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====== SLUUG Steering Committee ======
====== 3 January 2024 ======

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 until further notice **
    * When we again have physical meetings, we would like to continue video meetings in conjunction with physical meetings.
  * 2024-01-03 Comments:
    * ZOOM 

====== Agenda Changes ======
//  SUMMARY: This is where we consider any additions, changes, deletions, sequence changes, or other changes to items in the prepared agenda.  //
<code>
  * HISTORY: 
  * We can consider changes prior to all reviews, planning and OLD BUSINESS items.
    * By jumping ahead, then back, without altering agenda layout sequence.
  * Do NOT alter agenda layout sequence, during current meeting.
  * Moving a listed item out of sequence makes later editing difficult.
  * 
  * We can jump to **Old Business** items, consider, then back to usual sequence.
  * We can jump to **New Business** section, create new item, consider, then jump back to usual sequence.
  * By NOT altering agenda layout sequence during the meeting, that will keep it easier to build the next agenda.
</code>

  * AGENDA CHANGE:
  * **QUESTION:** Are there any additions, deletions, or other changes to sequence of items in the prepared agenda?
  * 2024-01-03 Comments:
    * :?: 

<code>
    January 2024      
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>

====== Start Video Recording ======
  * **QUESTION:** Have the recorders been started ( they should be, before call to order )?
  * 2024-01-03 Comments:
    * YES

====== Start STEERCOM Meeting ======
  * **QUESTION:** When was STEERCOM meeting called to order? 
  * 2024-01-03 Comments:
    * Wednesday, January 3rd 2024
    * TIME: 6:33pm

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

:?: * James Conroy 

:?: * Jonathan Drews

* David Forrest

:?: * Ed Howland

:?: * Ken Johnson

* Lee Lammert

* Gary Meyer 

* Stan Reichardt 

* Steve Stegmann 

* Sean Twiehaus

====== Secretary Report ======
// SUMMARY: Somebody has to build the agenda and then record the minutes. //

  * 
  * **The narrative comments in the agenda/minutes prior to August 2023 Steercom have been removed.**
  * 2023-07-31 Comments for August: Stan R acting only as recording Secretary.
  * 2023-08-28 Comments for September: 
    * Stan R would like Sean T to act as recording Secretary ( if present and he still would ).
    * Sean T not here, so Stan R. will act.
  * 2023-10-02 Comments: 
    * Stan R would like Sean T to act as recording Secretary ( if present and he still would ).
    * Sean T not here, so Stan R. will act.
  * 2023-10-30 Comments for November:
    * Stan R would like Sean T to act as recording Secretary ( if present and he still would ).
    * Sean T not here, so Stan R. will act.
  * 2023-12-04 Comments:
    * Stan R would like Sean T to act as recording Secretary ( if present and he still would ).
    * ** Future Event ** Stan R gets run over by a truck.
    * Stan will Do tonight.
  * 2024-01-03 Comments:
    * Stan R would like Sean T to act as recording Secretary ( if present and he still would ).
    * Sean offered in future, as requested.

====== Treasurer Report ======
// SUMMARY: Lee Lammert has been posting balances from bank statements. //

^ Balance as of 1 December  | |       |$2,756.21 |
^ Steve Gomez Donations                 | $385.05 | |          |
^ Balance as of 31 December | ||$3,141.27 |

  * 2024-01-03 Comments:
    * Thanks to Steve for the domations from 2022 & 2023!!

====== Calendar Report ======
// SUMMARY: We maintain a calendar of technical events in the Greater St. Louis area and surrounding regions. 
//
<code>
  * 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!
  * Detailed breakdown showing cancelled, defunct, delayed, missed, moved, and postponed meetings was being done.
  * The page has been altered to allow showing separate displays of supported meetings from sponsored meetings.
  * Stan R has discontinued doing detailed breakdown of calendar entries believing it is too much effort for too little value.
</code>

  * [[http://www.sluug.org/resources/calendar|SLUUG Calendar]] is a Google Calendar available on our web site.
  * Count of number of events listed, each month, as of end of December 2023:

| 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 | 171 | 154 | 168 | 163 | 184 | 155 ^ 2020 ^
^ 2021 | 175 | 170 | 174 | 171 | 172 | 178 | 188 | 179 | 187 | 176 | 194 | 193 ^ 2021 ^
^ 2022 | 210 | 219 | 244 | 219 | 234 | 228 | 251 | 229 | 264 | 268 | 270 | 238 ^ 2022 ^
^ 2023 | 265 | 288 | 304 | 297 | 300 | 303 | 299 | 300 ^ 165 ^ 170 ^ 367 ^ 382 ^ 2023 ^

<code>
  * 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.
</code>

  * ISSUES:
  * Originally only local STL face-to-face meetings were counted. Started adding remote meetings.

  * **The narrative comments in the agenda/minutes prior to August 2023 Steercom have been removed.**
  * 2023-07-31 Comments for August: 
    * Due to weekend power outage Stan R didn't get most recent months; but, have listed from first of year. Did not do June and July, yet.
  * 2023-08-28 Comments for September: Somebody does good work. Gary entries, Stan just corrects them.
  * 2023-10-02 Comments: None
  * 2023-10-30 Comments for November:
    * Forgot to do September numbers last meeting.
    * Forgot to do October also.
  * 2023-12-04 Comments:
    * Went back to get counts for September and October.
    * We found that Google changed the functions of the calendar display.
    * Google Calendar used to have an AGENDA listing feature, now replaced with more limited SCHEDULE feature.
    * We do not get same level of detail from SCHEDULE display that we used for scraping events for counting.
    * Counts from September onward seemed to be low compared to previous methods.
    * There is a way to ask for detail; but, not as of yet sure that it is giving good results.
    * Went back to August, only got 112 compared to previous method result of 300.
    * Went back to July, only got 108 compared to previous method result of 299.
    * Our ongoing cleaning up and removing of listings for defunct events may be reason for the significant change.
    * We never kept the files used from previous counting, so we are unable to determine how results have changed.
    * The new method counts all day events and events with a specific time, not historical entries.
    * So, we are now only counting events, not overall effort made while putting information on the calendar.
    * ** Future Event ** Stan R gets run over by a truck.
  * 2024-01-03 Comments:
    * Blame Stan R.

====== Subscriber Report ======
// SUMMARY: Mailing List Report combined with MEETUP membership count, now called Subscriber Report.//
<code>
  * HISTORY: 
  * We counted how many were on each SLUUG mailing list, then started using MEETUP dot COM site. 
  * These numbers roughly estimate size of our community over time. Both growth and shrinkage.
</code>

  * Subscriber numbers (approximate) as of end of December 2023:

^ 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 | 547 | 555 | 564 | 570 | 577 | 590 ^ MEETUP  |
^ ANNOUNCE | 504 | 502 | 501 | 501 | 500 | 499 | 497 | 495 | 492 | 491 | 490 | 490 ^ ANNOUNCE|
^ DISCUSS  | 188 | 190 | 189 | 191 | 191 | 189 | 189 | 188 | 188 | 189 | 190 | 188 ^ DISCUSS |
^ STEERCOM |  31 |  31 |  31 |  30 |  30 |  30 |  30 |  24 |  23 |  23 |  23 |  23 ^ STEERCOM|
^ SYSADMIN |  16 |  16 |  16 |  16 |  15 |  15 |  15 |  15 |  15 |  15 |  15 |  15 ^ SYSADMIN|

^ Year     |     |     |     |     |     |     |2021 |     |     |     |     |     ^ Year    ^
| List     ^ Jan ^ Feb ^ Mar ^ Apr ^ May ^ Jun ^ Jul ^ Aug ^ Sep ^ Oct ^ Nov ^ Dec | List    |
^ MEETUP   | 603 | 613 | 626 | 631 | 640 | 650 | 652 | 658 | 678 | 687 | 698 | 710 ^ MEETUP  |
^ ANNOUNCE | 489 | 488 | 482 | 480 | 480 | 479 | 477 | 478 | 479 | 481 | 480 | 477 ^ ANNOUNCE|
^ DISCUSS  | 188 | 189 | 188 | 190 | 190 | 189 | 189 | 189 | 190 | 195 | 195 | 195 ^ DISCUSS |
^ STEERCOM |  22 |  22 |  22 |  23 |  23 |  23 |  24 |  23 |  23 |  23 |  24 |  24 ^ STEERCOM|
^ SYSADMIN |  15 |  15 |  14 |  14 |  14 |  14 |  14 |  14 |  14 |  13 |  15 |  15 ^ SYSADMIN|

