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| ====== Date and Time ====== | ====== Date and Time ====== | ||
| * October 4, 2006 | * October 4, 2006 | ||
| - | * 6:30 pm - | + | * 6:30 pm - 8:15 pm |
| ====== Attendees ====== | ====== Attendees ====== | ||
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| * Craig Buchek | * Craig Buchek | ||
| * Gary Meyer | * Gary Meyer | ||
| - | * ??Clarence Johnson | ||
| ====== Secretary Report ====== | ====== Secretary Report ====== | ||
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| * Need Carl to sign August's minutes. | * Need Carl to sign August's minutes. | ||
| * Still need to type up minutes of previous Board meeting. | * Still need to type up minutes of previous Board meeting. | ||
| + | * Filed Christine's resignation letter. | ||
| ====== Treasurer Report ====== | ====== Treasurer Report ====== | ||
| | ^ Amount ^ Notes ^ | | ^ Amount ^ Notes ^ | ||
| - | |Current Bank Balance | $586.17| Bank Statement| | + | |Starting Bank Balance | $586.17| Bank Statement| |
| |AP Due (Wash U) | $170.00| (4 lines @ $34)| | |AP Due (Wash U) | $170.00| (4 lines @ $34)| | ||
| - | |Balance as of 7/30/06 ^$416.17 || | + | |AR | $100.00| Membership payment| |
| + | |Balance as of 8/31/06 ^$516.17 || | ||
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| + | * September numbers pending. | ||
| + | * Still need to reconcile QuickBooks for previous years. | ||
| + | * Lee will need some assistance with that. | ||
| ====== Book Sales Report ====== | ====== Book Sales Report ====== | ||
| - | * No book sales in September | + | * No book sales in September. |
| ====== Attendance Report ====== | ====== Attendance Report ====== | ||
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| * 27 Sep SECURE - 17 | * 27 Sep SECURE - 17 | ||
| * 28 Sep STCLUG - 10 | * 28 Sep STCLUG - 10 | ||
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| + | * Security SIG had an excellent turn-out this month. | ||
| + | * LUG turn-out was lighter than expected. | ||
| ====== Comments on Presentations ====== | ====== Comments on Presentations ====== | ||
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| ===== September 2006 ===== | ===== September 2006 ===== | ||
| - | SLUUG - Sep 13 | + | ==== SLUUG - Sep 13 ==== |
| * Base: Bugzilla by Craig Buchek | * Base: Bugzilla by Craig Buchek | ||
| - | * Main: Techie Videos from the Internet | + | * Excellent. Hopefully this will help members report bugs. |
| - | * Revolution OS not shown, clip from DLTV, etc. | + | * Main: Techie Videos from the Internet (DLTV) |
| - | + | * DLTV episode was too long. | |
| - | STLLUG - Sep 21 | + | * Good idea for filler, but choose shorter videos next time. |
| + | ==== STLLUG - Sep 21 ==== | ||
| * Main: Update on SCO v. IBM Lawsuit by AllParadox (Benjamin White) | * Main: Update on SCO v. IBM Lawsuit by AllParadox (Benjamin White) | ||
| + | * Started out slow, but was better in the middle and end. | ||
| + | * Helped us understand some of the technical legal details. | ||
| - | HZWLUG - Sep 26 | + | ==== HZWLUG - Sep 26 ==== |
| * Finding Linux Applications | * Finding Linux Applications | ||
| + | * Maybe okay. | ||
| + | * Had problems with projector. | ||
| * Other Newbie Topics | * Other Newbie Topics | ||
| - | SECURITY - Sep 27 | + | ==== SECURITY - Sep 27 ==== |
| * Network Diagnostics & Deep Packet Scanning by Ed Morrisy of Global Velocity | * Network Diagnostics & Deep Packet Scanning by Ed Morrisy of Global Velocity | ||
| - | * Pizza. Meeting went on as scheduled. | + | * Pizza was really good. |
| - | + | * Presentation was good and interesting, but a bit too much salesmanship. | |
| - | STCLUG - Sep 28 | + | |
| + | ==== STCLUG - Sep 28 ==== | ||
| * Finding Linux Applications | * Finding Linux Applications | ||
| + | * Reprise of Hazelwood talk. | ||
| + | * Started late, but went faster. | ||
| ====== Presentation Schedule ====== | ====== Presentation Schedule ====== | ||
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| ===== October 2006 ===== | ===== October 2006 ===== | ||
| - | SLUUG - Oct 11 | + | ==== SLUUG - Oct 11 ==== |
