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====== SLUUG Steering Committee Agenda - 29 June for July 2020 ======

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

====== Location ======
** NO PHYSICAL MEETING **

Expect to remotely stream **online** across the Internet with some yet 
to be determined video software. 

2020-06-29 -- meeting with Dell ZOOM server.
    Confirmed -- Meeting with Dell ZOOM server

or

X 2020-06-29 -- meeting with PRIVATE Jitsi server.

<code>
     June 2020        
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>

====== Start Meeting ======
  * Monday, June 29th, 2020
  * 2020-06-29
    * QUESTION: When was meeting called to order? 
    * Time: 6:34pm (1834 CDT)

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

:?: * James Conroy

 * Don Ellis

 * David Forrest

:?: * Ken Johnson

 * Lee Lammert

:?: * Terry Linhardt

 * Gary Meyer 

 * Stan Reichardt

 * Steve Stegmann 

[Guest] Simon Amies (left before meeting started)
====== Agenda Changes ======

  * Are there any additions, deletions, or other changes to sequence of items in the prepared agenda?
  * 2020-06-29
    * No changes

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

  * 2020-06-29
    * Present

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

^ Balance as of 1 June | | |$3,546.63 |
^ MO SOS | | - $11.25 |
^ Dotster | | - $17.49 |
^ Balance as of 30 June  | | |$3,517.89 |

====== 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.  All sponsored events are shown in red.
  * Items have been added and corrected by Stan R, Gary Meyer and Don Ellis.
  * Items listed on this calendar were used to 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 June 2020:

| 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 | 155 | 130 | 144 | 157 | 179 | 182 | 127 ^ 2019 ^
^ 2020 | 157 | 172 | 188 | 147 | 152 ^ 174 | ??? | ??? | ??? | ??? | ??? | ??? ^ 2020 ^

  * Greyed out areas indicate corrections or never previously reported counts.
  * 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.
  * Count of calendar entries for March 2020 misleading because of 
  * Limited maintence effort for March 2020 because CORONAVIRUS-19 self-isolation effects.
  * Started counting **moved** and **delayed** items in April 2020 as they were considered being useful.

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

  * SUMMARY Mailing List Report combined with MEETUP membership count, now called Subscriber Report.
  * Subscriber numbers (approximate) as of end of June 2020:

^ Year     |     |     |     |     |     |     |2017 |     |     |     |     |     ^ 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     |     |     |     |     |     |     |2018 |     |     |     |     |     ^ 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     |     |     |     |     |     |     |2019 |     |     |     |     |     ^ Year    ^
| List     ^ Jan ^ Feb ^ Mar ^ Apr ^ May ^ Jun ^ Jul ^ Aug ^ Sep ^ Oct ^ Nov ^ Dec | List    |
^ MEETUP   | 416 | 423 | 432 | 443 | 452 | 464 | 466 | 473 | 472 | 480 | 488 | 497 ^ MEETUP  |
^ ANNOUNCE | 532 | 532 | 532 | 534 | 519 | 516 | 516 | 514 | 513 | 516 | 513 | 510 ^ ANNOUNCE|
^ DISCUSS  | 184 | 182 | 181 | 182 | 183 | 183 | 191 | 190 | 191 | 191 | 190 | 190 ^ DISCUSS |
^ STEERCOM |  31 |  31 |  31 |  31 |  31 |  31 |  31 |  30 |  30 |  31 |  32 |  32 ^ STEERCOM|
^ SYSADMIN |  22 |  22 |  22 |  22 |  22 |  22 |  16 |  16 |  16 |  16 |  16 |  16 ^ SYSADMIN|

^ Year     |     |     |     |     |     |     |2020 |     |     |     |     |     ^ Year    ^
| List     ^ Jan ^ Feb ^ Mar ^ Apr ^ May ^ Jun ^ Jul ^ Aug ^ Sep ^ Oct ^ Nov ^ Dec | List    |
^ MEETUP   | 501 | 514 | 516 | 521 | 527 ^ 535 | ??? | ??? | ??? | ??? | ??? | ??? ^ MEETUP  |
^ ANNOUNCE | 504 | 502 | 501 | 501 | 500 ^ 499 | ??? | ??? | ??? | ??? | ??? | ??? ^ ANNOUNCE|
^ DISCUSS  | 188 | 190 | 189 | 191 | 191 ^ 189 | ??? | ??? | ??? | ??? | ??? | ??? ^ DISCUSS |
^ STEERCOM |  31 |  31 |  31 |  30 |  30 ^  30 |  ?? |  ?? |  ?? |  ?? |  ?? |  ?? ^ STEERCOM|
^ SYSADMIN |  16 |  16 |  16 |  16 |  15 ^  15 |  ?? |  ?? |  ?? |  ?? |  ?? |  ?? ^ SYSADMIN|

