NOTE: Minutes posted on the Wiki are always unofficial. Schedules for upcoming presentations are always tentative. (Some more tentative than others!)

• No physical meeting until further notice
  • When we again have physical meetings, we would like to continue video meetings in conjunction with physical meetings.
• 2023-07-31 Comments for August:
  • 

SUMMARY: This is where we consider any additions, changes, deletions, sequence changes, or other changes to items in the prepared agenda.

  * HISTORY: 
  * We can consider changes prior to all reviews, planning and OLD BUSINESS items.
    * By jumping ahead, then back, without altering agenda layout sequence.
  * Do NOT alter agenda layout sequence, during current meeting.
  * Moving a listed item out of sequence makes later editing difficult.
  * 
  * We can jump to **Old Business** items, consider, then back to usual sequence.
  * We can jump to **New Business** section, create new item, consider, then jump back to usual sequence.
  * By NOT altering agenda layout sequence during the meeting, that will keep it easier to build the next agenda.

• AGENDA CHANGE:
• QUESTION: Are there any additions, deletions, or other changes to sequence of items in the prepared agenda?
• 2023-02-27 Comments for March::
  • Started out with Jonathan Drews list of possible presentations.
  • Jonathan Drews volunteered for NEWLINUX 28 March Graphics Magic ( easy to use BSD/Linux tool ).
  • At some future time, Melissa Evers regarding OpenSource at Intel.
  • At some future time, Mathew Justice regarding How Computers Really Work (book) internal electronics.
• 2023-07-31 Comments for August:
  • NONE

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• QUESTION: Have the recorders been started ( they should be, before call to order )?
• 2023-07-31 Comments for August:
  • Yes

• QUESTION: When was STEERCOM meeting called to order?
• 2023-07-31 Comments for August:
  • Monday, July 31st, 2023
  • TIME: 6:50pm

Listed alphabetically by last name:

* James Conroy

* Jonathan Drews

* David Forrest

* Ken Johnson

* Lee Lammert

* Gary Meyer

* Stan Reichardt

* Steve Stegmann

* Sean Twiehaus

SUMMARY: Somebody has to build the agenda and then record the minutes.

• The narrative comments in the agenda/minutes prior to January 2023 Steercom have been removed.
• 2023-01-09 Comments: Stan R acting only as recording secretary.
• 2023-01-30 Comments for February: Stan R acting only as recording secretary. Gary nominated Stan R for an Academy Award
• 2023-02-27 Comments for March:: Stan R acting only as recording secretary.
• 2023-04-03 Comments: Stan R acting only as recording secretary.
• 2023-05-01 Comments: Stan R acting only as recording secretary.
• 2023-06-05 Comments: Stan R acting only as recording Secretary. Sean offered but Stan decliened.
• 2023-06-26 Comments for July:
  • Stan R would like Sean T to act as recording Secretary ( if present and he still would ).
  • Sean T not here, so Stan R. will act.
• 2023-07-31 Comments for August:
  • Stan R acting only as recording Secretary.

• 2023-07-31 Comments for August:
  • Donation received form Dave Forrest!!!!

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!
  * Detailed breakdown showing cancelled, defunct, delayed, missed, moved, and postponed meetings was being done.
  * The page has been altered to allow showing separate displays of supported meetings from sponsored meetings.
  * Stan R has discontinued doing detailed breakdown of calendar entries believing it is too much effort for too little value.

• SLUUG Calendar is a Google Calendar available on our web site.
• Count of number of events listed, each month, as of end of July 2023:

  * LEGEND:
  * Greyed out areas indicate corrections or never previously reported counts.
  * xxx - numbers not recorded.
  * ??? - Future Numbers.
  * Stopped counting general Saint Louis 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 counting. Much more tedious.
  * Five day limitation "improvement" gone, no longer takes so much longer to count.

• ISSUES:
• Originally only local STL face-to-face meetings were counted. Started adding remote meetings.

• The narrative comments in the agenda/minutes prior to January 2023 Steercom have been removed.
• 2023-01-09 Comments:
  • Of the 238 total, 1 were cancelled, 43 (x~), 0 defunct, 7 delayed, 1 missed, and 4 moved, and 0 postponed; so, leaving 182 active.
• 2023-01-30 Comments for February: Delayed
• 2023-02-27 Comments for March: Delayed
• 2023-04-03 Comments: The calendar counts are on Stan R's machine that is currently NOT functioning ( to be repaired ).
• 2023-05-01 Comments:
  • Stan R's machine miraculously came back to life and some previous count extracts can be recovered.
  • Now he has to locate those files, or rebuild them from scratch.
• 2023-06-05 Comments: Will post monthly totals later.
• 2023-06-26 Comments for July:
  • Delayed total counts are now listed.
  • Stan R has discontinued doing detailed breakdown of calendar entries believing it is too much effort with too little value.
  • Stan R has split the GOOGLE calendar page display to allow separate displays of supported from display of sponsored meetings.
  • Stan R and Gary M are designating supported and sponsored meetings as time and effort permits during creation and editing.
  • Too early to do total count for the June calendar report. Will add June count after month is over.
• 2023-07-31 Comments for August:
  • Due to weekend power outage Stan R didn't get most resent months; but, have listed from first of year. Did not do June and July, yet.

