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====== SLUUG Steering Committee Agenda - 6 July 2011 ======
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, July 6, 2011
  * 6:30 PM - 7:50 PM

====== Attendees ======
  * Jerry Stutte
  * Don Ellis
  * Lee Lammert
  * Craig Buchek
  * Jeff Muse
  * Stan Reichardt

====== Agenda Changes ======
  * Are there any additions, deletions, or changes to sequence of items in the prepared agenda?
  
====== Secretary Report  ======
  * Nothing to report.

====== Treasurer Report ======
  * Bank Balance as of 6/1:		$1499.94
  * Deposit from membership fee:	$  10.00
  * Deposit from NUI:			$ 500.00
  * Balance as of 7/1:			$2009.94

  * Officers signed new signature cards for US Bank.

====== Mailing List Report ======
  * Subscriber numbers (approximate) as of end of June 2011:

| List     ^ Jun ^ Jul ^ Aug ^ Sep ^ Oct ^ Nov ^ Dec ^ Jan ^ Feb ^ Mar ^ Apr ^ May ^ Jun ^
^ ANNOUNCE | 755 | 739 | 736 | 724 | 718 | 717 | 718 | 717 | 717 | 708 | 703 | 704 | 701 |
^ DISCUSS  | 224 | 224 | 222 | 223 | 222 | 222 | 221 | 219 | 218 | 218 | 216 | 215 | 215 |
^ STEERCOM |  40 | 39  |  39 |  40 |  38 |  38 |  38 |  38 |  38 |  39 |  38 |  37 |  37 |
^ SYSADMIN |  19 | 19  |  19 |  19 |  18 |  18 |  17 |  17 |  17 |  17 |  17 |  17 |  17 |

  * Numbers as end of each month.
  * Blocking of mailing list attachments not completely configured yet. This will be much easier to do on Amber.
  * 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

====== Attendance Report ======
  * Initial mail list subscriptions are prompted by attendance sheets.
  * Group leaders are responsible for taking attendance at meetings.
  * Blank attendance sheets are [[http://www.sluug.org/resources/attendance/|available here]]
  * Attendance numbers, as of end of June 2011:

| Meeting  ^ May ^ Jun ^ Jul ^ Aug ^ Sep ^ Oct ^ Nov ^ Dec ^ Jan ^ Feb ^ Mar ^ Apr ^ May ^ Jun ^
^ Steercom |  4 |   6 |   6 |  4 |   7 |  6 |   5 |  7 |  5 |  (9) |  5 |   5 | 11 | 5 |
^ SLACC    |  5 |  (6)|   ? |  ? |     ? |  8 |   x |  7 |  ? |   5 |   ? |  (6)| 5 |  8 |
^ SLUUG    |  ? |  18 | 22? | 29(31) |  ? |  29 |  ? |  15 |  18 |  15 |  14|  16 | 19 | 21 |
^ SNUG SuSE|  8 |   9 |   4 |  8 |  ? |  - |   7 | 11(14) |  11 |  15 |  - |   7 | ? | 10? |
^ STLLUG   |  19 |   9 |  17 |  21 |  17 |  16 |  (9) |  - |  14 |  13|  15 | 15 | 15 | 14 |
^ STCLUG   |  6 |   5 |  12 |  5 |  6 |   6 |   4 |  - |  4 |   ? |  - |  11 | 7 |  7 |
^ HZWLUG   |  ? |   8 |   ? |  ? |  6 |  7 |   6 |  9 |  13 |   9 |  7 |  11 | 9 | (7)|

  * 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.
  * NOTE - February 2011 Steercom was via IRC #SLUUG channel on freenode.

====== Meeting Review and Comments ======
===== June 2011 =====
<code>
     June 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
           
</code>

==== SLACC - June 2 ====
  * [[http://slacc.sluug.org/|SLACC]] usually holds a Linux configuration workshop - no presentation

==== SLUUG - June 8 ====
  * [[http://www.sluug.org/|SLUUG]] usually starts with a tutorial or demo session before a main presentation.
  * BASE: systemd by Jerry Stutte
    * Not good.
  * MAIN: Amazing, Stupendous, Mind-Blowing Apps for iPad2 by Scott Granneman and Jans Carton
    * Good.

==== SNUG - June 15 ====
  * [[http://snug.sluug.org/|SNUG]] is the St. Louis Novell Users Group.
  * TOPIC: Cloud Computing

==== STLLUG - June 16 ====
  * [[http://www.stllinux.org/|STLLUG]] is the St. Louis Linux Users Group.
  * TOPIC: Two Coding Languages for Youngsters
    * Scratch by Ryan Brooks
    * Looking Glass Presentation by Paul Gross
    * Both excellent. Audience was extremely engaged. Great fit with each other.

==== STCLUG - June 23 ====
  * [[http://www.stclug.org/|STCLUG]] is the St. Charles Linux Users Group.
  * TOPIC: Basics of 3-D Graphics and Animation by Ed Wehner 
    * The Basics of Animating 3-D Objects (Part 3 of 3)
    * Promotional video at http://www.sendspace.com/file/jdspwe
    * Very good. Good hands-on.

