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.
• 2024-01-03 Comments:
  • ZOOM

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?
• 2024-01-03 Comments:
  • 

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• QUESTION: Have the recorders been started ( they should be, before call to order )?
• 2024-01-03 Comments:
  • YES

• QUESTION: When was STEERCOM meeting called to order?
• 2024-01-03 Comments:
  • Wednesday, January 3rd 2024
  • TIME: 6:33pm

Listed alphabetically by last name:

* James Conroy

* Jonathan Drews

* David Forrest

* Ed Howland

* 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 August 2023 Steercom have been removed.
• 2023-07-31 Comments for August: Stan R acting only as recording Secretary.
• 2023-08-28 Comments for September:
  • 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.
• 2023-10-02 Comments:
  • 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.
• 2023-10-30 Comments for November:
  • 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.
• 2023-12-04 Comments:
  • Stan R would like Sean T to act as recording Secretary ( if present and he still would ).
  • Future Event Stan R gets run over by a truck.
  • Stan will Do tonight.
• 2024-01-03 Comments:
  • Stan R would like Sean T to act as recording Secretary ( if present and he still would ).
  • Sean offered in future, as requested.

SUMMARY: Lee Lammert has been posting balances from bank statements.

• 2024-01-03 Comments:
  • Thanks to Steve for the domations from 2022 & 2023!!

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 December 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 August 2023 Steercom have been removed.
• 2023-07-31 Comments for August:
  • Due to weekend power outage Stan R didn't get most recent months; but, have listed from first of year. Did not do June and July, yet.
• 2023-08-28 Comments for September: Somebody does good work. Gary entries, Stan just corrects them.
• 2023-10-02 Comments: None
• 2023-10-30 Comments for November:
  • Forgot to do September numbers last meeting.
  • Forgot to do October also.
• 2023-12-04 Comments:
  • Went back to get counts for September and October.
  • We found that Google changed the functions of the calendar display.
  • Google Calendar used to have an AGENDA listing feature, now replaced with more limited SCHEDULE feature.
  • We do not get same level of detail from SCHEDULE display that we used for scraping events for counting.
  • Counts from September onward seemed to be low compared to previous methods.
  • There is a way to ask for detail; but, not as of yet sure that it is giving good results.
  • Went back to August, only got 112 compared to previous method result of 300.
  • Went back to July, only got 108 compared to previous method result of 299.
  • Our ongoing cleaning up and removing of listings for defunct events may be reason for the significant change.
  • We never kept the files used from previous counting, so we are unable to determine how results have changed.
  • The new method counts all day events and events with a specific time, not historical entries.
  • So, we are now only counting events, not overall effort made while putting information on the calendar.
  • Future Event Stan R gets run over by a truck.
• 2024-01-03 Comments:
  • Blame Stan R.

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 December 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/lib/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 August 2023 Steercom have been removed.
• 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.
• 2023-08-28 Comments for September:
  • Stan R has put in numbers for June, July and August.
  • Stan R added Gary M's alternate email address to STEERCOM and SYSADM lists.
  • Stan R thinks MEETUP dot COM monthly increases are mostly phony.
• 2023-10-02 Comments: None
• 2023-10-30 Comments for November:
  • Forgot to do September numbers last meeting.
  • Stan R purged more than 75 names from MEETUP ( unrecognized, likely never attended any meetings ) to keep total well below 1000.
  • Gary made sexist remark.
• 2023-12-04 Comments:
  • Future Event Stan R gets run over by a truck.
• 2024-01-03 Comments:
  • Lee pointed out correction to program for doing counts.

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 December 2023:

Proposed layout for next year, without parenthases.

Was agreed upon during December 2023 meeting.