SUMMARY: Mailing List Report combined with MEETUP membership count, now called Subscriber Report.

  * HISTORY: 
  * We counted how many were on each SLUUG mailing list, then started using MEETUP dot COM site. 
  * These numbers roughly estimate size of our community over time. Both growth and shrinkage.

• Subscriber numbers (approximate) as of end of July 2023:

  * LEGEND:
  * Numbers as of 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.

• 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 was to investigate Google+ status
• Don was to place credentials for YouTube and any others on Bock /home/sluug

• The narrative comments in the agenda/minutes prior to January 2023 Steercom have been removed.
• 2023-01-09 Comments: None
• 2023-01-30 Comments for February: Gary noticed St Louis IBM Meetup group went out of existence over last two months time. Last thing they did was presentation for SLUUG on replacing Centose in Fall of 2021.
• 2023-02-27 Comments for March:: None
• 2023-04-03 Comments: None
• 2023-05-01 Comments: None
• 2023-06-05 Comments: Will post later.
• 2023-06-26 Comments for July: Too early to do counts for the June subscriber report. Will add June counts after month is over.
• 2023-07-31 Comments for August:
  • Due to weekend power outage Stan R didn't get most resent months; but, have listed from first of year. Did not do June and July, yet.

SUMMARY: Somewhat reflects the 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 available here
• Attendance numbers, as of end of July 2023:

  * 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).

• ISSUES:
• Remote ZOOM sessions do not provide record of attendance. Currently done by Stan R with separate video recording.
• 

• The narrative comments in the agenda/minutes prior to January 2023 Steercom have been removed.
• 2023-01-09 Comments: None
• 2023-01-30 Comments for February: None
• 2023-02-27 Comments for March:: None
• 2023-04-03 Comments:
  • The SimpleScreenRecorder SLUUG recording is on Stan R's machine that is currently NOT functioning ( to be repaired ).
• 2023-05-01 Comments:
  • Stan R machine miraculously came back to life and some lost March recordings were recovered ( with STLLINUX count ).
• 2023-06-05 Comments: SLACC attendance up slightly and NEWLINUX attendance a bit lower.
• 2023-06-26 Comments for July: Too early to do count for the NEWLINUX attendance. NEWLINUX meeting is tomorrow.
• 2023-07-31 Comments for August:
  • 

SUMMARY: We try to analyse what happened or what was presented at the previous months meetings.

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• SLACC
  • Usually holds a Linux Workshop offering installation and configuration help - no presentation
• 2023-06-26 Comments for July:
  • Free formant no presntation. Always up to attendance as what is covered.
• 2023-07-31 Comments for August:
  • Free formant no presntation. Always up to attendance as what is covered.
  • Picked up two new faces.

• SLUUG General Meeting
• Planning Schedule Report
• BASE (Personal Computing):
  • STATUS: Done
  • WHAT: TMUX ~ A Longer Introduction
  • BY: Steve Stegmann
  • SYNOPSIS: NA
  • WRANGLER: Gary
  • ABSTRACT: NA
  • BIO: YES
  • REMARKS:
    • We did not have an alternative ( secondary ) topic on hand.
    • May SLUUG BASE was Flipper Zero by Bob Dodson
    • June SLUUG BASE was Ergonomic Keyboard Design by Eric Trinkle
• 2023-07-31 Comments for August:
  • Stan R opinion, that this has been best overall presentation package ever done by Steve. Concise, complete, comprehensive ( more or less ), engaging, simple, small and useful.
  • Gary and Lee concured.

COOKIE TIME ~ ANNOUNCEMENTS ~ CALL FOR HELP (Gooey Middle):

• SLUUG General Meeting
• Planning Schedule Report
• MAIN (Professional Computing):
  • STATUS: Not Done
  • WHAT: Not Done
  • BY: TBD
  • SYNOPSIS: NA
  • WRANGLER: NA
  • ABSTRACT: NA
  • BIO: NA
  • REMARKS:
    • We did not have an alternative ( secondary ) topic on hand.
    • May SLUUG MAIN was SQL Rant by Stephen Lembark
    • June SLUUG MAIN was Apple Update and More by Scott Granneman
• 2023-06-26 Comments for July:
  • Nothing yet. Johnathan Drews trying to line something up about a game developer.
• 2023-07-31 Comments for August:
  • Johnathan Drews current efforts have no results for forseeable future. He isn't discouraged and keeps at it.
  • 

• STLLINUX is the St. Louis Linux Users Group.
• Planning Schedule Report
  • Nine days after SLUUG MAIN General Meeting.
• LINUX
  • STATUS: Done
  • WHAT: Social Media for Techies
  • BY: Scott Granneman
  • SYNOPSIS: NA
  • WRANGLER: NA
  • ABSTRACT: TBD
  • BIO: TBD
  • REMARKS:
    • We do/did/did not have an alternative (secondary) topic on hand.
    • May STLLINUX was GitHub's CodeSpace by Robert Citek
    • June STLLINUX was Learning VIM by Stan Reichardt
• 2023-06-26 Comments for July:
• 2023-07-31 Comments for August:
  • Per Stan: Covered number of alternatives. Per Gary: Well done; but, not focused on any one thing in detail.
  • Per Steve: Good work. Per Lee: Very intersting.

