====== SLUUG Steering Committee - 5 July 2021 ======
NOTE: Minutes posted on the Wiki are always unofficial.
Schedules for upcoming presentations are always tentative.
(Some more tentative than others!)
====== Location ======
* **No physical meeting until further notice **
* When we again have physical meetings, we want to continue video meetings in conjunction with any physical meetings.
* 2021-07-07 comments:
* Regular schedule would have had STEERCOM meeting on Monday after Independence Day, the observed federal HOLIDAY.
* Consensus had it moved to 7th July.
* Gary M requested we move it up to the 5th of July, because of other commitments.
* Since no other preference was made, we moved it up to the 5th of July.
* :?:
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====== Start Meeting ======
* Monday, July 5th, 2021
* 2021-07-05
* QUESTION: When was meeting called to order?
* TIME: 6:55 pm
====== Attendees ======
Listed alphabetically by last name:
:?: * Stanford Balwin (expressed interest)
:?: * James Conroy
:?: * Jonathan Drews (expressed interest)
:?: * Don Ellis
* David Forrest
* Robert Hansen (expressed interest)
:?: * Ken Johnson
* Lee Lammert
* Gary Meyer
* Stan Reichardt
* Steve Stegmann
====== Agenda Changes ======
// SUMMARY: This is where we consider any additions, deletions, sequence, or other changes to sequence of items in the prepared agenda. //
* HISTORY:
* We consider changes prior to all reviews, planning and OLD BUSINESS items by
* jumping ahead, then back, without altering agenda layout.
* We will jump to old items then back to usual sequence.
* We will jump to *New Business* section, create new item, consider, then jump
* back to usual sequence.
* By not altering agenda layout, it is easier to build next month's agenda.
* Moving a previous item out of sequence made editing difficult.
* AGENDA CHANGE:
* Are there any additions, deletions, sequence, or other changes to sequence of items in the prepared agenda?
* 2021-07-05
* None
====== Secretary Report ======
* 2021-07-05
* Stan R reviewed June STEERCOM video and did some additional updates to MINUTES.
* Removed excessive duplicate TEMPLATES that cluttered the AGENDA/MINUTES. Kept one at end of file.
* Stan R created AGENDA from previous MINUTES.
* Changed all STLLUG designations to STLLINUX.
* Stan R acting as recording secretary.
* We would like someone else to be our main secretary.
====== Treasurer Report ======
^ Balance as of 1 June | | |$3,280.34 |
^ MO SOS | -11.25| |
^ Dotster | -17.48| |
^ Balance as of 31 June | | |$3,251.60 |
* 2021-07-05 Comments about June.
* None
====== Calendar Report ======
// SUMMARY: We maintain a calendar of technical events in the Greater St. Louis area and surrounding regions.
//
* HISTORY:
* Not all events are official/sponsored SLUUG events. All sponsored events are shown in red.
* Items have been added and corrected by Stan R, Gary Meyer and Don Ellis.
* Items listed on this calendar were used to feed the ANNOUNCE weekly mailing.
* Events on HIATUS are NOT counted! Historical items are NOT counted!
* Only face-to-face meetings were counted!
* [[http://www.sluug.org/resources/calendar|SLUUG Calendar]] is a Google Calendar available on our web site.
* Count of number of events listed, each month, as of end of June 2021:
| 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 | 155 | 130 | 144 | 157 | 179 | 182 | 127 ^ 2019 ^
^ 2020 | 157 | 172 | 188 | 147 | 152 | 174 | 171 | 154 | 168 | 163 | 184 | 155 ^ 2020 ^
^ 2021 | 175 | 170 | 174 | 171 | 172 ^ 178 | ??? | ??? | ??? | ??? | ??? | 155 ^ 2021 ^
* LEGEND:
* Greyed out areas indicate corrections or never previously reported counts.
* 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.
* Count of calendar entries for March 2020 misleading because of
* Limited maintenance effort for March 2020 because CORONAVIRUS-19 self-isolation effects.
* Started counting **moved** and **delayed** items in April 2020 as considered being useful.
* Improvements in Google Calendar feature limits to five days processing at at time, takes
* about 10 times as long to perform. Much more tedious.
* 2021-06-02 Comments about May.
* Of the 172 total, 12 were cancelled, 0 defunct, 8 delayed, 8 as "x~" and 0 moved; so, leaving 144 active.
* Gary marked some 8 as "x~". QUESTION: What is that? ANSWER: Shorthand for "canceled". So, 20 total cancelled.
* 2021-07-05 Comments about June.
* Of the 178 total, 29 were cancelled, 0 defunct, 6 delayed, and 2 moved; so, leaving 141 active.
* Universities and other schools not being in session has reduced some of their content.
* Gary has discovered EVENTBRITE dot COM. With lockdown coming to end we may re-evaluate Calendar content in future.
* Steve Stegmann interest in an out of town emacs group has been posted. We might consider other member's interests.
====== Subscriber Report ======
// SUMMARY: Mailing List Report combined with MEETUP membership count, now called Subscriber Report.//
* Subscriber numbers (approximate) as of end of June 2021:
^ Year | | | | | | |2017 | | | | | ^ 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 | | | | | | |2018 | | | | | ^ 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 | | | | | | |2019 | | | | | ^ Year ^
| List ^ Jan ^ Feb ^ Mar ^ Apr ^ May ^ Jun ^ Jul ^ Aug ^ Sep ^ Oct ^ Nov ^ Dec | List |
^ MEETUP | 416 | 423 | 432 | 443 | 452 | 464 | 466 | 473 | 472 | 480 | 488 | 497 ^ MEETUP |
^ ANNOUNCE | 532 | 532 | 532 | 534 | 519 | 516 | 516 | 514 | 513 | 516 | 513 | 510 ^ ANNOUNCE|
^ DISCUSS | 184 | 182 | 181 | 182 | 183 | 183 | 191 | 190 | 191 | 191 | 190 | 190 ^ DISCUSS |
^ STEERCOM | 31 | 31 | 31 | 31 | 31 | 31 | 31 | 30 | 30 | 31 | 32 | 32 ^ STEERCOM|
^ SYSADMIN | 22 | 22 | 22 | 22 | 22 | 22 | 16 | 16 | 16 | 16 | 16 | 16 ^ SYSADMIN|
^ Year | | | | | | |2020 | | | | | ^ Year ^
| List ^ Jan ^ Feb ^ Mar ^ Apr ^ May ^ Jun ^ Jul ^ Aug ^ Sep ^ Oct ^ Nov ^ Dec | List |
^ MEETUP | 501 | 514 | 516 | 521 | 527 | 535 | 547 | 555 | 564 | 570 | 577 ^ 590 ^ MEETUP |
^ ANNOUNCE | 504 | 502 | 501 | 501 | 500 | 499 | 497 | 495 | 492 | 491 | 490 ^ 490 ^ ANNOUNCE|
^ DISCUSS | 188 | 190 | 189 | 191 | 191 | 189 | 189 | 188 | 188 | 189 | 190 ^ 188 ^ DISCUSS |
^ STEERCOM | 31 | 31 | 31 | 30 | 30 | 30 | 30 | 24 | 23 | 23 | 23 ^ 23 ^ STEERCOM|
^ SYSADMIN | 16 | 16 | 16 | 16 | 15 | 15 | 15 | 15 | 15 | 15 | 15 ^ 15 ^ SYSADMIN|
^ Year | | | | | | |2021 | | | | | ^ Year ^
| List ^ Jan ^ Feb ^ Mar ^ Apr ^ May ^ Jun ^ Jul ^ Aug ^ Sep ^ Oct ^ Nov ^ Dec | List |
^ MEETUP | 603 | 613 | 626 | 631 | 640 ^ 650 | ??? | ??? | ??? | ??? | ??? | ??? ^ MEETUP |
^ ANNOUNCE | 489 | 488 | 482 | 480 | 480 ^ 479 | ??? | ??? | ??? | ??? | ??? | ??? ^ ANNOUNCE|
^ DISCUSS | 188 | 189 | 188 | 190 | 190 ^ 189 | ??? | ??? | ??? | ??? | ??? | ??? ^ DISCUSS |
^ STEERCOM | 22 | 22 | 22 | 23 | 23 ^ 23 | ?? | ?? | ?? | ?? | ?? | ?? ^ STEERCOM|
^ SYSADMIN | 15 | 15 | 14 | 14 | 14 ^ 14 | ?? | ?? | ?? | ?? | ?? | ?? ^ SYSADMIN|
* LEGEND:
* Numbers as end of each month.
