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--- steercom:2024-02 [2024/02/05 13:47]
SLUUG Administration [Treasurer Report]
+++ steercom:2024-02 [2024/02/05 21:21] (current)
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   * **QUESTION:** Have the recorders been started ( they should be, before call to order )?
   * 2024-02-05 Comments:
-    * :?: YES/NO
+    * YES
 ====== Start STEERCOM Meeting ======
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   * 2024-02-05 Comments:
     * Monday, February 5th, 2024
-    * TIME: :?:
+    * TIME: 6:52pm
 ====== Attendees ======
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 :?: * David Forrest
-:?: * Ed Howland ( Stan R sent invite info )
+* Ed Howland ( Stan R sent invite info )
 :?: * Ken Johnson
-:?: * Lee Lammert
+* Lee Lammert
-:?: * Gary Meyer
+* Gary Meyer
-:?: * Stan Reichardt
+* Stan Reichardt
 :?: * Steve Stegmann
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     * Sean offered in future, as requested.
   * 2024-02-05 Comments:
-    * :?:
+    * Stan will Do tonight.
 ====== Treasurer Report ======
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 ^ Balance as of 1 January  | |       |$3,141.27 |
-^ USPS                     | | -$385.05|       |
+^ USPS                     | | -$385.05 |       |
-^ Dotster                  | |  -$20.99 |       |
+^ Dotster                  | | -$20.99 |       |
 ^ Balance as of 31 January | ||$2,872.28 |
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     * Thanks to Steve for the domations from 2022 & 2023!!
   * 2024-02-05 Comments:
-    * :?:
+    * USPS is post office box.
 ====== Calendar Report ======
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 ^ 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 ^
-^ 2024 ^ ??? | ??? | ??? | ??? | ??? | ??? | ??? | ??? | ??? | ??? | ??? | ??? ^ 2024 ^
+^ 2024 ^ 383 | ??? | ??? | ??? | ??? | ??? | ??? | ??? | ??? | ??? | ??? | ??? ^ 2024 ^
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   * LEGEND:
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   * 2024-01-03 Comments: Blame Stan R.
   * 2024-02-05 Comments:
-    * :?:
+    * Counts seem to include a lot of the actual live events ( many remote ones ).
+    * Gary starting to purge defunct meetings.  Changes have been appreciated.
+    * Ed H gave us history of O'Reilly's FOO camp and the resulting BAR camp ( thus Foo Bar ).
 ====== Subscriber Report ======
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 ^ Year     |     |     |     |     |     |     |2024 |     |     |     |     |     ^ Year    ^
 | List     ^ Jan ^ Feb ^ Mar ^ Apr ^ May ^ Jun ^ Jul ^ Aug ^ Sep ^ Oct ^ Nov | Dec | List    |
-^ MEETUP   ^ ??? | ??? | ??? | ??? | ??? | ??? | ??? | ??? | ??? | ??? | ??? | ??? ^ MEETUP  |
+^ MEETUP   ^ 902 | ??? | ??? | ??? | ??? | ??? | ??? | ??? | ??? | ??? | ??? | ??? ^ MEETUP  |
-^ ANNOUNCE ^ ??? | ??? | ??? | ??? | ??? | ??? | ??? | ??? | ??? | ??? | ??? | ??? ^ ANNOUNCE|
+^ ANNOUNCE ^ 470 | ??? | ??? | ??? | ??? | ??? | ??? | ??? | ??? | ??? | ??? | ??? ^ ANNOUNCE|
-^ DISCUSS  ^ ??? | ??? | ??? | ??? | ??? | ??? | ??? | ??? | ??? | ??? | ??? | ??? ^ DISCUSS |
+^ DISCUSS  ^ 205 | ??? | ??? | ??? | ??? | ??? | ??? | ??? | ??? | ??? | ??? | ??? ^ DISCUSS |
-^ STEERCOM ^  ?? |  ?? |  ?? |  ?? |  ?? |  ?? |  ?? |  ?? |  ?? |  ?? |  ?? |  ?? ^ STEERCOM|
+^ STEERCOM ^  23 |  ?? |  ?? |  ?? |  ?? |  ?? |  ?? |  ?? |  ?? |  ?? |  ?? |  ?? ^ STEERCOM|
-^ SYSADMIN ^  ?? |  ?? |  ?? |  ?? |  ?? |  ?? |  ?? |  ?? |  ?? |  ?? |  ?? |  ?? ^ SYSADMIN|
+^ SYSADMIN ^  19 |  ?? |  ?? |  ?? |  ?? |  ?? |  ?? |  ?? |  ?? |  ?? |  ?? |  ?? ^ SYSADMIN|
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   * 2024-01-03 Comments: Lee pointed out correction to program for doing counts.
   * 2024-02-05 Comments:
-    * :?:
+    * Life is just too exciting. Life is more than just junk mail.