^ Year     |     |     |     |     |     |     |2022 |     |     |     |     |     ^ Year    ^
| List     ^ Jan ^ Feb ^ Mar ^ Apr ^ May ^ Jun ^ Jul ^ Aug ^ Sep ^ Oct ^ Nov ^ Dec | List    |
^ MEETUP   | 718 | 727 | 730 | 751 | 762 | 770 | 787 | 806 | 823 | 830 | 840 | 871 ^ MEETUP  |
^ ANNOUNCE | 480 | 475 | 474 | 474 | 473 | 472 | 471 | 469 | 469 | 469 | 470 | 469 ^ ANNOUNCE|
^ DISCUSS  | 198 | 198 | 197 | 196 | 197 | 196 | 196 | 197 | 199 | 199 | 199 | 199 ^ DISCUSS |
^ STEERCOM |  24 |  24 |  24 |  25 |  26 |  26 |  25 |  25 |  25 |  25 |  24 |  24 ^ STEERCOM|
^ SYSADMIN |  15 |  15 |  15 |  15 |  15 |  16 |  16 |  15 |  15 |  15 |  15 |  15 ^ SYSADMIN|

^ Year     |     |     |     |     |     |     |2023 |     |     |     |     |     ^ Year    ^
| List     ^ Jan ^ Feb ^ Mar ^ Apr ^ May ^ Jun ^ Jul ^ Aug ^ Sep ^ Oct ^ Nov ^ Dec | List    |
^ MEETUP   | 886 | 898 | 918 | 927 | 936 | 945 | 960 | 976 | 995 | 922 ^ 946 ^ 972 ^ MEETUP  |
^ ANNOUNCE | 469 | 470 | 470 | 470 | 470 | 470 | 468 | 468 | xxx ^ 468 ^ 468 ^ 468 ^ ANNOUNCE|
^ DISCUSS  | 200 | 202 | 203 | 204 | 203 | 202 | 202 | 202 | xxx ^ 202 ^ 202 ^ 203 ^ DISCUSS |
^ STEERCOM |  24 |  24 |  24 |  24 |  24 |  24 |  24 |  25 |  xx ^  22 ^  22 ^  22 ^ STEERCOM|
^ SYSADMIN |  15 |  15 |  15 |  15 |  15 |  15 |  15 |  16 |  xx ^  16 ^  16 ^  19 ^ SYSADMIN|

<code>
  * 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/lib/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.
</code>

  * 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 was to investigate Google+ status
  * Don was to place credentials for YouTube and any others on Bock /home/sluug
  * 
  * **The narrative comments in the agenda/minutes prior to August 2023 Steercom have been removed.**
  * 2023-07-31 Comments for August:
    * Due to weekend power outage Stan R didn't get most resent months; but, have listed from first of year. Did not do June and July, yet.
  * 2023-08-28 Comments for September: 
    * Stan R has put in numbers for June, July and August.
    * Stan R added Gary M's alternate email address to STEERCOM and SYSADM lists.
    * Stan R thinks MEETUP dot COM monthly increases are mostly phony.
  * 2023-10-02 Comments: None
  * 2023-10-30 Comments for November:
    * Forgot to do September numbers last meeting.
    * Stan R purged more than 75 names from MEETUP ( unrecognized, likely never attended any meetings ) to keep total well below 1000.
    * Gary made sexist remark.
  * 2023-12-04 Comments:
    * ** Future Event ** Stan R gets run over by a truck.
  * 2024-01-03 Comments:
    * Lee pointed out correction to program for doing counts.

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

<code>
  * 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. 
</code>

  * Blank attendance sheets are [[http://www.sluug.org/resources/attendance/|available here]]
  * Attendance numbers, as of end of December 2023:

^ 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   |
^ STLLINUX |  14 |  15 |  18 |  14 |  15 |  14 |  18 |  16 |  16 |  12 | (27)|  xx ^ STLLINUX|
^ 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   |
^ STLLINUX |  12 |   8 |  13 |  11 |  13 |  10 |  11|  15 |  13 |  xx |   9 |   9 ^ STLLINUX|
^ 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   |
^ STLLINUX |  18 |  11 |  11 |  16 |  12 |  16 |  20|  16 |  14 |  18 |  18 |  17 ^ STLLINUX|
^ 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)| (6)|  (6)|  (7)|  (6)|  (6)|  (5)^ Steercom|
^ SLACC    |   9 |   8 |  (6)|  (8)|  (7)|  (9)|(11)|  (7)| (10)| (10)|  (8)|  (8)^ SLACC   |
^ SLUUG    |  17 |  13 ^ (xx)^ (xx)| (18)| (22)|(29)| (22)| (16)^ (xx)| (17)| (25)^ SLUUG   |
^ STLLINUX |  18 |  12 | (12)^ (xx)| (20)| (19)|(25)| (10)| (16)| (23)| (15)^ (xx)^ STLLINUX|
^ NEWLUG   |   6 |   6 |   - | (10)| (13)| (13)|(12)| (11)| (11)| (12)| (15)|  (9)^ NEWLUG  |

^ Year     |     |     |     |     |     |     |2021 |    |     |     |     |     ^  Year   ^
| Meeting  ^ Jan ^ Feb ^ Mar ^ Apr ^ May ^ Jun ^ Jul^ Aug ^ Sep ^ Oct ^ Nov ^ Dec | Meeting ^
^ Steercom |  (5)|  (4)|  (5)|  (5)|  (5)|  (5)| (6)|  (7)|  (5)|  (7)|  (6)|  (6)^ Steercom|
^ SLACC    | (10)|  (9)|  (9)|  (8)| (14)| (10)|(10)| (11)|  (6)|  (9)| (15)| (15)^ SLACC   |
^ SLUUG    | (15)| (26)| (23)| (25)| (17)| (22)|(17)| (18)| (14)| (22)| (25)| (19)^ SLUUG   |
^ STLLINUX | (20)| (19)| (20)| (19)| (17)| (17)|(15)| (18)| (20)| (20)| (25)| (20)^ STLLINUX|
^ NEWLUG   | (13)| (15)| (16)| (14)|  (9)| (10)|(10)| (11)| (15)| (12)| (16)| (10)^ NEWLINUX|

^ Year     |     |     |     |     |     |     |2022 |    |     |     |     |     ^  Year   ^
| Meeting  ^ Jan ^ Feb ^ Mar ^ Apr ^ May ^ Jun ^ Jul^ Aug ^ Sep ^ Oct ^ Nov ^ Dec | Meeting ^
^ Steercom |  (6)|  (5)|  (7)|  (5)|  (5)|  (6)| (4)|  (6)|  (6)|  (6)|  (5)|  (5)^ Steercom|
^ SLACC    | (11)| ( 9)| (12)| (14)| (12)| (11)|(13)| (11)|  (8)| (12)|  (9)|  (9)^ SLACC   |
^ SLUUG    | (25)| (28)| (33)| (30)| (22)| (21)|(25)| (26)| (19)| (18)| (19)| (20)^ SLUUG   |
^ STLLINUX | (28)| (21)| (20)| (20)| (21)| (17)|(21)| (18)| (14)| (20)| (16)| (33)^ STLLINUX|
^ NEWLUG   | (14)| (xx)| (12)| (14)| (13)| (12)|(14)| (12)| (14)| (13)| (10)| (16)^ NEWLINUX|

