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- | ====== SLUUG Steering Committee Minutes - April 2007 ====== | ||
- | NOTE: Minutes posted on the wiki are always unofficial. | ||
- | Schedules for upcoming presentations are always tentative. | ||
- | (Some more tentative than others!) | ||
- | |||
- | ====== Location ====== | ||
- | Saint Louis Bread Company, | ||
- | (at Old Olive and Olive), | ||
- | 10550 Old Olive Street Road, | ||
- | Creve Coeur, MO 63141 | ||
- | |||
- | ====== Date and Time ====== | ||
- | * April 4, 2007 | ||
- | * 6:30 pm - | ||
- | |||
- | ====== Attendees ====== | ||
- | * Stan Reichart | ||
- | * Lee Lammert | ||
- | * Gary Meyer | ||
- | |||
- | ====== Secretary Report ====== | ||
- | * Secretary is catching up with things. | ||
- | * MARCH - Should have print-outs of things by next month. | ||
- | * APRIL - | ||
- | |||
- | ====== Treasurer Report ====== | ||
- | |||
- | == Pending Deposits == | ||
- | ||From |Description | Amt || | ||
- | ||Wayne Molitor|| $70.00|| | ||
- | ||Phillip Foster|| $70.00|| | ||
- | == Bank balance as of 2/28/07 $ 1,1446.36== | ||
- | |||
- | == Expenses == | ||
- | St. Charles Convention Center $ 65.05 | ||
- | Small Business Monthly (Booth) $100.00 | ||
- | Total Booth Expense $165.05 | ||
- | |||
- | * Still have not received final bill from Wash U yet. | ||
- | |||
- | ====== Book Sales Report ====== | ||
- | * We had xx booksales and xx membership renewal(s). | ||
- | |||
- | ||Xxxxxxx xxx xxxx || | ||
- | ||Xxxx Xxxxx - membership|| | ||
- | || _______________________ || | ||
- | ||Total income: $xx.xx|| | ||
- | |||
- | ====== Membership Report ====== | ||
- | * Attendance for March 2007: | ||
- | * Mar 7 - Steercom: 4 | ||
- | * Mar 14 - SLUUG: 23 | ||
- | * Mar 15 - STLLUG: 14 | ||
- | * Mar 20 - Solaris: NO MEETING | ||
- | * Mar 22 - STCLUG: 10 | ||
- | * Mar 27 - HZWLUG: 7 | ||
- | * Mar 28 - Security: NO MEETING | ||
- | * Observations: | ||
- | * Two meetings had to be cancelled | ||
- | * SLUUG almost double. Had NO publicised Basic topic to draw anybody in. | ||
- | * Other attendance numbers were about like last month. | ||
- | * HZWLUG disappointing | ||
- | * | ||
- | |||
- | ====== Mailing List Report ====== | ||
- | * Some current mailing list subscriber numbers (approximate): | ||
- | * ANNOUNCE - 902 | ||
- | * DISCUSS - 182 | ||
- | * STEERCOM - 32 | ||
- | |||
- | * Recent ANNOUNCE Problem | ||
- | * Had multiple re-transmissions of Events For This Week itme | ||
- | * Mike Knight fixed announce-posters file | ||
- | |||
- | |||
- | ====== Presentation Review and Comments ====== | ||
- | |||
- | ===== March 2007 ===== | ||
- | |||
- | ==== SLUUG - Mar 14 ==== | ||
- | * Base: General Discussion by Various Members ??? | ||
- | * | ||
- | * Main: Zimbra as an Exchange Replacement by Matthew Porter | ||
- | * | ||
- | |||
- | ==== STLLUG - Mar 15 ==== | ||
- | * Base: ??? | ||
- | * Main: Survey of GUI Email Clients (Craig Buchek) | ||
- | * | ||
- | |||
- | ==== SOLARIS - Mar 20 ==== | ||
- | * NO MEETING THIS MONTH. | ||
- | * Canceled due to multiple conflicts. | ||
- | * | ||
- | |||
- | ==== STCLUG - Mar 22 ==== | ||
- | * TOPIC: Karaoke at the Keyboard/Mouse aka Night at the Keyboard | ||
- | * Copy of STLLUG Ten-minute Tips (each person sits at the keyboard) | ||
- | * Went over very well, with lots of tips, interaction and discussion. | ||
- | * | ||
- | |||
- | ==== HZWLUG - Mar 27 ==== | ||