 ====== Attendance Report ======
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 | Meeting  ^ Jan ^ Feb ^ Mar ^ Apr ^ May ^ Jun ^ Jul^ Aug ^ Sep ^ Oct ^ Nov ^ Dec | Meeting ^
 ^ Steercom ^   6 |  ?? |  ?? |  ?? |  ?? |  ?? | ?? |  ?? |  ?? |  ?? |  ?? |  ?? ^ Steercom|
-^ SLACC    ^  13 |  11 |  ?? |  ?? |  ?? |  ?? | ?? |  ?? |  ?? |  ?? |  ?? |  ?? ^ SLACC   |
+^ SLACC    ^  13 ^  11 |  ?? |  ?? |  ?? |  ?? | ?? |  ?? |  ?? |  ?? |  ?? |  ?? ^ SLACC   |
 ^ SLUUG    ^  24 |  ?? |  ?? |  ?? |  ?? |  ?? | ?? |  ?? |  ?? |  ?? |  ?? |  ?? ^ SLUUG   |
 ^ STLLINUX ^  25 |  ?? |  ?? |  ?? |  ?? |  ?? | ?? |  ?? |  ?? |  ?? |  ?? |  ?? ^ STLLINUX|
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   * 2024-01-03 Comments: Stan R was amazed at number of folks that attended NEWLUNIX on the day after Xmas.
   * 2024-02-05 Comments:
-    * :?:
+    * NEWLINUX attendance strong, with a bunch of people from MEETUP.
 ====== Meeting Review Comments ======
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     * This meeting. Glad that Sean and Gary could attend.
   * 2024-02-05 Comments:
-    * :?:
+    * We were there. We are here now.
 ==== SLACC - Jan 4th, 2024 ====
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     * First Thursday of each month. Free format; so attendance determines what is covered.
   * 2024-02-05 Comments:
-    * :?:
+    * None
 ==== SLUUG - Jan 10th, 2024 ====
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   * 2024-02-05 Comments:
     * Ed Howland sent talking points to Stan R, who created slides. Reference notes were sent after meeting.
-    * :?:
 ---
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     * Might be short; but, not a problem.  Because systemd is very large and has lots of topics, we will look to future talks.
   * 2024-02-05 Comments:
-    * :?:
+    * That was good, very informative. Was mentioned by attendees during both NEWLINUX and SLACC meetings.
 ==== STLLINUX - Jan 18th, 2024 ====
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   * 2024-01-03 Comments: None
   * 2024-02-05 Comments:
-    * Stan R thought presentation flow was a bit erratic.
+    * Stan R thought presentation flow was a bit erratic. To be fair, Steve's hardware setup was funcky.
-    * :?:
+    * Lee pointed out that there was an overwhelming amount of information.  Might have been better structured.
 ==== NEWLINUX - Jan 23rd, 2024 ====
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   * 2024-01-03 Comments: None
   * 2024-02-05 Comments:
-    * :?:
+    * Three new folks. One interested in Ethical Hacking.
 ====== Meeting Schedule ======
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   * 2024-01-03 Comments: None
   * 2024-02-05 Comments:
-    * :?:
+    * Small group.
 ==== SLUUG - Feb 14th, 2024 ====
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     * Ballot not finished, needs to be available online NLT 14 February main meeting.
     * Can we have specific email address for submitting ballots?
-    * We need to explain ballots sent by email are not anonymous nor secret, and that ballots sent thru USPS surface mail can be handled and treated to be anonymous and secret.
+    * We need to explain ballots sent by email are not anonymous nor secret, and that
-    * :?:
+    * ballots sent thru USPS surface mail can be handled and treated to be anonymous and secret.
+    * BOCK is on OpenSuSE virtual machine with XEN kernel. Issue is that Lee has yet to figure out how to clone BOCK.
+    * vote2024@sluug.org is email address for submitting ballots, received by Lee, Gary and Stan.
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   * LINUX
     *   STATUS: **Confirmed**
-    *     WHAT: **Large Language Models** by Alex Towell
+    *     WHAT: **Large Language Models**
     *       BY: Alex Towell
     * SYNOPSIS: YES
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       * January STLLINUX was **Introduction to Hadoop** by Steven Lembark
   * 2024-02-05 Comments:
-    * :?:
+    * We need to advertise this during Gooey Middle time of SLUUG Main meeting on 14 February.
 ==== NEWLINUX - Feb 27th, 2024 ====
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   * 2024-01-03 Comments: Planning in progress, Wiki page is up for contributions of thoughts and issues.
   * 2024-02-05 Comments:
-    * :?:
+    * Nothing
 ===== Bock Upgrade =====
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     * Sean Twiehaus created  [[https://wiki.sluug.org/bock_upgrade_debian_10_-_11 ]]
     * Stan R added [[https://endoflife.date/debian | Debian LTS End of Life ]] link to the Reference section.
