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| ====== Date and Time ====== | ====== Date and Time ====== | ||
| * Wednesday, May 6, 2009 | * Wednesday, May 6, 2009 | ||
| - | * 6:30 PM - | + | * 6:30 PM - 8:05 PM |
| ====== Attendees ====== | ====== Attendees ====== | ||
| - | * Craig Buchek | ||
| - | * Carl Fitch | ||
| - | * Barry Morrison | ||
| - | * :?: Gary Meyer | ||
| - | * :?: Jerry Stutte | ||
| - | * Lee Lammert | ||
| * Jeff Muse | * Jeff Muse | ||
| - | * :?: Mike Wilkerson | + | * Craig Buchek |
| + | * Barry Morrison | ||
| + | * Lee Lammert | ||
| + | * Carl Fitch | ||
| * Stan Reichardt | * Stan Reichardt | ||
| - | * :?: Tony Lovasco | + | * Gary Meyer |
| + | * Tony Lovasco | ||
| ====== Secretary Report ====== | ====== Secretary Report ====== | ||
| - | FIXME | ||
| * Secretary has printed out minutes up through March. | * Secretary has printed out minutes up through March. | ||
| ====== Treasurer Report ====== | ====== Treasurer Report ====== | ||
| - | FIXME | + | * Balance: $1271.62 as of 3/31/2009 |
| - | * Balance: $1361.65 as of 2/28/2009 | + | |
| * Accounts Payable: $100.00 for booth at Small Business Expo | * Accounts Payable: $100.00 for booth at Small Business Expo | ||
| * Accounts Paid: $90.03 for electricity at Small Business Expo | * Accounts Paid: $90.03 for electricity at Small Business Expo | ||
| ====== Mailing List Report ====== | ====== Mailing List Report ====== | ||
| - | FIXME | ||
| * Subscriber numbers (approximate) as of end of April 2009: | * Subscriber numbers (approximate) as of end of April 2009: | ||
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| ====== Attendance Report ====== | ====== Attendance Report ====== | ||
| - | FIXME | ||
| * Numbers, as of end of April 2009: | * Numbers, as of end of April 2009: | ||
| | Meeting ^ Apr ^ May ^ Jun ^ Jul ^ Aug ^ Sep ^ Oct ^ Nov ^ Dec ^ Jan ^ Feb ^ Mar ^ Apr ^ | | Meeting ^ Apr ^ May ^ Jun ^ Jul ^ Aug ^ Sep ^ Oct ^ Nov ^ Dec ^ Jan ^ Feb ^ Mar ^ Apr ^ | ||
| - | ^ Steercom | 4 | 4 | 7 | 4 | 2 | 4 | 5 | 5| 6 | 6 | 6 | 9 | 8 | | + | ^ Steercom | 4 | 4 | 7 | 4 | 2 | 4 | 5 | 5| 6 | 6 | 6 | 9 | 8 | |
| - | ^ SLACC | ? | x | 6 | 9 | 8 | 6 | ? | 4| 4 | - | 6 | 5 | 6 | | + | ^ SLACC | ? | x | 6 | 9 | 8 | 6 | ? | 4| 4 | - | 6 | 5 | 6 | |
| - | ^ SLUUG | 17 | 31 | 18 | 17 | 15 | 18 | 21 | 20| 27 | 24 | 23 | 18 | 32 | | + | ^ SLUUG | 17 | 31 | 18 | 17 | 15 | 18 | 21 | 20| 27 | 24 | 23 | 18 | 32 | |
| - | ^ STLOSUG | - | 20 | 10 | - | 12 | - | 11 | 10| 7 | 6 | xxx | 8 | xx | | + | ^ STLOSUG | - | 20 | 10 | - | 12 | - | 11 | 10| 7 | 6 | xxx | 8 | 13 | |
| - | ^ SNUG | NA | NA | 5 | 4 | - | 5 | 3 | 5?| - | 7 | xxx | - | xx | | + | ^ SNUG | NA | NA | 5 | 4 | - | 5 | 3 | 5?| - | 7 | xxx | - | ? | |
| - | ^ STLLUG | 17 | 29 | 22 | 20 | 23 | 13 | 15 | 11| 10 | 19 | 32 |18(21)| xx | | + | ^ STLLUG | 17 | 29 | 22 | 20 | 23 | 13 | 15 | 11| 10 | 19 | 32 |18(21)| 20 | |
| - | ^ STCLUG | 13 | 5 | 6 | 3 | 6 | 3 | 19 | -| 6 | 11? | 12 | 9 | 10 | | + | ^ STCLUG | 13 | 5 | 6 | 3 | 6 | 3 | 19 | -| 6 | 11? | 12 | 9 | 10 | |
| - | ^ HZWLUG | 11 | 11 | 10 | 11 | 12 | 9 | 11 | 9| 4 | 2 | 8 | 7 | 11 | | + | ^ HZWLUG | 11 | 11 | 10 | 11 | 12 | 9 | 11 | 9| 4 | 2 | 8 | 7 | 11 | |
| - | ^ MythTV | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | -| - | - | 8 | - | - | | + | ^ MythTV | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | -| - | - | 8 | - | - | |
| * - - indicates no meeting. | * - - indicates no meeting. | ||
| * NA - Not part of SLUUG | * NA - Not part of SLUUG | ||
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| ==== SLUUG - April 8 ==== | ==== SLUUG - April 8 ==== | ||
