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   * Wednesday, May 7, 2008   * Wednesday, May 7, 2008
   * 6:30 pm -    * 6:30 pm - 
- 
  
  
 ====== Attendees ====== ====== Attendees ======
   * Lee Lammert   * Lee Lammert
-  * :?: Craig Buchek +  * Craig Buchek 
-  * :?: Stan Reichardt +  * Stan Reichardt 
-  * :?: Gary Meyer+  * Gary Meyer
  
 ====== Secretary Report ​ ====== ====== Secretary Report ​ ======
-  * :?: Printed out minutes from Steering Committee meetings through March.+  * Printed out minutes from Steering Committee meetings through March
 +  * Need to print out minutes for April.
  
 ====== Treasurer Report ====== ====== Treasurer Report ======
-  FIXME 
-  * Balance: $1,174.72 as of 1/31/08 
  
-  * Carl gave money collected for memberships to the Treasurer.+  * Balance: $1,071.50 as of 4/30/08 
   * Carl - Turn in cash drawer funds to treasurer.   * Carl - Turn in cash drawer funds to treasurer.
-  * Carl - Cancel credit ​card processing. ​(In progress -- need to fax them a 2nd letter.)+  * Credit ​card processing ​canceled.
   * Craig - Submit receipt for voice recorder.   * Craig - Submit receipt for voice recorder.
   * Gary - Turn in receipt for domain registration.   * Gary - Turn in receipt for domain registration.
   * Open issues:   * Open issues:
     * New IRS reporting requirement     * New IRS reporting requirement
-      * We will (likely) have to file a form 990-EZ for the 2007 tax year. +      * Had to file online '​we'​re alive and well' with IRS.
-      * Need response from Rich McClennan. +
-      * Any other advisory resources available?+
     * Lee - Follow up drafting reply to Wash U.     * Lee - Follow up drafting reply to Wash U.
     * Final bill from Wash U. - need to complete reply     * Final bill from Wash U. - need to complete reply
  
 +  * A nice Sponsor Letter and voluntary invoice was sent to sponsors for which we have contact info.
 +  * Craig and Lee both received sponsorship checks from SyllogisTeks. (Thanks!!)
 +  * Analysts International requested removal from any Sponsor list.
 +    * DONE -- they are not listed on our web site.
  
 ====== Attendance Report ====== ====== Attendance Report ======
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 ==== SLUUG - April 9 ==== ==== SLUUG - April 9 ====
   * BASE: File Links: Over-easy or Well-done by Carl Fitch   * BASE: File Links: Over-easy or Well-done by Carl Fitch
 +    * Great. Impromptu, but generated good conversation.
   * MAIN: Mac OS X Leopard by Don Benne (via Gary)   * MAIN: Mac OS X Leopard by Don Benne (via Gary)
 +    * Very good. Covered command line quite thoroughly.
 +    * Voice recording is posted; slides pending.
  
 ==== Solaris - April 15 ==== ==== Solaris - April 15 ====
-  * TOPIC: TBD +  * CANCELED.
  
 ==== STLLUG - April 17 ==== ==== STLLUG - April 17 ====
-  * TOPIC: Restructuring Home Telephone Services ​ by Don Ellis+  * TOPIC: Restructuring Home Telephone Services by Don Ellis 
 +    * Excellent, especially for last minute. 
 +    * Low turn-out, due to last minute scheduling.
  
 ==== EPC Sale - April 19 ==== ==== EPC Sale - April 19 ====
-  * We plan to have some of our people there to show off GNU/​Linux. +  * Had some of our people there to show off GNU/​Linux. 
 +    * Got a few people to try out Open Source and GNU/Linux.
  
 ==== HZWLUG - April 22 ==== ==== HZWLUG - April 22 ====
-  * TOPIC: Reviewed contents of HZWLUG Information ​CDROM disc.+  * TOPIC: Reviewed contents of HZWLUG Information ​CD-ROM ​disc. 
 +    * Stan put together a CD, with PDFs with Open Source info. 
 +      * Magazines 
 +      * Introductory material
  
 ==== STCLUG - April 24 ==== ==== STCLUG - April 24 ====
   * TOPIC: Hard Drive Duplication by Carl Fitch   * TOPIC: Hard Drive Duplication by Carl Fitch
 +    * Really good.
 +    * Had projector problems.
  
 ====== Presentation Schedule ====== ====== Presentation Schedule ======
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 ==== SLUUG - May 14 ==== ==== SLUUG - May 14 ====
   * NOTE: Back to back meetings   * NOTE: Back to back meetings
-  * BASE: Last.FM ​by Ed Howland (TENTATIVE, via Gary) +  * BASE: Setting up a firewall in 10 minutes with pfw on OpenBSD ​by Lee Lammert 
-  * MAIN: MythTV by Jason Clark (TENTATIVE, ​via Craig+  * MAIN: MythTV by Jason Clark (via Craig)
-  * BACKUP CHOICE: Encryption by Mike May from SLU (via Gary)+
  
 ==== STLLUG - May 15 ==== ==== STLLUG - May 15 ====
   * NOTE: Back to back meetings   * NOTE: Back to back meetings
-  * TOPIC: MythTV by Jason Clark (TENTATIVE, ​via Craig+  * TOPIC: MythTV by Jason Clark (via Craig)
-  * TOPIC: Encryption by Mike May, Prof @ SLU (TENTATIVE, via Gary)+
  
 ==== Solaris - May 20 ==== ==== Solaris - May 20 ====
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 ===== Potential Future Topics ===== ===== Potential Future Topics =====
 +  * VMware by Matt Skipton (via Lee)
 +  * various Sun topics by Jeff Logullo
 +    * new version of OpenSolaris
 +    * Versioning filenames (snapshots?​) in ZFS by Jeff Logullo? Jeff Muse? (via Gary)
 +    * New release of ZFS                       " ​  " ​    " ​      " ​   " ​     " ​  " ​
 +    * MySQL
 +    * VirtualBox (& xVM (Zen)) by Jeff Logullo?
 +    * Project Indiana, a new package mngmnt system ala apt/dpkg by Jeff Logullo? Jeff Muse?
 +    * Belenix & otherlive CD's based on Open Solaris by Jeff Logullo? Jeff Muse?
 +  * Last.fm, Amarok,​...free music downloads by Ed Howland (via Gary)
   * GIMP by Scott Nesler.   * GIMP by Scott Nesler.
   * Encryption by Mike May S.J., Prof @ SLU, Chair Math/CS dept (via Gary)   * Encryption by Mike May S.J., Prof @ SLU, Chair Math/CS dept (via Gary)
 +  * Natural Language Processing by SLU professor (via Gary)
   * Stoneware webOS and Desktop Virtualization by Jack Loane (via Carl/​Craig/​e-mail)   * Stoneware webOS and Desktop Virtualization by Jack Loane (via Carl/​Craig/​e-mail)
   * iSCSI   * iSCSI
   * EnterpriseDB (packaged version of PostgreSQL) (via Carl)   * EnterpriseDB (packaged version of PostgreSQL) (via Carl)
     * Would be a video-conference,​ so requires solving the logistics     * Would be a video-conference,​ so requires solving the logistics
-  * Who is the Spencer Lecture speaker @ UMSL? 
-  * Mac OS X Leopard by Don Benne (via Gary) 
-    * Previously presented at GAMUG In-Depth SIG 
-  * VirtualBox (& xVM (Zen)) by Jeff Logullo? (via Gary)  ​ 
-  * Status of Sun Solaris by Jeff Logullo (via Gary) 
-  * Versioning filenames (snapshots?​) in ZFS by Jeff Logullo? Jeff Muse? (via Gary) 
-  * New release of ZFS                       " ​  " ​    " ​      " ​   " ​     " ​  " ​ 
-  * Project Indiana, a new package mngmnt system ala apt/dpkg by Jeff Logullo? Jeff Muse? (via Gary) 
-  * Belenix & otherlive CD's based on Open Solaris by Jeff Logullo? Jeff Muse? (via Gary) 
-  * Cell phone issues by Don Ellis (via Gary) 
-     * Grand Central service, ​ 
-     * 2 GB mem chip upgrades, ​ 
-     * Free calling by automatically routing thru WiFi,  
-     * 4 band phones, 
-     *... 
   * APV (Advance POWER Virtualization) Overview by John Hodge   * APV (Advance POWER Virtualization) Overview by John Hodge
   * Demo/Using Scribus by Stan Reichardt   * Demo/Using Scribus by Stan Reichardt
-  * Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5 (RHEL 5)- still looking for volunteer+  * Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5 (RHEL 5) - still looking for volunteer
   * Untangle Gateway Platform (instead of CentOS Linux) by Tim Dreste (via Stan R)   * Untangle Gateway Platform (instead of CentOS Linux) by Tim Dreste (via Stan R)
   * AIX 6 - due out later this year (about November, IBM via John Hodge)   * AIX 6 - due out later this year (about November, IBM via John Hodge)
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       * Network Monitor.       * Network Monitor.
    * Status of BSD by Randy? ​ John?  (via Gary?)    * Status of BSD by Randy? ​ John?  (via Gary?)
-   * Wireshark sniffing by ??? @ Savvis ​ (via Clarence?). +   * Wireshark sniffing by Chris ??? @ Savvis ​ (via Clarence?).
-   * Last.fm, Amarok,​...free music downloads by Ed Howland (via Gary) +
- +
-FIXME - Line items from last month are marked for deletion.  +
- +
-====== STL Small Business Expo ====== +
-  * <del> March 18, 11:00 - 6:00 </​del>​ +
-  * <del> St. Charles Convention Center </​del>​ +
-  * <del> We were in booth 801. </​del>​ +
-  * <del> Volunteers: Gary McKee, Lee Lammert, Carl Fitch, Stan Reichardt </​del>​ +
-  * <del> Lots of people stopped by -- busy corner. </​del>​ +
-  * <del> Not sure it's worth our time, money, and effort. </​del>​ +
- +
-====== Linux Table at EPC Earth Day Sale ====== +
-  * April 19, 8:00 - 2:00 +
-  * +
  
  
 ====== Sponsorships ====== ====== Sponsorships ======
-  * New Sponsor -  
   * Have the current paying sponsors been asked to renew (with payment)?   * Have the current paying sponsors been asked to renew (with payment)?
     * Gary - Ask Ajilon about continuing $200 sponsorship.     * Gary - Ask Ajilon about continuing $200 sponsorship.
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     * IBM - (John Hodge may have a contact)     * IBM - (John Hodge may have a contact)
     * Red Hat - Clark Smith (Craig to follow up)     * Red Hat - Clark Smith (Craig to follow up)
 +    * Canonical/​Ubuntu (Craig to follow up)
     * VMware - Matt Skipton     * VMware - Matt Skipton
   * Some old information has:   * Some old information has:
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 ====== Server Admin ====== ====== Server Admin ======
-  ​* <del> Mail was temporarily blocked when /var hit 100% </​del>​ +  * Craig B. created script to notify when /var (or other partitions) ​exceeded 90% full.  
-  * <del> Stan R. moved large backup file to /spare directory. </​del>​ +  * Mike Knight resolved problem with Membership JOIN page and Volunteer page. 
-  ​* Craig B. created script to notify when mail spool exceeded 90 %  +  * Stan R. made temporary revision of Membership JOIN page. 
-  * Mike Knight resolved problem with Membership JOIN page and Volunteer page  +  * Craig set up Google Webmaster Tools to look at our site. 
-  * Stan R. made temporary revision of Membership JOIN page +    Allows us to modify how Google sees us, and gather statistics
-  *  +    * Allows us to define www.sluug.org and sluug.org as the same site
- +      And choose which is the canonical name.
-====== Server Intrusion and Rebuild ====== +
-  ​<del> Craig updated changes ​to build documentation</​del>​ +
-    * <del> Based on rebuild of March 2</​del>​ +
-  +
  
 ====== Server Migration Project ====== ====== Server Migration Project ======
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 ====== Website Libraries ====== ====== Website Libraries ======
   * Stan R. and Ted P.   * Stan R. and Ted P.
-  * Stan uploaded several ​<​del>​older</​del> ​presentations. +  * Stan uploaded several presentations.
-    * <del> WINE by Ed Howland (audio) </​del>​ +
-    * <del> Update on SCO vs. IBM Lawsuit by Benjamin White (2006) </​del>​ +
-    * <del> sudo not su by Stanford Baldwin </​del>​+
     - SLUUG  APR 2008 MacOS X Leopard by Don Benne (sound only)     - SLUUG  APR 2008 MacOS X Leopard by Don Benne (sound only)
     - STLLUG APR 2008 Restructuring Home Telephone Services by Don Ellis (PDF only)     - STLLUG APR 2008 Restructuring Home Telephone Services by Don Ellis (PDF only)
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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.
- 
-===== Security Group ===== 
-  * <del> Has not had a meeting in the past x months. </​del>​ 
-    * <del> Clarence has had conflicts. </​del>​ 
-    * <del> Other leaders have not been responsive. </​del>​ 
-  * <del> Steering Committee has declared the group "in hiatus"​. </​del>​ 
-    * <del> Stan has updated web site with the new status. </​del>​ 
-  * Gary will start a thread on DISCUSS. 
-    * Asking for location and leadership. 
  
 ===== Manage The Group ===== ===== Manage The Group =====
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     * Suggested session(s) to "​recap"​ (by Rich S?)     * Suggested session(s) to "​recap"​ (by Rich S?)
     * Needed to get LDAP implemented on servers     * Needed to get LDAP implemented on servers
- 
-====== New Business ====== 
   * Structure/​timing/​flow of the meetings   * Structure/​timing/​flow of the meetings
     * Need to leave enough time for "​off-line interaction"​.     * Need to leave enough time for "​off-line interaction"​.
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       * For the moment, no -- keep them informal.       * For the moment, no -- keep them informal.
       * We should support them, announce them, etc.       * We should support them, announce them, etc.
 +
 +====== New Business ======
 +  * Terminal servers were removed last month.
 +    * Rich Seibel would like to use them.
 +    * All were in favor of allowing this.
 +    * Gary will follow up.
  
 ====== Blue Sky ====== ====== Blue Sky ======
-  * Does calling/​phoning "old attendees"​ encourage them to come to meetings? ​ Does e-mailing them?+  * Blue skies are often over floatable rivers.
  
 ====== Follow-up and Action Items ====== ====== Follow-up and Action Items ======
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   * Barry, John - Talk to Rich Seibel and Dave Mills about AIX hardware they have.   * Barry, John - Talk to Rich Seibel and Dave Mills about AIX hardware they have.
   * Lee, Barry - Get someone from IBM to talk about POWER6, AIX 6.0, etc.   * Lee, Barry - Get someone from IBM to talk about POWER6, AIX 6.0, etc.
-  * Craig - Follow up w/ Jason Clark about doing back-to-back nights in May. 
   * Craig - Follow up w/ Ubuntu LoCo person.   * 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 - Add CafePress link to SLUUG web site (http://​cafepress.com/​sluug). 
   * Stan - Link new membership page into SLUUG web site.   * Stan - Link new membership page into SLUUG web site.
   * Gary - Prepare Sun E250 for potential use.   * Gary - Prepare Sun E250 for potential use.
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