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| - | ====== NOTE: ====== | + | ====== SLUUG Steering Committee Minutes - December 2006 ====== |
| - | Minutes posted on the wiki are always unofficial. | + | |
| + | NOTE: Minutes posted on the wiki are always unofficial. | ||
| Schedules for upcoming presentations are always tentative. | Schedules for upcoming presentations are always tentative. | ||
| (Some more tentative than others!) | (Some more tentative than others!) | ||
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| ====== Date and Time ====== | ====== Date and Time ====== | ||
| * December 6, 2006 | * December 6, 2006 | ||
| - | * 6:30 pm - | + | * 6:30 pm - 8:15 pm |
| ====== Attendees ====== | ====== Attendees ====== | ||
| - | * Firstname Lastname | + | * Craig Buchek |
| - | * Firstname Lastname | + | * Carl Fitch |
| - | * Firstname Lastname | + | * Lee Lammert |
| - | * Firstname Lastname | + | * Barry Morrison |
| + | * Stan Reichardt | ||
| + | * Jeff Muse | ||
| + | * Gary Meyer | ||
| ====== Secretary Report ====== | ====== Secretary Report ====== | ||
| - | * Place here. | + | * Secretary has been remiss in carrying out his duties the past month. |
| + | * Missed last month's meeting due to illness. | ||
| + | * Has not printed out recent minutes. | ||
| + | * Has not reviewed or edited November minutes. | ||
| + | * Secretary will have lots of free time in December to catch up. | ||
| ====== Treasurer Report ====== | ====== Treasurer Report ====== | ||
| * Deposits: $150 | * Deposits: $150 | ||
| - | * $100.00 membership - Craig Bucheck | + | * $100.00 membership - Craig Buchek |
| - | * $10.00 Mike Knight | + | * $10.00 Mike Knight - membership account |
| * $40.00 Book Sales | * $40.00 Book Sales | ||
| - | * Bank Balance $1085.39 (11/1/06) | + | * Bank Balance $1085.39 (11/30/06) |
| * To Deposit: Jim Liengang/S3/$200 | * To Deposit: Jim Liengang/S3/$200 | ||
| - | * Pending AP - Wash U still refuses to send a final bill, despite two *written* notifications of the 10/31 termination date. Suggestions? | + | * Pending AP - Wash U still refuses to send a final bill, despite two **written** notifications of the 10/31 termination date. |
| + | * Looking for assistance from Gary. | ||
| ====== Book Sales Report ====== | ====== Book Sales Report ====== | ||
| * Books were sold but unable to record. Carl loaded wrong drawers, transactions could not be finalized. | * Books were sold but unable to record. Carl loaded wrong drawers, transactions could not be finalized. | ||
| + | * Carl says he thinks that there were 5 books sold in November. | ||
| + | * All in-stock books will be sold at half price (or less) going forward. | ||
| + | * Microsoft titles will be $5. | ||
| ====== Membership Report ====== | ====== Membership Report ====== | ||
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| * 28 Nov HZWLUG - 11 | * 28 Nov HZWLUG - 11 | ||
| * 29 Nov SECURE - 10 | * 29 Nov SECURE - 10 | ||
| - | * | ||
| * Current mailing list membership numbers (approximate): | * Current mailing list membership numbers (approximate): | ||
| * 916 on ANNOUNCE | * 916 on ANNOUNCE | ||
| * 180 on DISCUSS | * 180 on DISCUSS | ||
| - | * | ||
| * Attendance sheets now available from each web site as .pdf and .sxw | * Attendance sheets now available from each web site as .pdf and .sxw | ||
| - | * example: http://www.sluug.org/attendance.pdf | + | * [[http://www.sluug.org/attendance.pdf]] |
| - | * example: http://stclug.sluug.org/attendance.pdf | + | * [[http://stclug.sluug.org/attendance.pdf]] |
| - | * example: http://hzwlug.sluug.org/attendance.sxw | + | * [[http://hzwlug.sluug.org/attendance.sxw]] |
| - | * | + | |
| ====== Nominations Report ====== | ====== Nominations Report ====== | ||
| * Nominations needed for February elections | * Nominations needed for February elections | ||
| * Stan R. and Gary M. are on the nominating committee. | * Stan R. and Gary M. are on the nominating committee. | ||
| - | * | + | * No updates. |
| ====== Comments on Presentations ====== | ====== Comments on Presentations ====== | ||
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| ==== SLUUG - Nov 8 ==== | ==== SLUUG - Nov 8 ==== | ||
