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====== SLUUG Steering Committee Agenda - 3 June 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 ======
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     June 2019        
Su Mo Tu We Th Fr Sa  
                   1  
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 9 10 11 12 13 14 15  
16 17 18 19 20 21 22  
23 24 25 26 27 28 29  
30                    
</code>

====== Start Meeting ======
  * Monday, June 3rd, 2019
  * Meeting called to order. 
  * Time: 

====== Attendees ======
Listed alphabetically by last name: 

 * Chuck Doolittle

 * Don Ellis

 * David Forrest

 * Ken Johnson

 * Lee Lammert

 * Gary Meyer 

 * Stan Reichardt 

 * Steve Stegmann 

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

  * Are there any additions, deletions, or other changes to sequence of items in the prepared agenda?
  * 2019-06-03
    * No changes

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

  * Don Ellis
  * 2019-06-03
    * :?: 

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

^ Balance as of 1 May | |$4,286.41 |
^ Balance as of 30 May | | $4,268.41 |

====== Calendar Report ======

  * [[http://www.sluug.org/resources/calendar|SLUUG Calendar]] is a Google Calendar available on our web site.
  * This is a calendar of technical events in the Greater St. Louis area and surrounding regions. 
  * Not all events are official/sponsored SLUUG events. 
  * Items have been added and corrected by Stan R, Gary Meyer and Don Ellis.
  * Items listed on this calendar feed the ANNOUNCE weekly mailing.
  * Events on HIATUS are NOT counted!  Historical items are NOT counted!  Only face to face meetings are counted!
  * Count of number of events listed, each month, as of end of May 2019:

| Year ^ Jan ^ Feb ^ Mar ^ Apr ^ May ^ Jun ^ Jul ^ Aug ^ Sep ^ Oct ^ Nov ^ Dec | Year ^ 
^ 2011 | xxx | xxx | 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 | 171 ^ 145 | ??? | ??? | ??? | ??? | ??? | ??? | ??? ^ 2019 ^

  * xxx - numbers not recorded.
  * ??? - Future Numbers.
  * Stopped counting general StL County Library events in May 2016.
  * Re-counted April 2016 without library events.
  * Count of calendar entries for May is down from previous months. No explanation is given.

====== Subscriber Report ======

  * SUMMARY Mailing List Report combined with MEETUP membership count, now called Subscriber Report.
  * Subscriber numbers (approximate) as of end of May 2019:

^ Year     |     |     |     |     |     |     | '17 |     |     |     |     |     ^ Year   ^
| List     ^ Jan ^ Feb ^ Mar ^ Apr ^ May ^ Jun ^ Jul ^ Aug ^ Sep ^ Oct ^ Nov ^ Dec |List    |
^ MEETUP   | 273 | 285 | 291 | 299 | 301 | 302 | 304 | 315 | 319 | 325 | 336 | 340 ^MEETUP  |
^ ANNOUNCE | 582 | 580 | 575 | 570 | 569 | 569 | 569 | 568 | 566 | 562 | 562 | 559 ^ANNOUNCE|
^ DISCUSS  | 197 | 196 | 193 | 190 | 191 | 192 | 191 | 192 | 191 | 189 | 188 | 189 ^DISCUSS |
^ STEERCOM |  36 |  36 |  35 |  34 |  34 |  34 |  34 |  34 |  33 |  33 |  33 |  33 ^STEERCOM|
^ SYSADMIN |  20 |  20 |  20 |  23 |  23 |  23 |  23 |  23 |  22 |  22 |  22 |  22 ^SYSADMIN|

^ Year     |     |     |     |     |     |     | '18 |     |     |     |     |     ^ Year   ^
| List     ^ Jan ^ Feb ^ Mar ^ Apr ^ May ^ Jun ^ Jul ^ Aug ^ Sep ^ Oct ^ Nov ^ Dec | List    |
^ MEETUP   | 348 | 360 | 367 | 372 | 375 | 377 | 385 | 390 | 393 | 402 | 408 | 416 ^ MEETUP  |
^ ANNOUNCE | 556 | 544 | 543 | 543 | 545 | 542 | 535 | 534 | 533 | 531 | 531 | 533 ^ ANNOUNCE|
^ DISCUSS  | 188 | 188 | 187 | 187 | 187 | 187 | 187 | 185 | 184 | 184 | 185 | 183 ^ DISCUSS |
^ STEERCOM |  33 |  33 |  33 |  33 |  32 |  32 |  32 |  32 |  32 |  31 |  31 |  31 ^ STEERCOM|
^ SYSADMIN |  22 |  22 |  22 |  22 |  22 |  22 |  22 |  22 |  22 |  22 |  22 |  22 ^ SYSADMIN|