^ Year     |     |     |     |     |     |     |2023 |    |     |     |     |     ^  Year   ^
| Meeting  ^ Jan ^ Feb ^ Mar ^ Apr ^ May ^ Jun ^ Jul^ Aug ^ Sep ^ Oct ^ Nov ^ Dec | Meeting ^
^ Steercom |  (4)|  (6)|  (6)|  (7)|  (7)|  (7)| (5)|  (7)|  (6)|  (5)|  (4)^  (7)^ Steercom|
^ SLACC    | (10)| (10)| ( 6)| (11)| ( 7)| (10)|( 7)| ( 7)|  (7)|  (7)|  (9)^ (14)^ SLACC   |
^ SLUUG    | (17)| (18)| (13)| (23)| (21)| (21)|(15)| (18)| (20)| (18)| (20)^ (23)^ SLUUG   |
^ STLLINUX | (19)| (16)| (19)| (24)| (21)| (19)|(18)| (17)| (14)| (16)| (27)^ (20)^ STLLINUX|
^ NEWLUG   | (12)| (14)| (14)| (14)| ( 8)| ( 8)|(14)| (10)| (11)| (14)| (18)^ (13)^ NEWLINUX|

** Proposed layout for next year, without parenthases.**

** Was agreed upon during December 2023 meeting.**

^ Year     |     |     |     |     |     |     |2024 |    |     |     |     |     ^  Year   ^
| Meeting  ^ Jan ^ Feb ^ Mar ^ Apr ^ May ^ Jun ^ Jul^ Aug ^ Sep ^ Oct ^ Nov ^ Dec | Meeting ^
^ Steercom ^  ?? |  ?? |  ?? |  ?? |  ?? |  ?? | ?? |  ?? |  ?? |  ?? |  ?? |  ?? ^ Steercom|
^ SLACC    ^  ?? |  ?? |  ?? |  ?? |  ?? |  ?? | ?? |  ?? |  ?? |  ?? |  ?? |  ?? ^ SLACC   |
^ SLUUG    ^  ?? |  ?? |  ?? |  ?? |  ?? |  ?? | ?? |  ?? |  ?? |  ?? |  ?? |  ?? ^ SLUUG   |
^ STLLINUX ^  ?? |  ?? |  ?? |  ?? |  ?? |  ?? | ?? |  ?? |  ?? |  ?? |  ?? |  ?? ^ STLLINUX|
^ NEWLUG   ^  ?? |  ?? |  ?? |  ?? |  ?? |  ?? | ?? |  ?? |  ?? |  ?? |  ?? |  ?? ^ NEWLINUX|

<code>
  * 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).
</code>

  * ISSUES:
  * Remote ZOOM sessions do not provide record of attendance. Currently done by Stan R with separate video recording.
  *
  * **The narrative comments in the agenda/minutes prior to August 2023 Steercom have been removed.**
  * 2023-07-31 Comments for August: None
  * 2023-08-28 Comments for September: Steady attendance numbers, kind of same each month.
  * 2023-10-02 Comments: September numbers in prior years similar; so, the topic not necessarily reason for low attendance.
  * 2023-10-30 Comments for November: None
  * 2023-12-04 Comments:
    * Since there is no longer a sign-in sheet difference from actual head count, Stan R would like to remove parentheses that surround numbers.
    * Stan R uses a separate connection ( named Anonymous Coward ) to record virtual meeting attendance. Nobody else is doing this.
    * Stan R records meeting attendance in a LibreOffice Database and makes it available from the [[http://www.sluug.org/steercom/|Steering Committee webpage]]
    * Nobody else is recording the attendance or even seems to be looking at that ATTENDANCE database. 
    * ** Future Event ** Stan R gets run over by a truck.
    * Gary does screen shots, giving some kind of attendance. 
  * 2024-01-03 Comments:
    * Stan R was amazed at number of folks that attend NEWLUNIX day after Xmas.

====== Meeting Review Comments ======
// SUMMARY: We try to analyse what happened or what was presented at the previous months meetings.//

===== December 2023 =====

==== STEERCOM - Dec 4th, 2023  ====
  * The Monday prior to SLUUG General meeting.
  * 2023-12-04 Comments: None
  * 2024-01-03 Comments:
    * None

==== SLACC - Dec 7th, 2023 ====
  * [[http://slacc.sluug.org/|SLACC]] 
    * First Thursday of each month. Free format, no presentation. Always up to attendance as what is covered.
    * Usually no presentation; so, held as a **Configuration Workshop** offering installation and configuration help.
  * 2023-08-28 Comments for September: None
  * 2023-10-02 Comments: Phil might be out town again. Will be using bookend slides again.
  * 2023-10-30 Comments for November: Had one new person by way of MEETUP. Stan R fumbled the recording again. 
  * 2023-12-04 Comments: None
  * 2024-01-03 Comments:
    * None

==== SLUUG - Dec 13th, 2023 ====
  * [[http://www.sluug.org/|SLUUG General Meeting]] 
  * [[http://www.sluug.org/steercom/planning.pdf|Planning Schedule Report ]]
  * Second Wednesday of the month.
  * BASE (Personal Computing):
    *    STATUS: **Done**
    *      WHAT: **ASCII Cinema**
    *        BY: Shawn Twiehaus
    *  SYNOPSIS: NA
    *  WRANGLER: NA
    *  ABSTRACT: NA 
    *       BIO: NA
  * REMARKS:
    * We did not have an alternative ( secondary ) topic on hand.
    * August SLUUG BASE was **VIM Side by Side** by Stan Reichrdt
    * September SLUUG BASE was **How to get started in emacs** by Steve Stegmann
    * October SLUUG BASE was **Pi-Hole** by James Conroy
    * November SLUUG BASE was **script recording** by Stan Reichardt
  * 2023-06-26 Comments for July: None
  * 2023-07-31 Comments for August: None
  * 2023-08-28 Comments for September: Future idea: **Changes in Web Applications** by Dave Forrest
  * 2023-10-02 Comments: Will be doing on RaspberPi 4, can do with older. Doesn't need anything newer. 
  * 2023-10-30 Comments for November: Stan has a number of slides ready. Will cover unfinished features in demo.
  * 2023-12-04 Comments:
    * Stan R will be out of town during the SLUUG meeting on 13 December 2023.  
    * Not sure if he will be able to attend remotely, and may not be able to record with SimpleScreenRecorder to track attendance. 
  * 2024-01-03 Comments:
    * Really neat as a comparison to prior BASE done by Stan R.
    * Some really neat additional capability.

----
**      COOKIE TIME ~ ANNOUNCEMENTS ~ CALL FOR HELP  (Gooey Middle): **
----

  * [[http://www.sluug.org/|SLUUG General Meeting]]
  * [[http://www.sluug.org/steercom/planning.pdf|Planning Schedule Report ]]
  * Second Wednesday of the month.
  * MAIN (Professional Computing):
    *   STATUS: **Done**
    *     WHAT: **Python's Pandas Data Frames**
    *       BY: Robert Citek
    * SYNOPSIS: NA
    * WRANGLER: NA
    * ABSTRACT: NA
    *      BIO: NA
  *  REMARKS: 
    * We did not have an alternative ( secondary ) topic on hand.
    * August SLUUG MAIN was **Hot Restore of a MySQL database** By Lee Lammert
    * September  SLUUG MAIN was **Microsoft's Windows Subsystem for Linux (WSL2)** by Jon Newbolt
    * October SLUUG MAIN was **Risc-V Architecture** by Carl Perry
    * November SLUUG MAIN was **Microsoft Windows Subsystem for Android** by Jon Newbold, Microsoft
  * 2023-06-26 Comments for July: Nothing yet. Johnathan Drews trying to line something up about a game developer.
  * 2023-07-31 Comments for August: None
  * 2023-08-28 Comments for September: None
  * 2023-10-02 Comments: None.
  * 2023-10-30 Comments for November: Jon Newbold had to reschedule to 8 November due to work travel requirement. **A Great Disturbance in the Force**.
  * 2023-12-04 Comments:
    * Stan R will be out of town during the SLUUG meeting on 13 December 2023.
    * Not sure if he will be able to attend remotely, and may not be able to record with SimpleScreenRecorder to track attendance. 
    * Steve Stegmann will also try recording.
  * 2024-01-03 Comments:
    * It was amazing. 