* Blocking of mailing list attachments not completely configured yet.
* This will be much easier to do on BOCK.
* 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.)
* Greyed out areas indicate corrections or never previously reported counts.
* xxx - numbers not recorded.
* ??? - Future Numbers.
* - - dash indicates list did not previously exist.
* ISSUES:
* 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+
* Don will investigate Google+ status
* Don will place credentials for YouTube and any others on Bock /home/sluug
* 2021-07-05 Comments about June.
* None
====== Attendance Report ======
// SUMMARY: Somewhat reflects on community interest in topics. Or, how well we publicised event.
//
* HISTORY:
* Initial mail list subscriptions were prompted by attendance sheets.
* Group leaders are responsible for taking attendance at face-to-face meetings.
* Remote session attendance display with ZOOM does NOT work automatically.
* Remote session attendance done best using extra recording with Linux SimpleScreenRecorder software.
* Blank attendance sheets are [[http://www.sluug.org/resources/attendance/|available here]]
* Attendance numbers, as of end of June 2021:
^ Year | | | | | | |2017 | | | | | ^ 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 |
^ STLLINUX | 14 | 15 | 18 | 14 | 15 | 14 | 18 | 16 | 16 | 12 | (27)| xx ^ STLLINUX|
^ NEWLUG | 9 | 10 | xx | 7 | 7 | 8 | 7 | 5 | 8 | 5 | 7 | 9 ^ NEWLUG |
^ Year | | | | | | |2018 | | | | | ^ 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 |
^ STLLINUX | 12 | 8 | 13 | 11 | 13 | 10 | 11| 15 | 13 | xx | 9 | 9 ^ STLLINUX|
^ NEWLUG | 8 | 11 | 8 | 11 | 11 | 9 | 10| 12 | 9 | 7 | 10 | 5 ^ NEWLUG |
^ Year | | | | | | |2019 | | | | | ^ Year ^
| Meeting ^ Jan ^ Feb ^ Mar ^ Apr ^ May ^ Jun ^ Jul^ Aug ^ Sep ^ Oct ^ Nov ^ Dec | Meeting ^
^ Steercom | 6 | 6 | 6 | 7 | 5 | 8 | 6| 6 | 8 | 8 | 7 | 8 ^ Steercom|
^ SLACC | 6 | 6 | 7 ^ 7 | 8 | 7 | 6| 10 | 10 | 9 | 6 | 9 ^ SLACC |
^ SLUUG | 15 | 14 | 13 | 18 | 12 | 15 | 17| (20)| 18 | 14 | 17 | 25 ^ SLUUG |
^ STLLINUX | 18 | 11 | 11 | 16 | 12 | 16 | 20| 16 | 14 | 18 | 18 | 17 ^ STLLINUX|
^ NEWLUG | 9 | 5 | 11 | 10 | 8 | 7 | 10| 13 | 9 | 5 | 6 | 3 ^ NEWLUG |
^ Year | | | | | | |2020 | | | | | ^ Year ^
| Meeting ^ Jan ^ Feb ^ Mar ^ Apr ^ May ^ Jun ^ Jul^ Aug ^ Sep ^ Oct ^ Nov ^ Dec | Meeting ^
^ Steercom | 4 | 6 | 6 | (8)| (5)| (7)| (6)| (6)| (7)| (6)| (6)| (5)^ Steercom|
^ SLACC | 9 | 8 | (6)| (8)| (7)| (9)|(11)| (7)| (10)| (10)| (8)| (8)^ SLACC |
^ SLUUG | 17 | 13 ^ (xx)^ (xx)| (18)| (22)|(29)| (22)| (16)^ (xx)| (17)| (25)^ SLUUG |
^ STLLINUX | 18 | 12 | (12)^ (xx)| (20)| (19)|(25)| (10)| (16)| (23)| (15)^ (xx)^ STLLINUX|
^ NEWLUG | 6 | 6 | - | (10)| (13)| (13)|(12)| (11)| (11)| (12)| (15)| (9)^ NEWLUG |
^ Year | | | | | | |2021 | | | | | ^ Year ^
| Meeting ^ Jan ^ Feb ^ Mar ^ Apr ^ May ^ Jun ^ Jul^ Aug ^ Sep ^ Oct ^ Nov ^ Dec | Meeting ^
^ Steercom | (5)| (4)| (5)| (5)| (5)^ (5)| (6)| ?? | ?? | ?? | ?? | ?? ^ Steercom|
^ SLACC | (10)| (9)| (9)| (8)| (14)^ (11)|(10)| ?? | ?? | ?? | ?? | ?? ^ SLACC |
^ SLUUG | (14)| (26)| (23)| (26)| (17)^ (22)| ?? | ?? | ?? | ?? | ?? | ?? ^ SLUUG |
^ STLLINUX | (17)| (20)| (20)| (19)| (17)^ (17)| ?? | ?? | ?? | ?? | ?? | ?? ^ STLLINUX|
^ NEWLUG | (11)| (15)| (16)| (14)| (9)^ (10)| ?? | ?? | ?? | ?? | ?? | ?? ^ NEWLUG |
* LEGEND:
* Greyed out areas indicate corrections or never previously reported counts.
* xx - numbers not yet recorded, attendance not taken, or sheet missing.
* ?? - Future Numbers.
*(9) - 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 (NEWLUG March 2020).
* 2021-07-05 Comments about June.
* None
====== Meeting Review Comments ======
// SUMMARY: We try to analyse what happened or was presented at the previous months meetings.//
===== June 2021 =====
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==== STEERCOM - June 2nd, 2021 ====
* [[http://www.sluug.org/steercom/|SLUUG Steering Committee Meeting]]
* **No physical meeting until further notice **
* When we again have physical meetings, we want to continue video meetings in conjunction with any physical meetings.
* 2021-06-02 comments:
* We are here, Gary was late as usual; because of crappy Mac thing.
* 2021-07-05 Comments about June.
* Continuing with viewing direct editing of agenda working well.
==== SLACC - June 3rd, 2021 ====
* [[http://slacc.sluug.org/|SLACC]] usually holds a **Linux Workshop** offering installation and configuration help - no presentation
* **No physical meeting until further notice **
* When we again have physical meetings, we want to continue video meetings in conjunction with any physical meetings.
* 2021-07-05 about June.
* Nothing that Stan remembers. Stan thinks maybe one new attendee.
==== SLUUG - June 9th, 2021 ====
* [[http://www.sluug.org/|SLUUG General Meeting]]
* **No physical meeting until further notice **
* When we again have physical meetings, we want to continue video meetings in conjunction with any physical meetings.
* We want to have alternative (secondary) topic on hand if primary speaker doesn't show.
*
* [[http://www.sluug.org/planning.pdf|Planning Schedule Report ]]
* BASE (Personal Computing):
* STATUS: **Done**
* WHAT: SQLite 3 Database
* BY: Robert Hansen and Ed Howland
* SYNOPSIS:
* WRANGLER: Gary
* ABSTRACT: A database is used to collect, store, manage, organize and analyze
* information. There are many database systems. This session will
* introduce simple database concepts. Then it will cover the free
* SQLite database system that is likely the single most popular and
* widely deployed choice.
