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 ====== SLUUG Steering Committee Minutes - June 2008 ======
 NOTE: Minutes posted on the wiki are always unofficial.
 Schedules for upcoming presentations are always tentative.
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 ====== Location ======
   Saint Louis Bread Company,
   (at Old Olive and Olive),
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 ====== Date and Time ======
   * Wednesday, June 4, 2008
-  * 6:30 pm -
+  * 18:30 - 20:45
 ====== Attendees ======
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 ====== Secretary Report  ======
   * Need to print out minutes for April.
 ====== Treasurer Report ======
-FIXME
   * Balance: $1,071.50 as of 4/30/08
   * Receipts:
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   * TOPIC: MythTV by Jason Clark (via Craig)
   * Even though both were advertised as duplicate sessions, confusion still reined.
-  *
+  * Drawing was held at Steercom, 4 June 2008; Jeff L. picked #29 - Jim Roe!
 ==== Solaris - May 20 ====
   * TOPIC: new OpenSolaris Live-CD, Its root ZFS filesystem, and new package manager (IPS).
+  * EXCELLENT demonstration of ZFS Phoenix from the Ashes!
 ==== STCLUG - May 22 ====
   * TOPIC: Firewalls - pfSense in Depth by Carl Fitch
-  *
+  * Restaurant had room booked wrong, some people were turned away.
 ==== HZWLUG - May 27 ====
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   * DISCUSSION 2: Demoed new Information web page on [[http://hzwlug.sluug.org/network.html|Networking]] resources (posted next day).
   * DISCUSSION 3: Diagram of sample home network with aDSL modem, router and switch.
-  *
 ====== Presentation Schedule ======
 ===== June 2008 =====
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      June 2008
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 ==== SLUUG - June 11 ====
-  * BASE: TBD
+  * BASE1: nameif & mtr by Carl Fitch
-  * MAIN: TBD
+  * BASE2: sshfs & fuse by Jeff Muse
-  * BACKUP CHOICE:
+  * CHALLENGE: Favorite Network Tools by group
 ==== Solaris - June 17 ====
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 ==== STLLUG - June 19 ====
-  * TOPIC: TBD
+  * TOPIC: VirtualBox for SuSE & Vista/XP by Lee Lammert
 ==== HZWLUG - June 24 ====
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 ==== STCLUG - June 26 ====
-  * TOPIC: TBD
+  * TOPIC: Keyboard Karoake
 ===== July 2008 =====
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      July 2008
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 ==== SLUUG - July 9 ====
   * BASE:
-  * MAIN:
+  * MAIN: OpenSolaris - Production Ready! by Jeff Logulo
   * BACKUP CHOICE:
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 ==== STLLUG - July 17 ====
   * TOPIC: TBD
 ==== HZWLUG - July 22 ====
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 ===== August 2008 =====
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     August 2008
 Su Mo Tu We Th Fr Sa
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 ==== SLUUG - August 13  ====
   * BASE:
-  * MAIN:
+  * MAIN: Linksys NAS NSLU2 by Jeff Logullo & OpenWRT by Jeff Muse
   * BACKUP CHOICE:
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   * 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?
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   * Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5 (RHEL 5) - still looking for volunteer
   * 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 (IBM via John Hodge)
   * Building a modern kernel by Ed Howland
   * Using git%
+====== Sponsorships ======
+  * Have the current paying sponsors been asked to renew (with payment)?
+    * Gary - Ask Ajilon about continuing $200 sponsorship.
+    * Craig - Ask S3 - Strategic Staffing Solutions (follow up)
+  * Potential sponsors
+    * Sun - Jeff Logullo
+    * IBM - (John Hodge may have a contact)
+    * Red Hat - Clark Smith (Craig to follow up)
+    * Canonical/Ubuntu (Craig to follow up)
+    * VMware - Matt Skipton
+    * We should review them once or twice annually and establish an end date on recognition.
+  * Need sign about sponsoring our group for booth/table display at meetings and trade shows.
+  * More effort should be directed to find new sponsors.
+    * No effort means no more new sponsors.
+====== Server Admin ======
+  * Carl rebuilt OpenSSH and checked all keys for vulnerability
+  * Need to break into the Sun machines again and reset passwords so they do not expire!
