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| * April 5, 2006 | * April 5, 2006 | ||
| - | * 7:00 pm - ???? pm | + | * 7:00 pm - 8:25 pm |
| ===== Attendees ===== | ===== Attendees ===== | ||
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| * Stan Reichardt | * Stan Reichardt | ||
| * Lee Lammert | * Lee Lammert | ||
| + | * Craig Buchek | ||
| ===== Secretary Report ===== | ===== Secretary Report ===== | ||
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| * Currently working on pulling in 2003 data into QuickBooks. | * Currently working on pulling in 2003 data into QuickBooks. | ||
| - | * Recommend passage of motion to establish Professional Memberships @$100. | + | * Treasurer recommends passage of motion to establish Professional Memberships @ $100. |
| ===== Book Sales ===== | ===== Book Sales ===== | ||
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| 8 - UNIX | 8 - UNIX | ||
| Base: KDE Control Center by Carl Fitch | Base: KDE Control Center by Carl Fitch | ||
| + | Stan said it was pretty good. | ||
| Main: FreeNX by Jim Roe | Main: FreeNX by Jim Roe | ||
| + | Outstanding. | ||
| 16 - STL LUG | 16 - STL LUG | ||
| Main: Blender by JT Moree | Main: Blender by JT Moree | ||
| + | Best presentation in 2 years. | ||
| 22 - Security | 22 - Security | ||
| Main: dd_rescue and dd_rhelp by Carl Fitch | Main: dd_rescue and dd_rhelp by Carl Fitch | ||
| + | A bit disjointed. Not enough time. | ||
| 23 - STC LUG | 23 - STC LUG | ||
| Main: dd_rescue and dd_rhelp by Carl Fitch | Main: dd_rescue and dd_rhelp by Carl Fitch | ||
| + | Better the second time around, with more time. | ||
| 28 - HZW LUG | 28 - HZW LUG | ||
| Hands-on Troubleshooting Juno dial-up script for Xandros 3.0 by Phil Bunch | Hands-on Troubleshooting Juno dial-up script for Xandros 3.0 by Phil Bunch | ||
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| === STLLUG - April 20 === | === STLLUG - April 20 === | ||
| * Base: [CLI] Simple Redirection by Stan Reichardt | * Base: [CLI] Simple Redirection by Stan Reichardt | ||
| - | * Main: TENTATIVE - Ruby on Rails by Jeff Barczewski (Craig is confirming, might be June) | + | * Main: Ruby on Rails by Jeff Barczewski (Confirmed, LVL) |
| - | * ALTERNATE: We need an alternate presentation, if Jeff can't make it by April. | + | |
| === EPC Warehouse Sale - April 22 === | === EPC Warehouse Sale - April 22 === | ||
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| === STCLUG - April 27 === | === STCLUG - April 27 === | ||
| - | * TBD | + | * Main: CUPS Printing w/ BSD by Carl Fitch |
| ==== May 2006 ==== | ==== May 2006 ==== | ||
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| === STLLUG - June 15 === | === STLLUG - June 15 === | ||
| - | * Main: Ruby on Rails by Jeff Barczewski (via Craig) (tentative, if he can't make April) | + | * Main: SUSE 10 by Novell (LVL) |
| - | * Alternate: Distro Updating Installfest | + | |
| === STCLUG - June 22 === | === STCLUG - June 22 === | ||
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| === Security - June 28 === | === Security - June 28 === | ||
| + | * TBD | ||
| + | |||
| + | ==== July 2006 ==== | ||
| + | |||
| + | === SLUUG - July 13 === | ||
| + | * Base: TBD | ||
| + | * Main: Novell SuSE in the Enterprise Space (LVL Tentative) | ||
| + | |||
| + | === STLLUG - July 21 === | ||
| + | * TBD | ||
| + | * Alternate: Distro Updating Installfest | ||
| + | |||
| + | === STCLUG - July 27 === | ||
| + | * TBD | ||
| + | |||
| + | === HZWLUG - July 27 === | ||
| + | * TBD | ||
| + | |||
| + | === Security - July 26 === | ||
| * TBD | * TBD | ||
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| * InkScape (STLLUG) - Mark Jarnowski volunteered (via Craig) | * InkScape (STLLUG) - Mark Jarnowski volunteered (via Craig) | ||
| + | * Alternate: Distro Updating Installfest | ||
| * MythTV / Freevo / TiVo - (STLLUG?) - (via Sarah on the Perl list) | * MythTV / Freevo / TiVo - (STLLUG?) - (via Sarah on the Perl list) | ||
