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 ====== SLUUG Steering Committee Minutes - December 2007 ====== ====== SLUUG Steering Committee Minutes - December 2007 ======
  
-NOTE: Minutes posted on the wiki are always unofficial. ​ Schedules for +NOTE: Minutes posted on the wiki are always unofficial. 
-upcoming presentations are always tentative. ​ (Some more tentative +Schedules for upcoming presentations are always tentative. 
-than others!)+(Some more tentative than others!)
  
 ====== Location ====== ====== Location ======
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 ====== Date and Time ====== ====== Date and Time ======
   * Wednesday, 5 December 2007   * Wednesday, 5 December 2007
-  * 6:30 pm - 9:00 pm+  * 7:00 pm - 8:00 pm
  
 ====== Attendees ====== ====== Attendees ======
-  * Craig Buchek 
-  * Carl Fitch 
-  * Lee Lammert 
   * Stan Reichardt   * Stan Reichardt
 +  * Craig Buchek
   * Ken Christian   * Ken Christian
-  * Gary Meyer 
  
 ====== Secretary Report ​ ====== ====== Secretary Report ​ ======
-  * Need to print out minutes for September.+  * Printed ​out minutes for September ​and November(There was no meeting in October.)
  
 ====== Treasurer Report ====== ====== Treasurer Report ======
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       * Any other advisory resources available?       * Any other advisory resources available?
     * Final bill from Wash U. - need to complete reply     * Final bill from Wash U. - need to complete reply
- 
-====== Book Sales Report ====== 
-  * Sold several books at $5 each at September meeting. 
  
 ====== Attendance Report ====== ====== Attendance Report ======
   * Some numbers:   * Some numbers:
  
-||Meeting ​  | Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | +||Meeting ​  | Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov |
-|| Steercom:​| ​  4 |   5 |   4 |   3 |  5 |   7 |   4 |   5 | 5 | No | +|| Steercom:​| ​  4 |   5 |   4 |   3 |  5 |   7 |   4 |   5 |  5 | No |  6|
-|| SLACC: ​  ​| ​  9 |   6 |   7 |  ?? | ?? |   8 |   6 |  10 | 7 | 5 | +|| SLACC: ​  ​| ​  9 |   6 |   7 |  ?? | ?? |   8 |   6 |  10 |  7 |  |  8|
-|| 1st LDAP:​| ​  7 |  xx |   5 |   6 |  7 |   6 |  No |  No | No | No |  +|| 1st LDAP:​| ​  7 |  xx |   5 |   6 |  7 |   6 |  No |  No | No | No | ?? |
-|| SLUUG: ​  ​| ​ 26 |  12 |  23 |  22 | 18 |  16 |  27 |  36 | 21 | 24 | +|| SLUUG: ​  ​| ​ 26 |  12 |  23 |  22 | 18 |  16 |  27 |  36 | 21 | 24 | 25 |
-|| Solaris: |   3 |   4 |  No |  18 | 15 |   6 |   8 |  No | 11 | No | +|| Solaris: |   3 |   4 |  No |  18 | 15 |   6 |   8 |  No | 11 | No |  5|
-|| 2nd LDAP:​| ​ xx |  xx |   6 |   5 |  5 |   6 |  No |  No | (6) | 7 | +|| 2nd LDAP:​| ​ xx |  xx |   6 |   5 |  5 |   6 |  No |  No | (6)|  | No|
-|| STLLUG: ​ |  15 |  12 |  14 |  18 | 23 |  20 |  31 |  31 (32) | 23 | 19 | +|| STLLUG: ​ |  15 |  12 |  14 |  18 | 23 |  20 |  31 |  31 (32) | 23 | 19 | 25 |
-|| HZWLUG: ​ |   9 |   7 |   9 |   8 |  9 |  No |  11 |  11 | 10 | 10 | +|| HZWLUG: ​ |   9 |   7 |   9 |   8 |  9 |  No |  11 |  11 | 10 | 10 | 15 |
-|| Security:​| ​ 10 |  No |  No |   7 |  9 |  No |   6 |  No | No | No | +|| Security:​| ​ 10 |  No |  No |   7 |  9 |  No |   6 |  No | No | No | No |
-|| STCLUG: ​ |  12 |  10 |  10 |   6 | ?? |   8 |  11 |  17 | 10 | 11 |+|| STCLUG: ​ |  12 |  10 |  10 |   6 | ?? |   8 |  11 |  17 | 10 | 11 | No ||
  