  * 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 August 2023 Steercom have been removed.
• 2023-07-31 Comments for August: None
• 2023-08-28 Comments for September: Steady attendance numbers, kind of same each month.
• 2023-10-02 Comments: September numbers in prior years similar; so, the topic not necessarily reason for low attendance.
• 2023-10-30 Comments for November: None
• 2023-12-04 Comments:
  • Since there is no longer a sign-in sheet difference from actual head count, Stan R would like to remove parentheses that surround numbers.
  • Stan R uses a separate connection ( named Anonymous Coward ) to record virtual meeting attendance. Nobody else is doing this.
  • Stan R records meeting attendance in a LibreOffice Database and makes it available from the Steering Committee webpage
  • Nobody else is recording the attendance or even seems to be looking at that ATTENDANCE database.
  • Future Event Stan R gets run over by a truck.
  • Gary does screen shots, giving some kind of attendance.
• 2024-01-03 Comments:
  • Stan R was amazed at number of folks that attend NEWLUNIX day after Xmas.

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

• The Monday prior to SLUUG General meeting.
• 2023-12-04 Comments: None
• 2024-01-03 Comments:
  • None

• SLACC
  • First Thursday of each month. Free format, no presentation. Always up to attendance as what is covered.
  • Usually no presentation; so, held as a Configuration Workshop offering installation and configuration help.
• 2023-08-28 Comments for September: None
• 2023-10-02 Comments: Phil might be out town again. Will be using bookend slides again.
• 2023-10-30 Comments for November: Had one new person by way of MEETUP. Stan R fumbled the recording again.
• 2023-12-04 Comments: None
• 2024-01-03 Comments:
  • None

• SLUUG General Meeting
• Planning Schedule Report
• Second Wednesday of the month.
• BASE (Personal Computing):
  • STATUS: Done
  • WHAT: ASCII Cinema
  • BY: Shawn Twiehaus
  • SYNOPSIS: NA
  • WRANGLER: NA
  • ABSTRACT: NA
  • BIO: NA
• REMARKS:
  • We did not have an alternative ( secondary ) topic on hand.
  • August SLUUG BASE was VIM Side by Side by Stan Reichrdt
  • September SLUUG BASE was How to get started in emacs by Steve Stegmann
  • October SLUUG BASE was Pi-Hole by James Conroy
  • November SLUUG BASE was script recording by Stan Reichardt
• 2023-06-26 Comments for July: None
• 2023-07-31 Comments for August: None
• 2023-08-28 Comments for September: Future idea: Changes in Web Applications by Dave Forrest
• 2023-10-02 Comments: Will be doing on RaspberPi 4, can do with older. Doesn't need anything newer.
• 2023-10-30 Comments for November: Stan has a number of slides ready. Will cover unfinished features in demo.
• 2023-12-04 Comments:
  • Stan R will be out of town during the SLUUG meeting on 13 December 2023.
  • Not sure if he will be able to attend remotely, and may not be able to record with SimpleScreenRecorder to track attendance.
• 2024-01-03 Comments:
  • Really neat as a comparison to prior BASE done by Stan R.
  • Some really neat additional capability.

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

• SLUUG General Meeting
• Planning Schedule Report
• Second Wednesday of the month.
• MAIN (Professional Computing):
  • STATUS: Done
  • WHAT: Python's Pandas Data Frames
  • BY: Robert Citek
  • SYNOPSIS: NA
  • WRANGLER: NA
  • ABSTRACT: NA
  • BIO: NA
• REMARKS:
  • We did not have an alternative ( secondary ) topic on hand.
  • August SLUUG MAIN was Hot Restore of a MySQL database By Lee Lammert
  • September SLUUG MAIN was Microsoft's Windows Subsystem for Linux (WSL2) by Jon Newbolt
  • October SLUUG MAIN was Risc-V Architecture by Carl Perry
  • November SLUUG MAIN was Microsoft Windows Subsystem for Android by Jon Newbold, Microsoft
• 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: None
• 2023-08-28 Comments for September: None
• 2023-10-02 Comments: None.
• 2023-10-30 Comments for November: Jon Newbold had to reschedule to 8 November due to work travel requirement. A Great Disturbance in the Force.
• 2023-12-04 Comments:
  • Stan R will be out of town during the SLUUG meeting on 13 December 2023.
  • Not sure if he will be able to attend remotely, and may not be able to record with SimpleScreenRecorder to track attendance.
  • Steve Stegmann will also try recording.
• 2024-01-03 Comments:
  • It was amazing.

