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====== SLUUG Steering Committee Agenda - 1 June 2015 ======

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 ======
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     June 2015      
Su Mo Tu We Th Fr Sa
    1  2  3  4  5  6
 7  8  9 10 11 12 13
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28 29 30
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  * Monday, June 1, 2015
  * 6:30 PM - 7:45 PM

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

  * Craig Buchek
  * Don Ellis
  * Lee Lammert
  * Andrew Latham
  * Gary Meyer
  * Stan Reichardt
  * Jerry Stutte
  * Don Weiman

====== Agenda Changes ======

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

====== Secretary Report ======

  * Nothing to report.

====== Treasurer Report ======

  * Balance as of May 1  $2,461.12
  * Balance as of May 31 $2,461.12

  * May 2015 - IRS Form 990-N for Tax Exempt Status completed.

====== 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 May 2015:

| Meeting  ^ May ^ Jun ^ Jul ^ Aug ^ Sep ^ Oct ^ Nov ^ Dec ^ Jan ^ Feb ^ Mar ^ Apr ^ May ^ Jun ^ Jul ^ Aug ^ Sep ^ Oct ^ Nov ^ Dec ^ Jan ^ Feb ^ Mar ^ Apr ^ May ^
^ Steercom |  4 |   3 |   5 |   3 |   6 |   4 |   5 |   8 |   5 |   6 |   6 |   7 |   9 |   9 |   5 |   6 |   4 |   9 |   9 |   7 |   6 |    8 |   9 |   7 ^   8 ^
^ SLACC    |  6 |   ? |   6 |   7 |  10 |   9 |  10 |   4 |   7 |   7 |   9 |   8 |   5 |   9 |   ? |   8 |   7 |   7 |   5 |   9 |  12 |    9 |   8 |   9 ^  13 ^
^ sLUGs    |  - |   - |   - |   - |   - |   - |   - |   - |   - |   - |   - |   - |   - |   - |   - |   - |   - |   - |   - |   - |   9 |   10 |   8 |   8 ^   7 ^
^ SLUUG    | 20 |  16 |   9 |  16 |  34 |  17 |  14 |  16 |  13 |  27 |  20 |  12 |  21 | (16)|  17 |  15 |  17 |  15 |  16 |  16 |  15 |   18 |  22 |  24 ^  18 ^
^ SNUG SuSE|  7 |   9 |   9 |   - |   8 |   9 |   9 |   8 |  10 |   8 |  10 |  10 |  10 |  10 |  (8)|   6 |   6 |   8 |  10 |   7 |  12 |    8 |   8 |   8 ^  10 ^
^ STLLUG   | 17 |  15 |  14 |   6 |   - |  11 |  12 |  14 |  15 |  17 |  15 |  14 |  11 |  15 |  14 |  15 |  14 |(14) |  10 |  12 |  17 |   15 |(16) | (16) ^  18 ^
^ HZWLUG   | 10 |  10 |   9 |  12 |   7 |  13 |  13 |  10 |  17 |  15 |  14 |  13 |  13 |  10 |  12 |  11 |  10 |  12 |   9 |   9 |  12 |   12 |  12 |  13 ^  10 ^

  * () - Number in parentheses is head count.
  * xx - attendance was taken, numbers not yet recorded.
  * ?  - Question mark indicates attendance not taken or sheet missing.
  * -  - sLUGs is new STL Linux Users Group for Seniors initial meeting 8 January 2015
  * -  - dash indicates no meeting.


===== Sponsorships =====

  * Gary and Lee spoke with folks from SuSE
    * At SuSE Linux Expert Days
    * Lee got a bunch a schwag to pass out over the next few months
    * Might be able to bring some of these guys into town for talks
  * Craig had a recruiter offer to sponsor upcoming meetings
    * Will follow up


