SLUUG Steering Committee Agenda - 30 April for MAY 2018
NOTE: Minutes posted on the Wiki are always unofficial.
Schedules for upcoming presentations are always tentative.
(Some more tentative than others!)
Location
Saint Louis Bread Company,
(at Old Olive and Olive),
10550 Old Olive Street Road,
Creve Coeur, MO 63141
Date and Time
April 2018
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May 2018
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Tuesday, April 30, 2018
6:30 PM - 8:50 PM
Attendees
Listed alphabetically by last name:
* Don Ellis
* David Forrest
* Ken Johnson
* Lee Lammert
* Gary Meyer
* Stan Reichardt
* Steve Stegmann
Agenda Changes
Secretary Report
Don Ellis
2018-02-06
Stan: Instead of having just one individual edit wiki minutes, could we routinely round robin updating minutes?
Unattributed consensus: Good idea. Let's do it.
2018-04-02
2018-04-30 for MAY
Treasurer Report
Balance as of 1 April | $5,254.39 |
Library rooms | $ -90.00 |
Balance as of 30 April | $5,164.39 |
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 April 2018:
Year | Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | Year |
2011 | ? | ? | 105 | 108 | 103 | 117 | 105 | 105 | 105 | 113 | 103 | 96 | 2011 |
2012 | 110 | 104 | 122 | 123 | 138 | 111 | 99 | 124 | 122 | 133 | 114 | 111 | 2012 |
2013 | 123 | 128 | 136 | 147 | 144 | 146 | 139 | 119 | 145 | 167 | 153 | 140 | 2013 |
2014 | 143 | 159 | 174 | 165 | 188 | 165 | 132 | 136 | 173 | 165 | 141 | 107 | 2014 |
2015 | 171 | 179 | 177 | 183 | 176 | 168 | 162 | 176 | 206 | 294 | 236 | 197 | 2015 |
2016 | 260 | 277 | 314 | 231 | 183 | 191 | 157 | 166 | 222 | 224 | 212 | 157 | 2016 |
2017 | 133 | 141 | 177 | 168 | 137 | 143 | 124 | 158 | 173 | 163 | 168 | 129 | 2017 |
2018 | 165 | ??? | ??? | ??? | xxx | xxx | xxx | xxx | xxx | xxx | xxx | xxx | 2018 |
??? - numbers not yet recorded.
xxx - Future Numbers.
Stopped counting general StL County Library events in May 2016.
Re-counted April 2016 without library events.
Attendance Report
Initial mail list subscriptions are prompted by attendance sheets.
Group leaders are responsible for taking attendance at meetings.
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Attendance numbers, as of end of April 2018:
Year | | | | | | | '16 | | | | | | | | | | | '17 | | | | | | | '18 | | | | Year |
Meeting | Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | Meeting |
Steercom | 6 | 5 | 6 | 5 | 7 | 5 | 7 | 7 | 6 | 5 | 7 | 7 | 8 | 6 | 8 | 6 | 7 | 7 | 5 | 6 | 6 | 4 | 6 | 3 | 7 | 3 | 6 | 7 | Steercom |
SLACC | 8 | 10 | 7 | 7 | 12 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 11 | 7 | 7 | 13 | 7 | 12 | 10 | 5 | 7 | (10) | 6 | 7 | 8 | 11 | ?? | 6 | 6 | 6 | 7 | 9 | SLACC |
SLUUG | 17 | 14 | 23 | 17 | 17 | 17 | 13 | 21 | (?) | 15 | 13 | 14 | 20 | 17 | 24 | 17 | 10 | 13 | 7 | 13 | 12 | 21 | 14 | 16 | 14 | 13 | 13 | 18 | SLUUG |
STLLUG | 11 | 12 | 16 | 16 | 16 | 15 | 11 | 15 | 18 | 13 | 13 | 18 | 14 | 15 | 18 | 14 | 15 | 14 | 18 | 16 | 16 | 12 | (27) | ?? | 12 | 8 | 13 | ?? | STLLUG |
HZWLUG | 8 | 8 | 10 | 12 | 6 | 8 | 10 | 7 | 10 | 8 | - | 8 | 9 | 10 | ? | 7 | 7 | 8 | 7 | 5 | 8 | 5 | 7 | 9 | 8 | 11 | 8 | 11 | HZWLUG |
sLUGs | 5 | 3 | 5 | (3) | 7 | 7 | - | - | - | 5 | (3) | 7 | 9 | 6 | 10 | 4 | 3 | 3 | 4 | 4 | 3 | * | * | * | * | * | * | * | sLUGs |
SNUG SuSE | 4 | 9 | 6 | 7 | 8 | ? | 6 | 6 | 6 | 6 | 9 | - | 12 | 9 | 9 | 7 | 6 | 8 | 5 | 8 | 8 | 6 | 8 | * | * | * | * | * | SNUG SuSe |
() - Number in parentheses is head count.
