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steercom:potential [2014/05/07 19:20]
SLUUG Administration [Potential Topics]
steercom:potential [2020/05/28 18:12]
SLUUG Administration [Planning Schedule Database]
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 A version of these lists was posted to our DISCUSS mailing list on 25 May 2009, asking for volunteers. A version of these lists was posted to our DISCUSS mailing list on 25 May 2009, asking for volunteers.
  
-====== Potential ​Tutorials ​======+====== Planning Schedule Database ====== 
 + 
 +Trying to integrate the dynamically changing wiki list of potential tutorials, topics and speakers into the monthly STEERCOM agenda and minutes proved cumbersome. Moving the information into a LibreOffice BASE database allowed faster generation of a schedule that can track everything better. ​ Sharing a **Planning Schedule Report** during STEERCOM meetings is easier and faster than trying to update the minutes to show overwhelming data. 
 +====== Potential ​BASE Tutorial Ideas ======
  
 A short period (30 to 45 minutes) prior to each main presentation at the SLUUG general meetings is A short period (30 to 45 minutes) prior to each main presentation at the SLUUG general meetings is
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 In general, the tutorial subject should differ from the theme of the main presentation topic. In general, the tutorial subject should differ from the theme of the main presentation topic.
 We can repeat these tutorials every few years, as not too much changes with the basics. We can repeat these tutorials every few years, as not too much changes with the basics.
 +Different presenters often provide different information and fresh perspectives.
  
-  * OpenSSL (CSRs, certificates,​ s_client) +As of 2020-02-09 all listed potential tutorial ideas were moved to the Planning Schedule database.
-  * Chkconfig, init.d, etc. +
-  * Chrome / Chromium +
-  * Homebrew (install CLI packages on Mac OS X) +
-  * File permissions +
-  * Boot process +
-  * Regular expressions +
-  * Grep, sed, awk, etc. +
-  * DNS +
-  * Dia (drawing software) +
-  * Drawing network diagrams using Dia or OpenOffice Draw +
-  * IRC +
-    * How to use IRC with a couple different clients. +
-  * Processes +
-    * How to tell what's running on a machine +
-  * Audio processing software +
-  * Video processing software +
-  * Knoppix karaoke (various users sit in front of Knoppix system) +
-  * regedit ​edit Windows registry from Linux +
-  * SplashTop ​a quick booting distro. +
-  * PGP/GPG use in Email +
-    * Thunderbird Enigmail +
-    * KMail +
-  * WHOIS, Domain Registration Process, Registrars, Cyber-squatters,​ and Name Servers +
-  * mutt email client +
-  * nginx +
-  * Installing OS-signing keys in UEFI +
- +
  
-====== Potential ​Topics ​======+====== Potential ​MAIN Topic Ideas ======
  
 These are some topics that we've had requested, or brainstormed,​ but for which we need to find speakers. These are some topics that we've had requested, or brainstormed,​ but for which we need to find speakers.
-They would likely require more time than the basic sessions.+They would likely require more time than the basic tutorial ​sessions.
  
-  * Gaming on Linux +As of 2020-02-09 all listed potential tutorial ideas were moved to the Planning Schedule database. 
-    * Steam + 
-  * Gnome 3 (getting past the hate) +====== Planning Schedule Report ====== 
-  * Munin + 
-  * Setting up an Email server +=====  Sorted by When (Date)TypeStatus ===== 
-  * Current toosl for web development - Aptana/​Eclipse,​ Rubymine, RadRails + 
-  ​* AIX current releasefeaturesfuture +Try accessing using the Wiki {{:​steercom:​planning.pdf}} ​ 
-    * Someone from IBM corporate? + 
-  * Apple current release, features, future +**or** 
-    * Someone from Apple corporate? + 
-  Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6 (RHEL 6) or Fedora recent releases +Try direct ​from the website planning.pdf [[https://www.sluug.org/planning.pdf|https://www.sluug.org/planning.pdf]]
-    ​Still looking for volunteer; tried Clark Smith at Red Hat +
-  * SuSE or OpenSUSE recent releases +
-    ​Someone from Novell corporate?​ +
-    ​Gary Hollingsworth?​ +
-  * Solaris or OpenSolaris current release, features, future +
-    * Someone ​from Sun corporate?​ +
-  * HP-UX current release, features, future +
-    * Someone from HP corporate corporate?​ +
-    * Dave Mills? +
-  * iSCSI +
-  * CPUs +
-    * Features of modern Intel/AMD CPUs +
-    * x86-64 +
-    * x86, x86-64, IA64, Sparc, PowerPC, ARM, POWER +
-  * iPhone +
-    * Developing for (web, native) +
-  * GUI builders (GLADE, KDevelop) +
-  * Hostirian/​Primary.NET +
-    * Tour of their data center +
-    * What it takes to run a hosting data center +
-  * Wehrenberg Theaters (via Gary) +
-    * TOUR/DEMO: Digital cinema projectors +
-  * coreboot (previously known as LinuxBIOS) +
-    * See [[http://fosdem.unixheads.org/2007/​FOSDEM2007-LinuxBios.ogg|Ron Minnich FOSDEM2007 video]]. +
-    * See [[http://www.youtube.com/watch?​v=X72LgcMpM9k|GoogleTalk:​ coreboot (aka LinuxBIOS): The Free/​Open-Source x86 Firmware - Oct 2008]]. +
-    * See [[http://​www.linuxjournal.com/​article/​10447|Linux Journal October 2009 article]]+
-  * NoSQL +
-  * MAC OSX server +
-  * Fedora Security Lab (distro w/ security tools) +
-  * R statistics package +
-  * Fedora Design Suite (distro w/ graphical tools) +
-  * Scratch (via Jerry) +
-  * SASL +
-  * OpenID/​OAuth +
-  * [[http://​www.linuxinsider.com/​rsstory/​71399.html|Mind-Mapping Apps: Lightweight Labyrinth, Quick-Witted VYM and Simple Semantik]] +
-  * Bitcoin +
-  * Guacamole http://​guac-dev.org/​ Guacamole is an HTML5 remote desktop gateway +
-  * Emacs (Deech) +
-  * Google+ live broadcasting +
-  * Desktop Environment roundup +
-  * Desktop Distro roundup +
-  * USB (how it works, hardware and software)+
  
