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| * Craig Buchek | * Craig Buchek | ||
| * Stan Reichardt | * Stan Reichardt | ||
| + | * Gary Meyer | ||
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| + | ====== Election Results ====== | ||
| + | * The ballots were opened and counted. | ||
| + | * There were 24 valid ballots. | ||
| + | * Results: | ||
| + | * Barry Morrison and Craig Buchek were elected for 3-year terms on the Board. | ||
| + | * The incumbents were re-elected for the following positions: | ||
| + | * Vice President: Stan Reichardt | ||
| + | * Secretary: Craig Buchek | ||
| + | * Treasurer: Lee Lammert | ||
| + | * St. Louis LUG Chair: Craig Buchek | ||
| + | * Gary Meyer got the most votes for President, but respectfully declined. | ||
| + | * Carl Fitch got 2nd most votes, and accepted the Board's appointment. | ||
| + | * There was a tie in the vote for St. Charles LUG Chair: Carl Fitch and Fred Smith. | ||
| + | * We will ask Fred Smith if he will accept the position; otherwise Carl will fill it. | ||
| + | * Other votes were recorded for: | ||
| + | * Board: Clarence Johnson, Gary McKee | ||
| + | * Secretary: Rich Seibel | ||
| + | * Presentation Manager: Jim Roe, Stanford Baldwin, Barry Morrison, Gary Meyer, Gary McKee | ||
| + | * Public Relations: Gary Meyer, Jay Truesdale, Mike Duncan | ||
| + | * St. Louis LUG Chair: Phil Bunch | ||
| + | * St. Charles LUG Chair: Jim Roe, Stan Reichardt | ||
| ====== Secretary Report ====== | ====== Secretary Report ====== | ||
| * Secretary is catching up with things. | * Secretary is catching up with things. | ||
| - | * Should have print-outs of things by next month. | + | * Should have print-outs of things by next month. |
| - | + | ||
| ====== Treasurer Report ====== | ====== Treasurer Report ====== | ||
| - | Treasurer was delayed out of town | + | == Deposits == |
| - | ====== Book Sales Report ====== | + | ||From |Description | Amt || |
| + | ||Fred Grovier|| $35.00|| | ||
| + | ||Terry Koyn|| $35.00|| | ||
| + | == Bank balance as of 1/31/07 $ 1,336.10== | ||
| + | == Pending Deposits 0 == | ||
| + | == Pending AP 0* == | ||
| - | We had 13 booksales and one membership renewall. | + | * Still have not received final bill from Wash U yet. |
| + | |||
| + | ====== Book Sales Report ====== | ||
| + | * We had 13 booksales and one membership renewal. | ||
| ||Guide to Oracle 8i|| | ||Guide to Oracle 8i|| | ||
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| ||Java Extreme Programing|| | ||Java Extreme Programing|| | ||
| ||Beginning Perl|| | ||Beginning Perl|| | ||
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| ||Gary Meyer - membership|| | ||Gary Meyer - membership|| | ||
| + | || _______________________ || | ||
| ||Total income: $66.00|| | ||Total income: $66.00|| | ||
| ====== Membership Report ====== | ====== Membership Report ====== | ||
| - | * Attendance for January 2007 | + | * Attendance for Feburary 2007: |
| - | * 3 Jan STEERC - 4 | + | * Feb 7 - Steercom: 5 |
| - | * 10 Jan SLUUG - 26 | + | * Feb 14 - SLUUG: 12 |
| - | * 16 Jan SOLARIS - 3 | + | * Feb 15 - STLLUG: 12 |
| - | * 18 Jan STLLUG - 15 | + | * Feb 20 - Solaris: 4 |
| - | * 23 Jan HZWLUG - 9 | + | * Feb 22 - STCLUG: 10 |
| - | * 24 Jan SECURE - 10 | + | * Feb 27 - HZWLUG: 7 |
| - | * 25 Jan STCLUG - 12 | + | * Feb 28 - Security: NO MEETING |
| - | + | * Attendance numbers were down this month. | |
| - | ====== Mailing List Report ====== | + | * Partly due to Valentine's Day. |
| - | * Current Structure | + | * May be due to Lightning Talks not being a big draw. |
| - | * Majordomo packages is used for bulk mailings | + | |
| - | * Two main mailing lists are ANNOUNCE and DISCUSS | + | |
| - | * ANNOUNCE is intended for low volume | + | |
| - | * Monthly Newsletter | + | |
| - | * Events For This Week | + | |
| - | * Quick Announcements and Corrections | + | |
| - | * DISCUSS is for general participation | + | |
| - | * Two other lists are STEERCOM and SYSADMIN - for making soap | + | |
| - | * Other miscellaneous lists - USERS for announcements to BBS users | + | |
| - | * Mailing list messages are archived | + | |
| - | * Except ANNOUNCE and USERS | + | |
| - | * Some current mailing list subscriber numbers (approximate): | + | |
| - | * ANNOUNCE - PENDING | + | |
| - | * DISCUSS - PENDING | + | |
