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====== Attendees ====== | ====== Attendees ====== | ||
- | :?: Jeff Muse | + | * Lee Lammert |
- | + | * Noah Lance | |
- | :?: Lee Lammert | + | * Barry Morrison |
- | + | * Gary Meyer (Stan Proxy | |
- | :?: Jerry Stutte | + | * Tony Zafiropulos |
- | + | * Jerry Stutte | |
- | :?: Craig Buchek | + | |
- | + | ||
- | :?: Noah Lance | + | |
- | + | ||
- | :?: Gary Meyer | + | |
====== Secretary Report ====== | ====== Secretary Report ====== | ||
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====== Treasurer Report ====== | ====== Treasurer Report ====== | ||
- | * Bank account has been transferred from Bank of America to Regions. | + | * Balance: $1375.59 as of 2/28/2010 |
- | * Balance: $1375.59 as of 1/5/2010 | + | * Expenses: $169 for SBE Booth & Electric. |
- | * Income for 2010-01: $14 collected for room fees | + | * Income: |
- | * Income for 2010-02: $20 collected for room fees | + | |
- | * Lee will be ordering checks. | + | |
====== Mailing List Report ====== | ====== Mailing List Report ====== | ||
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^ SYSADMIN | 16 | 16 | 16 | 16 | 17 | 17 | 17 | 17 | 17 | 17 | 18 | 18 | 18 | | ^ SYSADMIN | 16 | 16 | 16 | 16 | 17 | 17 | 17 | 17 | 17 | 17 | 18 | 18 | 18 | | ||
- | * Numbers are as end of each month. | + | * Numbers as end of each month. |
* Blocking of mailing list attachments not completely configured yet. | * Blocking of mailing list attachments not completely configured yet. | ||
* ANNOUNCE mailing list. | * ANNOUNCE mailing list. | ||
* Still no volunteer editor to do a quarterly or monthly newsletter. | * Still no volunteer editor to do a quarterly or monthly newsletter. | ||
+ | |||
+ | *-*-* We **need volunteers** to poster/contact colleges (high schools?) THIS month | ||
+ | to get new ANNOUNCE subscribers //**before end of semester**!!// | ||
====== Attendance Report ====== | ====== Attendance Report ====== | ||
* Attendance numbers, as of end of March 2010: | * Attendance numbers, as of end of March 2010: | ||
- | | Meeting ^ Mar ^ Apr ^ May ^ Jun ^ Jul ^ Aug ^ Sep ^ Oct ^ Nov ^ Dec ^ Jan ^ Feb ^ Mar ^ | + | | Meeting ^ Apr ^ May ^ Jun ^ Jul ^ Aug ^ Sep ^ Oct ^ Nov ^ Dec ^ Jan ^ Feb ^ Mar ^ |
- | ^ Steercom | 9 | 8 | 8 | 5 | 2 | 4 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 6 | 6 | 6 | 5 | | + | ^ Steercom | 8 | 8 | 5 | 2 | 4 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 6 | 6 | 6 | 5 | |
- | ^ SLACC | 5 | 6 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 6 | 4 | 5 | 9 | 9 | - | 5 | ? | | + | ^ SLACC | 6 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 6 | 4 | 5 | 9 | 9 | - | 5 | ? | |
- | ^ SLUUG | 18 | 32 | 21 | 15 | 22 | 19 | 17 | 36 | 30 | 15 | 28 | 22? | ? | | + | ^ SLUUG | 32 | 21 | 15 | 22 | 19 | 17 | 36 | 30 | 15 | 28 | 22? | ? | |
- | ^ STLOSUG | 8 | 13 | - | (7)| 15 | 6 | 4 | 6 | 9 | 4 | 7 | - | ? | | + | ^ STLOSUG | 13 | - | (7)| 15 | 6 | 4 | 6 | 9 | 4 | 7 | - | 6 | |
- | ^ SNUG SuSE| - |2(172)| (6) | 10 | ? | 6 | 6 | - | (4) | 15 | - | ? | ? | | + | ^ SNUG SuSE|2(172)| (6) | 10 | ? | 6 | 6 | - | (4) | 15 | - | ? | - | |
- | ^ STLLUG | 18(21)| 20 | 21 | 14(15) | 24 | 19 | 22 | 25 | 22 | 25 | 23 | 15 | ? | | + | ^ STLLUG | 20 | 21 | 14(15) | 24 | 19 | 22 | 25 | 22 | 25 | 23 | 15 | 16 | |
- | ^ STCLUG | 9 | 10 | 8 | 11 | 11 | 8 | 6 | (9) | - | - | (2) | 7 | ? | | + | ^ STCLUG | 10 | 8 | 11 | 11 | 8 | 6 | (9) | - | - | (2) | 7 | ? | 6 | |
- | ^ HZWLUG | 8 | 7 | 11 | 10 | 12 | 10 | 11 | 11 | 11 | 9 | (13) | 10 | ? | | + | ^ HZWLUG | 7 | 11 | 10 | 12 | 10 | 11 | 11 | 11 | 9 | (13) | 10 | ? | |
* 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. | ||
* - - dash indicates no meeting. | * - - dash indicates no meeting. | ||
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====== Meeting Review and Comments ====== | ====== Meeting Review and Comments ====== | ||