- | * Temporary change of location to Bridgeton Trails Branch Library. | ||
- | * This was necessary due to StLC Library Branch scheduling conflicts. | ||
- | * Was in smaller room than previous month, NO reliable WIFI avaliable. | ||
- | * TOPIC: Boot Loaders and Partitioning Hard Drives | ||
- | * Old Projector working, but not as expected. | ||
- | * Might have been Operator Head Space Gap. | ||
- | * Couldn not show boot loader activity live. | ||
- | * Demo of Live CD MEPIS 6.5RC3 went well. | ||
- | * 3 first time attendees. | ||
- | * Attendance otherwise low. | ||
- | * | ||
- | |||
- | ==== SECURITY - Mar 28 ==== | ||
- | * NO MEETING THIS MONTH. | ||
- | * Canceled at last minute. Clarence Johnson could not be there, NO access without him. | ||
- | * | ||
- | |||
- | ====== Small Business Expo - Review and Comments ====== | ||
- | * [[http://www.sbmon.com/expo/index.htm | St. Louis Business Expo]] by St. Louis Small Business Monthly | ||
- | * March 20, 11:00-6:00 | ||
- | * St. Charles Convention Center | ||
- | * Lee Lammert was in charge of setting up and getting volunteers to man the booth. | ||
- | * Steering Committee had approved $200 for booth cost and expenses. | ||
- | * We had a booth with two tables and electricity. | ||
- | * Wifi was too expensive. | ||
- | * Volunteered wireless cell card ... | ||
- | * Carl Fitch got some demo computers from EPC. | ||
- | * Installed Linux distros: MEPIS, SuSE, Xandros, and ??? | ||
- | * Novell provide SWAG (Penguins, SLES 10 CDs, etc.) | ||
- | * Fred Smith of Old Monroe printed 200 new SLUUG flyers. | ||
- | * Also used on hand Linux4Beginner and Password tri-fold flyers. | ||
- | * Booth was manned by Lee Lammert, Carl Fitch, Gary McGee, Phil Bunch, Stan Reichardt, Jay Truesdale, and (?) | ||
- | * Observations: | ||
- | * Center facilities quite nice. | ||
- | * Our booth way too small. | ||
- | * Carl Fitch can sell free software. | ||
- | * Need newer logo on SLUUG sign. | ||
- | * Other? | ||
- | * Next year? | ||
- | |||
- | ====== Presentation Schedule ====== | ||
- | |||
- | ===== April 2007 ===== | ||
- | |||
- | ==== SLUUG - Apr 11 ==== | ||
- | * Base: Handcrafting Weekly Events with VIM by Stan Reichardt | ||
- | * A few slides and live demonstration of VIM techniques used | ||
- | * Requires laptop (using Carl's) and Internet link desirable | ||
- | * Main: TBD. | ||
- | * | ||
- | |||
- | ==== SOLARIS - Apr 17 ==== | ||
- | * TOPIC: TBD. | ||
- | |||
- | ==== STLLUG - Apr 19 ==== | ||
- | * TOPIC: TBD. | ||
- | * | ||
- | |||
- | ==== Special Event - Apr 23 ==== | ||
- | * Richard Stallman lecture at UMSL. | ||
- | * TOPIC: Goals of the Free Software Movement. | ||
- | * SLUUG and all SIG web pages carry announcement blurb with link to PDF flyer and maps. | ||
- | * On the April calendar and will appear in ANNOUNCE Weekly Events. | ||
- | * What else can we do to promote this event? | ||
- | |||
- | ==== HZWLUG - Apr 24 ==== | ||
- | * Back at the regular Prairie Commons Branch Library location. | ||
- | * TOPIC: TBD. | ||
- | * | ||
- | |||
- | ==== SECURITY - Apr 25 ==== | ||
- | * TOPIC: Extraordinary SSH Use by Carl Fitch (re-scheduled from last month) | ||
- | * | ||
- | |||
- | ==== STCLUG - Apr 26 ==== | ||
- | * TOPIC: TBD. | ||
- | * | ||
- | |||
- | |||
- | ===== May 2007 ===== | ||
- | |||
- | ==== SLUUG - May 9 ==== | ||
- | * Base: TBD. | ||
- | * Main: TBD. | ||
- | |||
- | ==== SOLARIS - May 15 ==== | ||