| - | * STEERCOM - 31 | + | |
| - | * Current Activities | + | |
| - | * No Editor means no newsletter | + | |
| - | * Weekly mailing of "Events For This Week" continues by Stan Reichardt | + | |
| - | * Effort to automate EFTW process not finished | + | |
| - | * Refinement of process has cut production time in half compared to 6 months ago | + | |
| - | * A draft of upcoming monthly calendar is posted to STEERCOM mailing list | + | |
| - | * No List Administrator means no handling of user questions or subscription problems | + | |
| - | * Anticipating monthly calendar on revised SLUUG website | + | |
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| - | ====== Nominations Report ====== | + | |
| - | * Nominations needed for February elections. | + | |
| - | * Stan R. and Gary M. are on the nominating committee. | + | |
| - | * If no updates, names placed on ballot will be arbitrary. | + | |
| - | * Stan nominated Gary for President. | + | |
| - | * Board seats up for election: | + | |
| - | * Clarence Johnson | + | |
| - | * Barry Morrison | + | |
| ====== Presentation Review and Comments ====== | ====== Presentation Review and Comments ====== | ||
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| - | ===== January 2007 ===== | ||
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| - | ==== SLUUG - Jan 10 ==== | ||
| - | * Base: Coping with Spam Using Filters - Carl Fitch | ||
| - | * Good. Covered the client side of things. | ||
| - | * Main: Certified Ethical Hacking by Mark Russell of Premier Knowledge | ||
| - | * Good. A bit light on details. | ||
| - | * First 45 minutes were too long -- sales pitch about the training class. | ||
| - | |||
| - | ==== SOLARIS - Jan 16 ==== | ||
| - | * Main: Basics of ZFS File System by Jeff Muse | ||
| - | * Was originally scheduled for December. | ||
| - | * Attendance low due to ice storm, severe weather, and power outages. | ||
| - | * Very good. | ||
| - | * Included coverage of snapshots (in case you didn't get enough at the last LUG meeting). | ||
| - | * Planning to reprise the presentation at a Wednesday night SLUUG meeting. | ||
| - | |||
| - | ==== STLLUG - Jan 18 ==== | ||
| - | * Main: Floppy Disks by Stan Reichardt | ||
| - | * Last minute topic, nobody else volunteered. | ||
| - | * Updated a presentation that was given about 2 years ago at HZWLUG meeting. | ||
| - | * More interesting than expected. | ||
| - | * Discussed next month having volunteers do 10 minutes of Tips, Tricks at the keyboard. | ||
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| - | ==== HZWLUG - Jan 23 ==== | ||
| - | * TOPIC: Floppy Disks by Stan Reichardt | ||
| - | * Got about half way thru slides. Lots of questions and discussion. | ||
| - | * Plenty of interest, questions, and tangents. | ||
| - | |||
| - | ==== SECURITY - Jan 24 ==== | ||
| - | * TOPIC: Security Certifications by Stan Reichardt | ||
| - | * Good stuff. | ||
| - | * Discussed February conflicts. | ||
| - | * Decided to cancel February meeting. | ||
| - | |||
| - | ==== STCLUG - Jan 25 ==== | ||
| - | * TOPIC: Filtering Spam with Postfix by Carl Fitch. | ||
| - | * Good. Covered the server side. | ||
| - | |||
| - | ====== Presentation Schedule ====== | ||
| ===== February 2007 ===== | ===== February 2007 ===== | ||
| ==== SLUUG - Feb 14 ==== | ==== SLUUG - Feb 14 ==== | ||
| - | * WARNING: Valentines Day - Might reduce attendance | + | * Lightning Talks |
| - | * Back-to-back meetings this month with SLUUG - STLLUG | + | * Most were good. |
| - | * HZWLUG meeting will NOT be on 13 Feb as previously anticipated | + | * Jeff Muse's talk on wget was really good. |
| - | * EVERYONE: Was to line up 2 presentations for Lightning Talks | + | * Ed Howland's talk on DST changes was good and very thorough. |
| - | * TOPIC: Lightning Talks are usually done in February at SLUUG | + | |
| - | * Point man: Stan and/or Gary. | + | |
| - | * Official annual SLUUG business meeting | + | |
| - | * Election balloting | + | |
| ==== STLLUG - Feb 15 ==== | ==== STLLUG - Feb 15 ==== | ||
| - | * Back-to-back meetings this month with SLUUG - STLLUG | + | * Ten-minute Tips (each person sits at the keyboard) |
| - | * Election balloting | + | * Good. Wide diversity of topics and lengths. |
| - | * TOPIC: Ten-minute tips (each person sits at the keyboard) | + | |
