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| - | ====== SLUUG Steering Committee Minutes - 3 June 2009 ====== | ||
| - | NOTE: Minutes posted on the wiki are always unofficial. | ||
| - | Schedules for upcoming presentations are always tentative. | ||
| - | (Some more tentative than others!) | ||
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| - | ====== Location ====== | ||
| - | Saint Louis Bread Company, | ||
| - | (at Old Olive and Olive), | ||
| - | 10550 Old Olive Street Road, | ||
| - | Creve Coeur, MO 63141 | ||
| - | |||
| - | ====== Date and Time ====== | ||
| - | * Wednesday, June 3, 2009 | ||
| - | * 6:30 PM - | ||
| - | |||
| - | ====== Attendees ====== | ||
| - | * :?: Barry Morrison | ||
| - | * :?: Carl Fitch | ||
| - | * :?: Craig Buchek | ||
| - | * :?: Gary Meyer | ||
| - | * :?: Jeff Muse | ||
| - | * :?: Lee Lammert | ||
| - | * :?: Stan Reichardt | ||
| - | * :?: Tony Lovasco | ||
| - | * | ||
| - | |||
| - | ====== Secretary Report ====== | ||
| - | FIXME | ||
| - | * Secretary has printed out minutes up through March. | ||
| - | * | ||
| - | |||
| - | ====== Treasurer Report ====== | ||
| - | FIXME | ||
| - | * Balance: $1271.62 as of 3/31/2009 | ||
| - | * Accounts Payable: $100.00 for booth at Small Business Expo | ||
| - | * Accounts Paid: $90.03 for electricity at Small Business Expo | ||
| - | * | ||
| - | |||
| - | ====== Mailing List Report ====== | ||
| - | FIXME | ||
| - | * Subscriber numbers (approximate) as of end of May 2009: | ||
| - | |||
| - | | List ^ May ^ Jun ^ Jul ^ Aug ^ Sep ^ Oct ^ Nov ^ Dec ^ Jan ^ Feb ^ Mar ^ Apr ^ May ^ | ||
| - | ^ ANNOUNCE | 843 | 835 | 830 | 828 | 807 | 805 | 802 | 791 | 790 | 786 | 785 | 783 | 782 | | ||
| - | ^ DISCUSS | 188 | 188 | 192 | 193 | 192 | 193 | 194 | 196 | 201 | 206 | 212 | 215 | xxx | | ||
| - | ^ STEERCOM | 29 | 32 | 33 | 33 | 33 | 34 | 34 | 34 | 34 | 34 | 35 | 35 | xx | | ||
| - | ^ SYSADMIN | 15 | 15 | 16 | 16 | 16 | 16 | 16 | 16 | 16 | 16 | 16 | 16 | xx | | ||
| - | |||
| - | * 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. | ||
| - | |||
| - | ====== Attendance Report ====== | ||
| - | * Attendance numbers, as of end of May 2009: | ||
| - | |||
| - | | Meeting ^ May ^ Jun ^ Jul ^ Aug ^ Sep ^ Oct ^ Nov ^ Dec ^ Jan ^ Feb ^ Mar ^ Apr ^ May ^ | ||
| - | ^ Steercom | 4 | 7 | 4 | 2 | 4 | 5 | 5 | 6 | 6 | 6 | 9 | 8 | 8 | | ||
| - | ^ SLACC | x | 6 | 9 | 8 | 6 | ? | 4 | 4 | - | 6 | 5 | 6 | 6 | | ||
| - | ^ SLUUG | 31 | 18 | 17 | 15 | 18 | 21 | 20 | 27 | 24 | 23 | 18 | 32 | 21 | | ||
| - | ^ STLOSUG | 20 | 10 | - | 12 | - | 11 | 10 | 7 | 6 | ? | 8 | 13 | - | | ||
| - | ^ SNUG | NA | 5 | 4 | - | 5 | 3 | 5? | - | 7 | ? | - | ? | ? | | ||
| - | ^ STLLUG | 29 | 22 | 20 | 23 | 13 | 15 | 11 | 10 | 19 | 32 |18(21)| 20 | 21 | | ||
| - | ^ STCLUG | 5 | 6 | 3 | 6 | 3 | 19 | - | 6 | 11? | 12 | 9 | 10 | 8 | | ||
| - | ^ HZWLUG | 11 | 10 | 11 | 12 | 9 | 11 | 9 | 4 | 2 | 8 | 7 | 11 | 10 | | ||
| - | ^ MythTV | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 8 | - | - | - | | ||
| - | |||
| - | * NA - Not part of SLUUG. | ||
| - | * () - Number in parentheses is head count. | ||
| - | * xx - attendance was taken, numbers not yet recorded. | ||
| - | * ? - Question mark indicates attendance not taken or sheet missing. | ||