==== STLLINUX - Dec 21st, 2023 ====
  * [[https://stllug.sluug.org/|STLLINUX]] is the St. Louis Linux Users Group.
  * [[http://www.sluug.org/steercom/planning.pdf|Planning Schedule Report ]]
    * Eight days after SLUUG MAIN General Meeting.
  * LINUX
    *   STATUS: **Done**
    *     WHAT: **ZFS 3-2-1 Backup and Bitrot**
    *       BY: Shawn T.
    * SYNOPSIS: NA
    * WRANGLER: NA
    * ABSTRACT: NA
    *      BIO: NA
  * REMARKS: 
    * We did not have an alternative (secondary) topic on hand.
    * August STLLINUX was **nushell** by Ed Howland and Robert Citek
    * September STLLINUX was **Podman Desktop** by Chris Bowland of RedHat
    * October STLLINUX was **A Mix of Tech Topics** by Ken Johnson
    * November STLLINUX was **Transport Layer Security ( TLS ) ** by Michael Lucas
  * 2023-07-31 Comments for August: None
  * 2023-08-28 Comments for September: Not yet confirmed; but, considering (1) CentOS Stream (2) Redhat Podman (management for Docker).
  * 2023-10-02 Comments: Better NOT to have a speaker back-to-back, one meeting immediately right after another.
  * 2023-10-30 Comments for November: Gary expects to dun Michael Lucas for abstract and bio very soon now..
  * 2023-12-04 Comments: None
  * 2024-01-03 Comments:
    * Really a great presentation.  Explained the Why, the differences, theory and philosophy of doing routine backups.
    * We really liked it. Covered alternatives. Thought experiments are good. 

==== HOLIDAY - Christmas Day ~ Dec 25th, 2023 ====

==== NEWLINUX - Dec 26th, 2023 ====
// 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.
      Usually no presentation; so, held as a **Beginner Workshop** offering installation and configuration help.
      Topics are usually determined by attendees.  We usually cover way more than one topic.
//
  * [[http://newlug.sluug.org |NEWLUG]] was how we named our Linux Users Group (LUG) for Linux Newcomers. 
      * [[http://newlinux.org |NEWLINUX]] is name that we can frequently use for our Newcomer Linux Users Group. 
      * Fourth Tuesday of the month.
      * Free format, no presentation. Always up to attendance as to what is covered.
  * 2023-08-28 Comments for September: None
  * 2023-10-02 Comments: None.
  * 2023-10-30 Comments for November:
    * Again had some difficulty and delay opening up public JITSI session. Also there were frequent drop outs during meeting.
    * Made a bookends slide-work for this Beginner Workshop meeting.  Bookends working somewhat well with Announcements and main topic of Remote Support.
    * Gary went to private home site to assist a low expertise Linux user.  The user was running Linux Mint 19 that was getting End-of-Support notifications.
    * One new attendee later wrote that he was having some unreproducible problem signing up for ANNOUNCE mailing list.  Sent him signup nomination.
    * Two, and possibly four new attendees ( not sure, because they only would put in first names ).
    * Because Gary was providing on site assistance, he wasn't keeping watch on chat room activity.  
    * Phil B helped a little bit with chat; but, looking at the recording later, a lot of chat postings seemed to have been missed.
    * Frequent attendees Wayne S and Tony C were very helpful with lots of input during the meeting. 
  * 2023-12-04 Comments: None
  * 2024-01-03 Comments:
    * Larger than expected turn out for da after Xmas. Phil Bunch ran the meeting because Stan screwed up sound. Only later phoned in.
    * Had two female newcomers. Good thing they couldn't hear Stan cussing.

====== Meeting Schedule ======
// 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 at General meeting (SLUUG). 
    * Short is good. Something fundamental, introductory, instructive or simple.
    * **MAIN** topics should be oriented more toward advanced or Professional Computing. Usually given at General meeting (SLUUG). 
    * 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?"

===== January 2024 =====

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    January 2024      
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>
                      
==== HOLIDAY - New Year Day ~ Jan 1st, 2024 ====

==== STEERCOM - Jan 3, 2024  ====
// SUMMARY: 
// 
  * Usually the Monday, a week prior to SLUUG General meeting.
  * 2023-12-04 Comments:
    * **When should we do January STEERCOM meeting because of MONDAY New Year Day Holiday?**
    * Tuesday, 2nd of January, was orginal choice.
    * Wednesday, 3rd of January.
  * 2024-01-03 Comments:
    * This meeting. Glad that Sean and Gary could attend.

==== SLACC - Jan 4th, 2024 ====
// SUMMARY: 
// 

==== SLUUG - Jan 10th, 2024 ====
// SUMMARY: 
// 
  * [[http://www.sluug.org/|SLUUG General Meeting]] 
  * [[http://www.sluug.org/steercom/planning.pdf|Planning Schedule Report ]]
  * Second Wednesday of the month.
  * BASE (Personal Computing):
    *    STATUS: **Confirmed**
    *      WHAT: **History of the Shell**
    *        BY: Ed Howland
    *  SYNOPSIS: NA
    *  WRANGLER: Stan
    *  ABSTRACT: NA 
    *       BIO: NA
  *  REMARKS:
     * We did not have an alternative ( secondary ) topic on hand.
     * August SLUUG BASE was **VIM Side by Side** by Stan Reichrdt
     * September SLUUG BASE was **How to get started in emacs** by Steve Stegmann
     * October SLUUG BASE was **Pi-Hole** by James Conroy
     * November SLUUG BASE was **script recording** by Stan Reichardt
     * December SLUUG BASE was **Asciinema** by Sean Twiehaus
  * 2023-06-26 Comments for July: None
  * 2023-07-31 Comments for August: None
  * 2023-08-28 Comments for September: Future idea: **Changes in Web Applications** by Dave Forrest
  * 2023-10-02 Comments: Will be doing on RaspberPi 4, can do with older. Doesn't need anything newer. 
  * 2023-10-30 Comments for November: Stan has a number of slides ready. Will cover unfinished features in demo.
  * 2023-12-04 Comments:
    * Stan R will be out of town during the SLUUG meeting on 13 December 2023.  
    * Not sure if he will be able to attend remotely, and may not be able to record with SimpleScreenRecorder to track attendance. 
  * 2024-01-03 Comments:
    * :?:

----
**      COOKIE TIME ~ ANNOUNCEMENTS ~ CALL FOR HELP  (Gooey Middle): **
----

  * [[http://www.sluug.org/|SLUUG General Meeting]]
  * [[http://www.sluug.org/steercom/planning.pdf|Planning Schedule Report ]]
  * Second Wednesday of the month.
  * MAIN (Professional Computing):
    *   STATUS: **Confirmed**
    *     WHAT: **Systemd Timers Better than Cron**
    *       BY: Sean Twiehaus
    * SYNOPSIS: NA
    * WRANGLER: NA
    * ABSTRACT: NA
    *      BIO: NA
    *  REMARKS: 
      * We did not have an alternative ( secondary ) topic on hand.
      * September  SLUUG MAIN was **Microsoft's Windows Subsystem for Linux (WSL2)** by Jon Newbolt
      * October SLUUG MAIN was **Risc-V Architecture** by Carl Perry
      * November SLUUG MAIN was **Microsoft Windows Subsystem for Android** by Jon Newbold, Microsoft
      * December SLUUG MAIN was **Python's Pandas Data Frames** by Robert Citek
  * 2023-06-26 Comments for July: Nothing yet. Johnathan Drews trying to line something up about a game developer.
  * 2023-07-31 Comments for August: None
  * 2023-08-28 Comments for September: None
  * 2023-10-02 Comments: None.
  * 2023-10-30 Comments for November: Jon Newbold had to reschedule to 8 November due to work travel requirement. **A Great Disturbance in the Force**.
  * 2023-12-04 Comments:
    * Stan R will be out of town during the SLUUG meeting on 13 December 2023.
    * Not sure if he will be able to attend remotely, and may not be able to record with SimpleScreenRecorder to track attendance. 
    * Steve Stegmann will also try recording.
  * 2024-01-03 Comments:
    * Might be short; but, not a problem.  Because systemd is very large and has lots of topics, we will look to future talks.

