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| ====== Location ====== | ====== Location ====== | ||
| - | Saint Louis Bread Company, | + | The Bread Company's wifi access was down, so we had to move this month to: |
| - | (at Old Olive and Olive), | + | |
| - | 10550 Old Olive Street Road, | + | Omnitec Corporation |
| + | PO Box 411010 | ||
| Creve Coeur, MO 63141 | Creve Coeur, MO 63141 | ||
| ====== Date and Time ====== | ====== Date and Time ====== | ||
| * May 2, 2007 | * May 2, 2007 | ||
| - | * 6:30 pm - | + | * 7:00 pm - 8:40 pm |
| ====== Attendees ====== | ====== Attendees ====== | ||
| - | * Stan Reichardt | ||
| - | * Lee Lammert | ||
| * Gary Meyer | * Gary Meyer | ||
| + | * Lee Lammert | ||
| + | * Carl Fitch | ||
| + | * Patrick Bellinger | ||
| + | * Craig Buchek | ||
| ====== Secretary Report ====== | ====== Secretary Report ====== | ||
| * Secretary is catching up with things. | * Secretary is catching up with things. | ||
| - | * MARCH - | ||
| - | * APRIL - | ||
| - | * MAY - | ||
| ====== Treasurer Report ====== | ====== Treasurer Report ====== | ||
| - | + | * Bank balance as of 3/31/2007: $1,371.49 | |
| - | == Pending Deposits == | + | * No pending deposits. |
| - | == Bank balance as of 3/31/07 $ 1,371.49== | + | * Expenses: |
| - | + | * New Sign (1'x6'): $ 50.00 | |
| - | == Expenses == | + | * Still have not received final bill from Wash U yet. |
| - | New Sign (1x6') $ 50.00 | + | |
| - | + | ||
| - | * Still have not received final bill from Wash U yet. | + | |
| ====== Book Sales Report ====== | ====== Book Sales Report ====== | ||
| - | * We had xx booksales and xx membership renewal(s). | + | * Book sales were not done due to illness. |
| - | + | ||
| - | ||Xxxxxxx xxx xxxx || | + | |
| - | ||Xxxx Xxxxx - membership|| | + | |
| - | || _______________________ || | + | |
| - | ||Total income: $xx.xx|| | + | |
| ====== Membership Report ====== | ====== Membership Report ====== | ||
| - | * Attendance for March 2007: | + | * Attendance for April 2007: |
| - | * Mar 7 - Steercom: 4 | + | * Apr 4 - Steercom: 3 |
| - | * Mar 14 - SLUUG: 23 | + | * Apr 11 - SLUUG: 22 |
| - | * Mar 15 - STLLUG: 14 | + | * Apr 17 - Solaris: 18 |
| - | * Mar 20 - Solaris: NO MEETING | + | * Apr 19 - STLLUG: 18 |
| - | * Mar 22 - STCLUG: 10 | + | * Apr 24 - HZWLUG: 8 |
| - | * Mar 27 - HZWLUG: 7 | + | * Apr 25 - Security: 7 |
| - | * Mar 28 - Security: NO MEETING | + | * Apr 26 - STCLUG: 6 |
| - | * Observations: | + | |
| - | * Two meetings had to be cancelled | + | ====== Mailing List Report ====== |
| - | * 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): | * Some current mailing list subscriber numbers (approximate): | ||
| - | * ANNOUNCE - 902 | + | * ANNOUNCE - 917 |
| - | * DISCUSS - 182 | + | * DISCUSS - 184 |
| * STEERCOM - 32 | * 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 ====== | ||
| - | |||
| - | ===== March 2007 ===== | ||
| - | |||
| - | ==== SLUUG - Mar 14 ==== | ||
| - | * Base: General Discussion by Various Members ??? | ||
| - | * | ||
| - | * 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? | ||
| - | * | ||
| - | |||
| - | ==== STLLUG - Mar 15 ==== | ||
| - | * Base: ??? | ||
| - | * Main: Survey of GUI Email Clients (Craig Buchek) | ||
| - | |||
| - | Very good! Similar comparison talks would be great. Lots of audiance interaction. | ||
| - | * | ||
| - | |||
| - | ==== 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. | ||
| - | Reminded of our old meetings!!! Great way to share knowledge!! | ||
| - | * | ||
| - | |||
| - | ==== 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 ... 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. | ||
| - | * Installed Linux distros: MEPIS, SuSE, Xandros, and Ubuntu on a Mac | ||