| * Base: Firebug (Firefox plugin - JavaScript debugger) by Ed Howland | * Base: Firebug (Firefox plugin - JavaScript debugger) by Ed Howland | ||
| * Main: AppArmor by Matt Skiption of Novell | * Main: AppArmor by Matt Skiption of Novell | ||
| - | STLLUG - Oct 19 | + | ==== STLLUG - Oct 19 ==== |
| * Main: To Be Determined | * Main: To Be Determined | ||
| - | HZWLUG - Oct 24 | + | ==== HZWLUG - Oct 24 ==== |
| + | * Base: Newbie Topics | ||
| - | SECURITY - Oct 25 - Primer on Encryption by Mark Buchanan | + | ==== SECURITY - Oct 25 ==== |
| + | * Primer on Encryption by Mark Buchanan | ||
| - | STCLUG - Oct 26 | + | ==== STCLUG - Oct 26 ==== |
| + | * Cronolog - Effortless Log Rotation by Carl Fitch | ||
| ===== November 2006 ===== | ===== November 2006 ===== | ||
| - | SLUUG - Nov 8 | ||
| - | * Base: | + | ==== SLUUG - Nov 8 ==== |
| + | * Base: Cronolog - Effortless Log Rotation by Carl Fitch | ||
| * Main: Introduction to Logical Volume Manager by Jeff Muse (TENATIVE) | * Main: Introduction to Logical Volume Manager by Jeff Muse (TENATIVE) | ||
| - | STLLUG - Nov 16 | + | ==== STLLUG - Nov 16 ==== |
| - | + | ||
| - | * Base: | + | |
| * Main: Follow-up Demonstration of Logical Volume Manager by Jeff Muse (TENATIVE) | * Main: Follow-up Demonstration of Logical Volume Manager by Jeff Muse (TENATIVE) | ||
| - | * Main: InkScape by Mark Jarnowski (TENTATIVE) | ||
| - | SECURITY - Nov 22 | + | ==== SECURITY - Nov 22 ==== |
| + | * TBD. | ||
| - | Thanksgiving Day - Nov 23 | + | ==== Thanksgiving Day - Nov 23 ==== |
| - | STCLUG - Nov ?? - Need to determine Holiday schedule date | + | ==== STCLUG - Nov 20? ==== |
| + | * Need to determine Holiday schedule date. | ||
| + | * Carl believes it's been scheduled for the 20th, but it may be the 27th. | ||
| - | HZWLUG - Nov 28 | + | ==== HZWLUG - Nov 28 ==== |
| + | * Newbie Topics | ||
| ===== December 2006 ===== | ===== December 2006 ===== | ||
| - | SLUUG - Dec 13 | ||
| - | * Base: | + | ==== SLUUG - Dec 13 ==== |
| - | * Main: | + | * Base: TBD. |
| + | * Main: TBD. | ||
| - | STLLUG - Dec 21 | + | ==== STLLUG - Dec 21 ==== |
| + | * Base: TBD. | ||
| + | * Main: InkScape by Mark Jarnowski (TENTATIVE) | ||
| - | * Base: | + | ==== Christmas Day - Dec 25 ==== |
| - | * Main: | + | |
| - | Christmas Day - Dec 25 | + | ==== HZWLUG - Dec 26 ==== |
| + | * NOTE: May cancel this meeting. | ||
| + | * UPDATE: The 26 Dec date given was wrong, meeting room is reserved for 19 Dec - Stan R. | ||
| + | | ||
| - | HZWLUG - Dec 26 | + | ==== SECURITY - Dec 27 ==== |
| + | * TBD. | ||
| - | SECURITY - Dec 27 | + | ==== STCLUG - Dec 28 ==== |
| - | + | * TBD. | |
| - | STCLUG - Dec 28 | + | |
| ===== January 2007 ===== | ===== January 2007 ===== | ||
| - | SLUUG - Jan 10 | + | ==== SLUUG - Jan 10 ==== |
| + | * Base: | ||
| + | * Main: Ethical Hacking by Mark Russell | ||
| + | ==== STLLUG - Jan 18 ==== | ||
| * Base: | * Base: | ||
| * Main: | * Main: | ||
| - | STLLUG - Jan 18 | + | ==== HZWLUG - Jan 23 ==== |
| - | * Base: | + | ==== SECURITY - Jan 24 ==== |
| - | * Main: | + | |
| - | HZWLUG - Jan 23 | + | ==== STCLUG - Jan 25 ==== |
| - | SECURITY - Jan 24 | ||
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| - | STCLUG - Jan 25 | ||
| ====== Potential Presentations ====== | ====== Potential Presentations ====== | ||
| - | |||
| * Main: InkScape by Mark Jarnowski (via Craig) (was STLLUG TENTATIVE) | * Main: InkScape by Mark Jarnowski (via Craig) (was STLLUG TENTATIVE) | ||
| * Everything you (N)Ever Wanted to Know About HDTV by Craig Buchek (will work on this to have as a stand-by) | * Everything you (N)Ever Wanted to Know About HDTV by Craig Buchek (will work on this to have as a stand-by) | ||
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| * 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 ???) | ||
| - | * MythTV / Freevo / TiVo - (STLLUG?) - (via Sarah on the Perl list) | ||
| * WiFi - Jerry @ OCI (via Gary) | * WiFi - Jerry @ OCI (via Gary) | ||
| * CVS/Subversion - Sanjiv, Ed Howland (via ???) | * CVS/Subversion - Sanjiv, Ed Howland (via ???) | ||