| * Base: Cronolog - Effortless Log Rotation by Carl Fitch | * Base: Cronolog - Effortless Log Rotation by Carl Fitch | ||
| + | * Pretty good. Improved significantly over the St. Charles version of the presentation. | ||
| * Main: Introduction to Logical Volume Manager (LVM) by Jeff Muse | * Main: Introduction to Logical Volume Manager (LVM) by Jeff Muse | ||
| * Stan R. worked with Jeff M. on building presentation slides. | * Stan R. worked with Jeff M. on building presentation slides. | ||
| * This tutorial was on a heavy duty topic with 45+ slides. | * This tutorial was on a heavy duty topic with 45+ slides. | ||
| - | * | + | * Excellent. Took a bit of time for some folks to "get it", but hopefully most did. |
| ==== STLLUG - Nov 16 ==== | ==== STLLUG - Nov 16 ==== | ||
| * Main: Demonstration of Logical Volume Manager (LVM) by Jeff Muse | * Main: Demonstration of Logical Volume Manager (LVM) by Jeff Muse | ||
| - | * This was a Follow-up of the SLUUG presentation | + | * This was a follow-up (part 2) of the SLUUG presentation. |
| - | * | + | * Excellent. Covered more difficult LVM concepts, but again, we think most of the audience "got it". |
| ==== STCLUG - Nov 20 ==== | ==== STCLUG - Nov 20 ==== | ||
| * Regular date would have fallen on Thanksgiving Day Holiday. | * Regular date would have fallen on Thanksgiving Day Holiday. | ||
| * TOPIC: Konqueror - the Swiss Army Knife by Carl Fitch | * TOPIC: Konqueror - the Swiss Army Knife by Carl Fitch | ||
| - | * | + | * Informative. Convinced several GNOME users to try it. |
| ==== SOLARIS- Nov 21 ==== | ==== SOLARIS- Nov 21 ==== | ||
| * Group voted to change name to St. Louis OpenSolaris Users Group (STLOSUG) | * Group voted to change name to St. Louis OpenSolaris Users Group (STLOSUG) | ||
| - | * Will remain as a SLUUG Special Interest Group | + | * Will remain as a SLUUG Special Interest Group. |
| * TOPIC: Introductory Information | * TOPIC: Introductory Information | ||
| * What is Solaris? (Solaris 10, Open Solaris, Solaris Express, Nevada) | * What is Solaris? (Solaris 10, Open Solaris, Solaris Express, Nevada) | ||
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| * Online resources | * Online resources | ||
| * Carl Fitch collected attendance sheet. | * Carl Fitch collected attendance sheet. | ||
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| - | ==== Thanksgiving Day - Nov 23 ==== | ||
| - | * | ||
| ==== HZWLUG - Nov 28 ==== | ==== HZWLUG - Nov 28 ==== | ||
| * Announced December meeting date change. | * Announced December meeting date change. | ||
| * TOPIC: Konqueror - the Swiss Army Knife by Carl Fitch | * TOPIC: Konqueror - the Swiss Army Knife by Carl Fitch | ||
| - | * | + | * Great once again. Also covered KIO slaves and SSH. |
| ==== SECURITY - Nov 29 ==== | ==== SECURITY - Nov 29 ==== | ||
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| ==== SLUUG - Dec 13 ==== | ==== SLUUG - Dec 13 ==== | ||
| * Base: Using OpenOffice.org Impress - Building Presentation Slides by Stan Reichardt | * Base: Using OpenOffice.org Impress - Building Presentation Slides by Stan Reichardt | ||
| - | * Main: TBD. | + | * Main: Postfix Configuration by Carl Fitch (based on SLUUG new server [[http://wiki.sluug.org/build/postfix | Postfix config]]) |
| * Carl has book sales cash box; needs to hand it off whenever he's not there. | * Carl has book sales cash box; needs to hand it off whenever he's not there. | ||
| * Need to do nominations for February elections. | * Need to do nominations for February elections. | ||
| - | * | ||
| ==== SOLARIS- Dec 19 ==== | ==== SOLARIS- Dec 19 ==== | ||
| - | * Topic TBD. | + | * Main: Basics of ZFS File System by Jeff Muse |
| - | * | + | * Will include coverage of snapshots (in case you didn't get enough at the last LUG meeting). |
| ==== HZWLUG - Dec 19 ==== | ==== HZWLUG - Dec 19 ==== | ||
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| * Topic TBD. | * Topic TBD. | ||
| * Need to do nominations for February elections. | * Need to do nominations for February elections. | ||
| - | * | ||
| ==== STLLUG - Dec 21 ==== | ==== STLLUG - Dec 21 ==== | ||