• STLLINUX is the St. Louis Linux Users Group.
• Planning Schedule Report
  • Eight days after SLUUG MAIN General Meeting.
• LINUX
  • STATUS: Done
  • WHAT: ZFS 3-2-1 Backup and Bitrot
  • BY: Shawn T.
  • SYNOPSIS: NA
  • WRANGLER: NA
  • ABSTRACT: NA
  • BIO: NA
• REMARKS:
  • We did not have an alternative (secondary) topic on hand.
  • August STLLINUX was nushell by Ed Howland and Robert Citek
  • September STLLINUX was Podman Desktop by Chris Bowland of RedHat
  • October STLLINUX was A Mix of Tech Topics by Ken Johnson
  • November STLLINUX was Transport Layer Security ( TLS ) by Michael Lucas
• 2023-07-31 Comments for August: None
• 2023-08-28 Comments for September: Not yet confirmed; but, considering (1) CentOS Stream (2) Redhat Podman (management for Docker).
• 2023-10-02 Comments: Better NOT to have a speaker back-to-back, one meeting immediately right after another.
• 2023-10-30 Comments for November: Gary expects to dun Michael Lucas for abstract and bio very soon now..
• 2023-12-04 Comments: None
• 2024-01-03 Comments:
  • Really a great presentation. Explained the Why, the differences, theory and philosophy of doing routine backups.
  • We really liked it. Covered alternatives. Thought experiments are good.

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. Usually no presentation; so, held as a Beginner Workshop offering installation and configuration help. 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.
  • Fourth Tuesday of the month.
  • Free format, no presentation. Always up to attendance as to what is covered.
• 2023-08-28 Comments for September: None
• 2023-10-02 Comments: None.
• 2023-10-30 Comments for November:
  • Again had some difficulty and delay opening up public JITSI session. Also there were frequent drop outs during meeting.
  • Made a bookends slide-work for this Beginner Workshop meeting. Bookends working somewhat well with Announcements and main topic of Remote Support.
  • Gary went to private home site to assist a low expertise Linux user. The user was running Linux Mint 19 that was getting End-of-Support notifications.
  • One new attendee later wrote that he was having some unreproducible problem signing up for ANNOUNCE mailing list. Sent him signup nomination.
  • Two, and possibly four new attendees ( not sure, because they only would put in first names ).
  • Because Gary was providing on site assistance, he wasn't keeping watch on chat room activity.
  • Phil B helped a little bit with chat; but, looking at the recording later, a lot of chat postings seemed to have been missed.
  • Frequent attendees Wayne S and Tony C were very helpful with lots of input during the meeting.
• 2023-12-04 Comments: None
• 2024-01-03 Comments:
  • Larger than expected turn out for da after Xmas. Phil Bunch ran the meeting because Stan screwed up sound. Only later phoned in.
  • Had two female newcomers. Good thing they couldn't hear Stan cussing.

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 at General meeting (SLUUG).
• Short is good. Something fundamental, introductory, instructive or simple.
• MAIN topics should be oriented more toward advanced or Professional Computing. Usually given at General meeting (SLUUG).
• 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?"

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SUMMARY:

• Usually the Monday, a week prior to SLUUG General meeting.
• 2023-12-04 Comments:
  • When should we do January STEERCOM meeting because of MONDAY New Year Day Holiday?
  • Tuesday, 2nd of January, was orginal choice.
  • Wednesday, 3rd of January.
• 2024-01-03 Comments:
  • This meeting. Glad that Sean and Gary could attend.

SUMMARY:

SUMMARY:

• SLUUG General Meeting
• Planning Schedule Report
• Second Wednesday of the month.
• BASE (Personal Computing):
  • STATUS: Confirmed
  • WHAT: History of the Shell
  • BY: Ed Howland
  • SYNOPSIS: NA
  • WRANGLER: Stan
  • ABSTRACT: NA
  • BIO: NA
• REMARKS:
  • We did not have an alternative ( secondary ) topic on hand.
  • August SLUUG BASE was VIM Side by Side by Stan Reichrdt
  • September SLUUG BASE was How to get started in emacs by Steve Stegmann
  • October SLUUG BASE was Pi-Hole by James Conroy
  • November SLUUG BASE was script recording by Stan Reichardt
  • December SLUUG BASE was Asciinema by Sean Twiehaus
• 2023-06-26 Comments for July: None
• 2023-07-31 Comments for August: None
• 2023-08-28 Comments for September: Future idea: Changes in Web Applications by Dave Forrest
• 2023-10-02 Comments: Will be doing on RaspberPi 4, can do with older. Doesn't need anything newer.
• 2023-10-30 Comments for November: Stan has a number of slides ready. Will cover unfinished features in demo.
• 2023-12-04 Comments:
  • Stan R will be out of town during the SLUUG meeting on 13 December 2023.
  • Not sure if he will be able to attend remotely, and may not be able to record with SimpleScreenRecorder to track attendance.
• 2024-01-03 Comments:
  • 

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

• SLUUG General Meeting
• Planning Schedule Report
• Second Wednesday of the month.
• MAIN (Professional Computing):
  • STATUS: Confirmed
  • WHAT: Systemd Timers Better than Cron
  • BY: Sean Twiehaus
  • SYNOPSIS: NA
  • WRANGLER: NA
  • ABSTRACT: NA
  • BIO: NA
  • REMARKS:
    • We did not have an alternative ( secondary ) topic on hand.
    • September SLUUG MAIN was Microsoft's Windows Subsystem for Linux (WSL2) by Jon Newbolt
    • October SLUUG MAIN was Risc-V Architecture by Carl Perry
    • November SLUUG MAIN was Microsoft Windows Subsystem for Android by Jon Newbold, Microsoft
    • December SLUUG MAIN was Python's Pandas Data Frames by Robert Citek
• 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: None
• 2023-08-28 Comments for September: None
• 2023-10-02 Comments: None.
• 2023-10-30 Comments for November: Jon Newbold had to reschedule to 8 November due to work travel requirement. A Great Disturbance in the Force.
• 2023-12-04 Comments:
  • Stan R will be out of town during the SLUUG meeting on 13 December 2023.
  • Not sure if he will be able to attend remotely, and may not be able to record with SimpleScreenRecorder to track attendance.
  • Steve Stegmann will also try recording.
• 2024-01-03 Comments:
  • Might be short; but, not a problem. Because systemd is very large and has lots of topics, we will look to future talks.

SUMMARY:

• STLLINUX is the St. Louis Linux Users Group.
• Planning Schedule Report
  • Eight days after SLUUG MAIN General Meeting.
• LINUX
  • STATUS: Confirmed
  • WHAT: Introduction to Hadoop
  • BY: Steven Lembark
  • SYNOPSIS: Tool for dealing with large amounts of data.
  • WRANGLER: Gary
  • ABSTRACT: NA
  • BIO: YES
  • REMARKS:
    • We did not have an alternative (secondary) topic on hand.
    • September STLLINUX was Podman Desktop by Chris Bowland of RedHat
    • October STLLINUX was A Mix of Tech Topics by Ken Johnson
    • November STLLINUX was Transport Layer Security ( TLS ) by Michael Lucas
    • December STLLINUX was ZFS 3-2-1 Backup and Bitrot by Sean Twiehaus
• 2023-07-31 Comments for August: None
• 2023-08-28 Comments for September: Not yet confirmed; but, considering (1) CentOS Stream (2) Redhat Podman (management for Docker).
• 2023-10-02 Comments: Better NOT to have a speaker back-to-back, one meeting immediately right after another.
• 2023-10-30 Comments for November: Gary expects to dun Michael Lucas for abstract and bio very soon now..
• 2023-12-04 Comments: None
• 2024-01-03 Comments:
  • 