  * Numbers as end of each month.
  * Blocking of mailing list attachments not completely configured yet. This will be much easier to do on BOCK.
  * 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.)
  * Greyed out areas indicate corrections or never previously reported counts.
  * 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+
  * Don will investigate Google+ status
  * Don will place credentials for YouTube and any others on Bock /home/sluug

====== 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 June 2020:

^ Year     |     |     |     |     |     |     |2017 |     |     |     |     |     ^ 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     |     |     |     |     |     |     |2018 |    |     |     |     |     ^  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     |     |     |     |     |     |     |2019 |    |     |     |     |     ^  Year   ^
| Meeting  ^ Jan ^ Feb ^ Mar ^ Apr ^ May ^ Jun ^ Jul^ Aug ^ Sep ^ Oct ^ Nov ^ Dec | Meeting ^
^ Steercom |   6 |   6 |   6 |   7 |   5 |   8 |   6|   6 |   8 |   8 |   7 |   8 ^ Steercom|
^ SLACC    |   6 |   6 |   7 ^   7 |   8 |   7 |   6|  10 |  10 |   9 |   6 |   9 ^ SLACC   |
^ SLUUG    |  15 |  14 |  13 |  18 |  12 |  15 |  17| (20)|  18 |  14 |  17 |  25 ^ SLUUG   |
^ STLLUG   |  18 |  11 |  11 |  16 |  12 |  16 |  20|  16 |  14 |  18 |  18 |  17 ^ STLLUG  |
^ NEWLUG   |   9 |   5 |  11 |  10 |   8 |   7 |  10|  13 |   9 |   5 |   6 |   3 ^ NEWLUG  |

^ Year     |     |     |     |     |     |     |2020 |    |     |     |     |     ^  Year   ^
| Meeting  ^ Jan ^ Feb ^ Mar ^ Apr ^ May ^ Jun ^ Jul^ Aug ^ Sep ^ Oct ^ Nov ^ Dec | Meeting ^
^ Steercom |   4 |   6 |   6 |  (8)|  (5)^  (7)|   ?|   ? |   ? |   ? |   ? |   ? ^ Steercom|
^ SLACC    |   9 |   8 |  (6)|  (8)|  (7)^  (9)|   ?|  ?? |  ?? |   ? |   ? |   ? ^ SLACC   |
^ SLUUG    |  17 |  13 |  xx | (??)| (18)^ (22)|  ??|  ?? |  ?? |  ?? |  ?? |  ?? ^ SLUUG   |
^ STLLUG   |  18 |  12 | (12)| (??)| (20)^ (19)|  ??|  ?? |  ?? |  ?? |  ?? |  ?? ^ STLLUG  |
^ NEWLUG   |   6 |   6 |   - | (10)| (13)^ (13)|  ??|  ?? |  ?? |  ?? |  ?? |  ?? ^ NEWLUG  |

  * Greyed out areas indicate corrections or never previously reported counts.
  * xx - numbers not yet recorded, attendance not taken, or sheet missing.
  * ?? - Future Numbers.
  *(9) - 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 ======
    * SUMMARY: We try to analyse what happened or was presented at the previous months meetings.

===== June 2020  =====
<code>
     June 2020        
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 1 ====
  * HISTORY Steering Committee usually meets on Monday of the week prior (9 days) to General Meeting.
    * **No physical meeting until further notice **
      * When we do have physical meetings, we might like to continue video meetings in conjunction with the physical meetings.
      * This session may be done with JITSI remote video service on https://nyx.omnitec.net/
        * Stan R will use Linux SimpleScreenRecorder to make recording
  * Link to [[/steercom/minutes|past minutes and agenda]].
  * Link to [[/steercom/planning]] Planning Schedule Report from Database.
    * :?:

==== SLACC - June 4 ====
  * [[http://slacc.sluug.org/|SLACC]] usually holds a **Linux Workshop** offering installation and configuration help - no presentation
    * **No physical meeting until further notice **
      * We may continue to have video meetings in conjunction with physical meetings after physical meetings resume
      * This session may be done with JITSI remote video service on https://nyx.omnitec.net/
        * Stan R will use Linux SimpleScreenRecorder to make recording
    * Stan: fewer people than expected, may be perception due to newcomer LUG. Familiar faces from last 8-9 years.