-    * :?:
+    * Discussion will be during BASE time on 14 February.
 ===== Web Site SLUUG.ORG Maintenance =====
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       * Stan R ( and maybe all of us ) should be intereseted in knowing how many views of Presentation Archive items we were getting.
       * We might start polling during meetings, whether memebers are looking at Presentation Archive items.
-    * :?:
+    * We are fat, dumb and happy. Even we don't look at what we have.
 ===== Uploading Presentations =====
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   * 2024-01-03 Comments: Keeping up with current recordings. Not time for dealing with back-log of old recordings.
   * 2024-02-05 Comments:
-    * :?:
+    * Keeping up.
 ===== Web Site MEETUP.COM Maintenance =====
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     * In a previous month ( December ? ) Stan R had reduced membership count by deleting many unrecogized names.
     * On 20 January MEETUP membership showed as 999. Stan R reduced count again, to 896 by deleting many unrecognized names.
-    * :?:
+    * Have not seen any elimanated names show back up.
 ===== Our Internet Presence on Other Social Media =====
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   * 2024-01-03 Comments: No feedback from James Conroy or Sean Twiehaus about any social media.
   * 2024-02-05 Comments:
-    * :?:
+    * No specific comments, some discussion early in this meeting.
 ===== ANNOUNCE Mailing List =====
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   * 2024-01-03 Comments: None.
   * 2024-02-05 Comments:
-    * :?:
+    * Stan R thought archive was broken, but it was human error PICNIC ( Problem In Chain Not In Computer ) .
 ===== Hybrid Meetings =====
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   * 2024-01-03 Comments: None.
   * 2024-02-05 Comments:
-    * :?:
+    * None
 ===== Cameras and Microphones and Projectors =====
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     * Will come back eventually; just, we don't know when.
   * 2024-02-05 Comments:
-    * :?:
+    * Not likely to bring much money.
 ===== Attendance Database =====
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     * Stan R suggests we do away with elections and just do a lottery for positions.
   * 2024-02-05 Comments:
-    * :?:
+    * Run under Russian Rules.
 ===== Planning Schedule Report Database =====
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     * Will have to add our previous Special Interest Group, the Computer Telephony Integration (CTI).
     * Likely will later start including the previous Saint Charles Linux Users Group events.
-    * :?:
+    * Above will be done when Stan R has time.
 ===== Handouts =====
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   * 2024-01-03 Comments: None.
   * 2024-02-05 Comments:
-    * :?:
+    * No time, no changes.
 ===== Organizational Papers =====
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   * 2024-02-05 Comments:
     * Stan R asked Gary M to bring him the box. Stan R wants to look for old newsletters prior to 1996.
-    * :?:
 ===== Sponsorships =====
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     * Concencus is to show it with beer or meal.  Approved. Gary volunteered.
   * 2024-02-05 Comments:
-    * :?:
+    * Gary is slacking, hasn't contacted Steve Gomez. Did see him at a remote meeting last month.
 ===== We Need Help =====
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     * We need to seek more individual help by one-on-one requests. Ask crowd gets no response.
   * 2024-02-05 Comments:
-    * :?:
+    * Gary M has been trying to do more publicity, more timely MEETUP information.  Seems to have been working.
+    * Gary M will seek other avenues and more one-on-one requests.
 ===== New Business =====
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   * 2024-01-03 Comments: None.
   * 2024-02-05 Comments:
-    * :?:
+    * None.
 ====== Recurring Requirements ======
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   * 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 - IRS Form 990-N for Tax Exempt Status. Due by April.  e-postcard.
   * February 2024 - STLLINUX.ORG domain automatic renewal.
+  * February 2024 - SLUUG Annual Board meeting and elections.
   *
   * March 2024 - Count Ballots
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   * 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 ).
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   * 2024-01-03 Comments: None
   * 2024-02-05 Comments:
-    * :?:
+    * None
 ====== Recognize Useful Efforts ======
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     * Phil Bunch handled the NEWLINUX meeting.
   * 2024-02-05 Comments:
-    * :?:
+    * Thanks to Ed, Lee and Stan for showing up. Lee thank Gary for food and beer delivery.
-====== 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.
-  * 2024-02-05 Comments:
-    * :?:
 ====== Blue Sky Recording ======
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   *
   * 2024-02-05 Comments:
-    * :?:
+    * None
 ====== Adjourn STEERCOM Meeting ======
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   * 2024-02-05 Comments:
   * Monday, February 5th, 2024
-    * TIME: :?:
+    * TIME: 9:18pm
 ====== Stop Video Recordings ======
   * **QUESTION:** Have the recorders been turned off?
   * 2024-02-05 Comments:
-    * :?: YES/NO
+    * YES
 ====== Blue Sky Ideas ======
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   * 2023-12-04 Comments: None
   * 2024-02-05 Comments:
-    * TIME: :?:
+    * TIME: None
 ====== End of File  ======

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