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| ====== Date and Time ====== | ====== Date and Time ====== | ||
| * Wednesday, September 1, 2010 | * Wednesday, September 1, 2010 | ||
| - | * 6:30 PM - | + | * 6:30 PM - 8:20 PM |
| ====== Attendees ====== | ====== Attendees ====== | ||
| - | :?: Jeff Muse | + | * Lee Lammert |
| - | + | * Noah Lance | |
| - | :?: Noah Lance | + | * Jerry Stutte |
| - | + | * Don Ellis | |
| - | :?: Craig Buchek | + | * Craig Buchek |
| - | + | * Bill Odom | |
| - | :?: Jerry Stutte | + | * Gary Meyer |
| ====== Secretary Report ====== | ====== Secretary Report ====== | ||
| * Secretary has not printed minutes since June 2009. | * Secretary has not printed minutes since June 2009. | ||
| + | * Craig asked if there's any point to printing meeting minutes. | ||
| + | * Consensus was that it doesn't really make sense to have printed copies. | ||
| + | * Will continue to print out board meeting minutes and annual meeting minutes. | ||
| ====== Treasurer Report ====== | ====== Treasurer Report ====== | ||
| - | * Balance as of 6/30: $1359.50 (no update as of 8/4) | + | * Balance as of 8/31: $1359.50 |
| * Expenses: none | * Expenses: none | ||
| * Income: none | * Income: none | ||
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| ^ Steercom | 4 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 6 | 6 | 6 | 5 | 6 | 4 | 6 | 6 | 4 | | ^ Steercom | 4 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 6 | 6 | 6 | 5 | 6 | 4 | 6 | 6 | 4 | | ||
| ^ SLACC | 6 | 4 | 5 | 9 | 9 | - | 5 | 8 | ? | ? | (6)| ? | ? | | ^ SLACC | 6 | 4 | 5 | 9 | 9 | - | 5 | 8 | ? | ? | (6)| ? | ? | | ||
| - | ^ SLUUG | 19 | 17 | 36 | 30 | 15 | 28 | 22? | ? | ? | ? | 18 | 22? | ? | | + | ^ SLUUG | 19 | 17 | 36 | 30 | 15 | 28 | 22? | ? | ? | ? | 18 | 22? | 29(31) | |
| - | ^ STLOSUG | 4 | 6 | 9 | 4 | 7 | - | 6 | 7 | - | ? | - | -| - | | + | ^ SNUG SuSE| 6 | 6 | - | (4) | 15 | - | ? | - | 8 | 8 | 9 | ? | 8 | |
| - | ^ SNUG SuSE| 6 | 6 | - | (4) | 15 | - | ? | - | 8 | 8 | 9 | ? | ? | | + | ^ STLLUG | 19 | 22 | 25 | 22 | 25 | 23 | 15 | 16 | 16 | 17 | 19 | 9?| 17 | |
| - | ^ STLLUG | 19 | 22 | 25 | 22 | 25 | 23 | 15 | 16 | 16 | 17 | 19 | 9?| ? | | + | ^ STCLUG | 8 | 6 | (9) | - | - | (2) | 7 | 6 | ? | 6 | 5 | 12 | 4 | |
| - | ^ STCLUG | 8 | 6 | (9) | - | - | (2) | 7 | 6 | ? | 6 | 5 | 12 | ? | | + | |
| ^ HZWLUG | 10 | 11 | 11 | 11 | 9 | (13) | 10 | 8 | 11 | ? | 8 | ? | ? | | ^ HZWLUG | 10 | 11 | 11 | 11 | 9 | (13) | 10 | 8 | 11 | ? | 8 | ? | ? | | ||
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| ==== SLUUG - August 11 ==== | ==== SLUUG - August 11 ==== | ||
| * BASE: Features of GNU grep by Craig Buchek | * BASE: Features of GNU grep by Craig Buchek | ||
| - | * --count, --context, -A, -B, -e, --color, etc. | + | * Good. |
| * MAIN: Open Source Software in Genomics by David Dooling (via Craig) | * MAIN: Open Source Software in Genomics by David Dooling (via Craig) | ||
| - | + | * Excellent. Awesome. Good speaker and interesting topic. | |
| - | ==== STLOSUG Solaris August 17 ==== | + | * Need to invite him back in 6 months to a year. |
| - | * HIATUS - No Meetings Until Further Notice | + | |
| ==== SNUG - August 18 ==== | ==== SNUG - August 18 ==== | ||
| - | * TOPIC: To Be Determined (TBD) | + | * TOPIC: OpenSUSE Release 11.3 |
| ==== STLLUG - August 19 ==== | ==== STLLUG - August 19 ==== | ||
| - | * TOPIC: Comparison of dpkg vs RPM by Jeff Muse (tentative) | + | * TOPIC: Comparison of dpkg vs RPM by Jeff Muse |
| + | * Good. | ||
| ==== HZWLUG - August 24 ==== | ==== HZWLUG - August 24 ==== | ||
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| ==== STCLUG - August 26 ==== | ==== STCLUG - August 26 ==== | ||