==== STLLINUX - Jan 17th, 2023 ====
// SUMMARY: 
// 
  * [[https://stllug.sluug.org/|STLLINUX]] is the St. Louis Linux Users Group.
  * [[http://www.sluug.org/steercom/planning.pdf|Planning Schedule Report ]]
    * Eight days after SLUUG MAIN General Meeting.
  * LINUX
    *   STATUS: **Confirmed**
    *     WHAT: **Introduction to Hadoop**
    *       BY: Steven Lembark
    * SYNOPSIS: Tool for dealing with large amounts of data.
    * WRANGLER: Gary
    * ABSTRACT: NA
    *      BIO: YES
    * REMARKS: 
      * We did not have an alternative (secondary) topic on hand.
      * September STLLINUX was **Podman Desktop** by Chris Bowland of RedHat
      * October STLLINUX was **A Mix of Tech Topics** by Ken Johnson
      * November STLLINUX was **Transport Layer Security ( TLS ) ** by Michael Lucas
      * December STLLINUX was **ZFS 3-2-1 Backup and Bitrot** by Sean Twiehaus
  * 2023-07-31 Comments for August: None
  * 2023-08-28 Comments for September: Not yet confirmed; but, considering (1) CentOS Stream (2) Redhat Podman (management for Docker).
  * 2023-10-02 Comments: Better NOT to have a speaker back-to-back, one meeting immediately right after another.
  * 2023-10-30 Comments for November: Gary expects to dun Michael Lucas for abstract and bio very soon now..
  * 2023-12-04 Comments: None
  * 2024-01-03 Comments:
    * :?:

==== NEWLINUX - Jan 23rd, 2023 ====
// 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.
      Usually no presentation; so, held as a **Beginner Workshop** offering installation and configuration help.
      Topics are usually determined by attendees.  We usually cover way more than one topic.
//
  * [[http://newlug.sluug.org |NEWLUG]] was how we named our Linux Users Group (LUG) for Linux Newcomers. 
      * [[http://newlinux.org |NEWLINUX]] is name that we can frequently use for our Newcomer Linux Users Group. 
      * Fourth Tuesday of the month.
      * Free format, no presentation. Always up to attendance as to what is covered.
  * 2023-08-28 Comments for September: None
  * 2023-10-02 Comments: None.
  * 2023-10-30 Comments for November:
    * Again had some difficulty and delay opening up public JITSI session. Also there were frequent drop outs during meeting.
    * Made a bookends slide-work for this Beginner Workshop meeting.  Bookends working somewhat well with Announcements and main topic of Remote Support.
    * Gary went to private home site to assist a low expertise Linux user.  The user was running Linux Mint 19 that was getting End-of-Support notifications.
    * One new attendee later wrote that he was having some unreproducible problem signing up for ANNOUNCE mailing list.  Sent him signup nomination.
    * Two, and possibly four new attendees ( not sure, because they only would put in first names ).
    * Because Gary was providing on site assistance, he wasn't keeping watch on chat room activity.  
    * Phil B helped a little bit with chat; but, looking at the recording later, a lot of chat postings seemed to have been missed.
    * Frequent attendees Wayne S and Tony C were very helpful with lots of input during the meeting. 
  * 2023-12-04 Comments: None
  * 2024-01-03 Comments:
    * :?:

===== February 2024 =====

==== SLACC - Feb 1st, 2024 ====
  * [[http://slacc.sluug.org/|SLACC]] 
    * First Thursday of each month. Free format, no presentation. Always up to attendance as what is covered.
    * Usually no presentation; so, held as a **Configuration Workshop** offering installation and configuration help.
  * 2024-01-03 Comments:
    * :?:

==== STEERCOM - Feb 5th, 2024  ====
  * Usually the Monday, a week prior to SLUUG General meeting.
  * 2024-01-03 Comments:
    * :?:

==== SLUUG - Feb 14th, 2024 ====
  * **The required Annual Meeting**
  * [[http://www.sluug.org/|SLUUG General Meeting]] 
  * [[http://www.sluug.org/steercom/planning.pdf|Planning Schedule Report ]]
  * Second Wednesday of the month.
  * BASE (Personal Computing):
    *   STATUS: **Available**
    *     WHAT: **To Be Determined**
    *       BY: Unknown
  * MAIN (Professional Computing):
    *   STATUS: **Consider**
    *     WHAT: **Large Language Models**
    *       BY: Alex
  * 2024-01-03 Comments:
    * :?:

==== STLLINUX - Feb 22nd, 2024 ====
  * [[https://stllug.sluug.org/|STLLINUX]] is the St. Louis Linux Users Group.
  * [[http://www.sluug.org/steercom/planning.pdf|Planning Schedule Report ]]
    * Eight days after SLUUG MAIN General Meeting.
  * LINUX
    *   STATUS: **Available**
    *     WHAT: **To Be Determined**
    *       BY: Unknown
  * 2024-01-03 Comments:
    * :?:

==== NEWLINUX - Feb 27th, 2024 ====
// 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.
      Usually no presentation; so, held as a **Beginner Workshop** offering installation and configuration help.
      Topics are usually determined by attendees.  We usually cover way more than one topic.
//
  * [[http://newlug.sluug.org |NEWLUG]] was how we named our Linux Users Group (LUG) for Linux Newcomers. 
      * [[http://newlinux.org |NEWLINUX]] is name that we can frequently use for our Newcomer Linux Users Group. 
      * Fourth Tuesday of the month.
      * Free format, no presentation. Always up to attendance as to what is covered.
  * 2024-01-03 Comments:
    * :?:

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

===== Server Admin =====
//SUMMARY: We put up a server on the Internet for email, it grew, and now we have to maintain it.//
  *
  * **The narrative comments in the agenda/minutes prior to January 2023 Steercom have been removed.**
  *
  * 2023-01-09 Comments: DNS zone transfers broken right now. Investigating. Everything else working fine. 
  * 2023-01-30 Comments for February: Running fine. No rush to go to Debian 11.
  * 2023-02-27 Comments for March:: 
    * Removed comments prior to January 2023.
    * Running fine. BOCK is a virtual machine. Host will be updated some time in March.
  * 2023-04-03 Comments: 
    * Running. Kernel update brought down for just 5 to 10 minutes. No complaints.
    * Mike Knight found 4.4 Gb of data that Stan R had temporarily hosted for BUGLug.
  * 2023-05-01 Comments: Still running. Expect to upgrade from Debian 10 to 11 sometime this year.
  * 2023-06-05 Comments: Seems to be working ( many thanks to maintenance script written by Mike Knight ).
  * 2023-06-26 Comments for July: 
=
| Version            ^ Released   ^ Debian Security Support ^ Debian Long Term Support ^
^ Debian 10 Buster   | 2019-07-16 | 2022-09-10              | 2024-06-30               ^
^ Debian 11 Bullseye | 2021-08-14 | 2024-07-01              | 2026-06-30               ^
^ Debian 12 BookWorm | 2023-06-10 | 2026-06-10              | 2028-06-10               ^
^   ^
^ On BOCK we are currently running Debian 10 Buster. | ^
^ FYI Debian 12 was just released.| ^
^ Debian end of life dates available here [[https://endoflife.date/debian/]]     | ^
^ We want to wait until cooler weather, in the Fall. Nobody is paying us to panic.|    ^
=
  * 2023-07-31 Comments for August: We need to post to DISCUSS about a project to upgrade BOCK.
  * 2023-08-28 Comments for September: Biggest concern on BOCK upgrade is around MAILMAN.
  * 2023-10-02 Comments: Planning to move from Debian 10 to Debian 11. Emcee should ask for volunteers.
  * 2023-10-30 Comments for November:
    * Mike Knight has been doing considerable research on mail problems. 
    * We still need to consider mailman versions available for Debian 11 or 12.
    * We need to improve publicity for volunteer for transition to Debian.
    * Gary suggests not doing December (too encumbered) to do transition, maybe January or February.
    * Need to decide whether to do live upgrade session during MAIN or STLLINUX meeting.
  * 2023-12-04 Comments:
    * Lee has tweeked Postfix problems.
    * Mike Knight solves some email problems, set up DEMARK and some paramaters that help with the mailing lists..
  * 2024-01-03 Comments:
    * Planning in progress, Wiki page is up for contributions of thoughts and issues.