xx - attendance was taken, numbers not yet recorded.
?? - Question marks indicate attendance not taken or sheet missing.
* - sLUGs was STL Linux Users Group for Seniors with initial meeting 8 February 2015. Discontinued October 2017.
* - SNUG SuSe was STL Novell Users Group with lunch meeting. Discontinued December 2017.
- - dash indicates no meeting.
Mailing List Report
Year | | | | | | | | '16 | | | | | | | | | | | '17 | | | | | | '18 | | | | Year |
List | Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | List |
ANNOUNCE | 608 | 603 | 608 | 608 | 607 | 606 | 607 | 596 | 596 | 591 | 588 | 585 | 582 | 580 | 575 | 570 | 569 | 569 | 569 | 568 | 566 | 562 | 562 | 559 | 556 | 544 | 543 | 543 | ANNOUNCE |
DISCUSS | 206 | 208 | 206 | 204 | 201 | 201 | 201 | 203 | 202 | 202 | 200 | 199 | 197 | 196 | 193 | 190 | 191 | 192 | 191 | 192 | 191 | 189 | 188 | 189 | 188 | 188 | 187 | 187 | DISCUSS |
STEERCOM | 37 | 37 | 39 | 39 | 39 | 39 | 39 | 38 | 38 | 38 | 37 | 37 | 36 | 36 | 35 | 34 | 34 | 34 | 34 | 34 | 33 | 33 | 33 | 33 | 33 | 33 | 33 | 33 | STEERCOM |
SYSADMIN | 21 | 20 | 22 | 21 | 21 | 21 | 21 | 21 | 22 | 21 | 21 | 21 | 20 | 20 | 20 | 23 | 23 | 23 | 23 | 23 | 22 | 22 | 22 | 22 | 22 | 22 | 22 | 22 | 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.
Other Kinda Stuff Report
Year | | | '15 | | | | | '16 | | | | | | | | | '17 | | | | | | | '18 | | | | Year |
Other | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Dec | Jan | Apr | Jul | Oct | Nov | Dec | Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | Other |
MEETUP | 39 | 59 | 77 | 92 | 172 | 179 | xxx | xxx | xxx | 259 | xxx | 273 | 285 | 291 | 299 | 301 | 302 | 304 | 315 | 319 | 325 | 336 | 340 | 348 | 360 | 367 | 372 | MEETUP |
GOOGLE+ | ??? | ??? | ??? | ??? | ??? | ??? | ??? | ??? | ??? | ??? | ??? | ??? | ??? | ??? | ??? | ??? | ??? | ??? | ??? | ??? | ??? | ??? | ??? | ??? | ??? | ??? | ??? | GOOGLE+ |
YOUTUBE | ??? | ??? | ??? | ??? | ??? | ??? | ??? | ??? | ??? | ??? | ??? | ??? | ??? | ??? | ??? | ??? | ??? | ??? | ??? | ??? | ??? | ??? | ??? | ??? | ??? | ??? | ??? | YOUTUBE |
xxx - numbers not recorded.