^ Year     |     |     |     |     |     |     | '19 |     |     |     |     |     ^ Year    ^
| List     ^ Jan ^ Feb ^ Mar ^ Apr ^ May ^ Jun ^ Jul ^ Aug ^ Sep ^ Oct ^ Nov ^ Dec | List    |
^ MEETUP   | 416 | 423 | 432 | 443 ^ 452 | ??? | ??? | ??? | ??? | ??? | ??? | ??? ^ MEETUP  |
^ ANNOUNCE | 532 | 532 | 532 | 534 ^ 519 | ??? | ??? | ??? | ??? | ??? | ??? | ??? ^ ANNOUNCE|
^ DISCUSS  | 184 | 182 | 181 | 182 ^ 183 | ??? | ??? | ??? | ??? | ??? | ??? | ??? ^ DISCUSS |
^ STEERCOM |  31 |  31 |  31 |  31 ^  31 |  ?? |  ?? |  ?? |  ?? |  ?? |  ?? |  ?? ^ STEERCOM|
^ SYSADMIN |  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.
    * 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 (This doesn't seem to work on Bock.)
  * xxx - numbers not recorded.
  * ??? - Future Numbers.
  * -  - 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.
  * Blank attendance sheets are [[http://www.sluug.org/resources/attendance/|available here]]
  * Attendance numbers, as of end of May 2019:

^ Year     |     |     |     |     |     |     | '17 |     |     |     |     |     ^ Year    ^
| Meeting  ^ Jan ^ Feb ^ Mar ^ Apr ^ May ^ Jun ^ Jul ^ Aug ^ Sep ^ Oct ^ Nov ^ Dec | Meeting ^
^ Steercom |   8 |   6 |   8 |   6 |   7 |   7 |   5 |   6 |   6 |   4 |   6 |   3 ^ Steercom|
^ SLACC    |   7 |  12 |  10 |   5 |   7 | (10)|   6 |   7 |   8 |  11 |  xx |   6 ^ SLACC   |
^ SLUUG    |  20 |  17 |  24 |  17 |  10 |  13 |   7 |  13 |  12 |  21 |  14 |  16 ^ SLUUG   |
^ STLLUG   |  14 |  15 |  18 |  14 |  15 |  14 |  18 |  16 |  16 |  12 | (27)|  xx ^ STLLUG  |
^ NEWLUG   |   9 |  10 |  xx |   7 |   7 |   8 |   7 |   5 |   8 |   5 |   7 |   9 ^ NEWLUG  |

^ Year     |     |     |     |     |     |     | '18 |    |     |     |     |     ^  Year   ^
| Meeting  ^ Jan ^ Feb ^ Mar ^ Apr ^ May ^ Jun ^ Jul^ Aug ^ Sep ^ Oct ^ Nov ^ Dec | Meeting ^
^ Steercom |   7 |   3 |   6 |   7 |   6 |   6 |   5|   5 |   7 |   5 |   5 |   4 ^ Steercom|
^ SLACC    |   6 |   6 |   7 |   9 |   6 |   6 |   7|   6 |   7 |   4 |   4 |   5 ^ SLACC   |
^ SLUUG    |  14 |  13 |  13 |  18 |  15 |  11 |   8|  15 |  14 |  14 |  10 |  13 ^ SLUUG   |
^ STLLUG   |  12 |   8 |  13 |  11 |  13 |  10 |  11|  15 |  13 |  xx |   9 |   9 ^ STLLUG  |
^ NEWLUG   |   8 |  11 |   8 |  11 |  11 |   9 |  10|  12 |   9 |   7 |  10 |   5 ^ NEWLUG  |