| - | * - - dash indicates no meeting. | ||
| - | |||
| - | ====== Review Free Software and Technology Expo ====== | ||
| - | * <del> Rick Clark from Canonical proposed SLUUG sponsor an Ubuntu release party.</del> | ||
| - | * <del> No longer calling it Ubuntu Release Party</del> | ||
| - | * <del> Changed references to a Ubuntu Release Party to simple Ubuntu Release coming end of April</del> | ||
| - | * <del> Official Name: Free Software and Technology Expo </del> | ||
| - | * <del> Date will be 2nd Saturday in May - May 9. </del> | ||
| - | * <del> Runs from 1 PM to 7 PM (NOTE: time change) </del> | ||
| - | * <del> Setup from noon to 1 PM </del> | ||
| - | * <del> Tony Lovasco from Nexradix paid for [[http://www.westportstl.com | Westport Plaza]] location. </del> | ||
| - | * <del> Sheraton (900 Westport Plaza) - gold tower </del> | ||
| - | * <del> Tony has registered [[http://freesoftwareexpo.com | freesoftwareexpo.com]] </del> | ||
| - | * <del> Single ballroom - 75' x 30' </del> | ||
| - | * <del> Tables in a horseshoe, with projector </del> | ||
| - | * <del> Booths around the edges </del> | ||
| - | * <del> SLUUG membership desk </del> | ||
| - | * <del> Changed home pages for SLUUG, STLLUG, STCLUG and STL computer events calendar </del> | ||
| - | * :?: Anything new? | ||
| - | * | ||
| - | |||
| - | ====== Meeting Review and Comments ====== | ||
| - | |||
| - | ===== May 2009 ===== | ||
| - | <code> | ||
| - | May 2009 | ||
| - | 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 | ||
| - | </code> | ||
| - | |||
| - | ==== SLACC - May 7 ==== | ||
| - | * Linux configuration workshop - no presentation | ||
| - | |||
| - | ==== SLUUG - May 13 ==== | ||
| - | * BASE: Using System Rescue by Carl Fitch | ||
| - | * MAIN: Firefox Extensions by Mike Wilkerson | ||
| - | |||
| - | ==== STLOSUG (Solaris) - NO MAY MEETING ==== | ||
| - | * Meeting canceled. | ||
| - | |||
| - | ==== SNUG - May 20 ==== | ||
| - | * TOPIC: AppArmor | ||
| - | |||
| - | ==== STLLUG - May 21 ==== | ||
| - | * TOPIC: Patent-Free Codecs (Ogg Vorbis, Ogg Theora, FLAC, Dirac) by Tony Lovasco | ||
| - | * No projector | ||
| - | * No voice recorder | ||
| - | * No slides, used white board | ||
| - | |||
| - | ==== HZWLUG - May 26 ==== | ||
| - | * Topics are usually determined by attendees. We sometimes cover more than one. | ||
| - | |||
| - | ==== STCLUG - May 28 ==== | ||
| - | * TOPIC: An in Depth Look at SystemrescueCD, A Follow Up by Carl Fitch | ||
| - | |||
| - | ==== MythTV - NO MAY MEETING ==== | ||
| - | * This SIG meets at irregular intervals. | ||
| - | |||
| - | ====== Presentation Schedule ====== | ||
| - | |||
| - | ===== June 2009 ===== | ||
| - | <code> | ||
| - | June 2009 | ||
| - | 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 | ||
| - | </code> | ||
| - | |||
| - | ==== SLACC - June 4 ==== | ||
| - | * Linux configuration workshop - no presentation | ||
| - | |||
| - | ==== SLUUG - June 10 ==== | ||
| - | * BASE: To Be Determined (TBD) | ||
| - | * MAIN: Neural Networks to Scan DNA by Bryce Meyer (via Lee) | ||
| - | |||
| - | ==== STLOSUG (Solaris) - June 16 ==== | ||
| - | * TOPIC: Migrating an RC script to SMF | ||
| - | * New location is Pujol's 5 Westport Grill, 342 West Port Plaza, Maryland Heights, MO 63146 | ||
