO * BIO: Yes * * REVIEW: * Updated experience using this security tool orginally presented (a while back). * Stan: Lots of additional material since previous presentation. More interesting because he told what he'd done before and what has changed. ==== STLLUG - May 16 ==== * [[https://stllug.sluug.org/|STLLUG]] is the St. Louis Linux Users Group. * VENUE Nick and Elena's Pizzeria, 3007 Woodson Rd, Overland, MO 63114 * * TOPIC: Docker 102: Multiple web sites on the same server by Chuck Doolittle * We finally backed Chuck into a corner. * COORDINATOR: Gary * CONFIRMED: YES * ABSTRACT: YES * BIO: YES * Tentative (very): Eric Kauffmann: Linux at SLU * Tentative (very): Steve Stegman: sed tutorial * * REVIEW: * Stan thinks it was good but title was not informative enough. Confused about what was going to happen. Stan's normal state of confusion. * Will discuss the location under new business. * Chuck did a good review of last month's talk to lead into this one. ==== NEWLUG - May 28 ==== * [[http://newlug.sluug.org |NEWLUG]] Our Linux Users Group for Linux Newcomers. * VENUE St. Louis County Library Bridgeton Trails Branch * * 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 * * REVIEW: * We had 3 newcomers. One had LinuxMint loaded. Two were in a RedHat work environment. * Loaned out 3 Newcomer Resources USB thumb drives. * Hooked up laptop to library projector with HDMI sound, demonstrated parts of some videos. Went thru parts of some of the NEWLUG website slides. * Dave says some attendees were impressed. * Stan says some new attendees are getting into Red Hat at work. He likes to point out similarities and differences. ====== Meeting Schedule ====== ===== June 2019 ===== June 2019 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 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 - June 6 ==== * [[http://slacc.sluug.org/|SLACC]] usually holds a Linux configuration workshop - no presentation * VENUE St. Louis County Library Thornhill Branch * :?: ==== SLUUG - June 12 ==== * [[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: NONE * CONFIRMED: NO * ABSTRACT: NO * BIO: NO * * Tentative: Transparent SSL Web Proxy (Squid) by Chuck D. * Tentative: Demonstration Using SSHFS by Stan R. * STILL NOT READY TO DO THIS * * Short beginner type thing. Wants more experience using this, to figure * out the benefits, challenges, features, issues, problems, short comings, * and usefulness (use cases). Combined CLI and GUI usage. * Stan mentioned Veracrypt, successor to Truecrypt. 22 minute video gives summary of the project. * (Alternative if primary presenter doesn't show) * * MAIN (Enterprise Computing): * Programmable Gate Arrays vs ASICS vs RealTime Linux by Bryce Meyer * COORDINATOR: Gary * CONFIRMED: NO * ABSTRACT: NO * BIO: NO * Tentative (very): Eric Kauffmann: Linux at SLU * Tentative: * Need a backup. Might use Veracrypt presentation as backup? * :?: ==== STLLUG - June 20 ==== * [[https://stllug.sluug.org/|STLLUG]] is the St. Louis Linux Users Group. * VENUE Nick and Elena's Pizzeria, 3007 Woodson Rd, Overland, MO 63114 * * TOPIC: Docker 103 SSL Certificates for containerized websites by Chuck * COORDINATOR: Gary * CONFIRMED: Yes * ABSTRACT: NO * BIO: NO * Tentative: IBM and Red Hat by Sami Allum of IBM * :?: * ==== NEWLUG - June 25 ==== * [[http://newlug.sluug.org |NEWLUG]] Our Linux Users Group for Linux Newcomers. * VENUE St. Louis County Library Prairie Commons Branch * 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 * :?: ===== July 2019 ===== July 2019 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 1 ==== * 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. * ==== Independence Day - July 4 HOLIDAY ==== * First Thursday of month normally when SLACC meets. Will delay meeting for one week. ==== SLUUG - July 10 ==== * [[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: NONE * CONFIRMED: NO * ABSTRACT: NO * BIO: NO * Tentative: * :?: * MAIN (Enterprise Computing): * TO BE DETERMINED (TBD) * COORDINATOR: Gary * CONFIRMED: NO * ABSTRACT: NO * BIO: NO * Tentative: * :?: ==== SLACC - July 11 ==== * [[http://slacc.sluug.org/|SLACC]] usually holds a Linux configuration workshop - no presentation * VENUE St. Louis County Library Thornhill Branch * Delayed one week due to Holiday * :?: ==== STLLUG - July 18 ==== * [[https://stllug.sluug.org/|STLLUG]] is the St. Louis Linux Users Group. * VENUE Nick and Elena's Pizzeria, 3007 Woodson Rd, Overland, MO 63114 * * TO BE DETERMINED (TBD) * COORDINATOR: Gary * CONFIRMED: NO * ABSTRACT: NO * BIO: NO * Tentative: IBM and Red Hat by Sami Allum of IBM * Tentative: NIX presentation from May 2 by Sam Hatfield * Tentative: Docker 104, upgrading website containers with no outage by Chuck * Tentative: Packet Capture session by Ken Johnson * :?: * ==== NEWLUG - July 23 ==== * [[http://newlug.sluug.org |NEWLUG]] Our Linux Users Group for Linux Newcomers. * VENUE St. Louis County Library Prairie Commons Branch * 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 * :?: ===== August 2019 ===== August 2019 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 1 ==== * [[http://slacc.sluug.org/|SLACC]] usually holds a Linux configuration workshop - no presentation * VENUE St. Louis County Library Thornhill Branch * :?: ==== STEERCOM - 5 August ==== * 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. * ==== SLUUG - August 14 ==== * [[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: NONE * CONFIRMED: NO * ABSTRACT: NO * BIO: NO * Tentative: * :?: * MAIN (Enterprise Computing): * TO BE DETERMINED (TBD) * COORDINATOR: Gary * CONFIRMED: NO * ABSTRACT: NO * BIO: NO * Tentative: * :?: ==== STLLUG - August 15 ==== * [[https://stllug.sluug.org/|STLLUG]] is the St. Louis Linux Users Group. * VENUE Nick and Elena's Pizzeria, 3007 Woodson Rd, Overland, MO 63114 * * TO BE DETERMINED (TBD) * COORDINATOR: Gary * CONFIRMED: NO * ABSTRACT: NO * BIO: NO * Tentative: IBM and Red Hat by Sami Allum of IBM * :?: * ==== NEWLUG - August 27 ==== * [[http://newlug.sluug.org |NEWLUG]] Our Linux Users Group for Linux Newcomers. * VENUE St. Louis County Library Prairie Commons Branch * 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 * :?: ====== Old Business ====== ===== Server Admin ===== * SUMMARY: We put up a server on the Internet for email, it grew, and now we have to maintain it. * Minutes narratives prior to 2019 have been removed. * * 2019-01-02 MINUTES AND CHANGES TO AGENDA LOST IN SERVER ACCIDENT! * 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 * 2019-02-04 * Lee: Everything's up and running thanks to Mike. New topic: DCC. What is it? Lee has no clue. * 2019-03-04 * Lee: Server is running. * ANSWER to previous question re Status of stllug.org: Lee is checking, something looks wonky. * Lee: Verified this AM, .. stllug.org appears to be forwarding successfully to stllug.sluug.org, which matches the LE cert wildcard. Please check for other issues. * 2019-04-01 * Mike's still working on ClamAV, but too timid to pull switch on ClamAV or SpamAssassin. * Need consensus that settings are right * 2019-04-29 (for MAY) * Gary would love to get a presentation on status of the servers, featuring Mike, Chuck, Lee * One possibility would be to have Andrew St Claire (or someone else) debrief them and give the presentation * Another possibility would be Lee could give a presentation on massive data recovery being performed evening of 2019-04-29 * Dave has noticed different handling of possible spam by SLUUG email system, and would like presentation on evolution of the email system. * Dave & Stan would like long 'spammy' tag not inserted into subject line on SLUUG STEERCOM emails * From Mike Knight's email 3:31am 2019-04-28: * 1 QUESTION: Should the "Subject:" of probable sp_m be changed to indicate that? * ANSWER: no * 2 QUESTION: Should high scoring sp_m be rejected and returned to sender? * ANSWER: no * 3 QUESTION: Should moderate scoring sp_m be moved to a "junk" folder of the member's inbox by the system? * ANSWER: no * 2019-06-03 * Lee: It's running. Updates posted. ===== Web Site SLUUG.ORG Maintenance ===== * SUMMARY: Our traditional Internet presence is with our main [[http://www.sluug.org/|SLUUG web