^ Year     |     |     |     |     |     |     | '19 |    |     |     |     |     ^  Year   ^
| Meeting  ^ Jan ^ Feb ^ Mar ^ Apr ^ May ^ Jun ^ Jul^ Aug ^ Sep ^ Oct ^ Nov ^ Dec | Meeting ^
^ Steercom |   6 |   6 |   6 |   7 ^   5 |   ? |   ?|   ? |   ? |   ? |   ? |   ? ^ Steercom|
^ SLACC    |   6 |   6 |   7 | (6) ^   8 |   ? |   ?|   ? |   ? |   ? |   ? |   ? ^ SLACC   |
^ SLUUG    |  15 |  14 |  13 |  18 ^  12 |  ?? |  ??|  ?? |  ?? |  ?? |  ?? |  ?? ^ SLUUG   |
^ STLLUG   |  18 |  11 |  11 |  16 ^  12 |  ?? |  ??|  ?? |  ?? |  ?? |  ?? |  ?? ^ STLLUG  |
^ NEWLUG   |   9 |   5 |  11 |  10 ^   8 |  ?? |  ??|  ?? |  ?? |  ?? |  ?? |  ?? ^ NEWLUG  |

  * xx - numbers not yet recorded, attendance not taken, or sheet missing.
  * ?? - Future Numbers.
  * () - 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.

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

===== May 2019  =====
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      May 2019        
Su Mo Tu We Th Fr Sa  
          1  2  3  4  
 5  6  7  8  9 10 11  
12 13 14 15 16 17 18  
19 20 21 22 23 24 25  
26 27 28 29 30 31     
</code>


==== SLACC - May 2 ====
  * [[http://slacc.sluug.org/|SLACC]] usually holds a Linux configuration workshop - no presentation
    * VENUE St. Louis County Library Thornhill Branch
    *
    * REVIEW:
    * :?:

==== SLUUG - May 8 ====
  * [[http://www.sluug.org/|SLUUG General Meeting]]
    * VENUE Graybar Electric Company Inc., 11885 Lackland Road, St. Louis MO 63146
    * 
    * BASE (Personal Computing): 
      * NOT DONE: Carolyn Peters (Mastercard): Bash for relatively new user. Long enough for main presentation, or do hour long intro followed by shorter main.
        * Scheduled speaker developed laryngitis
      * COORDINATOR: Gary
      * CONFIRMED: Yes
      * ABSTRACT: Yes
      * BIO: No
      * TOPIC: Newcomer Resources by Stan Reichardt
        * A view of an ongoing effort to provide newcomers to Linux with audio, video and written information. Whatever the newest user needs to know. 
      * 
      * REVIEW:
      * Covered contents of 32 Gb USB thumb drive collection of handouts, PDF cheat sheets, videos and podcast audio files.
      * Lots of good useful stuff.

    * MAIN (Enterprise Computing):
      * TOPIC: LYNIS security tool by Dave Forrest: 
      * COORDINATOR: Gary
      * CONFIRMED: Yes
      * ABSTRACT: NO
      * BIO: Yes
      * 
      * REVIEW:
      * Updated experience using this security tool orginally presented (a while back).
      * Stan: Lots of additional material since previous presentation. More interesting because he told what he'd done before and what has changed.

==== STLLUG - May 16 ====
  * [[https://stllug.sluug.org/|STLLUG]] is the St. Louis Linux Users Group.
    * VENUE Nick and Elena's Pizzeria, 3007 Woodson Rd, Overland, MO 63114
    *
    * TOPIC:  Docker 102: Multiple web sites on the same server by Chuck Doolittle 
        * We finally backed Chuck into a corner.
      * COORDINATOR: Gary
      * CONFIRMED: YES
      * ABSTRACT: YES
      * BIO: YES
        * Tentative (very): Eric Kauffmann: Linux at SLU
        * Tentative (very): Steve Stegman: sed tutorial
      * 
      * REVIEW:
      * Stan thinks it was good but title was not informative enough. Confused about what was going to happen. Stan's normal state of confusion.
      * Will discuss the location under new business.
      * Chuck did a good review of last month's talk to lead into this one.

