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 ===== Date / Time ===== ===== Date / Time =====
  
-  February 1, 2006  +  February 1, 2006
  
-  6:30 pm - ??? pm+  6:30 pm - 8:00 pm
  
 ===== Attendees ===== ===== Attendees =====
  
-  * Leeland Lammert 
   * Carl Fitch   * Carl Fitch
   * Barry Morrison   * Barry Morrison
   * Craig Buchek   * Craig Buchek
 +  * Ted Palmer
   * Stan Reichardt   * Stan Reichardt
-  * ???+  * Gary Meyer
  
 ===== Secretary Report ===== ===== Secretary Report =====
  
   * Printed previous 3 months'​ minutes for signature and inclusion in Secretary folder.   * Printed previous 3 months'​ minutes for signature and inclusion in Secretary folder.
 +  * New Wiki was applauded.
  
 ===== Treasurer Report ===== ===== Treasurer Report =====
  
-  * Still working on pulling books into QuickBooksHas to do it manuallyUp to 2004 so far. (That'​s a year more than last month.)+  * No reportLee did not attend.
  
 ===== Book Sales ===== ===== Book Sales =====
  
-  * Sold 10 books at SLUUG meeting ​for $183.91. +  * Sold books at SLUUG general ​meeting.
-  * Sold 2 books at EPC sale.+
  
 ===== Previous Meetings ===== ===== Previous Meetings =====
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   25 Jan SECURE ​ -  9   25 Jan SECURE ​ -  9
   26 Jan STCLUG ​ -  7 (9)   26 Jan STCLUG ​ -  7 (9)
 +
 +Stan commented that this was the lightest turn-out in recent memory.
 +There were no weather issues.
  
 ==== Comments on Presentations ==== ==== Comments on Presentations ====
  
-===== January 2006 ==== +==== January 2006 ====
  
   11 - UNIX   11 - 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        Main: Boot managers by Carl Fitch
 +             ​Really good.
   19 - STL LUG   19 - STL LUG
        Main: Exploring OpenOffice 2.0 Database by Stan Reichardt        Main: Exploring OpenOffice 2.0 Database by Stan Reichardt
-  24 - HZW LUG  Boot managers by Carl Fitch +             Good.
-  25 - Security Web Server Hacks and SSL +
-  26 - STC LUG  Exploring OpenOffice 2.0 Database by Stan Reichardt +
- +
-===== Presentation Schedule ===== +
- +
-==== January 2006 ==== +
- +
-  11 - UNIX +
-       Base: Boot managers - Carl Fitch (extended format - more than 30 minutes) +
-       Main: (TENTATIVE) WiFi - Mark Balbes (via Gary) +
-  19 - STL LUG +
-       Main: OpenOffice 2.0 Database by Stan Reichardt+
   24 - HZW LUG   24 - HZW LUG
 +       Main: Boot managers by Carl Fitch
 +             Less detail for newbies. Very good interaction.
   25 - Security   25 - Security
-       TBD+       Main: Web Server Hacks and SSL by Clarence Johnson 
 +             Too fast, but good.
   26 - STC LUG   26 - 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 ==== ==== February 2006 ====
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        ​Lightning Talks        ​Lightning Talks
   16 - STL LUG (balloting)   16 - STL LUG (balloting)
-       ​Main: ​(TENTATIVE) ​Financial Apps (GnuCash, MoneyDance) by Craig Buchek+       Main: Financial Apps (GnuCash, MoneyDance, KMyMoney, etc.) by Craig Buchek
   22 - Security (balloting)   22 - Security (balloting)
        TBD        TBD
   23 - STC LUG (balloting)   23 - STC LUG (balloting)
-       TBD+       Wireless Network Card Configurations (including ndiswrapper) by Carl Fitch
   28 - HZW LUG (balloting)   28 - HZW LUG (balloting)
 +       ​Patitioning and File System Hierarchy
  
 ==== March 2006 ==== ==== March 2006 ====
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    8 - UNIX    8 - UNIX
        Base: KDE Control Center by Carl Fitch        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) 
-  16 - STL LUG (balloting) +  16 - STL LUG
-       Main: (TENTATIVE) Secure Email - Dustin Anders/Paul Vinson (via Craig)+
   22 - Security   22 - Security
        TBD        TBD
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        TBD        TBD
   28 - HZW LUG   28 - HZW LUG
 +
 +==== April 2006 ====
 +
 +  12 - UNIX
 +       Base: TBD
 +       Main: TBD
 +  20 - STL LUG
 +       Main: Ruby on Rails by Curt Hibbs
 +  25 - Security
 +       TBD
 +  26 - STC LUG
 +       TBD
 +  27 - HZW LUG
  
 ==== Potential Presentations ==== ==== 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   * 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)   * 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).   * See about O'​Reilly bringing someone in to speak to our group(s).
     * Carl will follow up.     * 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 ===== ===== Election Committee =====
  
   * Committee members:   * Committee members:
 +    * Stan
 +    * Gary
     * Rich     * 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   * Open positions
     * 2 Board seats (Lee's and Stan's - 3 year terms)     * 2 Board seats (Lee's and Stan's - 3 year terms)
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 ===== Weekly Announcements ===== ===== 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 ===== ===== Sponsorships =====
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     * Gary - Get Dave Mills together with Lee.     * 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. +  * Presentation topics as far back as 2003 have been listed.   
-  * Topics for 2005 and part of 2004 have been listed.+    * Stan indicated that accuracy is not high, but will search additional notes.
     * Stan will continue listing prior years' data as time permits.     * Stan will continue listing prior years' data as time permits.
   * Stan to work with Ted Palmer to get presentations put up.   * Stan to work with Ted Palmer to get presentations put up.
 +    * Ted Palmer volunteered to be the website libraian.
 +    * Ted's major emphasis will be to focus on getting the material from presenter.
  
 ===== System Administration ===== ===== System Administration =====
  
   * Recording of root passwords. Still need to be changed. Need to have passwords stored with President and Secretary.   * 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 =====
  
-  * Majordomo admin access+  * 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. 
 + 
 +  * List of Talks 
 +    * Barry Morrison - What Greybar Does 
 +    * Robert Citek 
 +    * Jeff Muse 
 +    * Clarence Johnson - T3 
 +    * Ed Howland 
 +    * Carl Fitch 
 +    * Craig Buchek
  
 ===== New Business ===== ===== New Business =====
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   * Carl - Complete tax-exempt status paperwork.   * 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.   * 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 - 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 - 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 - Continue working on new servers.
   * Craig - Change root passwords on new servers. Send info to SYSADMIN. Tell folks how to use sudo.   * 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 - Get Dave Mills together with Lee to find info regarding sponsors.
   * Gary - Coordinate password changes. Have passwords stored with President and Secretary.   * 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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