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==== SLUUG - March 10 ==== | ==== SLUUG - March 10 ==== | ||
* [[http://www.ITenterprises-STL.org/ | IT Enterprises]] walk-through (4:30) | * [[http://www.ITenterprises-STL.org/ | IT Enterprises]] walk-through (4:30) | ||
- | * Limited to Steering Committee attendees | + | * Excellent location, OSLug will be there April to try the venue |
+ | * | ||
==== SLUUG - March 10 ==== | ==== SLUUG - March 10 ==== | ||
* BASE: Checking Host Services with Nagios by Lee Lammert | * BASE: Checking Host Services with Nagios by Lee Lammert | ||
+ | * Very informative | ||
* MAIN: Selling Free Software by Jim Roe (per Lee in a 1/16 email to Steercom) | * MAIN: Selling Free Software by Jim Roe (per Lee in a 1/16 email to Steercom) | ||
+ | * Fun and entertaining. | ||
==== Daylight Saving Time Begins - March 14 ==== | ==== Daylight Saving Time Begins - March 14 ==== | ||
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==== STLOSUG Solaris March 16 ==== | ==== STLOSUG Solaris March 16 ==== | ||
* TOPIC: CrossBow (network virtualization) by Jeff Logullo | * TOPIC: CrossBow (network virtualization) by Jeff Logullo | ||
+ | * Great! | ||
==== St. Patrick's Day - March 17 ==== | ==== St. Patrick's Day - March 17 ==== | ||
==== SNUG - March 17 ==== | ==== SNUG - March 17 ==== | ||
- | * TOPIC: To Be Determined (TBD) | + | * TOPIC: No meeting. |
==== STLLUG - March 18 ==== | ==== STLLUG - March 18 ==== | ||
* TOPIC: Bonded NICs by Noah Lance | * TOPIC: Bonded NICs by Noah Lance | ||
+ | * Great material - it works too! | ||
==== HZWLUG - March 23 ==== | ==== HZWLUG - March 23 ==== | ||
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==== STCLUG - March 25 ==== | ==== STCLUG - March 25 ==== | ||
- | * TOPIC: To Be Determined (TBD) | + | * TOPIC: Bonded NICx |
+ | * Review of STLLUG presentation | ||
====== Presentation Schedule ====== | ====== Presentation Schedule ====== | ||
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==== SLUUG - April 14 ==== | ==== SLUUG - April 14 ==== | ||
* Back to back meeting | * Back to back meeting | ||
- | * BASE: To Be Determined (TBD) | + | * BASE: IRC & SLUUG - Jerry Stutte |
- | * MAIN: To Be Determined (TBD) | + | * MAIN: Counterfeit Technology and Open Source Solutions - Tony Zafiropulos |
==== STLLUG - April 15 ==== | ==== STLLUG - April 15 ==== | ||
* Back to back meeting | * Back to back meeting | ||
- | * TOPIC: To Be Determined (TBD) | + | * TOPIC: How to teach Linux to newbies - Tony Zafiropulos |
==== STLOSUG Solaris April 20 ==== | ==== STLOSUG Solaris April 20 ==== | ||
* TOPIC: To Be Determined (TBD) | * TOPIC: To Be Determined (TBD) | ||
- | ==== SNUG - April 21 ==== | + | ==== SNUG / SuSE - April 21 ==== |
- | * TOPIC: To Be Determined (TBD) | + | * TOPIC: Installing OpenSuSE in Virtual Machines by Don Ellis per Gary M |
==== STCLUG - April 22 ==== | ==== STCLUG - April 22 ==== | ||
- | * TOPIC: To Be Determined (TBD) | + | * TOPIC: Linux on Windows 7 by Noah Lance |
==== HZWLUG - April 27 ==== | ==== HZWLUG - April 27 ==== | ||
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==== SLUUG - May 12 ==== | ==== SLUUG - May 12 ==== | ||
- | * BASE: To Be Determined (TBD) | + | * BASE: Creating a favicon for your website - Tony Zafiropoulos |
- | * MAIN: To Be Determined (TBD) | + | * MAIN: Processing and Storing Genomic Sequencing Data by David Dooling |
==== STLOSUG Solaris May 18 ==== | ==== STLOSUG Solaris May 18 ==== | ||
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==== STCLUG - May 27 ==== | ==== STCLUG - May 27 ==== | ||
* TOPIC: To Be Determined (TBD) | * TOPIC: To Be Determined (TBD) | ||
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===== Potential Presenters and Topics ===== | ===== Potential Presenters and Topics ===== | ||
* Link to [[/steercom/potential]] speakers and topics. | * Link to [[/steercom/potential]] speakers and topics. | ||
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- | ====== Elections ====== | ||
- | * There were 2 board seats expiring: | ||
- | * Craig Buchek | ||
- | * Barry Morrison | ||
- | * Craig, Barry, and Jerry volunteered to run for the open board seats. | ||
- | * Noah volunteered to run for the STCLUG chair. | ||
- | * Craig printed out ballots. | ||
- | * Got them to all the meetings. | ||
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- | ====== Election Results ====== | ||
- | * Ballots were counted | ||
- | * 28 ballots were counted | ||
- | * 1 person voted a 2nd time -- we threw out his earlier vote | ||
- | * 1 ballot was thrown out due to no name on the envelope | ||
- | * Barry Morrison and Craig Buchek were (re-)elected to the board | ||
- | * Officers were appointed by the board, per the advisory votes: | ||
- | * President - Carl Fitch | ||
- | * Vice President - Stan Reichardt | ||
- | * Secretary - Craig Buchek | ||
- | * Treasurer - Lee Lammert | ||
- | * STLLUG Chair - Craig Buchek | ||
- | * STCLUG Chair - Noah Lance | ||
- | * Craig had suggested that folks could write suggestions for the group on the back of their ballots. | ||
- | * 1 person wrote that he'd like to see more UNIX (non-Linux) topics at the SLUUG meetings. | ||
- | * Aimed more toward professional sysadmins. | ||
- | |||
- | ====== Annual Meeting February 10 ====== | ||
- | * Per bylaws, we had an official annual meeting on February 10. | ||
- | |||
- | ====== Domains ====== | ||
- | * Gary added Craig as 3rd contact for SLUUG.ORG domain. | ||
- | * Carl and Gary - follow up with Noel about transferring the SLACC.COM domain to us. | ||
- | * Noel asked that we allow current email users to keep their SLACC.COM email addresses. | ||
- | * Craig renewed STLLINUX.ORG and updated to show 3 names in WHOIS data. | ||
====== Server Admin ====== | ====== Server Admin ====== | ||
+ | * New server from Contegix - Nimbus [tentative] | ||
+ | * Contact Lee or SysAdmin list for info | ||
* Bud Light is still offline. | * Bud Light is still offline. | ||
- | * Noah has a server we can use. | + | * New server installed from Noah - thanks! |
- | * IBM X325, dual P4 Xeon 2.8 GHz, 2x72 GB. | + | * IBM X325, dual P4 Xeon 2.8 GHz, 2x72 GB. |
* Name: Golden Wheat | * Name: Golden Wheat | ||
- | * Craig will get with Noah to install the system. | + | * Noah has two more Dell 2850s for installation at IT Enterprises for the OS lab, to be supported by SLUUG. Noah to contact them and confirm installation - this will be a good indication of the support level they wish to have for an ongoing relationship. |
- | * Noah has loaded VMware ESXi 4.0 | + | * Ongoing: Make sure docs are up to date. |
- | * Noah and Craig will install it on Wednesday 3/10 at 2:00 PM. | + | |
- | * Work left to do: | + | |
- | * Ongoing: Make sure docs are up to date. | + | |
- | + | ||
- | ====== Membership (and Shell Accounts) ====== | + | |
- | * Jerry Stutte is writing an app to manage membership. | + | |
- | * Membership application now running on BUD. When more mature Jerry will do a tutorial or presentation. | + | |
- | * Need more membership forms printed. | + | |
- | * Craig will print some out | + | |
- | * [[http://www.sluug.org/pdf/membership-form.pdf]] | + | |
====== SLCL Room Reservations ====== | ====== SLCL Room Reservations ====== | ||
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* Payment required within 14 days, or we lose reservation. | * Payment required within 14 days, or we lose reservation. | ||
* To avoid problems, payments need to be made separately to each SLCL Branch. | * To avoid problems, payments need to be made separately to each SLCL Branch. | ||
+ | * Stan has put in requests for Hzlwd, SLACC, & STLlug from Aug thru Dec. | ||
+ | * Stan will front payment for Hzlwd. | ||
+ | * Payments need be made before 21 April (2 wks)(if Library grants dates). | ||
+ | * Gary has reservation codes to cancel STLlug. | ||
+ | * - -Gary in favor of moving to IT Enterprises | ||