| * Need to determine Holiday schedule date. | * Need to determine Holiday schedule date. | ||
| - | * Base: TBD. | + | * Base: TBD -- open to any volunteers |
| - | * Main: TBD. | + | * Main: TBD -- will probably run some videos from [[http://getdemocracy.com/ | Democracy]]. |
| * Need to do nominations for February elections. | * Need to do nominations for February elections. | ||
| - | * | ||
| - | |||
| - | ==== Christmas Day - Dec 25 ==== | ||
| - | |||
| - | ==== SECURITY - Dec 27 ==== | + | ==== SECURITY - CANCELED ==== |
| * UMSL-Micro Labs closed in December. Consensus was that there will not be a meeting in December. | * UMSL-Micro Labs closed in December. Consensus was that there will not be a meeting in December. | ||
| * No meeting this month. | * No meeting this month. | ||
| - | * | ||
| - | |||
| ==== STCLUG - Dec 28 ==== | ==== STCLUG - Dec 28 ==== | ||
| - | * TOPIC: TBD. | + | * TOPIC: Postfix Configuration by Carl Fitch |
| * Carl has confirmed 28th is good for December. | * Carl has confirmed 28th is good for December. | ||
| * Need to do nominations for February elections. | * Need to do nominations for February elections. | ||
| - | * | ||
| ===== January 2007 ===== | ===== January 2007 ===== | ||
| ==== SLUUG - Jan 10 ==== | ==== SLUUG - Jan 10 ==== | ||
| - | * Base: | + | * Base: TBD. |
| * MAIN: Certified Ethical Hacking by Mark Russell of Premier Knowledge (via Lee L.) | * MAIN: Certified Ethical Hacking by Mark Russell of Premier Knowledge (via Lee L.) | ||
| * Need to do additional nominations | * Need to do additional nominations | ||
| - | ==== SOLARIS- Jan 16 ==== | + | ==== SOLARIS - Jan 16 ==== |
| - | * TOPIC: TBD. | + | * Hands-on: Installing virtual machines, and using new Solaris process management tools (TENTATIVE) |
| - | * | + | |
| ==== STLLUG - Jan 18 ==== | ==== STLLUG - Jan 18 ==== | ||
| - | * Base: | + | * Base: TBD. |
| - | * Main: | + | * Main: TBD. |
| * Need do final nominations for STL Linux chair. | * Need do final nominations for STL Linux chair. | ||
| ==== HZWLUG - Jan 23 ==== | ==== HZWLUG - Jan 23 ==== | ||
| * TOPIC: TBD. | * TOPIC: TBD. | ||
| - | * | ||
| ==== SECURITY - Jan 24 ==== | ==== SECURITY - Jan 24 ==== | ||
| - | * TOPIC: TBD. | + | * TOPIC: Advanced SSH (TENTATIVE) |
| - | * | + | |
| ==== STCLUG - Jan 25 ==== | ==== STCLUG - Jan 25 ==== | ||
| * TOPIC: TBD. | * TOPIC: TBD. | ||
| - | * | ||
| ===== February 2007 ===== | ===== February 2007 ===== | ||
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| ==== HZWLUG - Feb 13 ==== | ==== HZWLUG - Feb 13 ==== | ||
| * This early date necessary due to StLC Library Branch scheduling conflicts | * This early date necessary due to StLC Library Branch scheduling conflicts | ||
| - | * Election balloting | + | * Election balloting (vote early!) |
| * TOPIC: TBD. | * TOPIC: TBD. | ||
| - | * | ||
| ==== SLUUG - Feb 14 ==== | ==== SLUUG - Feb 14 ==== | ||
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| * Election balloting | * Election balloting | ||
| * Lightning Talks are usually done in February at SLUUG | * Lightning Talks are usually done in February at SLUUG | ||
| - | * | ||
| - | * Base: | ||
| - | * Main: | ||
| ==== STLLUG - Feb 15 ==== | ==== STLLUG - Feb 15 ==== | ||
| * Back-to-back meeting this month with SLUUG | * Back-to-back meeting this month with SLUUG | ||
| * Election balloting | * Election balloting | ||
| - | * TOPIC: TBD. | + | * TOPIC: TBD. (Probably Lightning Talks) |
| - | * | + | |
| ==== SOLARIS - Feb 20 ==== | ==== SOLARIS - Feb 20 ==== | ||
| * Election balloting | * Election balloting | ||
| * TOPIC: TBD. | * TOPIC: TBD. | ||
| - | * | ||
| ==== STCLUG - Feb 22 ==== | ==== STCLUG - Feb 22 ==== | ||
| * Election balloting | * Election balloting | ||
| * TOPIC: TBD. | * TOPIC: TBD. | ||
| - | * | ||
| ==== SECURITY - Feb 28 ==== | ==== SECURITY - Feb 28 ==== | ||
| * Election balloting | * Election balloting | ||
| * TOPIC: TBD. | * TOPIC: TBD. | ||
| - | * | ||
| ====== Potential Presentations ====== | ====== Potential Presentations ====== | ||
| * InkScape by Mark Jarnowski (via Craig) (was STLLUG TENTATIVE) | * 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) | ||
