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SLUUG Steering Committee Minutes - July 2008

NOTE: Minutes posted on the wiki are always unofficial. Schedules for upcoming presentations are always tentative. (Some more tentative than others!)

Location

Saint Louis Bread Company,
(at Old Olive and Olive),
10550 Old Olive Street Road,
Creve Coeur, MO 63141

Date and Time

  • Wednesday, July 2, 2008
  • 18:45 - 19:30

Attendees

  • Carl Fitch
  • Lee Lammert
  • Stan Reichardt
  • Craig Buchek

Secretary Report

  • Need to print out minutes from April onward.

Treasurer Report

  • Balance: $ as of 5/30/08
  • Receipts:
  • Carl - Turn in cash drawer funds to treasurer. DONE!!
  • Craig - Submit receipt for voice recorder.
  • Gary - Turn in receipt for domain registration.
  • Open issues:
    • Lee - Follow up drafting reply to Wash U.
    • Final bill from Wash U. - need to complete reply
  • Need suggestions for following up with and attracting potential Sponsors.

Attendance Report

  • Some numbers, as of end of June 2008:
Meeting Feb Mar Apr May Jun Jul Aug Sep Oct Nov Dec Jan Feb Mar Apr May Jun
Steercom 5 4 3 5 7 4 5 5 No 6 3 6 2 4 4 4 7
SLACC 6 7 ? ? 8 6 10 7 5 8 4 7 4 (4) ? x 6
1st LDAP xx 5 6 7 6 No No No No ? No 4 No No No No No
SLUUG 12 23 22 18 16 27 36 21 24 25 20 14 12 23 17 31 18
Solaris 4 No 18 15 6 8 No 11 No 5 No 13 No 6 No 20 10
SNUG NA NA NA NA NA NA NA NA NA NA NA NA NA NA NA NA 5
2nd LDAP xx 6 5 5 6 No No (6) 7 No 3 ? No No No No No
STLLUG 12 14 18 23 20 31 31 23 19 25 20 17 No 16 17 29 22
HZWLUG 7 9 8 9 No 11 11 10 10 15 9 10 11 14 11 11 10
STCLUG 10 10 6 ? 8 11 17 10 11 No 11 9 11 3 13 5 6
  • No - indicates no meeting.
  • () - Numbers in parentheses are head count.
  • ? - Question mark indicates attendance not taken or sheet missing.
  • xx - attendance numbers not yet recorded.

Mailing List Report

  • Subscriber numbers (approximate) as of end of June 2008:
List May Jun Jul Aug Sep Oct Nov Dec Jan Feb Mar Apr May Jun
ANNOUNCE 917 925 900 915 885 877 877 866 857 856 853 854 843 835
DISCUSS 184 190 188 190 190 192 192 185 185 185 186 1?? 188 188
STEERCOM 32 32 33 32 32 32 32 32 31 31 31 ?? 29 32
SYSADMIN xx xx 18 18 18 17 17 17 17 17 17 ?? 15 15
  • Numbers will now be as end of each month.
  • Blocking of mailing list attachments not completely configured yet.
  • ANNOUNCE mailing list.
    • Still no volunteer editor to do a Quarterly or monthly newsletter.

Meeting Review and Comments

June 2008

     June 2008      
Su Mo Tu We Th Fr Sa
 1  2  3  4  5  6  7
 8  9 10 11 12 13 14
15 16 17 18 19 20 21
22 23 24 25 26 27 28
29 30               

SLACC - June 5

  • Linux Configuration Workshop - No presentation.

SLUUG - June 11

  • BASE1: nameif & mtr by Carl Fitch
  • BASE2: sshfs & fuse by Jeff Muse - Both were well received!
  • CHALLENGE: Favorite Network Tools by group - Excellent discussions!
  • Received multiple comments afterwords that presentations were better than expected.

Solaris - June 17

  • TOPIC: Service Management Facility (SMF) by Steve Baker - Excellent detail.

SNUG - June 18

  • TOPIC: OpenSuSE 11.0 - Many improvements discussed.

STLLUG - June 19

  • TOPIC: VirtualBox for SuSE & Vista/XP by Jeff Logullo & Lee Lammert
  • Lots of details from Sun, actual demo of Vista running under SuSE 10.3.

HZWLUG - June 24

  • TOPIC: Exploring the /bin directory (not done during prior month).

STCLUG - June 26

  • TOPIC: Keyboard Karoake
  • Ran over - small group but very interactive.

Presentation Schedule

July 2008

     July 2008      
Su Mo Tu We Th Fr Sa
       1  2  3  4  5
 6  7  8  9 10 11 12
13 14 15 16 17 18 19
20 21 22 23 24 25 26
27 28 29 30 31      

SLACC - July 3

  • Linux Configuration Workshop - No presentation.