====== Calendar Report ======
  * [[http://www.sluug.org/resources/calendar|SLUUG Calendar]] is a Google Calendar available on our web site.
  * This is a calendar of technical events in the Greater St. Louis area and surrounding regions. 
  * Not all events are official/sponsored SLUUG events. 
  * Items have been added and corrected by Stan R, Gary Meyer and Don Ellis.
  * Items listed on this calendar feed the ANNOUNCE weekly mailing.
  * Events on HIATUS are NOT counted!  Historical items are NOT counted!  Only face to face meetings are counted!
  * Count of number of events listed, each month, as of end of May 2015:

| Year ^ Jan ^ Feb ^ Mar ^ Apr ^ May ^ Jun ^ Jul ^ Aug ^ Sep ^ Oct ^ Nov ^ Dec ^ Year ^ 
^ 2011 |   ? |   ? | 105 | 108 | 103 | 117 | 105 | 105 | 105 | 113 | 103 |  96 ^ 2011 ^
^ 2012 | 110 | 104 | 122 | 123 | 138 | 111 |  99 | 124 | 122 | 133 | 114 | 111 ^ 2012 ^
^ 2013 | 123 | 128 | 136 | 147 | 144 | 146 | 139 | 119 | 145 | 167 | 153 | 140 ^ 2013 ^
^ 2014 | 143 | 159 | 174 | 165 | 188 | 165 | 132 | 136 | 173 | 165 | 141 | 107 ^ 2014 ^
^ 2015 | 171 | 179 | 177 | 183 ^ 176 | xxx | xxx | xxx | xxx | xxx | xxx | xxx ^ 2015 ^

  * xxx - Future Numbers.

====== Mailing List Report ======
  * Subscriber numbers (approximate) as of end of May 2015:

| List     ^ May ^ Jun ^ Jul ^ Aug ^ Sep ^ Oct ^ Nov ^ Dec ^ Jan ^ Feb ^ Mar ^ Apr ^ May ^ Jun ^ Jul ^ Aug ^ Sep ^ Oct ^ Nov ^ Dec ^ Jan ^ Feb ^ Mar ^ Apr ^ May ^
^ ANNOUNCE | 635 | 635 | 625 | 623 | 631 | 624 | 621 | 622 | 628 | 624 | 626 | 627 | 629 | 626 | 621 | 618 | 618 | 624 | 621 | 622 | 620 | 622 | 617 | 617 ^ 616 ^
^ DISCUSS  | 208 | 208 | 210 | 211 | 214 | 214 | 216 | 220 | 221 | 222 | 224 | 225 | 224 | 224 | 224 | 225 | 224 | 225 | 226 | 224 | 224 | 221 | 222 | 208 ^ 207 ^
^ STEERCOM |  31 |  31 |  32 |  32 |  33 |  33 |  33 |  33 |  33 |  34 |  34 |  34 |  34 |  34 |  34 |  34 |  34 |  34 |  34 |  34 |  34 |  34 |  35 |  35 ^  35 ^
^ SYSADMIN |  17 |  17 |  17 |  18 |  18 |  18 |  18 |  18 |  18 |  18 |  18 |  18 |  19 |  19 |  19 |  19 |  19 |  19 |  19 |  19 |  19 |  19 |  19 |  19 ^  21 ^

  * 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
  * xx - numbers not yet recorded.
  * -  - dash indicates list did not previously exist.

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

===== May 2015  =====
<code>
      May 2015      
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>

==== STEERCOM - Steering Committee - May 4  ====
  * Link to [[/steercom/minutes|past minutes and agenda]].
  * Link to [[/steercom/potential]] tutorials, topics and speakers.
  * NOTE: Monday of week (9 days) prior to SLUUG General Meeting.

==== SLACC - May 7 ====
  * [[http://slacc.sluug.org/|SLACC]] usually holds a Linux configuration workshop - no presentation
    * Small groups covered different items.
    * Andrew L. determined that an incomplete installation session was why John Steinmeyer WiFi failed
      * Got him working, with Stan's USB WiFi adapter
	
==== sLUGs - May 8 ====
  * [[http://slugs.sluug.org/|sLUGs]] is our daytime STL Linux Users Group for Seniors
    * Topics are expected to be determined by attendees.  We expect to cover more than one topic.
    * Web site lists a number of topics to provide general directions from which to take off.

==== SLUUG - May 13 ====
  * [[http://www.sluug.org/|SLUUG General Meeting]]
  * BASE: Alpine email client by Lee Lammert
    * Stan R. said it was best tutorial Lee ever did.
  * MAIN: Software and Mobile Ad Hoc Networks by Bryce Meyer
    * Very detailed. Good.

==== SNUG - May 20 ====
  * [[http://snug.sluug.org/|SNUG]] is the St. Louis Novell Users Group lunch time meeting.
  * For the next three months we’ll be replaying a series from Dell on SUSE OpenStack.
    * TOPIC Deploying And Configuring The DELL SUSE Openstack Cloud Solution, Powered By Openstack

==== STLLUG - May 21 ====
  * [[http://www.stllinux.org/|STLLUG]] is the St. Louis Linux Users Group.
  * TOPIC: SystemD by Andrew Latham
    * Andrew L. lamented that it wasn't complete; yet it covered a considerable amount of information and there were a lot of questions answered.
    * While stalling, considerable current topics were covered.
    * Good.

==== Hazelwood - May 26 ====
  * [[http://hzwlug.sluug.org |HZWLUG]] topics are usually determined by attendees.  We usually cover more than one topic.
    * Web site lists a number of topics to provide general directions from which to take off
    * Andrew L. and Phil B. did an **awesome** job while Stan R. was out of town.

====== Schedule ======

===== June 2015  =====
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     June 2015      
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>

==== STEERCOM - Steering Committee - June 1 ====
  * Link to [[/steercom/minutes|past minutes and agenda]].
  * Link to [[/steercom/potential]] tutorials, topics and speakers.
  * NOTE: Monday of week (9 days) prior to SLUUG General Meeting.

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

==== SLUUG - June 10 ====
  * [[http://www.sluug.org/|SLUUG General Meeting]]
    * BASE: KeyPass Password Manager by Ken Johnson
    * MAIN: Munin by Andrew Latham
      * Munin is a networked resource monitoring tool that can help analyze resource trends and "what just happened to kill our performance?" problems. It is designed to be very plug and play. A default installation provides a lot of graphs with almost no work. http://munin-monitoring.org/

==== sLUGs - June 12 ====
  * [[http://slugs.sluug.org/|sLUGs]] is our daytime STL Linux Users Group for Seniors
    * Topics are expected to be determined by attendees.  We expect to cover more than one topic.
    * Web site lists a number of topics to provide general directions from which to take off

==== SNUG - June 17 ====
  * [[http://snug.sluug.org/|SNUG]] is the St. Louis Novell Users Group lunch time meeting.
  * For the next two months we will be replaying a series from Dell on SUSE OpenStack.
    * TOPIC: Simplifying Openstack Administration And Devops With SUSE Openstack Cloud And DELL

==== STLLUG - June 18 ====
  * [[http://www.stllinux.org/|STLLUG]] is the St. Louis Linux Users Group.
    * PLAN A: High-End Hardware Engineering by Mark Rosen via Gary
    * PLAN B: Immutable Infrastructure by Craig Buchek

==== Hazelwood - June 23 ====
  * [[http://hzwlug.sluug.org |HZWLUG]] topics are usually determined by attendees.  We usually cover more than one topic.
    * Web site lists a number of topics to provide general directions from which to take off

==== STEERCOM - Steering Committee - June 29 ====
  * Link to [[/steercom/minutes|past minutes and agenda]].
  * Link to [[/steercom/potential]] tutorials, topics and speakers.
  * NOTE: Monday of week (9 days) prior to SLUUG General Meeting.


===== July 2015  =====
<code>
     July 2015      
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 2 ====
  * [[http://slacc.sluug.org/|SLACC]] usually holds a Linux configuration workshop - no presentation

==== SLUUG - July 8 ====
  * [[http://www.sluug.org/|SLUUG General Meeting]]
    * BASE: To Be Determined (TBD)
    * MAIN: Secure Communication in the Post-Snowden Era by Scott Granneman (or Social Media and Politics)

==== sLUGs - July 10 ====
  * [[http://slugs.sluug.org/|sLUGs]] is our daytime STL Linux Users Group for Seniors
    * Topics are expected to be determined by attendees.  We expect to cover more than one topic.
    * Web site lists a number of topics to provide general directions from which to take off

==== SNUG - July 15 ====
  * [[http://snug.sluug.org/|SNUG]] is the St. Louis Novell Users Group lunch time meeting.
  * For the next two months we will be replaying a series from Dell on SUSE OpenStack.
    * TOPIC To Be Determined (TBD)

==== STLLUG - July 16 ====
  * [[http://www.stllinux.org/|STLLUG]] is the St. Louis Linux Users Group.
    * TOPIC: To Be Determined by Adam Thornton (via Andrew)

==== Hazelwood - July 28 ====
  * [[http://hzwlug.sluug.org |HZWLUG]] topics are usually determined by attendees.  We usually cover more than one topic.
    * Web site lists a number of topics to provide general directions from which to take off

===== August 2015  =====
<code>
    August 2015     
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>


==== STEERCOM - Steering Committee - August 3 ====
  * Link to [[/steercom/minutes|past minutes and agenda]].
  * Link to [[/steercom/potential]] tutorials, topics and speakers.
  * NOTE: Monday of week (9 days) prior to SLUUG General Meeting.

==== SLACC - August 6 ====
  * [[http://slacc.sluug.org/|SLACC]] usually holds a Linux configuration workshop - no presentation

==== SLUUG - August 12 ====
  * [[http://www.sluug.org/|SLUUG General Meeting]]
    * BASE: To Be Determined (TBD)
    * MAIN: Linux on Power by John Hodge (Graybar) via Stan R.

==== sLUGs - August 14 ====
  * [[http://slugs.sluug.org/|sLUGs]] is our daytime STL Linux Users Group for Seniors
    * Topics are expected to be determined by attendees.  We expect to cover more than one topic.
    * Web site lists a number of topics to provide general directions from which to take off

==== SNUG - August 19 ====
  * [[http://snug.sluug.org/|SNUG]] is the St. Louis Novell Users Group lunch time meeting.
  * For the next two months we will be replaying a series from Dell on SUSE OpenStack.
    * TOPIC: To Be Determined (TBD) (Possibly SUSE folks)

==== STLLUG - August 20 ====
  * [[http://www.stllinux.org/|STLLUG]] is the St. Louis Linux Users Group.
    * TOPIC: To Be Determined (TBD) (Possibly SUSE folks)

==== Hazelwood - August 25 ====
  * [[http://hzwlug.sluug.org |HZWLUG]] topics are usually determined by attendees.  We usually cover more than one topic.
    * Web site lists a number of topics to provide general directions from which to take off

==== STEERCOM - Steering Committee - August 31 ====
  * Link to [[/steercom/minutes|past minutes and agenda]].
  * Link to [[/steercom/potential]] tutorials, topics and speakers.
  * NOTE: Monday of week (9 days) prior to General Meeting.


==== SLUUG MAIN September 9 ====

  * Hardened BSD/defcon update
  * Phil Cryer <phil@philcryer.com>
  * Set 11 Jun, discussion on discuss
====== Old Business ======

===== Server Admin =====

  * Andrew has been applying updates
    * Ignoring Postfix until he understands our configuration.
  * 2015-02-02
    * Need to apply patches for recent vulnerabilities (Glibc, PHP)
  * 2015-03-02
    * Need to perform restart to enable kernel updates
    * Need to discuss update to more recent supported OS
    * Andrew proposes a weekend event to update & document the system
    * Perhaps migrate away from a legacy platform
    * Investigate Linode as new/additional location
    * These concepts will be pursued in an email thread on sysadmin list
  * 2015-03-30
    * New server VM has been deployed at Contegix
      * Named "nick", after owner of Nick & Elena's who passed away
      * Will migrate functionality of Amber to it
      * CentOS 6
    * Craig suggested looking at Digital Ocean as new/additional location
      * Cheap ($5 month)
      * Really nice APIs
  * 2015-05-05
    * Mike and Andrew were discussing a newer OS, perhaps CentOS 7
      * Not clear about console access to our VMs
    * Ken volunteered to help
      * Andrew added him to SYSADMIN mailing list
  * 2015-06-01
    * Ken is set up on both servers, but no other movement.

===== Web Site Maintenance =====

  * Andrew still needs to finish up some stuff.
  * 2015-02-02
    * Stan R. has built a separate web page for STL Linux Users Group for Seniors (sLUGs)
    * Lee added slugs.sluug.org DNS entry, and updated our docs.
  * 2015-03-02
    * Andrew still needs to do things, requests more entertainment of problems to be solved.


===== Uploading Presentations =====

  * Andrew uploaded many presentations and linked them via the sites.
    * Much more work needs done.
  * Need to figure out how to get the slides published along with video.
  * Need to get more old presentations uploaded.

===== Domain Name Tracking =====

  * STLWEBDEV.ORG was renewed in December.
  * STLLINUX.ORG was renewed in January.
  * SLUUG.ORG will need to be renewed in July.

===== Internet Presence (Social Media) =====

  * Gary and Craig asked to reconsider MEETUP.COM.
    * It's a place to find meetings.
    * It does cost money ($12 / month).
    * It helps attendees of similar groups find our group.
    * DECISION: We'll ask for volunteers on DISCUSS to "own" the group.
    * Craig - Contact Ed Schneider about MEETUP.COM Group creation and maintenance.
    * Possible meetup volunteer - Brian Bilgere
  * 2015-03-02
    * Meetup site for SLUUG set up by Ken Johnson
    * Youtube
    * Google+
  * 2015-03-30
    * A total of 39 have joined with our Meetup site
    * Had 1 person come to SLUUG meeting after seeing it
    * Had 1 person come to STLLUG meeting after seeing it
    * Had 2 people come to HZWLUG meeting after seeing it
  * 2015-05-05
    * A total of 59 have joined with our MEETUP.COM site
    * A total of 24 people are tracking our YouTube channel
  * 2015-06-01
    * A total of 61 are following our Google+ page
    * A total of 77 have joined with our MEETUP.COM site
    * Starting to see cross-promotional references with other groups.

===== Handouts =====

  * Link to [[http://www.sluug.org/resources/handouts/|SLUUG Handouts]]
  * Stan R. has continued updating pamphlets.
  * Don Weimann has been printing pamphlets when Stan R. asks for them.
    * New paper is nicer.
  * Stan R. has been working on a pamphlet on VIM.
  * 2015-03-02
    * Stan has provided information to Graybar representative in response to request for information at last SLUUG meeting.
  * 2015-06-01
    * Revised **Learn to use the VIM text editor** pamphlet.
      * Update includes section on VIM folding.
    * Stan updated the **Free Open Source Software (FOSS)** pamphlet.
      * Updated application links, statistics, and added link to Senior Linux (sLUGs).
    * Don W. printed some more copies.

===== Speaker Honorarium =====

  * Andrew gave Gary a few more small penguins to pass out to guest presenters.
  * 2015-03-02
    * Andrew has many marching penguins to give out at future meetings
  * 2015-06-01
    * Stan suggested giving speakers the option of SLUUG mugs or stickers


===== Hostirian hosting =====

  * Hostirian hosting was renewed.


====== New Business ======

===== Anything Else? =====

  * We'd like to get SSL certificates.
    * StartSSL is free for non-profits.
      * But we'd have to prove paperwork.
    * Let's Encrypt will be providing certs for free to everyone later this year.


====== Recognize Useful Efforts ======

  * Stan did a whole bunch of things this month.
  * Lee filled out our tax forms.

====== Blue Sky Ideas ======

  * Anything?

====== Recurring Requirements ======

  * July 2015 - Renew SLUUG.ORG domain with Dotster.
  * August 2015 - Missouri Annual Report for Corporate Legal Status.
  * October 2015 - First Saturday, reserve rooms at St. Louis County Library Branches.
  * December 2015 - Transfer and renew STLWEBDEV.ORG domain.
  * February 2016 - SLUUG annual Board meeting and elections.
  * February 2016 - Renew STLLINUX.ORG domain.
  * April 2016 - First Saturday, reserve rooms at St. Louis County Library Branches.
  * May 2016 - IRS Form 990-N for Tax Exempt Status.
  * June 2016 - BuddyNS SLUUG account due.


====== Follow-up and Action Items ======

  * Everyone - Review the STEERCOM minutes, make corrections, act!
  * Everyone - Talk to someone about coming to meetings.
  * Everyone - Talk to someone about giving a presentation.
  * Unassigned - Strategic Staffing
  * Unassigned - Pamphlets or table at First Friday.
  * Lee L. - Check on running joint meeting with WEBDEV folks.
  * Ed W. - newsgroups on hold until firmed up.
  * Ed W. - Member Access Machines (MAM) in progress (bring up at General Meeting).
  * Stan R. - Remind Gary M. to bring Penguins to meetings and hand out pamphlets.
  * Gary M. - Build spreadsheet to track domain name registrations. http://bgp.he.net/ip/207.223.253.71#_dns
  * Gary M. - Follow up with Noel about transferring the SLACC.COM domain to us.
  * Don Ellis - upload older videos to YouTube.
  * Andrew L. - work on updates to web site.
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