==== NEWLUG - May 28 ====
  * [[http://newlug.sluug.org |NEWLUG]] Our Linux Users Group for Linux Newcomers. 
    * VENUE St. Louis County Library Bridgeton Trails Branch
    * 
    * TOPICS are usually determined by attendees.  We usually cover more than one topic.
      * NEWLUG home page lists a number of topics to provide general directions from which to take off
    * 
    * REVIEW:
    * We had 3 newcomers. One had LinuxMint loaded. Two were in a RedHat work environment.
    * Loaned out 3 Newcomer Resources USB thumb drives.
    * Hooked up laptop to library projector with HDMI sound, demonstrated parts of some videos. Went thru parts of some of the NEWLUG website slides. 
    * Dave says some attendees were impressed.
    * Stan says some new attendees are getting into Red Hat at work. He likes to point out similarities and differences.

====== Meeting Schedule ======

===== June 2019  =====
<code>
     June 2019        
Su Mo Tu We Th Fr Sa  
                   1  
 2  3  4  5  6  7  8  
 9 10 11 12 13 14 15  
16 17 18 19 20 21 22  
23 24 25 26 27 28 29  
30                    
</code>

==== STEERCOM - June 3 ====
  * 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
  * Link to [[/steercom/minutes|past minutes and agenda]].
  * Link to [[/steercom/potential]] tutorials, topics and speakers.
  * 

==== SLACC - June 6 ====
  * [[http://slacc.sluug.org/|SLACC]] usually holds a Linux configuration workshop - no presentation
    * VENUE St. Louis County Library Thornhill Branch
    * :?:

==== SLUUG - June 12 ====
  * [[http://www.sluug.org/|SLUUG General Meeting]]
    * 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: Transparent SSL Web Proxy (Squid) by Chuck D.
        * Tentative: Demonstration Using SSHFS by Stan R. 
          * STILL NOT READY TO DO THIS * 
          * Short beginner type thing.  Wants more experience using this, to figure
          * out the benefits, challenges, features, issues, problems, short comings,
          * and usefulness (use cases). Combined CLI and GUI usage.
          * Stan mentioned Veracrypt, successor to Truecrypt. 22 minute video gives summary of the project.
            * (Alternative if primary presenter doesn't show)
    * 
    * MAIN (Enterprise Computing):
      * Programmable Gate Arrays vs ASICS vs RealTime Linux by Bryce Meyer
      * COORDINATOR: Gary
      * CONFIRMED: NO
      * ABSTRACT: NO
      * BIO: NO
        * Tentative (very): Eric Kauffmann: Linux at SLU
        * Tentative: 
        * Need a backup. Might use Veracrypt presentation as backup?
        * :?:

==== STLLUG - June 20 ====
  * [[https://stllug.sluug.org/|STLLUG]] is the St. Louis Linux Users Group.
    * VENUE Nick and Elena's Pizzeria, 3007 Woodson Rd, Overland, MO 63114
    *
    * TOPIC: Docker 103 SSL Certificates for containerized websites by Chuck
      * COORDINATOR: Gary
      * CONFIRMED: Yes
      * ABSTRACT: NO
      * BIO: NO
        * Tentative: IBM and Red Hat by Sami Allum of IBM
        * :?:
      * 

==== NEWLUG - June 25 ====
  * [[http://newlug.sluug.org |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.
      * NEWLUG home page lists a number of topics to provide general directions from which to take off
    * :?:

===== July 2019  =====
<code>
     July 2019        
Su Mo Tu We Th Fr Sa  
    1  2  3  4  5  6  
 7  8  9 10 11 12 13  
14 15 16 17 18 19 20  
21 22 23 24 25 26 27  
28 29 30 31           
</code>

==== STEERCOM - July 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
  * Link to [[/steercom/minutes|past minutes and agenda]].
  * Link to [[/steercom/potential]] tutorials, topics and speakers.
  * 

==== Independence Day - July 4 HOLIDAY ====
  * First Thursday of month normally when SLACC meets. Will delay meeting for one week.