==== SLUUG - June 10 ====
  * [[http://www.sluug.org/|SLUUG General Meeting]]
    * **No physical meeting until further notice **
    * ** We don't yet know when we will be able to have physical meeting **
        * We want to have alternative (secondary) topic on hand if primary speaker doesn't show. 
        * Stan R will use Linux SimpleScreenRecorder to make additional recording
    * 
    * BASE (Personal Computing):
      * STATUS: **Done**
      * WHAT: Activating Linux on a Chromebook
      * BY: Don Ellis
      * SYNOPSIS: A brief sketchy summary goes here. 
      * WRANGLER:
      * ABSTRACT: No
      * BIO: No
      * REMARKS:
        * Gary: Fantastic presentation. Went longer than expected. Big non-main talk on ChromeBook. Good job, Don!
        * Stan: Better than expected. Seemed to have less technical aspect than usual
        * 
----
**      COOKIE TIME ~ ANNOUNCEMENTS ~ CALL FOR HELP  (Gooey Middle ):**
----
    * 
    * MAIN (Enterprise Computing):
      * STATUS: **Done**
      * WHAT: DNS Wars
      * BY: David Forrest
      * SYNOPSIS: A brief sketchy summary goes here. 
      * WRANGLER: 
      * ABSTRACT: No
      * BIO: No
      * REMARKS:
        * Dave: had problem with captioning, hard to understand who is saying what, won't do another presentation until better setup.
          * Disconnect between agencies, didn't have cooperation that would make things work better.
          * Individual user doesn't have the control they need. Browser DNS takes control away from supervisor/parent.
          * Firefox went to browser based DNS by default.
        * Gary: Went a lot better than expected.
          * Will post to Discuss that there's a big article about Mozilla using Cloud Flair.
        * Stan: Really good presentation.

==== STLLUG - June 18 ====
  * [[https://stllug.sluug.org/|STLLUG]] is the St. Louis Linux Users Group.
    * **No physical meeting until further notice **
    * ** We don't yet know when we will be able to have physical meeting **
      * Will continue to have video meeting in conjunction with physical meeting after physical meetings resume.
        * Stan R will use Linux SimpleScreenRecorder to make additional recording
    * We want to have alternate topic on hand if primary speaker doesn't show. 
    *  
    * STLLUG: 
      * STATUS: **Done**
      * WHAT: Ethereum/VeChain Supply Chain
      * BY: Brendan Laiben, from OCI
      * SYNOPSIS: A brief sketchy summary goes here. 
      * WRANGLER: Rich Seibel 
      * ABSTRACT: NO
      * BIO: NO
      * REMARKS:
        * We do not have an alternative (secondary) topic on hand.
        * Lee: Very Interesting
        * Dave: Agrees. 
        * Stan: Didn't talk about bitcoin.
        * Gary: Very honest. Takes 10-100x resources as database.
        * Dave: Lot of problems getting agreement between supplier and sub. This can be effective solution. Needs increased data entry workforce, contract grows much larger. A whole new paradigm for construction process.
      * Gary disappointed with attendance. Had tried to attract blockchain enthusiasts, but no results. Contacted Meetups and Discuss lists. Blockchain session only had one or two we didn't recognize.
        * Will we ever get attendance like we used to? What's in it for sponsors?

==== NEWLUG - June 23 ====
  * [[http://newlug.sluug.org |NEWLUG]] Our Linux Users Group for Linux Newcomers. 
    * **No physical meeting until further notice **
      * This session may be done with JITSI remote video service on https://nyx.omnitec.net/
      * We may continue to have video meetings in conjunction with physical meetings after physical meetings resume
        * Stan R will use Linux SimpleScreenRecorder to make recording
    * 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
    * Stan: Might be confusing with SLACC, but a guy had problems and could only do chat until he did the install. Phil & Stan did one-on-one Friday. Used Jitsi and got him going. Didn't record, so can't remember who it was. Confirmed. This was SLACC, not NewLUG.

==== STEERCOM - June 29 ====
  * HISTORY Steering Committee usually meets on Monday of the week prior (9 days) to General Meeting.
    * **No physical meeting until further notice **
      * When we do have physical meetings, we might like to continue video meetings in conjunction with the physical meetings.
      * This session may be done with JITSI remote video service on https://nyx.omnitec.net/
        * Stan R will use Linux SimpleScreenRecorder to make recording
  * Link to [[/steercom/minutes|past minutes and agenda]].
  * Link to [[/steercom/planning]] Planning Schedule Report from Database.
    * :?:

====== Meeting Schedule ======
  * SUMMARY: 
    * We try to track prospects to give presentations at our SLUUG General meeting and LINUX meetings.
    * We try to segregate topic types as either BASE, MAIN or LINUX, with BASE and MAIN given at the SLUUG General meeting.  
    * We always want to have alternative topics on hand if primary speaker doesn't show. 
    * We want BASE topics that are oriented toward simpler Personal Computing.  Short is good. 
    * We want MAIN topics that are oriented more toward advanced or Enterprise Computing.
    * LINUX topics could be either at the General meeting or at the St. Louis Linux Users Group (STLLUG) meetings.
    * Gary will continue to explore different computer manufacturers (ex: Cray) who might be able to do presentation "Where are they now?"
      * :?:

===== July 2020  =====
<code>
     July 2020        
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 - July 2 ====
  * [[http://slacc.sluug.org/|SLACC]] usually holds a **Linux Workshop** offering installation and configuration help - no presentation
    * **No physical meeting until further notice **
      * This session may be done with JITSI remote video service on https://nyx.omnitec.net/
      * We may continue to have video meetings in conjunction with physical meetings after physical meetings resume
        * Stan R will use Linux SimpleScreenRecorder to make recording
    * :?:

