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

Saint Louis Bread Company,
(at Old Olive and Olive),
10550 Old Olive Street Road,
Creve Coeur, MO 63141

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• Monday, August 1, 2016
• 6:30 PM -

• David Forrest

• Lee Lammert

• Gary Meyer

• Steve Stegmann

• Don Ellis

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

• Per Gary Meyer, Don had accepted the appointment as secretary

• August 2016 - Missouri Annual Report filed 7/7/2016

See log in Amber:/home/treas

• 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 July 2016:

• () - 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.

• 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 July 2016:

• xxx - numbers not yet recorded.
• ??? - Future Numbers.
• Corrected the April 2016 count after 2 May meeting.
• Stopped counting general StL County Library events in May 2016.

• Subscriber numbers (approximate) as of end of July 2016:

• 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.

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• Link to past minutes and agenda.
• Link to potential tutorials, topics and speakers.
• NOTE: Tuesday of week (8 days) prior to General Meeting.

• SLACC usually holds a Linux configuration workshop - no presentation

• sLUGs is our daytime STL Linux Users Group for Seniors
  • *HIATUS ~ No more meetings until further notice as we have not been able to reserve an acceptable location on our regular meeting dates. *

• SLUUG General Meeting
  • BASE: Microsoft Windows 10 Upgrade Issues by Mark Bail.
    • Actually interesting. Well organized & well presented. Useful information.
  • MAIN: APFS, the Apple Unified File System by Greg Ray
    • In its current pre-beta form, it is only mountable by the MacOS Sierra beta. But the developer notes leave open the possibility that the filesystem format will be open-sourced, or at least have compatible tools released to enable other platforms to use. Since it’s not due for release until at least late 2017, this is an uncharacteristically early preview by Apple.
    • Technically interesting but overall topic has no application in our world – Lee
    • We're all going to end up bumping into Apple products in our careers – Gary
    • Technical comments about BTRS were very useful – Lee

• SNUG is the St. Louis Novell Users Group lunch time meeting.
  • TOPIC: New releases of Filr and iPrint by the Micro Focus division
  • Content was good. Not thrilling, but informative – Gary
  • Continuing to wait for Stan's opinion on the chicken pot pie – Gary

• STLLUG is the St. Louis Linux Users Group.
  • TOPIC: Video Editing in Blender - Andrew Latham
  • *NOTE LOCATION CHANGE REQUIRED FOR JULY*
    • VENUE change to Nick and Elena's
    • 3007 Woodson Rd., Overland MO 63114
    • Need to move projector farther back for larger screen. Maybe consider multiple projectors for this presentation. Worthwhile information with good contributions by attendees. Also consider multiple mic voice reinforcement system. – Dave.

• 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 CHANGE FOR JULY*
  • Meeting location change due to Library schedule conflicts
  • VENUE St. Louis County Library Thornhill Br

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• Link to past minutes and agenda.
• Link to potential tutorials, topics and speakers.
• NOTE: Monday of week (9 days) prior to General Meeting.

• SLACC usually holds a Linux configuration workshop - no presentation

• SLUUG General Meeting
  • BASE: Some VIM topic (possibly the Async announcement from Feb) by Bill Odom (Confirmed)
  • MAIN: “The Twinkling of a Distant Star”: Dorothy Gibson, the Titanic, & the 20th Century by Scott Granemann
    • What connects the highest-paid silent film actress in the world, the Titanic, a fascist spy, Times Square, the Saturday Evening Post, and changes in communications technologies over the last 100 years? By tracing one woman’s life through the 20th century I’ll get into many nooks & crannies that illuminate the enormous changes we’ve seen in culture, society, various technologies, & even maritime safety & laws.

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

• STLLUG is the St. Louis Linux Users Group.
  • *NOTE LOCATION CHANGE REQUIRED FOR AUGUST*
  • Meeting location change because the host of meeting space out town
  • VENUE Probable Graybar. Ask Chuck.
  • TOPIC: To Be Determined (TBD)
  • Craig Buchek agreed to give a talk if I Andrew pick a topic for him.
  • Craig doesn't want to know until 48 hrs prior.
    • 12:15 PM] lathama http://wiki.sluug.org/steercom/2016-08#stllug_-_august_18 fyi… you still good for a talk?
    • [12:29 PM] craigbuchek Yeah, I’ll be talking about Agile.
    • [12:30 PM] Will this be at Graybar?
    • [12:35 PM] lathama graybar correct
    • [12:38 PM] craigbuchek OK, 40% chance I’ll call you from ITe when I realize that.
    • [12:38 PM] lathama ack

• 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 CHANGE FOR AUGUST*
  • Meeting location change due to Library schedule conflicts
  • VENUE St. Louis County Library Rock Road Br
  • First time here and Stan R. will be out of town

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• SLACC usually holds a Linux configuration workshop - no presentation

• Link to past minutes and agenda.
• Link to potential tutorials, topics and speakers.
• NOTE: Monday of week (9 days) prior to General Meeting.

• SLUUG General Meeting
  • BASE: To Be Determined (TBD)
    • Search engines for open or default set-web-camera by Steve Stegmann. (Best chance)
    • -OR- Hardware inspection using common tools - Stan R maybe (Primary backup/runner up)
    • -OR- A Security Tool Demo by TonyZ
  • MAIN: To Be Determined (TBD)
    • Possible: IBM Linux One - suggested by Steve Stegman

• STLLUG is the St. Louis Linux Users Group.
  • TOPIC: To Be Determined (TBD)
  • TENTATIVE
  • Craig Buchek agreed to give a talk if I (who is I?) pick a topic for him.
  • Craig doesn't want to know until 48 hrs prior.
  • Possible: IBM Linux One - suggested by Steve Stegman

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

• 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 CHANGE*
  • Meeting location change due to Library schedule conflicts
  • VENUE St. Louis County Library Thornhill Br

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• Link to past minutes and agenda.
• Link to potential tutorials, topics and speakers.
• NOTE: Monday of week (9 days) prior to General Meeting.

• SLACC usually holds a Linux configuration workshop - no presentation

• SLUUG General Meeting
  • BASE: To Be Determined (TBD)
  • MAIN: IPv6 migration - Business case best practices. – Dave Forrest

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

• STLLUG is the St. Louis Linux Users Group.
  • TOPIC: To Be Determined (TBD)
  • TENTATIVE
  • Craig Buchek agreed to give a talk if I pick a topic for him.
  • Craig doesn't want to know until 48 hrs prior.

• 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 CHANGE*
  • Meeting location change due to Library schedule conflicts
  • VENUE St. Louis County Library Thornhill Br

• 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.
• 2015-08-03
  • Mike Knight is doing a great job.
• 2015-08-31
  • Steve S volunteered to be indoctrinated in SLUUG Server Lore
• 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.
• 2016-07-05
  • Don has automated a script. Don needs to document.
  • Progress continues.
• 2016-08-01
  • Stan reports possible change in vim configuration. Thinks it may have reverted to earlier release. Did this happen by some automatic patch, or what?

• 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.
• 2015-10-05 - no volunteers to do it for us yet.
• 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.
  • Confirmed working by Lee – 2016-08-01
• 2016-07-05
• 2016-08-01
  • Lee confirms we can do LetsEncrypt certs.
  • LetsEncrypt creates free SSL certs that are honored in all current browsers without error.
  • 90 day expiration.

• 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.
• 2016-02-01
  • Stan R. has made SLACC, sLUGs, SNUG, and STLLINUX home pages a bit more consistant.
• 2016-07-05
  • Stan has updated the webpages for our SIGs that are on hiatus.
• 2016-08-01

• 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
• 2016-07-05
• 2016-08-01

• 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.
• 2016-02-01
  • Stan R. uploaded Andrew's presentation and linked on STLLINUX page.
• 2016-07-05
  • July presentations for SLUUG main & StLLUG were uploaded as they were recorded
• 2016-08-01

• 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.
• 2016-02-01
  • February 2016 - Renewed STLLINUX.ORG domain.
• 2016-07-05
• 2016-08-01
  • Lee reports all domains are on auto-renew. No expire notices for past year.

• 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
• 2016-05-02
  • 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
• 2016-07-05
  • * Gary will ask (again?) on DISCUSS if anyone can help get us VISIBLE on MEETUP.COM as none of our mtngs are almost NEVER offered as "You may also be interested"… We need help to get this resource utilized.
• 2016-08-01
  • Continue to need someone to help utilize Meetup resource.
  • Should be able to script interface to Meetup to improve automation.

• 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
• 2016-05-02
  • Suggestion was made for T-shirts with SLUUG Gray Beard slogon
  • Has this been posted to DISCUSS mailing list?
• 2016-07-05
• 2016-08-01

• 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
• 2016-05-02
  • Has this been posted to DISCUSS mailing list?
  • How about we print coffee mugs with "SLUUG supports IPv6"?
• 2016-07-05
• 2016-08-01

• 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
• 2016-05-31
  • How about a presentation about what Launch Code is?
• 2016-07-05
• 2016-08-01

• Link to 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.
• 2015-10-05 We should request small cards with all the websites and names of groups we care about.
• 2016-07-05
• 2016-08-01

• 2016-04-04
  • 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.
  • sLUGs (StL LUG for Seniors) is NOT done!
  • sLUGs …Stan will wait.
  • HZWLUG is all scheduled correctly EXCEPT 1 date in November was unavailable so he moved to Wed nite. Locations varies.
  • If Prarie Commons becomes available in summer….we can centralize there.
• 2016-07-05
  • Pending late summer opening of Prairie Commons Branch
  • sLUGs (StL LUG for Seniors) now on HIATUS, no meetings until further notice
  • HZWLUG July meeting will be at Thornhill Br
  • HZWLUG August meeting will be at Rock Road Br
  • HZWLUG September meeting will be at Thornhill Br
  • Stan R. will continue monitoring library status for changes
• 2016-08-01

• Purchase/decide upon web camera & mic
• 2016-07-05
  • Gary has (hopefully) brought in a voice recorder.
  • Go and learn hangouts in your YouTube account. All Gmail properties are synced.
  • Do the slides and the audio and don't worry about the video.
  • Steve S. is going to play with it (maybe).
• 2016-08-01
  • Gary reports he delivered digital voice recorder to Stan last month.

• Is there any New Business?
• Anything?

• Is there anything else?
• Anything?

• Did anbody do anything?
  • by Anybody

• Food for thought

• 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.
• June 2017 - BuddyNS SLUUG account due.
• July 2017 - Renew SLUUG.ORG domain with Dotster
• August 2017 - Missouri Annual Report for Corporate Legal Status.
  • https://bsd.sos.mo.gov/BusinessEntity/BusinessEntityDetail.aspx?page=beSearch&ID=681250

• 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 1st Friday at Science Center.
• 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.
  • SLACC.COM is in use by someone else. We will get SLACC.ORG registered.
• 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