* BIO: NO
* REMARKS:
* Ed Howland did 2020-07-08 SLUUG Base presentation titled "A Gentle Introduction to Markdown"
* Ed Howland did 2020-11-11 SLUUG Base presentation titled "Using make utility"
* Robert Hansen did 2021-01-13 SLUUG Main presentation titled "Customised 'whereis' project"
* Submitted DRAFT PDF done with LibreOffice Draw in portrait mode. Not visually good.
* Stan R converted submission to LibreOffice Impress, added some recommended slides, and returned to Bob Hansen.
* Stan R, Ed Howland and Bob Hansen, did a practice ZOOM session last week. Ed Howland's time went a bit long.
* Ed Howland has reduced time on his portion. Another practice planned for tomorrow.
* We need to emphasise that live questions and chat questions should NOT be done during Ed's portion (his voice reader confuses him).
* We did not have an alternative (secondary) topic on hand.
* 2021-07-05 about June.
* Gary appreciated clarification of embedded database being everywhere. Nice job of presentation. Good fundamentals and expiations for newcomers.
* Stan R provided lots of assistance and coaching to Robert Hansen's slides. Robert provide troubleshooting tips.
----
** COOKIE TIME ~ ANNOUNCEMENTS ~ CALL FOR HELP (Gooey Middle ):**
----
*
* [[http://www.sluug.org/planning.pdf|Planning Schedule Report ]]
* MAIN (Professional Computing):
* STATUS: **Done**
* WHAT: More About Git
* BY: Robert Citek
* SYNOPSIS:
* WRANGLER: Gary
* ABSTRACT:
* After Robert's "A Gentle Introduction To git" last February, this will
* be a deeper dive, getting into some of the "behind the scenes" stuff that
* git does: where it stores files, how it stores metadata about the files,
* and how the files are organized.
*
* In a previous talk, we went over the basics of using git as a version
* control system, covering the working folder, the staging area, and
* the repository. In this talk, we will go behind the scenes to see
* how git works its magic. We will cover the abstractions git uses, in
* particular, a key-value store, hashes, and graphs. We will then dig
* into how git implements and uses those abstractions to create a version
* control system using files and the file system. We will walk through
* examples of using the back-end commands to build a commit history just
* like git does. Our hope is that by peering behind the curtain we can
* begin to demystify the magic of git.
* BIO: No
* REMARKS:
* We did not have an alternative (secondary) topic on hand.
* 2021-07-05 about June.
* Lots of folks stuck around after BASE. Not getting new outside attendance.
* Robert Citek's presentation was superb, as always.
==== STLLINUX - June 17th, 2021 ====
* [[https://stllug.sluug.org/|STLLINUX]] is the St. Louis Linux Users Group.
* **No physical meeting until further notice **
* When we again have physical meetings, we want to continue video meetings in conjunction with any physical meetings.
* We want to have alternative (secondary) topic on hand if primary speaker doesn't show.
* [[http://www.sluug.org/planning.pdf|Planning Schedule Report ]]
* LINUX
* STATUS: **Done**
* WHAT: Migrating to Linux Keeping My Game
* BY: Tyler Rudie
* SYNOPSIS:
* WRANGLER: Gary
* ABSTRACT: Migrating from a MS-Windows desktop to LinuxMint, and keeping my games!
* Last month I was able to get my hands on a new Ryzen 5900X processor
* and decided to rebuild my workstation. I decided that this time around
* that I would attempt to move my workflow to Linux. This is the story of
* my migration.
* BIO: YES
* REMARKS:
* We did not have an alternative (secondary) topic on hand.
* 2021-07-05 about June.
* Greatly appreciated that we finally had a presentation on games. Gaming on Linux seems to be very important.
* Glossed over work related use of Linux (so, must have been perfect).
* Us old guys don't game with computers much.
==== NEWLUG - June 22nd, 2021 ====
// SUMMARY:
The NEWLUG home page lists a number of topics to provide general directions from which we could take off.
Topics are usually determined by attendees.
We usually cover way more than one topic.
//
* [[http://newlug.sluug.org |NEWLUG]] is our Linux Users Group for Linux Newcomers.
* **No physical meeting until further notice **
* When we again have physical meetings, we want to continue video meetings in conjunction with any physical meetings.
* 2021-07-05 about June.
* All regulars, nobody new.
* Started using a question sheet to perk up discussion. Kind of like Keyboard Kareoke in that it stimulate conversion.
====== Meeting Schedule ======
// SUMMARY: We try to track prospects to give presentations at our SLUUG General (SLUUG) meeting and LINUX (STLLINUX) meetings.//
* We try to segregate topic types as either **BASE, MAIN or LINUX,** with BASE and MAIN given at the General meeting (SLUUG) .
* **BASE** topics should be oriented toward simpler Personal Computing. Usually given as General meeting (SLUUG). Short is good.
* **MAIN** topics should be oriented more toward advanced or Professional Computing. Usually given at General meeting (SLUUG).
* **LINUX** topics could be either at the General meeting or at the St. Louis Linux Users Group (STLLINUX) meetings.
* We always want to have alternative topics on hand if primary speaker doesn't show.
* Gary will continue to explore different computer manufacturers (ex: Cray) who might be able to do presentation "Where are they now?"
* :?:
===== July 2021 =====
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==== SLACC - July 1st, 2021 ====
* [[http://slacc.sluug.org/|SLACC]] usually holds a **Linux Workshop** offering installation and configuration help - no presentation
* **No physical meeting until further notice **
* When we again have physical meetings, we want to continue video meetings in conjunction with any physical meetings.
* 2021-07-05
* Gary observed that Stan's questions did make meeting more interesting.
==== HOLIDAY - July 4th, 2021 ====
* 2021-06-02 comments:
* Boom!
==== STEERCOM - July 7th, 2021 ====
* [[http://www.sluug.org/steercom/|SLUUG Steering Committee Meeting]]
* **No physical meeting until further notice **
* When we again have physical meetings, we want to continue video meetings in conjunction with any physical meetings.
* 2021-06-02 comments:
* This Monday, July 5th is a federal holiday, since Independence Day falls on Sunday.
* Do we want to delay meeting to Tuesday or Wednesday?
* Will delay it to Wednesday, the 7th of July. Consider changing as it gets closer.
* 2021-07-05
* We changed it back to the 5th of July.
==== SLUUG - July 14th, 2021 ====
* [[http://www.sluug.org/|SLUUG General Meeting]]
* **No physical meeting until further notice **
* When we again have physical meetings, we want to continue video meetings in conjunction with any physical meetings.
* We want to have alternative (secondary) topic on hand if primary speaker doesn't show.
* [[http://www.sluug.org/planning.pdf|Planning Schedule Report ]]
* BASE (Personal Computing):
* STATUS: **Confirming**
* WHAT: Data Form For LibreOffice Calc
* BY: Stan R.
* SYNOPSIS:
* WRANGLER: Gary
* ABSTRACT: NO
* BIO: NO
* REMARKS:
* We did/do/do not have an alternative (secondary) topic on hand.
* 2021-07-05
* Gary pursuing other options.
----
** COOKIE TIME ~ ANNOUNCEMENTS ~ CALL FOR HELP (Gooey Middle ):**
----
*
* [[http://www.sluug.org/planning.pdf|Planning Schedule Report ]]
* MAIN (Professional Computing):
* STATUS: **Confirmed**
* WHAT: PXE Boot
* BY: Wendell Barber
* SYNOPSIS:
* PXE boot using pfsense and FreeNAS/TrueNAS
* WRANGLER: Gary
* ABSTRACT: No
* BIO: No
* REMARKS:
* We do not have an alternative (secondary) topic on hand.
