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====== SLUUG Steering Committee Minutes - May 2006 ======

NOTE: Minutes posted on the wiki are always unofficial. 
Schedules for upcoming presentations are always tentative. (Some more tentative than others!)

===== Location =====

  Saint Louis Bread Company,
  10550 Old Olive Street Road,
  Creve Coeur, MO 63141 (at Old Olive and Olive)

===== Date / Time =====

  * May 3, 2006
  * 7:00 pm - 8:45 pm

===== Attendees =====

  * Lee Lammert
  * Carl Fitch
  * Craig Buchek
  * Gary Meyer
  * Stan Reichardt
  * Barry Morrison

===== Secretary Report =====

  * 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.

===== Treasurer Report =====

  * Currently working on pulling in 2004 data into QuickBooks.
  * We created some stationery. Carl got some samples from Rich Seibel.

===== Book Sales =====

  * No books sold.
  * No new books ordered this year.

===== Previous Meetings =====

==== Attendance ====

March attendance figures:

  12 - UNIX     - 17
  20 - STL LUG  - 20 (22 head count)
  25 - HZW LUG  - 7
  26 - Security - 8
  27 - STC LUG  - 9

==== Comments on Presentations ====

=== April 2006 ===

== SLUUG - April 12 ==
  * Base: Simple Redirection by Stan Reichardt
    * Very good. Could have gone longer.
  * Main: Wireless Network Card Configurations (including ndiswrapper) by Carl Fitch
    * Very good. Covered a lot. Good show and tell.

== STLLUG - April 20 ==
  * Main: Ruby on Rails by Jeff Barczewski
    * Amazing. Gave a great feel for how it works.

== HZW LUG - April 25 ==
  * Newbie topics
    * Simple Redirection by Stan Reichardt
      * Better than the first time.

== Security - April 26 ==
  * WiFi HackFest by Clarence Johnson
    * Lot of fun.

== STCLUG - April 27 ==
  * Base: How To Use Linux by Fred Smith
    * Worked better the next time he gave it.
  * Main: WordPress by Jim Roe
    * Good.

===== Presentation Schedule =====

==== May 2006 ====

=== SLUUG - May 10 ===
  * Base: Sudo and not su by Stanford Baldwin
  * Main: Attacking Web Applications by Mark Murdock and Scott Winter of Lantern Secure Solutions (via Ted)

=== STLLUG - May 18 ===
  * Main: GeeXboX / MythTV / HTPC by Mark Sims (Carl has reconfirmed date and location)

=== HZWLUG - May 23 ===
  * Newbie topics

=== Security - May 24 ===
  * Wireless Troubleshooting - Kismet & Other Diagnostic Tools

=== STCLUG - May 25 ===
  * Further Explorations with Ruby on Rails by Ed Howland

==== June 2006 ====

=== SLUUG - June 14 ===
  * Base: Master Boot Records by Carl Fitch
  * Main: Secure Email by Dustin Anders and Paul Vinson of Slashmail (via Craig)

=== STLLUG - June 15 ===
  * Main: SUSE 10 by Matt Skipton of Novell (via Lee)

=== STCLUG - June 22 ===
  * TBD

=== HZWLUG - June 27 ===
  * Newbie topics

=== Security - June 28 ===
  * TBD

==== July 2006 ====

=== SLUUG - July 12 ===
  * Base: TBD
  * Main: Novell SuSE in the Enterprise Space (LVL Tentative)

=== STLLUG - July 20 ===
  * Installing Linux from a Disk Image by Carl Fitch

=== HZWLUG - July 25 ===
  * TBD

=== Security - July 26 ===
  * TBD

=== STCLUG - July 27 ===
  * TBD

==== August 2006 ====

=== SLUUG - Aug 9 ===
  * Base: TBD
  * Main: something by Scott Granneman (TENTATIVE, via Gary)

=== STLLUG - Aug 17 ===
  * Main: InkScape - Mark Jarnowski (TENTATIVE, via Craig)


=== HZWLUG - Aug 22 ===
  * TBD

=== Security - Aug 23 ===
  * TBD

=== STCLUG - Aug 24 ===
  * TBD

==== Potential Presentations ====

  * Zimbra Collaboration Suite (Exchange "replacement") - Matthew Porter volunteered (October?)
  * Perl Scripts to do DNA Genetic Research by Bryce Meyer from Wiltel/Level 3 (via Gary)
  * OpenVPN by Robert Citek
  * SELinux by Stan Reichardt
  * 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/Subversion for Config Files
    * Oracle Application Express
    * How To Update Your System - apt, yum, yast, etc.
    * Music - Linux on iPod, iPod on Linux, Ogg, players, etc.

===== Weekly Announcements =====

  * Stan is looking to somehow automate the announcements.

===== Sponsorships =====

  * Lee working to send out invoices to previous sponsors. ($200)
  * Clarence and Stan will start working to gather information about previous sponsors.
    * Starting with information from the web site.

===== Website Librarian =====

  * Presentation topics as far back as 1998 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.

===== System Administration =====

  * Mike Knight pointed out a configuration problem with our new servers.

===== PROJECT: New servers =====

  * 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.
    * Lee measured the depth of the rails - 28.5 inches front to back.
    * Need to be mounted on a Compaq 4U server.
  * 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.

===== Old Business =====

  * 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.

  * See about O'Reilly bringing someone in to speak to our group(s).
    * Carl will follow up.

  * Stan proposed we clean house, and send any excess inventory to WITS.

  * Craig needs to work to write up new membership info.
    * See last month's minutes for full details.

  * Gary sent email to reduce dial-up lines to 4.

  * Lee found a dial-up service at Primary Networks for $120/year.
    * This could be a fall-back if we can no longer provide that service.
    * We need to re-assess cost of phone lines at the end of this year.

===== New Business =====

  * None

===== Blue Sky =====

  * Stan will look into removing many of our email aliases.
    * Most of them only collect spam.
    * Craig suggested that we may need to set procmail to delete spam of a certain rating.

===== Follow-up and Action Items =====

  * Carl - Get abstract/bio from Mark Sims.
  * 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 - Get abstract/bio from Dustin Anders and Paul Vinson.
    * Tell them to spend at least half the time on client-side (PGP).
  * 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.
  * Lee - Get abstract/bio from Matt Skipton of Novell.
  * Lee - Finish QB transfer & financials.
  * Barry - Look into Webmin and Majordomo/Mailmain for new servers.
    * Need to be able to preserve the archives.
  * Ted - Get abstract/bio from Mark Murdock and Scott Winter.
  * Gary - Talk to people about presentations (see above).
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