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

• No physical meeting until further notice
  • When we again have physical meetings, we would like to continue video meetings in conjunction with physical meetings.
• 2022-06-27 Comments for June:
  • Zoom or Jitsi

SUMMARY: This is where we consider any additions, deletions, sequence, or other changes to sequence of items in the prepared agenda.

  * HISTORY: 
  * We consider changes prior to all reviews, planning and OLD BUSINESS items
    * by jumping ahead, then back, without altering agenda layout.
  * Do not altering agenda layout, during current meeting.
  * We will jump to *Old Business* items then back to usual sequence.
  * We will jump to *New Business* section, create new item, consider, then jump
    * back to usual sequence.
  * By not altering agenda layout, it is easier to build next month's agenda.
  * Moving a previous item out of sequence made editing difficult.

• AGENDA CHANGE:
• Are there any additions, deletions, sequence, or other changes to sequence of items in the prepared agenda?
• 2022-06-27 Comments for July:
• 

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• QUESTION: Have the recorders been started before call to order?
• Yes

• Monday, June 27th, 2022
• 2022-06-27 Comments for July:
  • QUESTION: When was STEERCOM meeting called to order?
  • TIME: 6:39pm

Listed alphabetically by last name:

* James Conroy (will not be able to make tonight's meeting)

* Jonathan Drews

* Don Ellis

* David Forrest (will not be able to make tonight's meeting)

* Robert Hansen (expressed interest; bc email sent)

* Ed Howland (expressed interest; bc email sent)

* Ken Johnson

* Lee Lammert

* Gary Meyer

* Stan Reichardt

* Steve Stegmann

* Sean Twiehaus

• 2022-01-10 Comments: Stan R acting only as recording secretary. Made a few grammatical corrections to prior stanzas.
• 2022-01-31 Comments for February: Stan R acting only as recording secretary.
• 2022-02-28 Comments for March: Stan R acting only as recording secretary.
• 2022-04-04 Comments:
  • Stan R acting only as recording secretary.
  • Stan R will not be here for the 2 May Steering Committee meeting.
• 2022-05-02 Comments:
• * Many agenda/minute narratives prior to January 2022 Steercom have been removed.
  • Stan R can not be here for the 2 May Steering Committee meeting.
  • Lee L acting only as recording secretary.
• 2022-05-31 Comments for June: Stan R acting only as recording secretary.
• 2022-06-27 Comments for July: Stan R acting only as recording secretary.
  • 

• 2022-06-27 Comments for July:
  • 

SUMMARY: We maintain a calendar of technical events in the Greater St. Louis area and surrounding regions.

  * HISTORY: 
  * 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 were counted!

• SLUUG Calendar is a Google Calendar available on our web site.
• Count of number of events listed, each month, as of end of May 2022:

  * LEGEND:
  * Greyed out areas indicate corrections or never previously reported counts.
  * xxx - numbers not recorded.
  * ??? - Future Numbers.
  * Stopped counting general Saint Louis 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 maintenance effort for March 2020 because CORONAVIRUS-19 self-isolation effects.
  * Started counting **moved** and **delayed** items in April 2020 as considered being useful.
  * Improvements in Google Calendar feature limits to five days processing at at time, takes
    * about 10 times as long to perform counting. Much more tedious.
  * Five day limitation "improvement" gone, no longer takes so much longer to count.

• 2022-01-31 Comments about January:
  • Of the 210 total, 5 were cancelled (x~), 0 defunct, 6 delayed, and 4 moved, and 0 postponed; so, leaving 195 active.
• 2022-02-28 Comments for March:
  • Of the 219 total, 6 were cancelled, 34 (x~), 0 defunct, 10 delayed, and 3 moved, and 1 postponed; so, leaving 165 active.
• 2022-04-04 Comments:
  • The February Calendar counts were not entered during the last meeting.
  • Of the 244 total, 1 were cancelled, 37 (x~), 0 defunct, 7 delayed, 1 missed, and 4 moved, and 1 postponed; so, leaving 193 active.
• 2022-05-02 Comments:
  • Of the 219 total, 2 were cancelled, 44 (x~), 0 defunct, 5 delayed, 1 missed, and 5 moved, and 1 postponed; so, leaving 161 active.
  • QUESTION: Why was March 2022 count so much larger, while April dropped?
  • QUESTION: Should we replace the monthly total counts (January 2022 to date) entries with the active counts?
    • The total counts indicate how many entries we made, showing our work effort, and potential meetings; but, not actual meetings held.
    • Would be a lot of work (if even possible) to go back to change 2020 counts.
    • The active counts would be more realistic indication of how many actual meetings were held.
  • Suggest doing at, say, 1 July or 1 January.

• 2022-05-31 Comments for June:
  • Of the 234 total, ? were cancelled, ?? (x~), ? defunct, ? delayed, ? missed, and ? moved, and ? postponed; so, leaving ??? active.
  • 
• 2022-06-27 Comments for July:
  • Of the 228 total, ? were cancelled, ?? (x~), ? defunct, ? delayed, ? missed, and ? moved, and ? postponed; so, leaving ??? active.
  • 

SUMMARY: Mailing List Report combined with MEETUP membership count, now called Subscriber Report.

• Subscriber numbers (approximate) as of end of May 2022:

  * LEGEND:
  * Numbers as of 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.