* 2021-07-05
* Still need abstract and bio. Expect presentation will be more than an hour duration.
*
==== STLLINUX - July 22nd, 2021 ====
* [[https://stllug.sluug.org/|STLLINUX]] is the St. Louis Linux Users Group.
* **No physical meeting until further notice **
* When we again have physical meetings, we want to continue video meetings in conjunction with any physical meetings.
* We want to have alternative (secondary) topic on hand if primary speaker doesn't show.
* [[http://www.sluug.org/planning.pdf|Planning Schedule Report ]]
* LINUX
* STATUS: **Confirmed**
* WHAT: SUSE Linux Enterprise (SLE) 15 SP3 ~NOT OpenSUSE Leap
* BY: Michael Carrington
* SYNOPSIS:
* WRANGLER: Gary
* ABSTRACT: No
* BIO: No, despite presenting to us half-a-dozen time, we don't have a bio on him.
* REMARKS:
* 2021-07-05
* This is fourth Thursday of the month.
* We did/do/do not have an alternative (secondary) topic on hand.
* Although this session is NOT about OpenSUSE LEAP, this Read Ahead item may be of interest to those seeking a CentOS replacement.
* READ AHEAD: https://sysadmin-journal.com/rhel-no-cost-vs-opensuse-leap/
*
==== NEWLUG - July 27th, 2021 ====
// SUMMARY:
The NEWLUG home page lists a number of topics to provide general directions from which we could take off.
Topics are usually determined by attendees.
We usually cover way more than one topic.
//
* [[http://newlug.sluug.org |NEWLUG]] is our Linux Users Group for Linux Newcomers.
* **No physical meeting until further notice **
* When we again have physical meetings, we want to continue video meetings in conjunction with any physical meetings.
* 2021-07-05
* None
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==== STEERCOM - August 2nd, 2021 ====
* [[http://www.sluug.org/steercom/|SLUUG Steering Committee Meeting]]
* **No physical meeting until further notice **
* When we again have physical meetings, we want to continue video meetings in conjunction with any physical meetings.
* 2021-07-05
* None
==== SLACC - August 5th, 2021 ====
* [[http://slacc.sluug.org/|SLACC]] usually holds a **Linux Workshop** offering installation and configuration help - no presentation
* **No physical meeting until further notice **
* When we again have physical meetings, we want to continue video meetings in conjunction with any physical meetings.
* 2021-07-05
* None
==== SLUUG - August 11th, 2021 ====
* [[http://www.sluug.org/|SLUUG General Meeting]]
* **No physical meeting until further notice **
* When we again have physical meetings, we want to continue video meetings in conjunction with any physical meetings.
* We want to have alternative (secondary) topic on hand if primary speaker doesn't show.
* [[http://www.sluug.org/planning.pdf|Planning Schedule Report ]]
* BASE (Personal Computing):
* STATUS: **Available**
* WHAT: To Be Determined (TBD)
* BY: Any Volunteer
* SYNOPSIS:
* WRANGLER: Gary
* ABSTRACT: NO
* BIO: NO
* REMARKS:
* We did/do/do not have an alternative (secondary) topic on hand.
* 2021-07-05
* None
----
** COOKIE TIME ~ ANNOUNCEMENTS ~ CALL FOR HELP (Gooey Middle ):**
----
*
* [[http://www.sluug.org/planning.pdf|Planning Schedule Report ]]
* MAIN (Professional Computing):
* STATUS: **Available**
* WHAT: To Be Determined (TBD)
* BY: Any Volunteer
* SYNOPSIS:
* WRANGLER: Gary
* ABSTRACT: No
* BIO: No
* REMARKS:
* :?: We do/do/did not have an alternative (secondary) topic on hand.
* 2021-07-05
* None
==== STLLINUX - August 19th, 2021 ====
* [[https://stllug.sluug.org/|STLLINUX]] is the St. Louis Linux Users Group.
* **No physical meeting until further notice **
* When we again have physical meetings, we want to continue video meetings in conjunction with any physical meetings.
* We want to have alternative (secondary) topic on hand if primary speaker doesn't show.
* [[http://www.sluug.org/planning.pdf|Planning Schedule Report ]]
* LINUX
* STATUS: **Available**
* WHAT: To Be Determined (TBD)
* BY: Any Volunteer
* SYNOPSIS:
* WRANGLER: Gary
* ABSTRACT: No
* BIO: No
* REMARKS:
* 2021-07-05
* We did/do/do not have an alternative (secondary) topic on hand.
* None
==== NEWLUG - August 24th, 2021 ====
// SUMMARY:
The NEWLUG home page lists a number of topics to provide general directions from which we could take off.
Topics are usually determined by attendees.
We usually cover way more than one topic.
//
* [[http://newlug.sluug.org |NEWLUG]] is our Linux Users Group for Linux Newcomers.
* **No physical meeting until further notice **
* When we again have physical meetings, we want to continue video meetings in conjunction with any physical meetings.
* 2021-07-05
* None
==== STEERCOM - August 30th, 2021 ====
* [[http://www.sluug.org/steercom/|SLUUG Steering Committee Meeting]]
* **No physical meeting until further notice **
* When we again have physical meetings, we want to continue video meetings in conjunction with any physical meetings.
* 2021-07-05 comments:
* None
====== 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 July 2020 Steercom have been removed.*
* 2020-08-03
* 2020-08-31 for September
* Lee: Server performance should be substantially improved because of new fiber installation in Bat Cave
* 2020-10-05
* Mike: Alerted us to broken SLUUG Members Page.
* Stan: Legacy of something Stan thought had already been done but hadn't
* Mike: Alerted us to transient failure of SpamAssassin rules download, rerun OK.
* Gary: Apparently it's ok now.
* 2020-11-02
* Reconsidered SPAM filtering. Stan R gets triple pay.
* We should start testing SPAM filtering. Lee will post decision to SYSADMIN list.
* 2020-11-30 (for December)
* Everything is fine.
* 2021-01-04
* 2021-02-01
* 2021-03-01
* Need to clarify below items taken from previous Recurring Requirements listings:
* December 2020 - *automated* LetsEncrypt free SSL certificates for websites on BOCK.
* **Note: Need documentation on this process!**
* Mike Knight fixed o/a 6 October per email
* Chuck did stuff.
* Wiki documentation is so old as to becoming confusing and hard for Lee to document.
* We are letting STLWEBDEV expire.
* 2021-04-05
* Lets Encrypt blew up two weeks ago, Lee fixed and should do some documentation since fresh in his mind.
* Febuary problem with Fail2Ban led to finding and fixing issues with mail.
* o/a Oct 2020, the dovecot cert was reported invalid; Mike K investigated and found that the main SLUUG cert had been updated, but dovecot was not restarted.
* Mike K created hooks in LE/renewal-hooks/deploy to restart devcot and postfix after installing a new CERT.
* 2021-05-03
* No change
* 2021-06-02 Comments about May.
* Mike Knight's changes have cut spam down about 90 percent. Tuning and reporting on SpamAssasin has been exceptionally wonderful.
* The server (BOCK) is still running.
* 2021-07-05
* We are very happy with spam reduction.
* Mike Knight posted about Fail2Ban was see fewer attempts.
* We are considering disabling password login and only use keys on BOCK.
* However, with Fail2Ban jail watching, not a large problem. So, continue as we are doing. No need to expand to using keys only.
* Something to think about in future.
*
* FYI:
$ whatis hostnamectl
$ hostnamectl (1) - Control the system hostname
$ hostnamectl
Static hostname: bock
Icon name: computer-vm
Chassis: vm
Machine ID: c7c5f69d3b794f2ab664662badab1fcc
Boot ID: 70237f72032f4d73ac23013966c95d1e
Virtualization: xen
Operating System: Debian GNU/Linux 9 (stretch)
Kernel: Linux 4.9.0-14-amd64
Architecture: x86-64
*
* We should consider upgrading to Debian 10 near end of this calendar year.
