SLUUG Steering Committee Agenda - 5 December 2016
NOTE: Minutes posted on the wiki are always unofficial.
Schedules for upcoming presentations are always tentative.
(Some more tentative than others!)
Location
Saint Louis Bread Company,
(at Old Olive and Olive),
10550 Old Olive Street Road,
Creve Coeur, MO 63141
Date and Time
December 2016
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Monday, December 5, 2016
6:30 PM - 8:24 PM
Attendees
* Don Ellis
* David Forrest
* Ken Johnson
* Lee Lammert
* Gary Meyer
* Stan Reichardt
* Steve Stegmann
Agenda Changes
Secretary Report
Treasurer Report
Balance as of September 30 | $2,174.51 |
Meetup | -89.94 |
Deposit from Reserves | 500.00 |
Balance as of September 30 | $2,584.57 |
Attendance Report
Initial mail list subscriptions are prompted by attendance sheets.
Group leaders are responsible for taking attendance at meetings.
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Attendance numbers, as of end of November 2016:
Meeting | Nov | Dec | Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Meeting |
Steercom | 9 | 7 | 6 | 8 | 9 | 7 | 8 | 8 | 4 | 5 | 3 | 5 | 5 | ? | 6 | 5 | 6 | 5 | 7 | 5 | 7 | 7 | 6 | 5 | 7 | Steercom |
SLACC | 5 | 9 | 12 | 9 | 8 | 9 | 13 | 8 | 9 | 7 | 11 | 9 | 6 | 8 | 8 | 10 | 7 | 7 | 12 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 11 | 7 | 7 | SLACC |
sLUGs | * | * | 9 | 10 | 8 | 8 | 7 | 7 | 5 | 4 | 6 | 6 | 4 | 4 | 5 | 3 | 5 | (3) | 7 | 7 | - | - | - | 5 | (3) | sLUGs |
SLUUG | 16 | 16 | 15 | 18 | 22 | 24 | 18 | 16 | 13 | (21) | 18 | 16 | 13 | 12 | 17 | 14 | 23 | 17 | 17 | 17 | 13 | 21 | (?) | 15 | 13 | SLUUG |
SNUG SuSE | 10 | 7 | 12 | 8 | 8 | 8 | 10 | 7 | 7 | 10 | 11 | 8 | 10 | 8 | 4 | 9 | 6 | 7 | 8 | ? | 6 | 6 | 6 | 6 | 9 | SNUG SuSe |
STLLUG | (14) | 10 | 12 | 17 | 15 | (16) | (16) | 18 | 19 | 16 | 10 | 16 | 10 | 11 | 12 | 16 | 16 | 16 | 15 | 11 | 15 | 18 | 13 | 13 | 18 | STLUG |
HZWLUG | 12 | 9 | 9 | 12 | 12 | 12 | 13 | 10 | 7 | 5 | 6 | 15 | 5 | 6 | 8 | 8 | 10 | 12 | 6 | 8 | 10 | 7 | 10 | 8 | - | HZWLUG |
() - Number in parentheses is head count.
xx - attendance was taken, numbers not yet recorded.
? - Question mark indicates attendance not taken or sheet missing.
* - sLUGs is new STL Linux Users Group for Seniors initial meeting 8 January 2015
- - dash indicates no meeting.
Calendar Report
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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 November 2016:
Year | Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | Year |
2011 | ? | ? | 105 | 108 | 103 | 117 | 105 | 105 | 105 | 113 | 103 | 96 | 2011 |
2012 | 110 | 104 | 122 | 123 | 138 | 111 | 99 | 124 | 122 | 133 | 114 | 111 | 2012 |
2013 | 123 | 128 | 136 | 147 | 144 | 146 | 139 | 119 | 145 | 167 | 153 | 140 | 2013 |
2014 | 143 | 159 | 174 | 165 | 188 | 165 | 132 | 136 | 173 | 165 | 141 | 107 | 2014 |
2015 | 171 | 179 | 177 | 183 | 176 | 168 | 162 | 176 | 206 | 294 | 236 | 197 | 2015 |
2016 | 260 | 277 | 314 | 231 | 183 | 191 | 157 | 166 | 222 | 224 | 212 | ??? | 2016 |
2017 | ??? | ??? | ??? | ??? | ??? | ??? | ??? | ??? | ??? | ??? | ??? | ??? | 2017 |
xxx - numbers not yet recorded.
