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| ====== Date and Time ====== | ====== Date and Time ====== | ||
| * Wednesday, November 5, 2008 | * Wednesday, November 5, 2008 | ||
| - | * 6:30 pm - | + | * 6:50 PM - 8:29 PM |
| ====== Attendees ====== | ====== Attendees ====== | ||
| - | * :?: Carl Fitch | + | * Carl Fitch |
| - | * :?: Stan Reichardt | + | * Stan Reichardt |
| - | * :?: Craig Buchek | + | * Jeff Muse |
| - | * :?: Lee Lammert | + | * Lee Lammert |
| - | * :?: Gary Meyer | + | * Gary Meyer |
| - | * :?: | + | |
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| ====== Secretary Report ====== | ====== Secretary Report ====== | ||
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| ====== Treasurer Report ====== | ====== Treasurer Report ====== | ||
| - | * FIXME THIS SECTION NOT CHANGED SINCE MINUTES OF SEPTEMBER 3rd MEETING: | + | * Balance: $1,346.55 as of 10/31/08 |
| - | * Balance: $ as of 9/3/08 | + | * Expenses: $94 for PO Box |
| * Receipts (pending submission): | * Receipts (pending submission): | ||
| * Carl - Annual registration fee to State of Missouri | * Carl - Annual registration fee to State of Missouri | ||
| * 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: | ||
| - | * 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. | * Need suggestions for following up with and attracting potential Sponsors. | ||
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| ^ SLUUG | 18 | 16 | 27 | 36 | 21 | 24 | 25 | 20 | 14 | 12 | 23 | 17 | 31 | 18 | 17 | 15 | 18 | 21 | | ^ SLUUG | 18 | 16 | 27 | 36 | 21 | 24 | 25 | 20 | 14 | 12 | 23 | 17 | 31 | 18 | 17 | 15 | 18 | 21 | | ||
| ^ STLOSUG | 15 | 6 | 8 | No | 11 | No | 5 | No | 13 | No | 6 | No | 20 | 10 | No | 12 | No | 11 | | ^ STLOSUG | 15 | 6 | 8 | No | 11 | No | 5 | No | 13 | No | 6 | No | 20 | 10 | No | 12 | No | 11 | | ||
| - | ^ SNUG | NA | NA | NA | NA | NA | NA | NA | NA | NA | NA | NA | NA | NA | 5 | 4 | No | 5 | ? | | + | ^ SNUG | NA | NA | NA | NA | NA | NA | NA | NA | NA | NA | NA | NA | NA | 5 | 4 | No | 5 | 3 | |
| ^ STLLUG | 23 | 20 | 31 | 31 | 23 | 19 | 25 | 20 | 17 | No | 16 | 17 | 29 | 22 | 20 | 23 | 13 | 15 | | ^ STLLUG | 23 | 20 | 31 | 31 | 23 | 19 | 25 | 20 | 17 | No | 16 | 17 | 29 | 22 | 20 | 23 | 13 | 15 | | ||
| ^ STCLUG | ? | 8 | 11 | 17 | 10 | 11 | No | 11 | 9 | 11 | 3 | 13 | 5 | 6 | 3 | 6 | 3 | 19 | | ^ STCLUG | ? | 8 | 11 | 17 | 10 | 11 | No | 11 | 9 | 11 | 3 | 13 | 5 | 6 | 3 | 6 | 3 | 19 | | ||
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| * BASE: Waived in liu of main presentation. | * BASE: Waived in liu of main presentation. | ||
| * MAIN: VMWare 6.5 & Server 2.0 by Matt Skipton, VMware (via Lee) | * MAIN: VMWare 6.5 & Server 2.0 by Matt Skipton, VMware (via Lee) | ||
| - | * Observations. | + | * Very good information and skilled presentation. |
| + | * Even with extra time, it still ran over. | ||
| + | * Lots of follow up DISCUSS list activity. | ||
| ==== Solaris - October 14 ==== | ==== Solaris - October 14 ==== | ||
| * TOPIC: Bob Netherton ZFS as a root file system | * TOPIC: Bob Netherton ZFS as a root file system | ||
| - | * Observations. | + | * Lots of new interesting features. |
| + | * Excellent presentation. | ||
| + | * Expect that Bob Netherton will be moving back to St. Louis within next 6 months. | ||
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| ==== SNUG - October 15 ==== | ==== SNUG - October 15 ==== | ||
| * TOPIC: Live Demo of Teaming and Conferencing Server by Gary Hollingsworth | * TOPIC: Live Demo of Teaming and Conferencing Server by Gary Hollingsworth | ||
