SLUUG Steering Committee Agenda - 1 April 2019
NOTE: Minutes posted on the Wiki are always unofficial.
Schedules for upcoming presentations are always tentative.
(Some more tentative than others!)
Location
Panera ~ Saint Louis Bread Company,
(at Old Olive and Olive),
10550 Old Olive Street Road,
Creve Coeur, MO 63141
Date and Time
April 2019
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Start Meeting
Wednesday, April 1, 2019
Time:
Attendees
Listed alphabetically by last name:
* Chuck Doolittle
* Don Ellis
* David Forrest
* Ken Johnson ~ Did not attend.
* Lee Lammert
* Gary Meyer
* Stan Reichardt
* Steve Stegmann
Agenda Changes
Secretary Report
Treasurer Report
Balance as of 1 March | | $4,388.41 |
Balance as of 29 March | | $4,388.41 |
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 March 2019:
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 | 231 | 183 | 191 | 157 | 166 | 222 | 224 | 212 | 157 | 2016 |
2017 | 133 | 141 | 177 | 168 | 137 | 143 | 124 | 158 | 173 | 163 | 168 | 129 | 2017 |
2018 | 165 | 177 | 166 | 179 | 162 | 165 | 147 | 176 | 166 | 184 | 163 | 113 | 2018 |
2019 | 131 | 160 | 173 | ??? | ??? | ??? | ??? | ??? | ??? | ??? | ??? | ??? | 2019 |
xxx - numbers not yet recorded.
??? - Future Numbers.
Stopped counting general StL County Library events in May 2016.
Re-counted April 2016 without library events.
Subscriber Report
SUMMARY Mailing List Report combined with MEETUP membership count, now called Subscriber Report.
Subscriber numbers (approximate) as of end of March 2019:
Year | | | | | | '17 | | | | | | | | | | | | '18 | | | | | | | | '19 | | Year |
List | Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | Jan | Feb | Mar | List |
MEETUP | 273 | 285 | 291 | 299 | 301 | 302 | 304 | 315 | 319 | 325 | 336 | 340 | 348 | 360 | 367 | 372 | 375 | 377 | 385 | 390 | 393 | 402 | 408 | 416 | 416 | 423 | 432 | MEETUP |
ANNOUNCE | 582 | 580 | 575 | 570 | 569 | 569 | 569 | 568 | 566 | 562 | 562 | 559 | 556 | 544 | 543 | 543 | 545 | 542 | 535 | 534 | 533 | 531 | 531 | 533 | 532 | 532 | 532 | ANNOUNCE |
DISCUSS | 197 | 196 | 193 | 190 | 191 | 192 | 191 | 192 | 191 | 189 | 188 | 189 | 188 | 188 | 187 | 187 | 187 | 187 | 187 | 185 | 184 | 184 | 185 | 183 | 184 | 182 | 181 | DISCUSS |
STEERCOM | 36 | 36 | 35 | 34 | 34 | 34 | 34 | 34 | 33 | 33 | 33 | 33 | 33 | 33 | 33 | 33 | 32 | 32 | 32 | 32 | 32 | 31 | 31 | 31 | 31 | 31 | 31 | STEERCOM |
SYSADMIN | 20 | 20 | 20 | 23 | 23 | 23 | 23 | 23 | 22 | 22 | 22 | 22 | 22 | 22 | 22 | 22 | 22 | 22 | 22 | 22 | 22 | 22 | 22 | 22 | 22 | 22 | 22 | SYSADMIN |
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 were not recorded.
- - dash indicates list did not previously exist.
We do NOT have any account access or control to our presence and videos on Google+ or YouTube.
We do NOT know how or what to count in Google+ NOR do we know how to metric videos.
We do NOT know how or what to count in YouTube NOR do we know how to metric videos.