| - | |||
| - | ==== SNUG - June 17 ==== | ||
| - | * TOPIC: To Be Determined (TBD) | ||
| - | |||
| - | ==== STLLUG - June 18 ==== | ||
| - | * TOPIC: To Be Determined (TBD) | ||
| - | * WITHDRAWN: OpenGL by Jerry Stutte (Still recovering from heart surgery) | ||
| - | |||
| - | ==== HZWLUG - June 23 ==== | ||
| - | * Topics are usually determined by attendees. We sometimes cover more than one. | ||
| - | |||
| - | ==== STCLUG - June 25 ==== | ||
| - | * TOPIC: To Be Determined (TBD) | ||
| - | |||
| - | ==== MythTV - ==== | ||
| - | * This SIG meets at irregular intervals. | ||
| - | |||
| - | ===== July 2009 ===== | ||
| - | <code> | ||
| - | July 2009 | ||
| - | 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 | ||
| - | </code> | ||
| - | |||
| - | ==== SLACC - July 2 ==== | ||
| - | * Linux configuration workshop - no presentation | ||
| - | |||
| - | ==== SLUUG - July 8 ==== | ||
| - | * BASE: To Be Determined (TBD) | ||
| - | * MAIN: Managing Systems with Puppet by Kyle Cordes (TENTATIVE, via Craig) | ||
| - | |||
| - | ==== STLLUG - July 16 ==== | ||
| - | * TOPIC: To Be Determined (TBD) | ||
| - | |||
| - | ==== STLOSUG (Solaris) - July 21 ==== | ||
| - | * TOPIC: To Be Determined (TBD) | ||
| - | |||
| - | ==== SNUG - July 22 ==== | ||
| - | * TOPIC: To Be Determined (TBD) | ||
| - | |||
| - | ==== STCLUG - July 23 ==== | ||
| - | * TOPIC: To Be Determined (TBD) | ||
| - | |||
| - | ==== HZWLUG - July 28 ==== | ||
| - | * Topics are usually determined by attendees. We sometimes cover more than one. | ||
| - | |||
| - | ==== MythTV - ==== | ||
| - | * This SIG meets at irregular intervals. | ||
| - | |||
| - | ===== August 2009 ===== | ||
| - | <code> | ||
| - | August 2009 | ||
| - | 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 | ||
| - | </code> | ||
| - | |||
| - | ==== SLACC - August 6 ==== | ||
| - | * Linux configuration workshop - no presentation | ||
| - | |||
| - | ==== SLUUG - August 12 ==== | ||
| - | * BASE: To Be Determined (TBD) | ||
| - | * MAIN: Managing Systems with Puppet by Kyle Cordes (TENTATIVE, via Craig) | ||
| - | * MAY ACTION ITEM: Craig - Follow up with Kyle Cordes on Puppet. | ||
| - | |||
| - | ==== STLOSUG (Solaris) - Aug 18 ==== | ||
| - | * TOPIC: To Be Determined (TBD) | ||
| - | |||
| - | ==== SNUG - August 19 ==== | ||
| - | * TOPIC: To Be Determined (TBD) | ||
| - | |||
| - | ==== STLLUG - August 20 ==== | ||
| - | * TOPIC: To Be Determined (TBD) | ||
| - | |||
| - | ==== HZWLUG - August 25 ==== | ||
| - | * Topics are usually determined by attendees. We sometimes cover more than one. | ||
| - | |||
| - | ==== STCLUG - August 27 ==== | ||
| - | * TOPIC: To Be Determined (TBD) | ||
| - | |||
| - | ==== MythTV - ==== | ||
| - | * This SIG meets at irregular intervals. | ||
| - | |||
| - | ====== Potential Presenters ====== | ||
| - | These are some people who can present, and possible topics they can speak about. | ||
| - | * June Topic: | ||
| - | * Creating your own Neural Network to scan DNA (or other interesting stuff) | ||
| - | * Bryce Meyer (bmeyer@sei.cmu.edu) - confirmed for June SLUUG | ||
| - | * Jerry Stutte | ||
| - | * OpenGL | ||
| - | * Google Gadgets (was done at STCLUG Apr 2009) | ||
| - | * Kyle Cordes | ||
