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- | ====== SLUUG Steering Committee Minutes - April 2006 ====== | ||
- | NOTE: Minutes posted on the wiki are always unofficial. | ||
- | Schedules for upcoming presentations are always tentative. (Some more tentative than others!) | ||
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- | ===== Location ===== | ||
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- | Saint Louis Bread Company, | ||
- | 10550 Old Olive Street Road, | ||
- | Creve Coeur, MO 63141 (at Old Olive and Olive) | ||
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- | ===== Date / Time ===== | ||
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- | * April 5, 2006 | ||
- | * 7:00 pm - 8:25 pm | ||
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- | ===== Attendees ===== | ||
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- | * Carl Fitch | ||
- | * Barry Morrison | ||
- | * Stan Reichardt | ||
- | * Lee Lammert | ||
- | * Craig Buchek | ||
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- | ===== Secretary Report ===== | ||
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- | * Need to print out previous months' minutes for signature and inclusion in Secretary folder. | ||
- | * Need to finish typing up minutes for March 3 board meeting and official annual meeting. | ||
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- | ===== Treasurer Report ===== | ||
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- | * Currently working on pulling in 2003 data into QuickBooks. | ||
- | * Treasurer recommends passage of motion to establish Professional Memberships @ $100. | ||
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- | ===== Book Sales ===== | ||
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- | * Four books sold for total sales of $95.37. Credit card posting fee of $5.00 resulting in $90.37 of income. | ||
- | * No new books ordered this year. | ||
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- | * Annual report received for 2005 and Q1 2006. | ||
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- | ===== Previous Meetings ===== | ||
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- | ==== Attendance ==== | ||
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- | March attendance figures: | ||
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- | 8 - UNIX - 23 | ||
- | 16 - STL LUG - 15 | ||
- | 22 - Security - 9 | ||
- | 23 - STC LUG - 3 | ||
- | 28 - HZW LUG - 5 | ||
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- | ==== Comments on Presentations ==== | ||
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- | ==== March 2006 ==== | ||
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- | 8 - UNIX | ||
- | Base: KDE Control Center by Carl Fitch | ||
- | Stan said it was pretty good. | ||
- | Main: FreeNX by Jim Roe | ||
- | Outstanding. | ||
- | 16 - STL LUG | ||
- | Main: Blender by JT Moree | ||
- | Best presentation in 2 years. | ||
- | 22 - Security | ||
- | Main: dd_rescue and dd_rhelp by Carl Fitch | ||
- | A bit disjointed. Not enough time. | ||
- | 23 - STC LUG | ||
- | Main: dd_rescue and dd_rhelp by Carl Fitch | ||
- | Better the second time around, with more time. | ||
- | 28 - HZW LUG | ||
- | Hands-on Troubleshooting Juno dial-up script for Xandros 3.0 by Phil Bunch | ||
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- | ===== Presentation Schedule ===== | ||
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- | ==== April 2006 ==== | ||
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- | === SLUUG - April 12 === | ||
- | * Base: ???? by Stanford Baldwin (via Craig) | ||
- | * Main: Wireless Network Card Configurations (including ndiswrapper) by Carl Fitch | ||
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- | === STLLUG - April 20 === | ||
- | * Base: [CLI] Simple Redirection by Stan Reichardt | ||
- | * Main: TENTATIVE - Ruby on Rails by Jeff Barczewski (Confirmed, LVL) | ||
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- | === EPC Warehouse Sale - April 22 === | ||
- | * Volunteers needed to man tables | ||
- | * Setup 8:00 AM, Teardown 4:00 PM | ||
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- | === HZW LUG - April 25 === | ||
- | * Base: [CLI] Simple Redirection by Stan Reichardt | ||
- | * Newbie topics | ||
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- | === Security - April 26 === | ||
- | * TENTATIVE: Mark Bunn @ Fishnet (via Clarence) | ||
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- | === STCLUG - April 27 === | ||
- | * Main: CUPS Printing w/ BSD by Carl Fitch | ||
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- | ==== May 2006 ==== | ||
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- | === SLUUG - May 10 === | ||
- | * Base: [CLI] Simple Redirection by Stan Reichardt | ||