No way to change meeting dates or set temporary hiatus in Google+
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 March 2019:
Year | | | | | | '17 | | | | | | | | | | | | '18 | | | | | | | | '19 | | Year |
Meeting | Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | Jan | Feb | Mar | Meeting |
Steercom | 8 | 6 | 8 | 6 | 7 | 7 | 5 | 6 | 6 | 4 | 6 | 3 | 7 | 3 | 6 | 7 | 6 | 6 | 5 | 5 | 7 | 5 | 5 | 4 | 6 | 6 | 6 | Steercom |
SLACC | 7 | 12 | 10 | 5 | 7 | (10) | 6 | 7 | 8 | 11 | ?? | 6 | 6 | 6 | 7 | 9 | 6 | 6 | 7 | 6 | 7 | 4 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 6 | 7 | SLACC |
SLUUG | 20 | 17 | 24 | 17 | 10 | 13 | 7 | 13 | 12 | 21 | 14 | 16 | 14 | 13 | 13 | 18 | 15 | 11 | 8 | 15 | 14 | 14 | 10 | 13 | 15 | 14 | 13 | SLUUG |
STLLUG | 14 | 15 | 18 | 14 | 15 | 14 | 18 | 16 | 16 | 12 | (27) | ?? | 12 | 8 | 13 | 11 | 13 | 10 | 11 | 15 | 13 | ?? | 9 | 9 | 18 | 11 | 11 | STLLUG |
NEWLUG | 9 | 10 | ? | 7 | 7 | 8 | 7 | 5 | 8 | 5 | 7 | 9 | 8 | 11 | 8 | 11 | 11 | 9 | 10 | 12 | 9 | 7 | 10 | 5 | 9 | 5 | 11 | NEWLUG |
sLUGs | 9 | 6 | 10 | 4 | 3 | 3 | 4 | 4 | 3 | * | * | * | * | * | * | * | * | * | * | * | * | * | * | * | * | * | * | sLUGs |
SNUG SuSE | 12 | 9 | 9 | 7 | 6 | 8 | 5 | 8 | 8 | 6 | 8 | 12 | * | * | * | * | * | * | * | * | * | * | * | * | * | * | * | SNUG SuSe |
xx - attendance was taken, numbers not yet recorded.
?? - Question marks indicate attendance not taken or sheet missing.
() - Number in parentheses is head count. Use head count if greater than attendance sheet count (or sheet missing).
* - sLUGs was STL Linux Users Group for Seniors with initial meeting 8 February 2015. Discontinued October 2017.
* - SNUG SuSe was STL Novell Users Group with lunch meeting. Discontinued December 2017.
- - dash indicates no meeting.
March 2019
March 2019
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STEERCOM - March 4
HISTORY Steering Committee usually meets on Monday of the week prior to (9 days) General Meeting.
VENUE Panera ~ St. Louis Bread Co., 10550 Old Olive Street Rd, Creve Coeur, MO 63141
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Link to
potential tutorials, topics and speakers.
Ballots should be made available before counting.
Count ballots
Board of Governors should review results
Announce election results
Board
President
Vice President
Secretary
Treasurer
Chair
SLACC - March 7
SLUUG - March 13
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VENUE Graybar Electric Company Inc., 11885 Lackland Road, St. Louis MO 63146
Announce election results.
BASE (Personal Computing):
TOPIC: Random Rambling Discussions by Members In The Room
COORDINATOR: Gary
CONFIRMED: Don: yes
MAIN (Enterprise Computing):
TOPIC: OpenVAS by Tony Z
COORDINATOR: Gary
CONFIRMED: Yes
Lee: A little interesting.
Gary: Didn't tell us a lot, mostly prerequisites for OpenVAS
Stan: more telling about other things that were more interesting
STLLUG - March 21
STLLUG is the St. Louis Linux Users Group.
VENUE Nick and Elena's Pizzeria, 3007 Woodson Rd, Overland, MO 63114
Problem with venue; reservation not being entered. Need to call week before meeting to confirm reservation. Lee said he would call; Chuck will search for another venue.
Need number for how much we spend at a meeting.
Announce election results.
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TOPIC: Replacing GitHub by Kamikaze Joe
COORDINATOR: Gary
CONFIRMED: Yes
ABSTRACT: Yes
BIO: Yes
Lee: Interesting
Dave: Interesting
Stan: Did a good job. Missed initial explanation, things beyond slides was really good.
NEWLUG - March 26
NEWLUG Our Linux Users Group for Linux Newcomers.
VENUE St. Louis County Library Prairie Commons Branch
TOPICS are usually determined by attendees. We usually cover more than one topic.
Announce election results.
Four new people, one who'd been there before returning after a while. Guy from SLACC attended to talk about gaming. Other 3 – one guy had old Android phones, wondering what to do to use them for other purposes.
One attendee from BJC Nursing discussing use of Red Hat.
Stan gave 3 of the 4 thumb drives with 26G of videos
Schedule
April 2019
April 2019
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STEERCOM - April 1
HISTORY Steering Committee usually meets on Monday of the week prior to (9 days) General Meeting.