| - | * Puppet | ||
| - | * git and GitHub | ||
| - | * Flying Boxes | ||
| - | * Hostirian/Primary.NET | ||
| - | * Tour of their data center | ||
| - | * What it takes to run a hosting data center | ||
| - | * Wehrenberg Theaters (via Gary) | ||
| - | * TOUR/DEMO: Digital cinema projectors | ||
| - | * Sammie from IBM, | ||
| - | * Canceled Main: Live Demo of IBM Virtualization | ||
| - | * Sanjiv Bhatia (or someone from UMSL, via Lee) | ||
| - | * TOPIC: AIX 6 | ||
| - | * TOPIC: Open Grid Computing | ||
| - | * December or January | ||
| - | * David Letscher (Prof of CS at SLU) (via Gary) | ||
| - | * TOPIC: TBD | ||
| - | * Still gone for summer. Awaiting details. | ||
| - | * Rick Clark (Ubuntu) (via Craig) | ||
| - | * TOPIC: TBD | ||
| - | * Might be able to talk to STCLUG and STLLUG | ||
| - | * Jeff Logullo (formerly of Sun) | ||
| - | * TOPIC: MySQL - now a Sun product | ||
| - | * TOPIC: Project Indiana, a new package management system a la apt/dpkg | ||
| - | * TOPIC: Versioning filenames (snapshots?) in ZFS | ||
| - | * TOPIC: New release of ZFS | ||
| - | * TOPIC: Belenix & other live CD's based on Open Solaris | ||
| - | * Scott Nesler | ||
| - | * TOPIC: GIMP (follow-up from previous presentation) | ||
| - | * TOPIC: PGP and GPG | ||
| - | * Jeff Muse | ||
| - | * TOPIC: various Solaris topics | ||
| - | * Stan Reichardt | ||
| - | * Evaluating Security (Internet access required) | ||
| - | * DEMO VIM Folding | ||
| - | * TOPIC/DEMO: Google Calendar (was done at STCLUG Apr 2009) | ||
| - | * TOPIC/DEMO: Using Scribus | ||
| - | * Tim Dreste (via Stan R) | ||
| - | * TOPIC: Untangle Gateway Platform | ||
| - | * TOPIC: CentOS Linux | ||
| - | * Don Ellis | ||
| - | * Mac OS X Snow Leopard | ||
| - | * Craig Buchek | ||
| - | * git and GitHub | ||
| - | * ack (grep replacement) | ||
| - | * GNU grep (--count, --context, -e, --color) | ||
| - | * wget and curl | ||
| - | * Mac OS X topics | ||
| - | * Ruby on Rails | ||
| - | * Test-Driven Development (or get Brian Button, if possible) | ||
| - | * Tony Lovasco | ||
| - | * ??? | ||
| - | * Mike Wilkerson | ||
| - | * Round-Table on Joe Linux User (moderator) | ||
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| - | ====== Potential Topics ====== | ||
| - | These are some topics that we've had requested, or brainstormed, but need to find speakers for. | ||
| - | List was posted to DISCUSS on 25 May, asking for volunteers. | ||
| - | * Unix glossary - unusual terms | ||
| - | * mount point | ||
| - | * white space | ||
| - | * "well-behaved" app | ||
| - | * zombies | ||
| - | * parent process | ||
| - | * Knoppix karaoke (various users sit in front of Knoppix system) | ||
| - | * regedit - edit Windows registry from Linux | ||
| - | * Drawing network diagrams using Dia or OpenOffice Draw | ||
| - | * AIX current release, features, future | ||
| - | * Someone from IBM corporate? | ||
| - | * Apple current release, features, future | ||
| - | * Someone from Apple corporate? | ||
| - | * Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5 (RHEL 5) or Fedora recent releases | ||
| - | * Still looking for volunteer; tried Clark Smith at Red Hat | ||
| - | * SuSE or OpenSUSE recent releases | ||
| - | * Someone from Novell corporate? | ||
