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| * Wednesday, May 7, 2008 | * Wednesday, May 7, 2008 | ||
| - | * 6:30 pm - | + | * 6:30 pm - 8:05 pm |
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| * 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 ====== | ||
| - | * Balance: $1,071.50 as of 4/3o/08 | + | * 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. | ||
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| * 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. Syllotistics sent a check (thanks!!!) | + | * 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. | * 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. | + | |
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| - | ====== 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> | + | |
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| - | ====== 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. | ||
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| - | ===== 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 | ||
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| - | ====== 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. | ||
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| + | ====== 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. | ||
| + | * Calendar | ||
| + | * Stan implemented a Google Calendar. | ||
| + | * Added link to show up on SLUUG web site. | ||
| + | * Stan, Gary, Carl, and Craig have access to edit the calendar. | ||
| + | * Looks nice and provides good info. | ||
| + | * Link provided in weekly announcements. | ||
| ====== 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. |
| + | |||
| + | * Should we consider canceling some meetings during the summer months? | ||
| + | * Attendance at summer meetings is often very low. | ||
| + | * Lots of people on vacations. | ||
| + | * Weather is often too nice to be inside. | ||
| + | * Other evening outdoor events. | ||
| + | * No consensus. | ||
| + | * Our attendance is low. | ||
| + | * But it breaks the consistency of always having meetings. | ||
| ====== 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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