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====== SLUUG Steering Committee Minutes - July 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 =====

  * July 5, 2006
  * 6:45 pm - 8:30 pm

===== Attendees =====

  * Craig Buchek
  * Carl Fitch
  * Ted Palmer
  * Chris Byrd
  * Stan Reichardt

===== 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.
  * There was some dispute about what was decided at the [[2006-04#board_meeting | Board meeting in April]].
    * The wording that was agreed to was "proposed fee structure for accounts/memberships".
    * The proposed fee structure was listed as:
      * Level 1: $35 (basic/shell) Shell
      * Level 2: $65 (dial-up + shell) Sustaining
      * Level 3: $100 ("professional") Professional
      * Corporate Sponsorship: $200
    * Some are now saying that they only agreed to the $100 level.
    * May be a moot point if we re-do the structure when we disband the dial-up accounts.
    * Stan and Carl remember/understood it the way it was reported.

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

  * No report. Lee was out of town.
  * Says we will run out of funds by May if we don't stop paying for dial-up lines.
    * Has not provided data to back that up yet.
  * Current balance: $1350 (approximate)
  * Collected 1 $35 membership fee for 2006-2007.

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

  * Sold 4 books in June for about $45.
  * No new books ordered this year.
  * Stan suggested a fire sale to get rid of remaining inventory.
    * Also raffle off books at meetings as door prizes.

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

==== Attendance ====

Attendance figures for last 3 months:

   5 Apr STEERC  -  5 ........  3 May STEERC  -  6 ........  7 Jun STEERC  -  6
  12 Apr SLUUG   - 17 ........ 10 May SLUUG   - 37 ........ 14 Jun SLUUG   - 15
  20 Apr STLLUG  - 20 ........ 18 May STLLUG  - 15(17)..... 15 Jun STLLUG  - 23
  25 Apr HZWLUG  -  7 ........ 23 May HZWLUG  -  7 ........ 22 Jun STCLUG  -  8
  26 Apr SECURE  -  8 ........ 24 May SECURE  -  8 ........ 27 Jun HZWLUG  -  7
  27 Apr STCLUG  -  9 ........ 25 May STCLUG  - 11 ........ 28 Jun SECURE  -  9

Figures in parenthesis is actual head count.

Chris volunteered to cross-promote our Security meetings at other local security groups (Infragaurd and ISSA).

==== Comments on Presentations ====

==== June 2006 ====

=== SLUUG - June 14 ===
  * Base: Master Boot Records by Carl Fitch
    * Pretty good. Lots of interaction.
  * NOT DONE: Secure Email by Dustin Anders and Paul Vinson of Slashmail (via Craig)
  * Main: Everything You (N)Ever Wanted to Know About Hard Drives  by Craig Buchek
    * Excellent. Outstanding.
    * Not too much feedback during presentation. People said they were busy absorbing content.

=== STLLUG - June 15 ===
  * Again started main presentation at 7:00 PM.  Seems to be working well.
  * Main: SUSE Enterprise Linux 10 by Matt Skipton of Novell (via Lee)
    * Shiny stuff! XGL demo impressed most of us.
    * Good interaction and questions. Lots of excitement.
    * Good preview of the technology. Not terribly in-depth.
    * Will be covering server side this coming month at SLUUG meeting.

=== STCLUG - June 22 ===
  * Topic: Kids Programming Language (KPL) by Fred Smith
    * Very interesting. Result of DISCUSS conversation.

=== HZWLUG - June 27 ===
  * New comer topics:
    * Processes and the ''ps, kill, and top'' commands
    * CHMOD and the SUID and SGUID permissions
    * Attendees are starting to participate more and ask good questions.

=== Security - June 28 ===
  * Topic: Basic Linux Security by Clarence Johnson
    * Basic, easy to follow.
  * Looking for for more volunteer presenters.

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

==== July 2006 ====

=== SLUUG - July 12 ===
  * Base: Graylisting with Postgray (Making Spammers Wait) by Carl Fitch
  * Main: Novell SUSE in the Enterprise Space by Matt Skipton of Novell (via Lee)

=== STLLUG - July 20 ===
  * Installing Ubuntu Linux from a Disk Image by Tony Lovasco of EPC (via Carl Fitch)
  * NOTE: Stan will be out of town - Need someone else to take attendance

=== HZWLUG - July 25 ===
  * Newbie Topics
    * SUGGESTION: How To Update Your System - pkg, rpm, tar, apt, yum, yast, etc.
  * NOTE: Stan might still be out of town - May need someone else to take attendance

=== Security - July 26 ===
  * TOPIC: OpenVPN by Mark Buchanon (confirmed)
  * NOTE: Stan might still be out of town - May need someone else to take attendance

=== STCLUG - July 27 ===
  * TOPIC: Booting Multiple Live CD's from a Single CD-ROM or DVD by Mike Duncan
  * NOTE: Stan might still be out of town - May need someone else to take attendance

==== August 2006 ====

=== SLUUG - Aug 9 ===
  * Base: Intro to Metasploit Security Tool by Chris Byrd (TENTATIVE)
  * Main: Something by Scott Granneman (TENTATIVE, via Gary)
    * Get abstract/bio and confirm date.

