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| ====== Date and Time ====== | ====== Date and Time ====== | ||
| * Wednesday, November 3, 2010 | * Wednesday, November 3, 2010 | ||
| - | * 6:30 PM - | + | * 6:30 PM - 7:30 PM |
| ====== Attendees ====== | ====== Attendees ====== | ||
| - | :?:* Craig Buchek | + | * Jeff Muse |
| - | + | * Jerry Stutte | |
| - | :?:* Don Ellis | + | * Craig Buchek |
| - | + | * Noah Lance | |
| - | :?:* Carl Fitch | + | * Lee Lammert |
| - | + | ||
| - | :?:* Lee Lammert | + | |
| - | + | ||
| - | :?:* Gary Meyer (expects to be out of town) | + | |
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| - | :?:* Jeff Muse | + | |
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| - | :?:* Stan Reichardt (hopes to be out of state) | + | |
| - | + | ||
| - | :?:* Jerry Stutte | + | |
| ====== Secretary Report ====== | ====== Secretary Report ====== | ||
| - | * Secretary has not printed minutes since June 2009. | + | * Nothing to report. |
| - | * 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 8/31: $1359.50 | + | * Balance as of 9/30: $1246.79 |
| - | * Expenses: none | + | * Expenses: |
| + | * $ 95.46 Electric for SBE | ||
| + | * $ 60.00 Library Room | ||
| + | * $ 60.00 Library room | ||
| + | * $ 96.00 US Post Office | ||
| + | * $100.00 Small Business Expo | ||
| + | * $ 25.00 MO SOS - two years | ||
| * Income: none | * Income: none | ||
| + | * Balance as of 10/31: $905.79 | ||
| + | * Need to encourage people to use the new PayPal buttons on the web site. | ||
| + | * Had a lot of expenses this past month. | ||
| ====== Mailing List Report ====== | ====== Mailing List Report ====== | ||
| - | * Subscriber numbers (approximate) as of end of September 2010: | + | * Subscriber numbers (approximate) as of end of October 2010: |
| | List ^ Oct ^ Nov ^ Dec ^ Jan ^ Feb ^ Mar ^ Apr ^ May ^ Jun ^ Jul ^ Aug ^ Sep ^ Oct ^ | | List ^ Oct ^ Nov ^ Dec ^ Jan ^ Feb ^ Mar ^ Apr ^ May ^ Jun ^ Jul ^ Aug ^ Sep ^ Oct ^ | ||
| - | ^ ANNOUNCE | 770 | 773 | 769 | 767 | 759 | 751 | 752 | 755 | 755 | 739 | 736 | 724 | 000 | | + | ^ ANNOUNCE | 770 | 773 | 769 | 767 | 759 | 751 | 752 | 755 | 755 | 739 | 736 | 724 | 718 | |
| - | ^ DISCUSS | 220 | 227 | 226 | 226 | 221 | 221 | 223 | 223 | 224 | 224 | 222 | 223 | 000 | | + | ^ DISCUSS | 220 | 227 | 226 | 226 | 221 | 221 | 223 | 223 | 224 | 224 | 222 | 223 | 222 | |
| - | ^ STEERCOM | 34 | 35 | 35 | 35 | 37 | 37 | 37 | 37 | 40 | 39 | 39 | 40 | 00 | | + | ^ STEERCOM | 34 | 35 | 35 | 35 | 37 | 37 | 37 | 37 | 40 | 39 | 39 | 40 | 38 | |
| - | ^ SYSADMIN | 17 | 17 | 17 | 18 | 18 | 18 | 19 | 19 | 19 | 19 | 19 | 19 | 00 | | + | ^ SYSADMIN | 17 | 17 | 17 | 18 | 18 | 18 | 19 | 19 | 19 | 19 | 19 | 19 | 18 | |
| * Numbers as end of each month. | * Numbers as end of each month. | ||
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| * ANNOUNCE mailing list. | * ANNOUNCE mailing list. | ||
| * Still no volunteer editor to do a quarterly or monthly newsletter. | * Still no volunteer editor to do a quarterly or monthly newsletter. | ||
| + | * Command used to generate these (as root on Bud): | ||
| + | * /usr/local/mailman/bin/list_members **list_name** | wc -l | ||
| ====== Attendance Report ====== | ====== Attendance Report ====== | ||
| * Group leaders are responsible for taking attendance at meetings. | * Group leaders are responsible for taking attendance at meetings. | ||
| * Initial mail list subscriptions are prompted by attendance sheets. | * Initial mail list subscriptions are prompted by attendance sheets. | ||
| - | * Attendance numbers, as of end of September 2010: | + | * Attendance numbers, as of end of October 2010: |
| | Meeting ^ Oct ^ Nov ^ Dec ^ Jan ^ Feb ^ Mar ^ Apr ^ May ^ Jun ^ Jul ^ Aug ^ Sep ^ Oct ^ | | Meeting ^ Oct ^ Nov ^ Dec ^ Jan ^ Feb ^ Mar ^ Apr ^ May ^ Jun ^ Jul ^ Aug ^ Sep ^ Oct ^ | ||
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| ^ SNUG SuSE| - | (4) | 15 | - | ? | - | 8 | 8 | 9 | 4 | 8 | ? | - | | ^ SNUG SuSE| - | (4) | 15 | - | ? | - | 8 | 8 | 9 | 4 | 8 | ? | - | | ||
| ^ STLLUG | 25 | 22 | 25 | 23 | 15 | 16 | 16 | 17 | 19 | 9 | 17 | 21 | 17 | | ^ STLLUG | 25 | 22 | 25 | 23 | 15 | 16 | 16 | 17 | 19 | 9 | 17 | 21 | 17 | | ||