==== SLUUG - July 8 ====
  * [[http://www.sluug.org/|SLUUG General Meeting]]
    * **No physical meeting until further notice **
    * ** We don't yet know when we will be able to have physical meeting **
        * Stan R will use Linux SimpleScreenRecorder to make additional recording
    * We want to have alternative (secondary) topic on hand if primary speaker doesn't show. 
    * 
    * BASE (Personal Computing):
      * STATUS: **Available**
      * WHAT: To Be Determined (TBD)
      * BY: Volunteer Speaker
      * SYNOPSIS: A brief sketchy summary goes here. 
      * WRANGLER:
      * ABSTRACT: No
      * BIO: No
      * REMARKS:
        * We did not have an alternative (secondary) topic on hand.
        * :?:
----
**      COOKIE TIME ~ ANNOUNCEMENTS ~ CALL FOR HELP  (Gooey Middle ):**
----
    * 
    * MAIN (Enterprise Computing):
      * STATUS: **Available**
      * WHAT: To Be Determined (TBD)
      * BY: Volunteer Speaker
      * SYNOPSIS: A brief sketchy summary goes here. 
      * WRANGLER: 
      * ABSTRACT: No
      * BIO: No
      * REMARKS:
        * We do not have an alternative (secondary) topic on hand.
        * :?:


==== STLLUG - July 16 ====
  * [[https://stllug.sluug.org/|STLLUG]] is the St. Louis Linux Users Group.
    * **No physical meeting until further notice **
    * ** We don't yet know when we will be able to have physical meeting **
        * Stan R will use Linux SimpleScreenRecorder to make additional recording
    * Want to continue to have video meeting in conjunction with physical meeting after physical meetings resume.
    * We want to have alternate topic on hand if primary speaker doesn't show. 
    *  

      * STATUS: **Ready**
      * WHAT: Activating Linux on a Chromebook
      * BY: Don Ellis
      * SYNOPSIS: Demo of enabling Linux on current model ChromeBook
      * WRANGLER:
      * ABSTRACT: No
      * BIO: No
      * REMARKS:


==== NEWLUG - July 28 ====
  * [[http://newlug.sluug.org |NEWLUG]] Our Linux Users Group for Linux Newcomers. 
    * **No physical meeting until further notice **
    * This session may be done with JITSI remote video service on https://nyx.omnitec.net/
      * Stan R will use Linux SimpleScreenRecorder to make recording
      * We may continue to have video meetings in conjunction with physical meetings after physical meetings resume
    * 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 2020  =====
<code>
    August 2020       
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 - August 3 ====
  * HISTORY Steering Committee usually meets on Monday of the week prior (9 days) to General Meeting.
    * **No physical meeting until further notice **
      * This session may be done with JITSI remote video service on https://nyx.omnitec.net/
      * When we do have physical meetings, we might like to continue video meetings in conjunction with the physical meetings.
        * Stan R will use Linux SimpleScreenRecorder to make recording
  * Link to [[/steercom/minutes|past minutes and agenda]].
  * Link to [[/steercom/planning]] Planning Schedule Report from Database.
    * :?:

==== SLUUG - August 12 ====

==== STLLUG - August 20 ====

==== NEWLUG - August 25 ====

==== STEERCOM - August 31 ====





====== 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 2020 have been removed.* 
  * 2019-12-30 (for January 2020)
    * Christmas Day SLUUG certificate would not work with securing email. Did not disrupt web site availability, nor remote SSH access. Mike Knight and Craig Bucheck tackled problem.
    * **Successful test completed in September, will repeat in December**
  * 2020-02-03
    * Our *automated* LetsEncrypt free SSL certificates for websites on BOCK test was successfully completed in September, was to be repeated in December.
      * There was a problem Christmas Day with SLUUG certificate holding up email.
      * QUESTION: Was this related?
        * Mike Knight created and tested some scripts dealing with our LetsEncrypt setup.
      * QUESTION: Do we know what happened with SLUUG certificate not working with securing the email on Christmas Day?
        * Certificate had expired, was renewed, but IMAP server didn't get restarted to incorporate new cert.
        * Now the process is scripted. A post renewal script for LetsEncrypt has been added to restart Courier (IMAP)
      * QUESTION: Do we have any documentation on the overall *automated* process for LetsEncrypt free SSL certificates for websites on BOCK?
    * Mike Knight is invesigating why SLUUG was being throttled by Google.  Possibly something to do with the SLUUG SPF record being regarded as "suspicious" by Google. 
  * 2020-03-02 
  * 2020-03-30 (for April) 
  * 2020-05-04
      * QUESTION: Do we have any documentation on the overall *automated* process for LetsEncrypt free SSL certificates for websites on BOCK?
<code>
# cat /etc/cron.daily/checkcert
#!/bin/bash

