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| - | ====== SLUUG Steering Committee Minutes - May 2006 ====== | + | ====== SLUUG Steering Committee Minutes - June 2006 ====== |
| NOTE: Minutes posted on the wiki are always unofficial. | NOTE: Minutes posted on the wiki are always unofficial. | ||
| Schedules for upcoming presentations are always tentative. (Some more tentative than others!) | Schedules for upcoming presentations are always tentative. (Some more tentative than others!) | ||
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| - | NOTE: HAVEN'T UPDATE ANY OF THE DATES OR INFO FOR JUNE YET!!!!!!!!! | ||
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| ===== Date / Time ===== | ===== Date / Time ===== | ||
| - | * May 3, 2006 | + | * June 7, 2006 |
| - | * 7:00 pm - 8:45 pm | + | * 6:30 pm - 8:15 pm |
| ===== Attendees ===== | ===== Attendees ===== | ||
| - | * Lee Lammert? | + | * Craig Buchek |
| - | * Carl Fitch? | + | * Carl Fitch |
| - | * Craig Buchek? | + | * Stan Reichardt |
| - | * Gary Meyer? | + | * Tim Cross (first meeting -- AIM Management, does monthly round-table discussions) |
| - | * Stan Reichardt? | + | * Barry Morrison |
| - | * Barry Morrison? | + | * Ted Palmer |
| ===== Secretary Report ===== | ===== Secretary Report ===== | ||
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| ===== Treasurer Report ===== | ===== Treasurer Report ===== | ||
| - | * Currently working on pulling in 2004 data into QuickBooks. | + | * No report. |
| - | * We created some stationery. Carl got some samples from Rich Seibel. | + | |
| ===== Book Sales ===== | ===== Book Sales ===== | ||
| - | * No books sold. | + | * Sold 7 books in May for about $94. |
| * No new books ordered this year. | * No new books ordered this year. | ||
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| ==== Attendance ==== | ==== Attendance ==== | ||
| - | March attendance figures: | + | May attendance figures: |
| - | 12 - UNIX - 17 | + | * May 10 - UNIX - 37 (at least 4 new people) |
| - | 20 - STL LUG - 20 (22 head count) | + | * May 18 - STL LUG - 15 (17 head count) |
| - | 25 - HZW LUG - 7 | + | * May 23 - HZW LUG - 7 |
| - | 26 - Security - 8 | + | * May 24 - Security - 8 |
| - | 27 - STC LUG - 9 | + | * May 25 - STC LUG - 11 |
| ==== Comments on Presentations ==== | ==== Comments on Presentations ==== | ||
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| == SLUUG - May 10 == | == SLUUG - May 10 == | ||
| - | * Base: Sudo and not su by Stanford Baldwin | + | * Base: Sudo and not su by Stanford Baldwin |
| - | * Main: Attacking Web Applications by Mark Murdock and Scott Winter of Lantern Secure Solutions (via Ted) | + | * Interesting. Good speaker. Could have used a bit more tech. |
| + | * Main: Attacking Web Applications by Mark Murdock and Scott Winter of Lantern Secure Solutions (via Ted) | ||
| + | * Very good. Good overview of the topic. Brought several new people in. | ||
| == STLLUG - May 18 == | == STLLUG - May 18 == | ||
| - | * Main: GeeXboX / MythTV / HTPC by Mark Sims (Carl has reconfirmed date and location) | + | * Scheduled Main: GeeXboX / MythTV / HTPC by Mark Sims |
| + | * Presenter did not show up - got cold feet. | ||
| + | * Fill-in Presentation: Boot Process by Carl Fitch | ||
| + | * Wasn't prepared, obviously, but winged it. | ||
| == HZWLUG - May 23 == | == HZWLUG - May 23 == | ||
| - | * Newbie topics | + | * Demonstration of Starwreck movie (first 5 minutes) |
| + | * Demonstration of Elephant Dreams video done with Blender (first 5 minutes) | ||
| + | * Demonstration of Fred Smith's tutorial on using Xandros (first 10 minutes) | ||
| + | * Main Topic: Broken lock files (hands-on and slide-show of Ksnapshot screen captures with gwenview) | ||
| + | * Pretty good interaction and participation. Sparked many questions and enthusiasm. | ||
| == Security - May 24 == | == Security - May 24 == | ||
| - | * Wireless Troubleshooting - Kismet & Other Diagnostic Tools | + | * Hands-on: Wireless Troubleshooting - Kismet & Other Diagnostic Tools by Chris Bird (Laclede Gas) |
| + | * Excellent. Very knowledgeable speaker. Would be good to invite him to the SLUUG meetings. | ||
| == STCLUG - May 25 == | == STCLUG - May 25 == | ||
| - | * Further Explorations with Ruby on Rails by Ed Howland | + | * Further Explorations with Ruby on Rails by Ed Howland |
| + | * Very informative. Didn't get to cover all the topics thoroughly. | ||
| ===== Presentation Schedule ===== | ===== Presentation Schedule ===== | ||