| * BASE: GNU screen by Jeff Muse | * BASE: GNU screen by Jeff Muse | ||
| + | * Good. Lots of us learned a lot. | ||
| + | * Started and finished on time! | ||
| + | * MAIN: WordPress by Craig Buchek (backup) | ||
| + | * Good. | ||
| + | * Started and finished on time! | ||
| * Canceled Main: Live Demo of IBM Virtualization by Barry Morrison, IBM (via Lee) | * Canceled Main: Live Demo of IBM Virtualization by Barry Morrison, IBM (via Lee) | ||
| - | * | ||
| - | * MAIN: WordPress by Craig Buchek (was backup) | ||
| - | * | ||
| ==== STLLUG - April 16 ==== | ==== STLLUG - April 16 ==== | ||
| - | * TOPIC: Open Source on the Desktop: Why Not? (TENTATIVE, via Gary) | + | * TOPIC: Open Source on the Desktop: Why Not? by Don Hardaway (St. Louis University) |
| - | * by Don Hardaway and Craig Van Slyke (St. Louis University) | + | * Started out good, ebbed in the middle (too much preaching to the choir), finished strong. |
| - | * See first article [[http://lwn.net/Articles/293907/ | here]] | + | * Good person to have as a friend of the group. |
| ==== STLOSUG (Solaris) - April 21 ==== | ==== STLOSUG (Solaris) - April 21 ==== | ||
| - | * TOPIC: Continuation of System Build - DNS | + | * TOPIC: Continuation of System Build - Live Upgrade of Zones |
| + | * Somber/depressing, but good discussion. | ||
| * Last month of this topic! | * Last month of this topic! | ||
| ==== SNUG - April 22 ==== | ==== SNUG - April 22 ==== | ||
| * Met on 4th Wednesday this month | * Met on 4th Wednesday this month | ||
| - | * Special community service meeting | + | * Special community service meeting |
| - | * | + | |
| ==== STCLUG - April 23 ==== | ==== STCLUG - April 23 ==== | ||
| * TOPIC: Building Web Access Point by Carl Fitch | * TOPIC: Building Web Access Point by Carl Fitch | ||
| * TOPIC: Google Calendar by Stan Reichardt | * TOPIC: Google Calendar by Stan Reichardt | ||
| + | * Very good. | ||
| * TOPIC: Google Gadgets by Jerry Stutte | * TOPIC: Google Gadgets by Jerry Stutte | ||
| + | * Good. | ||
| ==== 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. | ||
| - | * OPTION1: Continued exploration of /var directory. | + | * Good meeting. |
| - | * OPTION2: Exploring the GNOME File Manager. | + | * Had 1 new person. Covered lots of resources. |
| - | * OPTION3: Partitions. | + | |
| - | * OPTION4: Anything else. | + | |
| ==== MythTV - NO APRIL MEETING ==== | ==== MythTV - NO APRIL MEETING ==== | ||
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| ==== STLOSUG (Solaris) - May 19 ==== | ==== STLOSUG (Solaris) - May 19 ==== | ||
| * TOPIC: To Be Determined (TBD) | * TOPIC: To Be Determined (TBD) | ||
| + | * New location (TBD) | ||
| ==== SNUG - May 20 ==== | ==== SNUG - May 20 ==== | ||
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| ==== SLUUG - June 10 ==== | ==== SLUUG - June 10 ==== | ||
| * BASE: To Be Determined (TBD) | * BASE: To Be Determined (TBD) | ||
| - | * MAIN: Neural Networks to Scan DNA by Bryce Meyer | + | * MAIN: Neural Networks to Scan DNA by Bryce Meyer (via Lee) |
| ==== STLOSUG (Solaris) - June 16 ==== | ==== STLOSUG (Solaris) - June 16 ==== | ||
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| ==== STLLUG - June 18 ==== | ==== STLLUG - June 18 ==== | ||
| - | * TOPIC: OpenGL by Jerry Stutte | + | * TOPIC: OpenGL by Jerry Stutte (TENTATIVE) |
| ==== HZWLUG - June 23 ==== | ==== HZWLUG - June 23 ==== | ||
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| ==== SLUUG - July 8 ==== | ==== SLUUG - July 8 ==== | ||
| * BASE: To Be Determined (TBD) | * BASE: To Be Determined (TBD) | ||
