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| - | ====== SLUUG Steering Committee Minutes - July 2006 ====== | + | ====== SLUUG Steering Committee Minutes - August 2006 ====== |
| NOTE: Minutes posted on the wiki are always unofficial. | NOTE: Minutes posted on the wiki are always unofficial. | ||
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| * August 2, 2006 | * August 2, 2006 | ||
| - | * 6:45 pm - 8:30 pm | + | * 6:30 pm - 8:12 pm |
| ===== Attendees ===== | ===== Attendees ===== | ||
| * Carl Fitch | * Carl Fitch | ||
| + | * Clarence Johnson | ||
| + | * Craig Buchek | ||
| + | * Bob Hansen | ||
| + | * Stan Reichardt | ||
| ===== Secretary Report ===== | ===== Secretary Report ===== | ||
| + | |||
| + | * Printed out minutes from Steering Committee meetings up through July. | ||
| + | * Had the president sign them. | ||
| + | * Will include them in secretary folder. | ||
| + | * Still need to type up minutes of previous Board meeting. | ||
| ===== Treasurer Report ===== | ===== Treasurer Report ===== | ||
| - | | ^Amount ^Notes ^ | ||
| - | | Current Bank Balance |$903.68|Bank Statement| | ||
| - | | AP Due (Wash U) |$170.00 |(5 lines @34)| | ||
| - | | Balance as of 6/30/06 |$733.68|| | ||
| - | Please be sure Gary gets the termination order in to Wash U for 9/30. Note that we are still being billed for five lines, even though they supposedly terminated the 5th in April. | + | | ^ Amount ^ Notes ^ |
| + | |Current Bank Balance | $903.68| Bank Statement| | ||
| + | |AP Due (Wash U) | $170.00| (5 lines @ $34)| | ||
| + | |Balance as of 7/30/06 ^$733.68 || | ||
| + | * Lee says Wash U is still billing us for 5 lines. | ||
| + | * They supposedly terminated the 5th line in April. | ||
| + | * Lee will look into getting refunded for having only 4 lines, but paying for 5. | ||
| + | * Lee asked that Gary gets the termination order in to Wash U for 9/30 AHEAD OF TIME. | ||
| ===== Book Sales ===== | ===== Book Sales ===== | ||
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| Attendance figures for last 3 months: | Attendance figures for last 3 months: | ||
| - | 3 May STEERC - 6 ........ 7 Jun STEERC - 6 ........ Jul STEERC - 5 | + | 3 May STEERC - 6 ........ 7 Jun STEERC - 6 ........ 5 Jul STEERC - 5 |
| - | 10 May SLUUG - 37 ........ 14 Jun SLUUG - 15 ........ Jul SLUUG - | + | 10 May SLUUG - 37 ........ 14 Jun SLUUG - 15 ........ 12 Jul SLUUG - 29 |
| - | 18 May STLLUG - 15(17)..... 15 Jun STLLUG - 23 ........ Jul STLLUG - | + | 18 May STLLUG - 15(17)..... 15 Jun STLLUG - 23 ........ 20 Jul STLLUG - CANCELED |
| - | 23 May HZWLUG - 7 ........ 22 Jun STCLUG - 8 ........ Jul STCLUG - 11 | + | 23 May HZWLUG - 7 ........ 22 Jun STCLUG - 8 ........ 27 Jul STCLUG - 11 |
| - | 24 May SECURE - 8 ........ 27 Jun HZWLUG - 7 ........ Jul HZWLUG - 8 | + | 24 May SECURE - 8 ........ 27 Jun HZWLUG - 7 ........ 25 Jul HZWLUG - 8 |
| - | 25 May STCLUG - 11 ........ 28 Jun SECURE - 9 ........ Jul SECURE - 10 | + | 25 May STCLUG - 11 ........ 28 Jun SECURE - 9 ........ 26 Jul SECURE - 10 |
| Figures in parenthesis is actual head count. | Figures in parenthesis is actual head count. | ||
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| ==== Comments on Presentations ==== | ==== Comments on Presentations ==== | ||
| - | ==== June 2006 ==== | + | ===== July 2006 ===== |
| === SLUUG - July 12 === | === SLUUG - July 12 === | ||
| * Base: Graylisting with Postgray (Making Spammers Wait) by Carl Fitch | * Base: Graylisting with Postgray (Making Spammers Wait) by Carl Fitch | ||
| - | * | + | * Good. |
| * Main: Novell SUSE in the Enterprise Space by Matt Skipton of Novell | * Main: Novell SUSE in the Enterprise Space by Matt Skipton of Novell | ||
| - | * | + | * Neat technology. Covered a lot. Almost too much. |
| + | * We need to have vendors in here more often. | ||
| + | * Especially the big ones. (IBM, Sun, Novell) | ||
| + | * We should have him back in a few months to go in depth on one of the topics. | ||
| === STLLUG - July 20 === | === STLLUG - July 20 === | ||