- | * Main: Attacking Web Applications by Mark Murdock and Scott Winter of Lantern Secure Solutions (via Ted) | ||
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- | === STLLUG - May 18 === | ||
- | * Base: TBD | ||
- | * Main: GeeXboX / MythTV / HTPC by Mark Sims (Carl has reconfirmed date and location) | ||
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- | === HZWLUG - May 23 === | ||
- | * Newbie topics | ||
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- | === Security - May 24 === | ||
- | * Wireless Troubleshooting - Kismet & Other Diagnostic Tools | ||
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- | === STCLUG - May 25 === | ||
- | * TBD | ||
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- | ==== June 2006 ==== | ||
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- | === SLUUG - June 14 === | ||
- | * Base: TBD | ||
- | * Main: Secure Email by Dustin Anders and Paul Vinson of Slashmail (via Craig) | ||
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- | === STLLUG - June 15 === | ||
- | * Main: Ruby on Rails by Jeff Barczewski (via Craig) (tentative, if he can't make April) | ||
- | * Alternate: Distro Updating Installfest | ||
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- | === STCLUG - June 22 === | ||
- | * TBD | ||
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- | === HZWLUG - June 27 === | ||
- | * Newbie topics | ||
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- | === Security - June 28 === | ||
- | * TBD | ||
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- | ==== July 2006 ==== | ||
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- | === SLUUG - July 13 === | ||
- | * Base: TBD | ||
- | * Main: Novell SuSE in the Enterprise Space (LVL Tentative) | ||
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- | === STLLUG - July 21 === | ||
- | * TBD | ||
- | * Alternate: Distro Updating Installfest | ||
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- | === STCLUG - July 27 === | ||
- | * TBD | ||
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- | === HZWLUG - July 27 === | ||
- | * TBD | ||
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- | === Security - July 26 === | ||
- | * TBD | ||
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- | ==== Potential Presentations ==== | ||
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- | * InkScape (STLLUG) - Mark Jarnowski volunteered (via Craig) | ||
- | * MythTV / Freevo / TiVo - (STLLUG?) - (via Sarah on the Perl list) | ||
- | * WiFi - Jerry @ OCI (via Gary) | ||
- | * CVS/Subversion - Sanjiv, JT, Ed Howland | ||
- | * Requests: | ||
- | * VPN (hands-on preferred, good for a Security meeting) | ||
- | * CVS for Config Files | ||
- | * Oracle Application Express | ||
- | * How To Update Your System - apt, yum, etc. | ||
- | * Music - Linux on iPod, iPod on Linux, Ogg, players, etc. | ||
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- | ===== Weekly Announcements ===== | ||
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- | * Stan is looking to somehow automate the announcements. | ||
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- | ===== Sponsorships ===== | ||
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- | * Lee volunteered to send invoices to our list of previous sponsors. ($200) | ||
- | * Clarence and Stan will start working to gather information about previous sponsors. | ||
- | * Starting with information from the web site. | ||
- | * 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. | ||
- | * Craig to follow up. | ||
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- | ===== Website Librarian ===== | ||
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- | * Presentation topics as far back as 2000 have been listed. | ||
- | * 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 working with Ted to get presentations put up. | ||
- | * Ted has gotten some of the older presentations gathered. | ||
- | * Ted's major emphasis will be to focus on getting the material from presenters. | ||
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- | ===== System Administration ===== | ||
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- | * Root passwords on all 4 systems have been changed. Passwords have been given to the President and Secretary. | ||
- | * Most admin work should be done via ''sudo'', which does not require the root password. | ||
- | * After some mis-steps, our DNS situation seems to be working now. | ||
- | * Wash U removed SLUUG.ORG zone from their servers. | ||
- | * But the their systems were out of sync for a while, returning inconsistent results. | ||
- | * 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. | ||
- | * Wildcard record caused some problems for email and RADIUS services. | ||
- | * Wilcard record has been removed from EveryDNS. | ||