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| * TrueCrypt - file-level encryption for Windows/Linux | * TrueCrypt - file-level encryption for Windows/Linux | ||
| * Using One-Time Passwords | * Using One-Time Passwords | ||
| + | * MythTV / Freevo / TiVo - (STLLUG?) - (via Sarah on the Perl list, or others) | ||
| * Video cards in Linux (Heuris) | * Video cards in Linux (Heuris) | ||
| * IBM vs. Sun vs. HP on UNIX | * IBM vs. Sun vs. HP on UNIX | ||
| ====== Weekly Announcements ====== | ====== Weekly Announcements ====== | ||
| - | * What is status of ? | + | * No news is good news. |
| + | * Current mailing list membership numbers (approximate): | ||
| + | * 880 on ANNOUNCE | ||
| + | * 180 on DISCUSS (previously reported as 140) | ||
| ====== Library Room Reservations ====== | ====== Library Room Reservations ====== | ||
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| ====== Sponsorships ====== | ====== Sponsorships ====== | ||
| - | + | * Lee updated our web site to show a different logo (and link) for Primary Networks (Hostirian) | |
| - | * Lee updated our web site to show a different logo (and link) for Primary Networks | + | * Lee working to send out invoices to previous sponsors. ($200) |
| - | * | + | |
| - | * What is status of ? | + | |
| - | * | + | |
| - | * Lee L. working to send out invoices to previous sponsors. ($200) | + | |
| * Clarence J. and Stan R. to gather information about previous sponsors. | * Clarence J. and Stan R. to gather information about previous sponsors. | ||
| - | o Collect sponsor contact info. | + | * Collect sponsor contact info. |
| - | o Starting with information from the web site. | + | * Starting with information from the web site. |
| + | * No progress this month. | ||
| ====== Website Library ====== | ====== Website Library ====== | ||
| - | + | * Stan R. working with Ted P. to get presentations put up. | |
| - | * What is status of ? | + | * Ted has gotten some of the older presentations gathered |
| - | * | + | * No presentation uploads yet - waiting for migration |
| - | * Stan R. working with Ted P. to get presentations put up. | + | * No progress this month. |
| - | * Ted has gotten some of the older presentations gathered | + | |
| - | * No presentation uploads yet - waiting for migration | + | |
| ====== System Administration ====== | ====== System Administration ====== | ||
| - | + | * Dark had another checkstop/reboot this month. | |
| - | * What is status of ? | + | * Michelob |
| - | * | + | * WU Dialup hardware |
| - | * Dark | + | |
| - | * Michelob | + | |
| - | * WU Dialup hardware | + | |
| ====== New Servers Project ====== | ====== New Servers Project ====== | ||
| - | + | * Will meet at Lee's on October 28. | |
| - | * What is status of ? | + | * Decisions to make: |
| - | * | + | * How to get mailing list archives on the new web server. |
| - | * Bud | + | * How to migrate email, while allowing users to access email via existing methods. |
| - | * Budlight(?) | + | * How to migrate mailing lists. |
| - | * SLUUG website migration to new servers. | + | * Look into Majordomo/Mailman. |
| - | * SLUUG mail migration to new servers. | + | * To complete: |
| - | * Chris Byrd - to migrate Security website page over | + | * Migrate SLUUG web site. |
| - | * Craig Buchek - set up Chris with access | + | * Point http://sluug.org/~user to http://users.sluug.org/~user, which can remain on Dark/Michelob, and be migrated to Budlight later. |
| - | * Barry - Look into Webmin and Majordomo/Mailman for new servers. | + | * Create new web sites for SIGs. |
| - | * Need to be able to preserve the archives. | + | * Migrate Chris Byrd's Drupal install over for Security site. |
| + | * Make Bud an admin-only box. | ||
| + | * Make Budlight a user-accessible box. | ||
| ====== Other Old Business ====== | ====== Other Old Business ====== | ||
| ===== Board Member ===== | ===== Board Member ===== | ||
| - | + | * Christine Wanta emailed the list, saying she would have to resign her Board seat. | |
| - | * What is status of ? | + | |
| - | * Christine Wanta emailed the list, saying she would have to resign her Board seat. | + | |
| * Unable to attend enough meetings. | * Unable to attend enough meetings. | ||