   * No - indicates no meeting.   * No - indicates no meeting.
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   * Some current mailing list subscriber numbers (approximate):​   * Some current mailing list subscriber numbers (approximate):​
  
-|| List     | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | +|| List     | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec |
-|| ANNOUNCE | 917 | 925 | 900 | 915 | 885 | 877 | 877 | +|| ANNOUNCE | 917 | 925 | 900 | 915 | 885 | 877 | 877 | 866 |
-|| DISCUSS ​ | 184 | 190 | 188 | 190 | 190 | 192 | 192 | +|| DISCUSS ​ | 184 | 190 | 188 | 190 | 190 | 192 | 192 | 185 |
-|| STEERCOM |  32 |  32 |  33 |  32 |  32 |  32 | 32 | +|| STEERCOM |  32 |  32 |  33 |  32 |  32 |  32 | 32 | 32 |
-|| SYSADMIN |  xx |  xx |  18 |  18 |  18 |  17 | 17 |+|| SYSADMIN |  xx |  xx |  18 |  18 |  18 |  17 | 17 | 17 ||
  
   * Blocking of mailing list attachments not completely configured yet.   * Blocking of mailing list attachments not completely configured yet.
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 ====== Review and Comments ====== ====== Review and Comments ======
- 
-===== September 2007 ===== 
- 
-==== HOLIDAY - September 3 ==== 
-  * Labor Day 
- 
-==== SLACC - September 6 ==== 
-  * Linux Configuration Workshop - No presentation. 
- 
-==== SLUUG - September 12 ==== 
-  * Note - [[http://​www.redhat.com/​promo/​value2NA/​ | Red Hat Seminar]] at Westport Plaza (8:​45-12:​30) 
-    * Red Hat troop had to be in Chicago next morning. 
-    * Red Hat staff attributed Monday surge of 25 registrations to ANNOUNCE list.  
-  * BASE: Introduction to bud.sluug.org (SLUUG'​s new mail server) by Those That Did 
-    * Good. Lots of comments about mail systems. 
-  * MAIN: Rsyncing System Files with Root Permissions by Carl Fitch 
-    * Good. Covered a "​push"​ method, using rsnapshot. 
- 
-==== SOLARIS - September 18 ==== 
-  * TOPIC: DTrace by Jeff Logullo 
-    * Looked good -- slick tool. 
- 
-==== STLLUG - September 20 ==== 
-  * TOPIC: ZoneMinder - Linux video camera security and surveillance by Simon Amies (via Carl) 
-    * Excellent presentation. 
-    * Craig was not able to attend; Carl was MC. 
-    * Much better Q&A session this month. 
-    * Carl modeled SLUUG stuff. 
-  * Two new folks - one from EPC booth info & one from Internet search. 
-  * Door prizes were left-overs from RH Tour. 
- 
-==== HZWLUG - September 25 ==== 
-  * TOPIC: Partitioning Schemes 
-  * Plus other unstructured topics requested by Newbie questions 
-  * Split up into smaller groups after loss of control. 
- 
-==== SECURITY - September 26 ==== 
-  * NO MEETING - UMSL Lab room not available due to Micro$oft Office Preview Night event. 
-  * No response on DISCUSS list query about meeting. 
- 
-==== STCLUG - September 27 ==== 
-  * TOPIC: Rsyncing System Files with Root Permissions by Carl Fitch 
-    * Really good. 
- 
-===== October 2007 ===== 
- 
-==== St. Louis Small Business Expo - October 2 ==== 
-  * At St. Charles Convention Center - 11:00 AM - 6:00 PM 
-    * See [[http://​www.sbmon.com/​expo/​expo.html]] 
-    * Good show, but seemed to have less traffic than the previous show. 
-    * SLUUG had a booth again. 
-  * EPC provided 4 machines. 
- 
-==== SLACC - October 4 ==== 
-  * Linux Configuration Workshop - No presentation. 
- 
-==== SLUUG - October 10 ==== 
-  * Base: SmartMon Tools (Monitoring Hard Drive Health) by Carl Fitch 
-    * Good coverage. 
-    * Lots of questions -- ran way over. 
-  * TOPIC: Intro to Distributed Source Control by Kyle Cordes (via Craig) 
-    * Excellent presenter. 
-    * Topic was very well received. 
-    * Would have liked more time to get into more detail. 
- 
-==== SOLARIS - October 16 ==== 
-  * CANCELED at last minute 
- 
-==== STLLUG - October 18 ==== 
-  * TOPIC: Lotus Notes (Client and Server) on Linux by Mike Wissinger of TeamCentric 
-    * Light turn-out. 
-    * Good presentation. Covered a lot -- perhaps too much. 
-    * Needed to cover the "​why"​ better -- why would one choose it? 
- 
-==== SECURITY - October 24 ==== 
-  * CANCELED - defunct? 
- 
-==== STCLUG - October 25 ==== 
-  * TOPIC: Joomla! What? by Mike Ward 
-    * First presentation by the speaker. Enthusiastic about doing another. 
-    * Did a better job than he thought he did. 
-    * Medium well. 
- 
-==== HZWLUG - October 30 ==== 
-  * NOTE: 5th Tuesday because of Library schedule conflict. 
-  * Was going to talk about network connections. 
-  * Split up into 3 groups (before losing control, this time). 
-    * Helped people with wireless issues. 
-    * Helped someone with YUM and package management. 
-    * Helped someone with a bad Ubuntu install (bad CD). 
- 
-====== Presentation Schedule ====== 
  
