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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 ====== | ||
* Carl Fitch | * Carl Fitch | ||
* Mike Wilkerson | * Mike Wilkerson | ||
- | * Tony Lovasco (from Nexradix) | + | * Tony Lovasco |
* Craig Buchek | * Craig Buchek | ||
* Don Ellis | * Don Ellis | ||
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====== Treasurer Report ====== | ====== Treasurer Report ====== | ||
- | * No report. | + | * Balance: $1361.65 as of 2/28/2009 |
- | * Balance: $1361.65 as of 1/31/2009 | + | |
* 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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====== Presentation Schedule ====== | ====== Presentation Schedule ====== | ||
- | * FEB ACTION ITEM: * Gary - Contact Don Hardaway and Craig Van Slyke (St. Louis University). | ||
- | * FEB ACTION ITEM: * Craig - Contact Rick Clark (Ubuntu) about presenting at October or November STLLUG. | ||
- | * FEB ACTION ITEM: * Barry - Follow up w/ John Hodge about a presentation in the near future. | ||
- | * FEB ACTION ITEM: * Lee, Barry - Get someone from IBM to talk about POWER6, AIX 6.0, etc. (March?) | ||
===== March 2009 ===== | ===== March 2009 ===== | ||
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==== 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 - March 28 ==== | + | ==== MythTV - NO MARCH MEETING ==== |
* This SIG meets at irregular intervals. | * 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 ==== | ==== SNUG - April 15 ==== | ||
* TOPIC: TBD | * TOPIC: TBD | ||
- | * | ||
==== STLLUG - April 16 ==== | ==== STLLUG - April 16 ==== | ||
- | * TOPIC: TBD | + | * 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]] | |
- | ==== StL Business Expo April 18 ==== | + | |
- | * SLUUG Booth | + | |
- | * See Discussion Below | + | |
==== STLOSUG (Solaris) - April 21 ==== | ==== STLOSUG (Solaris) - April 21 ==== | ||
- | * TOPIC: TBD | + | * TOPIC: Continuation of System Build |
- | * | + | |
==== STCLUG - April 23 ==== | ==== STCLUG - April 23 ==== | ||
- | * TOPIC: TBD | + | * TOPIC: Google Calendar by Stan Reichardt |
- | * | + | * TOPIC: Google Gadgets by Jerry Stutte |
==== HZWLUG - April 28 ==== | ==== HZWLUG - April 28 ==== | ||
* Topics are usually determined by attendees. We sometimes cover more than one. | * 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 | ||
====== Results of February Elections ====== | ====== Results of February Elections ====== | ||
- | FIXME | + | * Stan determined eligible voters and sorted the submitted ballots. |
- | * FEB ACTION ITEM: * Gary, Stan - Election preparation. | + | * Ballots were opened and counted at the Steering Committee meeting. |
- | * Determine eligible voters. | + | |
- | * Stan working on it. | + | |
* Two Board openings. | * Two Board openings. | ||
- | * 1st Board Member | + | * 1st Board Member - Jeff Muse |
- | * 2nd Board Member | + | * 2nd Board Member - Lee Lammert |
* SLUUG Officers: | * SLUUG Officers: | ||
- | * President | + | * President - Gary Meyer |
- | * Vice-President | + | * Vice-President - Stan Reichart |
- | * Secretary | + | * Treasurer - Lee Lammert |
- | * Treasurer | + | * Secretary - Craig Buchek |
- | * STLLUG chair | + | * STLLUG chair - Phil Bunch |
- | * STCLUG chair | + | * STCLUG chair - Carl Fitch |
+ | * NOTE: See Board Meeting at bottom | ||
====== Small Business Expo ====== | ====== Small Business Expo ====== | ||
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* SBE Flyers - Lee has 50 flyers if anyone would like some. | * SBE Flyers - Lee has 50 flyers if anyone would like some. | ||
- | FIXME | ||
* 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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====== STCLUG ====== | ====== STCLUG ====== | ||
- | FIXME | ||
* Scott Nesler purchased and donated STCLUG.ORG domain. | * Scott Nesler purchased and donated STCLUG.ORG domain. | ||
* 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. | ||
====== SLACC ====== | ====== SLACC ====== | ||
- | FIXME | ||
* Need to register SLACC.COM domain. | * Need to register SLACC.COM domain. | ||
* Carl - follow up with Noel about transferring the SLACC.COM domain to us. | * Carl - follow up with Noel about transferring the SLACC.COM domain to us. | ||
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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. | ||
- | * FEB ACTION ITEM: Carl, Gary - Transfer and renew SLACC.COM domain. | + | * ACTION ITEM: Carl, Gary - Transfer and renew SLACC.COM domain. |