SLUUG - July 9

  • BASE: Sitebar [web-based bookmark management] by Lee Lammert
  • MAIN: OpenSolaris - Production Ready! by Jeff Logulo
  • BACKUP CHOICE:

Solaris - July 15

  • TOPIC: TBD

SNUG - July 16

  • TOPIC: More on SUSE 11

STLLUG - July 17

  • TOPIC: TBD

HZWLUG - July 22

  • TOPIC: Usually determined by attendees
  • TOPIC 1: Exploring the /etc directory.
  • TOPIC 2: Partitions.
  • TOPIC 3: Anything else.

STCLUG - July 24

  • TOPIC: TBD

August 2008

    August 2008     
Su Mo Tu We Th Fr Sa
                1  2
 3  4  5  6  7  8  9
10 11 12 13 14 15 16
17 18 19 20 21 22 23
24 25 26 27 28 29 30
31                  

SLACC - August 7

  • Linux Configuration Workshop - No presentation.

SLUUG - August 13

  • BASE:
  • MAIN: Linksys NAS NSLU2 by Jeff Logullo & OpenWRT by Jeff Muse
  • BACKUP CHOICE:

Solaris - August 19

  • TOPIC: TBD

SNUG - August 20

  • TOPIC: TBD

STLLUG - August 21

  • TOPIC: TBD

HZWLUG - August 26

  • TOPIC: Usually determined by attendees
  • TOPIC1: Exploring the /home directory.
  • TOPIC2: Partitions
  • TOPIC 3: Anything else.

STCLUG - August 28

  • TOPIC: TBD

September 2008

   September 2008   
Su Mo Tu We Th Fr Sa
    1  2  3  4  5  6
 7  8  9 10 11 12 13
14 15 16 17 18 19 20
21 22 23 24 25 26 27
28 29 30            

SLACC - September 4

  • Linux Configuration Workshop - No presentation.

SLUUG - September 10

  • BASE:
  • MAIN: Virtualization and the Power Architecture by Sammie Allam, IBM via Lee
  • BACKUP CHOICE:

Solaris - September 16

  • TOPIC: TBD

SNUG - September 17

  • TOPIC: TBD

STLLUG - September 18

  • TOPIC: TBD

HZWLUG - September 23

  • TOPIC: Usually determined by attendees
  • TOPIC1: Exploring the /etc directory.
  • TOPIC2: Partitions
  • TOPIC 3: Anything else.

STCLUG - September 25

  • TOPIC: TBD

October 2008

    October 2008    
Su Mo Tu We Th Fr Sa
          1  2  3  4
 5  6  7  8  9 10 11
12 13 14 15 16 17 18
19 20 21 22 23 24 25
26 27 28 29 30 31   

SLUUG - October 8

  • BASE:
  • MAIN: VMWare 6.5 & Server 2.0 by Matt Skipton, VMWare, via Lee
  • BACKUP CHOICE:

Potential Future Topics

  • various Sun topics by Jeff Logullo
    • Versioning filenames (snapshots?) in ZFS by Jeff Logullo? Jeff Muse? (via Gary)
    • New release of ZFS " " " " " " "
    • MySQL
    • 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.
  • 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)
  • iSCSI
  • EnterpriseDB (packaged version of PostgreSQL) (via Carl)
    • Would be a video-conference, so requires solving the logistics
  • APV (Advance POWER Virtualization) Overview by John Hodge
  • Demo/Using Scribus by Stan Reichardt
  • 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 (IBM via John Hodge)
  • Building a modern kernel by Ed Howland
  • Using git%

Sponsorships

  • Current paying sponsors have been asked to renew with nice letter in April.
    • 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

  • 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.
    1. SLUUG MAY 2008 MythTV by Jason Clark
    2. STLLUG MAY 2008 MythTV by Jason Clark
  • Have not received materials from recent presenters:
    1. SLUUG APR 2008 MacOS X Leopard by Don Benne
    2. 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/Lee need to reconcile demo merchandise
  • Need to come up with standardized 'Membership List' & same UIDs on all production machines.
  • Document useradd process.

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 needs focus & new leadership
  • Structure/timing/flow of 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)
    • Need MC to run schedule at meetings
  • 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.

New Business

  • Temporary web site up, signin sheets printed, Need to add SNUG members to Discuss & Announce.
  • Root passwords updated on Bud & Budlight
  • Proposal to sell Pizzas as fundraiser if continued insufficient Memberships & Sponsors.
  • Comments for October Small Business Expo:
    • Suggest EPC provide OpenDisk copies & handouts.
    • Need BUSINESS ORIENTED demos - e.g. Accounting.
    • Need dedicated SERVER to use and demo office functions (wiki, file sharing, ..).
  • Need new STLLUG chairperson.

Follow-up and Action Items

  • Lee - Need list 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 - 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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