| - | * Certified Ethical Hacking by Mark Russell of Premier Knowledge (via Lee) | + | * Hands-on: IP Filter (ipf) (Solaris group) |
| * Contact Mark Russell about presenting at Security group. (via Tim/Ted ?) | * Contact Mark Russell about presenting at Security group. (via Tim/Ted ?) | ||
| * XGL by Matt Skipton of Novell (via Lee) | * XGL by Matt Skipton of Novell (via Lee) | ||
| * 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 Stan R.) |
| * 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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| * Video cards in Linux (Heuris) | * Video cards in Linux (Heuris) | ||
| * IBM vs. Sun vs. HP on UNIX | * IBM vs. Sun vs. HP on UNIX | ||
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| ====== Sponsorships ====== | ====== Sponsorships ====== | ||
| - | * Craig was contacted with sponsorship offer from S3 (formerly KPG). | ||
| * Stan R. purged a number of old sponsor icons from SLUUG website. | * Stan R. purged a number of old sponsor icons from SLUUG website. | ||
| * Stan R. created temporary sponsor icon for S3 and added it into rotating image script. | * Stan R. created temporary sponsor icon for S3 and added it into rotating image script. | ||
| * Stan R. ran into problem with rotating image script. | * Stan R. ran into problem with rotating image script. | ||
| - | * Craig said the check is in the mail to PO box. | + | * Depends on URL ending in .com, and UMSL's URL ends in .edu |
| - | * What is status of Lee sending out invoices to previous sponsors? ($200) | + | * Stan left it as-is, so UMSL's link does not work from the front page. |
| - | * Lee is wating for us to generate a list of contacts. | + | * We've gotten several emails from head-hunters. |
| - | * Clarence J. and Stan R. to gather information about previous sponsors. | + | * Consensus was that if they're out of town, ignore them. |
| - | * Collect sponsor contact info. | + | * For local companies, request that they sign up as a sponsor. |
| - | * Starting with information from the web site. | + | * For specific local jobs, we will forward the emails to DISCUSS. |
| - | * No progress this month. | + | * Primary criteria will be usefulness to our members. |
| - | * | + | |
| ====== Website Library ====== | ====== Website Library ====== | ||
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| * No presentation uploads yet - waiting for migration | * No presentation uploads yet - waiting for migration | ||
| * No progress this month. | * No progress this month. | ||
| - | * | ||
| ====== System Administration ====== | ====== System Administration ====== | ||
| * Dark | * Dark | ||
| + | * Still having intermittent hardware failures | ||
| * Michelob | * Michelob | ||
| * Defunct WU Dialup hardware | * Defunct WU Dialup hardware | ||
| - | * | + | * Gary will remove it in a few months. |
| + | * Barry will talk to John Hodge about assisting with installing more disk space. | ||
| + | * Volume of mail is overwhelming Dark. | ||
| + | * Postgrey has been enabled, which will hopefully reduce volume. | ||
| ====== New Servers Project ====== | ====== New Servers Project ====== | ||
| - | * This section needs to be reviewed and updated! | + | * Met at Old Monroe on November 18. |
| - | * Met at Old Monroe | + | |
| * Some progress made: | * Some progress made: | ||
| - | * Moved web sites for SIGs. | + | * Migrated web sites for all SIGs. |
| - | * Added DNS references to SIGs. | + | * Only main site (and user pages) remain on old servers. |
| - | * | + | * Updated DNS to point at new URLs. |
| - | * Decisions to make: | + | * Added several aliases for each. |
| - | * How to get mailing list archives on the new web server. | + | * Mailing list archives moved off of old server into Mailman on new server. |
| - | * How to migrate email, while allowing users to access email via existing methods. | + | * Except for SYSADMIN, which has a different password. |
| - | * How to migrate mailing lists. | + | * Will need to move December arcives over. |
| - | * Look into Majordomo/Mailman. | + | * Drupal installed, but configuration not completed. |
| - | * To complete: | + | * Mailman installed and tested, but not in production. |