====== StlWebDev ====== | ====== StlWebDev ====== | ||
- | FIXME | ||
* Lee proposed resurrecting StlWebDev as a SLUUG SIG. | * Lee proposed resurrecting StlWebDev as a SLUUG SIG. | ||
* Lee spoke w/ Allan Trick, president of (now-defunct) StlWebDev group. | * Lee spoke w/ Allan Trick, president of (now-defunct) StlWebDev group. | ||
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====== Server Admin ====== | ====== Server Admin ====== | ||
- | FIXME | + | * 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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====== Server Management ====== | ====== Server Management ====== | ||
- | FIXME | ||
* Backups | * Backups | ||
* Work left to do: | * Work left to do: | ||
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* Document useradd process. | * Document useradd process. | ||
* Develop standardized 'Membership List' & same UIDs on all production machines. | * Develop standardized 'Membership List' & same UIDs on all production machines. | ||
- | * FEB ACTION ITEM: * Jeff Muse - Work on Sun boxes at Primary. | ||
====== Sponsorships ====== | ====== Sponsorships ====== | ||
- | FIXME | + | * Tony Lovasco will look into getting some 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. | + | |
- | * Need suggestions for following up with and attracting potential sponsors. | + | |
====== Membership (and Shell Accounts) ====== | ====== Membership (and Shell Accounts) ====== | ||
- | FIXME | ||
* Craig had a discussion with Jim Leingang about membership, and got several suggestions. | * Craig had a discussion with Jim Leingang about membership, and got several suggestions. | ||
* Assign small task to more members, so they feel more a part of the organization. | * Assign small task to more members, so they feel more a part of the organization. | ||
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====== Manage The Group ====== | ====== Manage The Group ====== | ||
- | FIXME | ||
* 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. | ||
* Member data - payments, expirations, etc. | * Member data - payments, expirations, etc. | ||
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====== Low Numbers ====== | ====== Low Numbers ====== | ||
- | FIXME | ||
* Gary suggests we discuss why the #s on the general meeting and STLLUG are so low! | * Gary suggests we discuss why the #s on the general meeting and STLLUG are so low! | ||
* What can be done to return them to more traditional values? | * What can be done to return them to more traditional values? | ||
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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. | |
- | ====== Other Old Business ====== | + | |
- | FIXME | + | |
- | * Anything? | + | |
- | + | ||
- | ====== STLLINUX Domain Renewal ====== | + | |
- | * FEB ACTION ITEM: * Gary - Renew STLLINUX.ORG. | + | |
- | * Domain Name:STLLINUX.ORG | + | |
- | * Created On:09-Feb-2000 14:23:55 UTC | + | |
- | * Last Updated On:10-Feb-2009 01:22:56 UTC | + | |
- | * Expiration Date:09-Feb-2010 14:23:55 UTC | + | |
- | * Sponsoring Registrar:Dotster, Inc. (R34-LROR) | + | |
- | * Status:OK | + | |
- | * Only Craig's name is listed by "whois" | + | |
====== Ubuntu Release Party ====== | ====== Ubuntu Release Party ====== | ||
* Rick Clark from Canonical proposed SLUUG sponsor an 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. | * Date will be 2nd Saturday in May - May 9. | ||
- | * Tony Lavasco from Nexradix payed for Westport Plaza location. | + | * 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 ====== | ||
+ | * None | ||
====== Other New Business ====== | ====== Other New Business ====== | ||
- | FIXME | + | * None |
- | * Anything? | + | |
====== Blue Sky ====== | ====== Blue Sky ====== | ||
- | FIXME | + | * Stan asked if we can get some stats out of our web server. |
- | * Anything? | + | * awstats |
+ | * Webalizer | ||
====== Recognize Useful Effort ====== | ====== Recognize Useful Effort ====== | ||
- | FIXME | ||
* Recognize completed action items. | * Recognize completed action items. | ||
* Recognize who did anything useful. | * Recognize who did anything useful. | ||
- | * | + | * Stan did all the work required for the election. |
+ | * Printed ballots. | ||
+ | * 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 ====== | ||
- | * FEB ACTION ITEM: * Lee - Need list to print out name tags for paying members. | + | * Lee - Need list to print out name tags for paying members. |
* 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. | ||