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| ====== Date and Time ====== | ====== Date and Time ====== | ||
| * Wednesday, March 4, 2009 | * Wednesday, March 4, 2009 | ||
| - | * 6:30 PM - | + | * 6:30 PM - 9:00 PM |
| ====== Attendees ====== | ====== Attendees ====== | ||
| - | * :?: Jeff Muse | + | * Carl Fitch |
| - | * :?: Carl Fitch | + | * Mike Wilkerson |
| - | * :?: Craig Buchek | + | * Tony Lovasco |
| - | * :?: Gary Meyer | + | * Craig Buchek |
| - | * :?: Lee Lammert | + | * Don Ellis |
| - | * :?: Stan Reichardt | + | * Gary Meyer |
| + | * Stan Reichardt | ||
| + | * Jerry Stutte | ||
| + | * Jeff Muse | ||
| ====== Secretary Report ====== | ====== Secretary Report ====== | ||
| - | * Secretary has printed out minutes for prior months. (Missing October 2008 though.) | + | * Secretary has printed out minutes up through February. |
| ====== Treasurer Report ====== | ====== Treasurer Report ====== | ||
| - | * Balance: $1361.65 as of 1/31/2009 | + | * Balance: $1361.65 as of 2/28/2009 |
| * Receipts (pending submission): | * Receipts (pending submission): | ||
| * Carl - Annual registration fee to State of Missouri | * Carl - Annual registration fee to State of Missouri | ||
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| ====== Mailing List Report ====== | ====== Mailing List Report ====== | ||
| - | * Subscriber numbers (approximate) as of end of January 2009: | + | * Subscriber numbers (approximate) as of end of February 2009: |
| - | | List ^ Dec ^ Jan ^ Feb ^ Mar ^ Apr ^ May ^ Jun ^ Jul ^ Aug ^ Sep ^ Oct ^ Nov ^ Dec^ Jan ^ | + | | List ^ Jan ^ Feb ^ Mar ^ Apr ^ May ^ Jun ^ Jul ^ Aug ^ Sep ^ Oct ^ Nov ^ Dec^ Jan ^ Feb ^ |
| - | ^ ANNOUNCE | 866 | 857 | 856 | 853 | 854 | 843 | 835 | 830 | 828 | 807 | 805 | 802 | 791 | 790 | | + | ^ ANNOUNCE | 857 | 856 | 853 | 854 | 843 | 835 | 830 | 828 | 807 | 805 | 802 | 791 | 790 | 786 | |
| - | ^ DISCUSS | 185 | 185 | 185 | 186 | 1?? | 188 | 188 | 192 | 193 | 192 | 193 | 194 | 196 | 201 | | + | ^ DISCUSS | 185 | 185 | 186 | 1?? | 188 | 188 | 192 | 193 | 192 | 193 | 194 | 196 | 201 | 206 | |
| - | ^ STEERCOM | 32 | 31 | 31 | 31 | ?? | 29 | 32 | 33 | 33 | 33 | 34 | 34 | 34 | 34 | | + | ^ STEERCOM | 31 | 31 | 31 | ?? | 29 | 32 | 33 | 33 | 33 | 34 | 34 | 34 | 34 | 34 | |
| - | ^ SYSADMIN | 17 | 17 | 17 | 17 | ?? | 15 | 15 | 16 | 16 | 16 | 16 | 16 | 16 | 16 | | + | ^ SYSADMIN | 17 | 17 | 17 | ?? | 15 | 15 | 16 | 16 | 16 | 16 | 16 | 16 | 16 | 16 | |
| * Numbers will now be as end of each month. | * Numbers will now be as end of each month. | ||
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| ====== Attendance Report ====== | ====== Attendance Report ====== | ||
| - | * Numbers, as of end of January 2009: | + | * Numbers, as of end of February 2009: |
| - | | Meeting ^ Dec ^ Jan ^ Feb ^ Mar ^ Apr ^ May ^ Jun ^ Jul ^ Aug ^ Sep ^ Oct ^ Nov ^ Dec ^ Jan ^ | + | | Meeting ^ Jan ^ Feb ^ Mar ^ Apr ^ May ^ Jun ^ Jul ^ Aug ^ Sep ^ Oct ^ Nov ^ Dec ^ Jan ^ Feb ^ |
| - | ^ Steercom | 3 | 6 | 2 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 7 | 4 | 2 | 4 | 5 | 5| 6 | 6 | | + | ^ Steercom | 6 | 2 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 7 | 4 | 2 | 4 | 5 | 5| 6 | 6 | 6 | |
| - | ^ SLACC | 4 | 7 | 4 | (4)| ? | x | 6 | 9 | 8 | 6 | ? | 4| 4 | No | | + | ^ SLACC | 7 | 4 | (4)| ? | x | 6 | 9 | 8 | 6 | ? | 4| 4 | No | 6 | |
