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 ===== Date / Time =====
   February 1, 2006
-:30 pm - ??? pm
+:30 pm - 8:00 pm
 ===== Attendees =====
-  * Leeland Lammert
   * Carl Fitch
   * Barry Morrison
   * Craig Buchek
+  * Ted Palmer
   * Stan Reichardt
-  * ???
+  * Gary Meyer
 ===== Secretary Report =====
   * Printed previous 3 months' minutes for signature and inclusion in Secretary folder.
+  * New Wiki was applauded.
 ===== Treasurer Report =====
-  * Still working on pulling books into QuickBooks. Has to do it manually. Up to 2004 so far. (That's a year more than last month.)
+  * No report. Lee did not attend.
 ===== Book Sales =====
-  * Sold 10 books at SLUUG meeting for $183.91.
+  * Sold 5 books at SLUUG general meeting.
-  * Sold 2 books at EPC sale.
 ===== Previous Meetings =====
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 Jan SECURE  -  9
 Jan STCLUG  -  7 (9)
+Stan commented that this was the lightest turn-out in recent memory.
+There were no weather issues.
 ==== Comments on Presentations ====
 ==== January 2006 ====
 - UNIX
-       Base: About System Processes by Gary Meyer and Stan Reichardt
+       Base: System Processes by Stan Reichardt (and maybe Gary Meyer)
+             Good.
        Main: Boot managers by Carl Fitch
+             Really good.
 - STL LUG
        Main: Exploring OpenOffice 2.0 Database by Stan Reichardt
-- HZW LUG  Boot managers by Carl Fitch
+             Good.
-- Security Web Server Hacks and SSL
-- STC LUG  Exploring OpenOffice 2.0 Database by Stan Reichardt
-===== Presentation Schedule =====
-==== January 2006 ====
-- UNIX
-       Base: Boot managers - Carl Fitch (extended format - more than 30 minutes)
-       Main: (TENTATIVE) WiFi - Mark Balbes (via Gary)
-- STL LUG
-       Main: OpenOffice 2.0 Database by Stan Reichardt
 - HZW LUG
+       Main: Boot managers by Carl Fitch
+             Less detail for newbies. Very good interaction.
 - Security
-       TBD
+       Main: Web Server Hacks and SSL by Clarence Johnson
+             Too fast, but good.
 - STC LUG
-       TBD
+       Main: Exploring OpenOffice 2.0 Database by Stan Reichardt
+             More interactive than the first time.
+             Answered some questions from first time.
+             Covered what he wanted at each step, but ran out of time.
+===== Presentation Schedule =====
 ==== February 2006 ====
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        Lightning Talks
 - STL LUG (balloting)
-       Main: (TENTATIVE) Financial Apps (GnuCash, MoneyDance) by Craig Buchek
+       Main: Financial Apps (GnuCash, MoneyDance, KMyMoney, etc.) by Craig Buchek
 - Security (balloting)
        TBD
 - STC LUG (balloting)
-       TBD
+       Wireless Network Card Configurations (including ndiswrapper) by Carl Fitch
 - HZW LUG (balloting)
+       Patitioning and File System Hierarchy
 ==== March 2006 ====
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 - UNIX
        Base: KDE Control Center by Carl Fitch
-       Main: (TENTATIVE) GeeXboX? (bootable Linux for multi-media) by Mark Bergman (via Carl)
+       Main: (TENTATIVE) GeeXboX (bootable Linux for multi-media) by Mark Bergman (via Carl)
-- STL LUG (balloting)
+- STL LUG
-       Main: (TENTATIVE) Secure Email - Dustin Anders/Paul Vinson (via Craig)
 - Security
        TBD
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        TBD
 - HZW LUG
+==== April 2006 ====
+- UNIX
+       Base: TBD
+       Main: TBD
+- STL LUG
+       Main: Ruby on Rails by Curt Hibbs
+- Security
+       TBD
+- STC LUG
+       TBD
+- HZW LUG
 ==== Potential Presentations ====
-  * Ruby on Rails - Curt Hibbs (via Craig)
+  * CVS - Sanjiv, JT, Ed Howland
-  * WiFi - Mark Balbes (via Gary)
+  * Secure Email - Dustin Anders/Paul Vinson (via Craig)
+  * MythTV / Freevo / TiVo (via Sarah on the Perl list)
+  * WiFi - Jerry @ OCI (via Gary)
   * InkScape - had a volunteer at a meeting, but said he need a few months
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   * Missouri Exempt status - (Carl Fitch and Lee Lammert, with help from Fred Smith's wife)
-    * Carl has the forms. Needs to finish filling them out. Will hand them off to Lee.
+    * Carl has the forms. Working to finish filling them out. Will hand them off to Lee.
+    * Gary will take forms to Rich McClennan to get help answering some of the questions.
-  * EPC Winter Sale
-    * Carl reports success, with some things we could improve.
-    * EPC folks were impressed by the attention we got.
-    * Stan suggested including a post-card for people to respond back to us.
-    * EPC has invited us back to their April 22 sale.
   * See about O'Reilly bringing someone in to speak to our group(s).
     * Carl will follow up.
-  * Still being charged by Wash U for 6 lines.
-    * We have not received a bill this month, so it may have been fixed by now.
-    * Lee sent a note with last bill he sent in, asking to refund us for having fewer lines.
-  * Stan now has three brochures to hand out:
-    - SLUUG info
-    - Linux For Beginners
-    - Password Guidelines for Beginners brochure
-  * Lightning Talks.
-    * Gary - Organize Lightning Talks. Respond to Robert on DISCUSS.
 ===== Election Committee =====
   * Committee members:
+    * Stan
+    * Gary
     * Rich
-    * Gary
+  * Stan has list of members posted.
-    * Stan
+  * Stan has written up the ballots. A few corrections will be made.
-  * Carl handed out nomination ballots at meetings. Stan has them, but needs to track them down.
-  * Stan is working on counting attendance (to get official membership list)
-    * He will post the eligible members list.
-  * Stan will write up the ballots.
   * Open positions
     * 2 Board seats (Lee's and Stan's - 3 year terms)
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 ===== Weekly Announcements =====
-  * Added info regarding T3 (Techies Teaching Techies)
+  * Stan is looking to somehow automate the announcements.
-    * Clarence Johnson is teaching this.
-    * Low-cost.
-===== PROJECT: New servers =====
-  * Craig moved DNS for SLUUG.ORG over to EveryDNS. It worked this time, with no problems noted.
-  * Server build progressing slowly.
-    * Wiki is now up at http://wiki.sluug.org and fully functional. This can be consider "in production" now.
-  * Lee and Carl signed contract with Primary Networks to have them provide us with a half-rack at their hosting facility.
-  * Lee built source packages for PINE and PILOT (on Bud Light). Also installed GCC.
-  * Planning to move the servers from Lee's to Primary on Sunday, January 15.
 ===== Sponsorships =====
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     * Gary - Get Dave Mills together with Lee.
-===== Website Librarian: =====
+===== Website Librarian =====
-  * Stan Reichardt has modified drop down menus and set up skeleton area for presentations.
+  * Topics as back as 2003 have been listed.
-  * Topics for 2005 and part of 2004 have been listed.
     * Stan will continue listing prior years' data as time permits.
   * Stan to work with Ted Palmer to get presentations put up.
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   * Recording of root passwords. Still need to be changed. Need to have passwords stored with President and Secretary.
+  * BBS line reduction - Lee says that we're still paying for 6 phone lines.
+  * Majordomo admin access.
-  * BBS line reduction - Lee says that we're still paying for 6 phone lines
+===== PROJECT: New servers =====
+  * Server were moved to Primary Networks on January 15.
+    * People involved:
+      * Lee Lammert
+      * Craig Buchek
+      * Jeff Muse
+      * Ted Palmer
+      * Gary Meyer
+    * Had to get a hub from Ted's house to make it work.
+      * We'd like to get a rackmount switch to replace it.
+    * Things went relatively smoothly.
+  * DNS was updated to point at new addresses.
+  * This wiki (http://wiki.sluug.org/) can now be considered to be in production.
+    * Stan added a link on the SLUUG home page.
+  * Lee and Craig have badges for 24/7 access to the facility.
+  * Other functionality of the systems is in progress.
+    * If anyone wants an account to work on adding functionality, contact Craig or Lee.
+===== Lightning Talks =====
+  * Gary - Organize Lightning Talks. Respond to Robert on DISCUSS.
-  * Majordomo admin access
+  * List of Talks
+    * Barry Morrison - What Greybar Does
+    * Robert Citek
+    * Jeff Muse
+    * Clarence Johnson - T3
+    * Ed Howland
+    * Carl Fitch
+    * Craig Buchek
 ===== New Business =====
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   * Carl - Complete tax-exempt status paperwork.
-  * Carl - Follow up with O'Reilly about bringing someone in to speak to our group(s).
   * Carl - Ask Mark Bergman to give presentation March 8.
-  * Craig - Print previous 2 months' minutes for inclusion in Secretary folder.
+  * Carl - Follow up with O'Reilly about bringing someone in to speak to our group(s).
-  * Craig - Ask for presentation from Curt Hibbs (April).
   * Craig - Ask for presentation from Dustin Anders/Paul Vinson (March).
   * Craig - Follow up on email by Angela Trotter from Unidev, wanting to sponsor our group and post job listings.
   * Craig - Continue working on new servers.
   * Craig - Change root passwords on new servers. Send info to SYSADMIN. Tell folks how to use sudo.
-  * Craig - Copy stllinux.org data to new servers.
+  * Craig - Copy stllinux.org data to new servers. Update for next meeting.
-  * Stan - Count attendance (to get official membership list) and list eligible voters.
+  * Craig - Add bud/budlight accounts for StanR and Gary.
-  * Stan - Add a link to http://wiki.sluug.org to SLUUG web site front page.
+  * Gary - Organize Lightning Talks.
-  * Gary - Organize Lightning Talks. Respond to Robert on DISCUSS.
   * Gary - Get Dave Mills together with Lee to find info regarding sponsors.
   * Gary - Coordinate password changes. Have passwords stored with President and Secretary.
+  * Gary - Add host file entries on dark and michelob for bud and budlight.

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