 ===== November 2007 ===== ===== November 2007 =====
- 
-==== SLACC - November 1 ==== 
-  * Linux Configuration Workshop - No presentation. 
- 
-==== HOLIDAY - November 12 ==== 
-  * Veterans Day (Observed). 
  
 ==== SLUUG - November 14 ==== ==== SLUUG - November 14 ====
-  * TOPIC: Genetics, DNA, Viruses, Bioinfomatics,​ Epigenetics,​ etc. (part 1) by Robert Citek (via Craig). +  * TOPIC: Genetics, DNA, Viruses, Bioinfomatics,​ Epigenetics,​ etc. (part 1) by Robert Citek 
-  NOTE: Back-to-back meeting dates.+    Good.
  
 ==== STLLUG - November 15 ==== ==== STLLUG - November 15 ====
-  * TOPIC: Genetics, DNA, Viruses, Bioinfomatics,​ Epigenetics,​ etc. (part 2) by Robert Citek (via Craig). +  * TOPIC: Genetics, DNA, Viruses, Bioinfomatics,​ Epigenetics,​ etc. (part 2) by Robert Citek 
-  NOTE: Back-to-back meeting dates.+    Good.
  
 ==== STCLUG - November 19 ==== ==== STCLUG - November 19 ====
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 ==== SOLARIS - November 20 ==== ==== SOLARIS - November 20 ====
   * TOPIC: RBAC (Role-Based Access Control)   * TOPIC: RBAC (Role-Based Access Control)
- 
-==== HOLIDAY - November 22 === 
-  * Thanksgiving Day 
  
 ==== HZWLUG - November 27 ==== ==== HZWLUG - November 27 ====
-  * TOPIC: ​TBD +  * TOPIC: ​GRUB and the MBR, etc. 
-  Plus other unstructured topics requested by Newbie questions+    Highest attendance this year - 15
  
-==== SECURITY - November 28 ==== +====== Presentation Schedule ======
-  * TOPIC: TBD?+
  
 ===== December 2007 ===== ===== December 2007 =====
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 ==== SLUUG - December 12 ==== ==== SLUUG - December 12 ====
-  * BASE: TBD.+  * BASE: None. Will start with announcements,​ break, then start main presentation at 7:00.
   * MAIN: All About Google by Scott Granneman (CONFIRMED, via Stan R.)   * MAIN: All About Google by Scott Granneman (CONFIRMED, via Stan R.)
  