| ==== SOLARIS - Feb 20 ==== | ==== SOLARIS - Feb 20 ==== | ||
| - | * Election balloting | + | * Hands-on: Installing virtual machines, and using new Solaris process management tools |
| - | * Hands-on: Installing virtual machines, and using new Solaris process management tools (Jeff Muse? - TENTATIVE) | + | * Very hands-on due to low attendance; learned a lot as a consequence. |
| ==== STCLUG - Feb 22 ==== | ==== STCLUG - Feb 22 ==== | ||
| - | * Election balloting | + | * TOPIC: Java Development for Cell Phones by Carl Fitch |
| - | * TOPIC: TBD. | + | * A lot of interaction and discussion. |
| ==== HZWLUG - Feb 27 ==== | ==== HZWLUG - Feb 27 ==== | ||
| - | * HZWLUG meeting will NOT be on 13 Feb as previously anticipated | + | * Went through CD of PDFs that Stan had developed and handed out. |
| - | * NOTE!!!: Temporary change of location to Bridgeton Trails Branch Library. | + | * Included lots of Linux magazines and training. |
| - | * This necessary due to StLC Library Branch scheduling conflicts. | + | |
| - | * Election balloting (Last chance to vote at a meeting!) | + | |
| - | * TOPIC: TBD. | + | |
| ==== SECURITY - Feb 28 ==== | ==== SECURITY - Feb 28 ==== | ||
| - | * Clarence Johnson can't be there and too difficult to try to get building access. | ||
| - | * Ateendees agreed to forego having February meeting. | ||
| * NO MEETING THIS MONTH. | * NO MEETING THIS MONTH. | ||
| + | |||
| + | ====== Presentation Schedule ====== | ||
| ===== March 2007 ===== | ===== March 2007 ===== | ||
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| ==== STLLUG - Mar 15 ==== | ==== STLLUG - Mar 15 ==== | ||
| - | * TOPIC: Survey of GUI Email Clients (Buchek - TENTATIVE) | + | * TOPIC: Survey of GUI Email Clients (Craig Buchek) |
| ==== SOLARIS - Mar 20 ==== | ==== SOLARIS - Mar 20 ==== | ||
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| ==== STCLUG - Mar 22 ==== | ==== STCLUG - Mar 22 ==== | ||
| - | * TOPIC: TBD. | + | * TOPIC: Karaoke at the Keyboard/Mouse aka Night at the Keyboard |
| ==== HZWLUG - Mar 27 ==== | ==== HZWLUG - Mar 27 ==== | ||
| * Temporary change of location to Bridgeton Trails Branch Library. | * Temporary change of location to Bridgeton Trails Branch Library. | ||
| - | * This necessary due to StLC Library Branch scheduling conflicts | + | * This necessary due to StLC Library Branch scheduling conflicts. |
| * TOPIC: TBD. | * TOPIC: TBD. | ||
| - | | + | |
| ==== SECURITY - Mar 28 ==== | ==== SECURITY - Mar 28 ==== | ||
| * TOPIC: Extraordinary SSH Use by Carl Fitch | * TOPIC: Extraordinary SSH Use by Carl Fitch | ||
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| * TOPIC: TBD. | * TOPIC: TBD. | ||
| - | ====== Lightning Talks ====== | + | ====== Small Business Expo ====== |
| - | * Everyone was to line up 2 presentations for Lightning Talks. | + | * [[http://www.sbmon.com/expo/index.htm | St. Louis Business Expo]] by St. Louis Small Business Monthly |
| - | * Contact Stan and/or Gary to sign up. | + | * March 20, 11:00-6:00 |
| - | + | * St. Charles Convention Center | |
| - | ====== Potential Presentations ====== | + | * We have a booth with two tables and electricity. |
| - | * Carl Fitch sent a list of potential topics to DISCUSS to generate interest. | + | * Lee is in charge of setting up and getting volunteers to man the booth. |
| - | * Craig created a wiki page on his site to work on presentations. | + | * Wifi was too expensive. |
| - | * Emailed DISCUSS w/ the URL. | + | * Can we find someone with a wireless cell card to use instead? |
| - | * Invited people to contribute. | + | * Carl will talk to EPC to get some computers to demo. |
| - | * There was a small amount of interest. | + | * Steering Committee approved $200 for booth cost and expenses. |
| ====== Sponsorships ====== | ====== Sponsorships ====== | ||
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| ====== Dial-up Line Removal ====== | ====== Dial-up Line Removal ====== | ||
| * Has WU cancelled lines? | * Has WU cancelled lines? | ||
| - | * No! | + | * Yes! |
| - | * Gary to follow up on cancellation of WU phone lines. | + | * Billing is still in dispute. |
| + | * Lee will be working with Wash U to correct the problem. | ||
| ====== System Administration ====== | ====== System Administration ====== | ||
| * Dark keeps crashing | * Dark keeps crashing | ||