??? - Future Numbers.
Stopped counting general StL County Library events in May 2016.
Re-counted April 2016 without library events.
Mailing List Report
List | Nov | Dec | Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | List |
ANNOUNCE | 621 | 622 | 620 | 622 | 617 | 617 | 616 | 616 | 611 | 613 | 613 | 608 | 607 | 607 | 608 | 603 | 608 | 608 | 607 | 606 | 607 | 596 | 596 | 591 | 588 | ANNOUNCE |
DISCUSS | 226 | 224 | 224 | 221 | 222 | 208 | 207 | 208 | 204 | 205 | 212 | 213 | 204 | 204 | 206 | 208 | 206 | 204 | 201 | 201 | 201 | 203 | 202 | 202 | 200 | DISCUSS |
STEERCOM | 34 | 34 | 34 | 34 | 35 | 35 | 35 | 34 | 34 | 34 | 34 | 34 | 34 | 34 | 37 | 37 | 39 | 39 | 39 | 39 | 39 | 38 | 38 | 38 | 37 | STEERCOM |
SYSADMIN | 19 | 19 | 19 | 19 | 19 | 19 | 21 | 21 | 19 | 19 | 20 | 20 | 20 | 20 | 21 | 20 | 22 | 21 | 21 | 21 | 21 | 21 | 22 | 21 | 21 | 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.
Command used to generate these (as root on Bud):
xxx - numbers not yet recorded.
- - dash indicates list did not previously exist.
November 2016
November 2016
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SLACC - November 3
SLACC usually holds a Linux configuration workshop - no presentation
13 people. Unusually high attendence.
Daylight Savings Time ends - November 6
US General Elections - November 8
SLUUG - November 9
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BASE: The LISP programming in EMACS (or maybe…Intro to freeCAD by Steve Stegman. (Tentative))
MAIN: Converge: Introducing a next-generation configuration management system. Steven Borrelli steve@aster.is via Andrew Latham
VETERANS DAY - November 11
sLUGs - November 11
sLUGs is the StL Linux Users Group for Seniors.
Stan disappointed in the low turnout.
SNUG - November 16
SNUG is the St. Louis Novell Users Group lunch time meeting.
TOPIC: replayed the keynote from SuSEcon 2016
There were some tech probs with video TV screens. When Gary H arrived we got them going.
Bob Sorrell had brought in a "senior touch screen" linux box. It was interesting and we managed to force it thru enuff that we duplicated the customers problem so Bob has something to fix.
STLLUG - November 17
STLLUG is the St. Louis Linux Users Group.
TOPIC: Odoo 10 - Andrew Latham
* Features and updates for the new version of the largest ERP/CRM/MRP
Side topic = RSYNC -how to use. -options from MAN page. RSNAPSHOT 2013 Sept 19 of Andrew
Good new features. The plug that TOYOTA CORP. uses it is an EXCELLENT selling point.
Hazelwood - November 23
THANGSGIVING DAY - November 24
Schedule
December 2016
December 2016
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SLACC - December 1
SLACC usually holds a Linux configuration workshop - no presentation
Stan posted a review on Discuss. Ken liked the review. Dave was there and says it was crowded. Stan was working one-on-one installing a thumbdrive as a bootable device.
STEERCOM - Steering Committee - December 5
sLUGs - December 9
sLUGs is the StL Linux Users Group for Seniors.