| - | ^ SLUUG | 20 | 14 | 12 | 23 | 17 | 31 | 18 | 17 | 15 | 18 | 21 | 20| 27 | 24 | | + | ^ SLUUG | 14 | 12 | 23 | 17 | 31 | 18 | 17 | 15 | 18 | 21 | 20| 27 | 24 | 23 | |
| - | ^ STLOSUG | No | 13 | No | 6 | No | 20 | 10 | No | 12 | No | 11 | 10| 7 | 6 | | + | ^ STLOSUG | 13 | No | 6 | No | 20 | 10 | No | 12 | No | 11 | 10| 7 | 6 | xxx | |
| - | ^ SNUG | NA | NA | NA | NA | NA | NA | 5 | 4 | No | 5 | 3 | 5?| No | 7 | | + | ^ SNUG | NA | NA | NA | NA | NA | 5 | 4 | No | 5 | 3 | 5?| No | 7 | xxx | |
| - | ^ STLLUG | 20 | 17 | No | 16 | 17 | 29 | 22 | 20 | 23 | 13 | 15 | 11| 10 | 19 | | + | ^ STLLUG | 17 | No | 16 | 17 | 29 | 22 | 20 | 23 | 13 | 15 | 11| 10 | 19 | 32 | |
| - | ^ STCLUG | 11 | 9 | 11 | 3 | 13 | 5 | 6 | 3 | 6 | 3 | 19 | No| 6 | 11? | | + | ^ STCLUG | 9 | 11 | 3 | 13 | 5 | 6 | 3 | 6 | 3 | 19 | No| 6 | 11? | 12 | |
| - | ^ HZWLUG | 9 | 10 | 11 | 14 | 11 | 11 | 10 | 11 | 12 | 9 | 11 | 9| 4 | 2 | | + | ^ HZWLUG | 10 | 11 | 14 | 11 | 11 | 10 | 11 | 12 | 9 | 11 | 9| 4 | 2 | 8 | |
| + | ^ MythTV | No | No | No | No | No | No | No | No | No | No | No| No | No | 8 | | ||
| * No - indicates no meeting. | * No - indicates no meeting. | ||
| * NA - Not part of SLUUG | * NA - Not part of SLUUG | ||
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| * ? - Question mark indicates attendance not taken or sheet missing. | * ? - Question mark indicates attendance not taken or sheet missing. | ||
| * xx - attendance numbers not yet recorded. | * xx - attendance numbers not yet recorded. | ||
| - | * Dropped reference to LDAP meetings. | + | * Added MythTV as a SIG. |
| ====== Meeting Review and Comments ====== | ====== Meeting Review and Comments ====== | ||
| - | |||
| - | ==== SLACC - January 1 ==== | ||
| - | * HIATUS - Holiday schedule. No Meeting. | ||
| - | |||
| - | ==== SLUUG - January 14 ==== | ||
| - | * Back to back meeting dates with STLLUG. | ||
| - | * BASE: The ps Command by Carl Fitch | ||
| - | * Good. Thorough. Coverage from basics to advanced. | ||
| - | * MAIN: The bash Shell by Jeff Muse | ||
| - | * Excellent. Good interaction. Good slides. | ||
| - | |||
| - | ==== STLLUG - January 15 ==== | ||
| - | * Back to back meeting dates with SLUUG. | ||
| - | * TOPIC: Hi-Def and Digital TV by Craig Buchek | ||
| - | * Technical difficulties - no Internet (presentation was going to be on web) | ||
| - | * Some hands-on with Stanford's new TV and some antennas. | ||
| - | * Decent, considering difficulties. | ||
| - | |||
| - | ==== Solaris - January 20 ==== | ||
| - | * TOPIC: Dedicated DNS Server in a Zone, Continued by Jeff Muse | ||
| - | * Covered various other topics: | ||
| - | * iLo (Integreated Lights-Out Management) | ||
| - | * Solaris Volume Manger | ||
| - | * Solaris memory requirements | ||
| - | |||
| - | ==== SNUG - January 21 ==== | ||
| - | * TOPIC: Teaming and Conferencing Demo by Gary Hollingsworth | ||
| - | * Very informative. Good demo. | ||
| - | |||
| - | ==== STCLUG - January 22 ==== | ||
| - | * TOPIC: Software RAID by Carl Fitch | ||
| - | * Lots of introductory questions asked. | ||
| - | |||
| - | ==== HZWLUG - January 27 ==== | ||
| - | * Topics are usually determined by attendees. We sometimes cover more than one. | ||
| - | * Severe Winter weather shut down HZWLUG early. | ||
| - | |||
| - | ====== Presentation Schedule ====== | ||