SUMMARY: Previously named Hazelwood LUG (HZWLUG), then Newcomer LUG (NEWLUG). Now, Newcomer Linux User Group is designated as NEWLINUX. The NEWLINUX home page lists a number of topics to provide general directions from which we could start. Topics are usually determined by attendees. We usually cover way more than one topic.

• NEWLUG was how we named our Linux Users Group (LUG) for Linux Newcomers.
  • NEWLINUX is name that we can frequently use for our Newcomer Linux Users Group.
• 2023-07-31 Comments for August:
  • 

• SLUUG Steering Committee Meeting
  • Usuallly nine days prior to SLUUG MAIN General Meeting.
• 2023-06-26 Comments for July:
  • QUESTION: Do we want to move STEERCOM meeting date because of Labor Day HOLIDAY?
  • Yes, moved to 28 August.
• 2023-07-31 Comments for August:
  • 

SUMMARY: This is where we discuss available and confirmed meeting topics. GOAL: To map out meeting topics for as much as 3 months out.

• No physical face-to-face meetings until further notice.
• When we again have physical meetings, we would like to continue video meetings in conjunction with any physical meetings.
• 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.
  • *BASE* Something fundamental, introductory, instructive or simple.
• * *MAIN* topics should be oriented more toward advanced or Professional Computing. Usually given at General meeting (SLUUG).
  • *MAIN* Something more advanced, detailed, important, profound, new, significant, timely or useful.
• * *LINUX* topics often could be either at the General meeting or at the St. Louis Linux Users Group (STLLINUX) meetings.
• We want to have alternative (secondary) topic 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?"

• SLACC
  • Usually holds a Linux Workshop offering installation and configuration help - no presentation
• 2023-06-26 Comments for July:
  • Free formant no presntation. Always up to attendance as what is covered.
• 2023-07-31 Comments for August:
  • 

• SLUUG General Meeting
• Planning Schedule Report
• BASE (Personal Computing):
  • STATUS: Available
  • WHAT: To Be Determined
  • BY: TBD
  • SYNOPSIS: NA
  • WRANGLER: NA
  • ABSTRACT: NA
  • BIO: NA
  • REMARKS:
    • We do/did/did not have an alternative ( secondary ) topic on hand.
    • June SLUUG BASE was Ergonomic Keyboard Design by Eric Trinkle
    • July SLUUG BASE was
• 2023-06-26 Comments for July:
  • Nothing yet.
• 2023-07-31 Comments for August:
  • Nothing yet.
  • 

—- COOKIE TIME ~ ANNOUNCEMENTS ~ CALL FOR HELP (Gooey Middle):

• SLUUG General Meeting
• Planning Schedule Report
• MAIN (Professional Computing):
  • STATUS: Available
  • WHAT: To Be Determined
  • BY: TBD
  • SYNOPSIS: NA
  • WRANGLER: NA
  • ABSTRACT: NA
  • BIO: NA
  • REMARKS:
    • We do/did/did not have an alternative ( secondary ) topic on hand.
    • June SLUUG MAIN was Apple Update and More by Scott Granneman
    • July SLUUG MAIN was
• 2023-06-26 Comments for July:
  • Nothing yet. Johnathan Drews trying to line something up about a game developer.
• 2023-07-31 Comments for August:
  • Nothing yet.
  • 

• STLLINUX is the St. Louis Linux Users Group.
• Planning Schedule Report
  • Nine days after SLUUG MAIN General Meeting.
• LINUX
  • STATUS: Available
  • WHAT: To Be Determined
  • BY: TBD
  • SYNOPSIS: NA
  • WRANGLER: NA
  • ABSTRACT: TBD
  • BIO: TBD
  • REMARKS:
    • We do/did/did not have an alternative (secondary) topic on hand.
    • June STLLINUX was Learning VIM by Stan Reichardt
    • July STLLINUX was
• 2023-06-26 Comments for July:
• 2023-07-31 Comments for August:
  • Nothing yet.
  • 

SUMMARY: Previously named Hazelwood LUG (HZWLUG), then Newcomer LUG (NEWLUG). Now, Newcomer Linux User Group is designated as NEWLINUX. The NEWLINUX home page lists a number of topics to provide general directions from which we could start. Topics are usually determined by attendees. We usually cover way more than one topic.

• NEWLUG was how we named our Linux Users Group (LUG) for Linux Newcomers.
  • NEWLINUX is name that we can frequently use for our Newcomer Linux Users Group.
• 2023-07-31 Comments for August:
  • 

• For September STEERCOM meeting because of Labor Day HOLIDAY. About a week earlier.

• Maybe Steve Stegmann on Beginning with Emacs.

SUMMARY: We put up a server on the Internet for email, it grew, and now we have to maintain it.