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| - | ==== 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) | ||
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| - | === STLLUG - May 18 === | ||
| - | * 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 | ||
| - | |||
| - | === STCLUG - May 25 === | ||
| - | * Further Explorations with Ruby on Rails by Ed Howland | ||
| ==== June 2006 ==== | ==== June 2006 ==== | ||
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| === HZWLUG - June 27 === | === HZWLUG - June 27 === | ||
| * Newbie topics | * Newbie topics | ||
| + | * Processes and the ''kill'' command | ||
| === Security - June 28 === | === Security - June 28 === | ||
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| === SLUUG - July 12 === | === SLUUG - July 12 === | ||
| * Base: TBD | * Base: TBD | ||
| - | * Main: Novell SuSE in the Enterprise Space (LVL Tentative) | + | * Main: Novell SuSE in the Enterprise Space (Lee, TENTATIVE) |
| === STLLUG - July 20 === | === STLLUG - July 20 === | ||
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| === HZWLUG - July 25 === | === HZWLUG - July 25 === | ||
| - | * TBD | + | * Newbie Topics |
| === Security - July 26 === | === Security - July 26 === | ||
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| === STLLUG - Aug 17 === | === STLLUG - Aug 17 === | ||
| * Main: InkScape - Mark Jarnowski (TENTATIVE, via Craig) | * Main: InkScape - Mark Jarnowski (TENTATIVE, via Craig) | ||
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| === HZWLUG - Aug 22 === | === HZWLUG - Aug 22 === | ||
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| === STCLUG - Aug 24 === | === STCLUG - Aug 24 === | ||
| + | * TBD | ||
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| + | ==== September 2006 ==== | ||
| + | |||
| + | === SLUUG - Sep 13 === | ||
| + | * Base: TBD | ||
| + | * Main: Search Engine Optimization and Web Services by Jeff Heaton (TENTATIVE, via Ted) | ||
| + | |||
| + | === STLLUG - Sep 21 === | ||
| + | * Main: TBD | ||
| + | |||
| + | === HZWLUG - Sep 26 === | ||
| + | * Newbie Topics | ||
| + | |||
| + | === Security - Sep 27 === | ||
| + | * TBD | ||
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| + | === STCLUG - Sep 28 === | ||
| * TBD | * TBD | ||
| ==== Potential Presentations ==== | ==== Potential Presentations ==== | ||
| + | * Certified Ethical Hacking by Mark Russell of Premier Knowledge (via Tim Cross) | ||
| * Zimbra Collaboration Suite (Exchange "replacement") - Matthew Porter volunteered (October?) | * 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) | * Perl Scripts to do DNA Genetic Research by Bryce Meyer from Wiltel/Level 3 (via Gary) | ||
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| * Presentation topics as far back as 1998 have been listed. | * Presentation topics as far back as 1998 have been listed. | ||
| + | * Stan will add listings for at least two more years. | ||
| * 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 will start adding some of the materials that are smaller. | ||
| * Stan working with Ted to get presentations put up. | * Stan working with Ted to get presentations put up. | ||
| + | * Ted not comfortable with ''librarian'' as a title, but the goal remains to gather the materials. | ||
| * 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. | ||
| + | * We anticipate HTML to be the most desirable format, followed by PDF. | ||
| ===== System Administration ===== | ===== System Administration ===== | ||
| - | * Mike Knight pointed out a configuration problem with our new servers. | + | * Mike Knight reported on a recurring rebooting issue with Dark. |
| + | * Mike Knight reported on a recurring issue with one of the modems. | ||
| ===== PROJECT: New servers ===== | ===== PROJECT: New servers ===== | ||
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| * Configured SLUUG.ORG web site on new server. | * Configured SLUUG.ORG web site on new server. | ||
| * Copied over all the data. | * Copied over all the data. | ||
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| ===== Old Business ===== | ===== Old Business ===== | ||
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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. Working 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. | ||
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| * We need to re-assess cost of phone lines at the end of this year. | * We need to re-assess cost of phone lines at the end of this year. | ||