| ===== February 2009 ===== | ===== February 2009 ===== | ||
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| ==== SLACC - February 5 ==== | ==== SLACC - February 5 ==== | ||
| * Linux configuration - no presentation | * Linux configuration - no presentation | ||
| - | * Balloting. | ||
| ==== SLUUG - February 11 ==== | ==== SLUUG - February 11 ==== | ||
| * BASE: Different diffs by Stan Reichardt | * BASE: Different diffs by Stan Reichardt | ||
| + | * Interesting. | ||
| * MAIN: Netbooks (Miniature Notebooks) by various via Carl | * MAIN: Netbooks (Miniature Notebooks) by various via Carl | ||
| + | * Good - 4 or 5 people brought machines and talked. | ||
| * Official Annual Meeting. | * Official Annual Meeting. | ||
| - | * Balloting. | + | * Gary has the minutes. |
| ==== Solaris - February 17 ==== | ==== Solaris - February 17 ==== | ||
| * TOPIC: Dedicated DNS Server in a Zone, Continued by Jeff Muse | * TOPIC: Dedicated DNS Server in a Zone, Continued by Jeff Muse | ||
| - | * Balloting. | + | * Actual topic: Solaris Volume Manager by Steve Smith |
| ==== SNUG - February 18 ==== | ==== SNUG - February 18 ==== | ||
| - | * TOPIC: TBD | + | * TOPIC: Novell Storage Manager version 2.5 |
| - | * Balloting. | + | * Good. Canned video presentation, with demos. |
| ==== STLLUG - February 19 ==== | ==== STLLUG - February 19 ==== | ||
| * TOPIC: Mozilla-based Apps: Miro (formerly Democracy TV), Songbird, Komodo by Craig Buchek | * TOPIC: Mozilla-based Apps: Miro (formerly Democracy TV), Songbird, Komodo by Craig Buchek | ||
| - | * Balloting. | + | * No Internet - AGAIN - made it difficult demo some things |
| ==== HZWLUG - February 24 ==== | ==== HZWLUG - February 24 ==== | ||
| * Topics are usually determined by attendees. We sometimes cover more than one. | * Topics are usually determined by attendees. We sometimes cover more than one. | ||
| - | * OPTION1: Continued exploration of /var directory. | + | * TOPIC1: Demo of SimplyMEPIS version 8.0 distribution of Linux. |
| - | * OPTION2: Exploring the GNOME File Manager | + | * TOPIC2: Best Introduction to Linux, man (1) intro, info, pinfo, KDE Help, Gnome Help, etc. |
| - | * OPTION3: Partitions | + | * TOPIC3: Using X Window System to access remote machines. (SSH X forwarding) |
| - | * OPTION4: Anything else. | + | |
| - | * Balloting. | + | |
| ==== STCLUG - February 26 ==== | ==== STCLUG - February 26 ==== | ||
| - | * TOPIC: TBD | + | * TOPIC: Google Apps Experiences by Jim Roe |
| - | * Balloting. | + | * Really good. Should re-visit at a future STLLUG meeting. |
| ==== MYTHTV - February 28 ==== | ==== MYTHTV - February 28 ==== | ||
| * TOPIC: Installation and Troubleshooting by various | * TOPIC: Installation and Troubleshooting by various | ||
| - | * Balloting. | + | * Went well. Got 3 machines running. |
| + | |||
| + | ====== Presentation Schedule ====== | ||
| ===== March 2009 ===== | ===== March 2009 ===== | ||
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| 29 30 31 | 29 30 31 | ||
| </code> | </code> | ||
| + | |||
| + | ==== SLACC - March 5 ==== | ||
| + | * Linux configuration - no presentation | ||
| ==== SLUUG - March 11 ==== | ==== SLUUG - March 11 ==== | ||
| - | * BASE: TBD | + | * BASE: Internet Tablet Demo by Jerry Stutte |
| - | * MAIN: Enterprise DB (web-based) TENTATIVE via Carl | + | * MAIN: March Through Linux /proc by Carl |