??? - don't know where or how to get a count for this.
- - dash indicates list did not previously exist.
* We do NOT know how/what to count in YouTube Nor do we know how to metric videos.
* We do NOT know how/what to count in Google+ Nor do we know how to metric videos.
April 2018
April 2018
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STEERCOM - April 2
SLACC - April 5
SLACC usually holds a Linux configuration workshop - no presentation
SLUUG - April 11
STLLUG - April 19
STLLUG is the St. Louis Linux Users Group.
VENUE Nick and Elena's Pizzeria, 3007 Woodson Rd, Overland, MO 63114
Ken – X Window & shell productivity automation with AutoKey & XDoTool
Pretty cool. Installs easily on Mac & Chrome-Crouton
Andrew brought PC Engine; board about 8"x8", 4GB, 3 Gigabit Ethernet connections. Suitable for use as edge router.
Hazelwood - April 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 TEMPORARY LOCATION CHANGE FOR APRIL 24 2018*
VENUE St. Louis County Library Rock Road Branch
Discussed various distros, several conversations going on at once.
STEERCOM - April 30 for MAY
Schedule
May 2018
May 2018
Su Mo Tu We Th Fr Sa
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27 28 29 30 31
SLACC - May 3
SLACC usually holds a Linux configuration workshop - no presentation
SLUUG - May 9
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BASE (Personal Computing):
MAIN (Enterprise Computing):
Since Chuck Doolittle will be out of town, Valerie Bacon has agreed to act as host for this meeting
STLLUG - May 17
Deferred to another month:
* TOPIC: Shootout with current distros (various artists -- bring your favorite)
Hazelwood - May 22
HZWLUG topics are usually determined by attendees. We usually cover more than one topic.
Web site lists a number of topics to provide general directions from which to take off
*RETURN TO NORMAL LOCATION FOR MAY 22 2018*
VENUE St. Louis County Library Bridgeton Trails Branch
June 2018
June 2018
Su Mo Tu We Th Fr Sa
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3 4 5 6 7 8 9
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STEERCOM - June 4
ARIN On The Run meeting - June 5
Tuesday, 5 June 2018
10:00 AM - 3:30 PM
St. Louis, MO (Hilton St. Louis at the Arch)
SLACC - June 7
SLACC usually holds a Linux configuration workshop - no presentation
SLUUG - June 13
STLLUG - June 21
Hazelwood - June 26
HZWLUG topics are usually determined by attendees. We usually cover more than one topic.
July 2018
July 2018
Su Mo Tu We Th Fr Sa
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8 9 10 11 12 13 14
15 16 17 18 19 20 21
22 23 24 25 26 27 28
29 30 31
STEERCOM - July 2
SLACC - July 5
SLACC usually holds a Linux configuration workshop - no presentation
SLUUG - July 11
STLLUG - July 19
Hazelwood - July 24
HZWLUG topics are usually determined by attendees. We usually cover more than one topic.
Old Business
Location for STLLUG
* Our sponsoring host, Dr. Lemon UMSL-ITEC, has new commitments.
UMSL ITE meeting site will not be available after it rains.
Need new location for StL LUG – sponsor will be working on Robotics Competition.
2017-06-05 for JUNE
Will keep meeting at Graybar until further notice.
2017-06-26 for JULY
2017-07-31 for AUGUST
2017-08-28 for SEPTEMBER
Graybar good for remainder of 2017
2017-10-02
2017-10-30 for NOVEMBER
We need to start talking to Chuck Doolittle of Graybar, Dr. Lemmon UMSL-ITEC, and any others about stlLUG location.
2017-12-04
Nick and Elaina's as mtng location!!!!
Lee made contact with Nick and Elaina's.
Gary, Chuck, Lee have asked them for the room. Did we only ask about Wed? NOT Thurs???