| - | * Observations. | + | * Good handout and talk. Actual virtual machine would not work, will try again next month. |
| ==== STLLUG - October 16 ==== | ==== STLLUG - October 16 ==== | ||
| * TOPIC: The Do Good Gauge by Scott Nesler | * TOPIC: The Do Good Gauge by Scott Nesler | ||
| * See [[http://www.dogoodgauge.com|Do Good Gauge]] concept | * See [[http://www.dogoodgauge.com|Do Good Gauge]] concept | ||
| - | * Observations. | + | * Took long time to build background, but lots of participation. |
| + | * Actual technical tools were amazing and facinating. | ||
| + | * Scott carried it off, quite well. | ||
| ==== STCLUG - October 23 ==== | ==== STCLUG - October 23 ==== | ||
| * TOPIC: Nexradis Release Party | * TOPIC: Nexradis Release Party | ||
| * Really great cake! | * Really great cake! | ||
| - | * Other observations. | + | * Suprizingly large turn out. Much particiption. |
| + | * We would like to get him to do it again at St. Louis LUG. | ||
| + | * Well run, well planned and really cool. | ||
| ==== HZWLUG - October 28 ==== | ==== HZWLUG - October 28 ==== | ||
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| ==== SLUUG - November 12 ==== | ==== SLUUG - November 12 ==== | ||
| - | * BASE: Secrets of wajig by Carl Fitch | + | * BASE: What's a wajig (and why should your care) by Carl Fitch |
| * MAIN: Booting PC Style! by Rich Seibel (via Gary - need to confirm the date) | * MAIN: Booting PC Style! by Rich Seibel (via Gary - need to confirm the date) | ||
| * ABSTRACT: This is what happens BEFORE GRUB or LILO on x86 PC hardware with standard BIOS - stages 1, 2, and 3. A hardware talk, but some references to how it varies from OS to OS. NOT PXE or EFI. | * ABSTRACT: This is what happens BEFORE GRUB or LILO on x86 PC hardware with standard BIOS - stages 1, 2, and 3. A hardware talk, but some references to how it varies from OS to OS. NOT PXE or EFI. | ||
| ==== Solaris - November 18 ==== | ==== Solaris - November 18 ==== | ||
| - | * TOPIC: TBD | + | * TOPIC: TBD Jeff is at an Ambassadors meeting today in Calif. He can bring back odds & ends from there to discuss but would appreciate if ANYONE ELSE can provide a talk. (via Gary) J |
| + | Jeff Muse and Carl Fitch will be setting up a dedicated DNS server in a zone (SUN virtual machine) during the meeting. Participation will be appreciated. | ||
| ==== SNUG - November 19 ==== | ==== SNUG - November 19 ==== | ||
| - | * TOPIC: TBD | + | * TOPIC: TBD Will demo be working for the meeting? |
| ==== STLLUG - November 20 ==== | ==== STLLUG - November 20 ==== | ||
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| ==== STCLUG - November 2? ==== | ==== STCLUG - November 2? ==== | ||
| * HOLIDAY Schedule - need to avoid conflict with Thanksgiving Day | * HOLIDAY Schedule - need to avoid conflict with Thanksgiving Day | ||
| - | * TOPIC: Favorite Application Rounds (sort of like keyboard kareoke) | + | * November meeting will be canceled due to scheduling problems. |
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| ==== HZWLUG - November 25 ==== | ==== HZWLUG - November 25 ==== | ||
| * Topics are usually determined by attendees. We sometimes cover more than one. | * Topics are usually determined by attendees. We sometimes cover more than one. | ||
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| ==== SLUUG - December 10 ==== | ==== SLUUG - December 10 ==== | ||
| - | * BASE: TBD - Possibly Scott Granneman's new Google Book ???Nice to get a different speaker? (via Gary) | + | * BASE: TBD |
| + | * MAIN: Possibly Scott Granneman's new Google Book ???Nice to get a different speaker? (via Gary) | ||