| ==== Solaris - March 17 ==== | ==== Solaris - March 17 ==== | ||
| - | * TOPIC: TBD | + | * TOPIC: Continuation of System Build |
| ==== SNUG - March 18 ==== | ==== SNUG - March 18 ==== | ||
| * TOPIC: TBD | * TOPIC: TBD | ||
| + | |||
| + | ==== StL Business Expo Macrh 18 ==== | ||
| + | * SLUUG Booth | ||
| + | * See Discussion Below | ||
| ==== STLLUG - March 19 ==== | ==== STLLUG - March 19 ==== | ||
| - | * TOPIC: TBD | + | * TOPIC: Podcasting and New Media by Mike Wilkerson |
| ==== HZWLUG - March 24 ==== | ==== HZWLUG - March 24 ==== | ||
| * Topics are usually determined by attendees. We sometimes cover more than one. | * Topics are usually determined by attendees. We sometimes cover more than one. | ||
| * OPTION1: Continued exploration of /var directory. | * OPTION1: Continued exploration of /var directory. | ||
| - | * OPTION2: Exploring the GNOME File Manager | + | * OPTION2: Exploring the GNOME File Manager. |
| - | * OPTION3: Partitions | + | * OPTION3: Partitions. |
| * OPTION4: Anything else. | * OPTION4: Anything else. | ||
| ==== STCLUG - March 26 ==== | ==== STCLUG - March 26 ==== | ||
| - | * TOPIC: TBD | + | * TOPIC: Bulk Deployment with Linux by Tony Lovasco |
| + | * PLANNING: Ubuntu Release Party | ||
| + | |||
| + | ==== MythTV - NO MARCH MEETING ==== | ||
| + | * This SIG meets at irregular intervals. | ||
| ===== April 2009 ===== | ===== April 2009 ===== | ||
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| ==== SLUUG - April 8 ==== | ==== SLUUG - April 8 ==== | ||
| - | * BASE: TBD | + | * BASE: GNU screen by Jeff Muse |
| - | * Main: Live Demo IBM Virtulization by Sammie Allam, IBM (via Lee) | + | * Main: Live Demo IBM Virtualization by Sammie Allam, IBM (via Lee) |
| + | |||
| + | ==== SNUG - April 15 ==== | ||
| + | * TOPIC: TBD | ||
| + | |||
| + | ==== STLLUG - April 16 ==== | ||
| + | * TOPIC: Open Source on the Desktop: Why Not? | ||
| + | * by Don Hardaway and Craig Van Slyke (St. Louis University) (TENTATIVE, via Gary) | ||
| + | * See first article [[http://lwn.net/Articles/293907/ | here]] | ||
| + | |||
| + | ==== STLOSUG (Solaris) - April 21 ==== | ||
| + | * TOPIC: Continuation of System Build | ||
| + | |||
| + | ==== STCLUG - April 23 ==== | ||
| + | * TOPIC: Google Calendar by Stan Reichardt | ||
| + | * TOPIC: Google Gadgets by Jerry Stutte | ||
| + | |||
| + | ==== HZWLUG - April 28 ==== | ||
| + | * Topics are usually determined by attendees. We sometimes cover more than one. | ||
| + | |||
| + | ==== MythTV - NO APRIL MEETING ==== | ||
| + | * This SIG meets at irregular intervals. | ||
| ====== Potential Presenters ====== | ====== Potential Presenters ====== | ||
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| * Scott Nesler | * Scott Nesler | ||
| * TOPIC: GIMP (follow-up from previous presentation) | * TOPIC: GIMP (follow-up from previous presentation) | ||
| + | * TOPIC: PGP and GPG | ||
| * Jeff Muse | * Jeff Muse | ||
| * TOPIC: various Solaris topics | * TOPIC: various Solaris topics | ||
| - | * Ed Howland (via Gary) | ||
| - | * TOPIC: Last.fm, Amarok, etc. - free music downloads | ||
| - | * TOPIC: Building a modern kernel | ||
| * Stan Reichardt | * Stan Reichardt | ||
| * TOPIC/DEMO: Google Calendar | * TOPIC/DEMO: Google Calendar | ||
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| * TOPIC: Untangle Gateway Platform | * TOPIC: Untangle Gateway Platform | ||