| - | * Migrate SLUUG web site. | + | * Postfix installed, configured, and tested, but not in production. |
| - | * Point http://sluug.org/~user to http://users.sluug.org/~user | + | * DNS configured to be authoratative for our zones, but not in production. |
| - | * Which can remain on Dark/Michelob, and be migrated to Budlight later. | + | * NS records do not point at them. |
| - | * Migrate Chris Byrd's Drupal install over for Security site. | + | * Carl suggests putting Bud, Budlight, and Dark as primary NS and EveryDNS as secondaries. |
| - | * Make Bud an admin-only box. | + | * Decisions to make: |
| - | * Make Budlight a user-accessible box. | + | * How to migrate email, while allowing users to access email via existing methods. |
| - | * Need offline (sensitive?) working documentation matrix of machines (for recovery) | + | * How to migrate mailing lists to Mailman on new server. |
| - | * hostnames and IP numbers, | + | * To complete: |
| - | * functional purpose, | + | * Migrate SLUUG main web site. |
| - | * hardware, | + | * Point http://sluug.org/~user to http://users.sluug.org/~user |
| - | * resources, | + | * Which can remain on Dark/Michelob, and be migrated to Budlight later. |
| - | * holders of root, sudo | + | * Migrate Chris Byrd's Drupal install over for Security site. |
| - | * | + | * Make Bud an admin-only box. |
| + | * Make Budlight a user-accessible box. | ||
| + | * Need offline (sensitive?) working documentation matrix of machines (for recovery) | ||
| + | * hostnames and IP numbers | ||
| + | * functional purpose | ||
| + | * hardware | ||
| + | * resources | ||
| + | * holders of root, sudo | ||
| + | * Carl wants to implement LDAP on servers eventually. | ||
| ====== Other Old Business ====== | ====== Other Old Business ====== | ||
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| ===== Dial-up Lines ===== | ===== Dial-up Lines ===== | ||
| - | * We were to have WU drop the remaining line on October 30. | + | * We were to have Wash U drop the remaining line on October 30. |
| - | * Was request made? Lee sent them a physical letter on 10/20. Still active on 12/04, was letter lost or misdirected? Send again and call? | + | * Was request made? Lee sent them a physical letter on 10/20 and 11/20. |
| - | * Do we need to yank some equipment? | + | * Still active on 12/04. |
| + | * Was letter lost or misdirected? Send again and call? | ||
| + | * Gary will follow up. | ||
| + | * Do we need to yank some equipment? | ||
| ===== Membership ===== | ===== Membership ===== | ||
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| * Craig B. was to write up new membership info on membership levels for web site and hand-outs. | * Craig B. was to write up new membership info on membership levels for web site and hand-outs. | ||
| * Stan R. sent SLUUG membership flier OOo document to Craig B. for updating | * Stan R. sent SLUUG membership flier OOo document to Craig B. for updating | ||
| - | * | ||
| ====== New Business ====== | ====== New Business ====== | ||
| * Always more to do. | * Always more to do. | ||
| - | * | ||
| ====== Blue Sky ====== | ====== Blue Sky ====== | ||
| - | * Still blue. | + | * Do we want to consider absentee ballots? |
| - | * | + | * We can put up a PDF of the ballot on the web site. |
| + | * Members can mail the ballots to our PO box. | ||
| + | * Would help increase member participation. | ||
| + | * Consensus was that this would be fine, as long as it does not violate by-laws. | ||
| + | * Don't feel the need to advertise this, but it's OK to do that if someone wants to. | ||
| ====== Follow-up and Action Items ====== | ====== Follow-up and Action Items ====== | ||
| - | * Always need somebody to do stuff. | + | * CRAIG: Catch up on minutes. |
| - | * | + | * CRAIG: Get updated S3 logo? |
| + | * CRAIG: Get confirmation of LUG presentations from folks. | ||
| + | * CRAIG: Write up membership stuff. | ||
| + | * GARY: Follow up on Wash U phone lines. | ||
| + | * EVERYONE: Get 2 presentations for Lightning Talks in February. | ||
| + | * BARRY: Talk to John Hodge about assisting with installing more disk space on AIX boxes. | ||
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