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151.145.63.124 Matthew Porter volunteered to present on Zimbra. (CMB)
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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 =====
  
   * Four books sold for total sales of $95.37. Credit card posting fee of $5.00 resulting in $90.37 of income.   * 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.+  * No new books ordered this year.
  
   * Annual report received for 2005 and Q1 2006.   * Annual report received for 2005 and Q1 2006.
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    8 - UNIX     - 23    8 - UNIX     - 23
   16 - STL LUG  - 15   16 - STL LUG  - 15
-  22 - Security -+  22 - Security -  9
   23 - STC LUG  -  3   23 - STC LUG  -  3
   28 - HZW LUG  -  5   28 - HZW LUG  -  5
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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 confirmingmight be June+  * Main: Ruby on Rails by Jeff Barczewski (ConfirmedLVL) 
-  * ALTERNATEWe need an alternate presentationif Jeff can't make it by April.+ 
 +=== EPC Warehouse Sale - April 22 === 
 +  * Volunteers needed to man tables 
 +  * Setup 8:00 AMTeardown 4:00 PM
  
 === HZW LUG - April 25 === === HZW LUG - April 25 ===
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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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 === Security - May 24 === === Security - May 24 ===
-  * TBD+  * Wireless Troubleshooting - Kismet & Other Diagnostic Tools
  
 === STCLUG - May 25 === === STCLUG - May 25 ===
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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)
  
 === 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
  
 ==== Potential Presentations ==== ==== Potential Presentations ====
  
 +  * Zimbra Collaboration Suite (Exchange "​replacement"​) - Matthew Porter volunteered (October?)
   * 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, yumetc. 
- +    * 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 =====
  
-  * ???Clarence and Stan will start working to gather information about previous sponsors.+  * 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.     * Starting with information from the web site.
-  ​???Lee spoke with Dave Mills. He said that Christine had the most recent info+    ​* 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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     * Carl will follow up.     * Carl will follow up.
  
-  * ???Stan proposed we clean house, and send any excess inventory to WITS.+  * Stan proposed we clean house, and send any excess inventory to WITS.
  
 ===== New Business ===== ===== New Business =====
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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??  ​("​student"/"​adjunct"/"​basic"/"​standard"/"​silver"???​+      * Level 1: $35    (basic/shell         Shell 
-      * Level 2: $75??  ​("​gold"/"​standard"???​+      * Level 2: $65    ​(dial-up + shell     ​Sustaining 
-      * Level 3: $100?? ("​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.
- +
-===== Board Meeting Minuts: ===== +
- +
-A Board meeting was called ​to order and the following motion was made: +
- +
-Motion: That a "​Professional Membership"​ at $100/year in support of SLUUG'​s goal to be a professional organization. Professional members will receive recognition on a new page on the web site, and any such member must be eligible for a '​Regular'​ Membership and provide proof of identity with payment. +
- +
-  Made by: L. VLammert, Seconded by: +
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