==== HZWLUG - June 28 ====
  * [[http://hzwlug.sluug.org |HZWLUG]] topics are usually determined by attendees.  We usually cover more than one.
    * One new person.

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

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

===== July 2011 =====
<code>
     July 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                  
</code>

==== SLACC - July 7 ====
  * [[http://slacc.sluug.org/|SLACC]] usually holds a Linux configuration workshop - no presentation

==== SLUUG - July 13 ====
  * [[http://www.sluug.org/|SLUUG]] usually starts with a tutorial or demo session before a main presentation.
  * BASE: LastPass by Jay Truesdale (firm commitment) via Stan Reichardt
  * MAIN: Artificial Intelligence by Eric Xu via Gary Meyer

==== SNUG - July 20 ====
  * [[http://snug.sluug.org/|SNUG]] is the St. Louis Novell Users Group.
  * TOPIC: To Be Determined (TBD)

==== STLLUG - July 21 ====
  * [[http://www.stllinux.org/|STLLUG]] is the St. Louis Linux Users Group.
  * TOPIC: Split presentation:
    * Part I: Yum repositories explored by Jeff Muse
    * Part II: Apt package tools by Craig Buchek

==== HZWLUG - July 26 ====
  * [[http://hzwlug.sluug.org |HZWLUG]] topics are usually determined by attendees.  We usually cover more than one.

==== STCLUG - July 28 ====
  * [[http://www.stclug.org/|STCLUG]] is the St. Charles Linux Users Group.
  * TOPIC: To Be Determined (TBD)


===== Aug 2011 =====
<code>
    August 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           
</code>


==== SLACC - Aug 4 ====
* [[http://slacc.sluug.org/|SLACC]] usually holds a Linux configuration workshop - no presentation

==== SLUUG - Aug 10 ====
 * [[http://www.sluug.org/|SLUUG]] usually starts with a tutorial or demo session before a main presentation.
  * BASE: To Be Determined (TBD)
  * MAIN: Migration of SLUUG services to amber by Jeff Muse (tentative pending completion of work)

==== SNUG - Aug 17  ====
  * [[http://snug.sluug.org/|SNUG]] is the St. Louis Novell Users Group.
  * TOPIC: To Be Determined (TBD)

==== STLLUG - Aug 18 ====
  * [[http://www.stllinux.org/|STLLUG]] is the St. Louis Linux Users Group.
  * TOPIC: HIATUS per ITEN request (No meeting this month)

==== HZWLUG - Aug 23  ====
  * [[http://hzwlug.sluug.org |HZWLUG]] topics are usually determined by attendees.  We usually cover more than one. 

==== STCLUG - Aug 25 ====
  * [[http://www.stclug.org/|STCLUG]] is the St. Charles Linux Users Group.
  * TOPIC: To Be Determined (TBD)

===== Sep 2011 =====
<code>
   September 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 21 24
25 26 27 28 29 30
</code>


==== SLACC - Sep 1 ====
* [[http://slacc.sluug.org/|SLACC]] usually holds a Linux configuration workshop - no presentation

==== SLUUG - Sep 14 ====
 * [[http://www.sluug.org/|SLUUG]] usually starts with a tutorial or demo session before a main presentation.
  * BASE: To Be Determined (TBD)
  * MAIN: Internet Security by Joseph J. Papes, former FBI agent, via Jerry Stutte
  * BACKUP: To Be Determined (TBD)

==== STLLUG - Sep 15 ====
  * [[http://www.stllinux.org/|STLLUG]] is the St. Louis Linux Users Group.
  * TOPIC: Machine Vision & Facial Recognition by Chris Leighton, confirmed via Lee
  * BACKUP: To Be Determined (TBD)

==== SNUG - Sep 21  ====
  * [[http://snug.sluug.org/|SNUG]] is the St. Louis Novell Users Group.
  * TOPIC: To Be Determined (TBD)

==== STCLUG - Sep 22 ====
  * [[http://www.stclug.org/|STCLUG]] is the St. Charles Linux Users Group.
  * TOPIC: To Be Determined (TBD)

==== HZWLUG - Sep 26  ====
  * [[http://hzwlug.sluug.org |HZWLUG]] topics are usually determined by attendees.  We usually cover more than one.

====== Old Business ======

===== SNUG =====
  * Need a copy of the SNUG by-laws.
    * Stan will get with Gary Hollingsworth to see if he can get us a copy.

===== Password Cards =====
  * Craig finally handed Mike Knight a copy of the password card.
  * Root passwords were changed at work party for Bud, Amber, and Redhook. 
  * Lee will get Don Ellis a copy of the card.

===== Server Admin =====
  * Bud Light offline due to fan failure, is still offline.
  * Michelob is dead.
    * Not sure anyone is willing to revive it.
    * If anyone is willing to spend the time, they are welcome.
  * Work party took place May 21 at Lee's place. 
    * Much progress made on a Budlight replacement. 
    * Some websites moved over to Amber. 
    * Mail is working on Amber but need to migrate user accounts. 
      * This is being held up by old-style DES passwords still in use. 
      * Jeff is trying to get them changed.
    * Amber build is documented at [[:amber_build|Base OS Config]]
    * We rebuilt Budlight on DL380 G2.
      * 4 x 73 GB disks (old servers have 4 x 18GB)
      * 3 GB RAM (old servers have 4 GB)
      * Server was built, but not put online yet at this point.
      * It is functional, but we need spare parts for whatever hardware we deploy.
      * Jay Truesdale is looking for a pair of DL380 G4 servers to use instead.
  * Work party scheduled for July 9 at Lee's (9 AM).
    * Need to transition mail services to Amber.
    * Need to move wiki and www web services to Amber.
    * Stan has put a notice on the web page.

  * 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 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.
  * 2010-07
    * Golden Wheat has been re-installed, and fully functional.
    * IBM X325, dual P4 Xeon 2.8 GHz, 2x72 GB.
  * 2010-09
    * Backups have been disabled, since they were filling the / partition.
  * 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.

===== 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 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 No progress. See note above about Gary's usefulness.
  * 2011-03 No progress. Gary is in Florida. See note above about Gary's usefulness.
  * 2011-04 No progress.
  * 2011-05 No progress.
  * 2011-06 No progress. Unless there is rain Gary won't be attending until September.
  * 2011-07 No progress.

===== Recording Meetings =====
  * 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 Not discussed during IRC meeting.
  * 2011-03 Gary M. returned voice recorder to Stan R. before going to Florida.
    * Stan needs to pull February 2011 STLLUG recording and post it (on Amber).
      * And email it to the speaker (Igor Gueths).
  * 2011-04 Stan R. passed on voice recorder to Phil Bunch, who should be at next general meeting.
  * 2011-05 Phil B. passed voice recorder back to Stan R.
  * 2011-05 Craig suggested getting another voice recorder (or 2), and extra batteries.
  * 2011-06 Jeff wanted to move that we use some of the Novell money to buy a second recorder.
    * Did not have a quorum.
    * Stan suggested getting one that records in ideally OGG, but failing that, MP3. 
      * Either would be better than the current uncompressed format.
  * 2011-07 Group unanimously voted to buy 2 new voice recorders.
    * As long as they do not require Windows drivers.
    * Preferably record in OGG format, or MP3 at the least.
    * Upper limit $100 each.
    * Jerry and Lee will research and purchase.

===== Web Site Suggestions =====
  * 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.
  * 2011-03 No change.
  * 2011-04 No change.
  * 2011-05 No change.
  * 2011-06 There was brief discussion of implementing a CMS at the work party on 5/21. No decisions made.
  * 2011-07 Gary noticed Wayback machine has STOPPED archiving our server as of about May 2009.
    * It would be good to get resumption of archiving at Wayback.
      * How can we accomplish this?

===== STLLUG Sponsorship Credit =====
  * 2010-11 [[http://www.stllinux.org/|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 [[http://www.sluug.org/sponsors/|sponsors list]]
    * Also added PayPal button to SLUUG web site [[http://www.sluug.org/members/join/|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?
    * Not discussed during IRC meeting.
  * 2011-03 No change.
  * 2011-04 No change.
  * 2011-05 No change.
  * 2011-06 No change. The spirit is willing but the schedule is weak.
  * 2011-07 Stan R. added Historian logo stuff to bottom of home pages of all active Special Interest Groups.

===== LUGs and Attendance =====
  * 2011-03 Craig brought up the topic of LUG attendance.
  * Why is STLLUG attendance so low?
    * Is it the location?
    * Was it the change in location?
    * Is it because we have too many local meetings?
    * Is it the improving job market?
  * With low attendance, we cannot bring in bigger names.
    * Telling Red Hat they'll have 15 people to speak with won't get them to come here.
  * Craig will post a message to DISCUSS.
    * Explain why I'm asking.
    * Ask why people don't attend.
    * Ask what we could do to get people to attend more often.
    * Ask if we should combine some of the LUG meetings.
  * 2011-04
    * Craig has created a survey -- http://stllug.org/2011-member-survey
    * Need to have STEERCOM members look at it first, to make suggestions.
    * Craig will send out the URL to DISCUSS and ANNOUNCE once we're happy with it.
  * 2011-07 - Craig WILL send out the survey to STEERCOM, then DISCUSS and ANNOUNCE.

===== PR =====
  * Jerry recommended we create a Facebook group and page.
  * Jerry recommended we post meeting notices on college campus bulletin boards.
    * Jerry will send out an email to Sanjiv.
  * 2011-05
    * Several people were opposed to this idea. (CLARIFICATION 6/1: The opposition was specifically to facebook)
  * 2011-07 Gary Meyer volunteered to do PR for the group to get younger members involved.

====== New Business ======
  * None.

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

====== Blue Sky ======
  * None.

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

====== 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.
  * Craig - talk to Splunk reps about presenting.
  * Craig - follow up on potential presentations.
    * Kyle Cordes - ffmpeg or other
    * GStreamer
  * 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.
  * Noah - work on Amber build.
  * Gary - follow up with Noel about transferring the SLACC.COM domain to us.
  * Gary - get Wash U site cleaned up.
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