2018-01-02
Will stlLUG return to UMSL ITE???
2018-02-06
VENUE Nick and Elena's Pizzeria
3007 Woodson Rd, Overland, MO 63114
2018-03-05
Did we let Dr. Lemmon of UMSL know?
Yes. He might attend
Feedback from Elena?
positive reception
2018-04-02
2018-04-30 for MAY
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Library Room Reservations
2017-12-04
2018-01-02
2018-02-06
2018-03-05
2018-04-02
2018-04-30 for MAY
Phil Bunch had success with all SLACC meeting dates and using Rock Road locations. Stan missed Saturday registration for HZWLUG.
All preferred Prairie Commons dates were Library reserved, and differing dates and locations had to be found. The Indian Trails Branch messed up confirmations.
STL County Library Reservation made for SLACC and HZWLUG done, two payments still needed. i
Our web page schedules updated, still need to update location information on our Google calendar and and all MEETUP information.
Problem with activating new Regions bank card used to make payments.
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Server Admin
Free SSL Certificates
2017-01-30 for FEBRUARY
2017-06-05 for JUNE
2017-06-26 for JULY
2017-07-31 for AUGUST
2017-08-28 for SEPTEMBER
2017-10-02
2017-10-30 for NOVEMBER
2017-12-04
2018-01-02
2018-02-06
2018-03-05
2018-04-02
2018-04-30 for MAY
Web Site Maintenance
2017-01-02
2017-01-30 For FEB
2017-02-27 For MARCH
2017-04-03 For APRIL
2017-06-05 for JUNE
2017-06-26 for JULY
2017-07-31 for AUGUST
2017-08-28 for SEPTEMBER
2017-10-02
2017-10-30 for NOVEMBER
Stan R deleted home page access to old volunteering page. It may have had an archaic e-mail address as we never received anything from it.
Stan R made some edits on Special Interest Group (SIG) drop down. The sLUGs SIG web page indicates end of meetings, much like other discontinued SIGs.
Stan R & Don E will coordinate addition of video links to home page and/or G+ page by December Steercom meeting.
2017-12-04
STLWEBDEV.ORG domain was automatically renewed
Stan R is asking why we're supporting the domain other than for their mailing list. He receives email, but has never been able to post on the list. Not sure how to sign up for the list.
Gary saw on Meetup.com a group name that sounds dedicated to the same topic. Will this one continue, or be absorbed into the Meetup?
2018-01-02
2018-02-06
2018-03-05
Stan R had wrong meeting date on SLUUG main page (it still showed January date) and failed to update SLUUG February topics on MEETUP page.
Lee Lammert updated SLUUG February topics on the MEETUP page.
Above errors, delays and omissions may have affected SLUUG general meeting February attendance.
ANNOUNCE for the week and our Google Calendar entries had correct information.
2018-04-02
2018-04-30 for MAY
2017-01-30
2017-02-27 For MARCH
2017-06-26 for JULY
2017-07-31 for AUGUST
2017-08-28 for SEPTEMBER
2017-10-02
2017-10-30 for NOVEMBER
2017-12-04
A total of 336 have joined with our MEETUP.COM site (as of 30 Nov)
There is a new interface structure to MEETUP.COM maintenance, making changes difficult.
Example: Deleting duplicate information for SLACC meetings was hard to do and MIGHT have inadvertently sent cancellation messages.
We continue to need someone to help utilize MEETUP.COM resource.
Maintenance to MEETUP.COM is not done with scripts. It is user interface intensive. ~ stanr
(Stan) – Hate the world. Except for chocolate. Should we be on FaceBook or Slack for social media interaction?
2018-01-02
2018-02-06
2018-03-05
A total of 360 have joined with our MEETUP.COM site, as of this February. Compared to ??? last February.
Unknown number have actually attended.
2018-04-02
A total of 367 have joined with our MEETUP.COM site, as of this March. Compared to 291 last March.