VENUE Panera ~ St. Louis Bread Co., 10550 Old Olive Street Rd, Creve Coeur, MO 63141
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Link to
potential tutorials, topics and speakers.
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SLACC - April 4
SLACC usually holds a Linux configuration workshop - no presentation
GPS End of Epoch - April 6
SLUUG - April 10
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VENUE Graybar Electric Company Inc., 11885 Lackland Road, St. Louis MO 63146
BASE (Personal Computing):
TOPIC: FIRST Robotics Competition by Don Ellis
COORDINATOR: Gary
CONFIRMED: YES
ABSTRACT: NO
BIO: NO
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MAIN (Enterprise Computing):
TOPIC:
STLLUG - April 18
STLLUG is the St. Louis Linux Users Group.
VENUE Nick and Elena's Pizzeria, 3007 Woodson Rd, Overland, MO 63114
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TOPIC: Ken Johnson, Password Managers, How and Why
COORDINATOR: Gary
CONFIRMED: YES
ABSTRACT: YES
BIO: YES
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NEWLUG - April 23
NEWLUG Our Linux Users Group for Linux Newcomers.
STEERCOM - April 29
HISTORY Steering Committee usually meets on Monday of the week prior to (9 days) General Meeting.
VENUE Panera ~ St. Louis Bread Co., 10550 Old Olive Street Rd, Creve Coeur, MO 63141
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Link to
potential tutorials, topics and speakers.
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May 2019
May 2019
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SLACC - May 2
SLACC usually holds a Linux configuration workshop - no presentation
SLUUG - May 8
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VENUE Graybar Electric Company Inc., 11885 Lackland Road, St. Louis MO 63146
BASE (Personal Computing):
TO BE DETERMINED (TBD)
COORDINATOR: NONE
CONFIRMED: NO
ABSTRACT: NO
BIO: NO
Tentative: Stan: Things to do with SSHFS. Probably not in May.
Tentative: Carolyn Peters (Mastercard): Bash for relatively new user. Long enough for main presentation, or do hour long intro followed by shorter main.
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MAIN (Enterprise Computing):
STLLUG - May 16
STLLUG is the St. Louis Linux Users Group.
VENUE Nick and Elena's Pizzeria, 3007 Woodson Rd, Overland, MO 63114
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TOPIC: TO BE DETERMINED (TBD)
COORDINATOR: NONE
CONFIRMED: NO
ABSTRACT: NO
BIO: NO
NEWLUG - May 28
NEWLUG Our Linux Users Group for Linux Newcomers.
June 2019
June 2019
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SLACC - June 6
SLACC usually holds a Linux configuration workshop - no presentation
SLUUG - June 12
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VENUE Graybar Electric Company Inc., 11885 Lackland Road, St. Louis MO 63146
BASE (Personal Computing):
MAIN (Enterprise Computing):
STLLUG - June 20
STLLUG is the St. Louis Linux Users Group.
VENUE Nick and Elena's Pizzeria, 3007 Woodson Rd, Overland, MO 63114
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TOPIC: Deeper Dive into Docker by Chuck
COORDINATOR: Gary
CONFIRMED: Yes
ABSTRACT: NO
BIO: NO
NEWLUG - June 25
NEWLUG Our Linux Users Group for Linux Newcomers.
Old Business
Server Admin
SUMMARY: We put up a server on the Internet for email, it grew, and now we have to maintain it.
Minutes narratives prior to 2018 have been removed.
2018-01-02
2018-02-06
2018-03-05
Situation at Contegix remains, running obsolete CentOS
Contegix has requested we move to more modern host system at much reduced monthly cost over standard rates (getting it free for past 10 years); have not yet received proposal.
2018-04-02
Mike Knight has been cleaning house to reduce volume [of Gary's email] that needs to be migrated
Lee has been discussing terms with Contegix for continued service
Lee has explored Digital Ocean – they can't send valid confirmation mail
Lee is willing to put up server in Bat Cave
Lee will attempt a June 30 target date for migration
2018-04-30 for MAY
We have new VPS (Virtual Private Server) – Michelob, abbreviation "m"
Located in Bat Cave
Debian 9
See Lee for access
Set goal to configure Michelob to go live by end of May
2018-06-04
BOCK Transition Team met in Bat Cave on Wednesday 23 and Wednesday 30 May. Next session will be Wednesday 6 June.
BOCK Transition Team members Chuck Doolittle, Don Ellis (23 May), Mike Knight, Lee Lammert, Andrew St Clair, Stan Reichardt, and Steve Stegmann
Chuck Doolittle volunteered to set up *automated* LetsEncrypt free SSL certificates for websites on BOCK.