• The narrative comments in the agenda/minutes prior to January 2023 Steercom have been removed.
• 2023-01-09 Comments: DNS zone transfers broken right now. Investigating. Everything else working fine.
• 2023-01-30 Comments for February: Running fine. No rush to go to Debian 11.
• 2023-02-27 Comments for March::
  • Removed comments prior to January 2023.
  • Running fine. BOCK is a virthal machine. Host will be updated some time in March.
• 2023-04-03 Comments:
  • Running. Kernel update brought down for just 5 to 10 minutes. No complaints.
  • Mike Knight found 4.4 Gb of data that Stan R had temporarily hosted for BUGLug.
• 2023-05-01 Comments: Still running. Expect to upgrade from Debian 10 to 11 sometime this year.
• 2023-06-05 Comments: Seems to be working ( many thanks to maintence script written by Mike Knight ).
• 2023-06-26 Comments for July:

• On BOCK we are currently running Debian 10 Buster. FYI Debian 12 was just released.
• Debian end of life dates are available here https://endoflife.date/debian/
• We want to wait until cooler weather, in the Fall. Nobody is paying us to panic.
• 2023-07-31 Comments for August:
• We need to post to DISCUSS about a project to upgrade BOCK.

SUMMARY: We have a traditional Internet presence with the existence of our main SLUUG web site.

• The narrative comments in the agenda/minutes prior to January 2023 Steercom have been removed.
• 2023-01-09 Comments: Mike Knight posted about broken and missing links. That prompted Stan R to make some corrections ( not all yet ).
• 2023-01-30 Comments for February:
  • Some discussion about making STLLINUX site more resemble SLUUG front page.
  • Consensus that it would be good idea and should clean up some Google Lighthouse complaints.
• 2023-02-27 Comments for March::
  • Mike Knight posted remarking that we frequently state in many places NO PHYSICAL MEETINGS until further notice.
  • His question is "Should they just state NO PHYSICAL MEETINGS.
  • Or is there a plan for future real face-to-face meetings, and thus the hope for a "further notice"?
  • Per Stan R there are no plans for future face-to-face SLACC and NEWLINUX meetings.
  • Per Lee Nic-N-Elana's restaurant going strong ( old site ).
  • We will leave narrative, so there is some hope.
• 2023-04-03 Comments: Stan R. way behind in website updates.
• 2023-05-01 Comments: Stan R. starting to catch up ( somewhat ). Barely keeping up. Little reoganization as hoped.
• 2023-06-05 Comments: Mostly simple barely keeping up. No progress on keeping things logical or stream lined.
• 2023-06-26 Comments for July: Stan R still maintaining and not drowning. Tredding water.
• 2023-07-31 Comments for August:
  • Nothing inportant.

SUMMARY: We have recorded many of our past meetings and made some of them available on the Internet.

• The narrative comments in the agenda/minutes prior to January 2023 Steercom have been removed.
• 2023-01-09 Comments:
• 2023-01-30 Comments for February: Kind of keeping up with that. Need to delete a few excess Steercom videos.
• 2023-02-27 Comments for March: No problems.
• 2023-04-03 Comments: Keeping up ( I think ~ Stan R ).
• 2023-05-01 Comments: Keeping up. Might have some old ones that haven't been uploadn and linked before. Slow but steady.
• 2023-06-05 Comments: Keeping up, and been marking more for removal.
• 2023-06-26 Comments for July:
  • Mostly un-altered videos are uploaded ( nothing done to reduce quality or size ).
  • QUESTION: Do we have any measurement of how many of uploaded videos are being viewed?
  • We won't worry about it, if isn't burden on Lee's operation.
• 2023-07-31 Comments for August:
  • Keeping pace.
  • Stan R had problem downloading files from ZOOM. Lee did download, then Stan was able to finish processing.

SUMMARY: We have presence on MEETUP.COM.

• The narrative comments in the agenda/minutes prior to January 2023 Steercom have been removed.
• 2023-01-09 Comments: Stan can't hear or see anyone moving now.
• 2023-01-30 Comments for February: Barely worth the effort.
• 2023-02-27 Comments for March: Per Gary and Stan R it sucks ( more and in many different ways, month to month ).
• 2023-04-03 Comments: Gary had been locked out by MEETUP for 5 hours.
• 2023-05-01 Comments: It sucks, is pain in posterior.
• 2023-06-05 Comments: It sucks, it sucks, it sucks. Something new messes up every month. Somewhat draws in attendees; but, nothing big.
• 2023-06-26 Comments for July: Meetup sucks.
• 2023-07-31 Comments for August:
  • Last cycle Gary was bushwacked, input grabbed screwy characters.

SUMMARY: We presume that our single web site isn't enough to draw younger crowd.

• The narrative comments in the agenda/minutes prior to January 2023 Steercom have been removed.
• 2023-01-09 Comments:
  • Does NOT look like anyone has updated our twitter feed since November.
  • QUESTION: Who is supposed to be updating it?
• 2023-01-30 Comments for February:
  • What is best lead time to tweet about meeting? Consensus is before. Really, nobody here wants to do work.
• 2023-02-27 Comments for March::
  • Scott Granneman's offer about Mastadon in the FedAUniver means some of us might sign up.
  • Per Stan R we need demonstrations of different social tools.
• 2023-04-03 Comments:
  • Gary M will approach Granneman about Mastadon.
• 2023-05-01 Comments:
  • A significant number of TWITTER users have moved over to the social media technology ( beta ) of the
  • week, BlueSky.
  • Stan R watched and recommends Sunday's netcast of This Week in Tech
  • panel discussion on Twit TV about current social media.
  • Still same issues for us.
• 2023-06-05 Comments: Unfortunately, our prejudices preclude advancing or progressing in this territory.
• 2023-06-26 Comments for July: Maybe we get some presentation from Scott Granneman.
• 2023-07-31 Comments for August:
  • 

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.