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. Usually no presentation; so, held as a Beginner Workshop offering installation and configuration help. 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.
  • Fourth Tuesday of the month.
  • Free format, no presentation. Always up to attendance as to what is covered.
• 2023-08-28 Comments for September: None
• 2023-10-02 Comments: None.
• 2023-10-30 Comments for November:
  • Again had some difficulty and delay opening up public JITSI session. Also there were frequent drop outs during meeting.
  • Made a bookends slide-work for this Beginner Workshop meeting. Bookends working somewhat well with Announcements and main topic of Remote Support.
  • Gary went to private home site to assist a low expertise Linux user. The user was running Linux Mint 19 that was getting End-of-Support notifications.
  • One new attendee later wrote that he was having some unreproducible problem signing up for ANNOUNCE mailing list. Sent him signup nomination.
  • Two, and possibly four new attendees ( not sure, because they only would put in first names ).
  • Because Gary was providing on site assistance, he wasn't keeping watch on chat room activity.
  • Phil B helped a little bit with chat; but, looking at the recording later, a lot of chat postings seemed to have been missed.
  • Frequent attendees Wayne S and Tony C were very helpful with lots of input during the meeting.
• 2023-12-04 Comments: None
• 2024-01-03 Comments:
  • 

• SLACC
  • First Thursday of each month. Free format, no presentation. Always up to attendance as what is covered.
  • Usually no presentation; so, held as a Configuration Workshop offering installation and configuration help.
• 2024-01-03 Comments:
  • 

• Usually the Monday, a week prior to SLUUG General meeting.
• 2024-01-03 Comments:
  • 

• The required Annual Meeting
• SLUUG General Meeting
• Planning Schedule Report
• Second Wednesday of the month.
• BASE (Personal Computing):
  • STATUS: Available
  • WHAT: To Be Determined
  • BY: Unknown
• MAIN (Professional Computing):
  • STATUS: Consider
  • WHAT: Large Language Models
  • BY: Alex
• 2024-01-03 Comments:
  • 

• STLLINUX is the St. Louis Linux Users Group.
• Planning Schedule Report
  • Eight days after SLUUG MAIN General Meeting.
• LINUX
  • STATUS: Available
  • WHAT: To Be Determined
  • BY: Unknown
• 2024-01-03 Comments:
  • 

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. Usually no presentation; so, held as a Beginner Workshop offering installation and configuration help. 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.
  • Fourth Tuesday of the month.
  • Free format, no presentation. Always up to attendance as to what is covered.
• 2024-01-03 Comments:
  • 

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 virtual 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 maintenance script written by Mike Knight ).
• 2023-06-26 Comments for July:

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• 2023-07-31 Comments for August: We need to post to DISCUSS about a project to upgrade BOCK.
• 2023-08-28 Comments for September: Biggest concern on BOCK upgrade is around MAILMAN.
• 2023-10-02 Comments: Planning to move from Debian 10 to Debian 11. Emcee should ask for volunteers.
• 2023-10-30 Comments for November:
  • Mike Knight has been doing considerable research on mail problems.
  • We still need to consider mailman versions available for Debian 11 or 12.
  • We need to improve publicity for volunteer for transition to Debian.
  • Gary suggests not doing December (too encumbered) to do transition, maybe January or February.
  • Need to decide whether to do live upgrade session during MAIN or STLLINUX meeting.
• 2023-12-04 Comments:
  • Lee has tweeked Postfix problems.
  • Mike Knight solves some email problems, set up DEMARK and some paramaters that help with the mailing lists..
• 2024-01-03 Comments:
  • Planning in progress, Wiki page is up for contributions of thoughts and issues.

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 reorganization 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. Treading water.
• 2023-07-31 Comments for August: Nothing important.
• 2023-08-28 Comments for September: Steady as we go.
• 2023-10-02 Comments: Usual. Not enough time to clean up much.
• 2023-10-30 Comments for November:
  • Stan R combined meeting listing from STLLINUX home page with Presentation Archives page. Used available info, clean up still needed.
  • Stan R then placed Presentation Archive iframe page on all three sponsored home pages, the SLACC, STLLINUX and NEWLINUX home pages.
• 2023-12-04 Comments:
  • Added Presentation Archive iframe page to the Steercom web page.
• 2024-01-03 Comments:
  • None, keeping up.

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 uploaded 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 unaltered 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.
• 2023-08-28 Comments for September: None
• 2023-10-02 Comments: Good, no problems.
• 2023-10-30 Comments for November:
  • When we get them recorded, they get updated. Been purging more ZOOM recording to conserve allotted space.
• 2023-12-04 Comments: Keeping up.
• 2024-01-03 Comments:
  • Keeping up with current recordings. Not time for dealing with back-log of old recordings.