==== SLUUG - July 10 ====
  * [[http://www.sluug.org/|SLUUG General Meeting]]
    * 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: 
        * :?:
    * MAIN (Enterprise Computing):
      * TO BE DETERMINED (TBD)
      * COORDINATOR: Gary
      * CONFIRMED: NO
      * ABSTRACT: NO
      * BIO: NO
        * Tentative: 
        * :?:

==== SLACC - July 11 ====
  * [[http://slacc.sluug.org/|SLACC]] usually holds a Linux configuration workshop - no presentation
    * VENUE St. Louis County Library Thornhill Branch
    * Delayed one week due to Holiday
    * :?:

==== STLLUG - July 18 ====
  * [[https://stllug.sluug.org/|STLLUG]] is the St. Louis Linux Users Group.
    * VENUE Nick and Elena's Pizzeria, 3007 Woodson Rd, Overland, MO 63114
      *
      * TO BE DETERMINED (TBD)
      * COORDINATOR: Gary
      * CONFIRMED: NO
      * ABSTRACT: NO
      * BIO: NO
        * Tentative: IBM and Red Hat by Sami Allum of IBM
        * Tentative: NIX presentation from May 2 by Sam Hatfield
        * Tentative: Docker 104, upgrading website containers with no outage by Chuck
        * Tentative: Packet Capture session by Ken Johnson
        * :?:
      * 

==== NEWLUG - July 23 ====
  * [[http://newlug.sluug.org |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.
      * NEWLUG home page lists a number of topics to provide general directions from which to take off
    * :?:

===== August 2019  =====
<code>
    August 2019       
Su Mo Tu We Th Fr Sa  
             1  2  3  
 4  5  6  7  8  9 10  
11 12 13 14 15 16 17  
18 19 20 21 22 23 24  
25 26 27 28 29 30 31  
</code>

==== SLACC - August 1 ====
  * [[http://slacc.sluug.org/|SLACC]] usually holds a Linux configuration workshop - no presentation
    * VENUE St. Louis County Library Thornhill Branch
    * :?:

==== STEERCOM - 5 August ====
  * 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
  * Link to [[/steercom/minutes|past minutes and agenda]].
  * Link to [[/steercom/potential]] tutorials, topics and speakers.
  * 

==== SLUUG - August 14 ====
  * [[http://www.sluug.org/|SLUUG General Meeting]]
    * 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: 
        * :?:
    * MAIN (Enterprise Computing):
      * TO BE DETERMINED (TBD)
      * COORDINATOR: Gary
      * CONFIRMED: NO
      * ABSTRACT: NO
      * BIO: NO
        * Tentative: 
        * :?:

==== STLLUG - August 15 ====
  * [[https://stllug.sluug.org/|STLLUG]] is the St. Louis Linux Users Group.
    * VENUE Nick and Elena's Pizzeria, 3007 Woodson Rd, Overland, MO 63114
      *
      * TO BE DETERMINED (TBD)
      * COORDINATOR: Gary
      * CONFIRMED: NO
      * ABSTRACT: NO
      * BIO: NO
        * Tentative: IBM and Red Hat by Sami Allum of IBM
        * :?:
      * 

==== NEWLUG - August 27 ====
  * [[http://newlug.sluug.org |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.
      * NEWLUG home page lists a number of topics to provide general directions from which to take off
    * :?:

====== Old Business ======

===== Server Admin =====
  * SUMMARY: We put up a server on the Internet for email, it grew, and now we have to maintain it.
  * <code> Minutes narratives prior to 2019 have been removed. </code> 
  * 
  * 2019-01-02 MINUTES AND CHANGES TO AGENDA LOST IN SERVER ACCIDENT!
    * Lee Lammert and Mike Knight working on SpamAssassin. Extensive plan developed by Mike Knight.
    * QUESTION (Stan): Do we have to worry about losing ownership of the stllug.org domains?
    * ANSWER 
  * 2019-02-04
    * Lee: Everything's up and running thanks to Mike. New topic: DCC. What is it? Lee has no clue.
  * 2019-03-04
    * Lee: Server is running.
    * ANSWER to previous question re Status of stllug.org: Lee is checking, something looks wonky.
  * 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
    * Mike's still working on ClamAV, but too timid to pull switch on ClamAV or SpamAssassin.
      * Need consensus that settings are right
  * 2019-04-29 (for MAY)
    * Gary would love to get a presentation on status of the servers, featuring Mike, Chuck, Lee
      * One possibility would be to have Andrew St Claire (or someone else) debrief them and give the presentation
    * Another possibility would be Lee could give a presentation on massive data recovery being performed evening of 2019-04-29
    * Dave has noticed different handling of possible spam by SLUUG email system, and would like presentation on evolution of the email system.
    * Dave & Stan would like long 'spammy' tag not inserted into subject line on SLUUG STEERCOM emails
    * From Mike Knight's email 3:31am 2019-04-28:
      * 1 QUESTION: Should the "Subject:" of probable sp_m be changed to indicate that?
        * ANSWER: no
      * 2 QUESTION: Should high scoring sp_m be rejected and returned to sender?
        * ANSWER: no
      * 3 QUESTION: Should moderate scoring sp_m be moved to a "junk" folder of the member's inbox by the system?
        * ANSWER: no
  * 2019-06-03
    * Lee: It's running. Updates posted.