• The narrative comments in the agenda/minutes prior to January 2023 Steercom have been removed.
• 2023-01-09 Comments:
• 2023-01-30 Comments for February: Problems really relate to advance scheduling.
• 2023-02-27 Comments for March:: None
• 2023-04-03 Comments: None
• 2023-05-01 Comments: It works.
• 2023-06-05 Comments: No changes.
• 2023-06-26 Comments for July: No changes on list. Topic for STLLINUX was determined too late to make use of it as announcement.
• 2023-07-31 Comments for August:
  • 

SUMMARY: Combine recording physical plus remote meetings

  * HISTORY: 
      * We have for the longest time been saying: 
      * **No physical face-to-face meetings until further notice.**
      * When we again have physical meetings, we would like to continue video meetings in conjunction with any physical meetings.
      * So, in anticipation of future openings of libraries 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 location
      • 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 splitter 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 participant 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. Specifically activates participant panel while recording sessions with SSR.
    • We must consider when will libraries open up. Also, Siemens, Nick and Elena's 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.
• The narrative comments in the agenda/minutes ( after 2021-07-05 ) prior to January 2023 Steercom have been removed.
• 2023-01-09 Comments:
• 2023-01-30 Comments for February: Hybrid meetings, nothing comes to mind.
• 2023-02-27 Comments for March: James Conroy says doing too hard.
• 2023-04-03 Comments: Free Beer and Pizza would be a large draw. We need to consider further.
• 2023-05-01 Comments: Our policy should be to encourage anyone else that wants to do all the work.
• 2023-06-05 Comments: Moving on.
• 2023-06-26 Comments for July:
  • We would need to consider counting both remote attendance and face-to-face attendance. Should we care, who would do it and how would we track it.
  • No disagreement. Lot easier for Dave Forrest to be at face-to-face meetings.
• 2023-07-31 Comments for August:
  • 

SUMMARY: We try to record many of our meetings.

• The narrative comments in the agenda/minutes prior to January 2023 Steercom have been removed.
• 2023-01-09 Comments:
• 2023-01-30 Comments for February: Nothing to say.
• 2023-02-27 Comments for March:: Per Stan R someone else should probably take custody of the SLUUG projector.
• 2023-04-03 Comments: Nobody else wants it.
• 2023-05-01 Comments: I still have main projector.
• 2023-06-05 Comments: I ( Stan R ) have projector. Don Ellis still looking for hard drive and camera and microphone ( with red sauce ).
• 2023-06-26 Comments for July: No change.
• 2023-07-31 Comments for August:
  • Don't use condenser microphones. Only use Dynamic microphones.

SUMMARY: Effort to align length of BASE to be shorter than MAIN presenttions.

  * **HISTORY:** 
  * General Meeting BASE portions go too long. Volunteers tend to do topics beyond introductory level. Scaling back subjects and length
    * of coverage might be a good thing.
  * Stan R posted to SteerCom mailing list for prior discussion.
  * Stan R suggests that we start pulling simple ideas from our Planning Schedule Report and by using a facilitator (or two) encourage
    * and guide participation covering that single topic.  Simply starting out by presenting a relevant man page might work to get folks to join in. 
    * Keeping it short and simple (KISS).

• 2022-09-07 Comments:
  • Stan R volunteers for first trial run next week.
  • Lee suggest Q&A first, then call-for-help before MAIN.
  • Scott G considering a number of smaller topics for this month.
  • Dave Forrest urged us to start doing captions during meetings.
  • Steve found two other references and posted to DISCUSS:
  • https://www.pisd.edu/cms/lib/TX02215173/Centricity/Domain/9379/Automated%2520Captions%2520in%2520Zoom.pdf
  • https://support.zoom.us/hc/en-us/articles/4409683389709-Enabling-or-disabling-closed-captioning-and-live-transcription-services
  • Gary found under the App Button (or More Button) there is reference to Wordly transcription service.
    • Colibri ~ makes transcripts and meeting notes (license requirements preclude our use).
    • Gary will post and summarize on Steve's DISCUSS posting.
• 2022-10-03 Comments:
  • Changed 12 September SLUUG General Meeting. Instead of a BASE and a MAIN, had 3 short Rolling Thunder Talks.
  • ZOOM somehow gave us an extra file that was closed captions.
  • We should be much more flexible in structure and not restrict to BASE and MAIN, allowing for multiple short topics.
• 2022-11-02 Comments: We agree, worth doing again. Might even be routine, like February instead of Lightning Talks.
• 2022-12-05 Comments: Still a very good option to have multiple short presentations.
• 2023-01-09 Comments: None
• 2023-01-30 Comments for February: Promote that we're a friendly group, .. if you have a topic that you think would be good, you don't have to be an expert!!
• 2023-02-27 Comments for March:: None
• 2023-04-03 Comments: Shorter BASE sessions working fine. Good if we could only get more volunteers.
• 2023-05-01 Comments: Hope to keep them down to 30 to 45 minutes at most.
• 2023-06-05 Comments: We doing good keeping BASE simple.
• 2023-06-26 Comments for July: Seems to be our on going goal.
• 2023-07-31 Comments for August:
  • Gary needs to advise speakers to keep BASE down to 15 to 20 minutes.

