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-====== SLUUG Steering Committee Agenda - 6 October 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, October 6, 2010 
-  * 6:30 PM -  
- 
-====== Attendees ====== 
- 
-:?:* Craig Buchek 
- 
-* Don Ellis 
- 
-* Carl Fitch 
- 
-:?:* Lee Lammert - NOT EXPECTED - HAS CLASS 
- 
-:?:* Noah Lance 
- 
-* Gary Meyer 
- 
-* Jeff Muse 
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-:?:* Bill Odom 
- 
-* Stan Reichardt - MAYBE 
- 
-* Jerry Stutte 
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-====== 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 September 2010: 
- 
-| List     ^ Sep ^ Oct ^ Nov ^ Dec ^ Jan ^ Feb ^ Mar ^ Apr ^ May ^ Jun ^ Jul ^ Aug ^ Sep ^ 
-^ ANNOUNCE | 767 | 770 | 773 | 769 | 767 | 759 | 751 | 752 | 755 | 755 | 739 | 736 | 724 | 
-^ DISCUSS ​ | 220 | 220 | 227 | 226 | 226 | 221 | 221 | 223 | 223 | 224 | 224 | 222 | 223 | 
-^ STEERCOM |  34 |  34 |  35 |  35 |  35 |  37 |  37 |  37 |  37 |  40 | 39  |  39 |  40 | 
-^ SYSADMIN |  17 |  17 |  17 |  17 |  18 |  18 |  18 |  19 |  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 September 2010: 
- 
-| Meeting ​ ^ Sep ^ Oct ^ Nov ^ Dec ^ Jan ^ Feb ^ Mar ^ Apr ^ May ^ Jun ^ Jul ^ Aug ^ Sep ^ 
-^ Steercom |  4 |   5 |   6 |  6 |  6 |  6  |   ​5 ​ |   ​6 ​ |  4 |  6 |    6 | 4 |  7  | 
-^ SLACC    |  4 |   5 |   9 |  9 |  - |  5  |   ​8 ​ |   ? ​ |  ? | (6)| ? |  ? |    ?  | 
-^ SLUUG    | 17 |  36 |  30 | 15 | 28 |  22? |  ?  |   ? ​ |  ? | 18 | 22? | 29(31) |  ? | 
-^ SNUG SuSE| 6 |   - |  (4) | 15 |  - |  ?  |   ​- ​ |   ​8 ​ |  8 |  9 | ? | 8 |  ? | 
-^ STLLUG ​  | 22 |  25 |  22 | 25 |  23 |  15  |   ​16 ​ |  16  |  17 | 19 | 9?| 17 |  ? | 
-^ STCLUG ​  | 6 | (9) |  -  |  - | (2) |  7  |   ​6 ​ |   ? ​ |  6 |  5 | 12 | 4 |  ? | 
-^ HZWLUG ​  | 11 |  11 |  11 |  9 | (13) | 10  |   ​8 ​ |  11  |  ? |  8 | ? | ? |  6 | 
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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 ====== 
- 
-===== September 2010 ===== 
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-   ​September 2010    
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-==== SLACC - September 2 ==== 
-  * Linux configuration workshop - no presentation 
-    * 
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-==== SLUUG - September 8 ==== 
-  * BASE: UNIX Toolbox by Jerry Stutte 
-    * Good coverage of a cheat sheet 
-  * MAIN: vim by Bill Odom 
-    * Good speaker, lots of helpful tips 
- 
-==== SNUG - September 15 ==== 
-  * TOPIC: Noah Lance presented LDAP, Active Directory, and E-Directory 
-  * May want to revisit at later meeting because very informative and lots of material 
- 
-==== STLLUG - September 16 ==== 
-  * Topic: Parallel Computing Using a Linux Cluster by Sanjiv Bhatia and George Gerules (via Jerry S.) 
-  * Unique 'hello world' demonstration using MPI 
-  * Good overview of types of parallel computing 
- 
-==== STCLUG - September 23 ==== 
-  * TOPIC: DNSMasq revisited, by Jerry Stutte 
-    * Never quite got to DNSMasq 
-    * Entire discussion revolved around Unix Toolbox 
- 
-==== HZWLUG - September 28 ==== 
-  * Topics are usually determined by attendees. ​ We sometimes cover more than one.  
-  * A good time was had by all. Resurrected a dead PC with Ubuntu despite challenges with a Spanish keyboard. 
- 
-====== Presentation Schedule ====== 
- 
-===== Potential Presenters and Topics ===== 
-  * Link to [[/​steercom/​potential]] speakers and topics. 
- 
-===== October 2010 ===== 
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-    October 2010    ​ 
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-==== SLACC - October 7 ==== 
-  * Linux configuration workshop - no presentation 
- 
-==== SLUUG - October 13 ==== 
-  * BASE: Bill Odom will do a vim workshop, confirmed with Gary 
-  * MAIN: An Introduction to Using Amazon Web Services by Scott Granneman and Jans Carton. Confirmed by Stan. 
