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- | ====== SLUUG Steering Committee Agenda - 2 June 2010 ====== | ||
- | 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 | ||
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- | ====== Date and Time ====== | ||
- | * Wednesday, June 2, 2010 | ||
- | * 6:30 PM - | ||
- | |||
- | ====== Attendees ====== | ||
- | |||
- | :?: Craig Buchek | ||
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- | :?: Carl Fitch | ||
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- | :?: Lee Lammert | ||
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- | :?: Noah Lance | ||
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- | :?: Gary Meyer | ||
- | |||
- | :?: Jeff Muse | ||
- | |||
- | :?: Stan Reichardt | ||
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- | ====== Secretary Report ====== | ||
- | * Secretary has not printed minutes since June 2009. | ||
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- | ====== Treasurer Report ====== | ||
- | * Balance: $1170.13 as of 3/31/2010 | ||
- | * Expenses: $55.39 Checks Unlimited | ||
- | * Income: $59.76 Room Donations | ||
- | * Income: $150 Patrick Bellinger | ||
- | * Income: $35 Richard Siebel | ||
- | |||
- | * Balance: $1359.50 as of 5/31/10 | ||
- | |||
- | ====== Mailing List Report ====== | ||
- | * Subscriber numbers (approximate) as of end of May 2010: | ||
- | |||
- | | List ^ May ^ Jun ^ Jul ^ Aug ^ Sep ^ Oct ^ Nov ^ Dec ^ Jan ^ Feb ^ Mar ^ Apr ^ May ^ | ||
- | ^ ANNOUNCE | 782 | 771 | 769 | 772 | 767 | 770 | 773 | 769 | 767 | 759 | 751 | 752 | 755 | | ||
- | ^ DISCUSS | 214 | 214 | 215 | 217 | 220 | 220 | 227 | 226 | 226 | 221 | 221 | 223 | 223 | | ||
- | ^ STEERCOM | 35 | 35 | 34 | 33 | 34 | 34 | 35 | 35 | 35 | 37 | 37 | 37 | 37 | | ||
- | ^ SYSADMIN | 16 | 16 | 17 | 17 | 17 | 17 | 17 | 17 | 18 | 18 | 18 | 19 | 19 | | ||
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- | * Numbers 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 ====== | ||
- | * Group leaders are sponsible for taking attendance at meetings. | ||
- | * Initial mail list subscriptions are prompted by attendance sheets. | ||
- | * Attendance numbers, as of end of May 2010: | ||
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- | | Meeting ^ May ^ Jun ^ Jul ^ Aug ^ Sep ^ Oct ^ Nov ^ Dec ^ Jan ^ Feb ^ Mar ^ Apr ^ May ^ | ||
- | ^ Steercom | 8 | 5 | 2 | 4 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 6 | 6 | 6 | 5 | 6 | 4 | | ||
- | ^ SLACC | 6 | 7 | 8 | 6 | 4 | 5 | 9 | 9 | - | 5 | 8 | ? | ? | | ||
- | ^ SLUUG | 21 | 15 | 22 | 19 | 17 | 36 | 30 | 15 | 28 | 22? | ? | ? | ? | | ||
- | ^ STLOSUG | - | (7)| 15 | 6 | 4 | 6 | 9 | 4 | 7 | - | 6 | 7 | - | | ||
- | ^ SNUG SuSE| (6) | 10 | ? | 6 | 6 | - | (4) | 15 | - | ? | - | 8 | 8 | | ||
- | ^ STLLUG | 21 | 14(15) | 24 | 19 | 22 | 25 | 22 | 25 | 23 | 15 | 16 | 16 | 17 | | ||
- | ^ STCLUG | 8 | 11 | 11 | 8 | 6 | (9) | - | - | (2) | 7 | 6 | ? | ? | | ||
- | ^ HZWLUG | 11 | 10 | 12 | 10 | 11 | 11 | 11 | 9 | (13) | 10 | 8 | 11 | ? | | ||
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- | * 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. | ||
- | |||
- | ====== Meeting Review and Comments ====== | ||
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- | ===== May 2010 ===== | ||
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- | <code> | ||
- | May 20010 | ||
- | 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 6 ==== | ||
- | * Linux configuration workshop - no presentation | ||
- | * Meetings will be in smaller room. | ||
- | |||
- | ==== SLUUG - May 12 ==== | ||
- | * BASE: Creating a favicon for your website - Tony Zafiropoulos | ||
- | * MAIN: ESXi Server Virtualization by Noah Lance | ||
- | * Quick subsitution. | ||
- | * NOT DONE: Processing and Storing Genomic Sequencing Data by David Dooling | ||
- | :?: * When can David Dooling provide? | ||
- | |||
- | ==== STLOSUG Solaris May 18 ==== | ||
- | * TOPIC: IPMP - IP Multipathing | ||
- | * Planned discussion of new leadership and webmaster. | ||
- | * SLUUG provides link to OpenSolaris web page. | ||
- | * NOT DONE - Meeting cancelled. | ||
- | :?: * Who can take over leadership? | ||
- | |||
- | ==== SNUG - May 19 ==== | ||
- | * TOPIC: To Be Determined (TBD) | ||
- | |||
- | ==== STLLUG - May 20 ==== | ||
- | * TOPIC: Backing up a Windows machine to Linux - Lee Lammert | ||
- | |||
- | ==== HZWLUG - May 25 ==== | ||
- | * Topics are usually determined by attendees. We sometimes cover more than one. | ||
- | |||
- | ==== STCLUG - May 27 ==== | ||
- | * TOPIC: To Be Determined (TBD) | ||
- | |||
- | ====== Presentation Schedule ====== | ||
- | |||
- | ===== Potential Presenters and Topics ===== | ||
- | * Link to [[/steercom/potential]] speakers and topics. | ||
- | |||
- | ===== June 2010 ===== | ||
- | <code> | ||
- | June 2010 | ||
- | 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 3 ==== | ||
- | * Linux configuration workshop - no presentation | ||
- | * Meetings will be in smaller room. | ||
- | |||
- | ==== SLUUG - June 9 ==== | ||
- | * BASE: To Be Determined (TBD) | ||
- | * MAIN: To Be Determined (TBD) | ||
- | |||
- | ==== STLOSUG Solaris June 15 ==== | ||
- | * TOPIC: To Be Determined (TBD) | ||
- | |||
- | ==== SNUG - June 16 ==== | ||
- | * TOPIC: To Be Determined (TBD) | ||
- | |||
- | ==== STLLUG - June 17 ==== | ||
- | * TOPIC: IT Enterprises, their Open Source Lab, and how SLUUG can help, by William Lemon (per Jeff Muse) | ||
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- | ==== HZWLUG - June 22 ==== | ||
- | * Topics are usually determined by attendees. We sometimes cover more than one. | ||
- | |||
- | ==== STCLUG - June 24 ==== | ||
- | * TOPIC: To Be Determined (TBD) | ||
- | |||
- | ===== July 2010 ===== | ||
- | <code> | ||
- | July 2010 | ||
- | 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 1 ==== | ||
- | * Linux configuration workshop - no presentation | ||
- | * 2010-05 Previous room reservations at Thornhill library were NOT paid, so they expired. | ||
- | * 2010-06 On 20 May Auditorium reserved and paid. Open from 6:30 PM to 9:00 PM. | ||
- | |||
- | ==== SLUUG - July 14 ==== | ||
- | * Back to back meeting. | ||
- | * BASE: To Be Determined (TBD) | ||
- | * MAIN: Current State of VMware - Matt Skipton (Confirmed) per Lee Lammert. | ||
- | |||
- | ==== STLLUG - July 15 ==== | ||
- | * Back to back meeting. | ||
- | * TOPIC: To Be Determined (TBD) | ||
- | |||
- | ===== August 2010 ===== | ||
- | <code> | ||
- | August 2010 | ||
- | 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 5 ==== | ||
- | * Linux configuration workshop - no presentation | ||
- | ===== Potential Presenters and Topics ===== | ||
- | * Link to [[/steercom/potential]] speakers and topics. | ||
- | |||
- | ====== SLCL Room Reservations ====== | ||
- | * Process has changed. Limited to 6 months. Next round may be first Saturday in April. | ||
- | * Reserving a meeting room now done on line - http://www.slcl.org/services/reserve.htm | ||
- | * Payment required within 14 days, or we lose reservation. | ||
- | * To avoid problems, payments need to be made separately to each SLCL Branch. | ||
- | * 2010-04 Stan R. has put in requests for HZWLUG, SLACC, & STLlug from Aug thru Dec. | ||
- | * Stan R. will front payment for HZWLUG. | ||
- | * 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. | ||
- | * 2010-05 Stan R. paid for HZWLUG Library rooms July through December 2010. | ||
- | * Other library rooms were NOT paid, so reservations for SLACC and STLlug have expired. | ||
- | * We will renew reservations for both SLACC and STLLUG. | ||
- | * Money can be refunded if we switch STLLUG meetings to other site. | ||
- | * 2010-06 On 18 May, Noah L. signaled change to new STLLUG location. | ||
- | * Stan R. asked Gary M. to notify Indian Trails and get refund. | ||
- | * STLLUG web page changed. Calendar and Announce mailings noted STLLUG change. | ||
- | * On 20 May, Stan R. paid for SLACC Thornhill Branch Library Auditorium July through December 2010. | ||
- | * SLACC web page changed. Calendar changed. Changes to be reflected in upcoming Announce mailing. | ||
- | :?: * Any further issues? | ||
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- | ====== Server Admin ====== | ||
- | * 2009-12 Bud Light offline due to fan failure, is still offline. | ||
- | * 2009-12 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) | ||
- | * fcheck - file integrity checker - emails files that changed since last time run | ||
- | * logcheck - email anomalous log entries | ||
- | * munin - monitoring of system details | ||
- | * awstats - web stats | ||
- | * 2009-12 Carl recommended using one of the Sun Netras as a log server. | ||
- | * 2010-02 Craig wondered if we could put sudo back on Bud. | ||
- | * Configure it to require root password instead of user's own password. | ||
- | * Will follow up on SYSADMIN list. | ||
- | * 2010-02 Craig wondered if we could start applying the patches pending for Bud. | ||
- | * There are a lot of patches pending now, including kernel and security fixes. | ||
- | * We have some concern with DNS patches, but Craig has applied them on his systems without issues. | ||
- | * Will follow up on SYSADMIN list. | ||
- | * 2010-02 Noah has a server we can use. | ||
- | * IBM X325, dual P4 Xeon 2.8 GHz, 2x72 GB. | ||
- | * Name: Golden Wheat | ||
- | * Craig will get with Noah to install the system. | ||
- | * 2010-03 Noah and Craig will install it on Wednesday 3/10 at 2:00 PM. | ||
- | * 2010-03 Noah has loaded VMware ESXi 4.0 | ||
- | * 2010-04 New server [Debian] installed from Noah - thanks! | ||
- | * 2010-04 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. | ||
- | * 2010-04 New server from Contegix - Nimbus [tentative] | ||
- | * Contact Lee or SysAdmin list for info | ||
- | * 2010-05 | ||
- | * PrimaryNet problem with possible rouge IRC activity on system we later identified as Golden Wheat. | ||
- | * Stan R. added some info on Golden Wheat to resources.txt file. | ||
- | * Taking Golden Wheat offline... | ||
- | * Mike Knight pointed out that Bud is not being backed up since BudLight went down. | ||
- | * Jeff Muse has started rsnapshots backing up Bud to Bock. | ||
- | * Noah Lance willing to diagram our assets -- later. | ||
- | * Joe B will be installing Sun Netra box. | ||
- | * | ||
- | * 2010-06 | ||
- | :?: * Any further issues? | ||
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- | ====== Wash U Cleanup ====== | ||
- | * 2009-09 Jerry Stute, Jeff Muse, and Eric Xu volunteered to cleanup Wash U site. | ||
- | * 2009-09 Gary Meyer is Captain. | ||
- | * 2009-10 Captain is AWOL. Carl will be available in November or later. | ||
- | * 2009-11 Captain was AWOL. | ||
- | * 2009-12 Captain still AWOL. | ||
- | * 2010-01 Captain still AWOL. | ||
- | * 2010-02 Captain Gary Meyer still AWOL. Search party has not reported back. | ||
- | * 2010-04 Pending until next month at the earliest. | ||
- | * 2010-05 This project open since September 2009. Gary immediately left meeting. | ||
- | * 2010-06 | ||
- | :?: * Any further issues? | ||
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- | ====== IRC Channel ====== | ||
- | * 2009-11 Charles Sharp created an IRC channel on irc.freenode.net. | ||
- | * Channel is named #sluug. | ||
- | * Typically 7 people on at times. | ||
- | * 2009-12 Would like to have someone give a tutorial on using IRC, and show off our channel. | ||
- | * Craig suggested that we include the IRC channel in Steering Committee meetings. | ||
- | * Will be hard to figure out the best way to get the online folks to participate. | ||
- | * Stan R. will put the IRC channel info up on the web site. | ||
- | * Stan R. will put the IRC channel info on ANNOUNCE messages. | ||
- | * 2010-05 This project open since November. | ||
- | * 2010-06 | ||
- | :?: * Any further issues? | ||
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- | ====== Purge SYSADMIN mailing list ====== | ||
- | * 2009-12 Stan R. would like us to clean up the SYSADMIN mailing list, to eliminate people who have not been active for the past year. | ||
- | * We decided to send a message out to the list, asking who wants to stay on the list. Then we can remove folks that are not staying active. | ||
- | * 2010-05 This project open since December. | ||
- | * 2010-06 | ||
- | :?: * Any further issues? | ||
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- | ====== Password Cards ====== | ||
- | * 2009-12 We need to change root passwords. | ||
- | * 2010-0? Craig handed out new password cards. | ||
- | * Craig - change root passwords; make sure Mike Knight has a copy of the password card. | ||
- | * 2010-05 This project open since December. | ||
- | * 2010-06 | ||
- | :?: * Any further issues? | ||
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- | ====== New Attendance Sheets ====== | ||
- | * Stan R. made new attendance sheets for: | ||
- | * SLACC, STEERCOM, SLUUG, STLLUG, STCLUG, and HZWLUG | ||
- | * Yet to do: STLOSUG and SNUG, and groups on HIATUS. | ||
- | * 2010-05 This project open since January. | ||
- | * 2010-06 | ||
- | :?: * Any further issues? | ||
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- | ====== New Business ====== | ||
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- | ====== Form 990-N for Tax Exempt Status ====== | ||
- | * 2010-06 Late 16 May Stan R. saw article on annual filing requirement. | ||
- | * IRS will revoke tax status on non-filing non-profit organizations. | ||
- | * Stan R. went into panic mode and passed action to Gary Meyer. | ||
- | * Per Gary and Gary | ||
- | * Per Lee | ||
- | * Per Mike Knight | ||
- | * Gary, Gary, Lee and Mike put out fire. | ||
- | * Annual requirement | ||
- | :?: * Any further issues? | ||
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- | ====== Blue Sky ====== | ||
- | * Speculate on events, plans, policy, procedures, projects. | ||
- | * | ||
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- | ====== Recognize Useful Efforts ====== | ||
- | * Recognize completed action items, and other useful actions. | ||
- | * | ||
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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. | ||
- | * Lee - order checks. | ||
- | * Gary - follow up with Noel about transferring the SLACC.COM domain to us. | ||
- | * Carl - send thank-you note to Hostirian for hosting our site. | ||
- | * Craig - print out minutes. | ||
- | * 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!! | ||