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SLUUG Steering Committee Agenda - 2 May 2016

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

      May 2016      
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29 30 31
  • Monday, May 2, 2016
  • 6:30 PM - 9:01 PM

Attendees

* Don Ellis

* David Forrest

* Andrew Latham

* Gary Meyer

* Stan Reichardt

* Steve Stegmann

Agenda Changes

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

Validate Election

  • Counted ballots before usual meeting
  • Ballots separated from envelopes and counted
  • SLUUG Board of Governors meeting not held 29 February
    • No quorum for Board meeting
    • Board to consider results of the ballots at a later date
  • SLUUG Board of Governors meeting held
    • Absent members can verbally vote by proxie or mobile phone
    • Board member attendees:

:?: * Stan Reichardt Vote Early

:?: * Stan Reichardt Vote Often

:?: * Stan Reichardt

:?: * Quorum for Board meeting ~ YES/NO

  • Board could modify or accept the results of the ballots
  • Final Results:
    • Board Member - ??
    • Board Member - ??
    • President - Gary Meyer
    • Vice President - Stan Reichardt
    • Secretary - ??
    • Treasurer - Lee Lammert
    • Chairman of STLLUG - ??

:?: * Board meeting held ~ YES/NO

Secretary Report

  • We need a secretary
  • Don was voluntold as acting secretary

Treasurer Report

Balance as of March 31 $2,210.50
Membership Sales
SLCL - Meeting Rooms -$120.00
Balance as of March 31 $2,090.50

Attendance Report

  • Initial mail list subscriptions are prompted by attendance sheets.
  • Group leaders are responsible for taking attendance at meetings.
  • Blank attendance sheets are available here
  • Attendance numbers, as of end of April 2016:
Meeting Apr May Jun Jul Aug Sep Oct Nov Dec Jan Feb Mar Apr May Jun Jul Aug Sep Oct Nov Dec Jan Feb Mar Apr
Steercom 7 9 9 5 6 4 9 9 7 6 8 9 7 8 8 4 5 3 5 5 ? 6 5 6 5
SLACC 8 5 9 ? 8 7 7 5 9 12 9 8 9 13 8 9 7 11 9 6 8 8 10 7 7
sLUGs - - - - - - - - - 9 10 8 8 7 7 5 4 6 6 4 4 5 3 5 (3)
SLUUG 12 21 (16) 17 15 17 15 16 16 15 18 22 24 18 16 13 (21) 18 16 13 12 17 14 23 17
SNUG SuSE 10 10 10 (8) 6 6 8 10 7 12 8 8 8 10 7 7 10 11 8 10 8 4 9 6 7
STLLUG 14 11 15 14 15 14 (14) 10 12 17 15 (16) (16) 18 19 16 10 16 10 11 12 16 18 18 16
HZWLUG 13 13 10 12 11 10 12 9 9 12 12 12 13 10 7 5 6 15 5 6 8 8 10 12 9
  • () - 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.

Calendar Report

  • 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 April 2016:
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 171 179 177 183 176 168 162 176 206 294 236 197 2015
2016 260 277 314 359 ??? ??? ??? ??? ??? ??? ??? ??? 2016
  • xxx - numbers not yet recorded.
  • ??? - Future Numbers.
  • Corrected the April 2016 count after 2 May meeting.

Mailing List Report

  • Subscriber numbers (approximate) as of end of April 2016:
List Apr May Jun Jul Aug Sep Oct Nov Dec Jan Feb Mar Apr May Jun Jul Aug Sep Oct Nov Dec Jan Feb Mar Apr
ANNOUNCE 627 629 626 621 618 618 624 621 622 620 622 617 617 616 616 611 613 613 608 607 607 608 603 608 608
DISCUSS 225 224 224 224 225 224 225 226 224 224 221 222 208 207 208 204 205 212 213 204 204 206 208 206 204
STEERCOM 34 34 34 34 34 34 34 34 34 34 34 35 35 35 34 34 34 34 34 34 34 37 37 39 39
SYSADMIN 18 19 19 19 19 19 19 19 19 19 19 19 19 21 21 19 19 20 20 20 20 21 20 22 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
  • xxx - numbers not yet recorded.
  • - - dash indicates list did not previously exist.