SLUUG - December 14
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BASE: To Be Determined (TBD) BCP 38? IETF recommendations? Maybe "quicky" on Google's "Smeared Second" replacing "Leap Second" on Dec 31!
MAIN: IoT, IoE, Hyperconvergence and Security - Presented by Dr. Maurice Dawson
The Internet of Things describes a world in which smart technologies
enable objects with a network to communicate with each other and interface
with humans effortlessly. This connected world of convenience and
technology does not come without its drawbacks, as inter-connectivity
implies hack-ability. Security Solutions for Hyper-connectivity and the
Internet of Things offers insights from cutting-edge research about the
strategies and techniques that can be implemented to protect against
cyber-attacks.
Dr. Maurice Dawson
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Maurice Dawson is an Assistant Professor of Information Systems (Cyber
Security) at the College of Business Administration at University of
Missouri- St. Louis with affiliation to the Cyber-security and Information
Technology Innovation Lab (CITIL). Visiting Professor at the Polytechnic
University of Puerto Rico, Visiting Professor at the University of
Nairobi, and a Senior Research Fellow at the American Leadership & Policy
Foundation (ALPF). Additionally, he was a Visiting Assistant Professor
(Honorary) at the University of Tennessee in the College of Engineering
within the Department of Industrial and Systems Engineering. Dawson has
received two Fulbright Specialist Grants to Russia in 2014 [Project
#5824/South Ural State University] and Bangladesh in 2016 [Project
#6296/University of Rajshahi]. Dawson served a Visiting Scholar with the
University of The Gambia through the International Studies and Programs
(ISP) Fellowship awarded in 2014.
Elizabeth Laspe of PDS-Tech will sponsor pizza & drinks.
UMSL's AITP students are invited so MAYBE not have the tutorial. MAybe a long Q&A. Good oportunity to announce elections.
EVERYBODY- Spread the word/invitation to who may be interested. The Arduino group.
Gary will tell Prof. Yi Yang at Fontbonne.
STLLUG - December 15
STLLUG is the St. Louis Linux Users Group.
Hazelwood - December 20
HZWLUG topics are usually determined by attendees. We usually cover more than one topic.
Web site lists a number of topics to provide general directions from which to take off
*NOTE LOCATION CHANGE FOR DECEMBER*
Meeting location change due to Library schedule conflicts
VENUE St. Louis County Library Rock Road Br, Room 1.
Phil will run this month.
SNUG - December 21
SNUG is the St. Louis Novell Users Group lunch time meeting.
January 2017
January 2017
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STEERCOM - Steering Committee - January 2
SLACC - January 5
SLACC usually holds a Linux configuration workshop - no presentation
SLUUG - January 11
SNUG - January 18
SNUG is the St. Louis Novell Users Group lunch time meeting.
STLLUG - January 19
STLLUG is the St. Louis Linux Users Group.
sLUGs - January 20
sLUGs is the StL Linux Users Group for Seniors.
Hazelwood - January 24
HZWLUG topics are usually determined by attendees. We usually cover more than one topic.
Web site lists a number of topics to provide general directions from which to take off
*NOTE LOCATION CHANGE FOR JANUARY 2017*
Meeting location change due to Library schedule conflicts
VENUE St. Louis County Library Indian Trails Branch
STEERCOM - Steering Committee - January 30
February 2017
February 2017
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SLACC - February 2
SLACC usually holds a Linux configuration workshop - no presentation
Balloting
SLUUG - February 8
Hazelwood - February 14
HZWLUG topics are usually determined by attendees. We usually cover more than one topic.
Balloting
*NOTE LOCATION CHANGE FOR FEBRUARY 2017*
Meeting location change due to Library schedule conflicts
VENUE St. Louis County Library Indian Trails Branch
SNUG - February 15
Balloting
SNUG is the St. Louis Novell Users Group lunch time meeting.