| - | * 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. | ||
| - | |||
| - | === 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 ====== | ||
| ===== April 2007 ===== | ===== April 2007 ===== | ||
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| ==== SLUUG - Apr 11 ==== | ==== SLUUG - Apr 11 ==== | ||
| * Base: Handcrafting Weekly Events with VIM by Stan Reichardt | * Base: Handcrafting Weekly Events with VIM by Stan Reichardt | ||
| - | * A few slides and live demonstration of VIM techniques used | + | * Due to some earlier conflicts set up and start were delayed. |
| - | * Requires laptop (using Carl's) and Internet link desirable | + | * Internet connection was not attempted. |
| + | * No slides were harmed during this session. | ||
| + | * This was a live demo of VIM techniques used to build ANNOUNCE Weekly Events mailing. | ||
| + | * Some interesting issues due to incorrect file permissions - got a few laughs. | ||
| + | * Had been better at the previous STCLUG; was distracted by technical difficulties. | ||
| * 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. | + | * Very good. Good to have an advanced/enterprise topic. |
| ==== SOLARIS - Apr 17 ==== | ==== SOLARIS - Apr 17 ==== | ||
| - | * TOPIC: TBD. | + | * TOPIC: Live Upgrade by Jeff Lugullo |
| + | * First meeting held at Sun's office building. | ||
| + | * Turn-out is improving dramatically. | ||
| + | * Good. Very detailed. Based on swapping virtual machines -- good idea. | ||
| ==== STLLUG - Apr 19 ==== | ==== STLLUG - Apr 19 ==== | ||
| - | * TOPIC: TBD. | + | * TOPIC: Some New Linux Distros hosted by Stan Reichardt |
| - | * | + | * Jay Truesdale ended up doing much of the presentation. |
| + | * Became "Using Distrowatch to Compare Distos". | ||
| + | * Pretty good. Unstructured, but good group discussion. | ||
| ==== Special Event - Apr 23 ==== | ==== Special Event - Apr 23 ==== | ||
| * Richard Stallman lecture at UMSL. | * Richard Stallman lecture at UMSL. | ||
| * TOPIC: Goals of the Free Software Movement. | * TOPIC: Goals of the Free Software Movement. | ||
| - | * SLUUG and all SIG web pages carry announcement blurb with link to PDF flyer and maps. | + | * SLUUG and all SIG web pages carried announcement blurb with link to PDF flyer and maps. |
| - | * On the April calendar and will appear in ANNOUNCE Weekly Events. | + | * Event was added to the April calendar and appeared in ANNOUNCE Weekly Events. |
| - | * What else can we do to promote this event? | + | * Additional ANNOUNCE blurbs were sent out by Gary Meyer. |
| - | We need to have fliers, signage,etc ??? for the event. | + | * Event was posted to www.askarchy.com and www.stlcalendar.com by Stan R. |
| - | gary will ask Sanjiv for permission. | + | * Per RMS's objections, we did not have a table for fliers, or signage. |
| + | * Attendance was estimated at 250-300. | ||
| + | * Generated lively conversation on our DISCUSS list afterwards. | ||
| ==== HZWLUG - Apr 24 ==== | ==== HZWLUG - Apr 24 ==== | ||
| * Back at the regular Prairie Commons Branch Library location. | * Back at the regular Prairie Commons Branch Library location. | ||
| - | * TOPIC: TBD. | + | * TOPIC: Using DSL Grub to chainload other Linux Distributions |
| - | * | + | * Demo: A little of Ubuntu and DSL distros |
| ==== SECURITY - Apr 25 ==== | ==== SECURITY - Apr 25 ==== | ||
| * TOPIC: Extraordinary SSH Use by Carl Fitch (re-scheduled from last month) | * TOPIC: Extraordinary SSH Use by Carl Fitch (re-scheduled from last month) | ||
| - | * | + | * UMSL lab set up was using Red Hat 7.2 which didn't play well with Carl. |
| ==== STCLUG - Apr 26 ==== | ==== STCLUG - Apr 26 ==== | ||
| - | * TOPIC: TBD. | + | * TOPIC: How To Create a UBCD4Win (Ultimate Boot CD) bootable CD by Carl Fitch |