| - | ^ STCLUG | (9) | - | - | (2) | 7 | 6 | ? | 6 | 5 | 12 | 4 | ? | ? | | + | ^ STCLUG | (9) | - | - | (2) | 7 | 6 | ? | 6 | 5 | 12 | 4 | ? | 6 | |
| ^ HZWLUG | 11 | 11 | 9 | (13) | 10 | 8 | 11 | ? | 8 | ? | ? | 6 | 7 | | ^ HZWLUG | 11 | 11 | 9 | (13) | 10 | 8 | 11 | ? | 8 | ? | ? | 6 | 7 | | ||
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| ==== SLUUG - October 13 ==== | ==== SLUUG - October 13 ==== | ||
| * BASE: VIM Workshop (key mapping) by Bill Odom | * BASE: VIM Workshop (key mapping) by Bill Odom | ||
| - | * MAIN: An Introduction to Using Amazon Web Services by Scott Granneman and Jans Carton. Confirmed by Stan. | + | * Good. |
| + | * MAIN: An Introduction to Using Amazon Web Services by Scott Granneman and Jans Carton | ||
| + | * Good. Interesting. | ||
| ==== SNUG - October 20 ==== | ==== SNUG - October 20 ==== | ||
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| ==== STLLUG - October 21 ==== | ==== STLLUG - October 21 ==== | ||
| * TOPIC: Postfix by Craig Buchek | * TOPIC: Postfix by Craig Buchek | ||
| + | * Good. | ||
| ==== HZWLUG - October 26 ==== | ==== HZWLUG - October 26 ==== | ||
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| ==== STCLUG - October 28 ==== | ==== STCLUG - October 28 ==== | ||
| * TOPIC: Continuation of Linux v. Windows by Noah Lance | * TOPIC: Continuation of Linux v. Windows by Noah Lance | ||
| - | * | + | * Good. |
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| ==== SNUG - November 17 ==== | ==== SNUG - November 17 ==== | ||
| - | * TOPIC: Discussion of group future in light of impending acquisition of Novell's Linux business by VMWare. | + | * TOPIC: Discussion of group future in light of impending acquisition of Novell's Linux business by VMWare |
| ==== STLLUG - November 18 ==== | ==== STLLUG - November 18 ==== | ||
| - | * TOPIC: To Be Determined (TBD) | + | * TOPIC: Solaris for the Linux User by Bob Netherton (tentative) |
| ==== STCLUG - November 22 === | ==== STCLUG - November 22 === | ||
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| * Topics are usually determined by attendees. We sometimes cover more than one. | * Topics are usually determined by attendees. We sometimes cover more than one. | ||
| - | ==== Thankgiving Day - November 25 ==== | + | ==== Thanksgiving Day - November 25 ==== |
| ===== December 2010 ===== | ===== December 2010 ===== | ||
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| * TOPIC: To Be Determined (TBD) | * TOPIC: To Be Determined (TBD) | ||
| - | ==== STCLUG - December 20 ?? ==== | + | ==== STCLUG - December 23 ==== |
| - | * TOPIC: To Be Determined (TBD) | + | * NO MEETING DUE TO HOLIDAYS |
| ==== Christmas Day - December 25 ==== | ==== Christmas Day - December 25 ==== | ||
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| * Trying to get Zimbra installed -- not working yet either. | * Trying to get Zimbra installed -- not working yet either. | ||
| * 2010-10 | * 2010-10 | ||
| - | * Postfix and MySQL are now talking to each other | + | * Postfix and MySQL are now talking to each other (on Amber) |
| * Mailman is installed - list info needs to be migrated over yet | * Mailman is installed - list info needs to be migrated over yet | ||
| * Proposed date for work party to finish moving bud to the cloud box - Nov 13th. Location TBD. | * Proposed date for work party to finish moving bud to the cloud box - Nov 13th. Location TBD. | ||
| * 2010-11 | * 2010-11 | ||
| - | * | + | * We have 2 new boxes. |
| + | * Compaq DL580s (G1) at Lee's house. | ||
| + | * Work party to finish moving bud to the cloud box - Nov 13th at Lee's. | ||
| ===== Wash U Cleanup ===== | ===== Wash U Cleanup ===== | ||
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| * 2010-09 Gary will work on this. | * 2010-09 Gary will work on this. | ||
| * 2010-10 No progress. Stan questioned Gary's usefulness. Suggested that he is merely decorative. | * 2010-10 No progress. Stan questioned Gary's usefulness. Suggested that he is merely decorative. | ||
| - | * 2010-11 | + | * 2010-11 No progress. See note above about Gary's usefulness. |
| - | * | + | |
| ===== Purge SYSADMIN mailing list ===== | ===== Purge SYSADMIN mailing list ===== | ||
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| * 2010-09 Status unchanged. | * 2010-09 Status unchanged. | ||
| * 2010-10 Stan will delete inactive names from SYSADMIN and will post warning message to STEERCOM advising of purge of inactive members. | * 2010-10 Stan will delete inactive names from SYSADMIN and will post warning message to STEERCOM advising of purge of inactive members. | ||
| - | * 2010-11 | + | * 2010-11 Status unchanged. |
| - | * | + | |
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| * 2010-09 Status unchanged. | * 2010-09 Status unchanged. | ||
| * 2010-10 Mike Knight, Jerry, and Don all need password cards. Jeff sent mail to Craig inquiring. | * 2010-10 Mike Knight, Jerry, and Don all need password cards. Jeff sent mail to Craig inquiring. | ||
| - | * 2010-11 | + | * 2010-11 Jerry received a password card from Craig. |
| - | * | + | |
| ===== SLCL Room Reservations ===== | ===== SLCL Room Reservations ===== | ||
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| * Rooms are now reserved and paid through June 2011. | * Rooms are now reserved and paid through June 2011. | ||
| * Will need to make new reservations the first Saturday of April 2011. | * Will need to make new reservations the first Saturday of April 2011. | ||
| - | * | ||
| ===== Arch Reactor InstallFest ===== | ===== Arch Reactor InstallFest ===== | ||
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| * 2010-09 No movement | * 2010-09 No movement | ||
| * 2010-10 No update | * 2010-10 No update | ||
| - | * 2010-11 | + | * 2010-11 No movement -- canceled for now |
| - | * | + | |
| ===== Linux Conference in May ===== | ===== Linux Conference in May ===== | ||
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| * Any volunteers? | * Any volunteers? | ||
| * 2010-10 Carl will investigate. | * 2010-10 Carl will investigate. | ||
| - | * 2010-11 | + | * 2010-11 Craig will investigate. |
| - | * | + | |
| ===== St. Louis Business Expo ===== | ===== St. Louis Business Expo ===== | ||
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| * We have committed to $180. Need to clarify cost of electricity, although hard not to have electricity it we're going to be there. Total costs related to Expo are not to exceed $500. | * We have committed to $180. Need to clarify cost of electricity, although hard not to have electricity it we're going to be there. Total costs related to Expo are not to exceed $500. | ||
| * 2010-11 | * 2010-11 | ||
| - | * | + | * A good time was had by all. |
| + | * Good turn out; talked to a bunch of people. | ||
| + | * Enough workers that people didn't have to stay chained to the booth. | ||
| + | * Had at least 2-3 people at the booth at all times. | ||
| + | * Thanks to all who helped. | ||
| ===== SNUG Future ===== | ===== SNUG Future ===== | ||
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| * Transition to be discussed by Gary M. at next SNUG meeting. | * Transition to be discussed by Gary M. at next SNUG meeting. | ||
| * 2010-11 | * 2010-11 | ||
| - | * | + | * Future of the group will be discussed this month. |
| ====== New Business ====== | ====== New Business ====== | ||
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| * August 2011 - Missouri Annual Report for Corporate Legal Status was overdue. | * August 2011 - Missouri Annual Report for Corporate Legal Status was overdue. | ||
| * Past due notice from state received and dated 5 October with dead line of 4 December. | * Past due notice from state received and dated 5 October with dead line of 4 December. | ||
| - | * Craig B. filed report on 21 October, so we are now in good standing with state. | + | * Craig filed report on 21 October, so we are now in good standing with state. |
| - | * Craig B. elected to file biennial (2 year) reports, so next report due August 2012. | + | * Craig elected to file biennial (2 year) reports, so next report due August 2012. |
| * See [[https://www.sos.mo.gov/BusinessEntity/soskb/Filings.asp?681250]] for SLUUG documents. | * See [[https://www.sos.mo.gov/BusinessEntity/soskb/Filings.asp?681250]] for SLUUG documents. | ||
| * See [[https://www.sos.mo.gov/BusinessEntity/soskb/csearch.asp]] for general search. | * See [[https://www.sos.mo.gov/BusinessEntity/soskb/csearch.asp]] for general search. | ||
| - | * Is that all correct? | ||
| - | * | ||
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| ===== Domain Name Renewals ===== | ===== Domain Name Renewals ===== | ||
| - | * December 2010 - Renew STCLUG.ORG domain. Our other domains scattered through out year. | + | * December 2010 - Renew STCLUG.ORG domain. Our other domains scattered through out year. |
| - | * Suggestion was made that it might be possible to renew all domains during same month. | + | * Suggestion was made that it might be possible to renew all domains during same month. |
| - | * Gary M. was going to check the possibility with vendors. | + | * Gary M. was going to check the possibility with vendors. |
| - | * | + | |
| - | + | ||
| ===== STLLUG Sponsorship Credit ===== | ===== STLLUG Sponsorship Credit ===== | ||
| - | * STLLUG meetings are now hosted at IT Enterprises, which is affiliated with UMSL. | + | * STLLUG meetings are now hosted at IT Enterprises, which is affiliated with UMSL. |
| - | * Typically because of meeting space value we recognize host as sponsor on our web pages. | + | * Typically because of meeting space value we recognize host as sponsor on our web pages. |
| - | * Previously, some educational institutions (other than UMSL) did not want to be listed. | + | * Previously, some educational institutions (other than UMSL) did not want to be listed. |
| - | * To be changed - [[http://stllug.sluug.org/sponsors/]] | + | * Lee updated the web site sponsors list. |
| - | * To be changed - [[http://stllug.sluug.org/sponsors/]] | + | * Also added PayPal button to our site. |
| - | * Do we list both UMSL and ITE as sponsor or just one? If just one, which one? | + | |
| - | * | + | |
| ====== Annual Requirements ====== | ====== Annual Requirements ====== | ||
| - | * December 2010 - Renew STCLUG.ORG domain. | + | * December 2010 - Renew STCLUG.ORG domain. |
| - | * February 2011 - Renew STLLINUX.ORG domain. | + | * February 2011 - Renew STLLINUX.ORG domain. |
| - | * February 2011 - SLUUG annual Board meeting and elections. | + | * February 2011 - SLUUG annual Board meeting and elections. |
| - | * April 2011 - Reserve rooms at St. Louis County Library Branches. | + | * April 2011 - Reserve rooms at St. Louis County Library Branches. |
| - | * May 2011 - IRS Form 990-N for Tax Exempt Status. | + | * May 2011 - IRS Form 990-N for Tax Exempt Status. |
| - | * July 2011 - Renew SLUUG.ORG domain. | + | * July 2011 - Renew SLUUG.ORG domain. |
| - | * August 2011 - Missouri Annual Report for Corporate Legal Status (or is this every 2 years now?). | + | * October 2011 - Reserve rooms at St. Louis County Library Branches. |
| - | * October 2011 - Reserve rooms at St. Louis County Library Branches. | + | * August 2012 - Missouri Annual Report for Corporate Legal Status (every 2 years). |
| - | * August 2012 - Missouri Annual Report for Corporate Legal Status. | + | |
| ====== Blue Sky ====== | ====== Blue Sky ====== | ||
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| * Gary - get Wash U site cleaned up. | * Gary - get Wash U site cleaned up. | ||
| * Carl - send thank-you note to Hostirian for hosting our servers. | * 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 and Don Ellis have 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. | + | * Craig - follow up on potential presentations. |
| + | * Kyle Cordes - ffmpeg or other | ||
| + | * Igor - blind Linux users | ||
| * Jerry - find someone to talk to us about Android. | * Jerry - find someone to talk to us about Android. | ||
| * Talk to Joshua Frank and Bill Zimmerly. | * Talk to Joshua Frank and Bill Zimmerly. | ||
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| * Jeff - talk to Splunk reps about presenting. | * Jeff - talk to Splunk reps about presenting. | ||
| * Noah - work on Amber build. | * Noah - work on Amber build. | ||
| - | * Gary to look into syncing domain renewals so they all happen at the same time of year. | + | * Gary - look into syncing domain renewals so they all happen at the same time of year. |
| - | * Jerry to talk to potential Android speakers. | + | |
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