Stan wants someone else to respond to email inquiries and update calendar entries
One person attended March SLUUG meeting due to Meetup contact
2018-04-30 for MAY
A total of 372 have joined with our MEETUP.COM site, as of this April. Compared to 299 last April.
Stan R. Hate the world, except for chocolate. Should we be on FaceBook or Slack for social media interaction?
Stan found himself remiss in nominating attendee email addresses from attendance sheets.
Procrastination is ugly. Until this weekend, none of email addresses for all of 2017 were nominated to ANNOUNCE and DISCUSS mailing lists.
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Print more cards with signup procedure to hand out at meetings
If nobody other than Stan R. will build weekly ANNOUNCE mailing, why bother with ANNOUNCE list?
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Uploading Presentations
2017-01-02
2017-02-27 For MARCH
2017-06-05 for JUNE
2017-06-26 for JULY
2017-07-31 for AUGUST
2017-08-28 for SEPTEMBER
2017-10-02
2017-10-30 for NOVEMBER
2017-12-04
2018-01-02
2018-02-06
2018-03-05
2018-04-02
2018-04-30 for MAY
Camera and Microphone
2017-06-05 for JUNE
2017-06-26 for JULY
2017-07-31 for AUGUST
2017-08-28 for SEPTEMBER
2017-10-02
2017-10-30 for NOVEMBER
2017-12-04
2018-01-02
2018-02-06
2018-03-05
2018-04-02
2018-04-30 for MAY
Don returned 2 GoPro Hero4
Don acquired directional microphone and mic mount for iPhone, and tripod for mic mounted assembly
2017-01-30
2017-02-27 For MARCH
2017-06-26 for JULY
2017-07-31 for AUGUST
2017-08-28 for SEPTEMBER
2017-10-02
2017-10-30 for NOVEMBER
2018-01-02
2018-02-06
2018-03-05
2018-04-02
2018-04-30 for MAY
Handouts
2017-02-27 For MARCH
Need someone to work with Stan preparing handouts for SUSE Expert days
Raspberry Pi day at Science Center 3/11
First Friday at Science Center
2017-06-26 for JULY
2017-07-31 for AUGUST
2017-08-28 for SEPTEMBER
2017-10-02
2017-10-30 for NOVEMBER
2017-12-04
2018-01-02
2018-02-06
2018-03-05
2018-04-02
2018-04-30 for MAY
We Need Help
Web Components Group
2018-04-02
2018-04-30 for MAY
New Business
Any New Business
Recognize Useful Efforts
Blue Sky Ideas
Food for thought
2018-04-30 for MAY
Recurring Requirements
May 2018 - IRS Form 990-N for Tax Exempt Status. e-postcard.
June 2018 - BuddyNS SLUUG account due
June 2018 - Missouri Annual Report for Corporate Legal Status due.
July 2018 - SLUUG.ORG domain is domain automatic renewal? Is it with Dotster?
October 2018 - First Saturday, reserve rooms at St. Louis County Library Branches.
December 2018 - STLWEBDEV.ORG is domain automatic renewal?
January 2019 - STLLINUX.ORG domain automatic renewal.
February 2019 - SLUUG Annual Board meeting and elections.
April 2019 - First Saturday, reserve rooms at St. Louis County Library Branches.
Follow-up and Action Items
Everyone - Review the STEERCOM minutes, make corrections, act!
Everyone - Talk to someone about coming to meetings.
Everyone - Talk to someone about giving a presentation.
Don Ellis - upload older videos to Google Photos and/or Google Docs & publish links
Lee Lammert - Check on running joint meeting with WEBDEV folks.
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Gary Meyer - Did not follow up with Noel about transferring the SLACC.COM domain to us.
Lee Lammert - Reminder: If anyone needs SLUUG critical info, it's stored on Amber /home/admin
Stan R. - Remind Gary Meyer to bring Penguins to meetings and hand out pamphlets.
Stan & Gary should get together and discuss how ANNOUNCE is done