| - | * | + | * Very good. |
| + | * Includes Windows BartPE and Linux both bootable from CD. | ||
| + | ====== Presentation Schedule ====== | ||
| ===== May 2007 ===== | ===== May 2007 ===== | ||
| ==== SLUUG - May 9 ==== | ==== SLUUG - May 9 ==== | ||
| - | * Base: TBD. | + | * TOPIC: How To Create a UBCD4Win (Ultimate Boot CD) by Carl Fitch |
| - | * Main: TBD. | + | * Reprise of last month's STCLUG presentation. |
| + | * People can follow along if they bring their own Windows XP installation disc. | ||
| + | * Can use an OEM recovery disc or Windows Server 2003. | ||
| + | * NOTE: This will be an extended topic -- no separate tutorial. | ||
| ==== SOLARIS - May 15 ==== | ==== SOLARIS - May 15 ==== | ||
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| ==== STLLUG - May 17 ==== | ==== STLLUG - May 17 ==== | ||
| - | * TOPIC: TBD. | + | * TOPIC: Ubuntu GNU/Linux (tentative) |
| - | * | + | * Need to find a presenter. (Carl suggested Jay Truesdale) |
| + | * Craig will be out of town. Need someone to run the meeting. | ||
| ==== HZWLUG - May 22 ==== | ==== HZWLUG - May 22 ==== | ||
| - | * TOPIC: TBD. | + | * The HZWLUG meetings thru November are now listed on www.stlcalendar.com |
| - | * | + | * Experimenting with www.askarchy.com listing. Only submitted May meeting. |
| + | * Uncertain if Stan R. will be in town for this meeting. | ||
| ==== SECURITY - May 23 ==== | ==== SECURITY - May 23 ==== | ||
| - | * TOPIC: TBD | + | * TOPIC: TBD by Chris Byrd |
| - | * | + | |
| ==== STCLUG - May 24 ==== | ==== STCLUG - May 24 ==== | ||
| - | * TOPIC: TBD. | + | * TOPIC: TBD |
| - | * | + | |
| ===== June 2007 ===== | ===== June 2007 ===== | ||
| - | ==== SLUUG - June 12 ==== | + | ==== SLUUG - June 13 ==== |
| - | * Base: TBD. | + | * Base: TBD |
| - | * Main: Building your own bootable USB drive for troubleshooting | + | * Main: Building a Bootable USB Drive for Troubleshooting by James Campbell |
| - | by James Campbell (Bring your laptops & 1GB stick) | + | * People can follow along if they bring their own laptop and 1 GB USB memory stick. |
| ==== SOLARIS - June 19 ==== | ==== SOLARIS - June 19 ==== | ||
| - | * TOPIC: TBD. | + | * TOPIC: TBD |
| ==== STLLUG - June 21 ==== | ==== STLLUG - June 21 ==== | ||
| - | * TOPIC: TBD. | + | * TOPIC: Programming Micro-Controllers with Linux by Jason Burke (confirmed) |
| - | * | + | |
| ==== HZWLUG - June 26 ==== | ==== HZWLUG - June 26 ==== | ||
| - | * TOPIC: TBD. | + | * TOPIC: TBD |
| - | * | + | |
| ==== SECURITY - June 27 ==== | ==== SECURITY - June 27 ==== | ||
| * TOPIC: TBD | * TOPIC: TBD | ||
| - | * | ||
| ==== STCLUG - June 28 ==== | ==== STCLUG - June 28 ==== | ||
| - | * TOPIC: TBD. | + | * TOPIC: TBD |
| - | * | + | |
| + | ===== July 2007 ===== | ||
| + | |||
| + | ==== SLUUG - July 11 ==== | ||
| + | * Base: TBD | ||
| + | * Main: Basic GIMP Usage by Scott Nesler (tentative) | ||
| + | |||
| + | ==== SOLARIS - July 17 ==== | ||
| + | * TOPIC: TBD | ||
| + | |||
| + | ==== STLLUG - July 19 ==== | ||
| + | * TOPIC: Everything You (N)Ever Wanted to Know About HDTV by Craig Buchek | ||
| + | |||
| + | ==== HZWLUG - July 24 ==== | ||
| + | * TOPIC: TBD | ||
| + | |||
| + | ==== SECURITY - July 25 ==== | ||
| + | * TOPIC: TBD | ||
| + | |||
| + | ==== STCLUG - July 26 ==== | ||
| + | * TOPIC: TBD | ||
| ====== Sponsorships ====== | ====== Sponsorships ====== | ||
| + | * Added EPC to sponsors lists. | ||
| + | * EPC graphic will appear randomly on front page. | ||
| + | * Recognition of extended membership levels has not yet been done. | ||
| * Effort should be directed to find new sponsors. | * Effort should be directed to find new sponsors. | ||
| * No effort means no new sponsors. | * No effort means no new sponsors. | ||