===== 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]]. //
  *
  * **The narrative comments in the agenda/minutes prior to January 2023 Steercom have been removed.**
  *
  * 2023-01-09 Comments: Mike Knight posted about broken and missing links. That prompted Stan R to make some corrections ( not all yet ). 
  * 2023-01-30 Comments for February: 
    * Some discussion about making STLLINUX site more resemble SLUUG front page.
    * Consensus that it would be good idea and should clean up some Google Lighthouse complaints.
  * 2023-02-27 Comments for March:: 
    * Mike Knight posted remarking that we frequently state in many places **NO PHYSICAL MEETINGS until further notice.** 
    * His question is "Should they just state **NO PHYSICAL MEETINGS**.
    * Or is there a plan for future real face-to-face meetings, and thus the hope for a "further notice"? 
    * Per Stan R there are no plans for future face-to-face SLACC and NEWLINUX meetings.
    * Per Lee Nic-N-Elana's restaurant  going strong ( old site ).
    * We will leave narrative, so there is some hope.
  * 2023-04-03 Comments: Stan R. way behind in website updates.
  * 2023-05-01 Comments: Stan R. starting to catch up ( somewhat ). Barely keeping up. Little reorganization as hoped.
  * 2023-06-05 Comments: Mostly simple barely keeping up. No progress on keeping things logical or stream lined.
  * 2023-06-26 Comments for July: Stan R still maintaining and not drowning. Treading water.
  * 2023-07-31 Comments for August: Nothing important.
  * 2023-08-28 Comments for September: Steady as we go.
  * 2023-10-02 Comments: Usual. Not enough time to clean up much.
  * 2023-10-30 Comments for November:
    * Stan R combined meeting listing from STLLINUX home page with Presentation Archives page. Used available info, clean up still needed.
    * Stan R then placed Presentation Archive iframe page on all three sponsored home pages, the SLACC, STLLINUX and NEWLINUX home pages.
  * 2023-12-04 Comments:
    * Added Presentation Archive iframe page to the Steercom web page.
  * 2024-01-03 Comments:
    * None, keeping up.

===== Uploading Presentations =====
//  SUMMARY: We have recorded many of our past meetings and made some of them available on the Internet.//
  *
  * **The narrative comments in the agenda/minutes prior to January 2023 Steercom have been removed.**
  * 2023-01-09 Comments: 
  * 2023-01-30 Comments for February: Kind of keeping up with that. Need to delete a few excess Steercom videos.
  * 2023-02-27 Comments for March: No problems.
  * 2023-04-03 Comments: Keeping up ( I think ~ Stan R ).
  * 2023-05-01 Comments: Keeping up. Might have some old ones that haven't been uploaded and linked before. Slow but steady.
  * 2023-06-05 Comments: Keeping up, and been marking more for removal.
  * 2023-06-26 Comments for July: 
    * Mostly unaltered videos are uploaded ( nothing done to reduce quality or size ).
    * QUESTION: Do we have any measurement of how many of uploaded videos are being viewed?
    * We won't worry about it, if isn't burden on Lee's operation.
  * 2023-07-31 Comments for August: 
    * Keeping pace.
    * Stan R had problem downloading files from ZOOM. Lee did download, then Stan was able to finish processing.
  * 2023-08-28 Comments for September: None
  * 2023-10-02 Comments: Good, no problems.
  * 2023-10-30 Comments for November:
    * When we get them recorded, they get updated. Been purging more ZOOM recording to conserve allotted space.
  * 2023-12-04 Comments: Keeping up.
  * 2024-01-03 Comments:
    * Keeping up with current recordings. Not time for dealing with back-log of old recordings.

===== Web Site MEETUP.COM Maintenance =====
//SUMMARY: We have presence on [[https://www.meetup.com/Saint-Louis-Unix-Users-Group/|MEETUP.COM]]. //
  *
  * **The narrative comments in the agenda/minutes prior to January 2023 Steercom have been removed.**
  *
  * 2023-01-09 Comments: Stan can't hear or see anyone moving now.
  * 2023-01-30 Comments for February: Barely worth the effort.
  * 2023-02-27 Comments for March: Per Gary and Stan R it sucks ( more and in many different ways, month to month ).
  * 2023-04-03 Comments: Gary had been locked out by MEETUP for 5 hours.
  * 2023-05-01 Comments: It sucks, is pain in posterior.
  * 2023-06-05 Comments: It sucks, it sucks, it sucks. Something new messes up every month. Somewhat draws in attendees; but, nothing big.
  * 2023-06-26 Comments for July: Meetup sucks.
  * 2023-07-31 Comments for August: Last cycle Gary was bushwhacked, input grabbed screwy characters.
  * 2023-08-28 Comments for September: 
    * We kept getting messages from folks that are too impatient to read individual meeting instructions that tell them to check our web sites.
    * Apparently the front most SLUUG MEETUP **about** page lacked the additional **linked here** information we have for individual meetings.
    * Stan R added the **linked here** information to bottom of the SLUUG MEETUP **about** page.
    * It was very hard to find where we could update that front page ( no surprise ).
    * We were getting posting photos to our MEETUP meetings that show mushrooms and mention illegal drugs ( like Meth ).  
    * Ken Johnson changed settings so that regular visitors could not post photos.
  * 2023-10-02 Comments: We are at 995, now approaching 1000 membership. Wonder what will happen. Hard to know from their poor description.
  * 2023-10-30 Comments for November:
    * Need to characterize SLACC as a Configuration Workshop, and the NEWLINUX as a Beginner Workshop.
    * Lee suggest it has been providing some significant visibility on the Internet.
  * 2023-12-04 Comments: Sorta helpful.
  * 2024-01-03 Comments:
    * Meetup sucks, removing mistakes send out confusing CANCELLATION message.

===== Our Internet Presence on Other Social Media =====
//  SUMMARY: We presume that our single web site isn't enough to draw younger crowd. //
  *
  * **The narrative comments in the agenda/minutes prior to January 2023 Steercom have been removed.**
  *
  * 2023-01-09 Comments: 
    * Does **NOT** look like anyone has updated our [[https://twitter.com/SLUUG_Org| twitter]] feed since November.
    * **QUESTION:** Who is supposed to be updating it?
  * 2023-01-30 Comments for February: 
    * What is best lead time to tweet about meeting? Consensus is **before**. Really, nobody here wants to do work.
  * 2023-02-27 Comments for March:: 
    * Scott Granneman's offer about Mastadon in the FedAUniver means some of us might sign up.
    * Per Stan R we need demonstrations of different social tools.
  * 2023-04-03 Comments: 
    * Gary M will approach Granneman about Mastadon.
  * 2023-05-01 Comments: 
    * A significant number of TWITTER users have moved over to the social media technology ( beta ) of the
    * week, [[https://staging.bsky.com | BlueSky]].
    * Stan R watched and recommends Sunday's netcast of **This Week in Tech** 
    * panel [[https://twit.tv/shows/this-week-in-tech/episodes/925?autostart=false | discussion]] on Twit TV about current social media.
    * Still same issues for us. 
  * 2023-06-05 Comments: Unfortunately, our prejudices preclude advancing or progressing in this territory.
  * 2023-06-26 Comments for July: Maybe we [ could ]  get some presentation from Scott Granneman.
  * 2023-07-31 Comments for August: None
  * 2023-08-28 Comments for September: Our only interest is for advertising our meetings.
  * 2023-10-02 Comments: Johnathan suggested Mastadon over MEETUP. Need effort. Need clones.
  * 2023-10-30 Comments for November:
    * Nothing that we care to do, although Stan thinks Mastadon is best of bad possibilities.
    * Neither of those of us here care for social media. We need to find somebody younger.
  * 2023-12-04 Comments:
    * Too many different social media things and we are dinosaurs.
    * We we need somebody to advertise us on social media.
  * 2024-01-03 Comments:
    * No feedback from James Conroy or Sean Twiehaus about any social media.