 ==== Linux / Free Software Open House - December 13 ==== ==== Linux / Free Software Open House - December 13 ====
-  * 2:00 - 8:00 at Premier Knowledge (in South St. Louis) +  * 10:00 am 4:00 pm at Premier Knowledge (in South St. Louis)
-  * Looking for topics and presenters+
   * Anyone who is interested should contact Lee Lammert   * Anyone who is interested should contact Lee Lammert
   * Not an InstallFest -- more of "what to do next"   * Not an InstallFest -- more of "what to do next"
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 ==== STLLUG - December 20 ==== ==== STLLUG - December 20 ====
-  * TOPIC: PHP Best Practices by Craig Buchek ​(TENTATIVE)+  * TOPIC: PHP Best Practices by Craig Buchek
  
 ==== HOLIDAY - December 25 === ==== HOLIDAY - December 25 ===
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 ==== STCLUG - December 27 ==== ==== STCLUG - December 27 ====
-  * TOPIC: CakePHP and other PHP Apps by Scott Nesler (confirmed, via Carl).+  * TOPIC: CakePHP and PHPReports ​by Scott Nesler (confirmed, via Carl)
  
 ==== SLUUG Server Project - December 29 ==== ==== SLUUG Server Project - December 29 ====
-  * Tentative work day for server builders.+  * Tentative work day for server builders
  