| * MAIN: Social Software used in the McCain-Obama Presidential Election | * MAIN: Social Software used in the McCain-Obama Presidential Election | ||
| by Scott Granneman (via Gary) | by Scott Granneman (via Gary) | ||
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| ==== STCLUG - December 22 ==== | ==== STCLUG - December 22 ==== | ||
| * HOLIDAY Schedule - need to avoid conflict with Christmas Day | * HOLIDAY Schedule - need to avoid conflict with Christmas Day | ||
| - | * TOPIC: TBD | + | * TOPIC: Favorite Applications (sort of like keyboard kareoke). CLI or GUI. |
| ==== HOLIDAY - December 25 ==== | ==== HOLIDAY - December 25 ==== | ||
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| * Other Linux-based phones | * Other Linux-based phones | ||
| * LiMo versus Google Android | * LiMo versus Google Android | ||
| + | * Linux from scratch. | ||
| + | * Installation from source - config, make , make install, etc. | ||
| + | * SplashTop - a quick booting distro. | ||
| ====== Sponsorships ====== | ====== Sponsorships ====== | ||
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| * Carl proposed parting out those boxes. | * Carl proposed parting out those boxes. | ||
| * Craig concurred. | * Craig concurred. | ||
| + | * Jeff Muse added Ultra and Busch - Sun Netra running Solaris 10. | ||
| + | * Xepect to use one like Bud and one for backup storage | ||
| + | * Will use the 2 Sun E250s for bacdkup storage. | ||
| + | * Want to ask for a bunch of Ultra SCSI 160 or 320 speed disc drives, size 36 Gb or better. | ||
| ====== Server Migration Project ====== | ====== Server Migration Project ====== | ||
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| ====== Membership (and Shell Accounts) ====== | ====== Membership (and Shell Accounts) ====== | ||
| - | * FIXME THIS SECTION NOT CHANGED SINCE MINUTES OF SEPTEMBER 3rd MEETING: | + | * We had 2 new memberships this month. Carl will coordinate with Mike. |
| - | * We had 2 new memberships this month. | + | * Rest is tabled until next month. |
| * Membership drive | * Membership drive | ||
| * Need to print out name tags. | * Need to print out name tags. | ||
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| * FIXME THIS SECTION NOT CHANGED SINCE MINUTES OF AUGUST 6th MEETING: | * FIXME THIS SECTION NOT CHANGED SINCE MINUTES OF AUGUST 6th MEETING: | ||
| * Need new STLLUG chairperson. | * Need new STLLUG chairperson. | ||
| - | * Craig can not do anymore | + | * Need new chair. |
| + | * Craig can not do anymore. | ||
| * Structure/timing/flow of meetings | * Structure/timing/flow of meetings | ||
| - | * Need MC to run schedule at meetings | + | * working better. |
| - | * Need to leave enough time for "off-line interaction". | + | * Need more demos. |
| - | * Plan on tutorials being planned for ~20 mins. | + | |
| - | * Main presentations should plan for ~1 hour (1.5 hours at STLLUG) | + | |
| - | * Has been running more smoothly lately. | + | |
| * Lee suggested we create a Rails app on Bud to manage the group. | * Lee suggested we create a Rails app on Bud to manage the group. | ||
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| ====== Small Business Expo - 1 October ====== | ====== Small Business Expo - 1 October ====== | ||
| - | * FIXME THIS SECTION NOT CHANGED SINCE MINUTES OF SEPTEMBER 30th MEETING: | + | * SBE was again be at St. Charles Convention Center. Total cost $190. |
| - | * SBE will again be at St. Charles Convention Center. | + | * SBE was on same day as usual STEERCOM meeting. |