===== Web Site SLUUG.ORG Maintenance =====
  * SUMMARY: Our traditional Internet presence is with our main [[http://www.sluug.org/|SLUUG web site]].
  * <code> Minutes narratives prior to 2019 have been removed. </code> 
  * 
  * 2019-01-02 MINUTES AND CHANGES TO AGENDA LOST IN SERVER ACCIDENT!
    * Stan R fixed error that kept website from displaying the ATTENDANCE sheets page.
    * QUESTION: Are there any other broken pages?
  * 2019-02-04
    * ANSWER: Not that we know of. There's always one more
    * Stan is aware that there's a problem with top menu of main page, and it's not likely to be fixed in a long time.
  * 2019-03-04
  * 2019-04-01
  * 2019-04-29 (for MAY)
  * 2019-06-03
    * Stan: updated flyer is on the handouts page. Old material removed, added page of helpful links for the newcomer.
    * Stan has added a section on the main page with summaries of past meetings. Additional meetings will be added in near future.

===== Web Site MEETUP.COM Maintenance =====
  * SUMMARY: We have presence on [[https://www.meetup.com/Saint-Louis-Unix-Users-Group/|MEETUP.COM]].
  * <code> Minutes narratives prior to 2019 have been removed. </code> 
  * 
  * 2019-01-02 MINUTES AND CHANGES TO AGENDA LOST IN SERVER ACCIDENT!
  * 2019-02-04
  * 2019-03-04
  * 2019-04-01
  * 2019-04-29 (for MAY)
    * Procedure of last couple of months is working; i.e. changing the subject line to reflect current meeting flags the Meetup as having changed.
  * 2019-06-03
    * Gary mentioned we've been changing the title to get updated on search results. Stan says it's been fixed and now no longer requires title change.

===== 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.
  * <code> Minutes narratives prior to 2019 have been removed. </code> 
  *
  * 2019-01-02 MINUTES AND CHANGES TO AGENDA LOST IN SERVER ACCIDENT!
  * 2019-02-04
    * This becomes important in April.
  * 2019-03-04
    * Becomes important in April.
  * 2019-04-01
    * It is now April. It's important
    * Stan's complaints: 
    * Stan & Phil's notes posted to steercom last week, fill in later
  * 2019-04-29 (for MAY)
    * Reservations for SLACC and NEWLUG made and paid.
  * 2019-06-03
    * :?: 

===== Internet Presence on Other Social Media =====
  * SUMMARY: We presume that our single web site isn't enough to draw younger crowd. 
  * <code> Minutes narratives prior to 2019 have been removed. </code> 
  * 
  * 2019-01-02 MINUTES AND CHANGES TO AGENDA LOST IN SERVER ACCIDENT!
  * 2019-02-04
  * 2019-03-04
  * 2019-04-01
  * 2019-04-29 (for MAY)
  * 2019-06-03
    * :?: 

===== Uploading Presentations =====
  * SUMMARY: We have recorded many of our past meetings and made them available on the Internet.
  * <code> Minutes narratives prior to 2019 have been removed. </code> 
  * 
  * 2019-01-02 MINUTES AND CHANGES TO AGENDA LOST IN SERVER ACCIDENT!
  * 2019-02-04
  * 2019-03-04
  * 2019-04-01
  * 2019-04-29 (for MAY)
  * 2019-06-03
    * :?: 