 ===== January 2008 ===== ===== January 2008 =====
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 ====== Server Migration Project ====== ====== Server Migration Project ======
   * Next work meeting: December 29.   * Next work meeting: December 29.
-  * Accomplished in the past 2 months: 
-    * Installed Budlight. 
-      * Carl is still trying to get QEMU or Xen to work. 
-      * Not ready for production use yet. 
-    * Installed 2 1U Sun servers in Hostirian data center. 
-      * Busch - OpenSolaris 
-      * Ultra - OpenSolaris 
-      * DNS entries have been added. 
-      * Root passwords follow the same standard as Bud and Budlight. 
-    * Ran through several LDAP configurations in lab environment. 
-    * Installed LDAP server on Bud (November 6) 
-    * Configured LDAP server on Bud (November 6) 
-      * Created root container. 
-      * Developed schemas for users and mail accounts. 
-        * Not being used as of yet. 
-    * Installed PHP LDAP Admin 
-      * Web based, but only runs locally -- set up an SSH tunnel to make it work 
   * Work left to do:   * Work left to do:
     * Make sure docs are up to date.     * Make sure docs are up to date.
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       * Omnitec will print them out and bring to SLUUG meeting.       * Omnitec will print them out and bring to SLUUG meeting.
   * Cafe Press merchandise   * Cafe Press merchandise
-    ​* Sold 5 shirts. +    * Carl has money from purchases ​-- needs to turn into treasurer.
-    ​* Carl has the money -- needs to turn into treasurer.+
     * Stan to add CafePress link to SLUUG web site when we get info.     * Stan to add CafePress link to SLUUG web site when we get info.
     * Stan to link new membership page into SLUUG web site.     * Stan to link new membership page into SLUUG web site.
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       * Open 9-2 on weekends, close at 6 on weekdays.       * Open 9-2 on weekends, close at 6 on weekdays.
       * Talk to Tony Lavasco and Frank Polston if we need to follow up.       * Talk to Tony Lavasco and Frank Polston if we need to follow up.
-  * O'​Fallon Historical Society RFP 
-    * EPC suggested that SLUUG might want to help them. 
-    * Requires document scanning, OCR, database. 
-    * Nobody here seems to have sufficient experience with large-scale document/​media management. 
- 
-====== New Business ====== 
   * Security Group   * Security Group
     * Has not had a meeting in the past 3 months.     * Has not had a meeting in the past 3 months.
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     * December 13 (2:00 - 8:00)     * December 13 (2:00 - 8:00)
     * at Premier Knowledge (in South St. Louis)     * at Premier Knowledge (in South St. Louis)
-    * Looking for topics and presenters.+    * As of today, 7 people have signed up.
     * Anyone who is interested should contact Lee Lammert.     * Anyone who is interested should contact Lee Lammert.
     * Not an InstallFest -- more of "what to do next".     * Not an InstallFest -- more of "what to do next".
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       * RAMS - Rails Association Management System       * RAMS - Rails Association Management System
       * We should leverage that, and guide it to our needs       * We should leverage that, and guide it to our needs
- +    * Scott Nesler has built an app for attendance 
-====== Blue Sky ======+      * Stan has plugged data into it for the year 
 +      * Not sure if the app fits any of our other needs
   * Stan suggested that we NOT have Lightning Talks this year.   * Stan suggested that we NOT have Lightning Talks this year.
     * Lack of organizing them ahead of time.     * Lack of organizing them ahead of time.
     * Lack of commitment from presenters.     * Lack of commitment from presenters.
     * Several people skip that meeting because they don't like the idea.     * Several people skip that meeting because they don't like the idea.
-  ​Ken wants to record ​our presentations ​(audio)+ 
-    * To do it right, ​wireless microphone would be helpful+====== New Business ====== 
-    * He would then edit the audio and create an MP3+  ​Craig wants to follow through on recording the audio of our presentations. 
-    * Perhaps created podcasts of our presentations.+    * From Ken's suggestion from last month. 
 +    * Suggested spending $50-$100 on purchasing ​digital voice recorder
 +    * All in attendance (and Lee and Carl, via cell phone) agreed that this is a good idea
 +    * Craig is approved to spend up to $100 on a voice recorder. 
 + 
 +====== Blue Sky ======
   * Stan suggested selecting a Man of the Year.   * Stan suggested selecting a Man of the Year.
     * Someone not an officer.     * Someone not an officer.
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   * Carl - Turn in cash drawer funds to treasurer.   * Carl - Turn in cash drawer funds to treasurer.
   * Jeff - Seek assistance from AIX gurus (Barry, John, Mike, Gary) to see if we want to set up his box.   * Jeff - Seek assistance from AIX gurus (Barry, John, Mike, Gary) to see if we want to set up his box.
-  * Barry, John - talk to Rich Seibel and Dave Mills about AIX hardware he has.+  * Barry, John - Talk to Rich Seibel and Dave Mills about AIX hardware he has.
   * Lee - Follow up drafting reply to Wash U.   * Lee - Follow up drafting reply to Wash U.
 +  * Craig - Buy .
 +  * Craig - Cancel library reservations at Thornhill.
 +  * Craig - Follow up w/ Ubuntu LoCo person.
   * Craig - Email Clark Smith @ Red Hat about getting someone to present on RHEL5, and $200 sponsorship.   * Craig - Email Clark Smith @ Red Hat about getting someone to present on RHEL5, and $200 sponsorship.
   * Craig - Email Jim Leingang @ S3 about $200 sponsorship.   * Craig - Email Jim Leingang @ S3 about $200 sponsorship.
   * Stan - Ask Ajilon about continuing $200 sponsorship.   * Stan - Ask Ajilon about continuing $200 sponsorship.
 +  * Stan - Add CafePress link to SLUUG web site when we get info.
 +  * Stan - Link new membership page into SLUUG web site.
   * Gary - Prepare Sun E250 for potential use.   * Gary - Prepare Sun E250 for potential use.
   * Gary - Turn in receipt for domain registration.   * Gary - Turn in receipt for domain registration.
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