*
===== Web Site SLUUG.ORG Maintenance =====
// SUMMARY: We have a traditional Internet presence with the existence of our main [[http://www.sluug.org/|SLUUG web site]]. //
* *Minutes narratives prior to July 2020 Steercom have been removed.*
* 2020-06-29 for July
* Lee has added another 50G partition on Bock under /srv/media/
* Please move all media files to this new partition.
* 2020-08-03
* 2020-08-31 for September
* Stan: No progress
* 2020-10-05
* Stan: No action taken to fix broken SLUUG Members Page pointed out by Mike Knight.
* Stan: There is no link to the Members Page.
* Lee: Why not rename the Members Page so any bookmarks to it are broken.
* Gary mentioned article about CloudFlare and how to be sure our pages get onto the WayBack machine. Requires further investigation.
* 2020-11-02
* Consider CloudFlare DNS so we would start showing up in the WayBack machine.
* They likely are data mining any and all traffic.
* Past members pages were being looked for.
* November 2020 - *automated* LetsEncrypt free SSL certificates for websites on BOCK.
* 2020-11-30 (for December)
* November 2020 - *automated* LetsEncrypt free SSL certificates for websites on BOCK.
* Stan R asked for double of his pay. By unanamous vote, pay is now quadrupled.
* 2021-01-04
* 2021-02-01
* 2021-03-01
* Downloadable ballot PDF was placed on each home page (SLUUG,STLLINUX,NEWLUG,SLACC).
* Gary and Dave talking about using WAYBACK to give SLUUG greater presence there.
* 2021-04-05
* Gary and Dave still need to discuss.
* 2021-05-03
* No change
* 2021-06-02 Comments about May.
* For 4 days all iframe presented calendars quit working for most browsers, except Opera and Safari.
* Stan R added link to pull up sponsored events calendar if the iframe mini-calendar was to quit again.
* 2021-07-05
* Routine security evaluation of websites available from this site:
* > SSL Server Test (Powered by Qualys SSL Labs)
* > https://www.ssllabs.com/ssltest/
* Sites are rated on scale of A, B, C, D, or F.
*
* To see our site:
* > SSL Server Test
* > https://www.ssllabs.com/ssltest/analyze.html?d=www.sluug.org
*
* We have tested 2021-06-08, 2021-06-10, 2021-06-23
* Our current Overall Rating: B
*
* Now we know about this, maybe worry more later.
*
===== Uploading Presentations =====
// SUMMARY: We have recorded many of our past meetings and made some of them available on the Internet.//
* *Minutes narratives prior to July 2020 Steercom have been removed.*
* 2020-06-29 for July
* Lee added new 50G partition on Bock at /srv/media/
* Don will contact Steve Pidgeon
* 2020-08-03
* 2020-08-31 for September
* Stan: I'm behind. (Stan recorded August LUG meeting; needs to upload)
* 2020-10-05
* Don will contact Steve Pidgeon
* Unknown
* 2020-11-02
* Don has not contact Steve Pidgeon
* Stan pointed to https://www.sluug.org/steercom/ page.
* Lee wonders if we need to keep recording of STEERCOM for a long time. Space is being burnt fast.
* 2020-11-30 (for December)
* Nothing to say.
* 2021-01-04
* 2021-02-01
* The January ZOOM recordings were linked just today.
* 2021-03-01
* Available Feruary ZOOM and JITSI recordings were uploaded and linked to Presentations Archives page.
* QUESTION: Should existing presentation files be gradually moved to /srv/MEDIA partition?
* ANSWER: Per Lee, good idea!
* PLAN: Stan R will start moving currently uploaded existing presentations and modify HTML links as appropriate.
* PLAN: Stan R has found additional presentations that are also to be uploaded and linked.
* GOAL: Determine how significant are our meeting recordings to our membership, and how significant might expansion eventually task BOCK.
* Stan R used to use Webalizer hitreport page;but, it has been so very long that he has forgotten exactly how to use it.
* Stan R hopes to use Webalizer to measure downloads by members that are viewing the uploaded presentations.
* Recent (on Sunday) initiation of hitreport produced the Webalizer https://www.sluug.org/hitreport/ page that seems quite limited.
* QUESTIONS: Is Webalizer constantly capturing data so that we can use it? If not, could it be reconfigured?
* Would be nice to know; but, we don't have staffing to explore expanding Webalizer nor YouTube at this time.
* 2021-04-05
* Stan R pay trippled, even though has not checked into Webalizer capture of data. Not enough time.
* We will have to revisit Webalizer hitreport page. Let Mikey do it (or some other minion).
* 2021-05-03
* No change
* 2021-06-02 Comments about May.
* One of the recordings we uploaded failed 10 minutes in, even though it said
* it was all there. Had to reupload to server. In future, must check that full
* file has been uploaded by jumping all the way to the end.
* 2021-07-05
* Found that we had not uploaded and linked (because of misconfiguration
* as MKV) Bryce Meyer's STLLINUX Using Open Tools to Sell Your Art video
* session from August 2020. Uploaded and linked.
*
* Discovered that HandBreak can by default convert MKV files to MP4. It does,
* however, even on 16GB workstation take full playback time to process the conversion.
*
* The STLLINUX CEPH File System Followup by Michael Carringon and Uyuni
* Project by Patrick Swarts from September 2020 needed to be converted
* from MKV to MP4, upload and linked for useable access. Uploaded and linked.
*
* We finally finished video processing (using the "Shotcut" video editor to
* blur some scenes) required within Scott Graneman's BASE 1Password session.
* Accidental and unexpected transisions had shown some of his passwords.
* Even though he had changed any compromises, it seemed a better idea to
* not show anything questionable.
*
* This was combined with Steven Lembark's MAIN The Raku (Perl 6) Language
* session from March 2021. Uploaded and linked.
*
* We called attention to the BASE "1Password" video portion in a DISCUSS
* posting, without highlighting the processing delay.
*
* Found that we had uploaded James Conroy's BASE Create Your Own Shell
* Function session, combined with Steven Borrelli's MAIN COSI (a new API)
* session from April 2021; but, had failed to link on web page. Uploaded and linked.
*
* Also we had not uploaded and linked DeWayne Hughes's STLLINUX IBM Z and
* LinuxOne video session from April 2021. Uploaded and linked.
*
* Despite all of these delays, failures and mistakes, we received no complaints
* that things were missing. Not even from the presenters. Currently we have
* no way of knowing if or when anyone views these recordings. Would be nice to know;
* but, we don't have staffing to explore expanding Webalizer nor YouTube at this time.
*
===== Handouts =====
// SUMMARY: We have informational handout PDFs available [[http://www.sluug.org/resources/handouts/]]. //
* HISTORY: The PDFs are generated using LibreOffice. The originating files are stored along with generated PDFs.
* Lee ordered printer parts that should correct krinkle problem.
* Stan R has been modifying a Linux Presentation Day from 2015 found on the Internet. It has excellent content.
* Difficult to modify, as it is extremely graphically intense. Built and modified with the Scribus application.
* Likely too complex to print, may wind up splitting content to make a slide show presentation.
* *Minutes narratives prior to July 2020 Steercom have been removed.*
* 2020-06-29 for July
* Nothing being worked on this month.
* 2020-08-03
* 2020-08-31 for September
* Stan will post to STEERCOM a draft evaluation cheat sheet for evaluating speakers.
* 2020-10-05
* Stan is working on a handout entitled Evaluation. Gives people what kind of questions to ask presenters.
* Key phrases to trigger the ideas that need to be applied to every presentation.
