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====== SLUUG Steering Committee Agenda - 1 September 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, September 1, 2010
  * 6:30 PM - 8:20 PM

====== Attendees ======

  * Lee Lammert
  * Noah Lance
  * Jerry Stutte
  * Don Ellis
  * Craig Buchek
  * Bill Odom
  * Gary Meyer

====== Secretary Report  ======
  * 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 ======
  * Balance as of 8/31: $1359.50
  * Expenses: none
  * Income: none

====== Mailing List Report ======
  * Subscriber numbers (approximate) as of end of August 2010:

| List     ^ Aug ^ Sep ^ Oct ^ Nov ^ Dec ^ Jan ^ Feb ^ Mar ^ Apr ^ May ^ Jun ^ Jul ^ Aug ^
^ ANNOUNCE | 772 | 767 | 770 | 773 | 769 | 767 | 759 | 751 | 752 | 755 | 755 | 739 | 736 |
^ DISCUSS  | 217 | 220 | 220 | 227 | 226 | 226 | 221 | 221 | 223 | 223 | 224 | 224 | 222 |
^ STEERCOM |  33 |  34 |  34 |  35 |  35 |  35 |  37 |  37 |  37 |  37 |  40 | 39  |  39 |
^ SYSADMIN |  17 |  17 |  17 |  17 |  17 |  18 |  18 |  18 |  19 |  19 |  19 | 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 responsible for taking attendance at meetings.
  * Initial mail list subscriptions are prompted by attendance sheets.
  * Attendance numbers, as of end of August 2010:

| Meeting  ^ Aug ^ Sep ^ Oct ^ Nov ^ Dec ^ Jan ^ Feb ^ Mar ^ Apr ^ May ^ Jun ^ Jul ^ Aug ^
^ Steercom |  4 |   4 |   5 |   6 |  6 |  6 |  6  |   5  |   6  |  4 |  6 |    6 | 4 |
^ SLACC    |  6 |   4 |   5 |   9 |  9 |  - |  5  |   8  |   ?  |  ? | (6)| ? |  ? |
^ SLUUG    | 19 |  17 |  36 |  30 | 15 | 28 |  22? |  ?  |   ?  |  ? | 18 | 22? | 29(31) |
^ SNUG SuSE| 6 |   6 |   - |  (4) | 15 |  - |  ?  |   -  |   8  |  8 |  9 | ? | 8 |
^ STLLUG   | 19 |  22 |  25 |  22 | 25 |  23 |  15  |   16  |  16  |  17 | 19 | 9?| 17 |
^ STCLUG   | 8 |   6 | (9) |  -  |  - | (2) |  7  |   6  |   ?  |  6 |  5 | 12 | 4 |
^ HZWLUG   | 10 |  11 |  11 |  11 |  9 | (13) | 10  |   8  |  11  |  ? |  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.

====== Meeting Review and Comments ======

===== 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

==== SLUUG - August 11 ====
  * BASE: Features of GNU grep by Craig Buchek
    * Good.
  * MAIN: Open Source Software in Genomics by David Dooling (via Craig)
    * Excellent. Awesome. Good speaker and interesting topic.
    * Need to invite him back in 6 months to a year.

==== SNUG - August 18 ====
  * TOPIC: OpenSUSE Release 11.3

==== STLLUG - August 19 ====
  * TOPIC: Comparison of dpkg vs RPM by Jeff Muse
    * Good.

==== HZWLUG - August 24 ====
  * Topics are usually determined by attendees.  We sometimes cover more than one.

==== STCLUG - August 26 ====
  * TOPIC: Open discussion.
    * Craig forgot that he was supposed to give a talk about hard drives.

====== Presentation Schedule ======

===== Potential Presenters and Topics =====
  * Link to [[/steercom/potential]] speakers and topics.

===== September 2010 =====
<code>
   September 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 - September 2 ====
  * Linux configuration workshop - no presentation

==== SLUUG - September 8 ====
  * BASE: UNIX Toolbox by Jerry Stutte
  * MAIN: vim by Bill Odom

==== SNUG - September 15 ====
  * TOPIC: Something by Noah

==== STLLUG - September 16 ====
  * Topic: Parallel Computing Using a Linux Cluster by Sanjiv Bhatia and George Gerules (via Jerry S.)

==== STCLUG - September 23 ====
  * TOPIC: DNSMasq revisited, by Jerry Stutte

==== HZWLUG - September 28 ====
  * Topics are usually determined by attendees.  We sometimes cover more than one.