• ISSUES:
• 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

• 2022-01-10 Comments about December: None
• 2022-01-31 Comments about January: Slight increases.
• 2022-02-28 Comments for March:
  • Per Gary looking at last 4 years, DISCUSS slow rebuilding very slowly, ANNOUNCE rebuilt about 10 to 16 people, from large loss of about 100.
  • ANNOUNCE used to be monthly newsletter, then Stan R used it for a weekly highlite. Now mostly just to spread ZOOM and JITSI links.
• 2022-04-04 Comments: Very little change from last month. Amazing how many are in MEETUP and we only see a few.
• 2022-05-02 Comments:
  • Neither SLUUG nor variations of St. Louis Unix show any channels in search, .. "sluug" is someone playing slither.io.
  • Found under "Saint Louis Unix Users Group and Linux", wonky name.
  • Don has credentials, need to find someone interested in updating.
• 2022-05-31 Comments for June: None
• 2022-06-27 Comments for July:
  • 

SUMMARY: Somewhat reflects the community interest in topics. Or, how well we publicised event.

  * HISTORY: 
  * Initial mail list subscriptions were prompted by attendance sheets.
  * Group leaders are responsible for taking attendance at face-to-face meetings.
  * Remote session attendance display with ZOOM does NOT work automatically.
  * Remote session attendance done best using extra recording with Linux SimpleScreenRecorder software. 

• Blank attendance sheets are available here
• Attendance numbers, as of end of May 2022:

  * LEGEND:
  * 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 (NEWLUG March 2020).

• 2022-01-10 Comments about December:
  • Auditing counts using Query feature in LibreOffice BASE Attendance database found:
    • Previously reported count for 2021-02-18 STLLINUX of 20 was actually 19.
    • Previously reported count for 2021-04-14 SLUUG of 26 was actually 25.
    • Previously reported count for 2021-06-03 SLACC of 11 was actually 10.
    • Previously reported count for 2021-08-11 SLUUG of 17 was actually 18.
    • Corrected counts have been verified and highlighted above for this session.
    • As of December 28, the LibreOffice (LO) BASE Attendance database ODB file is 143 kB in size.
    • Attendance for the calendar year 2021 is completely recorded, and the ODB file is available for download from the https://www.sluug.org/steercom/ menu.

• 2022-01-31 Comments about January: Highest STLLINUX meeting attendance in last few years.
• 2022-02-28 Comments for March:
  • Stan R was out of state and fumble fingered recording NEWLUG attendance. Believed that total was at least 10, with one new participant.
• 2022-04-04 Comments: None
• 2022-05-02 Comments: Getting better visibility!
• 2022-05-31 Comments for June: Previously reported count for 2021-05-02 STEERCOM of 5 was actually 6.
• 2022-06-27 Comments for July:
  • 

SUMMARY: We try to analyse what happened or what was presented at the previous months meetings.

• 2022-06-27 Comments for July:
  • 

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• SLACC
  • Usually holds a Linux Workshop offering installation and configuration help - no presentation
• 2022-04-04 Comments: None
• 2022-05-02 Comments: Stan or Phil will "host".
• 2022-05-31 Comments for June: None
• 2022-06-27 Comments for July:
  • None

• SLUUG General Meeting
• Planning Schedule Report
• BASE (Personal Computing):
  • STATUS: *Done*
  • WHAT: rsnapshot
  • BY: Lee Lammert
  • SYNOPSIS:
  • WRANGLER: Gary
  • ABSTRACT: NO
  • BIO: NO
  • REMARKS:
    • We did not have an alternative (secondary) topic on hand.
• 2022-04-04 Comments: None
• 2022-05-02 Comments: None
• 2022-05-31 Comments for June: None
• 2022-06-27 Comments for July:
  • Stan really enjoyed, it was quite thurough. Gary agrees, had lots of discussion later on.

COOKIE TIME ~ ANNOUNCEMENTS ~ CALL FOR HELP (Gooey Middle): YUM YUM!

• SLUUG General Meeting
• Planning Schedule Report
• MAIN (Professional Computing):
  • STATUS: Done
  • WHAT: LDAP ~ Lightweight Directory Access Protocol
  • BY: Tyler Rudie
  • SYNOPSIS:
  • WRANGLER: Gary
  • ABSTRACT: NO
  • BIO:
  • REMARKS:
    • We did not have an alternative (secondary) topic on hand.
• 2022-04-04 Comments: None
• 2022-05-02 Comments: None
• 2022-05-31 Comments for June: None
• 2022-06-27 Comments for July:
  • Stan had trouble following discussion as it seemed to be understood well only by those familiar with using LDAP previously.
  • Gary learned stuff; but, didn't hit the mark for novice LDAP users. No slides to set flow for folks to follow.
  • Gary suggested we still really need a very basic introductory LDAP. Sean wasn't able to follow (but, he came in later than start).

• STLLINUX is the St. Louis Linux Users Group.
• Planning Schedule Report
  • Nine days after SLUUG MAIN General Meeting.
• LINUX
  • STATUS: Done
  • WHAT: Ansible vs Manual Configuration
  • BY: Sean Twiehaus
  • SYNOPSIS:
  • WRANGLER: Gary
  • ABSTRACT: No
  • BIO: No
  • REMARKS:
    • We did not have an alternative (secondary) topic on hand.
• 2022-04-04 Comments: None
• 2022-05-02 Comments: None
• 2022-05-31 Comments for June:
  • Stan will draft abstract and send to Sean for review before posting to web page.
• 2022-06-27 Comments for July:
  • Stan thought pretty good. Flow was kind of different but very interesting and informative.
  • Gary thought comparison using manual first was quite beneficial. Answered *Why do I care* question.
  • The crowd stayed engaged and asked lots of questions. Questions cascaded.
  • Sean thought didn't get as much participant stories as wanted. Knew had a lot of material, with time

was able to toss in a number of extras.