| * WiFi - Jerry @ OCI (via Gary) | * WiFi - Jerry @ OCI (via Gary) | ||
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| * CVS for Config Files | * CVS for Config Files | ||
| * Oracle Application Express | * Oracle Application Express | ||
| - | * Upadating howtos - apt, yum etc. | + | * How To Update Your System - apt, yum, etc. |
| - | + | * Music - Linux on iPod, iPod on Linux, Ogg, players, etc. | |
| ===== Weekly Announcements ===== | ===== Weekly Announcements ===== | ||
| - | * ???Stan is looking to somehow automate the announcements. | + | * Stan is looking to somehow automate the announcements. |
| - | * Found his sed and awk notes. | + | |
| ===== Sponsorships ===== | ===== Sponsorships ===== | ||
| + | * Lee volunteered to send invoices to our list of previous sponsors. ($200) | ||
| * Clarence and Stan will start working to gather information about previous sponsors. | * Clarence and Stan will start working to gather information about previous sponsors. | ||
| * Starting with information from the web site. | * Starting with information from the web site. | ||
| * Lee spoke with Dave Mills - NO other informaiton available. | * Lee spoke with Dave Mills - NO other informaiton available. | ||
| - | * ???Stan received an email from Angela Trotter from Unidev, wanting to sponsor our group and post job listings. | + | * Stan received an email from Angela Trotter from Unidev, wanting to sponsor our group and post job listings. |
| * Craig to follow up. | * Craig to follow up. | ||
| ===== Website Librarian ===== | ===== Website Librarian ===== | ||
| - | * ???Presentation topics as far back as 2000 have been listed. | + | * Presentation topics as far back as 2000 have been listed. |
| * Stan indicated that accuracy is not high, but will search additional notes. | * Stan indicated that accuracy is not high, but will search additional notes. | ||
| * Stan and Ted will continue listing prior years' data as time permits. | * Stan and Ted will continue listing prior years' data as time permits. | ||
| - | * ???Stan working with Ted to get presentations put up. | + | * Stan working with Ted to get presentations put up. |
| * Ted has gotten some of the older presentations gathered. | * Ted has gotten some of the older presentations gathered. | ||
| * Ted's major emphasis will be to focus on getting the material from presenters. | * Ted's major emphasis will be to focus on getting the material from presenters. | ||
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| * Wash U removed SLUUG.ORG zone from their servers. | * Wash U removed SLUUG.ORG zone from their servers. | ||
| * But the their systems were out of sync for a while, returning inconsistent results. | * But the their systems were out of sync for a while, returning inconsistent results. | ||
| - | * Reverse DNS records were changed, causing some issues with RADIUS. | + | * Reverse DNS records were changed, causing some issues with NFS. |
| * Wash U records not matching EveryDNS records caused some problems for dial-up and shell users. | * Wash U records not matching EveryDNS records caused some problems for dial-up and shell users. | ||
| - | * Wildcard record caused some problems for email and other services. | + | * Wildcard record caused some problems for email and RADIUS services. |
| * Wilcard record has been removed from EveryDNS. | * Wilcard record has been removed from EveryDNS. | ||
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| * No other benefits currently proposed for this level, beyond the current membership benefits. | * No other benefits currently proposed for this level, beyond the current membership benefits. | ||
| * Craig will write up info on the membership levels for the web site and hand-outs. | * Craig will write up info on the membership levels for the web site and hand-outs. | ||
| - | * Lee proposed disconnecting membership dues/levels and BBS shell/dial-up accounts. | ||
| - | * Craig further proposed that any member who asks can get a shell account. | ||
| - | * Either a "voting member" per by-laws (2 meetings) or paying for a membership. | ||
| - | * Must also provide some form of ID (a check or credit card will suffice). | ||
| - | * Craig further proposed that any member in "professional" or next highest level may request a dial-up account. | ||
| - | * Must also provide some form of ID (a check or credit card will suffice). | ||
| * Proposed rates for 2006: | * Proposed rates for 2006: | ||
| * Level 1: $35 (basic/shell) Shell | * Level 1: $35 (basic/shell) Shell | ||
| * Level 2: $65 (dial-up + shell) Sustaining | * Level 2: $65 (dial-up + shell) Sustaining | ||
| * Level 3: $100 ("professional") Professional | * Level 3: $100 ("professional") Professional | ||
| + | * Corporate Sponsorship: $200 | ||
| + | * Stan proposed that we charge a $5/month late fee. | ||
| + | * Annual account ffes are due on July 1. | ||
| + | * Late fee takes effect starting August 1. | ||
| + | * Accounts over 90 days past due will be suspended. | ||
| * Need to announce the new rates, and update all web pages. | * Need to announce the new rates, and update all web pages. | ||
| + | * Craig volunteered. | ||
| * Mike Knight suggested (via email) that 4 dial-up lines would be the optimal number. | * Mike Knight suggested (via email) that 4 dial-up lines would be the optimal number. | ||
| - | * We currently have 5 lines. | + | * We currently have 5 lines, and pay $160/month. |
| * Having 4 lines would result in only a small number of busy signals. | * Having 4 lines would result in only a small number of busy signals. | ||
| * Reducing 1 line would save us 20% of our #1 expense. | * Reducing 1 line would save us 20% of our #1 expense. | ||
| + | * Reducing 2 lines (down to 3 lines) would save us $768, reducing the total expense to $1152/year. | ||
| + | * This would require about 18 $65 accounts to sustain. | ||
| + | * Unanymous agreement to reduce to 4. | ||
| + | * There was nearly unanymous agreement to reduce to 3 lines. | ||
| + | * Will table the discussion to reduce to 3 (or 0) for later. | ||
| + | * Mike Knight reminded us (via email) that we need to remember that we provide Rich McLennan with a comp account. | ||
| + | * Would need to make alternate arrangements with him for his work for us. | ||
| + | * It was suggested that those who want dial-up look into a more sustainable arrangement. | ||
| + | * Wholesale dial-up accounts. | ||
| + | * Recruiting more users. | ||
| + | |||
| + | ===== Board Meeting ===== | ||
| + | |||
| + | A board meeting was held in order to agree upon the proposals listed above. Quorum was met, with Lee, Carl, and Stan in attendance. | ||
| + | |||
| + | Called to order @ 8:25. | ||
| + | Motion by Lee to reduce number of phone lines to 4. | ||
| + | Unanymous approval. | ||
| + | Motion by Lee to approve proposed fee structure for accounts/memberships. | ||
| + | Unanymous approval. | ||
| + | Move to adjourn by Lee. | ||
| + | Meeting adjourned @ 8:27. | ||
| ===== Follow-up and Action Items: ===== | ===== Follow-up and Action Items: ===== | ||
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| * Ted - Get abstract for May 10 presentation. | * Ted - Get abstract for May 10 presentation. | ||
| * Stan - Update web sites w/ info on April presentations. | * Stan - Update web sites w/ info on April presentations. | ||
| - | * ??? - Confirm April 12 tutorial with Stanford Baldwin. Get topic/details. | + | * Stan - Confirm April 12 tutorial with Stanford Baldwin. Get topic/details. |
| * Lee - Finish QB transfer & financials. | * Lee - Finish QB transfer & financials. | ||
| - | * Barry - ??? | + | * Barry - Look into Webmin and Majordomo/Mailmain for new servers. |
| - | * Clarence - ??? | + | * Need to be able to preserve the archives. |
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