| - | * TOPIC: Everything You Ever Wanted to Know About Hard Drives, by Craig | + | * TOPIC: Open discussion. |
| + | * Craig forgot that he was supposed to give a talk about hard drives. | ||
| ====== Presentation Schedule ====== | ====== Presentation Schedule ====== | ||
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| ==== SLUUG - September 8 ==== | ==== SLUUG - September 8 ==== | ||
| - | * BASE: To Be Determined (TBD) by Gary Meyer | + | * BASE: UNIX Toolbox by Jerry Stutte |
| + | * MAIN: vim by Bill Odom | ||
| ==== SNUG - September 15 ==== | ==== SNUG - September 15 ==== | ||
| - | * TOPIC: To Be Determined (TBD) | + | * TOPIC: Something by Noah |
| ==== STLLUG - September 16 ==== | ==== STLLUG - September 16 ==== | ||
| - | * Topic: Parallel Computing Using a Linux Cluster by Sanjiv Bhatia and George Gerules (per Jerry S.) | + | * Topic: Parallel Computing Using a Linux Cluster by Sanjiv Bhatia and George Gerules (via Jerry S.) |
| ==== STCLUG - September 23 ==== | ==== STCLUG - September 23 ==== | ||
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| ==== SLUUG - October 13 ==== | ==== SLUUG - October 13 ==== | ||
| * BASE: To Be Determined (TBD) | * BASE: To Be Determined (TBD) | ||
| - | * MAIN: mdadm by Jeff Muse | + | * MAIN: Amazon Tools by Scott Granneman |
| ==== SNUG - October 20 ==== | ==== SNUG - October 20 ==== | ||
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| ==== SLUUG - November 10 ==== | ==== SLUUG - November 10 ==== | ||
| - | * BASE: To Be Determined (TBD) | + | * BASE: vim by Bill Odom |
| - | * MAIN: To Be Determined (TBD) | + | * MAIN: mdadm by Jeff Muse |
| ==== SNUG - November 17 ==== | ==== SNUG - November 17 ==== | ||
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| ====== EPC Sale for Tax-Free Weekend (Aug 8) ====== | ====== EPC Sale for Tax-Free Weekend (Aug 8) ====== | ||
| - | * 2010-08 | + | * We were unable to make it happen in time. |
| - | * Who will be there from SLUUG? | + | * Crowd at the store was smaller than in previous years. |
| - | * Do we have signs/banners/handouts? | + | |
| - | * Due to late notice we are having problems finding volunteers to work the event. We will not be participating. | + | |
| - | * 2010-09 | + | |
| - | * Status? | + | |
| - | * Anyone know how it went? Did we have any participation? Might there be another next year? | + | |
| ====== SLCL Room Reservations ====== | ====== SLCL Room Reservations ====== | ||
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| * CRAIG - work on getting refund for 2 months of Indian Trails reservations we did not use. | * CRAIG - work on getting refund for 2 months of Indian Trails reservations we did not use. | ||
| * Or transfer the 2 months to SLACC or HZWLUG. | * Or transfer the 2 months to SLACC or HZWLUG. | ||
| - | * 2010-09 | + | * 2010-09 |
| * We now only hold SLACC and HZWLUG meetings at the St. Louis County Library Branches. | * We now only hold SLACC and HZWLUG meetings at the St. Louis County Library Branches. | ||
| * We believe that room reservations for calandar year 2011 can be made starting the first Saturday in October. | * We believe that room reservations for calandar year 2011 can be made starting the first Saturday in October. | ||
| - | * Status? | ||
| ====== Server Admin ====== | ====== Server Admin ====== | ||
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| * Cannot get rsync to work between the 2 systems --- JEFF FIXED THIS | * Cannot get rsync to work between the 2 systems --- JEFF FIXED THIS | ||