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 bushwhacked, input grabbed screwy characters.
• 2023-08-28 Comments for September:
  • We kept getting messages from folks that are too impatient to read individual meeting instructions that tell them to check our web sites.
  • Apparently the front most SLUUG MEETUP about page lacked the additional linked here information we have for individual meetings.
  • Stan R added the linked here information to bottom of the SLUUG MEETUP about page.
  • It was very hard to find where we could update that front page ( no surprise ).
  • We were getting posting photos to our MEETUP meetings that show mushrooms and mention illegal drugs ( like Meth ).
  • Ken Johnson changed settings so that regular visitors could not post photos.
• 2023-10-02 Comments: We are at 995, now approaching 1000 membership. Wonder what will happen. Hard to know from their poor description.
• 2023-10-30 Comments for November:
  • Need to characterize SLACC as a Configuration Workshop, and the NEWLINUX as a Beginner Workshop.
  • Lee suggest it has been providing some significant visibility on the Internet.
• 2023-12-04 Comments: Sorta helpful.
• 2024-01-03 Comments:
  • Meetup sucks, removing mistakes send out confusing CANCELLATION message.

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 [ could ] get some presentation from Scott Granneman.
• 2023-07-31 Comments for August: None
• 2023-08-28 Comments for September: Our only interest is for advertising our meetings.
• 2023-10-02 Comments: Johnathan suggested Mastadon over MEETUP. Need effort. Need clones.
• 2023-10-30 Comments for November:
  • Nothing that we care to do, although Stan thinks Mastadon is best of bad possibilities.
  • Neither of those of us here care for social media. We need to find somebody younger.
• 2023-12-04 Comments:
  • Too many different social media things and we are dinosaurs.
  • We we need somebody to advertise us on social media.
• 2024-01-03 Comments:
  • No feedback from James Conroy or Sean Twiehaus about any social media.

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: None
• 2023-08-28 Comments for September: It works.
• 2023-10-02 Comments: Robert Levitt has been posting items to list.
• 2023-10-30 Comments for November:
  • Stan suggest we use it to promote BOCK upgrade of Debian with propaganda.
• 2023-12-04 Comments: None
• 2024-01-03 Comments:
  • None.

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: None
• 2023-08-28 Comments for September: Nothing to say.
• 2023-10-02 Comments: No thoughts.
• 2023-10-30 Comments for November: Any combined numbers could just be combined.
• 2023-12-04 Comments: None
• 2024-01-03 Comments:
  • None.

SUMMARY: We try to record many of our meetings.

• The narrative comments in this section prior to July 2023 Steercom have been removed.
• 2023-07-31 Comments for August: SUGGESTION: Don't use condenser microphones. Only use Dynamic microphones.
• 2023-08-28 Comments for September: Nothing to say.
• 2023-10-02 Comments: Lee has one camera, Don has at least one microphone, stan has projector.
• 2023-10-30 Comments for November: No changes.
• 2023-12-04 Comments:
  • Note that We have not made any progress toward moving to hybrid meetings.
  • Also, we have NOT agressively advertised seeking assistance in developing hybrid meeting techniques.
  • Have we essentially abandoned face-to-face meetings?
  • Should we consider donating or selling these assets?
• 2024-01-03 Comments:
  • No actions or decisions made on previous month comments.
  • Since nobody is volunteering to do work, we won't make any progress.
  • Will come back eventually; just, we don't know when.

SUMMARY: We use for head count tracking and for member voting qualification during each Calendar Year (CY)

  * HISTORY: 
  * Attendance tracking necessary for member qualifications to vote in our annual elections.
  * At face-to-face meetings we would pass around clipboard with sign-in sheet.
  * The standard remote video recordings do not automatically show participants.
  * Stan R runs a second connection to each video meeting named **Anonymous Coward** to record attendance. 