===== October 2010 =====
<code>
    October 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 - October 7 ====
  * Linux configuration workshop - no presentation

==== SLUUG - October 13 ====
  * BASE: To Be Determined (TBD)
  * MAIN: Amazon Tools by Scott Granneman

==== SNUG - October 20 ====
  * TOPIC: To Be Determined (TBD)

==== STLLUG - October 21 ====
  * TOPIC: Postfix by Craig Buchek

==== HZWLUG - October 26 ====
  * Topics are usually determined by attendees.  We sometimes cover more than one.

==== STCLUG - October 28 ====
  * TOPIC: Continuation of Linux v. Windows by Noah Lance

===== November 2010 =====
<code>
   November 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 - November 4 ====
  * Linux configuration workshop - no presentation

==== SLUUG - November 10 ====
  * BASE: vim by Bill Odom
  * MAIN: mdadm by Jeff Muse

==== SNUG - November 17 ====
  * TOPIC: To Be Determined (TBD)

==== STLLUG - November 18 ====
  * TOPIC: To Be Determined (TBD)

==== HZWLUG - November 23 ====
  * Topics are usually determined by attendees.  We sometimes cover more than one.

==== Thankgiving Day - November 25 ====

==== STCLUG - November 2? ====
  * TOPIC: To Be Determined (TBD)

===== Potential Presenters and Topics =====
  * Link to [[/steercom/potential]] speakers and topics.

====== Standing Action Item ======
Update front page of sluug.org so that we are current with presentations listed above.
 
====== EPC Sale for Tax-Free Weekend (Aug 8) ======
  * We were unable to make it happen in time.
  * Crowd at the store was smaller than in previous years.

====== SLCL Room Reservations ======
  * 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.
      * 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.
      * On 18 May, Noah L. signaled change to new STLLUG location.
  * 2010-06
      * Stan R. asked Gary M. to notify Indian Trails and get refund.
      * Library could not figure out how to give a refund, so there are two meeting charges outstanding - need to get refund!
      * STLLUG web page changed.  Calendar and Announce mailings noted STLLUG change.
      * Need to get refund from Indian Trails.
  * 2010-07
      * 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.
  * 2010-09
      * 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.

====== 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 - Amber
    * Contact Lee or SysAdmin list for info
  * 2010-05 
    * PrimaryNet problem with possible rogue 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
    * Golden Wheat ready for reinstall - setup with virtual appliance Debian 5 XVA.
    * Lee is building backup on a server built - aliased as AMBER.  We might need different name.  
  * 2010-07
    * Golden Wheat has been re-installed, and fully functional.
    * Amber had incorrect DNS entry; Craig fixed it.
    * Lee copied over Bud home directories to /bu/home on Amber.
      * 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.
  * 2010-08
    * Jerry is working on setting up Nagios
  * 2010-09
    * 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 ======
  * 2009-09 Jerry Stutte, 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 Gary not here, nothing resolved.
  * 2010-07 Gary not here, nothing resolved.
  * 2010-09 Gary will work on this.

====== 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 Not finished
  * 2010-07 Sent warning of purge on 30 June to SYSADMIN and STEERCOM mailing lists.
    * Gary M. and Stan R. will determine exceptions.

====== Password Cards ======
  * 2009-12 We need to change root passwords.
  * 2010-01 Craig handed out new password cards.
  * 2010-06 Stan R. will build an unviewable page to record the number for server list.
    * Further implementation when we move BUD downtown.
  * 2010-07 Craig - change root passwords; make sure Mike Knight has a copy of the password card.
  * 2010-09 Status unchanged.

====== 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 - needs to be done every May

====== InstallFest ======
  * 2010-08 Arch Reactor wants to do an InstallFest (brought to us by Noah)
    * Likely in October
    * Would like to do this in conjunction with SLUUG
    * Would like to hold at ITe to get them publicity too
    * Looking at fall quarter
    * Targeting professionals and hobbyists
  * 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.
  * 2010-09 No movement

====== New Business ======
  * 2010-09 Possible Linux event next May
    * 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.
    * Event name changed, was previously listed as Mid-America LinuxFest.
    * 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.
    * Appears to be for-profit.
    * Looking for sponsors.
    * We need someone to determine viability of efforts before we consider committing.
    * 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 ======
  * Speculate on events, plans, policy, procedures, projects.

====== Recognize Useful Efforts ======
  * Recognize completed action items, and other useful actions.
  * Who did what?

====== 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.
  * Gary - follow up with Noel about transferring the SLACC.COM domain to us.
  * Gary - get Wash U site cleaned up.
  * 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 - work on getting refund for 2 months of Indian Trails reservations we did not use.
    * Or transfer the 2 months to SLACC or HZWLUG.
  * Craig - follow up w/ Kyle Cordes for ffmpeg presentation.
  * Jerry - find someone to talk to us about Android.
    * 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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