NOTE: Minutes posted on the wiki are always unofficial. Schedules for upcoming presentations are always tentative. (Some more tentative than others!)

IRC - #SLUUG on FreeNode

• Wednesday, February 2, 2011
• 6:30 PM -

• Lee Lammert

• Jerry Stutte

• Gary Meyer

• Stan Reichardt

• Don Ellis

• Jeff Muse

• Noah Lance

• Cliff Gordon

• Bryan Venable

• Are there any additions, deletions, or changes to sequence of items in the prepared agenda?

• Nothing to report.

• Bank Balance as of 12/31: $810.35
• Bank Balance as of 1/31: $810.35

• Income: Omnitec $ 10.00
• Expenses: PayPal $ 0.59
• PayPal Balance as of 1/31: $ 9.41

• Need to encourage people to use the new PayPal buttons on the web site!!

• Subscriber numbers (approximate) as of end of January 2011:

• 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.
• Command used to generate these (as root on Bud):
  • /usr/local/mailman/bin/list_members list_name | wc -l

• Initial mail list subscriptions are prompted by attendance sheets.
• Group leaders are responsible for taking attendance at meetings.
• Attendance sheets are available here
• Attendance numbers, as of end of January 2011:

• 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.
• NOTE - Corrected STCLUG August and September counts.

    January 2011    
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               

• SLACC usually holds a Linux configuration workshop - no presentation
• ?

• SLUUG usually starts with a tutorial or demo session before a main presentation.
• BASE: BSD Jails and chroot by Lee Lammert (Not given due to customer requirements.)
• MAIN: Comparison of ARM and Atom by Jerry Stutte
• Informative, good turnout

• SNUG is the St. Louis Novell Users Group.
• TOPIC: Don Ellis on controlling development environments with synergy, VM's, and reverse SSH.
• Very good. People enjoyed the wifi.

• STLLUG is the St. Louis Linux Users Group.
• TOPIC: Linux for Blind Users by Igor Gueths (had been confirmed)
• BACKUP: Setting Up Webalizer by Lee Lammert (tentative)
• Meeting CANCELED due to extreme weather.
• ?

• HZWLUG topics are usually determined by attendees. We sometimes cover more than one.
• Presentation on TeamViewer (proprietary multiplatform remote assistance package) by Norman Miller.

• STCLUG is the St. Charles Linux Users Group.
• TOPIC: Linux Routers for the Home by Noah Lance
• Small group discussed many items. Presentation started late, but was excellent.
• Hands-on with Linux PCs. Good discussion.

• Link to potential speakers and topics.

   February 2011    
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               

• SLACC usually holds a Linux configuration workshop - no presentation
• SLUUG Election Voting

• SLUUG usually starts with a tutorial or demo session before a main presentation.
• SLUUG Election Voting
• BASE: Chroots & Jails by Lee Lammert
• MAIN: TBD

• SNUG is the St. Louis Novell Users Group.
• SLUUG Election Voting
• TOPIC: Running .NET applications with Mono, by Gary Hollingsworth (confirmed via Lee)

• STLLUG is the St. Louis Linux Users Group.
• SLUUG Election Voting
• TOPIC: Video Capture and Editing by Noah Lance

• HZWLUG topics are usually determined by attendees. We sometimes cover more than one.
• SLUUG Election Voting

• STCLUG is the St. Charles Linux Users Group.
• SLUUG Election Voting
• TOPIC: Linux Media Server by Noah Lance

     March 2011     
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      

• SLACC usually holds a Linux configuration workshop - no presentation

• SLUUG usually starts with a tutorial or demo session before a main presentation.
• BASE: To Be Determined (TBD)
• MAIN: To Be Determined (TBD)

• SNUG is the St. Louis Novell Users Group.
• TOPIC: Internet Security (tentative, per Jerry)

• STLLUG is the St. Louis Linux Users Group.
• TOPIC: The Scratch programming language (tentative, per Jerry)

• HZWLUG topics are usually determined by attendees. We usually cover more than one.

• STCLUG is the St. Charles Linux Users Group.
• TOPIC: To Be Determined (TBD)

• Link to potential speakers and topics.

• 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
  • Postfix and MySQL are now talking to each other (on Amber)
  • 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.
• 2010-11
  • We have 2 new boxes.
    • Compaq DL580 (G1) boxes at Lee's house.
    • 4 x 73 GB disks (old servers have 4 x 18GB)
    • 3 GB RAM (old servers have 4 GB)
  • Work party to finish moving bud to the cloud box - Nov 13th at Lee's.
• 2010-12
  • Got Budlight back up and runnable
    • Got a fan to fit in it
    • Need to reinstall in rack
  • Got OS installed on DL580, but Grub didn't work.
  • Lee suggested we keep 1 of each system type.
    • Keep the 2nd of each system type as backup hardware.
• 2011-01 At December Blue Sky session Stan wanted to gather web analytics.
  • Craig said that there are 2 ways to accomplish this.
    • Way 1 is to analyze Apache logs, such as webalizer.
    • Way 2 is to use something like Google Analytics.
  • The group decided against using anything external like Google for this.
  • Craig and Lee got Webalizer working after the blue sky session.
  • Gary and Stan have been looking at the Webalizer reports.
  • http://www.sluug.org/hitreport/
  • Lee disabled a disuse account with 280 MB of email.
  • Lee tested the PayPal button.
• 2011-02

• 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 No progress. Stan questioned Gary's usefulness. Suggested that he is merely decorative.
• 2010-11 No progress. See note above about Gary's usefulness.
• 2010-12 No progress. See note above about Gary's usefulness.
• 2011-01 No progress. See note above about Gary's usefulness.
• 2011-02 Same old, same old….

• 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 Mike Knight, Jerry, and Don all need password cards. Jeff sent mail to Craig inquiring.
• 2010-11 Jerry received a password card from Craig.
• 2010-12 Status unchanged.
• 2011-01 Craig REALLY intends to change root passwords VERY soon.
• 2011-02 Jeff will get pw info to Mike if he'll be at the main meeting. Afterwards, we can change passwords.

• 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 volunteers?
• 2010-10 Carl will investigate.
• 2010-11 Craig will investigate.
• 2010-12 Craig will investigate.
• 2011-01 Craig will investigate.
• 2011-02

• 2010-10 SNUG is the St. Louis Novell Users Group.
• 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 worst case that SNUG - St. Louis Novell Users Group will possibly dissolve.
  • Need confidential recommendations on SNUG funds.
  • There was no October meeting because of STL Business Expo.
  • Transition to be discussed by Gary M. at next SNUG meeting.
• 2010-11
  • Future of the group will be discussed this month.
• 2010-12
  • Was not discussed last month.
  • We should defer this discussion until Attachmate buy-out settles out.
• 2011-01
  • Attendance last month was excellent; no action required yet.
• 2011-02

• 2010-11 STCLUG is the St. Charles Linux Users Group.
• For 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.
• Gary is going to check the possibility with vendors.
• 2011-01
  • Gary renewed STCLUG.ORG last month.
• 2011-02

• 2010-11 STLLUG is the St. Louis Linux Users Group.
• 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.
• Previously, some educational institutions (other than UMSL) did not want to be listed.
• Lee updated the SLUUG web site sponsors list
  • Also added PayPal button to SLUUG web site membership join page.
• 2010-12 No status change.
• We should push the PayPal usage.
• 2011-01 Stan suggested putting Hostirian at the bottom of all SIG web sites.
• 2011-02 Stan hasn't gotten around to the pages, yet.
  • Noticed .PNG file doesn't show up on old county library browsers. Do we have .JPG file anywhere?

• 2010-12
  • We have a voice recorder (VC) for recording meeting presentations and have posted some results on web site.
  • On 28 Oct Stan R. suggested buying an additional VC so that there wouldn't be a single point of failure.
    • We forget who has it.
    • We forget to bring it.
    • We forget to turn it on.
    • We forget fresh batteries.
    • We forget how to turn it on.
    • We forget to free up space on it.
  • There was some STEERCOM list banter but nothing was brought up at 3 November Steering Committee meeting.
  • Alternative of video recording suggested, huge size of video files was mentioned.
  • Stan R. passed voice recorder to Gary M. on 18 November and doesn't want it back.
  • Noah volunteered an old Digital8 recorder.
• 2011-01 Continued discussion, but no consensus.
• 2011-02

• Annual Official Business Meeting is 2nd Wednesday in February.
• Elections are all the February meetings.
• All votes will be counted at the Steering Committee meeting.
  • On the 1st Wednesday in March.
• 2011-01
  • Carl Fitch's board seat is up this year.
  • Stan nominates Jerry Stutte for Board.
  • Craig nominates Gary for President.
  • We can start with last year's ballot – http://www.sluug.org/pdf/ballot2010.txt
• 2011-02

• 2011-01 Mike Knight's emails regarding web site.
  • Stan changed the copyright dates.
  • Good idea to list other Open Source friendly resources.
    • On a separate page from our own SIGs.
    • Sites like WITS, CVillage, Arch Reactor, 2600.
  • Our site layout has not changed for years.
    • Would take some effort to re-do it, and seems to be working for most people.
• 2011-02 Stan hasn't gotten around to building new resources page, yet.

• 2011-01 Stan talked about the 2-page hand-out we have for SLUUG.
  • Suggested we put the membership form on the back of that.
  • Lee will look into printing them out.
• 2011-02 Stan hasn't gotten around to combining documents, yet

• 2011-02 Mid-America GNU/Linux Networkers Conference - http://magnetcon.info/
  • Lee made a deal with somebody.
  • Encourage SLUUG folks to sign up for presentations
  • Volunteers required to help run the show (includes admission)
  • SLUUG will have free table space in exchange for???

• 2011-02 Anything else?

• February 2011 - Renew STLLINUX.ORG domain.
• February 2011 - SLUUG annual Board meeting and elections.
• April 2011 - Reserve rooms at St. Louis County Library Branches.
• April 2011 - St. Louis Business Expo
• May 2011 - IRS Form 990-N for Tax Exempt Status.
• July 2011 - Renew SLUUG.ORG domain.
• October 2011 - Reserve rooms at St. Louis County Library Branches.
• October 2011 - St. Louis Business Expo
• December 2011 - Renew STCLUG.ORG domain.
• August 2012 - Missouri Annual Report for Corporate Legal Status (every 2 years).

• 2011-02

• Recognize completed action items, and other useful actions.
• Who did what?

• Jerry was mostly decorative.
• Craig was mostly decorative.

• Everyone - Talk to someone about coming to meetings.
• Everyone - Talk to someone about sponsorships.
• Everyone - Talk to someone about giving a presentation.
• Carl - send thank-you note to Hostirian for hosting our servers.
• 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.
  • Or transfer the 2 months to SLACC or HZWLUG.
• Craig - follow up on potential presentations.
  • Igor - blind Linux users
  • Kyle Cordes - ffmpeg or other
• Jerry - find someone to talk to us about Android.
  • Talk to Lopez from FBI about Internet security.
  • Talk to Alan Griggs about 101 Windows Tricks Linux Users Should Know.
  • 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.
• Gary - look into syncing domain renewals so they all happen at the same time of year.
• Gary - follow up with Noel about transferring the SLACC.COM domain to us.
• Gary - get Wash U site cleaned up.