• LibreOffice BASE Attendance database file is available for download from https://www.sluug.org/steercom/ page.
• The narrative comments in this section prior to July 2023 Steercom have been removed.
• 2023-07-31 Comments for August:
  • Counts are good.
  • Attendance database is available from https://www.sluug.org/steercom webpage.
  • Planning database is available from https://www.sluug.org/steercom webpage.
• 2023-08-28 Comments for September: Works good.
• 2023-10-02 Comments: Stan updates immediately after each meeting. Often necessary to record with SimpleScreenRecorder.
• 2023-10-30 Comments for November: Good stuff.
• 2023-12-04 Comments: None
• 2024-01-03 Comments:
  • Keeping up the counts. Lee said very worthwhile.
  • Stan R suggests we do away with elections and just do a lottery for positions.

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

  * HISTORY: 
  * A running database helps Gary schedule meetings.

• LibreOffice BASE Planning database is available from https://www.sluug.org/steercom webpage.
• Go to https://www.sluug.org/steercom/ has link to planning.pdf
• or directly to report at Planning Schedule Report
• The narrative comments in this section prior to July 2023 Steercom have been removed.
• 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.
• 2023-08-28 Comments for September:
  • Stan R changed the 2023-07-12 entry for Steve Stegmann's TMUX - A Longer Introduction from listing as Base to Main.
  • Stan R altered length of Phone field in Planning database and it's report to allow room for telephone extentions.
• 2023-10-02 Comments: Help Gary stay focused. Gives Stan something to beat him about head and sholders.
• 2023-10-30 Comments for November: Becoming Gary's go to tool. Even used it during tonight's session.
• 2023-12-04 Comments: None.
• 2024-01-03 Comments:
  • Lee was amazed about how many presentation he had done.

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 this section prior to July 2023 Steercom have been removed.
• 2023-07-31 Comments for August: Nothing new.
• 2023-08-28 Comments for September: Stan cannot manufacture extra time.
• 2023-10-02 Comments: Stan cannot manufacture extra time.
• 2023-10-30 Comments for November: Stan needs a time machine or a clone to do updates.
• 2023-12-04 Comments: None.
• 2024-01-03 Comments:
  • None.

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 this section prior to July 2023 Steercom have been removed.
• 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.
• 2023-08-28 Comments for September: James C. will check his todo list.
• 2023-10-02 Comments: No updates.
• 2023-10-30 Comments for November: James C. is not not here to kick around.
• 2023-12-04 Comments: None.
• 2024-01-03 Comments:
  • Stan R notes this project doesn't get much support, we aren't meeting live to give stickers out and we aren't selling them.
  • Stan R suggests we remove this section next month.
  • Confirmed to be removed next month.

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 this section prior to July 2023 Steercom have been removed.
• 2023-07-31 Comments for August: Gary has only heard rumors of their existence.
• 2023-08-28 Comments for September: * Completely disorganized. Box still there.
• 2023-10-02 Comments: Gary believes box is still there ( not verified ).
• 2023-10-30 Comments for November: Gary not sure if still there.
• 2023-12-04 Comments: None.
• 2024-01-03 Comments:
  • No racoon has carried the box away.

SUMMARY: We seek financial support from the tech community.

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

• The narrative comments in this section prior to July 2023 Steercom have been removed.
• 2023-07-31 Comments for August: Thank You Dave!
• 2023-08-28 Comments for September: Nothing new.
• 2023-10-02 Comments: We are not good at self promotion.
• 2023-10-30 Comments for November: Omnitec is still quite generous.
• 2023-12-04 Comments: None.
• 2024-01-03 Comments:
  • We appreciate donations ( two years ) by Steve Gomez.
  • Concencus is to show it with beer or meal. Approved. Gary volunteered.

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 this section prior to July 2023 Steercom have been removed.
• 2023-06-26 Comments for July:
  • Stanford Baldwin avoided conversation
  • Robert Levitt willing and Gary will encourage him to post spontaneously.
• 2023-07-31 Comments for August: Gary needs to talk to Robert Levitt and Tyler Ruddie.
• 2023-08-28 Comments for September: Gary needs to start picking on somebody else.
• 2023-10-02 Comments: Gary suggests approaching individuals one-on-one, face-to-face if meeting them.
• 2023-10-30 Comments for November: Not enough grey hairs out there to do us any good.
• 2023-12-04 Comments: Robert Levitt willing; but, needs to do it better.
• 2024-01-03 Comments:
  • We need to seek more individual help by one-on-one requests. Ask crowd gets no response.