SUMMARY: Attendance head count tracking for member voting qualification during Calendar Year (CY)

• The narrative comments in the agenda/minutes prior to January 2023 Steercom have been removed.
• 2023-01-09 Comments:
• 2023-01-30 Comments for February: Stan R might demonstrate Attendance database at the SLACC meeting coming up.
• 2023-02-27 Comments for March: Demoed at meeting.
• 2023-04-03 Comments: None
• 2023-05-01 Comments:
  • LibreOffice BASE file up to date and available for download from https://www.sluug.org/steercom/ page.
• 2023-06-05 Comments: Still works and being used as is.
• 2023-06-26 Comments for July: Stan R. keeping counts going.
• 2023-07-31 Comments for August: Counts are good.

SUMMARY: We have LibreOffice BASE for tracking BASE, MAIN and STLLINUX meeting topics and speakers.

• Go to https://www.sluug.org/steercom/ has link to planning.pdf
• or directly to report at Planning Schedule Report
• The narrative comments in the agenda/minutes prior to January 2023 Steercom have been removed.
• 2023-01-09 Comments:
  • Stan R started combining many ( not all yet ) previous SLUUG and STLLINUX topics and has added them to database back to YR 2006.
  • The intent is to rebuild current Presentation Archives listing to show both SLUUG and STLLINUX with links.
  • Topic listings of Saint Charles LUG and Security LUG from old minutes and ANNOUNCE mail have NOT been included ( would require lots more work ).
• 2023-01-30 Comments for February:
  • Excellent body of work. We all should review more often. Might make back up presentation filler.
• 2023-02-27 Comments for March: demoed at STEERCOM meeting.
• 2023-04-03 Comments: Stan R will continue updating.
• 2023-05-01 Comments: Stan R makes updates multiple times a day.
• 2023-06-05 Comments: Updated as needed.
• 2023-06-26 Comments for July: Stan R. keeping counts going.
• 2023-07-31 Comments for August:
  • Attendance database is available from https://www.sluug.org/steercom webpage.
  • Planning database is available from https://www.sluug.org/steercom webpage.

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 crinkle 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.

• The narrative comments in the agenda/minutes prior to January 2023 Steercom have been removed.
• 2023-01-09 Comments:
• 2023-01-30 Comments for February:
  • Minor update to our Why Use Linux handout made for Stan R presentation. Also linked on Presentation Archives page.
• 2023-02-27 Comments for March: None
• 2023-04-03 Comments: Stan R planning on a new handout. Don't know when he'll get to it.
• 2023-05-01 Comments: Stan R still hasn't done the new handout.
• 2023-06-05 Comments: No changes.
• 2023-06-26 Comments for July: Stan R made minor update to the Learn VIM handout to accompany STLLINUX presentation. Still hasn't done new handout.
• 2023-07-31 Comments for August: * Nothing new.

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.

• The narrative comments in the agenda/minutes prior to January 2023 Steercom have been removed.
• 2023-01-09 Comments:
• 2023-01-30 Comments for February: Lee will send file and request to James C.
• 2023-02-27 Comments for March: None
• 2023-04-03 Comments: James C will look at graphic that Lee sent him.
• 2023-05-01 Comments: Lee sent file to James C. The plan is still active. Background color issues.
• 2023-06-05 Comments: James C. not here to make remark.
• 2023-06-26 Comments for July: James C. not here to make remark.
• 2023-07-31 Comments for August: James C. too busy buying house and travel to India.

SUMMARY: We have large box of hard copy historical records concerning our organization. It has been floating around.

  * **HISTORY:** 2020-10-05 Gary found cardboard box with old secretary material. Original Xeroxes of articles of corporation, etc. Historical interest. No idea who dropped it off.

• The narrative comments in the agenda/minutes prior to January 2023 Steercom have been removed.
• 2023-01-09 Comments:
• 2023-01-30 Comments for February: Box has divided and multiplying like rabbits.
• 2023-02-27 Comments for March: None
• 2023-04-03 Comments: Gary M still has the cardboard box. Should be elevated to avoid mold, etc.
• 2023-05-01 Comments: Still there.
• 2023-06-05 Comments: Lee may have stuff to give to Gary to place in box ( once he finds it ).
• 2023-06-26 Comments for July: In Gary's basement.
• 2023-07-31 Comments for August: Gary has only heard roomers of their existance.

SUMMARY: We seek financial support from the tech community.

  * **HISTORY:** We are not good at getting sponsors.