| - | * SBE is on same day as usual STEERCOM meeting. | + | * Very busy, excellent booth, good wall for projector image. |
| - | * This may be a problem as usual suspects won't feel like doing both. | + | * Was worthwhile. |
| - | * We decided to move STEERCOM meeting up a day. | + | * Carl getting lots of email. |
| - | * Change to STEERCOM meeting date posted on SLUUG Home Page on 8 August. | + | |
| - | * STEERCOM meeting date change listed in ANNOUNCE Events For This Week mailing. | + | |
| - | * SBE support: | + | |
| - | * Need BUSINESS ORIENTED demos - e.g. Accounting. | + | |
| - | * Need dedicated SERVER to use and demo office functions (wiki, file sharing, ..). | + | |
| - | * Will need booth helpers from 9:00 AM to 6:00 PM. | + | |
| - | * Especially need people for setup (9:00 to 11:00) and tear-down (5:00 to 6:00). | + | |
| - | * We have booth #101 | + | |
| ====== STL County Library Rooms - October 4 ====== | ====== STL County Library Rooms - October 4 ====== | ||
| * St. Louis County Library room reservations are made for next year on the first Saturday in October. | * St. Louis County Library room reservations are made for next year on the first Saturday in October. | ||
| - | * Carl Fitch made SLACC reservations for Thornehill Branch. | + | * Carl Fitch made SLACC reservations for Thornehill Branch. No January meeting. |
| - | * Phil Bunch ? Lee Lammert made STLLUG reservations for Indian Trails Branch. | + | * Suggest geeky demo of gadgets, blackberries, iPods, etc. |
| + | * Lee Lammert made STLLUG reservations for Indian Trails Branch. | ||
| * Stan Reichardt made HZWLUG reservations for Prairie Commons Branch. | * Stan Reichardt made HZWLUG reservations for Prairie Commons Branch. | ||
| ====== Domain Name for St. Charles LUG ====== | ====== Domain Name for St. Charles LUG ====== | ||
| - | * FIXME THIS SECTION NOT CHANGED SINCE MINUTES OF SEPTEMBER 30th MEETING: | + | * Scott Nesler purchased and donated www.stclug.org domain. |
| - | * Scott Nesler purchased and donated www.stclug.org domain. | + | |
| * Domain expires mid December. | * Domain expires mid December. | ||
| * Do we want to assume ownership? Otherewise Scott will let it expire. | * Do we want to assume ownership? Otherewise Scott will let it expire. | ||
| - | * Need to add to Apache configuration? | + | * Approved, we will start using. |
| + | * Need to add to Apache configuration. | ||
| ====== Other Old Business ====== | ====== Other Old Business ====== | ||
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| ====== New Business ====== | ====== New Business ====== | ||
| - | * None. | + | * |
| ====== Follow-up and Action Items ====== | ====== Follow-up and Action Items ====== | ||
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| * Craig - Contact Rick Clark (Ubuntu) about presenting at October or November STLLUG. | * Craig - Contact Rick Clark (Ubuntu) about presenting at October or November STLLUG. | ||
| * Lee - Need list to print out name tags for paying members. | * Lee - Need list to print out name tags for paying members. | ||
| - | * Carl - Follow up w/ SLACC and SNUG leaders. | + | * Carl - Follow up w/ SLACC leader. |
| - | * Carl - Set up accounts for new members. (Lee has the info.) | + | * Carl - Get with Mike to set up accounts for new members. (Lee has the info.) |
| * Barry - Follow up w/ John Hodge about a presentation in the near future. | * 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. | * Lee, Barry - Get someone from IBM to talk about POWER6, AIX 6.0, etc. | ||
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