| * TOPIC: CentOS Linux | * TOPIC: CentOS Linux | ||
| - | * unknown (via Carl) | ||
| - | * TOPIC: EnterpriseDB (packaged version of PostgreSQL) | ||
| - | * Would be a video-conference, so requires solving logistics problems | ||
| * Don Ellis | * Don Ellis | ||
| * Mac OS X Snow Leopard | * Mac OS X Snow Leopard | ||
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| * Ruby on Rails | * Ruby on Rails | ||
| * Test-Driven Development (or get Brian Button, if possible) | * Test-Driven Development (or get Brian Button, if possible) | ||
| + | * Jerry Stutte | ||
| + | * OpenGL | ||
| + | * Tony Lovasco | ||
| + | * Patent-Free Codecs (Ogg Vorbis, Ogg Theora, FLAC, Dirac) STLLUG - May 20 | ||
| + | * Mike Wilkerson | ||
| + | * Round-Table on Joe Linux User (moderator) | ||
| ====== Potential Topics ====== | ====== Potential Topics ====== | ||
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| * Thunderbird Enigmail | * Thunderbird Enigmail | ||
| * KMail | * KMail | ||
| + | * Google Android | ||
| + | * Gateway and STL JUGs both recently had presentations | ||
| - | ====== Prep for February Elections ====== | + | ====== Results of February Elections ====== |
| + | * Stan determined eligible voters and sorted the submitted ballots. | ||
| + | * Ballots were opened and counted at the Steering Committee meeting. | ||
| * Two Board openings. | * Two Board openings. | ||
| - | * Terms expiring for Lee Lammert and Stan Reichardt. | + | * 1st Board Member - Jeff Muse |
| - | * Jeff Muse added to ballot. | + | * 2nd Board Member - Lee Lammert |
| - | * Nominate warm bodies. | + | * SLUUG Officers: |
| - | * Determine eligible voters. | + | * President - Gary Meyer |
| - | * Stan working on it. | + | * Vice-President - Stan Reichart |
| - | * Print ballots. | + | * Treasurer - Lee Lammert |
| - | * STLLUG and STCLUG chair positions will be write-in only. | + | * Secretary - Craig Buchek |
| + | * STLLUG chair - Phil Bunch | ||
| + | * STCLUG chair - Carl Fitch | ||
| + | * NOTE: See Board Meeting at bottom | ||
| ====== Small Business Expo ====== | ====== Small Business Expo ====== | ||
| + | * QB demo for the SBE - can anyone help get it working? | ||
| + | * SBE Flyers - Lee has 50 flyers if anyone would like some. | ||
| + | |||
| * Small Business Expo is March 18. | * Small Business Expo is March 18. | ||
| * Lee has signed up for a booth -- same one as last time. | * Lee has signed up for a booth -- same one as last time. | ||
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| * Gary renewed STCLUG.ORG domain. | * Gary renewed STCLUG.ORG domain. | ||
| * Craig added to Apache configuration, so it now runs off our servers properly. | * Craig added to Apache configuration, so it now runs off our servers properly. | ||
| + | * Craig will add DNS records on our EveryDNS account. | ||
| * Gary needs to create DNS records in EveryDNS and point the domain at EveryDNS. | * Gary needs to create DNS records in EveryDNS and point the domain at EveryDNS. | ||
| * Currently pointing at GoDaddy parking page. | * Currently pointing at GoDaddy parking page. | ||
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| * Check on SLACC.ORG - seems to be owned by a cybersquatter. | * Check on SLACC.ORG - seems to be owned by a cybersquatter. | ||