site]]. * Minutes narratives prior to 2019 have been removed. * * 2019-01-02 MINUTES AND CHANGES TO AGENDA LOST IN SERVER ACCIDENT! * Stan R fixed error that kept website from displaying the ATTENDANCE sheets page. * QUESTION: Are there any other broken pages? * 2019-02-04 * ANSWER: Not that we know of. There's always one more * Stan is aware that there's a problem with top menu of main page, and it's not likely to be fixed in a long time. * 2019-03-04 * 2019-04-01 * 2019-04-29 (for MAY) * 2019-06-03 * Stan: updated flyer is on the handouts page. Old material removed, added page of helpful links for the newcomer. * Stan has added a section on the main page with summaries of past meetings. Additional meetings will be added in near future. ===== Web Site MEETUP.COM Maintenance ===== * SUMMARY: We have presence on [[https://www.meetup.com/Saint-Louis-Unix-Users-Group/|MEETUP.COM]]. * Minutes narratives prior to 2019 have been removed. * * 2019-01-02 MINUTES AND CHANGES TO AGENDA LOST IN SERVER ACCIDENT! * 2019-02-04 * 2019-03-04 * 2019-04-01 * 2019-04-29 (for MAY) * Procedure of last couple of months is working; i.e. changing the subject line to reflect current meeting flags the Meetup as having changed. * 2019-06-03 * Gary mentioned we've been changing the title to get updated on search results. Stan says it's been fixed and now no longer requires title change. ===== 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. * Minutes narratives prior to 2019 have been removed. * * 2019-01-02 MINUTES AND CHANGES TO AGENDA LOST IN SERVER ACCIDENT! * 2019-02-04 * This becomes important in April. * 2019-03-04 * Becomes important in April. * 2019-04-01 * It is now April. It's important * Stan's complaints: * Stan & Phil's notes posted to steercom last week, fill in later * 2019-04-29 (for MAY) * Reservations for SLACC and NEWLUG made and paid. * 2019-06-03 * :?: ===== Internet Presence on Other Social Media ===== * SUMMARY: We presume that our single web site isn't enough to draw younger crowd. * Minutes narratives prior to 2019 have been removed. * * 2019-01-02 MINUTES AND CHANGES TO AGENDA LOST IN SERVER ACCIDENT! * 2019-02-04 * 2019-03-04 * 2019-04-01 * 2019-04-29 (for MAY) * 2019-06-03 * :?: ===== Uploading Presentations ===== * SUMMARY: We have recorded many of our past meetings and made them available on the Internet. * Minutes narratives prior to 2019 have been removed. * * 2019-01-02 MINUTES AND CHANGES TO AGENDA LOST IN SERVER ACCIDENT! * 2019-02-04 * 2019-03-04 * 2019-04-01 * 2019-04-29 (for MAY) * 2019-06-03 * :?: ===== Camera and Microphone ===== * SUMMARY: We try to record many of our meetings. * Minutes narratives prior to 2019 have been removed. * * 2019-01-02 MINUTES AND CHANGES TO AGENDA LOST IN SERVER ACCIDENT! * 2019-02-04 * 2019-03-04 * Don went to Schiller's & got camera, passed to Stan * 2019-04-01 * Don will go to Schiller's and check another camera * 2019-04-29 (for MAY) * 2019-06-03 * Stan reports having problems with tripod stability. Handheld most of session. ===== Sponsorships ===== * SUMMARY: We seek financial support from the tech community. * HISTORY: We are not good at it. * Minutes narratives prior to 2019 have been removed. * * 2019-01-02 MINUTES AND CHANGES TO AGENDA LOST IN SERVER ACCIDENT! * 2019-02-04 * 2019-03-04 * 2019-04-01 * 2019-04-29 (for MAY) * 2019-06-03 * :?: ===== 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. * Minutes narratives prior to 2019 have been removed. * * 2019-01-02 MINUTES AND CHANGES TO AGENDA LOST IN SERVER ACCIDENT! * 2019-02-04 * 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? * 2019-03-04 * 2019-04-01 * 2019-04-29 (for MAY) * 2019-06-03 * Stan: numbers keep going down ===== 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. * Minutes narratives prior to 2019 have been removed. * * 2019-01-02 MINUTES AND CHANGES TO AGENDA LOST IN SERVER ACCIDENT! * 2019-02-04 * Linux User Group Name on the Beginner Handout will be changed from Hazelwood to Newcomer by Stan R.. * 2019-03-04 * 2019-04-01 * 2019-04-29 (for MAY) * 2019-06-03 * Stan R has updated the Linux4Beginners.pdf [[https://www.sluug.org/pdf/Linux4Beginners.pdf|handout]], updating LUG name and making major revisions. * The following is a test! * TEST: * Does anyone NOT KNOW where to get our handouts, so that they could print and fold them? * Does anyone KNOW where to get our handouts, so that they could print and fold them? * QUESTION: Would someone else (besides Stan R) take on printing and maintaining an inventory of our brochures? * :?: ===== Linux Stickers ===== * Minutes narratives prior to 2019 have been removed. * 2019-01-02 MINUTES AND CHANGES TO AGENDA LOST IN SERVER ACCIDENT! * 2019-02-04 * 2019-03-04 * Lee: Andrew is making some. Seen on StlTech. * 2019-04-01 * 2019-04-29 (for MAY) * 2019-06-03 * :?: ===== Summer Workshops ===== * SUMMARY: 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. * * 2019-01-02 MINUTES AND CHANGES TO AGENDA LOST IN SERVER ACCIDENT! * 2019-02-04 * 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. * Still waiting for suggestions * Stan: more of a keyboard karaoke session * or maybe a hiatus through July & August * Gary: prefers keyboard karaoke over skipping * maybe tutorial * announce specific topic or make it a surprise? * 2019-03-04 * 2019-04-01 * 2019-04-29 (for MAY) * 2019-06-03 * There will be no summer workshops this summer. * Stan: should some of these stanzas be deleted because of no interest? ===== We Need Help ===== * SUMMARY: We don't have enough volunteers to do everything consistently. * We need new members who want to do stuff. Same as every month. * QUESTION: Any new volunteers to help? * Minutes narratives prior to 2019 have been removed. * * 2019-01-02 MINUTES AND CHANGES TO AGENDA LOST IN SERVER ACCIDENT! * 2019-02-04 * 2019-03-04 * QUESTION: Any new volunteers to help? * 2019-04-01 * 2019-04-29 (for MAY) * 2019-06-03 * :?: ====== New Business ====== ===== Any New Business ===== * 2019-06-03 * Nick & Elena's has new staff who don't know how to use new ordering system for individual orders. * Decreasing enthusiasm about splitting bills. * problems with interrupting presentations to serve product. * Problem finding venue with space and projector. * J Greene's have heavy business on Thursday nights * Fallon's at Olive & 170 has trivia on Thursday; very crowded * Suggestions for other venues are welcome * Grant from Micro Center will be attending to get back up to speed on Linux. Be nice to him. * New name for group suggest by Gary: Start announcing as SLLUUG (St Louis Linux & Unix User Group) * Discussion: Stan votes no. Ken votes yes. Others abstained. ====== Recognize Useful Efforts ====== * SUMMARY: When anybody does something to help! * QUESTION: Did anyone do anything helpful? * 2019-06-03 * Gary: Thanks to Graybar for providing a backup site. * Chuck & Stan have backup topics * Lee has kept server running ====== 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. ** * 2019-06-03 * Consider using .club domain? * Chuck: Most 4 char domains are blocked, mostly junk * Chuck: discussion of subdomains for sluug.org. Stan has avoided configuration due to possible problems. ====== Recurring Requirements ====== * SUMMARY: We routinely rotate thru the following: * * July 2019 - SLUUG.ORG domain is domain automatic renewal? Is it with Dotster? * October 2019 - First Saturday, reserve rooms at St. Louis County Library Branches. * November 2019 - *automated* LetsEncrypt free SSL certificates for websites on BOCK. * December 2019 - STLWEBDEV.ORG is domain automatic renewal? * * January 2020 - STLLINUX.ORG domain automatic renewal. * February 2020 - SLUUG Annual Board meeting and elections. * Verify renewal of certs with LetsEncrypt * March 2020 - Count Ballots * April 2020 - First Saturday, reserve rooms at St. Louis County Library Branches. * April 2020 - IRS Form 990-N for Tax Exempt Status. e-postcard. * June 2020 - BuddyNS SLUUG account due * June 2020 - 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 * ====== 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 ====== Adjourn Meeting ====== * Monday, June 3rd, 2019 * QUESTION: When was meeting adjourned? * Time: 8:01pm