| * Work party at the bat cave - started on web, mail, system services, user IDs. Big problem now is that mysql won't let postfix log in. | * Work party at the bat cave - started on web, mail, system services, user IDs. Big problem now is that mysql won't let postfix log in. | ||
| - | + | * 2010-08 | |
| - | * 2010-08 | + | |
| * Jerry is working on setting up Nagios | * Jerry is working on setting up Nagios | ||
| - | * 2010-09 | + | * 2010-09 |
| - | * Status? | + | * Backups have been disabled, since they were filling the / partition. |
| + | * Postfix integration with MySQL -- not working yet. | ||
| + | * Trying to get Zimbra installed -- not working yet either. | ||
| ====== Wash U Cleanup ====== | ====== Wash U Cleanup ====== | ||
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| * 2010-06 Gary not here, nothing resolved. | * 2010-06 Gary not here, nothing resolved. | ||
| * 2010-07 Gary not here, nothing resolved. | * 2010-07 Gary not here, nothing resolved. | ||
| - | * 2010-08 Possibly this topic belongs under 'blue sky' | + | * 2010-09 Gary will work on this. |
| - | * 2010-09 | + | |
| - | * Status? | + | |
| - | + | ||
| - | ====== IRC Channel ====== | + | |
| - | * 2009-11 Charles Sharp created an IRC channel on irc.freenode.net. | + | |
| - | * Channel is named #sluug. | + | |
| - | * 2010-07 Stan built SLUUG IRC Info page [[http://www.sluug.org/resources/irc/]] | + | |
| - | * Posted item on STEERCOM list, 28 June, asking for review and comments. | + | |
| - | * Added link reference on 5 July ANNOUNCE mailing item. | + | |
| - | * 2010-09 | + | |
| - | * Status? | + | |
| ====== Purge SYSADMIN mailing list ====== | ====== Purge SYSADMIN mailing list ====== | ||
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| * 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. | * 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. | * 2010-05 This project open since December. | ||
| - | * 2010-06 Not finished | + | * 2010-06 Not finished |
| * 2010-07 Sent warning of purge on 30 June to SYSADMIN and STEERCOM mailing lists. | * 2010-07 Sent warning of purge on 30 June to SYSADMIN and STEERCOM mailing lists. | ||
| * Gary M. and Stan R. will determine exceptions. | * Gary M. and Stan R. will determine exceptions. | ||
| - | * 2010-09 | ||
| - | * Status? | ||
| ====== Password Cards ====== | ====== Password Cards ====== | ||
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| * Further implementation when we move BUD downtown. | * Further implementation when we move BUD downtown. | ||
| * 2010-07 Craig - change root passwords; make sure Mike Knight has a copy of the password card. | * 2010-07 Craig - change root passwords; make sure Mike Knight has a copy of the password card. | ||
| - | * 2010-08 Status not reported. | + | * 2010-09 Status unchanged. |
| - | * 2010-09 | + | |
| - | * Status? | + | |
| ====== Form 990-N for Tax Exempt Status ====== | ====== Form 990-N for Tax Exempt Status ====== | ||
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| * Gary, Gary, Lee and Mike put out fire. | * Gary, Gary, Lee and Mike put out fire. | ||
| * Annual requirement - needs to be done every May | * Annual requirement - needs to be done every May | ||
| - | * 2010-09 | ||
| - | * Status? | ||
| ====== InstallFest ====== | ====== InstallFest ====== | ||
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| * ITe also expressed interest in working with any companies working with Open Source | * ITe also expressed interest in working with any companies working with Open Source | ||
| * Invite Splunk reps to speak at SLUUG? Jeff and Lee can contact them to give a presentation. | * Invite Splunk reps to speak at SLUUG? Jeff and Lee can contact them to give a presentation. | ||