=== STLLUG - Aug 17 ===
  * Main: InkScape - Mark Jarnowski (TENTATIVE, via Craig)
    * Get abstract/bio and confirm date.

=== HZWLUG - Aug 22 ===
  * Newbie Topics

=== Security - Aug 23 ===
  * Hands-On: Metasploit by Chris Byrd

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

==== September  2006 ====

=== SLUUG - Sep 13 ===
  * Base: TBD
  * Main: Secure Email by Dustin Anders and Paul Vinson of Slashmail (via Craig)

=== STLLUG - Sep 21 ===
  * Main: TBD

=== HZWLUG - Sep 26 ===
  * Newbie Topics

=== Security - Sep 27 ===
  * TBD

=== STCLUG - Sep 28 ===
  * TBD

==== October  2006 ====

=== SLUUG - Oct 11 ===
  * Base: TBD
  * Main: TBD

=== STLLUG - Oct 19 ===
  * Base: TBD
  * Main: TBD

==== Potential Presentations ====

  * Certified Ethical Hacking by Mark Russell of Premier Knowledge (via Tim Cross)
  * Zimbra Collaboration Suite (Exchange "replacement") - Matthew Porter volunteered (October last year?)
  * Perl Scripts to do DNA Genetic Research by Bryce Meyer from Wiltel/Level 3 (via Gary)
  * OpenVPN by Robert Citek (via ???)
  * SELinux by Stan Reichardt (Not Earlier Than October, If Then)
  * MythTV / Freevo / TiVo - (STLLUG?) - (via Sarah on the Perl list)
  * WiFi - Jerry @ OCI (via Gary)
  * CVS/Subversion - Sanjiv, JT, Ed Howland (via ???)
  * 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.
    * Using Secure Email Clients
    * TrueCrypt - file-level encryption for Windows/Linux
    * One-Time Passwords

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

  * Stan has recently gotten a number of positive comments on Weekly Events mailings.
  * Stan has started experimenting with SED & AWK scripts to automate build.

===== Sponsorships =====

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

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

  * Presentation topics as far back as 1996 have now been listed.
    * Stan R. indicated that accuracy is not high, but will search additional notes.
    * Stan R. and Ted will continue listing prior years' data as time permits.
    * Stan R. will start adding some of the materials that are smaller.
  * Presentation STL LUG topics are now up to date.
    * Previously stopped after year 2000.
    * Accuracy not high, about 5 months missing.
  * Stan R. 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'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 =====

  * Spoofing of old email address on DISCUSS mailing list.
    * Mike Knight found old board member names still allowed to post.
    * Porblem has hopefully been resolved.

===== PROJECT: New servers =====
  * Need to complete migration to new servers.
  * Chris volunteered to help.
    * Has good Drupal experience.
    * Has done Linux administration.
  * Craig has a 1U UltraSparc with Solaris 10 to donate and install at Primary.

===== 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.

  * Craig needs to work to write up new membership info.
    * See previous minutes for full details.

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

  * Carl **MUST** submit annual report to the state by July 15 to keep us in business.
    * Carl will have forms filled out by July 12.

  * We seem to be proceeding with dropping dial-up once the current term expires.
    * Stan suggested keeping 1 dial-up line for ememergency access to Wash U systems.
      * Those in attendance agreed that this was a good idea.
    * Lee suggested we drop the dial-up lines on September 30.
      * Gary suggested we give users 90 days notice.
        * The proposal is actually 80 days+.
      * Those in attendance agreed this was a good idea.

  * Mike Knight asked if we should delete suspected spam emails, without letting users see them.
    * It was suggested that it would be good to delete **some** emails.
      * Those with really high spam scores.
      * It was agreed that Mike could set the threshold to a conservative value of his choice.

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


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

  * Carl - **MUST** complete annual report for state by July 12.
  * Carl - Complete state exempt status paperwork.
  * Chris and Craig - Work on migrating to new servers.
  * Craig - Confirm Dustin Anders and Paul Vinson for September 13 presentation.
    * Tell them to spend at least half the time on client-side (PGP).
    * Get abstract/bio.
    * Follow up at monthly intervals.
  * Craig - Print out meeting minutes for inclusion in secretary folder.
  * Craig - Write up info on membership levels for web site and hand-outs.
  * Lee - Submit treasurer reports.
  * Lee - Finish QuickBooks transfer & financials.
  * Barry - Look into Webmin and Majordomo/Mailmain for new servers.
    * Need to be able to preserve the archives.
  * Gary - Talk to people about presentations (see above).
  * Tim - Contact Mark Russell about presenting at Security group.
  * Stan - Update web sites.
  * Ted and Stan - Upload presentations to web archive.
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