STLLUG - February 16
Balloting
STLLUG is the St. Louis Linux Users Group.
sLUGs - February 24
Balloting
sLUGs is the StL Linux Users Group for Seniors.
Old Business
Server Admin
Andrew has been applying updates
2015-02-02
2015-03-02
Need to perform restart to enable kernel updates
Need to discuss update to more recent supported
OS
Andrew proposes a weekend event to update & document the system
Perhaps migrate away from a legacy platform
Investigate Linode as new/additional location
These concepts will be pursued in an email thread on sysadmin list
2015-03-30
2015-05-05
Mike and Andrew were discussing a newer
OS, perhaps CentOS 7
Ken volunteered to help
2015-06-01
2015-08-03
2015-08-31
2016-02-29
2016-04-04
2016-07-05
2016-08-01
2016-09-05
Stan R. doesn't see different vim configuration. Anomaly must have been something he did wrong.
Arrange Earnest being introduced to the SLUUG servers, etc,… He will be helping doing SysAdmin
Earnest Redwood came to his 1st steercom tonite after a couple months of other mtngs.
He volunteered to be indoctrinated in SLUUG Server Lore (as Steve Stegman was 13 months ago).
Lee and Earnest have exchanged e-mail addresses and will arrange times for him to come in and see the machines and start getting organized.
Gary asked that WHEN POSSIBLE we make the mtngs known on SysAdmin in case others want to join and (re)learn.
2016-10-03
$ As of: Sun Oct 2 17:39:25 CDT 2016
$ AMBER uptime shows:
17:38:18 up 368 days, 12:09, 1 user, load average: 0.00, 0.00, 0.00
2016-10-31
2016-12-05
$ As of: Mon Dec 5 15:05:24 CST 2016
$ AMBER uptime shows:
15:04:58 up 432 days, 10:36, 1 user, load average: 0.01, 0.08, 0.15
Free SSL Certificates
2015-06-01
We'd like to get SSL certificates.
2015-06-29
2015-10-05 - no volunteers to do it for us yet.
2016-02-01
2016-04-04
2016-05-02
2016-07-05 Don has automated a script. Don needs to document.
2016-08-01
2016-09-05
2016-10-03
2016-10-31
Need TLS certs onto a new
OS. Need a talk to tell people to stop saying SSL.
Lee has abandoned and is using CERTbot from repos.
Need a volunteer to move onto Nick but DirtyCow, etc is in play. CentOS not supported to upgrade online. Even SuSe allows it.
2016-12-05
Web Site Maintenance
2015-06
Sponsor logos in the main rotation have been purged of those we have not heard from in three years
SuSE had been asked multiple times about a local presentation, .. no response
Old
Gary and Lee spoke with folks from SuSE
At SuSE Linux Expert Days
Lee got a bunch a schwag to pass out over the next few months
Might be able to bring some of these guys into town for talks
Craig had a recruiter offer to sponsor upcoming meetings
2015-06-29
Stan R. asked Valerie Bacon and John Hodge of Graybar about Gary's never asked question about beer.
Per John Hodge, Graybar no longer (as they once did) allows beer at meetings.
2015-08-03
Lee purged old sponsors from front page rotation.
Andrew checking with NEC Electonics contact, requesting sponsorship by way presentations.
Gary suggests rotating banners for other groups.
Lee suggest reserving primary appearence for sponsors that provide us with resources.
2015-08-31
2016-07-05
2016-08-01
2016-09-05
* It would be very nice to get some sponsors who might provide food/drink!! THINK!
2016-10-03
2016-10-31
2016-12-05
Uploading Presentations
Andrew uploaded many presentations and linked them via the sites.
Need to figure out how to get the slides published along with video.
Need to get more old presentations uploaded.
2015-06-29
2015-08-03
2016-02-01
2016-07-05
2016-08-01
2016-09-05
2016-10-03
2016-10-31
2016-12-05
Gary and Craig asked to reconsider MEETUP.COM.