• SLUUG Steering Committee Meeting
  • Nine days prior to SLUUG MAIN General Meeting.
• 2022-01-10 Comments: None
• 2022-02-28 Comments for March: We are here.
• 2022-04-04 Comments: None
• 2022-05-02 Comments: Stan Reichardt can not be here for the 2 May Steering Committee meeting.
• 2022-05-31 Comments for June: * The 27th works best for Lee and Gary.
• 2022-06-27 Comments for July:
  • There were some Google Calendar scheduling problems. Drag and drop moving the date did not correctly delete old date.

SUMMARY: Previously named Hazelwood LUG (HZWLUG), then Newcomer LUG (NEWLUG). Now, Newcomer Linux User Group is designated as NEWLINUX. The NEWLINUX home page lists a number of topics to provide general directions from which we could start. Topics are usually determined by attendees. We usually cover way more than one topic.

• NEWLUG was how we named our Linux Users Group (LUG) for Linux Newcomers.
  • NEWLINUX is name that we can frequently use for our Newcomer Linux Users Group.
• 2022-04-04 Comments: None
• 2022-05-02 Comments: None
• 2022-05-31 Comments for June: None
• 2022-06-27 Comments for July:
  • 

SUMMARY: This is where we discuss available and confirmed meeting topics. GOAL: To map out meeting topics for as much as 3 months out.

• No physical face-to-face meetings until further notice.
• When we again have physical meetings, we would like to continue video meetings in conjunction with any physical meetings.
• We try to track prospects to give presentations at our SLUUG General (SLUUG) meeting and LINUX (STLLINUX) meetings.
• We try to segregate topic types as either BASE, MAIN or LINUX, with BASE and MAIN given at the General meeting (SLUUG) .
• * *BASE* topics should be oriented toward simpler Personal Computing. Usually given as General meeting (SLUUG). Short is good.
  • *BASE* Something fundamental, introductory, instructive or simple.
• * *MAIN* topics should be oriented more toward advanced or Professional Computing. Usually given at General meeting (SLUUG).
  • *MAIN* Something more advanced, detailed, important, profound, new, significant, timely or useful.
• * *LINUX* topics often could be either at the General meeting or at the St. Louis Linux Users Group (STLLINUX) meetings.
• We want to have alternative (secondary) topic on hand if primary speaker doesn't show.
• Gary will continue to explore different computer manufacturers (ex: Cray) who might be able to do presentation "Where are they now?"

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• SLACC
  • Usually holds a Linux Workshop offering installation and configuration help - no presentation
• 2022-04-04 Comments: None
• 2022-05-02 Comments: Stan or Phil will "host".
• 2022-05-31 Comments for June:
  • 

• SLUUG General Meeting
• Planning Schedule Report
• BASE (Personal Computing):
  • STATUS: Confirmed
  • WHAT: What You Should Get with GIT
  • BY: James Conroy
  • SYNOPSIS: Version Control
  • WRANGLER: Gary
  • ABSTRACT: NO
  • BIO: YES
  • REMARKS:
    • We did/do/do not have an alternative (secondary) topic on hand.
• 2022-04-04 Comments: None
• 2022-05-02 Comments: None
• 2022-05-31 Comments for June: None
• 2022-06-27 Comments for July:
  • May or may not alter title. Still a number of folks that need introduction to using GIT.

COOKIE TIME ~ ANNOUNCEMENTS ~ CALL FOR HELP (Gooey Middle): YUM YUM!

• SLUUG General Meeting
• Planning Schedule Report
• MAIN (Professional Computing):
  • STATUS: Confirmed
  • WHAT: Locking Down Your Web Browser
  • BY: Scott Granneman
  • SYNOPSIS: what web browsers are doing for your privacy (Chrome, Brave, Edge, Firefox, Vivaldi, Safari)
  • WRANGLER: Gary
  • ABSTRACT: NO
  • BIO: YES
  • REMARKS:
    • We did/do/do not have an alternative (secondary) topic on hand.
• 2022-04-04 Comments: None
• 2022-05-02 Comments: None
• 2022-05-31 Comments for June:
  • 
• 2022-06-27 Comments for July:
  • 

• STLLINUX is the St. Louis Linux Users Group.
• Planning Schedule Report
  • Nine days after SLUUG MAIN General Meeting.
• LINUX
  • STATUS: Confirmed
  • WHAT: FUSE ~ Filesystem in Userspace
  • BY: Steven Lembark
  • SYNOPSIS:
  • WRANGLER: Gary
  • ABSTRACT: No
  • BIO: No
  • REMARKS:
    • We did/do/do not have an alternative (secondary) topic on hand.
• 2022-04-04 Comments: None
• 2022-05-02 Comments: None
• 2022-05-31 Comments for June: None
• 2022-06-27 Comments for July:
  • 

SUMMARY: Previously named Hazelwood LUG (HZWLUG), then Newcomer LUG (NEWLUG). Now, Newcomer Linux User Group is designated as NEWLINUX. The NEWLINUX home page lists a number of topics to provide general directions from which we could start. Topics are usually determined by attendees. We usually cover way more than one topic.

