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   * Craig Buchek   * Craig Buchek
   * Stan Reichardt   * Stan Reichardt
 +  * Gary Meyer
 +
 +====== 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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 ====== Membership Report ====== ====== Membership Report ======
  
-  * Attendance for Feburary 2007 +  * Attendance for Feburary 2007: 
- +    * Feb 7 - Steercom: 5 
-====== Mailing List Report ​ ====== +    * Feb 14 SLUUG: 12 
-  * Current Structure +    Feb 15 STLLUG: 12 
-    * Majordomo packages is used for bulk mailings +    * Feb 20 - Solaris4 
-    * Two main mailing lists are ANNOUNCE and DISCUSS +    * Feb 22 STCLUG: 10 
-      * ANNOUNCE is intended for low volume +    * Feb 27 HZWLUG: 7 
-        * Monthly Newsletter +    * Feb 28 Security: NO MEETING 
-        * Events For This Week +  * Attendance numbers were down this month. 
-        * Quick Announcements and Corrections +    * Partly due to Valentine'​s Day. 
-      * DISCUSS is for general participation +    * May be due to Lightning Talks not being a big draw.
-      * 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  +
- +
-====== Election Report ======+
  
 ====== Presentation Review and Comments ====== ====== Presentation Review and Comments ======
- 
  
 ===== 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 ====== ====== 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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 ==== 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 booth with two tables and electricity. 
-  * Carl Fitch sent 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. 
 + 
 +====== 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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