Andrew: We have running todo list on sysadmin tasks
2018-07-02
BOCK Transition Team met in Bat Cave on …
BOCK Transition Team members Chuck Doolittle, Don Ellis (23 May), Mike Knight, Lee Lammert, Andrew St Clair, Stan Reichardt, Steve Stegmann, and Gary Meyer.
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NOTE Surrounding pasted notes with < code > and < / code > tags improve display ~ stanr.
The XFER of all functions to BOCK on the VM at OMNItec (and off of Amber at Contegix) will happen TONITE after this SteerCom mtng. Lee has tested mail clients.
2018-07-30 for AUGUST
2018-08-27 for SEPTEMBER
2018-10-01
Bock is humming
Lee has to install SpamAssassin
At some time may need to move to different hosts, but that won’t affect anything other than maybe a few hours downtime.
2018-11-07
November 2018 - *automated* LetsEncrypt free SSL certificates for websites on BOCK.
Lee reported it as done in October.
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Lee: Servers are running. Still need to do email filtering.
QUESTION (Stan): Do we have to worry about losing ownership of those two domains?
2018-12-03
2019-01-02 MINUTES AND CHANGES TO AGENDA LOST IN SERVER ACCIDENT!
2019-02-04
2019-03-04
Lee: Verified this AM, .. stllug.org appears to be forwarding successfully to stllug.sluug.org, which matches the LE cert wildcard. Please check for other issues.
2019-04-01
Web Site SLUUG.ORG Maintenance
Web Site MEETUP.COM Maintenance
Saint Louis County Library Room Reservations
SUMMARY: Room reservations at Saint Louis County Library Branches are available on each first Saturday of October and April.
HISTORY: We routinely reserve and pay fees for monthly SIG meetings at various Saint Louis County Library Branches.
Minutes narratives prior to 2018 have been removed.
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2018-01-02
2018-02-06
2018-03-05
2018-04-02
2018-04-30 for MAY
Phil Bunch had success with all SLACC meeting dates and using Rock Road locations. Stan missed Saturday registration for HZWLUG.
All preferred Prairie Commons dates were Library reserved anyway, and differing dates and locations had to be found. The Indian Trails Branch messed up confirmations.
STL County Library Reservation made for SLACC and HZWLUG done, two payments still needed. i
Our web page schedules updated, still need to update location information on our Google calendar and all MEETUP information.
Problem with activating new Regions bank card used to make payments.
2018-06-04
Was able to pay for rooms with new Regions bank card; but, one of the meetings may not be properly credited by library.
The new Regions bank card may need to be realigned with different Federal account number.
2018-07-02
2018-07-30 for AUGUST
2018-08-27 for SEPTEMBER
2018-10-01
Saint Louis County Library Room Reservations for SLACC and HZWLUG to be made October 6
Stan R unavailable; Phil Bunch had volunteered and Dave F. was to check in with him Tue 10/2
Phil agreed to handle making SLACC and HZWLUG reservations. Stan R provided paperwork to Phil.
2018-11-07
Library had new reservation system.
New reservation system revealed that one December 2018 session had not been booked.
Unfamiliar staff booked some HZWLUG meetings to wrong branch.
Corrected reservations, confirmed all and paid all.
HZWLUG and SLACC home pages have been updated to indicate scheduled dates and room codes.
The next reservation cycle will begin again the first Saturday of April.
2018-12-03
2019-01-02 MINUTES AND CHANGES TO AGENDA LOST IN SERVER ACCIDENT!
2019-02-04
2019-03-04
2019-04-01
Uploading Presentations
Camera and Microphone
SUMMARY: We seek financial support from the tech community.
HISTORY: We are not good at it.
Minutes narratives prior to 2018 have been removed.
2018-01-02
2018-02-06
2018-03-05
2018-04-02
2018-04-30 for MAY
2018-06-04
2018-07-02
2018-07-30
2018-07-30 for AUGUST
2018-08-27 for SEPTEMBER
2018-10-01
Gary commented on last week’s DevOps meeting - poor presentation but good food resulted in good attendance.
How do we get headhunters & job hunters to attend, resulting in good food.
Or, how to get commercial software vendors to sponsor meeting if we’re not in market for the software?
2018-11-07
The new style SLUUG home page no longer features a rotating sponsor logo display.
