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====== Attendees ====== | ====== Attendees ====== | ||
- | * Person One | + | * Stan Reichardt |
- | * Person Two | + | * Lee Lammert |
- | * Person Three | + | * Gary Meyer |
- | * Person Four | + | |
- | * Person Five | + | |
- | * | + | |
====== Secretary Report ====== | ====== Secretary Report ====== | ||
* Secretary is catching up with things. | * Secretary is catching up with things. | ||
* MARCH - Should have print-outs of things by next month. | * MARCH - Should have print-outs of things by next month. | ||
+ | * APRIL - | ||
====== Treasurer Report ====== | ====== Treasurer Report ====== | ||
- | == Deposits == | + | == Pending Deposits == |
- | == Bank balance as of x/xx/07 $ x,xxx.xx== | + | ||From |Description | Amt || |
- | == Pending Deposits x == | + | ||Wayne Molitor|| $70.00|| |
- | == Pending AP x* == | + | ||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. | * Still have not received final bill from Wash U yet. | ||
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* Mar 27 - HZWLUG: 7 | * Mar 27 - HZWLUG: 7 | ||
* Mar 28 - Security: NO MEETING | * Mar 28 - Security: NO MEETING | ||
- | * Attendance numbers were about like last month. | + | * Observations: |
* Two meetings had to be cancelled | * Two meetings had to be cancelled | ||
- | * SLUUG almost double | + | * SLUUG almost double. Had NO publicised Basic topic to draw anybody in. |
+ | * Other attendance numbers were about like last month. | ||
* HZWLUG disappointing | * 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 ====== | ====== Presentation Review and Comments ====== | ||
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==== SLUUG - Mar 14 ==== | ==== SLUUG - Mar 14 ==== | ||
- | * Base: ??? | + | * Base: General Discussion by Various Members ??? |
* | * | ||
* Main: Zimbra as an Exchange Replacement by Matthew Porter | * Main: Zimbra as an Exchange Replacement by Matthew Porter | ||
+ | |||
+ | Excellent but not enuff time. More coming in part 2 in a couple months. Also need some additional | ||
+ | background on what is MS-Exchange, why do people use it, why is it a bitch to replace, ...??? | ||
+ | Perhaps a side-by-side comparison/demo? | ||
* | * | ||
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* Base: ??? | * Base: ??? | ||
* Main: Survey of GUI Email Clients (Craig Buchek) | * Main: Survey of GUI Email Clients (Craig Buchek) | ||
+ | |||
+ | Very good! Similar comparison talks would be great. Lots of audiance interaction. | ||
* | * | ||
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* Copy of STLLUG Ten-minute Tips (each person sits 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. | * Went over very well, with lots of tips, interaction and discussion. | ||
+ | Reminded of our old meetings!!! Great way to share knowledge!! | ||
* | * | ||
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* We had a booth with two tables and electricity. | * We had a booth with two tables and electricity. | ||
* Wifi was too expensive. | * Wifi was too expensive. | ||
- | * Volunteered wireless cell card ... | + | * Volunteered wireless cell card ... we never got it to work because we couldn't get it activated. |
+ | Even Verison couldn't check if it was a valid account. Took the owner over an hour to get it to work later. | ||
* Carl Fitch got some demo computers from EPC. | * Carl Fitch got some demo computers from EPC. | ||
- | * Installed Linux distros: MEPIS, SuSE, Xandros, and ??? | + | * Installed Linux distros: MEPIS, SuSE, Xandros, and Ubuntu on a Mac |
* Novell provide SWAG (Penguins, SLES 10 CDs, etc.) | * Novell provide SWAG (Penguins, SLES 10 CDs, etc.) | ||
* Fred Smith of Old Monroe printed 200 new SLUUG flyers. | * Fred Smith of Old Monroe printed 200 new SLUUG flyers. | ||