| - | * Meeting canceled due to storm related power outage. | + | * Meeting canceled due to storm-related power outage at the library. |
| === STCLUG - July 27 === | === STCLUG - July 27 === | ||
| - | * Booting Multiple Live CD’s from a Single CD-ROM or DVD by Mike Duncan | + | * Booting Multiple Live CD's from a Single CD-ROM or DVD by Mike Duncan |
| - | * | + | * Interesting. Good speaker. |
| === HZWLUG - July 25 === | === HZWLUG - July 25 === | ||
| * How To Update Your System - pkg, rpm, tar, apt, yum, yast, etc. | * How To Update Your System - pkg, rpm, tar, apt, yum, yast, etc. | ||
| - | * | + | * Talked mostly about Debian apt. |
| === Security - July 26 === | === Security - July 26 === | ||
| * Topic: OpenVPN by Mark Buchanon | * Topic: OpenVPN by Mark Buchanon | ||
| - | * | + | * Good, but a bit Windows-oriented. |
| ===== Presentation Schedule ===== | ===== Presentation Schedule ===== | ||
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| === SLUUG - Aug 9 === | === SLUUG - Aug 9 === | ||
| - | * Base: Intro to Metasploit Security Tool by Chris Byrd (TENTATIVE) | + | * Base: Intro to Metasploit Security Tool by Chris Byrd |
| * Main: We're all doomed!: A look into the present & future by Scott Granneman | * Main: We're all doomed!: A look into the present & future by Scott Granneman | ||
| - | * | ||
| === STLLUG - Aug 17 === | === STLLUG - Aug 17 === | ||
| - | * Main: InkScape - Mark Jarnowski (TENTATIVE, via Craig) | + | * Main: JT Moree - Personal Accomplishments in Open Source |
| - | * Get abstract/bio and confirm date. | + | |
| === HZWLUG - Aug 22 === | === HZWLUG - Aug 22 === | ||
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| === STCLUG - Aug 24 === | === STCLUG - Aug 24 === | ||
| - | * TBD | + | * Main: Creating a VNC repeater for your customers and relatives - and WHY? by Carl Fitch |
| - | ==== September 2006 ==== | + | ==== September 2006 ==== |
| === SLUUG - Sep 13 === | === SLUUG - Sep 13 === | ||
| * Base: TBD | * Base: TBD | ||
| - | * Main: Secure Email by Dustin Anders and Paul Vinson of Slashmail (via Craig) | + | * Main: |
| === STLLUG - Sep 21 === | === STLLUG - Sep 21 === | ||
| - | * Main: TBD | + | * Main: Update on SCO v. IBM Lawsuit by AllParadox (TENTATIVE, via Scott McKellar) |
| === HZWLUG - Sep 26 === | === HZWLUG - Sep 26 === | ||
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| === STLLUG - Oct 19 === | === STLLUG - Oct 19 === | ||
| * Base: TBD | * Base: TBD | ||
| - | * Main: TBD | + | * Main: Zimbra Collaboration Suite (Exchange "replacement") by Matthew Porter (TENTATIVE) |
| ==== Potential Presentations ==== | ==== Potential Presentations ==== | ||
| + | * Main: InkScape - Mark Jarnowski (via Craig) | ||
| * Certified Ethical Hacking by Mark Russell of Premier Knowledge (via Tim Cross) | * 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) | * Perl Scripts to do DNA Genetic Research by Bryce Meyer from Wiltel/Level 3 (via Gary) | ||
| * OpenVPN by Robert Citek (via ???) | * OpenVPN by Robert Citek (via ???) | ||
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| * 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) | ||
| - | * CVS/Subversion - Sanjiv, JT, Ed Howland (via ???) | + | * CVS/Subversion - Sanjiv, Ed Howland (via ???) |
| * Requests: | * Requests: | ||
| * VPN (hands-on preferred, good for a Security meeting) | * VPN (hands-on preferred, good for a Security meeting) | ||
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| ===== System Administration ===== | ===== System Administration ===== | ||
| - | + | * No news is good news? | |
| - | * 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 ===== | ===== PROJECT: New servers ===== | ||
| + | * Someone (Mike Knight?) added a lot of good discussion on the wiki about user accounts. | ||
| * Need to complete migration to new servers. | * Need to complete migration to new servers. | ||
| * Chris volunteered to help. | * Chris volunteered to help. | ||
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| ===== Old Business ===== | ===== Old Business ===== | ||