#MAILTO=""

/usr/bin/certbot renew
</code>

    * Automated renewal system crashed Christmas day 2019 and didn't recover. Mike has adjusted it to work properly and it appears to work as of March 2020; appears to have worked for June instance.
  * 2020-06-01
    * Lee said limited bandwidth of transfers was issue as to where we would put recordings.
    * Mike Knight is investigating why SLUUG was being throttled by Google.  Possibly something to do with the SLUUG SPF record being regarded as "suspicious" by Google. 
      * Mike? Answer?
  * 2020-06-29
    * :?:

===== Web Site SLUUG.ORG Maintenance =====
//  SUMMARY: We have a traditional Internet presence with the existence of our main [[http://www.sluug.org/|SLUUG web site]]. //

  * *Minutes narratives prior to 2020 have been removed.* 
  * 2019-12-30 (for January 2020)
  * 2020-02-03
    * Stan R, did routine updating of home pages.  Had no time for sorely needed cleanup, documentation, improvements, nor anything else.
    * Stan R, still needs to put election notice with Ballot2020.pdf up on websites.
  * 2020-03-02 
  * 2020-03-30 (for April) 
  * 2020-05-04
    * Stan tried doing website maintenance via smartphone; Google calendar got messed up; don't try editing with smartphone
    * Stan: SLACC and NewLUG meeting websites have been done for May
  * 2020-06-01
    * Changes to SLUUG Wiki home page, see https://wiki.sluug.org/home/
      * Corrected the expected meeting schedule of the Steering Committee from Wednesday to Monday.
      * A line with two new links has been added:
        * The STEERCOM looks at *POTENTIAL* items in an attempt to provide *PLANNING* of future meeting dates, locations, and topics. 
        * The *POTENTIAL* page information has been moved to the Planning Database and the page narrative is being merged into the *PLANNING* page and will then be next removed after this STEERCOM meeting. 
      * The link to the obsolete calendar **Events** item is being deleted and is being replaced with a more current reference to our **SLUUG Google Calendar**.
    * Many of the other stanzas link to obsolete or incomplete wiki pages.  Much of this is very misleading to anyone new that hasn't been around for years and accustomed to ignoring the mess. 
  * 2020-06-29
    * Lee has added another 50G partition on Bock under /srv/media/
    * Please move all media files to this new partition.

===== Web Site MEETUP.COM Maintenance =====
//SUMMARY: We have presence on [[https://www.meetup.com/Saint-Louis-Unix-Users-Group/|MEETUP.COM]]. //

  * *Minutes narratives prior to 2020 have been removed.* 
  * 2019-12-30 (for January 2020)
    * All NEWLUG entries for 2020 had to be created.  Might have been because of wrong end date.
  * 2020-02-03
    * Individuals that are not signed in with a MEETUP account do NOT see all of our events in the weekly calendar listings when checking for TECH events.
    * We suspect that it might be keyed to how many signed up folks have indicated that they will be attending.
  * 2020-03-02 
    * For Don: be sure we get info for March Wednesday meeting into Meetup.
  * 2020-03-30 (for April) 
  * 2020-05-04
  * 2020-06-01
    * Items were edited to point to individual home web page for connection instructions to video remote conferencing to meetings.  
    * This was done so that only one site needed to be updated.
    * Apparently we did have at least one guy that could not follow instructions and complained that he couldn't connect.
    * This was done so that only one site needed to be updated.  Apparently we did have at least one guy that could not follow instructions and complained that he couldn't connect.
  * 2020-06-29
    * :?:
===== 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.
  * Applications for the use of St. Louis County Library Meeting Spaces are accepted on the first Saturday in October for January thru June dates, and on the first Saturday in April for July thru December dates.
  * We can always check for available Library [[http://slcl.evanced.info/spaces | spaces]].
  *

  * *Minutes narratives prior to 2020 have been removed.* 
  * 2019-12-30 (for January 2020)
    * Stan R dreading next round of reservations, will be just as difficult.
  * 2020-02-03
    * Stan R cancelled all contingency library reservations for the SLUUG General meetings.
    * Stan R continues to check for any library location that may become suddenly available at familiar locations.
    * Reservations will become important again in April.
  * 2020-03-02 
    * One month warning. This has to be dealt with in April.
  * 2020-03-30 (for April) 
  * 2020-05-04
    * **Due to COVID19 restrictions, no library room reservations can be made until further notice.**
  * 2020-06-01
    * No change
  * 2020-06-29
    * No change

===== Internet Presence on Other Social Media =====
//  SUMMARY: We presume that our single web site isn't enough to draw younger crowd. //