| - | * Gary Hollingsworth? | ||
| - | * Solaris or OpenSolaris current release, features, future | ||
| - | * Someone from Sun corporate? | ||
| - | * HP-UX current release, features, future | ||
| - | * Someone from HP corporate corporate? | ||
| - | * Dave Mills? | ||
| - | * iSCSI | ||
| - | * Using git | ||
| - | * CPUs | ||
| - | * Features of modern Intel/AMD CPUs | ||
| - | * x86-64 | ||
| - | * x86, x86-64, IA64, Sparc, PowerPC, ARM, POWER | ||
| - | * iPhone | ||
| - | * Developing for (web, native) | ||
| - | * iPhone competitors | ||
| - | * LG Dare | ||
| - | * Samsung Instinct | ||
| - | * Other Linux-based phones | ||
| - | * LiMo versus Google Android | ||
| - | * Linux from scratch. | ||
| - | * SplashTop - a quick booting distro. | ||
| - | * PGP/GPG use in Email | ||
| - | * Thunderbird Enigmail | ||
| - | * KMail | ||
| - | * Google Android | ||
| - | * Gateway and STL JUGs both recently had presentations | ||
| - | * GUI builders (GLADE, KDevelop) | ||
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| - | ====== SLUUG Server Admin ====== | ||
| - | * Lee will install (and document) Webalizer on Bud, to gather web stats. | ||
| - | * Partitions on Bud are getting full. | ||
| - | * Home and var partitions. | ||
| - | * Tony looked into prices for 9 SCA hard drives - 36 GB and 72 GB. | ||
| - | * $49 / drive for 72 GB drives. | ||
| - | * Discussion on whether it might make more sense to replace the systems. | ||
| - | * Discussion on whether it might make more sense to move storage to a separate NAS box. | ||
| - | * Leaning toward NAS solution. | ||
| - | * 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. | ||
| - | * Other E250 has been parted out and sold off. | ||
| - | * Omnitec offered to provide secondary DNS for us. | ||
| - | * We would provide secondary DNS for them. | ||
| - | * Lee and Carl would maintain DNS on both ends. | ||
| - | * Dark is alive again, thanks to a campus-wide power outage. | ||
| - | * Anyone who needs to get anything off should do so ASAP. | ||
| - | * We should retire this system. | ||
| - | * Wash U took our **webdev** box (128.252.19.27) off network Mon December 1. | ||
| - | * They detected questionable IRC traffic with IP addresses in Finland & Norway. | ||
| - | * We should analyze and respond. | ||
| - | * Jeff Muse added Ultra and Busch - Sun Netras running Solaris 10. | ||
| - | * Expect to use one like Bud and one for backup storage. | ||
| - | * We're planning to setup our own DNS on Ultra/Busch. | ||
| - | * Make our own servers authoritative for our own domains. | ||
| - | * Would allow us to publish reverse records. | ||
| - | * Primary has said they can allow this. | ||
| - | * Would allow us to publish SPF records. | ||
| - | * We could offer dyanmic DNS services to our members. | ||
| - | * On a subdomain, such as users.sluug.org | ||
| - | * Steve Smith (from Solaris SIG) offered a 36 GB drive to install in one of the Netras. | ||
| - | * MAY ACTION ITEM: Gary - Clean up home directory on Bud. | ||
| - | * :?: Anything new? | ||
| - | * Major power outage at Hostorian | ||
| - | * | ||
| - | |||
| - | ====== SLUUG Server Management ====== | ||
| - | * Backups | ||
| - | * 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: | ||