| - | * Missouri Exempt status - (Carl Fitch and Lee Lammert, with help from Fred Smith's wife) | + | * Annual report was submitted to the state. |
| - | * Carl has the forms. Working to finish filling them out. Will hand them off to Lee. | + | * 1 month early -- saves us $5. |
| - | * 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. | * Craig needs to work to write up new membership info. | ||
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| ===== New Business ===== | ===== New Business ===== | ||
| - | * Carl **MUST** submit annual report to the state by July 15 to keep us in business. **Done** | + | * Christine Wanta emailed the list, saying she would have to resign her Board seat. |
| - | * Carl will have forms filled out by July 12. **No longer needed** | + | * Unable to attend enough meetings. |
| + | * The 3 attending Board members agreed to wait until Lee was here to choose a replacement. | ||
| + | * Christine has not submitted a written resignation letter as of yet. | ||
| - | * We seem to be proceeding with dropping dial-up once the current term expires. | + | * We are proceeding with dropping dial-up on September 30. |
| - | * Stan suggested keeping 1 dial-up line for ememergency access to Wash U systems. | + | * Carl emailed all our users, telling them dial-up would be going away. |
| + | * Stan suggested keeping 1 dial-up line for emergency access to Wash U systems. | ||
| * Those in attendance agreed that this was a good idea. | * Those in attendance agreed that this was a good idea. | ||
| - | * Lee suggested we drop the dial-up lines on September 30. | + | * Unanimous agreement to keep the 1 line. |
| - | * 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. | + | * EPC - big sale this Saturday. |
| - | * It was suggested that it would be good to delete **some** emails. | + | * EPC is now installing Ubuntu Linux on their systems by default. |
| - | * Those with really high spam scores. | + | * We will be there to answer Linux questions. |
| - | * It was agreed that Mike could set the threshold to a conservative value of his choice. | + | * Sort of like a Hazelwood LUG meeting. |
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| + | * Clarence showed us Chris Byrd's Drupal mock-up of the Security SIG's web group. | ||
| + | * We agreed that it looked good. | ||
| + | * We'd like to move the site to our new boxes. | ||
| + | * Craig will work with him. | ||
| + | |||
| + | * We discussed membership dues in relation to shell accounts. | ||
| + | * Agreed that there should be 3 levels of voluntary membership dues. | ||
| + | * $100 | ||
| + | * $70 | ||
| + | * $35 | ||
| + | * Agreed that shell accounts are available in 1 of 2 conditions: | ||
| + | * User pays voluntary membership dues, | ||
| + | * OR user attended 2 meetings in the previous calendar year, and pays $10. | ||
| ===== Blue Sky ===== | ===== Blue Sky ===== | ||
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| ===== Follow-up and Action Items ===== | ===== Follow-up and Action Items ===== | ||
| - | * Carl - **MUST** complete annual report for state by July 12. **Done** | ||
| - | * Carl - Complete state exempt status paperwork. **No longer needed** | ||
| * Chris and Craig - Work on migrating to new servers. | * 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. | * Craig - Write up info on membership levels for web site and hand-outs. | ||
| - | * Lee - Submit treasurer reports. | + | * Lee - Submit treasurer reports for inclusion in secretary folder. |
| * Lee - Finish QuickBooks 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. | ||
| - | * Gary - Talk to people about presentations (see above). | ||
| * Tim - Contact Mark Russell about presenting at Security group. | * Tim - Contact Mark Russell about presenting at Security group. | ||
| * Stan - Update web sites. | * Stan - Update web sites. | ||
| * Ted and Stan - Upload presentations to web archive. | * Ted and Stan - Upload presentations to web archive. | ||
| + | * Gary - work with Wash U on dial-up lines. | ||
| + | * Terminating all but 1 on 9/30. | ||
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