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| ====== System Administration ====== | ====== System Administration ====== | ||
| - | * Dark keeps crashing | + | * Dark keeps crashing. |
| - | * Has slowed down. | + | * Waiting for it to not come back up. |
| - | * This supports the overheating theory. | + | |
| - | * Need to quickly move to new systems or replace dark's hardware. | + | * Should our Solaris site just redirect link to our page on the Solaris web site? |
| - | * Gary had predicted increasing failure rate and to be more than once a day by end of month February. | + | * http://www.opensolaris.org/os/community/os_user_groups/stl-osug/ |
| - | * Current System may DIE in APRIL! | + | * Nobody seems to be updating http://solaris.sluug.org web page. |
| - | * 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 ====== | ====== Server Migration Project ====== | ||
| - | * MARCH - Carl fixed (hopefully) the sign-up CGI page to reduce spam. | + | * Carl and Craig to meet at Lee's on May 9 to work on migration. |
| - | * MARCH - Craig has been working on testing email. | + | * Compare notes on Postfix configuration. |
| - | * MARCH - Craig to compare notes with Carl on Postfix configuration. | + | * Install and configure Drupal for multiple web sites. |
| - | * MARCH - Craig has been working on installing and configuring latest Drupal. | + | * Integrate Drupal module for Mailman. |
| - | * MARCH - Need to work on getting clients to configure to use IMAP. | + | * Integrate SpamAssassin into Postfix. |
| - | * MARCH - Jeff Muse got Mailman working and tested. | + | * Compare configuration with Dark. |
| - | * MARCH - Craig found a Drupal module for Mailman. | + | * Verify Postfix delivery to IMAP server. |
| - | * 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 ====== | ====== Website Library ====== | ||
| * Stan R. and Ted P. | * Stan R. and Ted P. | ||
| - | * No routine presentation uploads yet - waiting for migration | + | * No routine presentation uploads yet - waiting for migration. |
| * No migration means no real progress this month. | * No migration means no real progress this month. | ||
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| - | ====== 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 ====== | ====== Other Old Business ====== | ||
| * none | * none | ||
| - | * | ||
| ====== New Business ====== | ====== New Business ====== | ||
| - | * none | + | * Lee asked whether we should buy $100 worth of ink pens with our name on it. |
| - | * | + | * Members can get 2 for $1 donation. |
| + | * We can hand them out at conventions. | ||
| + | * Should have our name and URL. | ||
| + | * Also add a slogan: UNIX, GNU/Linux, Open Source | ||
| + | * Unanimous support for spending $100 for 250 pens. | ||
| ====== Blue Sky ====== | ====== Blue Sky ====== | ||
| * anything up there? | * anything up there? | ||
| - | * | ||
| - | |||
| ====== Follow-up and Action Items ====== | ====== Follow-up and Action Items ====== | ||
| - | * Who will do what | + | * Craig - print out previous minutes. |
| + | * Craig - finish up work on email server. | ||
| + | * Craig - get people to test using IMAP to connect to Bud from their email clients. | ||
| + | * Carl and Craig - get together to work on new servers. | ||
| + | * Gary - get Sun Netra T1/105 (1U) boxes from Craig, and install them at Primary. | ||
| + | * Lee - provide power, food, and drink for those working on servers. | ||
| + | * Carl - STCLUG Web site still shows March topic. | ||
| + | * Clarence - Update Security UG web page. | ||
| + | * Clarence - Inform us of upcoming topics. | ||
| + | * Jeff/Jeff - Update Solaris UG web page. | ||
| + | * Jeff/Jeff - Inform us of upcoming topics. | ||
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