• NEWLUG was how we named our Linux Users Group (LUG) for Linux Newcomers.
  • NEWLINUX is name that we can frequently use for our Newcomer Linux Users Group.
• 2022-04-04 Comments: None
• 2022-05-02 Comments: None
• 2022-05-31 Comments for June: None
• 2022-06-27 Comments for July:
  • 

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• SLUUG Steering Committee Meeting
  • Nine days prior to SLUUG MAIN General Meeting.
• 2022-01-10 Comments: None
• 2022-02-28 Comments for March: We are here.
• 2022-04-04 Comments: None
• 2022-05-02 Comments: Stan Reichardt can not be here for the 2 May Steering Committee meeting.
• 2022-05-31 Comments for June: None
• 2022-06-27 Comments for July:
  • 

• SLACC
  • Usually holds a Linux Workshop offering installation and configuration help - no presentation
• 2022-04-04 Comments: None
• 2022-05-02 Comments: Stan or Phil will "host".
• 2022-05-31 Comments for June: None
• 2022-06-27 Comments for July:
  • 

• SLUUG General Meeting
• Planning Schedule Report
• BASE (Personal Computing):
  • STATUS: Available
  • WHAT: To Be Determined (TBD)
  • BY:
  • SYNOPSIS:
  • WRANGLER: Gary
  • ABSTRACT: NO
  • BIO: NO
  • REMARKS:
    • We did/do/do not have an alternative (secondary) topic on hand.
• 2022-04-04 Comments: None
• 2022-05-02 Comments: None
• 2022-05-31 Comments for June: None
• 2022-06-27 Comments for July:
  • 

COOKIE TIME ~ ANNOUNCEMENTS ~ CALL FOR HELP (Gooey Middle): YUM YUM!

• SLUUG General Meeting
• Planning Schedule Report
• MAIN (Professional Computing):
  • STATUS: Confirmed
  • WHAT: ownCloud
  • BY: Lee Lammert
  • SYNOPSIS:
  • WRANGLER: Gary
  • ABSTRACT: NO
  • BIO:
  • REMARKS:
    • We did/do/do not have an alternative (secondary) topic on hand.
• 2022-04-04 Comments: None
• 2022-05-02 Comments: None
• 2022-05-31 Comments for June: None
• 2022-06-27 Comments for July:
  • 

• STLLINUX is the St. Louis Linux Users Group.
• Planning Schedule Report
  • Nine days after SLUUG MAIN General Meeting.
• LINUX
  • STATUS: Available
  • WHAT: To Be Determined
  • BY:
  • SYNOPSIS:
  • WRANGLER: Gary
  • ABSTRACT: No
  • BIO: No
  • REMARKS:
    • We did/do/do not have an alternative (secondary) topic on hand.
• 2022-04-04 Comments: None
• 2022-05-02 Comments: None
• 2022-05-31 Comments for June: None
• 2022-06-27 Comments for July:
  • 

SUMMARY: Previously named Hazelwood LUG (HZWLUG), then Newcomer LUG (NEWLUG). Now, Newcomer Linux User Group is designated as NEWLINUX. The NEWLINUX home page lists a number of topics to provide general directions from which we could start. Topics are usually determined by attendees. We usually cover way more than one topic.

• NEWLUG was how we named our Linux Users Group (LUG) for Linux Newcomers.
  • NEWLINUX is name that we can frequently use for our Newcomer Linux Users Group.
• 2022-04-04 Comments: None
• 2022-05-02 Comments: None
• 2022-05-31 Comments for June: None
• 2022-06-27 Comments for July:
  • 

SUMMARY: We put up a server on the Internet for email, it grew, and now we have to maintain it.

• * The narratives in the agenda/minutes prior to January 2022 Steercom have been removed.*
• 2022-01-10 Comments:
  • Debian 9 “Stretch” End of Life is scheduled to be June 30, 2022.
  • Debian 11 has been released.
  • Debian 10 should be next target.
• 2022-01-31 Comments:
  • Lee and Mike Knight upgraded to Debian 10 on Friday 21st. No trauma, only minor issue with BIND directory permissions..
  • Stan R having intermitten problem accessing IMAP mail. Previously was able to sign in concurrently multiple times. Now, sometimes can not.
  • Lee has increased IMAP connection count to 15 in DoveCot.
  • Lee recommends waiting a year before moving up to Debian 11 release.
• 2022-02-28 Comments for March: * Mike Knight tracked some SPAM issue with WEB DEV mailing list. Will kill the list.
• 2022-04-04 Comments:
  • We need to shuffle partitions on BOCK, or put /home on separate partition. Will require an hour down time.
  • Volunteers contact Lee.
• 2022-05-02 Comments:
  • Bock partitions shuffled and resized 10 days ago - anyone wish to explain how it was accomplished without downing the VM?
  • Lee shuffled partitions on Bock and requested hints on how it could be done without downing the server.
• 2022-05-31 Comments for June: None
• 2022-06-27 Comments for July:
  • We forgot what we did.

SUMMARY: We have a traditional Internet presence with the existence of our main SLUUG web site.

