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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!) 
- 
-====== Location ====== 
-  Saint Louis Bread Company, 
-  (at Old Olive and Olive), 
-  10550 Old Olive Street Road, 
-  Creve Coeur, MO 63141 
- 
-====== Date and Time ====== 
-  * Wednesday, June 2, 2010 
-  * 6:30 PM -  
- 
-====== Attendees ====== 
- 
-  * Lee Lammert 
-  * Noah Lance 
-  * Jeff Muse 
- 
-====== Secretary Report ​ ====== 
-  * Secretary has not printed minutes since June 2009. 
- 
-====== 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 | 
- 
-  * 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: 
- 
-| 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 ​ |   ? ​ |  6 | 
-^ HZWLUG ​  ​| ​ 11 |  10 |  12 |  10 |  11 |  11 |  11 |  9 | (13) | 10  |   ​8 ​ |  11  |  ? | 
- 
-  * 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 ====== 
- 
- 
-===== May 2010 ===== 
- 
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-     May 20010      ​ 
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- ​2 ​ 3  4  5  6  7  8 
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-16 17 18 19 20 21 22 
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-==== 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: Virtual Box by Lee/Don 
- 
-==== 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      ​ 
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-       ​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          
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-==== 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) 
- 
-==== 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 
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-==== 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? 
- 
-====== 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? 
- 
-====== 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? 
- 
-====== 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? 
- 
-====== 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? 
- 
-====== 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? 
- 
-====== 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? 
- 
-====== New Business ====== 
- 
-====== 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? 
- 
- 
-====== 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!! 
  
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