- 
-==== SNUG - October 20 ==== 
-  * TOPIC: To Be Determined (TBD) 
- 
-==== STLLUG - October 21 ==== 
-  * TOPIC: Postfix by Craig Buchek 
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-==== 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 
-    * 
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-===== November 2010 ===== 
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-   ​November 2010    ​ 
-Su Mo Tu We Th Fr Sa 
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-==== 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 22 === 
-  * TOPIC: To Be Determined (TBD) 
-  * Day moved to avoid conflict with Thanksgiving 
- 
-===== December 2010 ===== 
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-   ​December 2010    ​ 
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-==== SLACC - December 2 ==== 
-  * Linux configuration workshop - no presentation 
- 
-==== SLUUG - December 8 ==== 
-  * BASE: To Be Determined (TBD) 
-  * MAIN: To Be Determined (TBD) 
- 
-==== SNUG - December 15 ==== 
-  * TOPIC: To Be Determined (TBD) 
- 
-==== STLLUG - December 16 ==== 
-  * TOPIC: To Be Determined (TBD) 
- 
-==== STCLUG - December 2? ==== 
-  * TOPIC: To Be Determined (TBD) 
- 
-==== Christmas Day - December 25 ==== 
- 
-==== HZWLUG - December 28 ==== 
-  * Topics are usually determined by attendees. ​ We sometimes cover more than one. 
- 
- 
-===== January 2011 ===== 
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-    January 2011    ​ 
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- ​2 ​ 3  4  5  6  7  8 
- 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 
-16 17 18 19 20 21 22 
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-30 31                
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-==== SLACC - January 6 ==== 
-  * Linux configuration workshop - no presentation 
- 
-==== SLUUG - January 12 ==== 
-  * BASE: To Be Determined (TBD) 
-  * MAIN: To Be Determined (TBD) 
- 
-==== SNUG - January 19 ==== 
-  * TOPIC: To Be Determined (TBD) 
- 
-==== STLLUG - January 20 ==== 
-  * TOPIC: To Be Determined (TBD) 
- 
-==== STCLUG - January 27 ==== 
-  * TOPIC: To Be Determined (TBD) 
- 
-==== HZWLUG - January 25 ==== 
-  * Topics are usually determined by attendees. ​ We sometimes cover more than one. 
- 
-===== 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. 
-  
-====== Old Business ====== 
- 
-===== 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. 
-  * 2010-10 
-    *  
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-===== 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. 
-  * 2010-10 ​ 
-    *  
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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 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. 
-  * 2010-08 Status unchanged. 
-  * 2010-09 Status unchanged. 
-  * 2010-10 ​ 
-    *  
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-===== 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. 
-  * 2010-08 Status unchanged. 
-  * 2010-09 Status unchanged. 
-  * 2010-10 ​ 
-    *  
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-===== 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. 
-  * 2010-10 
-      * Procedure changed again, reservations could not be done on line, had to be made in person. ​ 
-      * On 2 October Stan R. reserved HZWLUG meetings in small room at the St. Louis County Library Prairie Commons Branch. 
-      * HZWLUG web page changed. ​ Our SLUUG Google calendar has link to HZWLUG web page. 
-      * On 2 October Stan R. reserved SLACC meetings in Auditorium at the St. Louis County Library Thornhill Branch. 
-      * SLACC web page changed. ​ Our SLUUG Google calendar has link to SLACC web page. 
-      * Two checks for $60 due separately to each library branch within 14 days. 
-      * Reservations are for first six month of 2011.  Second half of year reservations will open in April. 
-      *  
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-===== Arch Reactor 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 
-  * 2010-10 ​ 
-    *  
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-===== Linux Conference in May ===== 
-  * 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? 
-  * 2010-10 
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-====== New Business ====== 
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-===== St. Louis Business Expo ===== 
-  * 2010-10 
-    * On October 20th at St. Charles Convention Center. ​ Will cost us $180. 
-    * Stan R. and Lee L. brought up participation at STLLUG meeting. ​ Little response. 
-    * Lee L. will be ordering electric hookup by Thursday to get discount. ​ 
-    * EPC will again provide laptops. 
-    *  
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-===== SNUG Future ===== 
-  * 2010-10 Gary Hollingsworth expects Novell to pull out of Linux. 
-    * Novell will be divesting its Linux business to VMware and the remaining assets to Attachmate. 
-    * Assume SNUG - St. Louis Novell Users Group will possibly disolve. 
-    * Need confidential recommendations on SNUG funds. 
-    *  
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-====== Annual Requirements ====== 
-    * December 2010 - Renew STCLUG.ORG domain. 
-    * February 2011 - Renew STLLINUX.ORG domain. 
-    * February 2011 - SLUUG annual Board meeting and elections. 
-    * April 2011 - Reserve rooms at St. Louis County Library Branches. 
-    * May 2011 - IRS Form 990-N for Tax Exempt Status. 
-    * June 2011 - Missouri Annual Report for Tax Exempt Status. 
-    * July 2011 - Renew SLUUG.ORG domain. 
-    * October 2011 - Reserve rooms at St. Louis County Library Branches. 
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-====== 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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