• * The narratives in the agenda/minutes prior to January 2022 Steercom have been removed.*
• 2022-01-10 Comments: Normal stuff. Stan R gets matching funds for his IRA.
• 2022-01-31 Comments: Normal stuff.
• 2022-02-28 Comments for March: Normal stuff. Keeping up, kinda.
• 2022-04-04 Comments: Small section added to MAIN home page detailing oreo cookie meeting setup.
• 2022-05-02 Comments: None.
• 2022-05-31 Comments for June: * Sean Twiehaus volunteered to help fix things.
• 2022-06-27 Comments for July:
  • Sean Twiehaus and James Conroy collaborated on front page design and submitted HTML code.
  • Stan R incorporated most of submitted HTML and with Ed Howland modified red JS navbar header, dropping needless "Membership" drop down.
  • So far Stan R is keeping our traditional red and powder blue colors at top of page. There may be further changes or improvements.
  • What's wrong with all powder blue? Just curious, is it a matter of performance, philosophy, or preference?
  • Stan R very happy with revisions so far. More changes are in the wings.

SUMMARY: We have presence on MEETUP.COM.

• * The narratives in the agenda/minutes prior to January 2022 Steercom have been removed.*
• 2022-01-10 Comments: Looks like they moved stuff around again.
• 2022-01-31 Comments: Gary has been diligently using MEETUP to promote last few meetings.
• 2022-02-28 Comments for March:
  • Gary concurs that MEETUP sucks. This month they seemed to have changed number of tags on meetings. Searching is very useless.
  • Gary tried to put in specific tags without success.
• 2022-04-04 Comments: Slow gradual improvements, trying to meet standards instead of current garbage layout.
• 2022-05-02 Comments:
  • Tags are still a problem - appears to be a hard limit at 5, which is the
  • only thing searchable! Unless someone knows exact search terms, no way
  • to find us.
• 2022-05-31 Comments for June: None
• 2022-06-27 Comments for July:
  • 

SUMMARY: We presume that our single web site isn't enough to draw younger crowd.

• * The narratives in the agenda/minutes prior to January 2022 Steercom have been removed.*
• 2022-01-10 Comments: We should go back to IRC.
• 2022-01-31 Comments: James is not here; so we are going to move EVERYTHING over to Mastadon, so that he can handle it all.
• 2022-02-28 Comments for March: James may or may not be here. We dinasours don't understand it.
• 2022-04-04 Comments: Blah, humbug.
• 2022-05-02 Comments: Youtube & Google+ need to be better explored and utilized.
• 2022-05-31 Comments for June: None
• 2022-06-27 Comments for July:
  • Sean Twiehaus set up TWITTER Sluug_Org thingy.
  • Access to password for maintenance is
  • Who will do what with it
  • 

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 spaces.
• Due to COVID19 restrictions, no library room reservations can be made until further notice.
• * The narratives in the agenda/minutes prior to January 2022 Steercom have been removed.*
• 2022-01-10 Comments: Nothing.
• 2022-01-31 Comments: No changes.
• 2022-02-28 Comments for March: Gary has hope. Guessing last day of May, lockdowns may end. Per Stan the library won't react swiftly.
• 2022-04-04 Comments: Nothing in sight.
• 2022-05-02 Comments: Nothing in sight.
• 2022-05-31 Comments for June: None
• 2022-06-27 Comments for July:
  • Rumors continue.

SUMMARY: Combine recording physical plus remote meetings

  * HISTORY: 
      * We have for the longest time been saying: 
      * **No physical face-to-face meetings until further notice.**
      * When we again have physical meetings, we would like to continue video meetings in conjunction with any physical meetings.
      * So, in anticipation of future openings of libraries and restaurants,
        * reduction of lock-down, we need to work toward perfecting the technology. 

• 2021-07-05
  • Project considerations
    • Locations
    • Schedule ~ Timeline
  • Assets
    • Staffing
      • Project Leader ~ Lee Lammert (at least Point Of Contact)
      • Project Wrangler ~ Steve Stegmann (if he will remember)
      • Recording Hardware ~ Lee Lammert
      • Recording Software ~ Tyler Rudie (had been experimenting with OBS during July STLLINUX meeting)
      • Remote Virtual Software ~ ZOOM or Jitsi (maybe better) ?
      • Head Count (local clipboard and remote software participant panel to capture attendance).
      • Production Chief(s) ~
        • does recording and archives.
        • one for remote and one for live location
      • Minions
    • Equipment ~ inventory ~ splitter ~ projectors ~ microphones ~ cameras ~ smartphone cameras ~ portability
      • avoid condenser microphones ~ want dynamic microphones (which may be more expensive)
    • Servers ~ ZOOM ~ Jitsi
    • Software ~ OBS ~ Discord? ~
      • Capabilities ~ Remote Video ~ Chat ~ Recording ~ Screen Sharing ~ YouTube Streaming?
      • Documentation ~ Diagrams ~ Limitations
      • Testing ~ Bat Cave? ~ Restaurant?
  • Discussion:
    • Gary M virtual remote experience at 2600 club was not good. They did not have splitter for hybrid session.
    • Lee figures harder, quite difficult, do we want to really do it. How do we do recordings?
    • Stan R says local noise too much at restaurants.
    • Head counts need to be considered. Gary once shared ZOOM participant panel. We need to promote sharing participant panel(s) for count heads.
    • Stan R has less problem using Jitsi.
    • Stan R thought Jitsi does not have built in recording (may not be true).
    • Stan R uses Linux SimpleScreenRecorder (SSR) to record all remote sessions. Specifically activates participant panel while recording sessions with SSR.
    • We must consider when will libraries open up. Also, Siemens, Nick and Elena's restaurant.
    • Gary suggests we move this topic earlier in agenda. We don't expect to make much progress right away; but, need to keep in mind.
• 2021-08-02 * Lee and Tyler still to combine efforts.
• 2021-08-30 comments about August:
  • Lee and Tyler still to combine efforts.
    • Tyler used OpenShot software for a presentation.
    • Lee has secondary display and splitter, would allow presenter display for remote viewing..
• 2021-10-04
  • Suggest Office Hours dot Global web site and video (will post link later).
  • This added later: https://officehours.global/focus-on/focus-on-producing/
• 2021-11-01 comments:
• 2021-11-29 Comments:
  • We want to keep searching for advice and help.
  • Gary found site, Nova Scribe has tips and tricks, how to do ZOOM meetings.
  • Lee may contact friend that does professional Internet meeting support.
• 2022-01-10 Comments:
  • No major ideas. Sound will be major issue. Speaker should repeat questions.
• 2022-01-31 Comments:
  • Lee has some small table-top tripods and spare cameras.
  • Stan R still has one of the projectors.
  • Nothing really new.
• 2022-02-28 Comments for March:
  • No progress. We SHOULD seek volunteers on DISCUSS to work on audio technique.
  • https://officehours.global has professional daily audio and visual experts.
• 2022-04-04 Comments:
  • Both Gary and Stan R have remotely attended STL2600 club meetings. Their hybrid meeting attempt was of extremely poor quality.
  • Stan R thinks hybrid meetings would require separate production efforts. Live attendance sheets and remote attendance efforts.
  • Gary believes by-laws specify attendance taking for vote qualification. We might consider changing by-laws.
  • Lee seconds that we need a real good microphone (not condenser).
• 2022-05-02 Comments:
  • Gary suggested ZoomPhobics grab their tablet ahd have a beer at Nick & Elena's.
  • Lots of issues with Hybrid meetings:
    • Microphone for audience
    • Screen grabbing
    • Screen sharing for remote attendees
    • yada yada yada
• 2022-05-31 Comments for June: None
• 2022-06-27 Comments for July:
  • Examples I've seen show too much difficulty with sound .