| - | * Christine says she has mailed a written resignation letter | + | * We received Christine's written resignation letter. |
| - | * | + | * Impromptu BOARD MEETING: Stan nominated Barry Morrison as Christine's replacement. |
| + | * Lee seconded. | ||
| + | * Carl agreed. | ||
| + | * Passes unanymously. | ||
| + | * Barry accepted and will hold the board seat until the 2007 elections. | ||
| ===== Dial-up Lines ===== | ===== Dial-up Lines ===== | ||
| - | + | * We dropped all but 1 dial-up line on September 30. | |
| - | * What is status of ? | + | * Mike Knight suggested the 1 remaining dial-up line is not needed. |
| - | * We are proceeding with dropping dial-up on September 30. | + | * Unanimous agreement to drop that remaining line on October 30. |
| - | * Carl emailed all our users, telling them dial-up would be going away. | + | * 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. | + | * No complaints from users, until lines were already taken down. |
| - | * Lee has notified Wash U in writing, to drop all but 1 line on October 1. | + | |
| ===== Membership ===== | ===== Membership ===== | ||
| - | + | * We discussed membership dues in relation to shell accounts. | |
| - | * What is status of ? | + | * Agreed that there should be 3 levels of voluntary membership dues. |
| - | * We discussed membership dues in relation to shell accounts. | + | * $100 |
| - | + | * $70 | |
| - | o Agreed that there should be 3 levels of voluntary membership dues. | + | * $35 |
| - | + $100 | + | * Agreed that shell accounts are available in 1 of 2 conditions: |
| - | + $70 | + | * User pays voluntary membership dues, OR user attended 2 meetings in the previous calendar year, and pays $10. |
| - | + $35 | + | * Craig was to write up new membership info on membership levels for web site and hand-outs. |
| - | o 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. | + | |
| - | o Craig was to write up new membership info on membership levels for web site and hand-outs. | + | |
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| - | * x | + | |
| ====== New Business ====== | ====== New Business ====== | ||
| + | * S3 (formerly KPG) wants to "sponsor" the upcoming SLUUG meeting. | ||
| + | * Suggestion was to order pizza at 7:00, seeing how many people are there at that time. | ||
| - | * S3 (formerly KPG) wants to "sponsor" the upcoming SLUUG meeting | ||
| * Who will collect cash payments at meetings? | * Who will collect cash payments at meetings? | ||
| + | * Carl has the cash box; needs to hand it off whenever he's not there. | ||
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| * Nominations for February elections | * Nominations for February elections | ||
| + | * Stan and Gary will be on the nominating committee. | ||
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| * Solaris SIG (special interest group) | * Solaris SIG (special interest group) | ||
| + | * Several members have expressed a desire to start this SIG. | ||
| + | * Jeff Logullo | ||
| + | * Nick Moon | ||
| + | * Jeff Muse | ||
| + | * The folks who want to run the meeting should decide what day/location they want to hold their meetings. | ||
| + | * The meetings need not be be on a regular basis, but should be scheduled by the previous month's Steering Committee meeting | ||
| + | * They need to let the STEERCOM list know in advance when their meetings will be. | ||
| + | * Craig has 2 Sun 1U servers that he will donate to the group. | ||
| ====== Blue Sky ====== | ====== Blue Sky ====== | ||
| - | + | * Stan noticed that many local user groups have no scheduled meetings in June, July, August. | |
| - | * Is the sky still blue? | + | * Gary suggested members call some of the old members to remind them of upcoming meetings. |
| - | * | + | |
| ====== Follow-up and Action Items ====== | ====== Follow-up and Action Items ====== | ||
| - | + | * Craig - Write up membership info. | |
| - | * Stan - Update web sites. | + | * Others - Come to Lee's on October 28 to work on new servers. |
| - | * Craig - | + | |
| - | * Others - | + | |
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