Meeting Review and Comments

April 2016

     April 2016     
Su Mo Tu We Th Fr Sa
                1  2
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10 11 12 13 14 15 16
17 18 19 20 21 22 23
24 25 26 27 28 29 30

STEERCOM - Steering Committee - April 4

SLACC - April 7

  • SLACC usually holds a Linux configuration workshop - no presentation

sLUGs - April 8

  • 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
    • *NOTE LOCATION*
    • Meeting location change due to Library schedule conflicts
    • VENUE St. Louis County Library Bridgeton Trails Br
    • 3455 McKelvey Rd. Bridgeton, MO 63044-2500

SLUUG - April 13

    • BASE: IPv6 Refresher - David Forrest
      • Dave did an excellent job dealing with distractions
    • MAIN: Backuping Systems with GIT - Lee L.
      • Lee did fantastic presentation
      • Sysadmin vs Developer use of git are different - both in same room

SNUG - April 20

  • SNUG is the St. Louis Novell Users Group lunch time meeting.
    • TOPIC: Open Enterprise Server - projector malfunctioned, so open discussion resulted

STLLUG - April 21

  • STLLUG is the St. Louis Linux Users Group.
    • TOPIC: Distributed File Systems Ceph - Andrew Latham
    • Excellent presentation by Andrew; Stan helped by asking helpful questions
    • Attendance may have been underreported - some may not have signed in

Hazelwood - April 26

  • 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
    • *NOTE LOCATION*
    • Meeting location change due to Library schedule conflicts
    • VENUE St. Louis County Library Bridgeton Trails Br
    • 3455 McKelvey Rd. Bridgeton, MO 63044-2500
    • Smaller group than expected, mostly old timers. Newbies did not show
    • Stan did demo of Ubuntu Mate distro

Schedule

May 2016

      May 2016      
Su Mo Tu We Th Fr Sa
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15 16 17 18 19 20 21
22 23 24 25 26 27 28
29 30 31

STEERCOM - Steering Committee - May 2

SLACC - May 5

  • SLACC usually holds a Linux configuration workshop - no presentation

SLUUG - May 11

    • BASE: Shared remote gnucash by Dave Forrest
    • MAIN: To Be Determoned (TBD)
      • Plan A: Apple iOS security - ref Andrew T.
      • Plan B: Bryce was getting his life together (IOW - No)
      • Plan C: Craig - not available for this date
      • Plan D: Dummies - Uninstalling MS Windows from a netbook - Stan
      • Plan EL: Ellis & Latham - benefits of Chromebooks
        • Switching to & from Developer Mode
        • Andrew has ordered a Chromebase for the talk
        • Also has Chromebox & a Chromebook
        • Maybe Don can have dual booting set up
        • Recovering from Chrome/Ubuntu install, restoring to default configuration (demonstrate that you can do whatever you want & restore to a supported configuration)
  • need to reach out to:

* UMSL New Information Systems Prof on Security (thru contact Prof. Sanjiv Bhatia) Maurice Dawson.

  • I misunderstood and Sanjiv straightened me out. Mau is in B. Scools' Infor Syst dept. I was looking for him in CS.
  • Gary met him when he spoke at the Security Conference at UMSL on Nov 20.
  • Phone number on UMSL website is incorrect. The correct # is 516-6288.
  • Dawsonmau@umsl.edu should work according to Sanjiv so Gary is trying that.
  • Gary has left him voice mail on 2 May with offer of opportunity to speak. No response yet.
  • Yi Yang (Security professor at Fontbonne)
  • Security issues, Key management
    • Gary going to share contact info. She'd asked if we liked anything something from her list of talks. Nobody has responded with a preference.
  • Gabe Hope did GPU talk for ACM in Nov. He got his Masters and has moved on to Brown University.
  • Gary had tried to contact him thru Dr. Jeremy Buhler, the faculty advivor for UEP frat. jbuhler@wustl.edu. 935-6180
  • Dr. Buhler has offered to see if another student could talk about GPUs.
  • Physics dept could be another source for a GPU talk.
  • See sluug.org/calendar on March 31 for Intro to GPU based parallel programming with CUDA".
  • It was a 1 of 4 talks specifically for the Physics dept's new GPU cluster.

Good Job, Gary!

sLUGs - May 13

  • 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
    • *NOTE LOCATION*
    • Meeting location change due to Library schedule conflicts
    • VENUE St. Louis County Library Bridgeton Trails Br
    • 3455 McKelvey Rd. Bridgeton, MO 63044-2500

SNUG - May 18

  • SNUG is the St. Louis Novell Users Group lunch time meeting.
    • TOPIC: To Be Determined (TBD)

STLLUG - May 19

  • STLLUG is the St. Louis Linux Users Group.
    • TOPIC: Andrew will do DNS setup for Steve Stegman

Hazelwood - May 24

  • 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
    • *NOTE LOCATION*
    • Meeting location change due to Library schedule conflicts
    • VENUE St. Louis County Library Bridgeton Trails Br
    • 3455 McKelvey Rd. Bridgeton, MO 63044-2500

MEMORIAL DAY - May 30 (Monday)

STEERCOM - Steering Committee - May 31 (Tuesday) for June

June 2016

     June 2016      
Su Mo Tu We Th Fr Sa
          1  2  3  4
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12 13 14 15 16 17 18
19 20 21 22 23 24 25
26 27 28 29 30

SLACC - June 2

  • SLACC usually holds a Linux configuration workshop - no presentation

SLUUG - June 8

    • BASE: To Be Determined (TBD)
    • MAIN: To Be Determined (TBD)
  • need to reach out to
    • UMSL New Comp Sci Prof on Security (thru contact Prof. Sanjiv Bhatia)
    • Yi Yang (Security professor at Fontbonne)
      • Security issues, Key management
        • Gary going to share contact info
  • Bryce?
    • Granneman?
    • Stegman? (for Base) (Genetic Algorithms?)

sLUGs - June 10

  • 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
    • *NOTE LOCATION*
    • Meeting location change due to Library schedule conflicts
    • VENUE St. Louis County Library Bridgeton Trails Br
    • 3455 McKelvey Rd. Bridgeton, MO 63044-2500

SNUG - June 15

  • SNUG is the St. Louis Novell Users Group lunch time meeting.
    • TOPIC: To Be Determined (TBD)

STLLUG - June 16

  • STLLUG is the St. Louis Linux Users Group.
    • TOPIC: To Be Determined (TBD)
      • (Andrew will talk about something)

Hazelwood - June 28

  • 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
    • *NOTE LOCATION*
    • Meeting location change due to Library schedule conflicts
    • VENUE St. Louis County Library Bridgeton Trails Br
    • 3455 McKelvey Rd. Bridgeton, MO 63044-2500

July 2016

     July 2016      
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31

INDEPENDENCE DAY - July 4

STEERCOM - Steering Committee - July 5 ???

SLACC - July 7

  • SLACC usually holds a Linux configuration workshop - no presentation

sLUGs - July 8

  • 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
    • *NOTE LOCATION*
    • Meeting location change due to Library schedule conflicts
    • VENUE St. Louis County Library Bridgeton Trails Br
    • 3455 McKelvey Rd. Bridgeton, MO 63044-2500

SLUUG - July 13

    • BASE: To Be Determined (TBD)
    • MAIN: To Be Determined (TBD)
  • need to reach out to
    • UMSL New Comp Sci Prof on Security (thru contact Prof. Sanjiv Bhatia)
    • Yi Yang (Security professor at Fontbonne)
      • Security issues, Key management
        • Gary going to share contact info

SNUG - July 20

  • SNUG is the St. Louis Novell Users Group lunch time meeting.
    • TOPIC: To Be Determined (TBD)

STLLUG - July 21

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

Hazelwood - July 26

  • 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
    • *NOTE LOCATION*
    • Meeting location change due to Library schedule conflicts
    • VENUE St. Louis County Library Bridgeton Trails Br
    • 3455 McKelvey Rd. Bridgeton, MO 63044-2500

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.
  • 2015-06-29
  • 2015-08-03
    • Mike Knight is doing a great job.
  • 2015-08-31
    • Steve S volunteered to be indoctrinated in SLUUG Server Lore
  • 2015-11-30
  • 2016-01-04
  • 2016-02-01
  • 2016-02-29
    • BUD ntp issues. Exploit danger. Lee shut it off. Andrew gave him the patches and Lee applied.
  • 2016-04-04
    • We should get "Lets Encrypt certs" for all our servers.
  • 2016-05-02

Free SSL Certificates

  • 2015-06-01
  • 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.
  • 2015-06-29
    • Let's Encrypt announced to be available during week of 14 September 2015.
  • 2015-08-03
    • No update.
  • 2015-08-31
  • 2015-10-05 - no volunteers to do it for us yet.
  • 2015-11-30
  • 2016-01-04
  • 2016-02-01
    • Demo stlinux.org site for the lug talk
  • 2016-04-04
    • Don has the script working but wants to clean stuff up.
  • 2016-05-02
    • Don has the script working but wants to clean stuff up.

Web Site Maintenance

  • Stan to update schedule for sLUGs & HZWLUG due to location updates (Library construction moved back to December)
  • 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.
  • 2015-06-29
  • 2015-08-03
    • Dave suggests a button to add a link to contextual item viewed to viewers calendar.
  • 2015-08-31
  • Andrew still needs to finish up some stuff.
  • 2015-11-30
  • 2016-01-04
  • 2016-02-01
    • Stan R. has made SLACC, sLUGs, SNUG, and STLLINUX home pages a bit more consistant.
  • 2016-04-04
  • 2016-05-02

Sponsorships

2015/06
* Sponsor logos in the main rotation have been purged of those we have not heard from in three years
* SuSE had been asked multiple times about a local presentation, .. no response
Old
* 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
* 2015-06-29
  * Stan R. asked Valerie Bacon and John Hodge of Graybar about Gary's never asked question about beer.
  * Per John Hodge, Graybar no longer (as they once did) allows beer at meetings.
* 2015-08-03
  * Lee purged old sponsors from front page rotation. 
  * Andrew checking with NEC Electonics contact, requesting sponsorship by way presentations.
* Gary suggests rotating banners for other groups.
* Lee suggest reserving primary appearence for sponsors that provide us with resources.
* 2015-08-31
* Teksystems - Lee
* look at agenda items for discussion
* 2015-11-30
* 2016-01-04
* 2016-02-01
* 2016-04-04
* 2016-05-02
  * 

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.
  • 2015-06-29
    • Andrew showed Don Ellis how to stream sessions directly up to YouTube/Google+
  • 2015-08-03
    • We need an intervention.
  • 2015-08-31
  • 2015-11-30
  • 2016-01-04
  • 2016-02-01
    • Stan R. uploaded Andrew's presentation and linked on STLLINUX page.
  • 2016-04-04
  • 2016-05-02

Domain Name Tracking

  • STLWEBDEV.ORG was renewed in December.
  • STLLINUX.ORG renewed in January.
  • SLUUG.ORG renewed in July.
  • 2015-06-29
    • SLUUG.ORG renewed by Dodster thru Gary M. credit card
  • 2015-08-03
    • Lee believes that all the domanins are off of Gary's credit card. Replaced with SLUUG credit card.
  • 2015-08-31
  • Nothing happen in Oct…
  • 2015-11-30
  • 2016-01-04
  • 2016-02-01
    • February 2016 - Renewed STLLINUX.ORG domain.
  • 2016-04-04
  • 2016-05-02

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.
  • 2015-06-29
    • A total of xx are following our Google+ page
    • A total of 92 have joined with our MEETUP.COM site (as of 29 June)
    • However, new attendees are still just finding us by way of Google search or the SLUUG Google Calendar (per Stan R.)
  • 2015-08-03
    • A total of 63 are following our Google+ page
    • A total of 1466 views and 29 subscribers are following our YouTube.
    • A total of 106 have joined with our MEETUP.COM site (as of 2 Aug)
  • Gary needs to learn how to post to MEETUP.COM, Stan R. offers to show him.
  • Lee has resubmitted narrative stuff to STEERCOM mailing list.
  • 2015-08-31
    • Stan made the calendar color coded so you can sort though the many many events.
    • 32 Subscribers on youtube
    • Hmm, there aren't any saint louis unix Meetups near you yet
  • 2016-01-04
    • A total of 172 have joined with our MEETUP.COM site (as of 4 Jan)
  • 2016-02-01
    • A total of 179 have joined with our MEETUP.COM site (as of 31 Jan)
    • How many Google+ Youtube subscribers? 35 subscribers on Youtube
  • 2016-04-04
  • 2016-05-02
    • Return to doing Youtube recordings
    • Acquire camera and set of lavaliere cordless microphones
    • Steve volunteered to manage monthly recording process
    • Andy sent email to steercom suggesting we research & buy equipment

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.
  • 2015-06-29
  • 2015-08-03
    • No update.
  • 2015-08-31
  • 2015-10-05 We should request small cards with all the websites and names of groups we care about.
  • 2015-11-30
  • 2016-01-04
  • 2016-02-01
  • 2016-04-04
  • 2016-05-02

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
  • 2015-06-29
  • 2015-08-03
    • No update.
  • 2015-08-31
  • 2015-11-30
  • 2016-01-04
  • 2016-02-01
  • 2016-05-02
    • Suggestion was made for T-shirts with SLUUG Gray Beard slogon
    • Has this been posted to DISCUSS mailing list?
  • See new logo samples; questions for the group:
    • St. Louis, SLUUG, <old byline> - any other main points to communicate?
      • "Unix, BSD, Linux"?
      • ??
    • First thought is something more landscape - others?
    • Should we also do SIG logos?
      • If so, which should be 'Tux'd?
      • Any other SIG logos? OpenSuSE? BSDs?
    • Is our old byline still usable?
  • 2015-08-03
    • Lee L. will post reference to STEERCOM mailing list of samples.
    • Andrew L. submitting ideas to STEERCOM mailing list on keywords and graphic sequences.
    • Gary M. confused about community/share/open source references.
  • 2015-08-31
    • Need to review and get feedback
  • 2015-11-30
  • 2016-01-04
  • 2016-02-01
  • 2016-04-04
  • 2016-05-02
    • Has this been posted to DISCUSS mailing list?
    • How about we print coffee mugs with "SLUUG supports IPv6"?

Review Launch-code Calendar

  • Review Launch-code Calendar - Gary - Crystal Martin
  • Discuss the sponsorship options. What questions might be asked an how can we answer these questions quickly in a repeatable fashion.
    • how do I sponsor - food, drinks, money, gear, swag, advertising on website
    • what do I sponsor - meetings, speakers, swag, website
    • when do I sponsor - annually, monthly, other
    • why would I sponsor - visibility, recruitment, sales
  • Respond to Teksystems
  • 2015-11-30
  • 2016-01-04
  • 2016-02-01
  • 2016-04-04
  • 2016-05-02

How about a presentation about what Launch Code is?

Special Printing

* If anyone has access to a printer that can do key-stickers,

  We would like to print a bunch of Tux-key stickers to cover up the "Windoze" keys!
* 2016-01-04
* 2016-02-01
* 2016-05-02
  * Has this been posted to DISCUSS mailing list? 
  * 

Library Reservations

  • Library renovation shutdowns are not yet scheduled. Their calendar is in flux. Not much past July.
  • SLACC has dates at Thornhill but MAY lose in Winter.
  • Senior lug is NOT done!
  • sLUG …Stan will wait.
  • HZWLUG is all scheduled correctly EXCEPT 1 date was unavailable so he moved to Wed nite. Locations varies.
  • If Prarie Commons becomes available in summer….we can centralize there.
  • 2016-05-02

New Business

  • Anything?
  • Purchase/decide upon web camera & mic

Anything Else?

  • Anything?

Recognize Useful Efforts

  • Did anbody do anything?
    • by Anybody

Blue Sky Ideas

  • Food for thought

Recurring Requirements

  • May 2016 - IRS Form 990-N for Tax Exempt Status.
  • June 2016 - BuddyNS SLUUG account due.
  • July 2016 - Renew SLUUG.ORG domain with Dotster.
  • August 2016 - Missouri Annual Report for Corporate Legal Status.
  • August 2016 - Missouri Annual Report for Corporate Legal Status.
  • October 2016 - First Saturday, reserve rooms at St. Louis County Library Branches.
  • December 2016 - Renew STLWEBDEV.ORG domain.
  • February 2017 - SLUUG annual Board meeting and elections.
  • April 2017 - First Saturday, reserve rooms at St. Louis County Library Branches.
  • * May 2017 - IRS Form 990-N for Tax Exempt Status. e-postcard.

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).
  • Don Ellis - upload older videos to YouTube [or copy videos to a hard drive].
  • Andrew L. - work on updates to web site.
  • 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.
  • Gary M. * Need to reach out to
    • UMSL New Comp Sci Prof on Security (thru contact Prof. Sanjiv Bhatia)
    • Yi Yang (Security professor at Fontbonne)
      • Security issues, Key management
        • Gary going to share contact info
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