| - | * MAIN: To Be Determined (TBD) | + | * MAIN: Managing Systems with Puppet by Kyle Cordes (TENTATIVE, via Craig) |
| ==== STLLUG - July 16 ==== | ==== STLLUG - July 16 ==== | ||
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| * June Topic: | * June Topic: | ||
| * Creating your own Neural Network to scan DNA (or other interesting stuff) | * Creating your own Neural Network to scan DNA (or other interesting stuff) | ||
| - | * Bryce Meyer (bmeyer@sei.cmu.edu) - confirmed at April Main | + | * Bryce Meyer (bmeyer@sei.cmu.edu) - confirmed for June SLUUG |
| * Jerry Stutte | * Jerry Stutte | ||
| * OpenGL (June 2009 STLLUG) | * OpenGL (June 2009 STLLUG) | ||
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| * TOPIC: TBD | * TOPIC: TBD | ||
| * Might be able to talk to STCLUG and STLLUG | * Might be able to talk to STCLUG and STLLUG | ||
| - | * Jeff Logullo (Sun) | + | * Jeff Logullo (formerly of Sun) |
| * TOPIC: MySQL - now a Sun product | * TOPIC: MySQL - now a Sun product | ||
| * TOPIC: Project Indiana, a new package management system a la apt/dpkg | * TOPIC: Project Indiana, a new package management system a la apt/dpkg | ||
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| * TOPIC: various Solaris topics | * TOPIC: various Solaris topics | ||
| * Stan Reichardt | * Stan Reichardt | ||
| + | * Evaluating Security | ||
| * TOPIC/DEMO: Google Calendar | * TOPIC/DEMO: Google Calendar | ||
| * TOPIC/DEMO: Using Scribus | * TOPIC/DEMO: Using Scribus | ||
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| * Gateway and STL JUGs both recently had presentations | * Gateway and STL JUGs both recently had presentations | ||
| * GUI builders (GLADE, KDevelop) | * GUI builders (GLADE, KDevelop) | ||
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| - | ====== Small Business Expo ====== | ||
| - | FIXME | ||
| - | * Small Business Expo was March 18. | ||
| - | * Very nice day. | ||
| - | * Plenty of support. | ||
| - | * Handed out 100 fliers. | ||
| - | * Lots of people stopped by and said that they use Linux. | ||
| ====== 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. | ||
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| ====== 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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| ====== StlWebDev ====== | ====== StlWebDev ====== | ||
| - | FIXME | ||
| - | * Lee proposed resurrecting StlWebDev as a SLUUG SIG. | ||
| - | * Lee spoke w/ Allan Trick, president of (now-defunct) StlWebDev group. | ||
| - | * They're willing to abide by SLUUG terms. | ||
| - | * They've not held meetings for some time. | ||
| - | * Would like to move the web site and mailing list to our servers. | ||
| - | * Mailing list would be separate from our DISCUSS list. | ||
| - | * Using our Mailmain and Apache services. | ||
| - | * Unanimous agreement. | ||
| * Mailing lists have been set up. | * Mailing lists have been set up. | ||
| * Web site has been recovered from old server. | * Web site has been recovered from old server. | ||
| * Needs to be pruned - 250 MB. | * Needs to be pruned - 250 MB. | ||
| + | * Needs to be published. | ||
| ====== Server Admin ====== | ====== Server Admin ====== | ||
| - | FIXME | ||
| * Lee will install (and document) Webalizer on Bud, to gather web stats. | * Lee will install (and document) Webalizer on Bud, to gather web stats. | ||
| - | * Craig updated DokuWiki to the latest version. | ||
| * Partitions on Bud are getting full. | * Partitions on Bud are getting full. | ||
| * Home and var partitions. | * Home and var partitions. | ||