| - | * Document useradd process. | ||
| - | * Better web site management tools | ||
| - | * Develop standardized 'Membership List' & same UIDs on all production machines. | ||
| - | * :?: Anything new? | ||
| - | * | ||
| - | |||
| - | ====== Manage The Group ====== | ||
| - | * <del> Lee suggested we create a Rails app on Bud to manage the group. </del> | ||
| - | * <del> Sponsors - expirations, etc. </del> | ||
| - | * <del> Member data - payments, expirations, etc. </del> | ||
| - | * <del> Attendance </del> | ||
| - | * <del> STL Ruby Group is writing a similar application. </del> | ||
| - | * <del> RAMS - Rails Association Management System </del> | ||
| - | * <del> We should leverage that, and guide it to our needs </del> | ||
| - | * <del> Scott Nesler has built an app for attendance </del> | ||
| - | * <del> Stan has plugged data into it for the year </del> | ||
| - | * <del> Not sure if the app fits any of our other needs </del> | ||
| - | * <del> (app is developed on CakePHP MVC architecture). </del> | ||
| - | * <del> Member Payment, expiration would be simple addition to existing table/screens. </del> | ||
| - | * <del> CRUD functionality simplifies expanding the application with additional tables. </del> | ||
| - | * <del> Compartmentalization of CSS and layout templates simplifies changes to the look and feel. </del> | ||
| - | * :?: Anything new? | ||
| - | * | ||
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| - | ====== Increase Sponsorships ====== | ||
| - | * <del> Made changes to web site to promote Hostirian. </del> | ||
| - | * <del> As requested by Hostirian, in response to their hosting sponsorship. </del> | ||
| - | * <del> Tony Lovasco will look into getting some sponsorships. </del> | ||
| - | * :?: Anything new? | ||
| - | * | ||
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| - | ====== Increase Membership (and Shell Accounts) ====== | ||
| - | * <del> Craig had a discussion with Jim Leingang about membership, and got several suggestions. </del> | ||
| - | * <del> Assign small task to more members, so they feel more a part of the organization. </del> | ||
| - | * <del> For example, have someone new every month doing sign-in sheets and new user contact. </del> | ||
| - | * <del> Reward good behaviors. </del> | ||
| - | * <del> Awards at the end of the year. </del> | ||
| - | * <del> Provide incentives (like door prizes) for people who bring in new members. </del> | ||
| - | * <del> Membership drive </del> | ||
| - | * <del> Need to print out name tags. </del> | ||
| - | * <del> Omnitec will print them out and bring to SLUUG meeting. </del> | ||
| - | * <del> Cafe Press merchandise </del> | ||
| - | * <del> Carl/SLUUG/Lee need to reconcile demo merchandise </del> | ||
| - | * <del> Lee has proposed to sell pizzas as fund-raiser if continued insufficient Memberships & Sponsors. </del> | ||
| - | * <del> NEW MEMBERS FOR MAY: </del> | ||
| - | * <del> Terry Wall - SILVER </del> | ||
| - | * <del> John Gilster - SILVER </del> | ||
| - | * NEW MEMBERS FOR JUNE: | ||
| - | * :?: Any? | ||
| - | * :?: Anything new? | ||
| - | * | ||
| - | |||
| - | ====== Increase Attendance ====== | ||
| - | * <del> Gary suggests we discuss why the #s on the general meeting and STLLUG are so low! </del> | ||