QUESTION: Does it matter, do we know what to do, or does anyone care?
2018-12-03
2019-01-02 MINUTES AND CHANGES TO AGENDA LOST IN SERVER ACCIDENT!
2019-02-04
2019-03-04
2019-04-01
ANNOUNCE Mailing List
SUMMARY: The ANNOUNCE mailing is a weekly extract of our SLUUG GOOGLE Calendar of Events.
HISTORY: The subscriber list has been populated from attendance sheets by a nominating subscription process.
2018-04-30 for MAY
2018-06-04
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With the transition from AMBER to BOCK we switched to using web pages on BOCK where mailing list sign ups are broken.
Magnanimous Mike Knight provided a
DNS procedure with local /etc/host which provided a work-around process.
Stan R was able to send out the ANNOUNCE mailing using that work-around process.
Andrew St Clair wrote a script to help massage ANNOUNCE text; but, GOOGLE changed calendar text structure, negating effort.
Gary M never got together with Stan R to see how ANNOUNCE was assembled and deployed (Outstanding action item since 2017-06).
2018-07-02
2018-07-30 for AUGUST
2018-08-27 for SEPTEMBER
2018-10-01
2018-11-07
2018-12-03
QUESTION: Would someone else (besides Stan R) take on generating the weekly ANNOUNCE mailing?
NEW IDEA: Per Lee: Send Announce email to Meetup group instead of updating Meetup page every month
PROPOSAL: scrape info from calendar into weekly ANNOUNCE; send ANNOUNCE to Meetup email address
2019-01-02 MINUTES AND CHANGES TO AGENDA LOST IN SERVER ACCIDENT!
2019-02-04
2019-03-04
2019-04-01
Handouts
Linux Stickers
Summer Workshops
We Need Help
SUMMARY: We don't have enough volunteers to do everything consistently.
Need new members who want to do stuff. Same as every month.
Minutes narratives prior to 2018 have been removed.
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2018-01-02
2018-02-06
2018-03-05
2018-04-02
During Xmas break, grad student from Mississippi came to SNUG, SLUUG, & Linux. Gary needs to reach out to him and request the help he offered. Check sign up sheets from meetings.
Gary expresses concern that we're not getting new members. Need to find ways to connect. Do we need to cut back on presentations or find new people?
2018-04-30 for MAY
2018-06-04
2018-07-02
2018-07-30 for AUGUST
2018-08-27 for SEPTEMBER
2018-10-01
Stan has done awesome work. Promises to leave by around January.
How can we get someone to perform these tasks?
Website?
Weekly announce list?
Might have to reduce meetings
Main vs Linux?
Hazelwood, SLACC?
2018-11-07
2018-12-03
2019-01-02 MINUTES AND CHANGES TO AGENDA LOST IN SERVER ACCIDENT!
2019-02-04
2019-03-04
2019-04-01
New Business
Any New Business
Recognize Useful Efforts
Blue Sky Ideas
Recurring Requirements
SUMMARY: We routinely rotate thru the following:
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April 2019 - First Saturday, reserve rooms at St. Louis County Library Branches.
April 2019 - File IRS Form 990-N Annual Postcard [done LVL/190328]
June 2019 - BuddyNS SLUUG account due
June 2019 - Missouri Annual Report for Corporate Legal Status due.
July 2019 - SLUUG.ORG domain is domain automatic renewal? Is it with Dotster?
October 2019 - First Saturday, reserve rooms at St. Louis County Library Branches.
November 2019 - *automated* LetsEncrypt free SSL certificates for websites on BOCK.
December 2019 - STLWEBDEV.ORG is domain automatic renewal?
January 2020 - STLLINUX.ORG domain automatic renewal.
February 2020 - SLUUG Annual Board meeting and elections.
March 2020 - Count Ballots
April 2020 - First Saturday, reserve rooms at St. Louis County Library Branches.
April 2020 - 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.
Don Ellis - upload older videos to Google Photos and/or Google Docs & publish links
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Gary Meyer - Did not follow up with Noel about transferring the SLACC.COM domain to us.
Lee Lammert - Reminder: If anyone needs SLUUG critical info, it's stored on Amber /home/SLUUG
Stan R. ~ Remind Gary Meyer to bring Penguins to meetings and hand out pamphlets.
Stan and Gary should get together and discuss how ANNOUNCE is done
Next March or April:
Possible presentation - suggested 11/7/18
Possible presentation (Stan R item) - suggested 12/3/18 by Lee
Adjourn Meeting