SUMMARY: We try to record many of our meetings.

• * The narratives in the agenda/minutes prior to January 2022 Steercom have been removed.*
• 2022-01-10 Comments: Don Ellis still has camera and microphone. We want to know if he has USB cable to feed camera image for meetings.
• 2022-02-28 Comments for March: Don Ellis still has hardware in unknow location.
• 2022-04-04 Comments: No changes. Gary to hassel Don Ellis again.
• 2022-05-02 Comments: No changes - Gary to hassel Don Ellis again tomorrow in his birthday.
• 2022-05-31 Comments for June: None
• 2022-06-27 Comments for July:
  • No changes.

SUMMARY: Attendance head count tracking for member voting qualification during Calendar Year (CY)

• * The narratives in the agenda/minutes prior to January 2022 Steercom have been removed.*
• 2022-01-10 Comments: Depends on when we go back to meetings.
• 2022-01-31 Comments: Stan has names for last two meetings; but, broke the ATTENDANCE database. Did however get it to count meetings.
• 2022-02-28 Comments for March:
  • Stan has recovered database and restore functionality. Works well, when he doesn't lose the video of the meeting. Am relying for ATTENDANCE counts.
• 2022-04-04 Comments:
  • LibreOffice (LO) Attendance database query generates counts and names in seconds, if data captured. Demo done earlier during this meeting.
• 2022-05-02 Comments: None.
• 2022-05-31 Comments for June: None
• 2022-06-27 Comments for July:
  • Database working fantasticly.

SUMMARY: We have LibreOffice BASE for tracking BASE, MAIN and STLLINUX meeting topics and speakers.

• HISTORY:
• * The narratives in the agenda/minutes prior to January 2022 Steercom have been removed.*
• Go to https://www.sluug.org/steercom/ has link to planning.pdf
• or directly to report at Planning Schedule Report
• * The narratives in the agenda/minutes prior to January 2022 Steercom have been removed.*
• 2022-01-10 Comments: Stan R restuctured a number of items again.
• 2022-01-31 Comments: Stan R did not break it this month. It still works fine.
• 2022-02-28 Comments for March: Works well. Lee will provide info to Stan to work on transition to a different database backend.
• 2022-04-04 Comments:
  • Works Really good.
  • Stan R has not gotten around to working with BOCK database access that Lee gave him earlier in mid March.
  • Will be updating after this meeting.
• 2022-05-02 Comments: Lots of good info there! Stan keeping updated, which is really nice.
• 2022-05-31 Comments for June: None
• 2022-06-27 Comments for July:
  • Demonstrated durint this meeting pulling up Scott's and Lee's data. A bit slower than I would like. StarR

SUMMARY: We have recorded many of our past meetings and made some of them available on the Internet.

• * The narratives in the agenda/minutes prior to January 2022 Steercom have been removed.*
• 2022-01-10 Comments: Doing as we can.
• 2022-01-31 Comments: Keeping up to date.
• 2022-02-28 Comments for March: Stan will look into if need to use different STLLINUX recording for February presentation archives.
• 2022-04-04 Comments: None
• 2022-05-02 Comments:
  • https://www.sluug.org/hitreport or
  • https://sluug.org/hitreport
  • Current and previious 11 months available.
• 2022-05-31 Comments for June: None
• 2022-06-27 Comments for July:
  • Stan R temporarily uploaded recording of CIAlug June presentation (they forgot to turn on ZOOM recording).

Since removed.