+ | * - -Deadline to give Library the payment MAY be the day of the "test mtng of StLopenSolaris". | ||
+ | * Phil has info for SLACC but we aren't sure of Phil's availability. | ||
====== Wash U Cleanup ====== | ====== Wash U Cleanup ====== | ||
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* Gary Meyer is Captain. | * Gary Meyer is Captain. | ||
* Captain Gary Meyer still AWOL. Search party has not reported back. | * Captain Gary Meyer still AWOL. Search party has not reported back. | ||
+ | * Pending until next month at the earliest. | ||
====== IRC Channel ====== | ====== IRC Channel ====== | ||
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* Yet to do: STLOSUG and SNUG, and groups on HIATUS. | * Yet to do: STLOSUG and SNUG, and groups on HIATUS. | ||
- | ====== New Business ====== | + | ====== SBE ====== |
- | * SBE | + | |
* March 18 @ St. Charles Convention Center | * March 18 @ St. Charles Convention Center | ||
- | * Lee will organize. | + | * Slightly bigger crowd than last year |
- | * Everything going smoothly. | + | * Gave out about 50 flyers |
- | * Needs some people there at about 9:30 to help set up. | + | * Excellent booth location - near Green Space |
+ | |||
+ | ====== New Business ====== | ||
* Craig has been adding some packages to his server; would be willing to add them to SLUUG servers. | * Craig has been adding some packages to his server; would be willing to add them to SLUUG servers. | ||
* fail2ban - temporarily ban IPs that have too many SSH failures (unanimous agreement) | * fail2ban - temporarily ban IPs that have too many SSH failures (unanimous agreement) | ||
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* Speculate on events, plans, policy, procedures, projects. | * Speculate on events, plans, policy, procedures, projects. | ||
* Noah has been helping the [[http://archreactor.org/ | Arch Reactor]] hacker space. | * Noah has been helping the [[http://archreactor.org/ | Arch Reactor]] hacker space. | ||
- | * 904 Cherokee in the old Lemp Brewery | + | * General Meeting every Tuesday at 7:30 PM. |
- | * Meeting every Tuesday at 7:30 PM. | + | |
* Frequently open at other times by members. | * Frequently open at other times by members. | ||
- | * How can we best cross-polinate? | + | * How can we best cross-pollinate? |
* Great place for hands-on projects. | * Great place for hands-on projects. | ||
* Arduino projects | * Arduino projects | ||
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====== Recognize Useful Efforts ====== | ====== Recognize Useful Efforts ====== | ||
- | * Stan and Gary worked on election, balloting, and collecting ballots. | + | * Stan completed library registrations |
- | * Craig printed out the ballots and got them to the SLACC meeting. | + | * Expo coordination - Lee & Jerry |
+ | * New Sponsor thanks to Lee - Contegix | ||
====== Follow-up and Action Items ====== | ====== Follow-up and Action Items ====== | ||
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* Everyone - Talk to someone about giving a presentation. | * Everyone - Talk to someone about giving a presentation. | ||
* Lee - order checks. | * Lee - order checks. | ||
- | * Carl and Gary - follow up with Noel about transferring the SLACC.COM domain to us. | + | * Gary - follow up with Noel about transferring the SLACC.COM domain to us. |
* Carl - send thank-you note to Hostirian for hosting our site. | * Carl - send thank-you note to Hostirian for hosting our site. | ||
- | * Craig - contact Kyle Cordes about presenting on Puppet. | ||
* Craig - print out minutes from June-March. | * Craig - print out minutes from June-March. | ||
* Craig - change root passwords; make sure Mike Knight has a copy of the password card. | * Craig - change root passwords; make sure Mike Knight has a copy of the password card. | ||
+ | * ALL - Need volunteers to poster/contact colleges (high schools?) THIS month to get new ANNOUNCE subscribers before end of semester!! |