===== 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.//
<code>
  * **HISTORY:** The subscriber list has been populated from attendance sheets by a nominating subscription process, which requires human input.
</code>
  *
  * **The narrative comments in the agenda/minutes prior to January 2023 Steercom have been removed.**
  * 2023-01-09 Comments: 
  * 2023-01-30 Comments for February: Problems really relate to advance scheduling.
  * 2023-02-27 Comments for March:: None
  * 2023-04-03 Comments: None
  * 2023-05-01 Comments: It works.
  * 2023-06-05 Comments: No changes.
  * 2023-06-26 Comments for July: No changes on list. Topic for STLLINUX was determined too late to make use of it as announcement.
  * 2023-07-31 Comments for August: None
  * 2023-08-28 Comments for September: It works.
  * 2023-10-02 Comments: Robert Levitt has been posting items to list.
  * 2023-10-30 Comments for November:
    * Stan suggest we use it to promote BOCK upgrade of Debian with propaganda.
  * 2023-12-04 Comments: None
  * 2024-01-03 Comments:
    * None.

===== Hybrid Meetings =====
//  SUMMARY: Combine recording physical plus remote meetings // 
<code>
  * 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. 
</code>
  * 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.
  *
  * **The narrative comments in the agenda/minutes ( after 2021-07-05 ) prior to January 2023 Steercom have been removed.**
  * 2023-01-09 Comments: 
  * 2023-01-30 Comments for February: Hybrid meetings, nothing comes to mind.
  * 2023-02-27 Comments for March: James Conroy says doing too hard.
  * 2023-04-03 Comments: Free Beer and Pizza would be a large draw. We need to consider further.
  * 2023-05-01 Comments: Our policy should be to encourage anyone else that wants to do all the work.
  * 2023-06-05 Comments: Moving on.
  * 2023-06-26 Comments for July: 
    * We would need to consider counting both remote attendance and face-to-face attendance. Should we care, who would do it and how would we track it. 
    * No disagreement. Lot easier for Dave Forrest to be at face-to-face meetings. 
  * 2023-07-31 Comments for August: None
  * 2023-08-28 Comments for September: Nothing to say.
  * 2023-10-02 Comments: No thoughts.
  * 2023-10-30 Comments for November: Any combined numbers could just be combined.
  * 2023-12-04 Comments: None
  * 2024-01-03 Comments:
    * None.

===== Cameras and Microphones and Projectors =====
//  SUMMARY: We try to record many of our meetings.//
  *
  * **The narrative comments in this section prior to July 2023 Steercom have been removed.**
  * 2023-07-31 Comments for August: SUGGESTION: Don't use condenser microphones. Only use Dynamic microphones.
  * 2023-08-28 Comments for September: Nothing to say.
  * 2023-10-02 Comments: Lee has one camera, Don has at least one microphone, stan has projector. 
  * 2023-10-30 Comments for November: No changes.
  * 2023-12-04 Comments:
    * Note that We have not made any progress toward moving to hybrid meetings. 
    * Also, we have NOT agressively advertised seeking assistance in developing hybrid meeting techniques.
    * Have we essentially abandoned face-to-face meetings?
    * Should we consider donating or selling these assets?
  * 2024-01-03 Comments:
    * No actions or decisions made on previous month comments.
    * Since nobody is volunteering to do work, we won't make any progress.
    * Will come back eventually; just, we don't know when.

===== Attendance Database =====
// SUMMARY: We use for head count tracking and for member voting qualification during each Calendar Year (CY)//
<code>
  * HISTORY: 
  * Attendance tracking necessary for member qualifications to vote in our annual elections.
  * At face-to-face meetings we would pass around clipboard with sign-in sheet.
  * The standard remote video recordings do not automatically show participants.
  * Stan R runs a second connection to each video meeting named **Anonymous Coward** to record attendance. 
</code>
  *
  * **LibreOffice BASE Attendance database file is available for download from https://www.sluug.org/steercom/ page.**
  *
  * **The narrative comments in this section prior to July 2023 Steercom have been removed.**
  * 2023-07-31 Comments for August: 
    * Counts are good.
    * Attendance database is available from https://www.sluug.org/steercom webpage.
    * Planning database is available from https://www.sluug.org/steercom webpage.
  * 2023-08-28 Comments for September: Works good.
  * 2023-10-02 Comments: Stan updates immediately after each meeting. Often necessary to record with SimpleScreenRecorder.
  * 2023-10-30 Comments for November: Good stuff.
  * 2023-12-04 Comments: None
  * 2024-01-03 Comments:
    * Keeping up the counts. Lee said very worthwhile.
    * Stan R suggests we do away with elections and just do a lottery for positions.

===== Planning Schedule Report Database =====
// SUMMARY: We have LibreOffice BASE for tracking BASE, MAIN and STLLINUX meeting topics and speakers.  //
<code>
  * HISTORY: 
  * A running database helps Gary schedule meetings.
</code>
  * 
  * **LibreOffice BASE Planning database is available from https://www.sluug.org/steercom webpage.**
  * 
  * Go to https://www.sluug.org/steercom/ has link to planning.pdf
  * or directly to report at [[http://www.sluug.org/planning.pdf|Planning Schedule Report ]]
  * 
  * **The narrative comments in this section prior to July 2023 Steercom have been removed.**
  * 2023-07-31 Comments for August: 
    * Attendance database is available from https://www.sluug.org/steercom webpage.
    * Planning database is available from https://www.sluug.org/steercom webpage.
  * 2023-08-28 Comments for September: 
    * Stan R changed the 2023-07-12 entry for Steve Stegmann's **TMUX - A Longer Introduction** from listing as **Base** to **Main**.
    * Stan R altered length of Phone field in Planning database and it's report to allow room for telephone extentions.  
  * 2023-10-02 Comments: Help Gary stay focused. Gives Stan something to beat him about head and sholders.
  * 2023-10-30 Comments for November: Becoming Gary's go to tool. Even used it during tonight's session.
  * 2023-12-04 Comments: None.
  * 2024-01-03 Comments:
    * Lee was amazed about how many presentation he had done.

===== Handouts =====
//  SUMMARY: We have informational handout PDFs available [[http://www.sluug.org/resources/handouts/]]. //
<code>
  * 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.
</code>
  *
  * **The narrative comments in this section prior to July 2023 Steercom have been removed.**
  * 2023-07-31 Comments for August: Nothing new.
  * 2023-08-28 Comments for September: Stan cannot manufacture extra time.
  * 2023-10-02 Comments: Stan cannot manufacture extra time.
  * 2023-10-30 Comments for November: Stan needs a time machine or a clone to do updates.
  * 2023-12-04 Comments: None.
  * 2024-01-03 Comments:
    * None.

===== Linux Stickers =====
//  SUMMARY: Ken Johnson really prefers stickers, rather than stuffed toys! //
<code>
  * **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.
</code>
  *
  * **The narrative comments in this section prior to July 2023 Steercom have been removed.**
  * 2023-06-26 Comments for July: James C. not here to make remark. 
  * 2023-07-31 Comments for August: James C. too busy buying house and travel to India.
  * 2023-08-28 Comments for September: James C. will check his todo list.
  * 2023-10-02 Comments: No updates.
  * 2023-10-30 Comments for November: James C. is not not here to kick around.
  * 2023-12-04 Comments: None.
  * 2024-01-03 Comments:
    * Stan R notes this project doesn't get much support, we aren't meeting live to give stickers out and we aren't selling them.
    * Stan R suggests we remove this section next month.
    * Confirmed to be removed next month.

===== Organizational Papers =====
// SUMMARY: We have large box of hard copy historical records concerning our organization.  It has been floating around.  //
<code>
  * **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.
</code>
  *
  * **The narrative comments in this section prior to July 2023 Steercom have been removed.**
  * 2023-07-31 Comments for August: Gary has only heard rumors of their existence.
  * 2023-08-28 Comments for September: * Completely disorganized. Box still there.
  * 2023-10-02 Comments: Gary believes box is still there ( not verified ).
  * 2023-10-30 Comments for November: Gary not sure if still there.
  * 2023-12-04 Comments: None.
  * 2024-01-03 Comments:
    * No racoon has carried the box away.