- | * TOPIC: TBD. | ||
- | |||
- | ==== STLLUG - May 17 ==== | ||
- | * TOPIC: TBD. | ||
- | * | ||
- | |||
- | ==== HZWLUG - May 22 ==== | ||
- | * TOPIC: TBD. | ||
- | * | ||
- | |||
- | ==== SECURITY - May 23 ==== | ||
- | * TOPIC: TBD | ||
- | * | ||
- | |||
- | ==== STCLUG - May 24 ==== | ||
- | * TOPIC: TBD. | ||
- | * | ||
- | |||
- | |||
- | ====== Sponsorships ====== | ||
- | * Effort should be directed to find new sponsors. | ||
- | * No effort means no new sponsors. | ||
- | |||
- | ====== Dial-up Line Removal ====== | ||
- | * WU had cancelled lines | ||
- | * Billing was still in dispute. | ||
- | * WU procedure was ignoring our responses | ||
- | * Despite two written and three verbal requests, WashU still refuses to sent the proper final bill. | ||
- | |||
- | ====== System Administration ====== | ||
- | * Dark keeps crashing | ||
- | * Has slowed down. | ||
- | * This supports the overheating theory. | ||
- | * Need to quickly move to new systems or replace dark's hardware. | ||
- | * Gary had predicted increasing failure rate and to be more than once a day by end of month February. | ||
- | * Current System may DIE in APRIL! | ||
- | * This project needs **emergency priority!** | ||
- | * Gary was to ask Allen @ Wash U if heat may be a problem! | ||
- | * Barry talked to John Hodge about assisting with installing more AIX disk space. | ||
- | * Mike Knight reminded all that hardware is issue, not space. | ||
- | * Michelob | ||
- | * | ||
- | * Bud, Budlight - see Server Migration Project below. | ||
- | |||
- | ====== Server Migration Project ====== | ||
- | * MARCH - Carl fixed (hopefully) the sign-up CGI page to reduce spam. | ||
- | * MARCH - Craig has been working on testing email. | ||
- | * MARCH - Craig to compare notes with Carl on Postfix configuration. | ||
- | * MARCH - Craig has been working on installing and configuring latest Drupal. | ||
- | * MARCH - Need to work on getting clients to configure to use IMAP. | ||
- | * MARCH - Jeff Muse got Mailman working and tested. | ||
- | * MARCH - Craig found a Drupal module for Mailman. | ||
- | * MARCH - Will be quick and simple to migrate mailing lists once we move the MX record. | ||
- | * MARCH - Craig and Carl were to get together to work on things, but weather and Craig moving got in the way. | ||
- | |||
- | ====== Website Library ====== | ||
- | * Stan R. and Ted P. | ||
- | * No routine presentation uploads yet - waiting for migration | ||
- | * No migration means no real progress this month. | ||
- | |||
- | ====== MARCH Follow-up and Action Items ====== | ||
- | * MARCH - Craig - print out previous minutes. | ||
- | * MARCH - Craig - finish up work on email server. | ||
- | * MARCH - Craig - get people to test using IMAP to connect to Bud from their email clients. | ||
- | * MARCH - Craig - get with Chris Byrd to work on Drupal and other stuff. | ||
- | * MARCH - Carl and Craig - get together to work on new servers. | ||
- | * MARCH - Gary - get Sun 1U boxes from Craig, and install them at Primary. | ||
- | * MARCH - Lee - provide power, food, and drink for those working on servers. | ||
- | |||
- | ====== Other Old Business ====== | ||
- | * none | ||
- | * | ||
- | |||
- | ====== New Business ====== | ||
- | * none | ||
- | * | ||
- | |||
- | ====== Blue Sky ====== | ||
- | * anything up there? | ||
- | * | ||
- | |||
- | |||
- | ====== Follow-up and Action Items ====== | ||
- | * Who will do what | ||
- | * |