• The narrative comments in the agenda/minutes prior to January 2023 Steercom have been removed.
• 2023-01-09 Comments:
• 2023-01-30 Comments for February: We need to develop plan to attract cash sponsorships.
• 2023-02-27 Comments for March: None
• 2023-04-03 Comments:
  • Meetup offer made from Creve Coeur firm needs to be evaluate.
  • We need to poll interest amoung next meeting attendees.
• 2023-05-01 Comments: Gary should call Creve Coeur outfit.
• 2023-06-05 Comments: None
• 2023-06-26 Comments for July: We're no good at getting sponsors.
  • Dave Forrest gave us $200 towards captioning. Not yet deposited in account.
• 2023-07-31 Comments for August:
  • Thank You Dave!

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.

• QUESTION: Any new volunteers to help?
• 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.
• The narrative comments in the agenda/minutes prior to January 2023 Steercom have been removed.
• 2023-01-09 Comments: None
• 2023-01-30 Comments for February: Steve Stegmann ( was ) volunteered for Secretary position on ballot.
• 2023-02-27 Comments for March: None
• 2023-04-03 Comments: Gary M or one of us should ask about overall interest in attending face-to-face.
• 2023-05-01 Comments: Gary needs a clone. Stan R needs a raise. Doubled my salary.
• 2023-06-05 Comments: Gary got Robert Levitt to post to DISCUSS and ANNOUNCE.
• 2023-06-26 Comments for July:
  • Stanford Baldwin avoided conversation
  • Robert Levitt willing and Gary will encourage him to post spontaniously.
• 2023-07-31 Comments for August: * Gary needs to talk to Robert Levitt and Tyler Ruddie.

SUMMARY: After old business, we call for anything that we need to deal with.

• QUESTION: Do we have anything else, anything new that we need to deal with?
• The narrative comments in the agenda/minutes prior to January 2023 Steercom have been removed.
• 2023-01-09 Comments: None
• 2023-01-30 Comments for February: None
• 2023-02-27 Comments for March: None
• 2023-04-03 Comments: None
• 2023-05-01 Comments: Tonight channel 4.1 KMOV TV Scott Granemann speaking.
• 2023-06-05 Comments: None offered.
• 2023-06-26 Comments for July: Home Automation group may be a source of presentations for us, if they keep ZOOM efforts going (per Gary).
• 2023-07-31 Comments for August:
  • None

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 2023 - STLLINUX.ORG domain automatic renewal.
• January 2023 ~ Post Office Box Renewal ( automatic 6 months on credit card ) ~ Lee handles.
• January 2023 ~ Bribes early to Stan R so your name won't be on ballot.
• February 2023 - SLUUG Annual Board meeting and elections.
• March 2023 - Count Ballots
• March 2023 - Updates to contacts on webpage if required.
• March 2023 - Updates to email aliases if required.
• March 2023 - Consider schedule workshops for July and August 2021
• April 2023 - First Saturday, reserve rooms at St. Louis County Library Branches.
• April 2023 - IRS Form 990-N for Tax Exempt Status. e-postcard. filed March 2023.
• May 2023 - LetsEncrypt renews every 60 days early ( 30 day grace period ).
• June 2023 - BuddyNS SLUUG account due (Automated) * WAS RENEWED.
• June 2023 - Missouri Annual Report for Corporate Legal Status due. DUE 2024 ( every two years now )
  • https://bsd.sos.mo.gov/BusinessEntity/BusinessEntityDetail.aspx?page=beSearch&ID=681250
• June 2023 - *automated* LetsEncrypt free SSL certificates for websites on BOCK.
• July 2023 - SLUUG.ORG account due (Automated) done in June.
• July 2023 ~ Post Office Box Renewal (automatic 6 months on credit card) ~ Lee handles on SLUUG card.
• August 2023 - Missouri Tax Holiday ( on our calendar )
• August 2023 - NEWLINUX.ORG domain renewal. Stan R.
• August 2023 - SLACC.ORG domain renewal. Stan R.
• September 2023
• October 2023 - First Saturday, reserve rooms at St. Louis County Library Branches.
• November 2023
• December 2023 - Ticket ( ballot ) nominations should be solicited.
• The narrative comments in the agenda/minutes prior to January 2023 Steercom have been removed.
• 2023-01-09 Comments: None
• 2023-01-30 Comments for February: Quick short review done during this session.
• 2023-02-27 Comments for March: None
• 2023-04-03 Comments: Nothing major. Stan R update contacts webpage.
• 2023-05-01 Comments: None
• 2023-06-05 Comments: None
• 2023-06-26 Comments for July:
• 2023-07-31 Comments for August:
  • 

SUMMARY: When anybody does something to help!