* 2020-11-02
* Stan will add Evaluation sheet to handouts page after meeting. Gives presenters ideas about what kind of questions they may be asked.
* 2020-11-30 (for December)
* Evaluation sheet Was added to handouts page.
* 2021-01-04
* 2021-02-01
* Nothing being updated for now.
* 2021-03-01
* Nothing being updated for now.
* 2021-04-05
* Nothing being updated for now.
* 2021-05-03
* no change
* 2021-06-02 Comments about May.
* Nothing being updated for now. Not enough time to work on it.
* 2021-07-05
* Nothing being updated for now. Not enough time to work on it.
===== Planning Schedule Database =====
// SUMMARY: We have LibreOffice BASE for tracking BASE, MAIN and STLLINUX meeting topics and speakers. //
* HISTORY: :?:
* Lee tested successfully on SUSE.
* Gary & Stan have been loading.
* Stan is working on allowing multiple user updates.
* Don **still** needs to test Stan's database on Libreoffice on Mac. Everyone else should test the database on their own systems.
* *Minutes narratives prior to July 2020 Steercom have been removed.*
* 2020-06-29 for July
* Stan discovered a conversion feature using **pdftotext** that generates useful full text version from the pdf report.
* Expects to provide a downloadable concurrent text version along with the pdf version.
* 2020-08-03
* 2020-08-31 for September
* Stan's doing a great job. Every differently sorted report has to start from scratch. Might have to use two formats, maybe not worthwhile to build a new format.
* 2020-10-05
* Don **still** needs to test Stan's database on Libreoffice on Mac. Everyone else should test the database on their own systems.
* Gary: It's very useful. Everyone should try it out and see what changes need to be made.
* 2020-11-02
* Stan outline state of LibreOffice BASE internal database. Awaiting update to go into repositories.
* Neither Gary nor Don have tested on Apple boxes.
* 2020-11-30 (for December)
* Data base likely won't be update until April 2021.
* 2021-01-04
* 2021-02-01
* Speed of transfer inprovements with using SSH public keys with upload script working considerably faster.
* Anticipated availability of remote Firebase conversion in LibreOffice BASE has been delayed because of problems.
* Firebird embedded database creation put back to experimental considering the number of bugs.
* Other possibilities.
* 2021-03-01
* General review and discussion.
* 2021-04-05
* Good idea to do a BASE presentation to entire organization to introduce it to all.
* Another thing for Stan to do.
* LibreOffice BASE backed off on using Firebase RMDB because of bugs. So, still can not have multiple users at same time.
* 2021-05-03
* With use the terminology is getting smoother and more efficient.
* 2021-06-02 Comments about May.
* :?:
* 2021-06-02 Comments about May.
* Good tool, Stan R has put a lot of time into. The "status" terminology continues to evolve. Hopefully for the better.
* 2021-07-05
* We have gotten to the point, where we are only listing confirming or confirmed items in the minutes.
* Discussion can be done while displaying the Planning Schedule Report during Steering Committe meeting session.
* Demonstration with using the database, was being done during this meeting, to include showing filtering of entries.
===== ANNOUNCE Mailing List =====
// SUMMARY: As a historical descendant of our monthly newsletter, the ANNOUNCE mailing had been a weekly extract of our SLUUG GOOGLE Calendar of Events.
Previous editors had also styled it less of 1 liners of the entire calendar and more of abstracts of OUR talks & outstanding interest items.//
* HISTORY: The subscriber list has been populated from attendance sheets by a nominating subscription process, which requires human input.
*
* *Minutes narratives prior to July 2020 Steercom have been removed.*
* 2020-06-29 for July
* Still no volunteer to do any kind of weekly or even monthly newsletter.
* 2020-08-03
* 2020-08-31 for September
* 2020-10-05
* Stan has manually added several people to be able to receive the Announce list
* Included Ed Howland and several SUSE people
* Stan: Note that joining the Announce list (or others) is not easy for the blind.
* 2020-11-02
* Stan should go back and make sure SUSE people are on both ANNOUNCE and DISCUSS.
* 2020-11-30 (for December) * No change.
* 2021-01-04
* 2021-02-01
* 2021-03-01
* Nothing new.
* 2021-04-05
* Stan R has no clue about placing SUSE people on both DISCUSS and ANNOUNCE list.
* 2021-05-03
* Nothing new.
* 2021-06-02 Comments about May.
* Nothing new. Lower content in recent times.
* 2021-07-05
* Nothing new. Would be nice to get "another" editor to provide more content.
===== 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 July 2020 Steercom have been removed.*
* 2020-06-29 for July
* 2020-08-03
* 2020-08-31 for September
* Gary: Stan suggested not putting streamer links in Meetup; go to our website for the links! (Save maintenance time & effort)
* 2020-10-05
* As usual Gary agrees with Stan that Meetup sucks. Lee: It's a wonder how much Meetup charges for stuff that sucks.
* 2020-11-02
* Ken Johnson was sharing cost with us. Haven't seen bill lately.
* 2020-11-30 (for December)
* Stan R made changes for STLLINUX no longer having any back-to-back meetings.
* 2021-01-04
* 2021-02-01
* 2021-03-01
* Stan R made changes to make clear that MEETUP users need to go to our web pages for connection instructions.
* 2021-04-05
* Stan R believes we need a specific layout on MEETUP. Lee agrees those that can not follow links are not bright and a waste of our time.
* MEETUP dot COM still sucks!
* 2021-05-03
* MEETUP dot COM is terrible.
* 2021-06-02 Comments about May.
* As much as we can avoid.
* 2021-07-05
* Number increases still don't give us actual new attendees.
* For a few months now, Gary started splitting BASE and MAIN meeting into two meetings to emphise two distinct topics.
* Gets us twice as many listings. More for free is nice.
===== Our 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 July 2020 Steercom have been removed.*
* 2020-06-29 for July
* 2020-08-03
* 2020-08-31 for September
* Media is socially distant
* 2020-10-05 * No change
* 2020-11-02
* James Conroy will increase efforts. Considering RSS feed might be worthwhile.
* Gary was considering a presentation about software with bad name.
* 2020-11-30 (for December)
* 2021-01-04
* 2021-02-01
* 2021-03-01
* No progress to report.
* 2021-04-05
* We want James Conroy to investigate. He is not here.
* 2021-05-03
* No progress to report.
* 2021-06-02 Comments about May.
* We are too old and can't remember jack. Actually, we just don't care.
* Discord is new game in town. Much like snapchat or instagram. Pure social crud.
* Charter is crap.
* Charter sucks.
* 2021-07-05
* Using many things like SLACK doesn't make any sense to us (the older crowd).
* We need new young fresh blood.
===== Sponsorships =====
// SUMMARY: We seek financial support from the tech community. //
* HISTORY: We are not good at getting sponsors.
*
* *Minutes narratives prior to July 2020 Steercom have been removed.*
* 2020-06-29 for July
* If we get back to regular meetings, would be nice to have a sponsor for beer and pizza.
* 2020-08-03
* 2020-08-31 for September
* Everyone think if there's anyone we can hit up to sponsor meeting platform software i.e. Zoom, Webex, Google, etc
* Note that Webex doesn't allow hosting from Linux, i.e. master console, responsible for controlling session, sharing screen, etc.
* 2020-10-05
* Gary: Can we get some sponsor interested in closed captioning to help elderly and/or hearing impaired to pay for [CC] in our Zoom account?
* 2020-11-02
* Gary wonders if our recent benfactors should be listed as sponsors.
* Agreed that we want to give credit to OMNITEC and Ken Johnson (his choice).
* 2020-11-30 (for December)
* Great company called Omnitec is providing our excellent support.
* 2021-01-04
* 2021-02-01
* 2021-03-01
* Nothing new.
* 2021-04-05
* Thanks to Omnitec.
* 2021-05-03
* Nothing new.