It's a place to find meetings.
It does cost money ($12 / month).
It helps attendees of similar groups find our group.
DECISION: We'll ask for volunteers on DISCUSS to "own" the group.
Craig - Contact Ed Schneider about MEETUP.COM Group creation and maintenance.
Possible meetup volunteer - Brian Bilgere
2015-03-02
2015-03-30
A total of 39 have joined with our Meetup site
Had 1 person come to SLUUG meeting after seeing it
Had 1 person come to STLLUG meeting after seeing it
Had 2 people come to HZWLUG meeting after seeing it
2015-05-05
2015-06-01
A total of 61 are following our Google+ page
A total of 77 have joined with our MEETUP.COM site
Starting to see cross-promotional references with other groups.
2015-06-29
A total of xx are following our Google+ page
A total of 92 have joined with our MEETUP.COM site (as of 29 June)
However, new attendees are still just finding us by way of Google search or the SLUUG Google Calendar (per Stan R.)
2015-08-03
A total of 63 are following our Google+ page
A total of 1466 views and 29 subscribers are following our YouTube.
A total of 106 have joined with our MEETUP.COM site (as of 2 Aug)
Gary needs to learn how to post to MEETUP.COM, Stan R. offers to show him.
Lee has resubmitted narrative stuff to STEERCOM mailing list.
2015-08-31
Stan made the calendar color coded so you can sort though the many many events.
32 Subscribers on youtube
Hmm, there aren't any saint louis unix Meetups near you yet
2016-01-04
2016-02-01
2016-05-02
Return to doing Youtube recordings
Acquire camera and set of lavaliere cordless microphones
Steve volunteered to manage monthly recording process
Andy sent email to steercom suggesting we research & buy equipment
2016-07-05
2016-08-01
2016-09-05
2016-10-03
2016-10-31
2016-12-05
Handouts
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Stan R. has continued updating pamphlets.
Don Weimann has been printing pamphlets when Stan R. asks for them.
Stan R. has been working on a pamphlet on VIM.
2015-03-02
2015-06-01
2015-10-05 We should request small business cards with all the websites and names of groups we care about.
2016-07-05
2016-08-01
2016-09-05
2016-10-03
2016-10-31
2016-12-05
Library Reservations
* Not all scheduled dates are on 4th Tuesday of each month; but, they are on Tuesday.
* Not all scheduled dates are on 2nd Friday of each month; but, they are on Friday.
Some other previously scheduled October, November or December reservations might be moved to Indian Trails, Prairie Commons, or Rock Road.
Next date for StL County Library room reservations will be first Saturday in April (1 April 2017).
2016-10-31
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2016-12-05
StL County Library system has finally started sending email confermations again to Stan R.
Of course they are screwy. Stan R. will be double checking all reservations.
Web Camera and Mic
Nominations Committee
We Need Help
New Business
Recognize Useful Efforts
Blue Sky Ideas
Food for thought
2016-12-05
Recurring Requirements
December 2016 - Renew STLWEBDEV.ORG domain.
February 2017 - SLUUG annual Board meeting and elections.
April 2017 - First Saturday, reserve rooms at St. Louis County Library Branches.
May 2017 - IRS Form 990-N for Tax Exempt Status. e-postcard.
June 2017 - BuddyNS SLUUG account due.
July 2017 - Renew SLUUG.ORG domain with Dotster
August 2017 - Missouri Annual Report for Corporate Legal Status due.
October 2017 - First Saturday, reserve rooms at St. Louis County Library Branches.
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 YouTube [or copy videos to a hard drive].
Stan R. - Remind Gary M. to bring Penguins to meetings and hand out pamphlets.
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Gary M. - Did not follow up with Noel about transferring the SLACC.COM domain to us.
Gary M.
Stan R & Lee L - Squid proxy to restrict browsing abilities for children etc.