• QUESTION: Did anyone do anything helpful or useful?
• 2023-07-31 Comments for August:
  • 

SUMMARY: It may help a little to tag individuals with tasks:

• ISSUES:
• 

• 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 ~ was to 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/was to place credentials for YouTube and any others on Bock /home/sluug
• Gary Meyer ~ Hassle Mike about Google throttling.
• Gary Meyer ~ Contact Steve Pidgeon for progress report.
• 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.COM available for sale ~ only $499.
  • Consider other TLDs than .com and .org for SLACC
  • 2023-05-01 Comments:
    • SLACC.COM has been offered for sale to us for $100 ( down from $499 ).
    • SLACC.ORG registered by Stan R more than a year ago.
    • NEWLINUX.ORG registered by Stan R more than a year ago.
• 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 maintance is done.
• The narrative comments in the agenda/minutes prior to January 2023 Steercom have been removed.
• 2023-01-09 Comments:
• 2023-01-30 Comments for February: None
• 2023-02-27 Comments for March: None
• 2023-04-03 Comments: None
• 2023-05-01 Comments: None
• 2023-06-05 Comments: None
• 2023-06-26 Comments for July: None
• 2023-07-31 Comments for August:
  • 

• 2023-07-31 Comments for August:
• QUESTION: Will we have Blue Sky Idea session to record or not record?
  • No

• 2023-07-31 Comments for August:
• QUESTION: At what time was STEERCOM meeting adjourned?
• Monday, July 31st, 2023
  • TIME: 8:18pm

• 2023-07-31 Comments for August:
  • TIME:

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. ** 

• The narrative comments in the agenda/minutes prior to January 2023 Steercom have been removed.
• 2023-01-09 Comments: None
• 2023-01-30 Comments for February: None
• 2023-02-27 Comments for March: None
• 2023-04-03 Comments: None
• 2023-05-01 Comments: None
• 2023-06-05 Comments: None
• 2023-06-26 Comments for July:
  • 

     June 2023        
Su Mo Tu We Th Fr Sa  
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• SLACC
  • Usually holds a Linux Workshop offering installation and configuration help - no presentation
• 2023-06-05 Comments:
  • Stan and Phil were there. Phil did most of the talking for a change. One new person via MEETUP.

• SLUUG Steering Committee Meeting
  • Usuallly nine days prior to SLUUG MAIN General Meeting.
• 2023-06-05 Comments: Because of Independence Day HOLIDAY we set next STEERCOM date to 26th June.
• 2023-06-26 Comments for July:
  • Lee was there.

• SLUUG General Meeting
• Planning Schedule Report
• BASE (Personal Computing):
  • STATUS: Done
  • WHAT: Ergonomic Keyboard Design
  • BY: Eric Trinkle
  • SYNOPSIS: YES
  • WRANGLER: Sean Tweihaus
  • ABSTRACT: YES
  • BIO: NA
  • REMARKS:
    • We did not have an alternative ( secondary ) topic on hand.
    • April SLUUG BASE was Using KeePassXC by Stan Reichardt
    • May SLUUG BASE was Flipper Zero by Bob Dodson
• 2023-06-26 Comments for July:
  • Gary found it went really well. Lots of others found it intersting. Content could have gone much longer.
  • Gary needs to work harder ( or smarter ). We didn't get promised slides from him.

—- COOKIE TIME ~ ANNOUNCEMENTS ~ CALL FOR HELP (Gooey Middle):

• SLUUG General Meeting
• Planning Schedule Report
• MAIN (Professional Computing):
  • STATUS: Done
  • WHAT: Apple Updates and More
  • BY: Scott Granneman
  • SYNOPSIS: NA
  • WRANGLER: Gary
  • ABSTRACT: NA
  • BIO: NA
  • REMARKS:
    • We did not have an alternative ( secondary ) topic on hand.
    • April SLUUG MAIN was Intel's Contributions to Open Source by Katherine Druckman
    • May SLUUG MAIN was SQL Rant by Stephen Lembark
• 2023-06-26 Comments for July:
  • We thought it a very good presentation. Apple CPU improvement impressive; but, not cost effective for single users.

• STLLINUX is the St. Louis Linux Users Group.
• Planning Schedule Report
  • Nine days after SLUUG MAIN General Meeting.
• LINUX
  • STATUS: Done
  • WHAT: Learning VIM
  • BY: Stan Reichardt
  • SYNOPSIS: NA
  • WRANGLER: NA
  • ABSTRACT: TBD
  • BIO: TBD
  • REMARKS:
    • We did not have an alternative (secondary) topic on hand.
    • April STLLINUX was Stack Based Attacks in Linux by Bryce Meyer
    • May STLLINUX was GitHub's CodeSpace by Robert Citek
• 2023-06-26 Comments for July:
  • Stan R pulled rabbit out of hat. Unfinished slides he'd been working on for 2 years. Fat plump and good.

• SLUUG Steering Committee Meeting
  • Usuallly nine days prior to SLUUG MAIN General Meeting.
• 2023-06-05 Comments: Because of Independence Day HOLIDAY we set STEERCOM date to 26th June.
• 2023-06-26 Comments for July:
  • We doing it now.

SUMMARY: Previously named Hazelwood LUG (HZWLUG), then Newcomer LUG (NEWLUG). Now, Newcomer Linux User Group is designated as NEWLINUX. The NEWLINUX home page lists a number of topics to provide general directions from which we could start. Topics are usually determined by attendees. We usually cover way more than one topic.

• NEWLUG was how we named our Linux Users Group (LUG) for Linux Newcomers.
  • NEWLINUX is name that we can frequently use for our Newcomer Linux Users Group.
• 2023-06-26 Comments for July:
  • The NEWLINUX meeting is tomorrow.
  • Stan sending out announcements to DISCUSS tonight; then, ANNOUNCE tomorrow.