* 2021-06-02 Comments about May.
* Nothing new.
* 2021-07-05
* Nothing new.
===== Camera and Microphone and Projectors =====
// SUMMARY: We try to record many of our meetings.//
* *Minutes narratives prior to July 2020 Steercom have been removed.*
* 2020-06-29 for July
* Don & Lee will discuss status of Camera 1
* Don will investigate Snowball/SpaghettiSauce mic
* One Projector remains with Stan pending access to physical meeting rooms again
* Other projector remains with Lee
* 2020-08-03
* 2020-08-31 for September
* Lee: Testing Camera 1, got some good video
* 2020-10-05 * No change
* 2020-11-02 * No change
* 2020-11-30 (for December) * No change
* 2021-01-04
* 2021-02-01
* 2021-03-01
* Nothing new. Don still has Gary's microphone and Lee's camera. Also hard drive with split video and sound recordings.
* 2021-04-05
* Don E has Lee's camera.
* Don E has Gary's microphone.
* Don E has Stan R hard drive
* Gary needs to corner Don E.
* 2021-05-03
* Nothing new.
* 2021-06-02 Comments about May.
* Nothing new. Gary needs to ask Don E again.
* 2021-07-05
* Nothing new. Gary needs to ask Don E again.
===== Linux Stickers =====
// SUMMARY: Ken Johnson really prefers stickers, rather than stuffed toys! //
* HISTORY: SWAG is good!
* Lee has sheet to pass on to Ken.
* James Conroy will make background black so we can get what we want when ordered.
*
* *Minutes narratives prior to July 2020 Steercom have been removed.*
* 2020-06-29 for July
* 2020-08-03
* 2020-08-31 for September
* 2020-10-05
* 2020-11-02
* Prototype from James Conroy sent to Lee.
* 2020-11-30 (for December)
* Lee hasn't had time to print any. Testing needs to be done. We could make template available to others.
* No news is good news.
* 2021-01-04
* 2021-02-01
* 2021-03-01
* Nothing new.
* 2021-04-05
* Wrong row count on sticker template.
* 2021-05-03
* Nothing new.
* 2021-06-02 Comments about May.
* Nothing new.
* 2021-07-05
* Lee hasn't had time to tweek counts on template layout.
===== 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.
* Applications for the use of St. Louis County Library Meeting Spaces are accepted on the first Saturday in October for January thru June dates, and on the first Saturday in April for July thru December dates.
* We can always check for available Library [[http://slcl.evanced.info/spaces | spaces]].
* **Due to COVID19 restrictions, no library room reservations can be made until further notice.**
*
* *Minutes narratives prior to July 2020 Steercom have been removed.*
* 2020-06-29 for July * No change
* 2020-08-03
* 2020-08-31 for September * No change
* 2020-10-05 * No change
* 2020-11-02 * **Due to COVID19 restrictions, no library room reservations can be made until further notice.**
* 2020-11-30 (for December) * No change
* 2021-01-04 * No change
* 2021-02-01 * No change
* 2021-03-01
* No change
* 2021-04-05
* No change
* 2021-05-03
* Nothing new.
* 2021-06-02 Comments about May.
* Nothing new. Would take Library lots of lead time to start reservation process.
* 2021-07-05
* Library's using rooms for storage. No forseeable opening up.
===== Organizational Papers =====
// SUMMARY: We have large box of hard copy historical records concerning our organization. It has been floating around. //
* 2020-10-05
* Sunday night he returned and found cardboard box with old secretary material. Original Xeroxes of articles of corporation, etc. Historical interest. No idea who dropped it off.
* 2020-11-02
* Gary has not gone thru box of old secretary material yet. Another thing to do.
* 2020-11-30 (for December)
* Box still sitting there.
* 2021-01-04
* Gary had to step over the box to attend this session (so he still has box).
* 2021-02-01
* 2021-03-01
* Box still there.
* 2021-04-05
* Box still there.
* 2021-05-03
* Box still there.
* 2021-06-02 Comments about May.
* Box still there. Stinky salami sandwich is festering.
* 2021-07-05
* Box still there. Per Rich Sieble the year of incorporation was 1992. Would make this our 29th year.
* Lee checked with Missouri Secretary of State site, found it to be july 9th 1992.
* Terry Linhardt did all of the presentations in year before incorporation.
* We have question as is when did our News Letter start? Will explore this latter.
====== Hardware Donations ======
* 2021-04-05
* Lee provided 32 bit machines, 3 laptops and a tower, offered on DISCUSS
* Snapped up by Gary and some guy named Leo.
* 2021-05-03
* Gary still has hardware to hand out.
* 2021-06-02 Comments about May.
* Gary still has hardware to hand out.
* 2021-07-05
* Gary wants to get with Stan to install LinuxMint MATE on at least one laptop.
* One box missing battery. All may work better with 32 bit distros. Likely all low performance boxes.
* Gary should coordinate with Leo on doing an installaton on one more of the boxes.
* Stan offered to do it remotely using GITSO remote software connection.
* Today Stan R has been using Ventoy to boot multiple ISOs from single USB thumbdrive.
* Stan R successfully tested with a dozen ISOs. Ventoy is known to work with 200 plus ISOs.
===== We Need Help =====
// SUMMARY: We don't have enough volunteers to do everything consistently.//
* HISTORY: We need new members who want to do stuff. Same as every month.
* Tyler Rudie had volunteered to help with SLUUG Google calendar input.
* Gary, Stan, & Tyler need to get together to review Tyler getting to work on Google Calendar modifications?
* Tyler Rudie has been granted permissions to help with SLUUG Google calendar input. Not yet given guidance or instructions.
* Gary needs to prompt him.
* QUESTION: Any new volunteers to help?
*
* *Minutes narratives prior to July 2020 Steercom have been removed.*
* 2020-06-29 for July
* 2020-08-03
* 2020-08-31 for September
* We always need help of one kind or another
* 2020-10-05
* Gary & Stan have to get more active with Tyler or someone working on the calendar.
* 2020-11-02
* Gary still needs to contact with Tyler or someone else working on the calendar.
* 2020-11-30 (for December)
* Gary still needs...
* 2021-01-04
* 2021-02-01
* 2021-03-01
* Gary needs to find a good shrink.
* 2021-04-05
* Gary needs to find a free good shrink.
* 2021-05-03
* Gary wants to find a free good shrink.
* 2021-06-02 Comments about May.
* Blanket request, help wanted posting doesn't seem to work well. Better to approach an individual.
* We will need new LUG chair, James Conroy (not James Conway) will be moving to new job in Texas.
* Gary has been remiss in bringing Tyler up to speed on doing Calendar maintenance.
* 2021-07-05
* Same as always, we need all the help we can get.
====== New Business ======
// SUMMARY: After old business, we call for anything that we need to deal with: //
* Do we have anything else, anything new that we need to deal with?
* 2021-07-05
* Yes.
====== Hybrid Meetings ======
// SUMMARY: Combine recording physical plus remote meetings //
* HISTORY:
* We have for the longest time been saying:
* **No physical meeting until further notice **
* When we again have physical meetings, we want to continue video meetings in conjunction
* with any physical meetings. So, in anticipation of future openings of librarys and restaurants,
* reduction of lock-down, we need to work toward perfecting the technology.
* 2021-07-05
* Project considerations
* Locations
* Schedule ~ Timeline
* Assets
* Staffing
* Project Leader ~ Lee Lammert (at least Point Of Contact)
* Project Wrangler ~ Steve Stegmann (if he will remember)
* Recording Hardware ~ Lee Lammert
* Recording Software ~ Tyler Rudie (had been experimenting with OBS during July STLLINUX meeting)
* Remote Virtual Software ~ ZOOM or Jitsi (maybe better) ?