| - | * 2010-09 | + | * 2010-09 No movement |
| - | * Status? | + | |
| ====== New Business ====== | ====== New Business ====== | ||
| - | * 2010-09 Possible Linux Event next May | + | * 2010-09 Possible Linux event next May |
| * Mid-America GNU/Linux Networkers Conference on 5 and 6 May 2011 [[http://magnetcon.info/]] | * Mid-America GNU/Linux Networkers Conference on 5 and 6 May 2011 [[http://magnetcon.info/]] | ||
| * Web site looks like it went up early in February 2010. | * Web site looks like it went up early in February 2010. | ||
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| * Web site had not kept up with July 2010 selection of St. Louis as city of choice. | * Web site had not kept up with July 2010 selection of St. Louis as city of choice. | ||
| * Location seems to be St. Louis Union Station Marriott. | * Location seems to be St. Louis Union Station Marriott. | ||
| + | * Appears to be for-profit. | ||
| + | * Looking for sponsors. | ||
| * We need someone to determine viability of efforts before we consider committing. | * We need someone to determine viability of efforts before we consider committing. | ||
| * Any volunteer? | * Any volunteer? | ||
| + | * 2010-09 Had long discussion about how to introduce a series of vim presentations/tutorials. | ||
| + | * Eventually reach consensus to start with a 1-hour presentation. | ||
| + | * Followed by 30-minute sessions every other month. | ||
| + | * 2010-09 Stan's wife Abby passed away this past month. | ||
| + | * The group expressed their condolences for Stan's loss, and best wishes to him and his family. | ||
| + | * The group agreed to purchase a floral arrangement. | ||
| + | * Possibly something that can be planted. | ||
| + | * Carolyn will make the arrangements for us, and make the final decision. | ||
| ====== Blue Sky ====== | ====== Blue Sky ====== | ||
| * Speculate on events, plans, policy, procedures, projects. | * Speculate on events, plans, policy, procedures, projects. | ||
| - | | ||
| ====== Recognize Useful Efforts ====== | ====== Recognize Useful Efforts ====== | ||
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| * Everyone - Talk to someone about giving a presentation. | * Everyone - Talk to someone about giving a presentation. | ||
| * 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. | + | * Gary - get Wash U site cleaned up. |
| - | * Craig - print out minutes. | + | * Carl - send thank-you note to Hostirian for hosting our servers. |
| * 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. | ||
| * Craig - work on getting refund for 2 months of Indian Trails reservations we did not use. | * Craig - work on getting refund for 2 months of Indian Trails reservations we did not use. | ||
| * Or transfer the 2 months to SLACC or HZWLUG. | * Or transfer the 2 months to SLACC or HZWLUG. | ||
| - | * Craig - follow up w/ Kyle Cordes for ffmpeg presentation - August or September? | + | * Craig - follow up w/ Kyle Cordes for ffmpeg presentation. |
| - | * Jerry - talk to Joshua Frank and Bill Zimmerly about presentation on Android | + | * Jerry - find someone to talk to us about Android. |
| - | * Jeff - talk to Splunk reps about presenting | + | * Talk to Joshua Frank and Bill Zimmerly. |
| + | * Talk to Rich Siebel to see if Andrew Prunicki of OCI can talk to us. | ||
| + | * See Announce list from February 2009 for speakers from Java SIG presentations. | ||
| + | * Jeff - talk to Splunk reps about presenting. | ||
| + | * Noah - work on Amber build. | ||
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