===== Sponsorships =====
//  SUMMARY: We seek financial support from the tech community. //
<code>
  * **HISTORY:** We are not good at getting sponsors.
</code>
  *
  * **The narrative comments in this section prior to July 2023 Steercom have been removed.**
  * 2023-07-31 Comments for August: Thank You Dave!
  * 2023-08-28 Comments for September: Nothing new.
  * 2023-10-02 Comments: We are not good at self promotion.
  * 2023-10-30 Comments for November: Omnitec is still quite generous.
  * 2023-12-04 Comments: None.
  * 2024-01-03 Comments:
    * We appreciate donations ( two years ) by Steve Gomez.
    * Concencus is to show it with beer or meal.  Approved. Gary volunteered.

===== We Need Help =====
// SUMMARY: We don't have enough volunteers to do everything consistently.//
<code>
  * **HISTORY:** We need new members who want to do stuff. Same as every month.
</code>
  * 
  * **QUESTION:** Any new volunteers to help?
  * 
  * 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.
  *
  * **The narrative comments in this section prior to July 2023 Steercom have been removed.**
  * 2023-06-26 Comments for July: 
    * Stanford Baldwin avoided conversation 
    * Robert Levitt willing and Gary will encourage him to post spontaneously.
  * 2023-07-31 Comments for August: Gary needs to talk to Robert Levitt and Tyler Ruddie.
  * 2023-08-28 Comments for September: Gary needs to start picking on somebody else.
  * 2023-10-02 Comments: Gary suggests approaching individuals one-on-one, face-to-face if meeting them.
  * 2023-10-30 Comments for November: Not enough grey hairs out there to do us any good.
  * 2023-12-04 Comments: Robert Levitt willing; but, needs to do it better.
  * 2024-01-03 Comments:
    * We need to seek more individual help by one-on-one requests. Ask crowd gets no response.

===== New Business =====
//  SUMMARY: After old business, we call for anything that we need to deal with.//
  *
  * **QUESTION:** Do we have anything else, anything new that we need to deal with?
  *
  * **The narrative comments in this section prior to July 2023 Steercom have been removed.**
  * 2023-06-26 Comments for July: Home Automation group may be a source of presentations for us, if they keep ZOOM efforts going (per Gary).
  * 2023-07-31 Comments for August: None
  * 2023-08-28 Comments for September: None
  * 2023-10-02 Comments:
    * Recognition of Phil Bunch participation and contributions.
    * How often mention will be determined later.
  * 2023-10-30 Comments for November: None
  * 2023-12-04 Comments: None
  * 2024-01-03 Comments:
    * None.

===== Bock Upgrade =====
  * 2024-01-03 Comments:
    * Mike Knight has been looking at Mail
    * Lee recommends collecting ideas to build steps.
      * A to-do list ( structure ).
      * A what-we-did list ( a Wiki manager ).
    * Lee suggests two people, 
      * one to build Wiki Page documentation.
      * second is recording as we go along 
    * Spin up of testing version in a Virtua Machine.
    * Sean Twiehaus will give shot at building Wiki instance.

====== Recurring Requirements ======
//  SUMMARY: We routinely rotate thru the following (just in case).//
<code>
  * HISTORY: 
  * In past, we had missed critical government filings, dropped ball on domain renewals, and similar important items.
</code>
  *
  * December 2023 - Ticket ( ballot ) nominations should be solicited.
  * 
  * January 2024 ~ Post Office Box Renewal ( automatic 6 months on credit card ) ~ Lee handles.
  * January 2024 ~ Bribes early to Stan R so your name won't be on ballot.
  * 
  * February 2024 - SLUUG Annual Board meeting and elections.
  * February 2024 - STLLINUX.ORG domain automatic renewal.
  * 
  * March 2024 - Count Ballots
  * March 2024 - Updates to contacts on webpage if required.
  * March 2024 - Updates to email aliases if required.
  * March 2024 - Consider schedule workshops for July and August 2021
  * 
  * April 2024 - IRS Form 990-N for Tax Exempt Status.   e-postcard. filed March 2023.
  * 
  * May 2024   - LetsEncrypt renews every 60 days early ( 30 day grace period ).
  * 
  * June 2024 - BuddyNS SLUUG account due (Automated) * WAS RENEWED.
  * June 2024 - Missouri Annual Report for Corporate Legal Status due. DUE 2024 ( every two years now )
                * https://bsd.sos.mo.gov/BusinessEntity/BusinessEntityDetail.aspx?page=beSearch&ID=681250
  * June 2024 - *automated* LetsEncrypt free SSL certificates for websites on BOCK.
  * 
  * July 2024 - SLUUG.ORG account due (Automated) done in June.
  * July 2024 ~ Post Office Box Renewal (automatic 6 months on credit card) ~ Lee handles on SLUUG card.
  * 
  * August 2024 - Missouri Tax Holiday ( on our calendar )
  * August 2024 - NEWLINUX.ORG domain renewal. Stan R.
  * August 2024 - SLACC.ORG domain renewal. Stan R.
  * 
  * September 2024
  * 
  * October 2024 
  * 
  * November 2024 - Search for upcoming Technical Group Xmas parties to put on our calendar.
  * 
  * **The narrative comments in this section prior to July 2023 Steercom have been removed.**
  * 2023-07-31 Comments for August: None
  * 2023-08-28 Comments for September: None
  * 2023-10-02 Comments: None
  * 2023-10-30 Comments for November: Gary suggested looking in November for Technical Group Xmas parties to put on our calendar.
  * 2023-12-04 Comments: None
  * 2024-01-03 Comments:
    * :?:

====== Recognize Useful Efforts ======
//  SUMMARY: When anybody does something to help! //
  * **QUESTION:** Did anyone do anything helpful or useful?
  *
  * 2023-12-04 Comments:
    * Phil Bunch all time contributions.
  * 2024-01-03 Comments:
    * Phil Bunch handled the NEWLINUX meeting.

====== Follow-up and Action Items ======
//  SUMMARY: It may help a little to tag individuals with tasks: //
  * ISSUES:
  * :?:
  * 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 ~ **was to** 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/was to** 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 - 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.COM** available for sale ~ only $499.
    * Consider other TLDs than .com and .org for SLACC
    * 2023-05-01 Comments: 
      * SLACC.COM has been offered for sale to us for $100 ( down from $499 ).
      * SLACC.ORG registered by Stan R more than a year ago.
      * NEWLINUX.ORG registered by Stan R more than a year ago.
  * 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 maintance is done.
  * 
  * **The narrative comments in this section prior to July 2023 Steercom have been removed.**
  * 2023-07-31 Comments for August: None
  * 2023-08-28 Comments for September: Gary is neglecting this sections.
  * 2023-10-02 Comments: None.
  * 2023-10-30 Comments for November: Stan suggests trashing this section, and Gary agrees. Will give it another month or two.
  * 2023-12-04 Comments: None
  * 2024-01-03 Comments:
    * Gary wants to clean it up instead of trashing it.

====== Blue Sky Recording ======
  * **QUESTION:** Will we have Blue Sky Idea session to record or not record?
  *
  * 2024-01-03 Comments:
    * None.

====== Adjourn STEERCOM Meeting ======
  * **QUESTION:** At what time was STEERCOM meeting adjourned?
  *
  * 2024-01-03 Comments:
  * Wednesday, January 3rd, 2024
    * TIME: 8:33pm

====== Stop Video Recordings ======
  * 2023-12-04 Comments:
    * TIME: 8:33pm

====== Blue Sky Ideas ======
//  SUMMARY: Food for thought 
    ~  anything not previously covered that provides mental stimulus for thinking about improvements or solutions. //
<code>
  * 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. ** 
</code>
  *
  * **The narrative comments in this section prior to July 2023 Steercom have been removed.**
  * 2023-08-28 Comments for September: None 
  * 2023-10-02 Comments: None
  * 2023-10-30 Comments for November: None
  * 2023-12-04 Comments:
    * TIME: :?:

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