| * Noel asked that we allow current email users to keep their SLACC.COM email addresses. | * Noel asked that we allow current email users to keep their SLACC.COM email addresses. | ||
| + | * ACTION ITEM: Carl, Gary - Transfer and renew SLACC.COM domain. | ||
| ====== StlWebDev ====== | ====== StlWebDev ====== | ||
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| ====== Server Admin ====== | ====== Server Admin ====== | ||
| + | * Craig updated DokuWiki to the latest version. | ||
| + | * Partitions on Bud are getting full. | ||
| + | * Home and var partitions. | ||
| + | * Tony will look into prices for 9 SCA hard drives - 36 GB and 72 GB. | ||
| + | * Jeff installed Solaris 10 on the E250 with the hard drives. | ||
| + | * Ran into mirroring issues, due to disk sizes. | ||
| * Omnitec offered to provide secondary DNS for us. | * Omnitec offered to provide secondary DNS for us. | ||
| * We would provide secondary DNS for them. | * We would provide secondary DNS for them. | ||
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| ====== Sponsorships ====== | ====== Sponsorships ====== | ||
| - | * Current paying sponsors have been asked to renew with nice letter in April. | + | * Tony Lovasco will look into getting some sponsorships. |
| - | * 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. | + | |
| - | * Need suggestions for following up with and attracting potential sponsors. | + | |
| ====== Membership (and Shell Accounts) ====== | ====== Membership (and Shell Accounts) ====== | ||
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| * Gary suggests we talk about what can be done about the declining subscriptions to ANNOUNCE. | * Gary suggests we talk about what can be done about the declining subscriptions to ANNOUNCE. | ||
| * A ~20% drop in 18 months! (And it was over 1000...when?) | * A ~20% drop in 18 months! (And it was over 1000...when?) | ||
| - | * Craig has a stuffed penguin to give away as a door prize. | + | * Craig gave away a stuffed penguin as a door prize. |
| - | * Will give it to whoever brings the most (new, returning) people to STLLUG meeting. | + | * Had stated that whoever brought the most (new, returning) people to STLLUG meeting. |
| + | * Tony Z won the penguin, bringing his Linux class to the meeting. | ||
| + | |||
| + | ====== Ubuntu Release Party ====== | ||
| + | * Rick Clark from Canonical proposed SLUUG sponsor an Ubuntu release party. | ||
| + | * Official Name: Free Software and Technology Expo | ||
| + | * Date will be 2nd Saturday in May - May 9. | ||
| + | * Runs from 4 PM to 9 PM | ||
| + | * Setup from 3 PM to 4 PM | ||
| + | * Tony Lovasco from Nexradix paid for [[http://www.westportstl.com | Westport Plaza]] location. | ||
| + | * Sheraton (900 Westport Plaza) - gold tower | ||
| + | * Tony is registering [[http://freesoftwareexpo.com | freesoftwareexpo.com]] | ||
| + | * Single ballroom - 75' x 30' | ||
| + | * Tables in a horseshoe, with projector | ||
| + | * Booths around the edges | ||
| + | * SLUUG membership desk | ||
| + | * Potential Presentations (4) | ||
| + | * something by Rick Clark of Canonical / Ubuntu | ||
| + | * Open Source Licensing: What You Need to Know by Craig Buchek | ||
| + | * something by Scott Granneman (TENTATIVE) | ||
| + | * something security-related by Christine Wanta | ||
| + | * Open Source in an Economic Downturn by Craig Buchek (ALTERNATE) | ||
| ====== Other Old Business ====== | ====== Other Old Business ====== | ||
| - | * Anything? | + | * None |
| - | + | ||
| - | ====== MythTV SIG ====== | + | |
| - | * MythTV SIG - Should this be an official SLUUG Special Interest Group (SIG)? | + | |
| - | * Yes, unanimous support. | + | |
| - | + | ||
| - | ====== Ubuntu ====== | + | |
| - | * Rick Clark from Canonical proposed SLUUG sponsor an Ubuntu release party. | + | |
| - | * Spoke w/ Carl. | + | |
| - | * Need to finalize date. | + | |
| - | * Will be 2nd Saturday in May - May 9. | + | |
| - | * Will be somewhere in Westport Plaza. | + | |
| - | * Tony Lavasco from Nexradix volunteered to pay for the location. | + | |
| ====== Other New Business ====== | ====== Other New Business ====== | ||
| - | * Nothing. | + | * None |
| ====== Blue Sky ====== | ====== Blue Sky ====== | ||
| - | * Nothing. | + | * Stan asked if we can get some stats out of our web server. |
| + | * awstats | ||
| + | * Webalizer | ||
| - | ====== Completed Action Items ====== | + | ====== Recognize Useful Effort ====== |
| + | * Recognize completed action items. | ||
| * Recognize who did anything useful. | * Recognize who did anything useful. | ||
| - | * Craig - printed out minutes from previous months. | + | * Stan did all the work required for the election. |
| - | * Stan - updated web sites, calendars, ANNOUNCE. | + | * Printed ballots. |
| - | * Gary - emceed. | + | * Validated submitted ballots. |
| + | * Jeff got one of the Sun E250s loaded. | ||
| + | |||
| + | ====== Board Meeting ====== | ||
| + | * A board meeting was held from 8:49 - 8:52. | ||
| + | * Carl Fitch, Craig Buchek, and Jeff Muse were in attendance. | ||
| + | * Stan Reichardt, retiring board member was also in attendance. | ||
| + | * Carl moved that the (new) board accepted the advisory vote of the members with 2 exceptions: | ||
| + | * Gary Meyer did not accept the position of President. | ||
| + | * Carl Fitch accepted the position. | ||
| + | * It is suspected that Phil Bunch will not accept position of STLLUG chair. | ||
| + | * Craig Buchek agreed to accept the position, if Phil does not accept. | ||
| + | * Jeff Muse seconded the motion. | ||
| + | * The motion was passed unanimously. | ||
| + | * Carl moved that we adjourn the meeting. | ||
| + | * Craig seconded. | ||
| ====== Follow-up and Action Items ====== | ====== Follow-up and Action Items ====== | ||
| - | * Carl, Gary - Transfer and renew SLACC.COM domain. | ||
| - | * Gary - Renew STLLINUX.ORG. | ||
| - | * Gary - Contact Don Hardaway and Craig Van Slyke (St. Louis University). | ||
| - | * Gary, Stan - Election preparation. | ||
| - | * 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. | ||
| - | * Jeff Muse - Work on Sun boxes at Primary. | ||
| - | * 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. (March?) | ||
| - | |||
| * Everyone - Talk to someone about coming to meetings. | * Everyone - Talk to someone about coming to meetings. | ||
| * Everyone - Talk to someone about sponsorships. | * Everyone - Talk to someone about sponsorships. | ||
| * Everyone - Talk to someone about giving a presentation. | * Everyone - Talk to someone about giving a presentation. | ||
| + | * Gary - Update STLLINUX.ORG to show 3 names in WHOIS data. | ||
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