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 ====== Attendees ====== ====== Attendees ======
-  * Stan Reichart+  * Stan Reichardt
   * Lee Lammert   * Lee Lammert
   * Gary Meyer   * Gary Meyer
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   * Main: Zimbra as an Exchange Replacement by Matthew Porter   * Main: Zimbra as an Exchange Replacement by Matthew Porter
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 +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, Jay Truesdale, and (?)   * 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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     * Requires laptop (using Carl'​s) and Internet link desirable     * Requires laptop (using Carl'​s) and Internet link desirable
   * Main: ZFS by Jeff Muse   * 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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   *   *
  
 +===== 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.
 +  *
  
 ====== Sponsorships ====== ====== Sponsorships ======
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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 +
-    * Despite two written and three verbal requests, WashU still refuses to sent the proper final bill.+
  
 ====== System Administration ====== ====== System Administration ======
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