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- | ===== PROJECT: New servers ===== | ||
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- | * Several of us met at Computers and Things on March 18 to discuss how to proceed, and to get some work done. | ||
- | * Configured SLUUG.ORG web site on new server. | ||
- | * Copied over all the data. | ||
- | * Configured a redirect back to old systems for user pages for short-term. | ||
- | * Will redirect to users.sluug.org, which can remain in place after the full migration. | ||
- | * This will allow us to move the web site without having to move the users. | ||
- | * Need to determine how to do the mailing list sign-up pages. | ||
- | * Need to determine how to proceed with non-SLUUG sites we host. | ||
- | * Next step is to test the new site, before we point our production DNS there. | ||
- | * Make sure everything is there and working. | ||
- | * Make sure we copy over any updates from the old web site. | ||
- | * Make sure the redirect to user pages is working. | ||
- | * Make sure the SIG sites/pages work. | ||
- | * Get the mailing list sign-up pages to work. | ||
- | * Craig is working on email infrastructure. | ||
- | * He made some progress, but is not quite finished. | ||
- | * Got some input on how to proceed from the others. | ||
- | * We need some versa-rails to mount the servers. | ||
- | * Craig will go into Primary and measure the rack depth. | ||
- | * Craig has a 1U UltraSparc with Solaris 10 to donate and install at Primary. | ||
- | * We could use a rackmount switch. | ||
- | * Carl has a 12-port rackmount hub he will donate. | ||
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- | ===== Old Business ===== | ||
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- | * Missouri Exempt status - (Carl Fitch and Lee Lammert, with help from Fred Smith's wife) | ||
- | * 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. | ||
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- | * See about O'Reilly bringing someone in to speak to our group(s). | ||
- | * Carl will follow up. | ||
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- | * Stan proposed we clean house, and send any excess inventory to WITS. | ||
- | |||
- | ===== New Business ===== | ||
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- | * Need to come up with rates for membership / accounts this year. | ||
- | * Craig proposed a new $100 "professional" membership level. | ||
- | * He wants to pay that much for a membership this year. | ||
- | * This would support one of SLUUG's goals - being a professional organization. | ||
- | * Professional members will receive recognition on a new page on the web site. | ||
- | * 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. | ||
- | * Proposed rates for 2006: | ||
- | * Level 1: $35 (basic/shell) Shell | ||
- | * Level 2: $65 (dial-up + shell) Sustaining | ||
- | * 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. | ||
- | * Craig volunteered. | ||
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- | * Mike Knight suggested (via email) that 4 dial-up lines would be the optimal number. | ||
- | * We currently have 5 lines, and pay $160/month. | ||
- | * 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 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. | ||
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- | ===== Board Meeting ===== | ||
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- | A board meeting was held in order to agree upon the proposals listed above. Quorum was met, with Lee, Carl, and Stan in attendance. | ||
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- | 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. | ||
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- | ===== Follow-up and Action Items: ===== | ||
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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). | ||
- | * Craig - Write up info on membership levels for web site and hand-outs. | ||
- | * Craig - Print out meeting minutes for inclusion in secretary folder. | ||
- | * Craig - Continue working on new servers. | ||
- | * Recruit testers in preparation to move www.sluug.org site. | ||
- | * Complete email configuration. | ||
- | * Craig - Go into Primary and measure the rack depth. | ||
- | * Craig - Follow up on email by Angela Trotter from Unidev, wanting to sponsor our group and post job listings. | ||
- | * Ted - Get abstract for May 10 presentation. | ||
- | * Stan - Update web sites w/ info on April presentations. | ||
- | * Stan - Confirm April 12 tutorial with Stanford Baldwin. Get topic/details. | ||
- | * Lee - Finish QB transfer & financials. | ||
- | * Barry - Look into Webmin and Majordomo/Mailmain for new servers. | ||
- | * Need to be able to preserve the archives. |