===== Camera and Microphone =====
  * SUMMARY: We try to record many of our meetings.
  * <code> Minutes narratives prior to 2019 have been removed. </code> 
  *
  * 2019-01-02 MINUTES AND CHANGES TO AGENDA LOST IN SERVER ACCIDENT!
  * 2019-02-04
  * 2019-03-04
    * Don went to Schiller's & got camera, passed to Stan
  * 2019-04-01
    * Don will go to Schiller's and check another camera
  * 2019-04-29 (for MAY)
  * 2019-06-03
    * Stan reports having problems with tripod stability. Handheld most of session.

===== Sponsorships =====
  * SUMMARY: We seek financial support from the tech community.
  * HISTORY: We are not good at it.
  * <code> Minutes narratives prior to 2019 have been removed. </code> 
  * 
  * 2019-01-02 MINUTES AND CHANGES TO AGENDA LOST IN SERVER ACCIDENT!
  * 2019-02-04
  * 2019-03-04
  * 2019-04-01
  * 2019-04-29 (for MAY)
  * 2019-06-03
    * :?: 

===== 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. 
  * <code> Minutes narratives prior to 2019 have been removed. </code> 
  * 
  * 2019-01-02 MINUTES AND CHANGES TO AGENDA LOST IN SERVER ACCIDENT!
  * 2019-02-04
    * Scraping info from calendar into weekly ANNOUNCE; send ANNOUNCE to Meetup email address 
      * Would not work because of MEETUP.COM message size limitation.
    * QUESTION: Would someone else (besides Stan R) take on generating the weekly ANNOUNCE mailing?
  * 2019-03-04
  * 2019-04-01
  * 2019-04-29 (for MAY)
  * 2019-06-03
    * Stan: numbers keep going down

===== Handouts =====
  * SUMMARY: We have informational handout PDFs available [[http://www.sluug.org/resources/handouts/]].
  * HISTORY: The PDFs are generated with LibreOffice. The originating files are stored along with generated PDFs.
  * <code> Minutes narratives prior to 2019 have been removed. </code> 
  * 
  * 2019-01-02 MINUTES AND CHANGES TO AGENDA LOST IN SERVER ACCIDENT!
  * 2019-02-04
    * Linux User Group Name on the Beginner Handout will be changed from Hazelwood to Newcomer by Stan R..
  * 2019-03-04
  * 2019-04-01
  * 2019-04-29 (for MAY)
  * 2019-06-03
    * Stan R has updated the Linux4Beginners.pdf [[https://www.sluug.org/pdf/Linux4Beginners.pdf|handout]], updating LUG name and making major revisions.
    * The following is a test!
    * TEST:
    * Does anyone NOT KNOW where to get our handouts, so that they could print and fold them?
    * Does anyone KNOW where to get our handouts, so that they could print and fold them?
    * QUESTION: Would someone else (besides Stan R) take on printing and maintaining an inventory of our brochures?
    * :?: 

===== Linux Stickers =====
  * <code> Minutes narratives prior to 2019 have been removed. </code> 
  * 2019-01-02 MINUTES AND CHANGES TO AGENDA LOST IN SERVER ACCIDENT!
  * 2019-02-04
  * 2019-03-04
    * Lee: Andrew is making some. Seen on StlTech. 
  * 2019-04-01
  * 2019-04-29 (for MAY)
  * 2019-06-03
    * :?: 

===== Summer Workshops =====
  * SUMMARY: Thoughts about announcing workshops for summer meetings instead of actual topics. Prevent having to develop presentations. OTOH, would be helpful to have topics for the workshops, so not zero effort.
  * 
  * 2019-01-02 MINUTES AND CHANGES TO AGENDA LOST IN SERVER ACCIDENT!
  * 2019-02-04
    * QUESTION: Should/Would someone set up a www.strawpoll.me questionnaire to promote and evaluate interest?
    * ANSWER: (Gary) Should: Yes. Would: No. No movement toward setting up and pushing questionnaire.
    * Still waiting for suggestions
    * Stan: more of a keyboard karaoke session
      * or maybe a hiatus through July & August
      * Gary: prefers keyboard karaoke over skipping
      * maybe tutorial
      * announce specific topic or make it a surprise?
  * 2019-03-04
  * 2019-04-01
  * 2019-04-29 (for MAY)
  * 2019-06-03
    * There will be no summer workshops this summer.
    * Stan: should some of these stanzas be deleted because of no interest?