| - | ===== New Business ===== | + | * Stan has removed many of our email aliases. |
| + | * Most of them only collected spam. | ||
| + | * Needs to make a few alias changes still. | ||
| + | * Updated the contacts page. | ||
| + | * Needs to make a few more changes to the web site still. | ||
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| + | ===== New Business ===== | ||
| * Craig proposes that a BBS Committee be formed. | * Craig proposes that a BBS Committee be formed. | ||
| * They will ensure financial viability of the BBS. | * They will ensure financial viability of the BBS. | ||
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| * Or else the BBS service will be canceled the following year. | * Or else the BBS service will be canceled the following year. | ||
| * If no committee is formed by interested parties, the BBS service will be canceled the following year. | * If no committee is formed by interested parties, the BBS service will be canceled the following year. | ||
| + | * Carl says that 12 people have used the dial-up over the past year. | ||
| + | * Carl will inform all these current users about our plans. | ||
| + | * Primary Networks offers dial-up service. | ||
| + | * For $8/month, users can get basic dial-up. | ||
| + | * For $10/month, users can get nation-wide dial-up. | ||
| + | * Carl said it is an option to resell Primary's dial-up. | ||
| + | * Despite notification that we'd discuss this, nobody who cares showed up. | ||
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| + | * We seem to be proceeding with dropping dial-up once the current term expires. | ||
| + | * Gary seems resigned to letting go of the dial-up. | ||
| + | * Gary has started the process of notifying current users. | ||
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| + | * Craig suggested that we may need to set procmail to delete spam of a certain rating. | ||
| ===== Blue Sky ===== | ===== Blue Sky ===== | ||
| - | * Stan will look into removing many of our email aliases. | + | * Carl suggested we remove the passwords from mailing list archives. |
| - | * Most of them only collect spam. | + | * Craig thinks that Mhonarc does not strip email addresses from the message bodies. |
| - | * Craig suggested that we may need to set procmail to delete spam of a certain rating. | + | * Barry will look into stripping email addresses from bodies on new servers. |
| - | ===== Follow-up and Action Items ===== | + | * Stan suggested we hold the occasional meeting at some other location. |
| + | * Or a joint meeting with some other group. | ||
| + | * Java groups. | ||
| + | * Web Developers. | ||
| + | * LAMP would be a great topic. | ||
| - | * Carl - Get abstract/bio from Mark Sims. | + | ===== Follow-up and Action Items ===== |
| * 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). | ||
| - | * Craig - Write up info on membership levels for web site and hand-outs. | ||
| * Craig - Get abstract/bio from Dustin Anders and Paul Vinson. | * Craig - Get abstract/bio from Dustin Anders and Paul Vinson. | ||
| * Tell them to spend at least half the time on client-side (PGP). | * Tell them to spend at least half the time on client-side (PGP). | ||
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| * Recruit testers in preparation to move www.sluug.org site. | * Recruit testers in preparation to move www.sluug.org site. | ||
| * Complete email configuration. | * Complete email configuration. | ||
| + | * Craig - Write up info on membership levels for web site and hand-outs. | ||
| * Lee - Get abstract/bio from Matt Skipton of Novell. | * Lee - Get abstract/bio from Matt Skipton of Novell. | ||
| - | * Lee - Finish QB transfer & financials. | + | * Lee - Finish QuickBooks transfer & financials. |
| * Barry - Look into Webmin and Majordomo/Mailmain for new servers. | * Barry - Look into Webmin and Majordomo/Mailmain for new servers. | ||
| * Need to be able to preserve the archives. | * Need to be able to preserve the archives. | ||
| - | * Ted - Get abstract/bio from Mark Murdock and Scott Winter. | + | * Ted - Get abstract/bio from Jeff Heaton and confirm date. |
| * Gary - Talk to people about presentations (see above). | * Gary - Talk to people about presentations (see above). | ||
| + | * Tim - Contact Mark Russell about presenting at Security group. | ||
| + | * Stan - Update web sites. | ||
| + | * Stan - Upload presentations to web archive. | ||
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