| - | * <del> What can be done to return them to more traditional values? </del> | ||
| - | * <del> Also relate to subscriptions to ANNOUNCE. </del> | ||
| - | * <del> Gary suggests we talk about what can be done about the declining subscriptions to ANNOUNCE. </del> | ||
| - | * <del> A ~20% drop in 18 months! (And it was over 1000...when?) </del> | ||
| - | * <del> Craig gave away a stuffed penguin as a door prize. </del> | ||
| - | * <del> Had stated that whoever brought the most (new, returning) people to STLLUG meeting. </del> | ||
| - | * <del> Tony Z won the penguin, bringing his Linux class to the meeting. </del> | ||
| - | * :?: Anything new? | ||
| - | * | ||
| - | |||
| - | ====== SLACC ====== | ||
| - | * Need to register SLACC.COM domain. | ||
| - | * Carl - follow up with Noel about transferring the SLACC.COM domain to us. | ||
| - | * Expires in September 2009; need to renew. | ||
| - | * Check on SLACC.ORG - seems to be owned by a cybersquatter. | ||
| - | * Expires in August 2009. | ||
| - | * Noel asked that we allow current email users to keep their SLACC.COM email addresses. | ||
| - | * MAY ACTION ITEM: Carl, Gary - Transfer and renew SLACC.COM domain. | ||
| - | * :?: Anything new? | ||
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| - | ====== STLLUG ====== | ||
| - | * MAY ACTION ITEM: Gary - Update STLLINUX.ORG to show 3 names in WHOIS data. | ||
| - | * :?: Anything new? | ||
| - | * | ||
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| - | ====== STCLUG ====== | ||
| - | * Scott Nesler purchased and donated STCLUG.ORG domain. | ||
| - | * Gary renewed STCLUG.ORG domain. | ||
| - | * 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. | ||
| - | * Currently pointing at GoDaddy parking page. | ||
| - | * MAY ACTION ITEM: Gary - Point STCLUG.ORG domain registrar to EveryDNS name servers. | ||
| - | * :?: Anything new? | ||
| - | * | ||
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| - | ====== StlWebDev ====== | ||
| - | * <del> Mailing lists have been set up. </del> | ||
| - | * <del> Web site has been recovered from old server. </del> | ||
| - | * <del> Needs to be pruned - 250 MB. </del> | ||
| - | * <del> Needs to be published. </del> | ||
| - | * :?: Anything new? | ||
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| - | ====== Other Old Business ====== | ||
| - | * MAY ACTION ITEM: Lee - Ask Sammie to bring past (and current) presentation to us on thumb drive. | ||
| - | * :?: Any? | ||
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| - | ====== New Business ====== | ||
| - | * :?: Any? | ||
| - | * | ||
| - | |||
| - | ====== Blue Sky ====== | ||
| - | * :?: Any? | ||
| - | * | ||
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| - | ====== Recognize Useful Effort ====== | ||
| - | * Recognize completed action items. | ||
| - | * Recognize who did anything useful. | ||
| - | * <del> MAY - Jeff Muse, Jerry Stutte, and Carl Fitch installed more hardware.</del> | ||
| - | * :?: Any? | ||
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| - | ====== Follow-up and Action Items ====== | ||
| - | * 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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