 ====== Potential Speakers ====== ====== Potential Speakers ======
  
-These are some people we know can present, and possible topics they can speak about.+As of 2020-05-28 all listed potential speakers and their topics were moved to the Planning Schedule database.  
 + 
 +<del> Items that are stricken thru below are no longer possible or have been moved to the Planning Schedule database. 
 +**The goal is to remove everything below.** ​ Throw it away or move it to Planning Schedule database. </​del>​ 
 + 
 +<del>These are some people we know can present, and possible topics they can speak about.</​del>​ 
 + 
 + 
 +  * <del> Ken Johnson  
 +    * OpenBSD for Linux users 
 +    * Mint (or other) distro 
 +    * Discussion of Technical Books That Had an Impact </​del>​ 
 + 
 +  * <del> Joe "​Zonker"​ Brockmeier (Red Hat) 
 +    * Cloud topics 
 +    * Red Hat topics 
 +    * community topics </​del>​
  
-  * Alan Griggs (via Jerry Stutte) +  * <​del> ​Kyle Cordes
-  * David Klein +
-    * Author of *'​Grails*:​ A Quick-Start Guide' has moved to St. Louis per note from Time Dreste May 2010 +
-  * Scott Granneman +
-    * iPhone +
-  * Kyle Cordes+
     * "Swiss Army Knife" of ffmpeg     * "Swiss Army Knife" of ffmpeg
-    * Flying Boxes +    * Flying Boxes </​del>​ 
-  * Sammie from IBM + 
-    * Live Demo of IBM Virtualization (previously scheduled but canceled) +  * <​del> ​Sammie from IBM 
-  * Mark Volkmann +    * Live Demo of IBM Virtualization (previously scheduled but canceled) ​</​del>​ 
-    * Android + 
-    * Developing for Mobile Platforms +  * <​del> ​Jeff Logullo (formerly of Sun)
-  * Sanjiv Bhatia (or someone from UMSL, via Lee) +
-    * TOPIC: AIX 6 +
-    * TOPIC: Open Grid Computing +
-  * David Letscher (Prof of CS at SLU) (via Gary) +
-    * TOPIC: TBD +
-  * Jeff Logullo (formerly of Sun)+
     * TOPIC: MySQL - now a Sun product     * TOPIC: MySQL - now a Sun product
     * TOPIC: Project Indiana, a new package management system a la apt/dpkg     * TOPIC: Project Indiana, a new package management system a la apt/dpkg
     * TOPIC: Versioning filenames (snapshots?​) in ZFS     * TOPIC: Versioning filenames (snapshots?​) in ZFS
     * TOPIC: New release of ZFS     * TOPIC: New release of ZFS
-    * TOPIC: Belenix & other live CD's based on Open Solaris +    * TOPIC: Belenix & other live CD's based on Open Solaris ​</​del>​ 
-  * Scott Nesler + 
-    * TOPIC: GIMP (follow-up from previous presentation) +  * <del> Craig Buchek 
-    * TOPIC: PGP and GPG +    * Everything You (N)Ever Wanted ​to Know About The Web 
-  * Jeff Muse +      HTTP 
-    * Mailman +      HTML 
-    * Various other Solaris topics +      Web Servers 
-  * Stan Reichardt +      Web Browsers
-    * Using Scribus +
-    * Adding iCAL from SLUUG calendars ​to Thunderbird Lightning calendar +
-  Tim Dreste (via Stan R) +
-    TOPIC: Untangle Gateway Platform +
-    TOPIC: CentOS Linux +
-  Don Ellis +
-    * Mac OS X Mountain Lion +
-  * Craig Buchek+
     * CoffeeScript,​ HAML, and SASS     * CoffeeScript,​ HAML, and SASS
     * wget and curl     * wget and curl
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     * Test-Driven Development (or get Brian Button, if possible)     * Test-Driven Development (or get Brian Button, if possible)
     * logcheck, fcheck     * logcheck, fcheck
-    * fail2ban +    * fail2ban (was done by Ken Johnson)  ​</​del>​ 
-  * Tony Lovasco + 
-    * TBD +  * <del> Yi Yang (Security professor at Fontbonne
-  * Mike Wilkerson +    * Security issues 
-    * Round-Table on Joe Linux User (moderator) +    * Key management </​del>​ 
-  * Jerry Stutte +
-    * TBD +
-  * Jim Roe +
-    * TDB +
-  * Matt Skipton ​(via Carl+
-    * VMware +
-  * Rick Clark (Ubuntu) +
-    * TOPIC: TBD +
-    * Might be able to talk to STCLUG and STLLUG+