  * *Minutes narratives prior to 2020 have been removed.* 
  * 2019-12-30 (for January 2020)
    * Gary had asked Terry to invite people to our meetings via LinkedIn.
    * QUESTION Are there any numbers we can gather to measure MASTODON or LinkedIn coverage?  ANSWER: We don't know yet, process too nebulous, so far.
    * Apparently we have a Twitter account, we didn't know who did it.  Turns out that Lee had created account in 2011.  But, that ain't it.
  * 2020-02-03
    * QUESTION for Terry Linhardt ~  Terry was going to check.  Did he find out who set up Twitter account?
    * Terry never got feedback from those he asked. 
  * 2020-03-02 
    * James has script to pull our info and put up on MASTODON. Not ready yet, but coming soon.
  * 2020-03-30 (for April) 
  * 2020-05-04
    * Continuing to wait for James to report status of Mastodon upload process
  * 2020-06-01
    * James continuing to work on it. No progress yet.
    * Gary has been schmoozing with STL Tech Channel Slack guys; was not really impressed.
  * 2020-06-29
    * :?:

===== Uploading Presentations =====
//  SUMMARY: We have recorded many of our past meetings and made them available on the Internet.//

  * *Minutes narratives prior to 2020 have been removed.* 
  * 2019-12-30 (for January 2020)
    * Gary Meyer will contact Steve Pidgeon for progress report
  * 2020-02-03
    * Gary Meyer will contact Steve Pidgeon for progress report
  * 2020-03-02 
    * Don will contact Steve Pidgeon for progress report
  * 2020-03-30 (for April) 
  * 2020-05-04
    * Continuing to wait for Don & Steve to report
  * 2020-06-01
    * Some Zoom Recordings have been downloaded from DELL.  Stan R put them up on BOCK and made web page links.
      * 2020-05-13 SLUUG, TXT 33 bytes, M4a 69.3 MB, MP4 322.8 MB
      * 2020-05-21 STLLUG, TXT 329 bytes, M4a 58.5 MB, MP4 1.0 GB
    * Mike Knight pointed out on STEERCOM list that space on BOCK is not unlimited.  We have gone from 67% full on 04/21 to 73% on 05/26.
    * Don needs to check on April recordings and upload them.
    * Don still needs to get in contact with Steve Pidgeon.
    * Don needs to document Google Photos and YouTube upload process and work with Stan to document.
    * Lee says question is not where to store but about access thruput. 
  * 2020-06-29
    * Lee added new 50G partition on Bock at /srv/media/
    * Don will contact Steve Pidgeon

===== Camera and Microphone and Projectors =====
//  SUMMARY: We try to record many of our meetings.//

  * *Minutes narratives prior to 2020 have been removed.* 
  * 2019-12-30 (for January 2020)
  * 2020-02-03
    * Don Ellis has been traveling extensive last month.
  * 2020-03-02 
    * Don will contact vendor about battery replacement.
  * 2020-03-30 (for April) 
    * Don will search for replacement battery online
  * 2020-05-04
  * 2020-06-01
  * 2020-06-29
    * Don & Lee will discuss status of Camera 1
    * Don will investigate Snowball/SpaghettiSauce mic
    * One Projector remains with Stan pending access to physical meeting rooms again
    * Other projector remains with Lee


===== Sponsorships =====
//  SUMMARY: We seek financial support from the tech community. //

  * HISTORY: We are not good at getting sponsors.
  *
  * *Minutes narratives prior to 2020 have been removed.* 
  * 2019-12-30 (for January 2020)
  * 2020-02-03
    * SuSE rep paid for pizzas at Nick and Elanna's STLLUG meeting.
  * 2020-03-02 
  * 2020-03-30 (for April) 
  * 2020-05-04
  * 2020-06-01
  * 2020-06-29
    * If we get back to regular meetings, would be nice to have a sponsor for beer and pizza.

===== ANNOUNCE Mailing List =====
// SUMMARY: As a historical descendant of our monthly newsletter, the ANNOUNCE mailing had been a weekly extract of our SLUUG GOOGLE Calendar of Events.
  Previous editors had also styled it less of 1 liners of the entire calendar and more of abstracts of OUR talks & outstanding interest items.//

  * HISTORY: The subscriber list has been populated from attendance sheets by a nominating subscription process, which requires human input.
  *

  * Minutes narratives prior to 2020 have been removed.
  * 2020-06-29
    * Still no volunteer to do any kind of weekly or even monthly newsletter.
    * :?:


===== Planning Schedule Database =====
// SUMMARY: //

  * 2019-12-02
    * Don needs to test Stan's database on Libreoffice on Mac. Everyone else should test the database on their own systems.
  * 2019-12-30 (for January 2020)
    * Don and Gary needs to test Stan's database on Libreoffice on Mac. Everyone else should test the database on their own systems.
    * Lee tested successfully on SUSE.
  * 2020-02-03
    * Nothing new.
  * 2020-03-02 
    * Don still needs to do his test. Gary & Stan have been loading. Stan is working on allowing multiple user updates.
  * 2020-03-30 (for April) 
  * 2020-05-04
  * 2020-06-01
    * Don **still** needs to test Stan's database on Libreoffice on Mac. Everyone else should test the database on their own systems.
  * 2020-06-29
    * Stan discovered a conversion feature using **pdftotext** that generates useful full text version from the pdf report.
    * Expects to provide a downloadable concurrent text version along with the pdf version.
    * :?:

===== Handouts =====
//  SUMMARY: We have informational handout PDFs available [[http://www.sluug.org/resources/handouts/]]. //

  * HISTORY: The PDFs are generated using LibreOffice. The originating files are stored along with generated PDFs.
  *

  * *Minutes narratives prior to 2020 have been removed.* 
  * 2019-12-30 (for January 2020)
    * Lee ordered printer parts that should correct krinkle problem.
  * 2020-02-03
    * Stan R has been modifying a Linux Presentation Day from 2015 found on the Internet.  It has excellent content.
      * Difficult to modify, as it is extremely graphically intense.  Built and modified with the Scribus application.
      * Likely too complex to print, may wind up splitting content to make a slide show presentation.
  * 2020-03-02 
    * Lee: If anybody needs handouts, send me a PDF and a quantity.
  * 2020-03-30 (for April) 
  * 2020-05-04
    * Stan has been working on a PDF that will probably just be published as PDF plus presentation, not printed
  * 2020-06-01
    * Nothing being worked on this month.
  * 2020-06-29
    * Nothing being worked on this month.
    * :?:


===== Linux Stickers =====
//  SUMMARY: Ken Johnson really prefers stickers, rather than stuffed toys! //

  * HISTORY:  SWAG is good!
  *

  * *Minutes narratives prior to 2020 have been removed.* 
  * 2019-12-30 (for January 2020)
    * Lee has sheet to pass on to Ken.
  * 2020-02-03
    * Nothing new.
  * 2020-03-02 
    * James Conroy will make background black so we can get what we want when ordered.
  * 2020-03-30 (for April) 
  * 2020-05-04
  * 2020-06-01
  * 2020-06-29
    * :?:


===== We Need Help =====
// SUMMARY: We don't have enough volunteers to do everything consistently.//

  * HISTORY: We need new members who want to do stuff. Same as every month.
  * QUESTION: Any new volunteers to help?
  *

  * *Minutes narratives prior to 2020 have been removed.* 
  * 2019-12-30 (for January 2020)
    * Tyler Rudie had volunteered to help with SLUUG Google calendar input.
  * 2020-02-03
    * Tyler Rudie has been granted permissions to help with SLUUG Google calendar input. Not yet given guidance or instructions.
    * Gary needs to prompt him.
  * 2020-03-02 
  * 2020-03-30 (for April) 
  * 2020-05-04
  * 2020-06-01
    * Gary, Stan, & Tyler need to get together to review Tyler getting to work on Google Calendar modifications?
  * 2020-06-29
    * :?:


===== Alternative Remote Video Conferencing Services =====
  * 2020-05-04
      * Lee visited Chicago LUG - using Big Blue Button (BBB)
        * BBB records separate audio, visual, and presentation files.
        * How to download recording from server and combine streams into single video stream
        * Maybe set up Big Blue Button (BBB) on different hostname for testing
  * 2020-06-01
     *  Lee has set up BBB server.  Issues with separate recordings Display, Audio and Whiteboard.
     *  Stan suggested some frequent weekly testing of alternate Remote Video Conferencing Service packages
  * 2020-06-29
    * Lee: Jitsi has progressed amazingly the past few months. If Firefox can be kept off, it works pretty well. 
      * Jitsi End to end encryption is being developed, may be ready for use at this time.
    * Gary: Encourage Dave to continue to investigate captioning for various screen sharing platforms.

===== Attendance and Voting =====
//  SUMMARY: Sheltering in Place precludes use of physical attendance sheets //
  * HISTORY: Our attendance records were used to  determine qualification to vote in our annual February balloting.
  *
  * 2020-06-01
    * Gary M. posted background and issues to STEERCOM mailing list.
    * 2020-05-28 Subject: Election voter rolls
    * No physical meetings until further notice, we can not use attendance sheets.
    * We expect that remote participation should qualify as attendance.
    * Therefore we need to record and count remote participation as qualifying attendance.
    * Further we need to develop process for voting at our annual February meeting.
  * 2020-06-01
  * 2020-06-29
    * If one of us remembers during the meeting, take a snapshot of the participant list. Experiment with viewing the recording and see if the participant list is available.

====== New Business ======
  * Do we have anything new to deal with?
  * 2020-06-29
    * :?:

====== Recurring Requirements ======
//  SUMMARY: We routinely rotate thru the following (just in case): //
  * HISTORY:  In past, we had missed critical government filings, dropped ball on domain renewals, and similar important items.
  *
  * November 2019 - *automated* LetsEncrypt free SSL certificates for websites on BOCK.
    * **Note: Need documentation on this process!**  
    * **Note: Completed last summer, 2019. The automation works.**
    * **Successful test completed in September, will repeat in December**
  * March 2020 - <del>schedule workshops for July and August 2020</del>
  * March 2020 - <del>*automated* LetsEncrypt free SSL certificates for websites on BOCK</del>
  * April 2020 - <del>First Saturday, reserve rooms at St. Louis County Library Branches.</del>
  * 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
  * June 2020 - *automated* LetsEncrypt free SSL certificates for websites on BOCK.
  * September 2020 - *automated* LetsEncrypt free SSL certificates for websites on BOCK.
  * October 2020 - First Saturday, reserve rooms at St. Louis County Library Branches.
  * 
  * November 2020 - *automated* LetsEncrypt free SSL certificates for websites on BOCK.
    * **Note: Need documentation on this process!**  
  * 
  * December 2020 - *automated* LetsEncrypt free SSL certificates for websites on BOCK.
  * December 2020 - STLWEBDEV.ORG is domain automatic renewal?
    * (No longer a web page, just a mailing list)
    * Consider cutting it off sometime next year, ie 2020
  * 
  * January 2021 - STLLINUX.ORG domain automatic renewal.
  * January 2021 ~ Post Office Box Renewal (automatic 6 months on credit card~ Lee handles.
  * 
  * February 2021 - SLUUG Annual Board meeting and elections.
  * February 2021 - Verify renewal of certs with LetsEncrypt
  * 
  * March 2021 - Count Ballots
  * March 2021 - Updates to contacts on webpage if required.
  * March 2021 - Updates to email aliases if required.
  * March 2021 - *automated* LetsEncrypt free SSL certificates for websites on BOCK.
  * March 2021 - Consider schedule workshops for July and August 2021
  * 
  * April 2021 - IRS Form 990-N for Tax Exempt Status.   e-postcard.
  * April 2021 - First Saturday, reserve rooms at St. Louis County Library Branches.
  * 2020-05-04
    * Automated renewal system crashed Christmas day 2019 and didn't recover. Mike has adjusted it to work properly and it appears to work as of March 2020.
  * 2020-06-01
    * All of June tasks are done.
  * 2020-06-29
    * :?:

====== Recognize Useful Efforts ======
//  SUMMARY: When anybody does something to help! //

  * QUESTION: Did anyone do anything helpful or useful?
  * 2020-06-29
    * Lee has been digging up stuff on BBB
    * Dave researching captioning
    * Stan working on presentation database and calendar
    * Don presentation on Linux

====== Follow-up and Action Items ======
//  SUMMARY: It may help a little to tag individuals with tasks: //

  * Everyone - Review the STEERCOM minutes, make corrections, act!
  * Everyone - **Talk to someone about coming to meetings.**
  * Everyone - Talk to someone about giving a presentation.
  * Everyone - Talk to all members about December Party.
  * Everyone - Stan R wants LibreOffice Planning database tested on multiple systems.
  *
  * Don Ellis ~ Test Stan's Planning database on Libreoffice on Mac.
  * Don Ellis ~ Upon return to town, clean tomato sauce off the Snowball microphone (there was minor accident at STLLUG).
  * Don Ellis ~ upload older videos to Google Photos and/or Google Docs & publish links.
  * Don Ellis ~ Possible presentation - 2018-07-18 he had suggested Apple interfaces and accessories for audio & video.
  * Don Ellis ~ Possible presentation on new ChromeBook Linux interface. July 2020
  * Gary Meyer ~ Contact Steve Pidgeon for progress report.
  * Gary Meyer ~ Contact Steve Lembark about splitting presentation into two parts.
  * 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 held by someone else (squatter).    
    * SLACC.ORG could be registered.  SLACC.ORG available for sale ~ only $499.
    * Consider other TLDs than .com and .org for SLACC
  * Stan R. ~ Remind Gary Meyer to bring SWAG, Penguins or stickers to meetings and hand out pamphlets.
  * Stan and Gary should get together and discuss how ANNOUNCE was done.
  * Gary hassle Mike about Google throttling.

  * November 2019 - *automated* LetsEncrypt free SSL certificates for websites on BOCK.
  * Note: Need documentation on this process!
  * Note: Completed last summer, 2019. The automation works.


====== Blue Sky Ideas ======
//  SUMMARY: Food for thought ~  anything not previously covered that provides mental stimulus for thinking about improvements or solutions. //

  * HISTORY:  Stimulate creativity by planting the seed of an idea.  Current action or response not required.
    * 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. ** 
  * 2020-06-29 
    * Start emphasizing people to join the mailing list
      * No longer writing their email on the sheet of paper being passed around.
      * Anyone can nominate anyone for adding to the email list.

====== Adjourn Meeting ======
  * Monday, June 29th,  2020
  * 2020-06-29 
    * QUESTION: At what time was meeting adjourned?
    * TIME: 2108CDT (9:08pm)
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