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| * Discussion on whether it might make more sense to move storage to a separate NAS box. | * Discussion on whether it might make more sense to move storage to a separate NAS box. | ||
| * Leaning toward NAS solution. | * Leaning toward NAS solution. | ||
| - | * Jeff installed Solaris 10 on the E250 with the hard drives. | + | * Jeff Muse brought in an EMC Clariion with 10 x 36 GB drives |
| + | * Directly attached to Budlight via FibreChannel. | ||
| + | * Still need to re-check hardware to get it running fully. | ||
| + | * Will configure with RAID 5 and a hot spare. | ||
| + | * Considering using an LVM partition for some users. | ||
| + | * Jeff installed Solaris 10 on the remaining E250. | ||
| * Ran into mirroring issues, due to disk sizes. | * Ran into mirroring issues, due to disk sizes. | ||
| + | * Other E250 has been parted out and sold off. | ||
| * 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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| * Jeff Muse added Ultra and Busch - Sun Netras running Solaris 10. | * Jeff Muse added Ultra and Busch - Sun Netras running Solaris 10. | ||
| * Expect to use one like Bud and one for backup storage. | * Expect to use one like Bud and one for backup storage. | ||
| - | * We have 2 Sun E250s, which are currently racked but not connected. | ||
| - | * Carl proposed parting out those boxes. | ||
| - | * Craig concurred. | ||
| - | * One of the systems is reporting a bad/missing CPU. | ||
| - | * The other seems to be OK, but needs power and an OS. | ||
| - | * Jeff got 4 x 36 GB hard drives, and placed in the good Sun E250. | ||
| * We're planning to setup our own DNS on Ultra/Busch. | * We're planning to setup our own DNS on Ultra/Busch. | ||
| * Make our own servers authoritative for our own domains. | * Make our own servers authoritative for our own domains. | ||
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| ====== Server Management ====== | ====== Server Management ====== | ||
| - | FIXME | ||
| * Backups | * Backups | ||
| * Work left to do: | * Work left to do: | ||
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| * Standardize/regularize user accounts (IDs, password expirations). (Mike) | * Standardize/regularize user accounts (IDs, password expirations). (Mike) | ||
| * Other work to do: | * Other work to do: | ||
| - | * Better web site management tools | ||
| * Document useradd process. | * Document useradd process. | ||
| + | * Better web site management tools | ||
| * Develop standardized 'Membership List' & same UIDs on all production machines. | * Develop standardized 'Membership List' & same UIDs on all production machines. | ||
| ====== Sponsorships ====== | ====== Sponsorships ====== | ||
| - | FIXME | + | * Made changes to web site to promote Hostirian. |
| - | * Lee said that Hostirian is looking for more out of their sponsorship of our hosting. | + | * As requested by Hostirian, in response to their hosting sponsorship. |
| - | * Move their logo up on our home page. | + | |
| - | * Include both Hostirian and Primary.NET logos on our web site. | + | |
| - | * Somehow determine how many hits we're sending to them. | + | |
| * Tony Lovasco will look into getting some sponsorships. | * Tony Lovasco will look into getting some sponsorships. | ||
| ====== Membership (and Shell Accounts) ====== | ====== Membership (and Shell Accounts) ====== | ||
| - | FIXME | + | * NEW MEMBERS: |
| + | * Terry Wall - SILVER | ||
| + | * John Gilster - SILVER | ||
| * 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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| ====== Improve Attendance ====== | ====== Improve Attendance ====== | ||
| - | 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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| ====== Free Software and Technology Expo ====== | ====== Free Software and Technology Expo ====== | ||
| - | FIXME | ||
| * Rick Clark from Canonical proposed SLUUG sponsor an Ubuntu release party. | * Rick Clark from Canonical proposed SLUUG sponsor an Ubuntu release party. | ||
| + | * No longer calling it Ubuntu Release Party | ||
| + | * Changed references to a Ubuntu Release Party to simple Ubuntu Release coming end of April | ||
| * Official Name: Free Software and Technology Expo | * 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. | ||
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| * Booths around the edges | * Booths around the edges | ||
| * SLUUG membership desk | * SLUUG membership desk | ||
| - | * Potential Presentations | ||
| - | * something by Rick Clark of Canonical / Ubuntu (TENTATIVE - have not heard from him) | ||
| - | * 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 | ||
| - | * Why Ubuntu? (POTENTIAL) | ||
| - | * Were You Worried About Conficker? We Weren't! (POTENTIAL) | ||
| - | * Need to have speakers confirmed by Tuesday April 7. | ||
| - | * Need bio and synopsis (with photo, if possible) - send to Tony Lovasco. | ||
| - | * No longer calling it Ubuntu Release Party | ||
| - | * Changed references to a Ubuntu Release Party to simple Ubuntu Release coming end of April | ||
| * Changed home pages for SLUUG, STLLUG, STCLUG and STL computer events calendar | * Changed home pages for SLUUG, STLLUG, STCLUG and STL computer events calendar | ||
| - | * Planning to visit Westport site at 5:30 on Wednesday April 8. | ||
| - | * Meet at Pujols 5 at 5:00 PM. | ||
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| - | ====== Any Other Old Business ====== | ||
| - | |||
| - | ====== New Business ====== | ||
| - | |||
| - | ====== Blue Sky ====== | ||
| - | |||
| ====== Recognize Useful Effort ====== | ====== Recognize Useful Effort ====== | ||
| - | FIXME - Where do we want this section placed? | ||
| * Recognize completed action items. | * Recognize completed action items. | ||
| * Recognize who did anything useful. | * Recognize who did anything useful. | ||
| + | * Jeff Muse, Jerry Stutte, and Carl Fitch installed more hardware. | ||
| ====== Follow-up and Action Items ====== | ====== Follow-up and Action Items ====== | ||
| - | FIXME | ||
| * 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. | ||
| - | * Lee - Please ask Sammie to bring past (and current) presentation to us on thumb drive. | + | * Lee - Ask Sammie to bring past (and current) presentation to us on thumb drive. |
| - | * Gary - Follow up with Don Hardaway and Craig Van Slyke (St. Louis University). | + | |
| * Craig - Follow up with Kyle Cordes on Puppet. | * Craig - Follow up with Kyle Cordes on Puppet. | ||
| * Gary - Update STLLINUX.ORG to show 3 names in WHOIS data. | * Gary - Update STLLINUX.ORG to show 3 names in WHOIS data. | ||
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| * Gary - Clean up home directory on Bud. | * Gary - Clean up home directory on Bud. | ||
| * Carl, Gary - Transfer and renew SLACC.COM domain. | * Carl, Gary - Transfer and renew SLACC.COM domain. | ||
| - | * Craig - Follow up w/ Scott Granneman about talking at Expo. | ||
| - | * Craig - Send bio/abstract to Tony Lovasco. | ||
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