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 this section prior to July 2023 Steercom have been removed.
• 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
• 2023-08-28 Comments for September: None
• 2023-10-02 Comments:
  • Recognition of Phil Bunch participation and contributions.
  • How often mention will be determined later.
• 2023-10-30 Comments for November: None
• 2023-12-04 Comments: None
• 2024-01-03 Comments:
  • None.

• 2024-01-03 Comments:
  • Mike Knight has been looking at Mail
  • Lee recommends collecting ideas to build steps.
    • A to-do list ( structure ).
    • A what-we-did list ( a Wiki manager ).
  • Lee suggests two people,
    • one to build Wiki Page documentation.
    • second is recording as we go along
  • Spin up of testing version in a Virtua Machine.
  • Sean Twiehaus will give shot at building Wiki instance.

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.

• December 2023 - Ticket ( ballot ) nominations should be solicited.
• January 2024 ~ Post Office Box Renewal ( automatic 6 months on credit card ) ~ Lee handles.
• January 2024 ~ Bribes early to Stan R so your name won't be on ballot.
• February 2024 - SLUUG Annual Board meeting and elections.
• February 2024 - STLLINUX.ORG domain automatic renewal.
• March 2024 - Count Ballots
• March 2024 - Updates to contacts on webpage if required.
• March 2024 - Updates to email aliases if required.
• March 2024 - Consider schedule workshops for July and August 2021
• April 2024 - IRS Form 990-N for Tax Exempt Status. e-postcard. filed March 2023.
• May 2024 - LetsEncrypt renews every 60 days early ( 30 day grace period ).
• June 2024 - BuddyNS SLUUG account due (Automated) * WAS RENEWED.
• June 2024 - 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 2024 - *automated* LetsEncrypt free SSL certificates for websites on BOCK.
• July 2024 - SLUUG.ORG account due (Automated) done in June.
• July 2024 ~ Post Office Box Renewal (automatic 6 months on credit card) ~ Lee handles on SLUUG card.
• August 2024 - Missouri Tax Holiday ( on our calendar )
• August 2024 - NEWLINUX.ORG domain renewal. Stan R.
• August 2024 - SLACC.ORG domain renewal. Stan R.
• September 2024
• October 2024
• November 2024 - Search for upcoming Technical Group Xmas parties to put on our calendar.
• The narrative comments in this section prior to July 2023 Steercom have been removed.
• 2023-07-31 Comments for August: None
• 2023-08-28 Comments for September: None
• 2023-10-02 Comments: None
• 2023-10-30 Comments for November: Gary suggested looking in November for Technical Group Xmas parties to put on our calendar.
• 2023-12-04 Comments: None
• 2024-01-03 Comments:
  • 

SUMMARY: When anybody does something to help!

• QUESTION: Did anyone do anything helpful or useful?
• 2023-12-04 Comments:
  • Phil Bunch all time contributions.
• 2024-01-03 Comments:
  • Phil Bunch handled the NEWLINUX meeting.

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 this section prior to July 2023 Steercom have been removed.
• 2023-07-31 Comments for August: None
• 2023-08-28 Comments for September: Gary is neglecting this sections.
• 2023-10-02 Comments: None.
• 2023-10-30 Comments for November: Stan suggests trashing this section, and Gary agrees. Will give it another month or two.
• 2023-12-04 Comments: None
• 2024-01-03 Comments:
  • Gary wants to clean it up instead of trashing it.

• QUESTION: Will we have Blue Sky Idea session to record or not record?
• 2024-01-03 Comments:
  • None.

• QUESTION: At what time was STEERCOM meeting adjourned?
• 2024-01-03 Comments:
• Wednesday, January 3rd, 2024
  • TIME: 8:33pm

• 2023-12-04 Comments:
  • TIME: 8:33pm

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 this section prior to July 2023 Steercom have been removed.
• 2023-08-28 Comments for September: None
• 2023-10-02 Comments: None
• 2023-10-30 Comments for November: None
• 2023-12-04 Comments:
  • TIME: