SLUUG Steering Committee Agenda - 3 October 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
October 2016
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Monday, October 3, 2016
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Attendees
Agenda Changes
Secretary Report
Treasurer Report
Balance as of September 1 | $2,525.76 |
Balance as of September 30 | $2,525.76 |
Attendance Report
Initial mail list subscriptions are prompted by attendance sheets.
Group leaders are responsible for taking attendance at meetings.
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Attendance numbers, as of end of September 2016:
Meeting | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep |
Steercom | 4 | 9 | 9 | 7 | 6 | 8 | 9 | 7 | 8 | 8 | 4 | 5 | 3 | 5 | 5 | ? | 6 | 5 | 6 | 5 | 7 | 5 | 7 | 7 | 6 |
SLACC | 7 | 7 | 5 | 9 | 12 | 9 | 8 | 9 | 13 | 8 | 9 | 7 | 11 | 9 | 6 | 8 | 8 | 10 | 7 | 7 | 12 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 11 |
sLUGs | - | - | - | - | 9 | 10 | 8 | 8 | 7 | 7 | 5 | 4 | 6 | 6 | 4 | 4 | 5 | 3 | 5 | (3) | 7 | 7 | - | - | - |
SLUUG | 17 | 15 | 16 | 16 | 15 | 18 | 22 | 24 | 18 | 16 | 13 | (21) | 18 | 16 | 13 | 12 | 17 | 14 | 23 | 17 | 17 | 17 | 13 | 21 | (?) |
SNUG SuSE | 6 | 8 | 10 | 7 | 12 | 8 | 8 | 8 | 10 | 7 | 7 | 10 | 11 | 8 | 10 | 8 | 4 | 9 | 6 | 7 | 8 | ? | 6 | 6 | 6 |
STLLUG | 15 | 14 | (14) | 10 | 12 | 17 | 15 | (16) | (16) | 18 | 19 | 16 | 10 | 16 | 10 | 11 | 12 | 16 | 16 | 16 | 15 | 11 | 15 | 18 | 13 |
HZWLUG | 11 | 10 | 12 | 9 | 9 | 12 | 12 | 12 | 13 | 10 | 7 | 5 | 6 | 15 | 5 | 6 | 8 | 8 | 10 | 12 | 6 | 8 | 10 | 7 | 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.
Calendar Report
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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 September 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 | 183 | 191 | xxx | xxx | xxx | ??? | ??? | ??? | 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.
Mailing List Report
List | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep |
ANNOUNCE | 618 | 624 | 621 | 622 | 620 | 622 | 617 | 617 | 616 | 616 | 611 | 613 | 613 | 608 | 607 | 607 | 608 | 603 | 608 | 608 | 607 | 606 | 607 | 596 | 596 |
DISCUSS | 224 | 225 | 226 | 224 | 224 | 221 | 222 | 208 | 207 | 208 | 204 | 205 | 212 | 213 | 204 | 204 | 206 | 208 | 206 | 204 | 201 | 201 | 201 | 203 | 202 |
STEERCOM | 34 | 34 | 34 | 34 | 34 | 34 | 35 | 35 | 35 | 34 | 34 | 34 | 34 | 34 | 34 | 34 | 37 | 37 | 39 | 39 | 39 | 39 | 39 | 38 | 38 |
SYSADMIN | 19 | 19 | 19 | 19 | 19 | 19 | 19 | 19 | 21 | 21 | 19 | 19 | 20 | 20 | 20 | 20 | 21 | 20 | 22 | 21 | 21 | 21 | 21 | 21 | 22 |
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.
Command used to generate these (as root on Bud):
xxx - numbers not yet recorded.
- - dash indicates list did not previously exist.
??? A drop of 11 in a single month in Announce! Ask Stan if we have any idea "why???".
September 2016
September 2016
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SLACC - September 1
SLACC usually holds a Linux configuration workshop - no presentation
GOOD STUFF!! Andrew showing stuff he does in network trouble shooting.
DNS. RSNAPSHOT (has to see tabs).
LABOR DAY - September 5
STEERCOM - Steering Committee - September 5
SLUUG - September 14
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BASE: Upgrade Vim to First-Class Status by Bill Odom
What's in your Vim status line? You know, that line of reversed-video text at the bottom of your Vim window? A filename? Maybe some numbers off to the right? Is the status line even visible?
For far too many of us, the Vim status line is a sadly-neglected chunk of valuable Vim real estate, and it's capable of *way* more than most people realize. We'll cover some simple (and quick) ways to stuff it full of useful information, and then discuss a few tricks that – with just a little more effort – can take your Vim experience to a whole new level.
Bill has far too many years of experience as a systems architect and software developer, working on everything from wiki software for Internet startups to global identity management solutions for Fortune 500 companies. He’s an active member of the Open Source community, and even served as president of the Perl Foundation for a couple of years (but try not to hold that against him). He’s also a long-time user and advocate of Vim, and has given many well-received classes and presentations on Vim to several organizations throughout the US.
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Steve Stegman thinks CHUCK D is working Tutorial on Setting Up a VPN and had been scheduled for Sept!!! We are just PRESUMING it was best to let Bill Odom slip back to Sept since he was sick in Aug BUT if Chuck has been working hard to be ready for Sept, perhaps we should try to schedule Bill for later??!??
BUT, Bill frequently travels BUT we note that he usually speaks at StrangeLoop her ein St and that is the next day SO…he likely SHOULD be here Wed nite.
Gary exchanged texts with Bill last Friday but HAS NOT YET gotten a reply from this wknd on his intent. Gary will try to persue Bill & Chuck and resolve.
*NOTE CONFLICTING COMPETITIVE LINUX TOPIC*
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Stan R plans to attend there rather than SLUUG General Meeting. Stan hopes to attract those at Inventor Forge to attend some of our mtngs, DISCUSS list, etc.
So, since Stan R. wasn't at SLUUG General Meeting nobody knew to print out an attendance sheet.
STLLUG - September 15
STLLUG is the St. Louis Linux Users Group.
TOPIC:
CONFLICT with City Museum Party at STRANGELOOP
SteerComm suggestion…have a NO TOPIC informal get together at Nick&Elaina's starting at 7. NO MTNG at UMSL's ITE. Gary will get Andrew's opinion on this.
I think that is a stupid idea. How many of the normal users go to strange loop? – Andrew Latham
I can not make the meeting, I will be gone for work that night. – Andrew Latham
We discussed the "less attendees" vs "more groups mtng" in town. The argument was made that the topics are so esoteric as to be UNinteresting to larger audiences.
Verify LUG availability of location for September
RESOLUTION= we DID have a regular mtng at UMSL's ITE. It was a complete carbon copy of Chuck's openVPN presentation from the nite before. In a way that good because it sank in better the second time and it gave Chuck a chance to rephrase things.
There were some new faces that weren't there at the general mtng who heard it for the 1st time.
SNUG - September 21
SNUG is the St. Louis Novell Users Group lunch time meeting.
TOPIC: "My experience w SuSE Leap 42.1" by Online Reviewer
Stan missed it!!
GOOD PRESENTATION by a non-pro who podcasts these reviews. Much better sound, visuals, and better coherence than the "professionally produced" presentations from the company!
Hazelwood - September 27
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 SEPTEMBER*
Meeting location change due to Library schedule conflicts
VENUE St. Louis County Library Thornhill Br
SLUUG OpenVPN Workshop - September 28
Schedule
October 2016
October 2016
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St. Louis County Library Room Reservations - October 1
First Saturday in October is time to schedule January thru July
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Stan got us all scheduled! SLACC is all at Thornhill. Lee says he'll see the reciepts from County Lib.
Had to move Hzlwood to Wed in November because stuff was full on Tues.
STEERCOM - Steering Committee - October 3
SLACC - October 6
SLACC usually holds a Linux configuration workshop - no presentation
COLUMBUS DAY - October 10
SLUUG - October 12
*Just a talk about a particular problem…not a general problem which we can talk about another time. 15 minutes.
*Coming from Ohio.
SNUG - October 19
SNUG is the St. Louis Novell Users Group lunch time meeting.
STLLUG - October 20
STLLUG is the St. Louis Linux Users Group.
Hazelwood - October 25
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 OCTOBER*
Meeting location change due to Library schedule conflicts
VENUE St. Louis County Library Thornhill Br
sLUGs - October 28
sLUGs is the StL Linux Users Group for Seniors.
HALLOWEEN - October 31
Conflict with Steercom so we move Steercom!
STEERCOM - Steering Committee - Nov 1
November 2016
November 2016
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SLACC - November 3
SLACC usually holds a Linux configuration workshop - no presentation
Daylight Savings Time ends - November 6
US General Elections - November 8
SLUUG - November 9
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BASE: The LISP programming in EMACS (or maybe…Intro to freeCAD by Steve Stegman. (Tentative))
MAIN: Converge: Introducing a next-generation configuration management system. Steven Borrelli steve@aster.is via Andrew Latham
VETERANS DAY - November 11
sLUGs - November 11
sLUGs is the StL Linux Users Group for Seniors.
SNUG - November 16
SNUG is the St. Louis Novell Users Group lunch time meeting.
Hazelwood - November 23
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
Meeting location change due to Library schedule conflicts
*NOTE LOCATION CHANGE FOR NOVEMBER*
VENUE St. Louis County Library Thornhill Br
*NOTE DAY OF WEEK CHANGE FOR NOVEMBER*
On a Wednesday instead of normal fourth Tuesday due to Library schedule conflicts. *
THANGSGIVING DAY - November 24
December 2016
December 2016
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SLACC - December 1
SLACC usually holds a Linux configuration workshop - no presentation
STEERCOM - Steering Committee - December 5
sLUGs - December 9
sLUGs is the StL Linux Users Group for Seniors.
SLUUG - December 14
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BASE: To Be Determined (TBD)
MAIN: IoT, IoE, Hyperconvergence and Security - Presented by Maurice Dawson (UMSL) via Lee L
STLLUG - December 15
STLLUG is the St. Louis Linux Users Group.
Hazelwood - December 20
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 DECEMBER*
Meeting location change due to Library schedule conflicts
VENUE St. Louis County Library Rock Road Br
SNUG - December 21
SNUG is the St. Louis Novell Users Group lunch time meeting.
Old Business
Server Admin
Andrew has been applying updates
2015-02-02
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
2015-05-05
Mike and Andrew were discussing a newer
OS, perhaps CentOS 7
Ken volunteered to help
2015-06-01
2015-08-03
2015-08-31
2016-02-29
2016-04-04
2016-07-05
2016-08-01
2016-09-05
Stan R. doesn't see different vim configuration. Anomaly must have been something he did wrong.
Arrange Earnest being introduced to the SLUUG servers, etc,… He will be helping doing SysAdmin
Earnest Redwood came to his 1st steercom tonite after a couple months of other mtngs.
He volunteered to be indoctrinated in SLUUG Server Lore (as Steve Stegman was 13 months ago).
Lee and Earnest have exchanged e-mail addresses and will arrange times for him to come in and see the machines and start getting organized.
Gary asked that WHEN POSSIBLE we make the mtngs known on SysAdmin in case others want to join and (re)learn.
2016-10-03
$ As of: Sun Oct 2 17:39:25 CDT 2016
$ AMBER uptime shows:
17:38:18 up 368 days, 12:09, 1 user, load average: 0.00, 0.00, 0.00
Free SSL Certificates
2015-06-01
We'd like to get SSL certificates.
2015-06-29
2015-10-05 - no volunteers to do it for us yet.
2016-02-01
2016-04-04
2016-05-02
2016-07-05 Don has automated a script. Don needs to document.
2016-08-01
2016-09-05
2016-10-03
Web Site Maintenance
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
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
2016-07-05
2016-08-01
2016-09-05
* It would be very nice to get some sponsors who might provide food/drink!! THINK!
Uploading Presentations
Andrew uploaded many presentations and linked them via the sites.
Need to figure out how to get the slides published along with video.
Need to get more old presentations uploaded.
2015-06-29
2015-08-03
2016-02-01
2016-07-05
2016-08-01
2016-09-05
2016-10-03
Domain Name Tracking
STLWEBDEV.ORG was renewed in December.
STLLINUX.ORG renewed in January.
SLUUG.ORG renewed in July.
2015-06-29
2015-08-03
2016-02-01
2016-07-05
2016-08-01
2016-09-05
2016-10-03
Since everything seems under control with auto-renew, suggest this item be deleted from November agenda. ~ stan r.
Delete or keep?
After Gary has moved these annotations to Recurring Events stanza, this stanza will be deleted.
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
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
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
2016-02-01
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
2016-08-01
2016-09-05
2016-10-03
Speaker Honorarium
2016-05-02
2016-07-05
2016-08-01
2016-09-05
2016-10-03
New Logo
Review Launch-code Calendar
2016-05-31
2016-07-05
2016-08-01
2016-09-05
2016-10-03
Handouts
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Stan R. has continued updating pamphlets.
Don Weimann has been printing pamphlets when Stan R. asks for them.
Stan R. has been working on a pamphlet on VIM.
2015-03-02
2015-06-01
2015-10-05 We should request small business cards with all the websites and names of groups we care about.
2016-07-05
2016-08-01
2016-09-05
2016-10-03
Library Reservations
* Not all scheduled dates are on 4th Tuesday of each month; but, they are on Tuesday.
* Not all scheduled dates are on 2nd Friday of each month; but, they are on Friday.
Some other previously scheduled October, November or December reservations might be moved to Indian Trails, Prairie Commons, or Rock Road.
Next date for StL County Library room reservations will be first Saturday in April (1 April 2017).
Web Camera and Mic
New Business
Recognize Useful Efforts
Blue Sky Ideas
Recurring Requirements
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.
October 2017 - First Saturday, reserve rooms at St. Louis County Library Branches.
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 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.
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Gary M. - Follow up with Noel about transferring the SLACC.COM domain to us.
Gary M.
Stan R & Lee L - Squid proxy to restrict browsing abilities for children etc.