===== We Need Help =====
  * SUMMARY: We don't have enough volunteers to do everything consistently.
    * We need new members who want to do stuff. Same as every month.
    * QUESTION: Any new volunteers to help?
  * <code> Minutes narratives prior to 2019 have been removed. </code> 
  *
  * 2019-01-02 MINUTES AND CHANGES TO AGENDA LOST IN SERVER ACCIDENT!
  * 2019-02-04
  * 2019-03-04
    * QUESTION: Any new volunteers to help?
  * 2019-04-01
  * 2019-04-29 (for MAY)
  * 2019-06-03
    * :?: 
  
====== New Business ======

===== Any New Business =====
  * 2019-06-03
    * Nick & Elena's has new staff who don't know how to use new ordering system for individual orders.
       *  Decreasing enthusiasm about splitting bills.
       * problems with interrupting presentations to serve product.
       * Problem finding venue with space and projector.
     * J Greene's have heavy business on Thursday nights
     * Fallon's at Olive & 170 has trivia on Thursday; very crowded
     * Suggestions for other venues are welcome
     * Grant from Micro Center will be attending to get back up to speed on Linux. Be nice to him.
     * New name for group suggest by Gary: Start announcing as SLLUUG (St Louis Linux & Unix User Group)
       * Discussion: Stan votes no. Ken votes yes. Others abstained.

====== Recognize Useful Efforts ======
  * SUMMARY: When anybody does something to help!
    * QUESTION: Did anyone do anything helpful?
  * 2019-06-03
    * Gary: Thanks to Graybar for providing a backup site.
    * Chuck & Stan have backup topics
    * Lee has kept server running

====== Blue Sky Ideas ======
  * SUMMARY: Food for thought ~  anything not previously covered that provides mental stimulus for thinking about improvements or problems.
    * Some ideas are Off-The-Record ~ NOT TO BE RECORDED!
    * Some ideas should be publicized.~ SHOULD BE RECORDED!
    * If a speaker believes something should not be recorded, the record operator needs to be notified.
    * ** Each speaker should initially declare whether an idea should be recorded or not. ** 
    * ** Each speaker should initially declare whether GPS location should be recorded or not. **
  * 2019-06-03
    * Consider using .club domain?
      * Chuck: Most 4 char domains are blocked, mostly junk
    * Chuck: discussion of subdomains for sluug.org. Stan has avoided configuration due to possible problems.

====== Recurring Requirements ======
  * SUMMARY: We routinely rotate thru the following:
  *
  * 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.
    * Verify renewal of certs with LetsEncrypt
  * 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.
  * June 2020 - BuddyNS SLUUG account due
  * June 2020 - Missouri Annual Report for Corporate Legal Status due.
    * https://bsd.sos.mo.gov/BusinessEntity/BusinessEntityDetail.aspx?page=beSearch&ID=681250
    * Lee was considering changing mailing address
  *  

====== 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
  * Gary Meyer - Build spreadsheet to track domain name registrations. See http://bgp.he.net/ip/207.223.253.71#_dns
  * Gary Meyer - Did not follow up with Noel about transferring the SLACC.COM domain to us.
    * SLACC.COM is now in use by someone else.    
    * SLACC.ORG could be registered.  SLACC.ORG available for sale ~ only $499
  * 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:
    * schedule workshops for July and August
  * Possible presentation - suggested 11/7/18
    * Apple interfaces and accessories for audio & video (by Don)
  * Possible presentation (Stan R item) - suggested 12/3/18 by Lee
    * Identify/contact couple who attended Lee's Pi presentation, brought Pi cluster running Kubernetes

====== Adjourn Meeting ======
  * Monday, June 3rd, 2019 
    * QUESTION: When was meeting adjourned?
    * Time: 8:01pm
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