* Also used on hand Linux4Beginner and Password tri-fold 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, Ted Palmer (?) | + | * Booth was manned by Lee Lammert, Carl Fitch, Gary McGee, Phil Bunch, Stan Reichardt, Jay Truesdale, and (?) |
* Observations: | * Observations: | ||
* Center facilities quite nice. | * Center facilities quite nice. | ||
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* Carl Fitch can sell free software. | * Carl Fitch can sell free software. | ||
* Need newer logo on SLUUG sign. | * Need newer logo on SLUUG sign. | ||
- | * Other? | + | |
- | * Next year? | + | === Follow Up === |
+ | * New vector format of SLUUG logo is in hand, .. we can print any size sign when we wish. | ||
+ | * Plan for next year is to negotiate a 10x10 booth, or, at the very least, a corner booth so we can turn the 2nd table out to the side. | ||
====== Presentation Schedule ====== | ====== Presentation Schedule ====== | ||
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* A few slides and live demonstration of VIM techniques used | * A few slides and live demonstration of VIM techniques used | ||
* Requires laptop (using Carl's) and Internet link desirable | * Requires laptop (using Carl's) and Internet link desirable | ||
- | * Main: TBD. | + | * Main: ZFS by Jeff Muse |
- | * | + | * ZFS is a new kind of filesystem that provides simple administration, transactional semantics, end-to-end data integrity, and immense scalability. ZFS is not an incremental improvement to existing technology; it is a fundamentally new approach to data management. We've blown away 20 years of obsolete assumptions, eliminated complexity at the source, and created a storage system that's actually a pleasure to use. |
==== SOLARIS - Apr 17 ==== | ==== SOLARIS - Apr 17 ==== | ||
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* On the April calendar and will appear in ANNOUNCE Weekly Events. | * On the April calendar and will appear in ANNOUNCE Weekly Events. | ||
* What else can we do to promote this event? | * What else can we do to promote this event? | ||
+ | We need to have fliers, signage,etc ??? for the event. | ||
+ | gary will ask Sanjiv for permission. | ||
==== HZWLUG - Apr 24 ==== | ==== HZWLUG - Apr 24 ==== | ||
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==== STCLUG - Apr 26 ==== | ==== 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. | ||
+ | * | ||
+ | |||
+ | ===== June 2007 ===== | ||
+ | |||
+ | ==== SLUUG - June 12 ==== | ||
+ | * Base: TBD. | ||
+ | * Main: Building your own bootable USB drive for troubleshooting | ||
+ | by James Campbell (Bring your laptops & 1GB stick) | ||
+ | |||
+ | |||
+ | ==== SOLARIS - June 19 ==== | ||
+ | * TOPIC: TBD. | ||
+ | |||
+ | ==== STLLUG - June 21 ==== | ||
+ | * TOPIC: TBD. | ||
+ | * | ||
+ | |||
+ | ==== HZWLUG - June 26 ==== | ||
+ | * TOPIC: TBD. | ||
+ | * | ||
+ | |||
+ | ==== SECURITY - June 27 ==== | ||
+ | * TOPIC: TBD | ||
+ | * | ||
+ | |||
+ | ==== STCLUG - June 28 ==== | ||
* TOPIC: TBD. | * TOPIC: TBD. | ||
* | * | ||
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* No effort means no 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 | + | |
- | * Lee Lammert was to work with Wash U to correct the problem. | + | |
- | * | + | |
====== System Administration ====== | ====== System Administration ====== | ||
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* Mike Knight reminded all that hardware is issue, not space. | * Mike Knight reminded all that hardware is issue, not space. | ||
* Michelob | * Michelob | ||
- | * Had re-cycling transmission of ANNOUNCE email item | + | * |
- | * Mike Knight fixed | + | |
* Bud, Budlight - see Server Migration Project below. | * Bud, Budlight - see Server Migration Project below. | ||
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+ | ====== Follow-up and Action Items ====== | ||
+ | * Who will do what | ||
+ | * |