+  * Need to setup our own DNS on Bud/Budlight & switch over
+====== Server Migration Project ======
+  * Work left to do:
+    * Make sure docs are up to date.
+      * Add documentation telling users how to configure mail clients to use Bud.
+      * Started documenting client email configurations, to help users migrate.
+      * See [[../users]] and [[../mail_setup]] pages.
+    * Craig - Work on finishing server builds.
+      * Document changes to PAM to correct MAIL variable. (Craig)
+      * More security, for SSH and otherwise.
+      * Get offsite backups working. (Mike)
+      * Publish SSH host keys on web page.
+      * Standardize/regularize user accounts (IDs, password expirations). (Mike)
+  * Other work to do:
+    * Better web site management tools
+  * Craig will get together with Mike and/or Carl to work on tasks in next coming weeks.
+====== Website Libraries ======
+  * Stan R. and Ted P.
+  * Stan uploaded several presentations.
+    - SLUUG  MAY 2008 MythTV by Jason Clark
+    - STLLUG MAY 2008 MythTV by Jason Clark
+  * Have not received materials from recent presenters:
+    - SLUUG  APR 2008 MacOS X Leopard by Don Benne
+    - SLUUG  MAR 2008 The Skills Nerds Need to Know - Send 2nd Request to Scott Granneman
+====== SLACC as a SIG ======
+  * Noel asked that we allow current email users to keep their SLACC.com email addresses.
+  * The registration is paid up until 2009.
+  * Carl - follow up with Noel about transferring the domain to us.
+====== Membership (and Shell Accounts) ======
+  * Membership drive
+    * Need to print out name tags.
+      * Omnitec will print them out and bring to SLUUG meeting.
+  * Cafe Press merchandise
+    * Carl & SLUUG need to reconcile demo merchandise
+===== An Ubuntu Group =====
+  * [[http://www.stchman.com/ | Bob Nelson]] - [[http://ubuntuforums.org/archive/index.php/t-466368.html | wants to start an Ubuntu LoCo]]
+    * Craig to follow up again.
+    * EPC would like to hold the meetings.
+      * Open 9-2 on weekends, close at 6 on weekdays.
+      * Talk to Tony Lavasco and Frank Polston if we need to follow up.
+===== Manage The Group =====
+  * Lee suggested we create a Rails app on Bud to manage the group.
+    * Member data - payments, expirations, etc.
+    * Sponsors - expirations, etc.
+    * Attendance
+    * STL Ruby Group is writing a similar application.
+      * RAMS - Rails Association Management System
+      * We should leverage that, and guide it to our needs
+    * Scott Nesler has built an app for attendance
+      * Stan has plugged data into it for the year
+      * Not sure if the app fits any of our other needs
+====== Other Old Business ======
+  * LDAP group
+    * Need to restart this fall
+    * Suggested session(s) to "recap" (by Rich S?)
+    * Needed to get LDAP implemented on servers
+  * Structure/timing/flow of the meetings
+    * Need to leave enough time for "off-line interaction".
+    * Plan on tutorials being planned for ~20 mins.
+    * Main presentations should plan for ~1 hour (1.5 hours at STLLUG)
+  * Geek lunches.
+    * Only 2 people showed up at downtown meeting
+    * Lots of people at the Olive meeting, but location was too noisy
+    * Possible confusion with having 2 meetings at the same time
+    * Should these meetings count as official SLUUG meetings?
+      * For the moment, no -- keep them informal.
+      * We should support them, announce them, etc.
+  * Terminal servers were removed last month.
+    * Gary was not unable to recover all of the equipment.
+====== New Business ======
+  * Gary H. asked that we setup a web presence for the St. Louis Novell User's International (NUI). Motion made and passed unanimously that SLUUG will accept them as an informal SIG [in the same manner as OpenSolaris], providing a web presence and adding the current NUI mailing list to discuss.
+====== Follow-up and Action Items ======
+  * Lee - Need to print out name tags for paying members.
+  * Barry - Follow up w/ John Hodge about a presentation in the near future.
+  * Lee, Barry - Get someone from IBM to talk about POWER6, AIX 6.0, etc.
+  * 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 Jim Leingang @ S3 about $200 sponsorship.
+  * Everyone - Talk to someone about coming to meetings.
+  * Everyone - Talk to someone about sponsorships.
+  * Everyone - Talk to someone about giving a presentation.

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