* Head Count (local clipboard and remote software participant panel to capture attendance).
* Production Chief(s) ~ :?:
* does recording and archives.
* one for remote and one for live loction
* Minions
* Equipment ~ inventory ~ splitter ~ projectors ~ microphones ~ cameras ~ smartphone cameras ~ portability
* avoid condenser microphones ~ want dynamic microphones (which may be more expensive)
* Servers ~ ZOOM ~ Jitsi
* Software ~ OBS ~ Discord? ~
* Capabilities ~ Remote Video ~ Chat ~ Recording ~ Screen Sharing ~ YouTube Streaming?
* Documentation ~ Diagrams ~ Limitations
* Testing ~ Bat Cave? ~ Restaurant?
* Discussion:
* Gary M virtual remote experience at 2600 club was not good. They did not have spliter for hybrid session.
* Lee figures harder, quite difficult, do we want to really do it. How do we do recordings?
* Stan R says local noise too much at restaurants.
* Head counts need to be considered. Gary once shared ZOOM paticipant panel. We need to promote sharing participant panel(s) for count heads.
* Stan R has less problem using Jitsi.
* Stan R thought Jitsi does not have built in recording (may not be true).
* Stan R uses Linux SimpleScreenRecorder (SSR) to record all remote sessions. Specificallly activates participant panel while recording sessions with SSR.
* We must consider when will librarys open up. Also, Seimens, Nick and Elaneas restaurant.
* Gary suggests we move this topic earlier in agenda. We don't expect to make much progress right away; but, need to keep in mind.
====== Recurring Requirements ======
// SUMMARY: We routinely rotate thru the following (just in case): //
* HISTORY: In past, we had missed critical government filings, dropped ball on domain renewals, and similar important items.
*
* January 2021 - STLLINUX.ORG domain automatic renewal.
* January 2021 - auto renew of STLWEBDEV was DISABLED 4 January 2021.
* January 2021 ~ Post Office Box Renewal (automatic 6 months on credit card) ~ Lee handles.
*
* February 2021 - SLUUG Annual Board meeting and elections.
* February 2021 - Verify automatic renewal of certs with LetsEncrypt (every 90 days).
* February 2021 - Cancel auto renew of STLWEBDEV before 18 December 21.
*
* March 2021 - Count Ballots
* March 2021 - Updates to contacts on webpage if required.
* March 2021 - Updates to email aliases if required.
* March 2021 - *automated* LetsEncrypt free SSL certificates for websites on BOCK.
* March 2021 - Consider schedule workshops for July and August 2021
* March 2020 - schedule workshops for July and August
* March 2020 - *automated* LetsEncrypt free SSL certificates for websites on BOCK
*
* April 2021 - First Saturday, reserve rooms at St. Louis County Library Branches.
* April 2021 - IRS Form 990-N for Tax Exempt Status. e-postcard.
*
* May 2021 - LetsEncrypt renews every 60 days early (30 day grace period).
*
* June 2021 - BuddyNS SLUUG account due (Automated)
* June 2021 - Missouri Annual Report for Corporate Legal Status due.
* https://bsd.sos.mo.gov/BusinessEntity/BusinessEntityDetail.aspx?page=beSearch&ID=681250
* June 2021 - *automated* LetsEncrypt free SSL certificates for websites on BOCK.
*
* July 2021
* July 2021 ~ Post Office Box Renewal (automatic 6 months on credit card) ~ Lee handles.
*
* August 2021
*
* September 2021
*
* October 2021 - First Saturday, reserve rooms at St. Louis County Library Branches.
*
* November 2021
*
* December 2021
*
* 2021-07-05
* No changes needed for now.
====== Recognize Useful Efforts ======
// SUMMARY: When anybody does something to help! //
* QUESTION: Did anyone do anything helpful or useful?
* 2021-07-05
* Stan R did too much stuff, to include wrangler. Gary wanted to double pay, Lee moved his pay be quadrupled.
* Lee doing keeping up with banking and state reports.
* Mike Knight with Fail2ban and SpamAssassin.
* Dave F provided great insights.
* Steve did great things (may not remember what he did).
====== Follow-up and Action Items ======
// SUMMARY: It may help a little to tag individuals with tasks: //
* Everyone - Review the STEERCOM minutes, make corrections, act!
* Everyone - **Talk to someone about coming to meetings.**
* Everyone - Talk to someone about giving a presentation.
* Everyone - Stan R wants LibreOffice Planning database tested on multiple systems.
*
* Don Ellis ~ Test Stan's Planning database on Libreoffice on Mac.
* Don Ellis ~ Upon return to town, clean tomato sauce off the Snowball microphone (there was minor accident at STLLINUX).
* Don Ellis ~ upload older videos to Google Photos and/or Google Docs & publish links.
* Don Ellis ~ Possible presentation - 2018-07-18 he had suggested Apple interfaces and accessories for audio & video.
* Don Ellis ~ Possible presentation on new ChromeBook Linux interface. July 2020
* Don Ellis ~ will investigate Google+ status
* Don Ellis ~ will place credentials for YouTube and any others on Bock /home/sluug
*
* Lee Lammert - File IRS Form 1099. Online filing deadline is 31 March.
*
* Gary Meyer ~ Hassle Mike about Google throttling.
* Gary Meyer ~ Contact Steve Pidgeon for progress report.
* Gary Meyer ~ Contact Steve Lembark about splitting presentation into two parts.
* 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 held by someone else (squatter).
* SLACC.ORG could be registered. SLACC.ORG available for sale ~ only $499.
* Consider other TLDs than .com and .org for SLACC
* Stan R. ~ Remind Gary Meyer to bring SWAG, Penguins or stickers to meetings and hand out pamphlets.
* Stan and Gary should get together and discuss how ANNOUNCE was done.
*
* 2020-11-30 (for December)
* Gary and Stan need to go through this section.
* 2021-01-04
* Gary and Stan need to go through this section.
* 2021-02-01
* 2021-03-01 Comments for this month:
* Stan went through this section, and moved and deleted much (but, there are still some that are becoming moot).
* 2021-04-05
* 2021-05-03
* 2021-06-02 Comments about May.
* 2021-07-05
* Not reviewed at this time.
====== Adjourn Meeting ======
* Monday, July 5th, 2021
* 2021-07-05
* QUESTION: At what time was meeting adjourned?
* TIME: 9:09 pm
====== Stop Video Recording ======
====== Blue Sky Ideas ======
// SUMMARY: Food for thought ~ anything not previously covered that provides mental stimulus for thinking about improvements or solutions. //
* HISTORY: Stimulate creativity by planting the seed of an idea.
* Current action or response not required.
* 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 recording operator needs to be notified.
* ** Each speaker would initially declare whether an idea should be recorded or not. **
* 2020-08-31 for September
* Skies have been especially blue for this time of year, when not unusually cloudy.
* Stan: Consider moving Blue Skies to after adjournment, so it would take place after formal end of meeting and would not be video recorded.
* 2021-01-04
* We are moving Blue Skies segment to after adjournment, so it would take place after formal end of meeting and would not be video recorded.
* 2021-04-05
* Blue Skies segment moved to after adjournment, takes place after formal end of meeting and is not video recorded.
* 2021-06-02 comments:
====== Keep this Template ======
// SUMMARY: Frequently used to track efforts, errors, problems and successes with multiple recording services, when meetings are recorded.
//
* YYYY-MM-DD comments: (TEMPLATE)
* :?: Pick the primary recording service we used below, then delete other(s) (and this line):
* :?: Primary recording for this session being done with ZOOM thru OMNITEC provided remote video service.
* :?: Primary recording for this session being done with JITSI on https://nyx.omnitec.net/ remote video service.
* :?: Stan R ( will use | used ) Linux SimpleScreenRecorder to make ( primary | secondary ) recording.
* :?:
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