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.
  • Lee ordered printer parts that should correct crinkle problem.
  • 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.
• * The narratives in the agenda/minutes prior to January 2022 Steercom have been removed.*
• 2022-01-10 Comments: Not enough time in each day.
• 2022-01-01 Comments: Not enough time in each day.
• 2022-02-28 Comments for March: Not enough time in each day.
• 2022-04-04 Comments: Not enough time in each day.
• 2022-05-02 Comments: No Stan available.
• 2022-05-31 Comments for June: None
• 2022-06-27 Comments for July:
  • No change, no time.

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.
• * The narratives in the agenda/minutes prior to January 2022 Steercom have been removed.*
• 2022-01-10 Comments: We would like a draftee.
• 2022-01-31 Comments: We need to know which google name Tyler Rudie wants to use, so that we can authorize his access to our Google calendar.
• 2022-02-28 Comments for March: Gary needs to talk with Tyler Rudie.
• 2022-04-04 Comments: No volunteer.
• 2022-05-02 Comments: Gary to ding Tyler.
• 2022-05-31 Comments for June: None
• 2022-06-27 Comments for July:
  • Mike Knight raised issue of overlapping duplication of ANNOUNCE and DISCUSS messages.
  • Lee had problem with mailing list password.

SUMMARY: We seek financial support from the tech community.

• HISTORY: We are not good at getting sponsors.
• * The narratives in the agenda/minutes prior to January 2022 Steercom have been removed.*
• 2022-01-10 Comments: Nothing new.
• 2022-01-31 Comments: Nothing new.
• 2022-02-28 Comments for March: Nothing new.
• 2022-04-04 Comments: Nothing new.
• 2022-05-02 Comments: Would like to have some, but need a value proposition for the sponser that makes sense.
• 2022-05-31 Comments for June: None
• 2022-06-27 Comments for July:
  • None

SUMMARY: Ken Johnson really prefers stickers, rather than stuffed toys!

• HISTORY: SWAG is good!
  • Lee has sheet to pass on to Ken.
  • James Conroy will make background black so we can get what we want when ordered.
• * The narratives in the agenda/minutes prior to January 2022 Steercom have been removed.*
• 2022-01-10 Comments: * Nothing new. Neither James, nor Lee are here right now.
• 2022-02-28 Comments for March:
  • Lee will pass template to Stan. Maybe Stan and sister-in-law can get results on her Carver/Cutter imaging machine.
• 2022-04-04 Comments: Not heard back yet.
• 2022-05-02 Comments:
  • BSD stickers?
  • Nothing new.
• 2022-05-31 Comments for June: None
• 2022-06-27 Comments for July:
  • Stan sent sample to friend. No activity yet. Might be able to do some with Windows 10 based Cricket machine.

SUMMARY: We have large box of hard copy historical records concerning our organization. It has been floating around. HISTORY: * 2020-10-05 * Gary found cardboard box with old secretary material. Original Xeroxes of articles of corporation, etc. Historical interest. No idea who dropped it off.

• * The narratives in the agenda/minutes prior to January 2022 Steercom have been removed.*
• 2022-01-10 Comments: Gary THINKS he knows where it is.
• 2022-01-31 Comments: Gary says no change.
• 2022-02-28 Comments for March: Gary assumes still there.
• 2022-04-04 Comments: Unless mice have moved box, it is still there.
• 2022-05-02 Comments: Unless mice have moved box, it is still there.
• 2022-05-31 Comments for June: None
• 2022-06-27 Comments for July:
  • Box is still there. Stan wants to look at contents.

• * The narratives in the agenda/minutes prior to January 2022 Steercom have been removed.*
• 2022-01-10 Comments: Gary still has machines. Stan R still willing to help install Linux remotely using GITSO.
• 2022-01-31 Comments: No change.
• 2022-02-28 Comments for March: Gary got Chromebook from Jay Truesdale, has passed it along to new user. Still has one of laptops for Leo.
• 2022-04-04 Comments: Still needs to pass laptop to Leo.
• 2022-05-02 Comments: None.
• 2022-05-31 Comments for June: None
• 2022-06-27 Comments for July:
  • Lee gave Stan R three (3) HP Compaq 8200 Elite USDT PC machines for backup, replacement and spare parts.
  • Stan R is installing LinuxMint MATE OEM (Original Equipment Manufacture) style build for a friend that is in need of a working sytstem.
  • 

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.
  • Tyler Rudie had volunteered to help with SLUUG Google calendar input.
  • Gary, Stan, & Tyler need to get together to review Tyler getting to work on Google Calendar modifications?
  • Tyler Rudie has been granted permissions to help with SLUUG Google calendar input. Not yet given guidance or instructions.
  • Gary needs to prompt him.
• QUESTION: Any new volunteers to help?
• * The narratives in the agenda/minutes prior to January 2022 Steercom have been removed.*
• 2022-01-10 Comments: Stan R doesn't need mandatory retirement package. Stan R given Lead Parachute package with matching IRA funds.
• 2022-01-31 Comments: Always.
• 2022-02-28 Comments for March: Always.
• 2022-04-04 Comments: Gary and Stan need clones. Psychoactive help would be nice.
• 2022-05-02 Comments: Confirmed.
• 2022-05-31 Comments for June: None
• 2022-06-27 Comments for July:
  • We are very happy with James Conroy and Sean T.