| - | * Still having crashes due to hardware failures, averaging every other day now. | + | * Has slowed down. |
| + | * This supports the overheating theory. | ||
| * Need to quickly move to new systems or replace dark's hardware. | * Need to quickly move to new systems or replace dark's hardware. | ||
| * Gary predicts failure rate is increasing and will be more than once a day by end of month February. | * Gary predicts failure rate is increasing and will be more than once a day by end of month February. | ||
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| * This project needs **emergency priority!** | * This project needs **emergency priority!** | ||
| * Gary will ask Allen @ Wash U if heat may be a problem! | * Gary will ask Allen @ Wash U if heat may be a problem! | ||
| - | * Mike Knight does not belive that heat is the problem. | ||
| - | * Gary asked Mike Knight if he knows of any temp sensor. | ||
| - | * Mike is not aware of any heat sensor. | ||
| * Barry was supposed to talk to John Hodge about assisting with installing more AIX disk space. | * Barry was supposed to talk to John Hodge about assisting with installing more AIX disk space. | ||
| * Not yet able to talk to John Hodge, hopefully next week or so. | * Not yet able to talk to John Hodge, hopefully next week or so. | ||
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| ====== Server Migration Project ====== | ====== Server Migration Project ====== | ||
| + | * Stan updated most pages on the STLLUG site. | ||
| + | * Removed dead links. | ||
| + | * Rewrote membership page. | ||
| + | * Removed link to sign-up page that was not working. | ||
| + | * Carl fixed (hopefully) the sign-up CGI page to reduce spam. | ||
| * Craig has been working on testing email. | * Craig has been working on testing email. | ||
| * Craig to compare notes with Carl on Postfix configuration. | * Craig to compare notes with Carl on Postfix configuration. | ||
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| * Craig found a Drupal module for Mailman. | * Craig found a Drupal module for Mailman. | ||
| * Will be quick and simple to migrate mailing lists once we move the MX record. | * Will be quick and simple to migrate mailing lists once we move the MX record. | ||
| + | * Craig and Carl were to get together to work on things, but weather and Craig moving got in the way. | ||
| ====== Website Library ====== | ====== Website Library ====== | ||
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| ====== New Business ====== | ====== New Business ====== | ||
| - | * none | + | * North County Journal is looking for story ideas. |
| + | * Gary Meyer suggested they come to a meeting of ours to write a story. | ||
| + | * It was suggested that the Hazelwood LUG would be a good venue. | ||
| + | * Newbie topics would be good for the reporter. | ||
| + | * We should get word out to encourage high attendance that meeting. | ||
| ====== Blue Sky ====== | ====== Blue Sky ====== | ||
| - | * none | + | * We need to discuss low attendance figures sometime soon. |
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| + | ====== Board Meeting ====== | ||
| + | * A Board meeting was held. | ||
| + | * Carl Fitch was accepted as President. | ||
| + | * Other "clearly winning" positions were accepted. | ||
| ====== Follow-up and Action Items ====== | ====== Follow-up and Action Items ====== | ||
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| * Craig - get people to test using IMAP to connect to Bud from their email clients. | * Craig - get people to test using IMAP to connect to Bud from their email clients. | ||
| * Craig - get with Chris Byrd to work on Drupal and other stuff. | * Craig - get with Chris Byrd to work on Drupal and other stuff. | ||
| - | * Carl and Craig - get together on Feb 13 or 14 during the day to work on new servers. | + | * Carl and Craig - get together to work on new servers. |
| - | * Gary - follow up on Wash U phone lines. | + | * Gary - get Sun 1U boxes from Craig, and install them at Primary. |
| - | * Gary - get more Lightning Talk people lined up. | + | * Lee - provide power, food, and drink for those working on servers. |
| - | * Stan - prepare for voting. | + | |
| - | * Lee - provide power, food, and drink for workers. | + | |
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