SUMMARY: After old business, we call for anything that we need to deal with:

• Do we have anything else, anything new that we need to deal with?
• * The narratives in the agenda/minutes prior to January 2022 Steercom have been removed.*
• 2022-01-10 Comments: None.
• 2022-02-28 Comments for March: None.
• 2022-04-04 Comments: None.
• 2022-05-02 Comments: None.
• 2022-05-31 Comments for June: None
• 2022-06-27 Comments for July:
  • Already done.

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.
• June 2022 - BuddyNS SLUUG account due (Automated)
• June 2022 - Missouri Annual Report for Corporate Legal Status due.
  • https://bsd.sos.mo.gov/BusinessEntity/BusinessEntityDetail.aspx?page=beSearch&ID=681250
• June 2022 - *automated* LetsEncrypt free SSL certificates for websites on BOCK.
• July 2022 - SLUUG.ORG account due (Automated) done in June.
• July 2022 ~ Post Office Box Renewal (automatic 6 months on credit card) ~ Lee handles.
• August 2022 - NEWLINUX.ORG domain renewal. Stan R.
• August 2022 - SLACC.ORG domain renewal. Stan R.
• September 2022
• October 2022 - First Saturday, reserve rooms at St. Louis County Library Branches.
• November 2022
• December 2022
• January 2023 - STLLINUX.ORG domain automatic renewal.
• January 2023 ~ Post Office Box Renewal (automatic 6 months on credit card) ~ Lee handles.
• January 2023 ~ Bribes early to Stan R so your name won't be on ballot.
• February 2023 - SLUUG Annual Board meeting and elections.
• February 2023 - Verify automatic renewal of certs with LetsEncrypt (every 90 days).
• March 2023 - Count Ballots
• March 2023 - Updates to contacts on webpage if required.
• March 2023 - Updates to email aliases if required.
• March 2023 - *automated* LetsEncrypt free SSL certificates for websites on BOCK.
• March 2023 - Consider schedule workshops for July and August 2021
• April 2023 - First Saturday, reserve rooms at St. Louis County Library Branches.
• April 2023 - IRS Form 990-N for Tax Exempt Status. e-postcard.
• May 2023 - LetsEncrypt renews every 60 days early (30 day grace period).
• 2022-01-10 Comments: None
• 2022-02-28 Comments for March: None
• 2022-04-04 Comments: None
• 2022-05-02 Comments: None
• 2022-05-31 Comments for June: None
• 2022-06-27 Comments for July:
  • Good list us a lot.

SUMMARY: When anybody does something to help!

• QUESTION: Did anyone do anything helpful or useful?
• 2022-06-27 Comments for July:
  • Sean and James has made more progress for us in last month than we've seen in 10 years Lee.

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 - 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 STLLINUX).
• 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
• Don Ellis ~ will investigate Google+ status
• Don Ellis ~ will place credentials for YouTube and any others on Bock /home/sluug
• Gary Meyer ~ Hassle Mike about Google throttling.
• 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.
• * Minutes narratives prior to January 2021 Steercom have been removed.*
• 2021-01-04 * Gary and Stan need to go through this section.
• 2021-02-01
• 2021-03-01 * Stan went through this section, and moved and deleted much (but, there are still some that are becoming moot).
• 2021-04-05
• 2021-05-03
• 2021-06-02
• 2021-07-05 * Not reviewed at this time.
• 2021-08-02
• 2021-08-30
• 2021-10-04 * Not reviewed at this time.
• 2021-11-01 * Not reviewed at this time.
• 2021-11-29 Comments: Not reviewed at this time.
• 2022-02-28 Comments for March: Not reviewed at this time.
• 2022-04-04: None
• 2022-05-02: Not reviewed at this time.
• 2022-05-31 Comments for June: None
• 2022-06-27 Comments for July:
  • No progress yet again.

• Monday, June 27th for July 2022
• 2022-06-27 Comments for July:
  • QUESTION: At what time was STEERCOM meeting adjourned?
  • TIME: 8:35pm

• 2022-06-27 Comments for July:
  • TIME: 8:35pm

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 recording operator needs to be notified.
    * ** Each speaker would initially declare whether an idea should be recorded or not. ** 

• * Minutes narratives prior to January 2021 Steercom have been removed.*
• 2021-01-04 * We are moving Blue Skies segment to after adjournment, so it would take place after formal end of meeting and would not be video recorded.
• 2021-04-05 * Blue Skies segment moved to after adjournment, takes place after formal end of meeting and is not video recorded.
• 2021-06-02 comments:
• 2021-08-30 comments:
  • Gary wanted to hold off stopping recording to after Blue Sky.
  • We need to draft more help. Encourage participants. Thin bleeding edge is the current state of affairs.
  • What topic content should we be aiming at?
    • What are we not doing well?
    • Need to expand speaker base.
• 2021-10-04 * None
• 2021-11-01 comments: None
• 2022-01-10 Comments: None
• 2022-04-04 Comments: None
• 2022-05-02 Comments: None
• 2022-05-31 Comments for June: None
• 2022-06-27 Comments for July:
  • 

SUMMARY: Frequently used to track efforts, errors, problems and successes with multiple recording services, when meetings are recorded.

  * YYYY-MM-DD comments: (TEMPLATE)
    * :?: Pick the primary recording service we used below, then delete other(s) (and this line):
    * :?: Primary recording for this session being done with ZOOM thru OMNITEC provided remote video service.
    * :?: Primary recording for this session being done with JITSI on https://nyx.omnitec.net/ remote video service.
    * :?: Stan R ( will use | used ) Linux SimpleScreenRecorder to make ( primary | secondary ) recording.
    * :?: