https://www.wplug.org/mediawiki/api.php?action=feedcontributions&user=Jprostko&feedformat=atomWPLUG - User contributions [en]2024-03-19T03:23:03ZUser contributionsMediaWiki 1.23.15//www.wplug.org/wiki/MembershipMembership2017-02-21T00:02:37Z<p>Jprostko: Edit about not currently accepting memberships</p>
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<div>'''''Currently WPLUG is going through a transitionary state, and is not accepting membership applications.'''''<br />
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Membership in WPLUG is open to any person aligned with the group's purpose as stated in the [[ByLaws|bylaws]]. To join, you must complete and sign the [[Media:Memberform.pdf|membership application]] and either mail it in or bring it to a meeting along with the yearly dues.<br />
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Dues are currently set at $20. If you are already a member, you may renew for another year by completing an application and paying an additional year's dues no more than 91 days before your term expires. Once you pass the expiration date, you are no longer a member and must apply just as any non-member would.<br />
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If you need to know when your membership expires or have any other questions, you may contact [mailto:secretary@wplug.org the WPLUG Secretary] or any member of the [[WPLUGBoard|Board of Directors]].<br />
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== Member Benefits ==<br />
Historically, membership has only conferred organizational rights, such as the right to vote for officers and on other WPLUG business. We are working on developing other services that members would find useful.<br />
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=== Vanity E-mail Aliases ===<br />
Members can now sign up to have an e-mail alias. This will forward all e-mail addressed to <nowiki>[yourname]@wplug.org</nowiki> to another e-mail account you control. Note that we do '''not''' store your e-mail for retrieval by POP or IMAP; this is only a forwarding service. Contact [mailto:vanity-alias@wplug.org the vanity alias administrators] to set yours up! More details are available in [http://{{SERVERNAME}}/pipermail/wplug/2013-March/034875.html the announcement].<br />
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=== RSS Feed Aggregator ===<br />
[http://www.tt-rss.org/ Tiny Tiny RSS] is an RSS feed aggregator that provides many of the features of the now-discontinued Google Reader. Want a place where you can collect all your RSS feeds and access them from any web-enabled device? WPLUG has set up an instance which is now running in production. There's also a [http://tt-rss.org/redmine/projects/tt-rss-android/wiki native client for Android] devices. See [http://{{SERVERNAME}}/pipermail/wplug/2013-June/034958.html the announcement] for more details; contact Justin Smith if you're interested in participating.<br />
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=== Other Services ===<br />
If you have an idea for some other service that WPLUG members would find useful, please [mailto:info@wplug.org e-mail us] and let us know!</div>Jprostko//www.wplug.org/wiki/Meeting-20160820Meeting-201608202016-08-16T19:08:41Z<p>Jprostko: /* Supplies */</p>
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<div>It's that time of year again! WPLUG's 15th annual Open Source Picnic will take place in [[North_Park#Babble_Brook_Shelter|North Park]] on August 20, 2016 from 1:00-6:00 p.m. In the spirit of open source collaboration, we invite everyone to help make our picnic a success by bringing food, inviting people, and organizing activities for the day. Bring your friends! Invite the whole family! <br />
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(That's our only rule for the day, incidentally: everything must be family-friendly. No booze; nothing scandalous.)<br />
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The more people participate, the more successful we'll be. If you'd like to pitch in, add your name to one of the lists below. Be sure to RSVP for your entire party (including guests) by e-mailing [mailto:rsvp@wplug.org rsvp@wplug.org]. You need to do this even if you've signed up below.<br />
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== Setup ==<br />
Hanging signs, setting up pic-a-nic tables, and chasing away pesky critters. Please show up at 12:30.<br />
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* [[User:Patbarron|Pat Barron]]<br />
* Your name here!<br />
* Your name here!<br />
* Your name here!<br />
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== Cleanup ==<br />
* [[User:Vance|Vance Kochenderfer]]<br />
* [[User:Patbarron|Pat Barron]]<br />
* Your name here!<br />
* Your name here!<br />
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== Food/Drinks ==<br />
Try to be considerate of people with food allergies (listed below). If you pack something that somebody can't eat, tossing in something extra for them would be very nice!<br />
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* Vance Kochenderfer - watermelon<br />
* [[User:Patbarron|Pat Barron]] - iced tea<br />
* your name and idea here<br />
* your name and idea here<br />
* your name and idea here<br />
* your name and idea here<br />
* your name and idea here<br />
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=== Food Allergies ===<br />
If you're planning to attend, please list your food allergies here and rate them according to severity: <br />
*'''Mild''' (minor effects; may be okay in small quantities)<br />
*'''Moderate''' (noticeable effects)<br />
*'''Severe''' (life-threatening). <br />
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We cannot guarantee that people bringing food will accommodate your dietary restrictions. If it looks like your choices will be limited, pack something for yourself - or better yet, bring enough for everyone so we can try something new!<br />
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* Your info here<br />
* Your info here<br />
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== Supplies ==<br />
(Grills, coolers, paper towels, cutlery, hand sanitizer, etc)<br />
* [[User:Vance|Vance Kochenderfer]] - large (62 qt.) WPLUG cooler<br />
* [[User:jprostko|Joesph Prostko]] - The NEW Official WPLUG Grill (and charcoal)<br />
* Your name here<br />
* Your name here<br />
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== Sports/Games/Activities ==<br />
* [[User:Patbarron|Pat Barron]] - I have a chess set with me everywhere I go anyway, in case anyone's into that sort of thing. ;-)<br />
* Your idea here<br />
* Your idea here<br />
* Your idea here<br />
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== Venue Information ==<br />
The picnic will take place at the [[North_Park#Lakeshore_Pavilion|Lakeshore Pavilion]] in North Park.<br />
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The shelter is on Lake Shore Drive. There is angle parking slightly south of the pavilion, in between the roadway itself and the bike path.<br />
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=== Ridesharing ===<br />
If you need a ride to the park or can provide one, post in this area.<br />
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* [[User:Vance|Vance Kochenderfer]] - coming from Castle Shannon, can provide transportation from nearby in the South Hills. E-mail me if interested.<br />
* Your name - your location<br />
* Your name - your location<br />
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[[Category:Meetings]]</div>Jprostko//www.wplug.org/wiki/Meeting-20160312Meeting-201603122016-02-29T05:01:18Z<p>Jprostko: /* Speaker/Presentation */</p>
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<div>WPLUG will have a General User Meeting and presentation on Saturday, March 12, 2016 starting at 3:00pm at [[IBM Squirrel Hill]].<br />
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== Schedule for the Day ==<br />
3:00pm - Doors open, set up<br/><br />
3:15pm - Business Meeting starts<br/><br />
3:30pm - Featured presentation<br/><br />
5:00pm - Meeting ends, everyone out.<br />
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== Speaker/Presentation ==<br />
'''Title:''' File and Directory Permissions<br />
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'''Speaker:''' Dan Martin<br />
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Dan will be giving a talk about file and directory permissions, going into the more basic permissions, as well as more advanced topics, such as the sticky bit, setuid, and setgid.<br />
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== Meeting Minutes ==<br />
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No business meeting was held due to lack of quorum - only two members present.<br />
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== Meeting Staff ==<br />
If you would like to volunteer to assist with this meeting, please add your name to one or more of the [[MeetingChecklist|categories]] below.<br />
* Host: Your name here<br />
* Co-Host: Your name here<br />
* Setup: Your name here, your name here<br />
* Clean Up: Your name here, your name here<br />
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== Carpooling ==<br />
* Your name/location here<br />
* Your name/location here<br />
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[[Category:Meetings]]<br />
[[Category:Minutes]]</div>Jprostko//www.wplug.org/wiki/Western_Pennsylvania_Linux_Users_GroupWestern Pennsylvania Linux Users Group2016-02-29T05:00:46Z<p>Jprostko: /* Upcoming Meetings & Events */</p>
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<div>__NOTOC__<br />
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Welcome to the Western Pennsylvania Linux Users Group&#8480;. We are a not-for-profit organization based in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania that provides collaboration resources, including mailing lists, presentations, installfests, and this wiki for Linux users of all backgrounds.<br />
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See our [[WPLUG:About|about page]] for more background on us, Linux, and free/open source software.<br />
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Just like an open source software project, we develop WPLUG in collaboration with the community: everyone is free to contribute. What does Western PA need out of WPLUG&#8480;? What do ''you'' need out of WPLUG? Join our [[MailingLists|mailing list]] and tell us!<br />
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== Upcoming Meetings & Events ==<br />
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* [[Meeting-20160312 | Saturday, March 12, 2016]] - 3:00 to 5:00pm - General User Meeting at [[IBM Squirrel Hill]] - Topic: File and Directory Permissions by Dan Martin<br />
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Got something technology-related on your mind? Even if you're not a WPLUG member, we invite you to answer our [[CallforPresentations | Call for Presentations]] and talk about it at one of our meetings.<br />
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Subscribe to the [http://{{SERVERNAME}}/mailman/listinfo/wplug-announce wplug-announce mailing list] to receive notices about future meetings!<br />
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== Upcoming Related Events ==<br />
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* Thursday, January 14, 2016, 7:00pm - [http://www.meetup.com/Steel-City-InfoSec/events/224383493/ Steel City Information Security] at Wombat Security Technologies - Topic: SDRs and Security<br />
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E-mail [mailto:info@wplug.org info@wplug.org] to have your event posted here.<br />
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* PROPOSED: [[TechEventCalendar]]<br />
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The [[Past Related Events | past related events]] page has examples of what we've done in the past. Check out these [[WPLUG:About#Groups|other interesting organizations]] for more to do!<br />
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== Past Meetings ==<br />
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Every WPLUG meeting and event is recorded in our [[Past Meetings | past meetings page]]. You may also view [[:Category:Presentations | slide presentations]] from previous meetings. If you're new to WPLUG, this will give you a better idea of what we do.<br />
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== Getting Involved ==<br />
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Things that WPLUG does which you can participate in.<br />
* [[Membership]] - Join the hottest Linux users group in Western PA!<br />
* [[WPLUGBoard | Board Information]] - List of members on the WPLUG Board of Directors; records of WPLUG board meetings.<br />
* [[Committees | Committee Information]] - List of WPLUG committees.<br />
* [[Past Activities]] - Activities which are no longer ongoing. Let us know if you're interested in re-activating any of these.<br />
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== Online Resources ==<br />
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WPLUG provides a variety of online resources to its members and the community at large. In fact, you're looking at one of them right now: the WPLUG wiki. We provide these resources as a way for our members to help each other, spread the word about Linux and other open source, and socialize.<br />
* [[MailingLists | Mailing Lists]] - The WPLUG mailing lists are a big part of our community; there are several hundred subscribers. We have lists for topics ranging from general announcements to jobs and classified ads.<br />
* [[IRC | Internet Relay Chat]] - A chat channel that we operate on the [http://www.freenode.net/ FreeNode] IRC network. At times, this can be a very good way to get information.<br />
* [[Membership#Member_Benefits | WPLUG members]] can get an @wplug.org e-mail address, and can also use our RSS aggregator (similar to Feedly, or the now-defunct Google Reader)<br />
* [https://twitter.com/wplug Twitter] - The official WPLUG Twitter account<br />
* [http://www.linkedin.com/groups?gid=150161 LinkedIn] - A professional networking group used by many WPLUG members.<br />
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== Organizational Materials ==<br />
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* [[ByLaws | Bylaws]] - WPLUG's governing rules.<br />
* [[Special Rules of Order]] - Supplementary rules that address gaps in the bylaws.<br />
* [[MeetingChecklist | Meeting Checklist]] - What needs to be done at WPLUG general user meetings. <br />
* [[Venues]] - Information on where WPLUG meets.<br />
* [[FinancialDocuments | Financial Documents]] - Forms to report expenses and request funding from WPLUG.<br />
* [[Election Instructions]] - How to vote in WPLUG's board elections.<br />
* [[HistoricalDocuments | Historical Documents]] - Organizational materials that are kept for future reference.<br />
* [[Inventory]] - Stuff that belongs to WPLUG: who has it and where.<br />
* [[TODO]] - Things that need to be done on the wiki.<br />
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== Swag ==<br />
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Order clothing and other cool stuff with the WPLUG logo from [http://cafepress.com/wplug CafePress]. [[Image:Wplugmug.jpg]]</div>Jprostko//www.wplug.org/wiki/Meeting-20160312Meeting-201603122016-02-29T04:59:33Z<p>Jprostko: Created page with "WPLUG will have a General User Meeting and presentation on Saturday, March 12, 2016 starting at 3:00pm at IBM Squirrel Hill. == Schedule for the Day == 3:00pm - Doors ope..."</p>
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<div>WPLUG will have a General User Meeting and presentation on Saturday, March 12, 2016 starting at 3:00pm at [[IBM Squirrel Hill]].<br />
<br />
== Schedule for the Day ==<br />
3:00pm - Doors open, set up<br/><br />
3:15pm - Business Meeting starts<br/><br />
3:30pm - Featured presentation<br/><br />
5:00pm - Meeting ends, everyone out.<br />
<br />
== Speaker/Presentation ==<br />
'''Title:''' File and directory permissions<br />
<br />
'''Speaker:''' Dan Martin<br />
<br />
Dan will be giving a talk about file and directory permissions, going into the more basic permissions, as well as more advanced topics, such as the sticky bit, setuid, and setgid.<br />
<br />
== Meeting Minutes ==<br />
<br />
No business meeting was held due to lack of quorum - only two members present.<br />
<br />
== Meeting Staff ==<br />
If you would like to volunteer to assist with this meeting, please add your name to one or more of the [[MeetingChecklist|categories]] below.<br />
* Host: Your name here<br />
* Co-Host: Your name here<br />
* Setup: Your name here, your name here<br />
* Clean Up: Your name here, your name here<br />
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== Carpooling ==<br />
* Your name/location here<br />
* Your name/location here<br />
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[[Category:Meetings]]<br />
[[Category:Minutes]]</div>Jprostko//www.wplug.org/wiki/Past_MeetingsPast Meetings2016-02-29T04:50:58Z<p>Jprostko: /* 2016 */</p>
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<div>== 2016 ==<br />
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* [[Meeting-20160213 | Saturday, February 13, 2016]] - 3:00 to 5:00pm - General User Meeting at [[IBM Squirrel Hill]] - Topic: Virtualization with Proxmox by Nick Schembri<br />
* [[Meeting-20160109 | Saturday, January 9, 2016]] - 3:00pm - Visit to the [[Large Scale Systems Museum]] in New Kensington<br />
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== 2015 ==<br />
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* [[Meeting-20151212 | Saturday, December 12, 2015]] - 3:00 to 5:00pm - Holiday Party and Hackathon at [[HackPittsburgh]]<br />
* [[Meeting-20151114 | Saturday, November 14, 2015]] - 3:00 to 5:00pm - General User Meeting and Board of Directors election at [[HackPittsburgh]] - Topic: MediaWiki Use and Administration by Vance Kochenderfer<br />
* [[Meeting-20151024 | Saturday, October 24, 2015]] - 3:00 to 5:00pm - General User Meeting and Board of Directors nominations at [[HackPittsburgh]] - Topic: How I configured an IR remote for a Raspberry time or waisted 24 hours trying.<br />
* [[Meeting-20150912 | Saturday, September 12th, 2015]] - 3:00pm to 5:00pm - General User Meeting : Intro to Databases with SQLite3 by John Lewis<br />
* [[Meeting-20150808 | Saturday, August 8th, 2015]] - 1:00pm to 6:00pm - 14th annual WPLUG Open-Source Picnic at North Park<br />
* [[Meeting-20150711 | Saturday, July 11, 2015]] - 3:00 to 6:00pm - General User Meeting at [[HackPittsburgh]] - Topic: Hackathon: Bring in your projects and work on them<br />
* [[Meeting-20150627 | Saturday, June 27, 2015]] - 3:00 to 5:00pm - General User Meeting at [[HackPittsburgh]] - Topic: Setting up a mail server with iRedMail<br />
* [[Meeting-20150523 | Saturday, May 23, 2015]] - 3:00 to 5:00pm - General User Meeting at [[HackPittsburgh]] - Topic: Copyright Licensing of Free and Open Source Software<br />
* [[Meeting-20150411 | Saturday, April 11, 2015]] - 3:00 to 6:00pm - General User Meeting at [[HackPittsburgh]] - Topic: Hackathon<br />
* [[Meeting-20150314 | Saturday, March 14, 2015]] - 3:00 to 5:00pm - General User Meeting at [[HackPittsburgh]] - Topic: Live Streaming Tools by Charles Butler<br />
* [[Meeting-20150110 | Saturday, January 10, 2015]] - 3:00 to 5:00pm - General User Meeting at [[HackPittsburgh]] - Topic: Two-Factor Authentication<br />
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== 2014 ==<br />
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* [[Meeting-20141115 | Saturday, November 15, 2014]] - 3:00 to 5:00pm - General User Meeting and Board of Directors election at Carnegie [[Squirrel Hill Library]] - Topic: Rsnapshot<br />
* Thursday, November 13, 2014 - 8:00 to 9:00pm - [[Meeting-20141115#Meet_the_Candidates | Meet the Candidates session]] on the [[IRC|IRC channel]] - post your questions to candidates in the upcoming election!<br />
* [[Meeting-20141018 | Saturday, October 18, 2014]] - 11:00 a.m. - 1:00 p.m. - General User Meeting and Board of Directors nominations at [[Pittsburgh Filmmakers]] - Topic: Intro to Copyright<br />
* [[Meeting-20140913 | Saturday, September 13, 2014]] - 2:00 to 4:00pm - General User Meeting at [[Wilkins School Community Center|WSCC]] - Topic: Android Xposed<br />
* [[Meeting-20140809 | Saturday, August 9th, 2014]] - 1:00pm to 6:00pm - 13th annual WPLUG Open-Source Picnic at North Park<br />
* [[Meeting-20140712 | July 12th, 2014 @ 2:00pm]] - General User Meeting at IBM Squirrel Hill, 1710 Murray Avenue, 3rd floor (above the Silk Elephant restaurant). Charles Butler will present on Distributed Version Control Systems and Git.<br />
* [[Meeting-20140617 | Tuesday, June 17, 2014]] - 7:00 to 9:00pm - Ice Cream Social at Klavon's<br />
* [[Meeting-20140519 | Monday, May 19, 2014]] - 6:00 to 7:30pm - General User Meeting at [[Pittsburgh Filmmakers|Pittsburgh Filmmakers]] - Topic: [http://blender.org Blender] in Media Production<br />
* [[Meeting-20140308 | Saturday, March 8, 2014]] - 1:30 to 3:30pm - General User Meeting at [[Wilkins School Community Center|WSCC]] - Topic: Automating orchestration in the cloud with Ubuntu Juju<br />
* [[Meeting-20140215 | Saturday, February 15, 2014]] - 2:00 to 4:00pm - get-together at [[Games n' At]]<br />
* [[Meeting-20140111 | Saturday, January 11, 2014]] - 1:30 to 4:30pm - General User Meeting at [[Wilkins School Community Center|WSCC]] - Topic: [http://www.gittip.com/ Gittip]<br />
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== 2013 ==<br />
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* Tuesday, December 17th, 2013 - WPLUG holiday party @ Eat 'n Park: 930 Butler St Pgh PA, 6:45 p.m.<br />
* [[Meeting-20131109|Saturday, November 9, 2013]] @ [[Wilkins School Community Center]], 1:30-3:30 p.m.: WPLUG board election + lightning presentations<br />
* [[Meeting-20131012 | Saturday, October 12, 2013]] - Software Freedom Day celebration + WPLUG Board of Directors 2014 nominations<br />
* [[Meeting-20130921|Saturday, September 21, 2013]] @ IBM Pittsburgh, 1:30-3:30 p.m.: Meet local Python developer Walter White + Ohio Linux Fest fallout<br />
* [[Meeting-20130810|Saturday, August 10, 2013]] @ North Park, 1:00-6:00 p.m.: The 12th annual WPLUG Open Source Picnic!<br />
* [[Meeting-20130713|Saturday, July 13, 2013]] @ 2:00-3:30 pm, [[IBM Pittsburgh]]: Security, privacy, and anonymity. The NSA surveillance scandal has taken the world by storm. How can free software help protect your personal information?<br />
* [[Meeting-20130615 | Saturday, June 15, 2013]] - 1:30 to 3:30 p.m. - General User Meeting, Topic: Taking Linux with You at [[IBM Pittsburgh]]<br />
* [[Meeting-20130518 | Saturday, May 18th, 2013]] - General User meeting and Raspberry Pi Demo/Workshop, [[Brookline_Library | Brookline Library]], 2:00pm<br />
* '''Saturday, April 20 @ 6-8:00 PM:''' [http://wplug.eventbrite.com/ Pittsburgh Geek Bowl]. Come play "poker bowling" with us for fabulous prizes! If that's not enough, how about a peek at Google Glass? WPLUG board member Justin Smith was one of 8,000 people accepted into Google's "Project Glass" last week, which will shape the future of wearable computing. Come learn about his proposal!<br />
* [[Meeting-20130209 | Saturday, February 9, 2013]] - General user meeting @ 2:00 p.m. in Wilkins School Community Center - final vote on amendment of Section 8.4 of the bylaws; Presentation: Build Your Own Certificate Authority Using xca; Presentation: The Rise and Fall of the WebOS Mobile Operating System; Open Source License Smackdown! <br />
* [[Meeting-20130112 | Saturday, January 12, 2013]] - 2:00pm - General User Meeting; business meeting followed by "Lightning Talks" (short, informal presentations)<br />
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== 2012 ==<br />
* [[Meeting-20121208 | Saturday, December 8th, 2012]] - Installfest - Monroeville Public Library, 4000 Gateway Campus Boulevard Monroeville, PA 15146 from 12:30-4:30 PM<br />
* [[Meeting-20121110 | Saturday, November 10, 2012]] - General User Meeting and WPLUG Board election<br />
* Tuesday, October 30th, 2012 - [[Meeting-20121110#Meet_the_Candidates | Meet The Candidates]] session on [[IRC]] - 7:00 PM to 8:00 PM<br />
* [[Meeting-20121013 | Saturday, October 13, 2012]] - 1:30pm to 3:30pm - Nominations and General User Meeting at [[Wilkins School Community Center|WSCC]] - Presentation Lightning Talks. You have something you are doing/interested in at work,home,play? Then maybe you could give us 10-15 minutes to tell us about it. Please email events@wplug.org with a summary of you talk.<br />
* [[Meeting-20120819 | Sunday, August 19, 2012]] - 1:00pm to 6:00pm - WPLUG Annual Summer Picnic - [[North Park]], Lakeshore Pavilion<br />
* [[Meeting-20120714 | Saturday, July 14, 2012]] - 1:30pm to 4:00pm - General User Meeting, Topic: Advanced SSH by [[User:Vance | Vance Kochenderfer]] at [[Wilkins School Community Center | WSCC ]]<br />
* [[Meeting-20120609 | Saturday, June 9, 2012]] - Installfest - 1:00pm to 4:30pm - [[Brookline Library]]<br />
* [[Meeting-20120512 | Saturday, May 12, 2012]] - 1:30pm to 3:30pm - General User Meeting, Featured presentation topic: iproute2 by John Lewis at [[Wilkins School Community Center | WSCC]]<br />
* [[Meeting-20120414 | Saturday, April 14, 2012]] - 1:30pm to 3:30pm - Presentation only, Topic: Introduction to Virtualization on Linux using KVM by [[User:Patbarron | Pat Barron]] at [[Wilkins School Community Center | WSCC ]]<br />
* [[Meeting-20120316 | Friday, March 16, 2012]] - 7:00pm - Installfest at [http://www.hackpittsburgh.org/about HackPittsburgh shop in Uptown]<br />
* [[Meeting-20120310 | Saturday, March 10, 2012]] - 1:30pm to 3:30pm - General User Meeting, Topic: Introduction to SSH by [[User:Vance | Vance Kochenderfer]] at [[Wilkins School Community Center | WSCC ]]<br />
* [[Meeting-20120211 | Saturday, February 11, 2012]] - 1:30pm to 5:30pm - InstallFest! and GUM at [[Wilkins_School_Community_Center|WSCC]]<br />
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== 2011 ==<br />
* [[Meeting-20111203 | Saturday, December 3, 2011]] - 1:00pm to 5:00pm - Installfest at [[Northland _Library]]<br />
* [[Meeting-20111112 | Saturday November 12, 2011]] - 1:30pm to 3:30pm - Election and General User Meeting at [[Wilkins_School_Community_Center | WSCC]] Speaker: openSUSE Linux Guru Don Vosburg<br />
* Wednesday, October 26, 2011 - 7:00pm to 8:00pm - [[Meeting-20111112#Meet_the_Candidates| Meet the Candidates]] for the WPLUG Board of Directors on the [[IRC|IRC channel]] - come and ask questions so you can be informed for the election<br />
* [[Meeting-20111008 | Saturday, October 8, 2011]] - 1:30pm to 3:30pm - Nominations and General User Meeting at [[Wilkins School Community Center|WSCC]] - Presentation: Mysql Replication in the Enterprise by Nick Schembri<br />
*[[Saturday September 17th 2011 Software Freedom Day]] Time: 9:00am - 5:00pm Where: The [http://pittsburghpublicmarket.org/ Pittsburgh Public Market]<br />
* [[Meeting-20110821| Sunday, August 21, 2011]] - 1pm to 6pm - Picnic at [[Snyder Park]] in Whitehall<br />
* [[Meeting-20110709 | Saturday, July 9, 2011]] - 1:30pm to 3:30pm - General User Meeting at [[Wilkins School Community Center|WSCC]]<br />
* [[Meeting-20110611 | Saturday, June 11, 2011]] - 11:00am to 3:00pm - Installfest at [[Brookline Library]]<br />
* [[Meeting-20110521 |Saturday, May 21, 2011]] - 1:00pm to 3:00pm - Joint talk with Pittsburgh Cocoaheads on GNUStep at [[Brookline Library]]<br />
* [[Meeting-20110409 | Saturday, April 9, 2011]] - 1:30pm to 3:30pm - General User Meeting at [[Wilkins School Community Center|WSCC]]<br />
* [[Meeting-20110312 | Saturday, March 12, 2011]] - 1:00pm to 4:30pm - Installfest at [[Monroeville Public Library]]<br />
* [[Meeting-20110307 | Monday, March 7, 2011]] - 6:30pm to 8:00pm - Field Trip at [[CMU Gates]]<br />
* [[Meeting-20110207 | Monday, February 7, 2011]] - 6:30pm to 8:00pm - Table Topics Meeting at [[Panera Centre|Panera on 5430 Centre Ave]]<br />
* [[Meeting-20110108 | Saturday, January 8, 2011]] - 1:30pm to 3:30pm - General User Meeting at [[Wilkins School Community Center|WSCC]]<br />
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== 2010 ==<br />
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* [[Meeting-20101211 | Saturday, December 11, 2010]] - 10:30am to 12:30pm - General User Meeting at [[Wilkins School Community Center|WSCC]]<br />
* [[Meeting-20101120 | Saturday, November 20, 2010]] - 1:30pm to 4:30pm - InstallFest at [[Wilkins School Community Center|WSCC]]<br />
* [[Meeting-20101113 | Saturday, November 13, 2010]] - 2pm to 5pm - General User Meeting/Elections at [[Panera Bread Galleria]]. Topic: Doubleheader - The Arduino Embedded Device by Robert Blackwell and Introduction to Objective-C by Mark Dalrymple.<br />
* Thursday, November 11, 2010 - 8p to 9p - "Meet the Candidates" IRC Session, freenode.net, #wplug channel<br />
* [[Meeting-20101023 | Saturday, October 23, 2010]] - 2pm to 3:30pm - General User Meeting/Nominations at the [[Wilkins School Community Center]]. Topic: [http://www.blender.org/ Blender] Film Festival - ''Elephants Dream'', ''Big Buck Bunny'', and the newly-released ''Sintel''.<br />
* [[Meeting-20100918 | Saturday, September 18, 2010]] - 10:30am to 12:30pm - Nomination Meeting & General User Meeting at [[Wilkins School Community Center|WSCC]]<br />
* [[Meeting-20100829 | Sunday, August 29, 2010]] - 1pm to 5pm - 9th Annual Open Source Picnic at Snyder Park<br />
* [[Meeting-20100814 | Saturday, August 14, 2010]] - 10:30am to 12:30pm - General User Meeting at [[Wilkins School Community Center|WSCC]] - Presentation: Seamonkey<br />
* [[Meeting-20100731|Saturday, July 31, 2010]] - 10am to 3pm - [[InstallFest]] at [[Northland Library]], McCandless Twp<br />
* [[Meeting-20100710|Saturday, July 10, 2010]] - 10:30am to 12:30pm - General User Meeting at [[Wilkins_School_Community_Center|WSCC]] - Presentation: Extending OpenOffice<br />
* [[Meeting-20100612|Saturday, June 12, 2010]] - 10:30am to 12:30pm - General User Meeting at [[Wilkins_School_Community_Center|WSCC]]<br />
* [[Meeting-20100515 | Saturday, May 15, 2010]] - 9:30am to 2:30pm - Installfest at [[Monroeville Public Library]]<br />
* [[Meeting-20100508 | Saturday, May 8, 2010]] - 10:30am to 12:30pm - General User Meeting at [[Wilkins School Community Center|WSCC]] - Topic: Tools for Network Booting and Cloning Systems<br />
* [[Meeting-20100410 | Saturday, April 10, 2010]] - 10:30am to 12:30pm - General User Meeting at [[Wilkins School Community Center|WSCC]]<br />
* [[Meeting-20100313 | Saturday, March 13, 2010]] - 10:30am to 12:30pm - General User Meeting at [[Wilkins School Community Center|WSCC]] - Topic: Open Source in Medicine<br />
* [[Meeting-20100227 | Saturday, February 27, 2010]] - 10:30am to 3:30pm - InstallFest at [[Brookline Library]]<br />
* [[Meeting-20100213 | Saturday, February 13, 2010]] - 10:30am to 12:30pm - General User Meeting at [[Wilkins School Community Center|WSCC]] - Topic: [http://reductivelabs.com/trac/puppet/ Puppet] infrastructure management<br />
* [[Meeting-20100109 | Saturday, January 9, 2010]] - 10:30am to 12:30pm - General User Meeting at [[Wilkins School Community Center|WSCC]] - Topic: [http://drupal.org/ Drupal web CMS]<br />
<br />
== 2009 ==<br />
* [[Meeting-20091212 | Saturday, December 12, 2009]] - 10:30 am to 12:30 pm - General User Meeting at [[Wilkins School Community Center|WSCC]] - Topic: [http://www.haiku-os.org/ Haiku OS]<br />
* [[Meeting-20091121 | Saturday, November 21, 2009]] - 12p to 4:30p - InstallFest - [[Wilkins School Community Center|WSCC]]<br />
* [[Meeting-20091031#Ask_the_Candidates|Wednesday, October 28]] - 8p to 9p - Meet the Candidates for the Board election - online forum on the [[IRC|WPLUG IRC channel]]<br />
* [[Meeting-20091031 | Saturday, October 31]] - 10:30a to 12:30p - General User Meeting and Elections at [[Wilkins School Community Center|WSCC]]<br />
* [[Meeting-20090919 | Saturday, September 19]] - 10:30a to 12:30p - General User Meeting at [[Wilkins School Community Center|WSCC]] - Presentation: What's new with KDE<br />
* [[Meeting-20090822 | Saturday, August 22]], 12p to 5p - Installfest - [[Wilkins School Community Center|WSCC]]<br />
* [[Meeting-20090802 | Sunday, August 2]], 12p to 5p - Open Source Picnic at [[Snyder Park]]<br />
* [[Meeting-20090711 | Saturday, July 11]] - 10:30am to 12:30pm - General User Meeting at [[Wilkins School Community Center|WSCC]] - Presentation: VoIP PBX for Small & Medium Businesses<br />
* [[Meeting-20090606 | Saturday, June 6]] - 10:30am to 3:30pm - Installfest at [[Brookline Library]]<br />
* [[Meeting-20090509 | Saturday, May 9]] - 10:30am to 12:30pm - General User Meeting at [[Wilkins School Community Center|WSCC]]<br />
* [[Meeting-20090404 | Saturday, April 4]] - 10:30am to 12:30pm - General User Meeting at [[Wilkins School Community Center|WSCC]] - Topic: Seriously Free Software<br />
* [[Meeting-20090307 | Saturday, March 7]] - 10:30a-12:30p - General User Meeting at [[Wilkins School Community Center|WSCC]] - Topic: [http://www.openmoko.com/ Openmoko] project<br />
* [[Meeting-20090207 | Saturday, February 7]] - 10a-4p Installfest at [http://www.carnegielibrary.org/locations/brookline/ Brookline Library]<br />
* [[Meeting-20090117 | Saturday, January 17, 2009]] 11a-1p - General User Meeting - Favorite Open Source software for Windows - [[Wilkins School Community Center|WSCC]]<br />
<br />
== 2008 ==<br />
* [[Meeting-20081213 | Saturday, December 13, 2008]] 10am-noon - General User Meeting - Shell Scripting - [[Wilkins School Community Center|WSCC]]<br />
* [[Meeting-20081122 | Saturday, November 22, 2008]], 10AM to noon - Membership Meeting: WPLUG [[Election-20081122|Board Election]] - [[Wilkins School Community Center|WSCC]]<br />
* [[Meeting-2008Elections | Saturday, October 4, 2008]] - Membership Meeting: [[Election-20081004|Elections]]<br />
*[[Meeting-20080920 | Saturday, September 20, 2008]] - [http://www.softwarefreedomday.org SoftwareFreedomDay]<br />
* [[Meeting-2008Nominations | Saturday, September 13, 2008]] - Membership Meeting: Board Nominations, General User Meeting - Speaker: Patrick Wagstrom<br />
* [[Meeting-200808 | Saturday, August 9, 2008]] - Installfest<br />
* [[Meeting-20080726 | Saturday, July 26, 2008]] - Special Event: Screening of [http://www.elephantsdream.org/ Elephants Dream] & [http://www.bigbuckbunny.org/ Big Buck Bunny] - Presentation: Roland Hess on [http://www.blender.org/ Blender] and the production of Elephants Dream<br />
* [[Meeting-20080712 | Saturday, July 12, 2008]] - General Users Meeting: Presentation/Speaker Ted Rodgers on new kernel items and Linux management.<br />
* [[Meeting-20080628 | Saturday, June 28, 2008]] - General Users Meeting Speaker: Jonathan Daniel of [http://www.wellspringsoftware.net Wellspring Software], Aspect-Oriented Programming<br />
* [[Meeting-20080619 | Thursday June 19, 2008]] Table Topics: "Please Won't You Be My Neighbor"<br />
* [[Meeting-20080518 | Sunday May 18, 2008 - Snyder Park, Whitehall]] - Annual Open Source Picnic<br />
* [[Meeting-20080423 | Wednesday April 23, 2008 - Venue: John Harvard's Brew House]] - Round Table Topic: What do you get for free?<br />
* [[Meeting-20080329 | Saturday March 29, 2008 - CMU Newell-Simon 3002]] - Presentation: "Uses of OpenLDAP" and "Two-Factor Authentication" - Brian Seklecki<br />
* [[Meeting-20080405 | Saturday April 5, 2008 - CMU Newell-Simon 1507]] - InstallFest<br />
* [[TTLinuxDesktop | February 26, 2008]] - Table Topics: Is 2008 the year of the Linux desktop?<br />
* [[Meeting-20080202 | February 2, 2008 - CMU Newell-Simon Hall 1507]] - Installfest - Demo: OLPC Laptop and Kiddix Computing<br />
* [[Meeting-20080112 | January 12, 2008 - CMU Newell-Simon Hall 3002]] - General User Meeting - Presentation: Gentoo Linux by Ted Rodgers<br />
<br />
== 2007 ==<br />
* [[Meeting-20071212 | December 12, 2007]] - [http://tinyurl.com/25xfpa Panera Bread Waterworks] - Topic(s): Distros and Applications<br />
* [[Meeting-20071208 | December 8, 2007 - CMU Newell-Simon Hall 3002]] - Speaker: Neal Sofge of [http://www.rand.org/ RAND] Topic: [http://bricolage.cc/ Bricolage CMS]<br />
* [[Meeting-20071110 | November 10, 2007 - CMU Newell-Simon 1109]] - InstallFest - Featured: [http://www.opensolaris.org/ OpenSolaris]<br />
* [[Meeting-20071020 | October 20, 2007 - CMU Newell-Simon Hall 1507]] - Board Elections - General User Meeting: MythTV<br />
* [[SoftwareFreedomDay | September 15, 2007 - SoftwareFreedomDay 2007]]<br />
* [[Meeting-20070908 | September 8, 2007 - CMU Newell-Simon Hall 3002]] - Board Nominations<br />
* [[Meeting-20070811 | August 11, 2007 - CMU Newell-Simon Hall 1507]] - Installfest<br />
* [[2007OpenSourcePicnic | August 5, 2007 - Annual WPLUG Open Source Picnic]] at Snyder Park in Whitehall<br />
* [[Meeting-20070714 | July 14, 2007 - CMU Newell-Simon Hall 3002]] - Linux on Mobile Devices - [http://www.sdgsystems.com SDG Systems]<br />
* [[Meeting-20070609 | June 9, 2007 - CMU Newell-Simon Hall 3002]] - High Availability Web Services (also treasurer elections)<br />
* [[Meeting-20070512 | May 12, 2007 - CMU Newell-Simon Hall 1507]] - Installfest<br />
* [[Meeting-20070414 | April 14, 2007 - CMU Newell-Simon Hall 1507]] - General User Meeting - Presentation: "Rookie Mistakes" - Membership Meeting / Treasurer Nominations<br />
* [[Meeting-20070310 | March 10, 2007 - CMU Newell-Simon Hall]] - General User Meeting - Presentation: "How do I do that?" - Membership Meeting / Bi-Laws Amendment Vote<br />
* [[Meeting-20070210 | February 10, 2007 - CMU Newell-Simon Hall 3305]] - Installfest<br />
* [[Meeting-20070113 | January 13, 2007 - CMU Newell-Simon Hall 3002]] - General User Meeting and Lightning talks on editors<br />
<br />
== 2006 ==<br />
* [[Meeting-20061216 | Saturday, December 16, 2006 - 10:00am - 3002 Newell-Simon Hall, CMU]] - [[User:Wmoran | Bill Moran]] spoke about making backups with [http://www.bacula.org/ Bacula]<br />
* [[Meeting-20061118 | Saturday, November 18, 2006 - 10am-3pm - Carnegie Mellon Newell Simon Atrium]] - InstallFest!<br />
* [[Meeting-20061021 | Saturday, October 21, 2006 - 12:30pm - Squirrel Hill Library]] - Lightning Talks and Elections<br />
* Thursday, October 19, 2006- 6:30pm - Carnegie Mellon Wean Hall 5409 - Showing of [http://www.elephantsdream.org/ Elephant's Dream]<br />
* Saturday, September 16, 2006 - 12:30pm - Squirrel Hill Library - [[User:Pwagstro | Patrick Wagstrom]] - GNOME<br />
<br />
== 2005 ==<br />
Sat/Sun 22nd May 2005 CMU Installfest [[http://digitalfreaks.org/~lavalamp/cp/thumbnails.php?album=29 Photos]]</div>Jprostko//www.wplug.org/wiki/WPLUGBoard/Meeting-20151119WPLUGBoard/Meeting-201511192015-11-19T20:24:53Z<p>Jprostko: Add some items to agenda</p>
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<div>== Venue Info ==<br />
Meeting to be held at [http://www.smallmanstreetdeli.com/ Smallman Street Deli] at 1912 Murray Avenue in Squirrel Hill, Pittsburgh, PA 15217 at 7:30pm, Thursday, November 19, 2015.<br />
<br />
== Agenda ==<br />
* Approve [[WPLUGBoard/Meeting-20151015#Minutes | minutes of October 15]] board meeting<br />
* Discuss/actualize board transition<br />
* Set board meeting schedule for the new board <br />
* List your item here<br />
<br />
== Minutes ==<br />
<br />
To be added.<br />
<br />
[[Category:Meetings]]<br />
[[Category:Board]]<br />
[[Category:Agenda]]<br />
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<hr />
<div>WPLUG will have a General User Meeting and presentation on Saturday, November 14, 2015 starting at 3:00pm at [[HackPittsburgh]]. Elections for the Board of Directors will be held.<br />
<br />
== Schedule for the Day ==<br />
3:00pm - Doors open, set up<br/><br />
3:15pm - Business Meeting starts, election<br/><br />
3:30pm - Featured presentation<br/><br />
5:00pm - Meeting ends, everyone out.<br />
<br />
== Election ==<br />
At this meeting, we will elect the WPLUG Board of Directors for 2015-2016.<br />
<br />
Votes may be cast by mail or in person at the meeting. Your vote must be received before the polls close to be counted, so show up by 3:00pm to be sure you get to cast yours.<br />
<br />
The ballot for this election has been e-mailed to the membership and [[Media:2015_11_WPLUG_Ballot.pdf | is available as a PDF]] on the wiki. Blank ballots will also be available at the meeting. Detailed instructions for voting are given at [[Election Instructions]].<br />
<br />
Those who were nominated at the October 24, 2015 nominations meeting and have agreed to be candidates are (in alphabetical order):<br />
* Patrick Barron<br />
* Terry Golightly<br />
* Vance Kochenderfer<br />
* John Lewis<br />
* Joseph Prostko<br />
* Justin Smith<br />
<br />
=== Candidate Statements ===<br />
<br />
==== Patrick Barron ====<br />
<br />
In my view, WPLUG's primary focus in the upcoming year must be to re-engage with the local tech community. To do that, we must offer programming and experiences that people want, in an environment that people want to be part of. I believe the most important problem we need to solve is the problem of convincing potential presenters that WPLUG is a good venue for them to communicate their content. While we've taken on some of these issues before, I think the last couple of years of organizational knowledge, and reflection on the results of previous efforts, put us in a better position to take effective action now than we have been previously.<br />
<br />
If elected, this would be my fourth consecutive term on the Board. While I acknowledge that I have not had as much time in the last year to devote to WPLUG as I've had in prior terms, I've been happy to be able to help serve the interests of the FOSS community, and look forward to continuing that service for another term, in whatever ways the organization finds most valuable.<br />
<br />
==== Terry Golightly ====<br />
<br />
To be added.<br />
<br />
==== Vance Kochenderfer ====<br />
<br />
My focus for 2015-2016 is the presentations at WPLUG meetings. By recruiting speakers well in advance, and focusing on quality, we can have a program to promote and build the organization. We have seen a continuing drop in attendance, and I believe that having pre-announced talks on cool topics by great speakers is the way to reverse this. I base this on past experience; for example, between December 2004 and June 2005, we had talks on the following subjects: DocBook, Kernel Configuration, User-Mode Linux, RPMs, SysAdmin Basics, Managing an Open Source Project, Linux in Mission-Critical Applications, Subversion, MythTV, and Regular Expressions. Attendance was much stronger then, and we can get there again. I will put my energy into reaching out to potential speakers using my network and others I know through the Ohio LinuxFest and WPLUG's past.<br />
<br />
==== John Lewis ====<br />
<br />
I have improved WPLUG dramatically since I started my term as Vice Chair. I sponsored WPLUG's move to HackPGH and lobbied HackPGH at every Members meeting to make sure that our club doesn't get ignored. I booked the speakers. I got WPLUG acknowledged at Pittsburgh Code and Supply. I refocused the Linux Users Group on the thing that attracts people to it, which is aiding people in the use of GNU/Linux. Doing my next term we are going to make sure we can take membership payments on line using USD and BTC, and get a VoIP system up and running with the stretch goal of finally incorporating. Vote for me because I revitalized the organization.<br />
<br />
==== Joseph Prostko ====<br />
<br />
I have been a WPLUG member for quite a few years, and a Linux user and open source developer for many more years. This year I am running again for the WPLUG board of directors, which I have served on since 2011. If elected I will probably want to try serving a role on the board that I haven't already served previously, just to round out my experience.<br />
<br />
As mentioned in a couple of other candidate statements, I agree that offering quality programming is crucial to continued interest and growth of WPLUG. I think this may mean that WPLUG would then have less meetings over the course of the year, but as long as there's quality content offered each time there is a general meeting, I think it will be well worth it. I also think pursuing joint events with groups like Pittsburgh Code & Supply would be worth exploring as well, as it could be good for both groups.<br />
<br />
I'd like to continue to see WPLUG grow as an organization with respect to meeting attendance and membership, and would like to do my best to help with that effort if elected to serve on the board.<br />
<br />
For more about me, please check out my User page, located here: [[User:Jprostko]]<br />
<br />
==== Justin Smith ====<br />
<br />
I'm running because I want to make WPLUG a more welcoming organization. There are some in the Linux community who feel it's acceptable to express the same sort of condescending arrogance that popular figures such as Linus Torvalds espouse. It isn't. That attitude has damaged our reputation to such a degree that many of our long-term members/attendees now want little to do with us.<br />
<br />
While I think we can all appreciate some good-natured teasing, such as the Vim vs Emacs holy wars, we need people on the board who can invite participation from users of all walks of life, and I have a record of doing just that.<br />
<br />
The year before last, I was chairman of the board. I helped arrange for several meetings that were particularly successful, such as a talk about Blender at Pittsburgh Filmmakers that was widely attended - not just by WPLUG regulars, but by people who hadn't had prior exposure to open source software.<br />
<br />
I hope to be a positive influence by arranging for similar such events and encouraging WPLUG's participation in open source projects. I will work against any individuals who attempt to tear down our community.<br />
<br />
== Speaker/Presentation ==<br />
<br />
'''Speaker:''' Vance Kochenderfer<br />
<br />
'''Topic:''' MediaWiki Use and Administration<br />
<br />
MediaWiki is the software which powers Wikipedia and many other wikis (such as the one you're viewing right now!). Vance will give an overview of how to use MediaWiki and some background if you want to install and maintain your own wiki.<br />
<br />
== Meeting Minutes ==<br />
<br />
To be added.<br />
<br />
== Meeting Staff ==<br />
If you would like to volunteer to assist with this meeting, please add your name to one or more of the [[MeetingChecklist|categories]] below.<br />
* Host: Your name here<br />
* Co-Host: Your name here<br />
* Setup: Your name here<br />
* Clean Up: Your name here<br />
<br />
== Carpooling ==<br />
<br />
* Your name/location here<br />
<br />
[[Category:Meetings]]<br />
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<hr />
<div>WPLUG will have a General User Meeting and presentation on Saturday, November 14, 2015 starting at 3:00pm at [[HackPittsburgh]]. Elections for the Board of Directors will be held.<br />
<br />
== Schedule for the Day ==<br />
3:00pm - Doors open, set up<br/><br />
3:15pm - Business Meeting starts, election<br/><br />
3:30pm - Featured presentation<br/><br />
5:00pm - Meeting ends, everyone out.<br />
<br />
== Election ==<br />
At this meeting, we will elect the WPLUG Board of Directors for 2015-2016.<br />
<br />
Votes may be cast by mail or in person at the meeting. Your vote must be received before the polls close to be counted, so show up by 3:00pm to be sure you get to cast yours.<br />
<br />
The ballot for this election has been e-mailed to the membership and [[Media:2015_11_WPLUG_Ballot.pdf | is available as a PDF]] on the wiki. Blank ballots will also be available at the meeting. Detailed instructions for voting are given at [[Election Instructions]].<br />
<br />
Those who were nominated at the October 24, 2015 nominations meeting and have agreed to be candidates are (in alphabetical order):<br />
* Patrick Barron<br />
* Terry Golightly<br />
* Vance Kochenderfer<br />
* John Lewis<br />
* Joseph Prostko<br />
* Justin Smith<br />
<br />
=== Candidate Statements ===<br />
<br />
==== Patrick Barron ====<br />
<br />
In my view, WPLUG's primary focus in the upcoming year must be to re-engage with the local tech community. To do that, we must offer programming and experiences that people want, in an environment that people want to be part of. I believe the most important problem we need to solve is the problem of convincing potential presenters that WPLUG is a good venue for them to communicate their content. While we've taken on some of these issues before, I think the last couple of years of organizational knowledge, and reflection on the results of previous efforts, put us in a better position to take effective action now than we have been previously.<br />
<br />
If elected, this would be my fourth consecutive term on the Board. While I acknowledge that I have not had as much time in the last year to devote to WPLUG as I've had in prior terms, I've been happy to be able to help serve the interests of the FOSS community, and look forward to continuing that service for another term, in whatever ways the organization finds most valuable.<br />
<br />
==== Terry Golightly ====<br />
<br />
To be added.<br />
<br />
==== Vance Kochenderfer ====<br />
<br />
My focus for 2015-2016 is the presentations at WPLUG meetings. By recruiting speakers well in advance, and focusing on quality, we can have a program to promote and build the organization. We have seen a continuing drop in attendance, and I believe that having pre-announced talks on cool topics by great speakers is the way to reverse this. I base this on past experience; for example, between December 2004 and June 2005, we had talks on the following subjects: DocBook, Kernel Configuration, User-Mode Linux, RPMs, SysAdmin Basics, Managing an Open Source Project, Linux in Mission-Critical Applications, Subversion, MythTV, and Regular Expressions. Attendance was much stronger then, and we can get there again. I will put my energy into reaching out to potential speakers using my network and others I know through the Ohio LinuxFest and WPLUG's past.<br />
<br />
==== John Lewis ====<br />
<br />
I have improved WPLUG dramatically since I started my term as Vice Chair. I sponsored WPLUG's move to HackPGH and lobbied HackPGH at every Members meeting to make sure that our club doesn't get ignored. I booked the speakers. I got WPLUG acknowledged at Pittsburgh Code and Supply. I refocused the Linux Users Group on the thing that attracts people to it, which is aiding people in the use of GNU/Linux. Doing my next term we are going to make sure we can take membership payments on line using USD and BTC, and get a VoIP system up and running with the stretch goal of finally incorporating. Vote for me because I revitalized the organization.<br />
<br />
==== Joseph Prostko ====<br />
<br />
I have been a WPLUG member for quite a few years, and a Linux user and open source developer for many more years. This year I am running again for the WPLUG board of directors, which I have served on since 2011. If elected I will probably want to try serving a role on the board that I haven't already served previously, just to round out my experience.<br />
<br />
As mentioned in a couple of other candidate statements, I agree that offering quality programming is crucial to continued interest and growth of WPLUG. I think this may mean that WPLUG would then have less meetings over the course of the year, but as long as there's quality content offered each time there is a general meeting, I think it will be well worth it. I also think pursuing joint events with groups like Pittsburgh Code & Supply would be worth exploring as well, as it could be good for both groups.<br />
<br />
I'd like to continue to see WPLUG grow as an organization with respect to meeting attendance and membership, and would like to work towards that if elected to serve on the board.<br />
<br />
For more about me, please check out my User page, located here: [[User:Jprostko]]<br />
<br />
==== Justin Smith ====<br />
<br />
I'm running because I want to make WPLUG a more welcoming organization. There are some in the Linux community who feel it's acceptable to express the same sort of condescending arrogance that popular figures such as Linus Torvalds espouse. It isn't. That attitude has damaged our reputation to such a degree that many of our long-term members/attendees now want little to do with us.<br />
<br />
While I think we can all appreciate some good-natured teasing, such as the Vim vs Emacs holy wars, we need people on the board who can invite participation from users of all walks of life, and I have a record of doing just that.<br />
<br />
The year before last, I was chairman of the board. I helped arrange for several meetings that were particularly successful, such as a talk about Blender at Pittsburgh Filmmakers that was widely attended - not just by WPLUG regulars, but by people who hadn't had prior exposure to open source software.<br />
<br />
I hope to be a positive influence by arranging for similar such events and encouraging WPLUG's participation in open source projects. I will work against any individuals who attempt to tear down our community.<br />
<br />
== Speaker/Presentation ==<br />
<br />
'''Speaker:''' Vance Kochenderfer<br />
<br />
'''Topic:''' MediaWiki Use and Administration<br />
<br />
MediaWiki is the software which powers Wikipedia and many other wikis (such as the one you're viewing right now!). Vance will give an overview of how to use MediaWiki and some background if you want to install and maintain your own wiki.<br />
<br />
== Meeting Minutes ==<br />
<br />
To be added.<br />
<br />
== Meeting Staff ==<br />
If you would like to volunteer to assist with this meeting, please add your name to one or more of the [[MeetingChecklist|categories]] below.<br />
* Host: Your name here<br />
* Co-Host: Your name here<br />
* Setup: Your name here<br />
* Clean Up: Your name here<br />
<br />
== Carpooling ==<br />
<br />
* Your name/location here<br />
<br />
[[Category:Meetings]]<br />
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<hr />
<div>__NOTOC__<br />
<br />
Welcome to the Western Pennsylvania Linux Users Group&#8480;. We are a not-for-profit organization based in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania that provides collaboration resources, including mailing lists, presentations, installfests, and this wiki for Linux users of all backgrounds.<br />
<br />
See our [[WPLUG:About|about page]] for more background on us, Linux, and free/open source software.<br />
<br />
Just like an open source software project, we develop WPLUG in collaboration with the community: everyone is free to contribute. What does Western PA need out of WPLUG&#8480;? What do ''you'' need out of WPLUG? Join our [[MailingLists|mailing list]] and tell us!<br />
<br />
== Upcoming Meetings & Events ==<br />
<br />
* <strike>[[Meeting-20150221 | Saturday, February 21, 2015]] - 3:00 to 5:00pm - General User Meeting</strike> - '''Canceled due to inclement weather'''<br />
* [[Meeting-20150314 | Saturday, March 14, 2015]] - 3:00 to 5:00pm - General User Meeting at [[HackPittsburgh]] - Topic: TBA<br />
* [[Meeting-20150411 | Saturday, April 11, 2015]] - 3:00 to 5:00pm - General User Meeting at [[HackPittsburgh]] - Topic: TBA<br />
<br />
Got something technology-related on your mind? Even if you're not a WPLUG member, we invite you to answer our [[CallforPresentations | Call for Presentations]] and talk about it at one of our meetings.<br />
<br />
See our [[UpcomingMeetings | future planning]] page for information about WPLUG's longer-term plans for meetings & events.<br />
<br />
== Upcoming Related Events ==<br />
<br />
* Saturday-Sunday, February 21-22, 2015 - [http://steelcitycodefest.org/ Steel City Codefest] - at the Carnegie Library Main Branch in Oakland<br />
<br />
E-mail [mailto:info@wplug.org info@wplug.org] to have your event posted here.<br />
<br />
* PROPOSED: [[TechEventCalendar]]<br />
<br />
The [[Past Related Events | past related events]] page has examples of what we've done in the past. Check out these [[WPLUG:About#Groups|other interesting organizations]] for more to do!<br />
<br />
== Past Meetings ==<br />
<br />
Every WPLUG meeting and event is recorded in our [[Past Meetings | past meetings page]]. If you're new to WPLUG, this will give you a better idea of what we do.<br />
<br />
== Getting Involved ==<br />
<br />
Things that WPLUG does which you can participate in.<br />
* [[Membership]] - Join the hottest Linux users group in Western PA!<br />
* [[WPLUGBoard | Board Information]] - List of members on the WPLUG Board of Directors; records of WPLUG board meetings.<br />
* [[Committees | Committee Information]] - List of WPLUG committees.<br />
* [[Past Activities]] - Activities which are no longer ongoing. Let us know if you're interested in re-activating any of these.<br />
<br />
== Online Resources ==<br />
<br />
WPLUG provides a variety of online resources to its members and the community at large. In fact, you're looking at one of them right now: the WPLUG wiki. We provide these resources as a way for our members to help each other, spread the word about Linux and other open source, and socialize.<br />
* [[MailingLists | Mailing Lists]] - The WPLUG mailing lists are a big part of our community; there are several hundred subscribers. We have lists for topics ranging from general announcements to jobs and classified ads.<br />
* [[IRC | Internet Relay Chat]] - A chat channel that we operate on the [http://www.freenode.net/ FreeNode] IRC network. At times, this can be a very good way to get information.<br />
* [[Membership#Member_Benefits | WPLUG members]] can get an @wplug.org e-mail address, and can also use our RSS aggregator (similar to Feedly, or the now-defunct Google Reader)<br />
* [https://twitter.com/wplug Twitter] - The official WPLUG Twitter account<br />
* [http://www.linkedin.com/groups?gid=150161 LinkedIn] - A professional networking group used by many WPLUG members.<br />
<br />
== Organizational Materials ==<br />
<br />
* [[ByLaws | Bylaws]] - WPLUG's governing rules.<br />
* [[Special Rules of Order]] - Supplementary rules that address gaps in the bylaws.<br />
* [[MeetingChecklist | Meeting Checklist]] - What needs to be done at WPLUG general user meetings. <br />
* [[Venues]] - Information on where WPLUG meets.<br />
* [[FinancialDocuments | Financial Documents]] - Forms to report expenses and request funding from WPLUG.<br />
* [[Election Instructions]] - How to vote in WPLUG's board elections.<br />
* [[HistoricalDocuments | Historical Documents]] - Organizational materials that are kept for future reference.<br />
* [[Inventory]] - Stuff that belongs to WPLUG: who has it and where.<br />
* [[TODO]] - Things that need to be done on the wiki.<br />
<br />
== Swag ==<br />
<br />
Order clothing and other cool stuff with the WPLUG logo from [http://cafepress.com/wplug CafePress]. [[Image:Wplugmug.jpg]]</div>Jprostko//www.wplug.org/wiki/Meeting-20150221Meeting-201502212015-02-19T17:24:28Z<p>Jprostko: Mentioned there will be no presentation either</p>
<hr />
<div>WPLUG will have a General User Meeting on Saturday, February 21, 2015 starting at 3:00pm at [[HackPittsburgh]].<br />
<br />
== Schedule for the Day ==<br />
3:00pm - Doors open, set up<br/><br />
3:15pm - Business Meeting starts<br/><br />
3:30pm - Featured content<br/><br />
5:00pm - Meeting ends, everyone out.<br />
<br />
== Speaker/Presentation ==<br />
<br />
There is no speaker or formal presentation planned for this meeting. The plan is for this to be a workshop where people work together on Linux-related projects. If you have a Linux project you are working on, feel free to stop by and collaborate with others in attendance.<br />
<br />
== Meeting Minutes ==<br />
<br />
To be added.<br />
<br />
== Carpooling ==<br />
<br />
* Your name/location here<br />
<br />
[[Category:Meetings]]<br />
[[Category:Minutes]]</div>Jprostko//www.wplug.org/wiki/Western_Pennsylvania_Linux_Users_GroupWestern Pennsylvania Linux Users Group2015-02-19T17:22:28Z<p>Jprostko: /* Upcoming Meetings & Events */</p>
<hr />
<div>__NOTOC__<br />
<br />
Welcome to the Western Pennsylvania Linux Users Group&#8480;. We are a not-for-profit organization based in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania that provides collaboration resources, including mailing lists, presentations, installfests, and this wiki for Linux users of all backgrounds.<br />
<br />
See our [[WPLUG:About|about page]] for more background on us, Linux, and free/open source software.<br />
<br />
Just like an open source software project, we develop WPLUG in collaboration with the community: everyone is free to contribute. What does Western PA need out of WPLUG&#8480;? What do ''you'' need out of WPLUG? Join our [[MailingLists|mailing list]] and tell us!<br />
<br />
== Upcoming Meetings & Events ==<br />
<br />
* [[Meeting-20150221 | Saturday, February 21, 2015]] - 3:00 to 5:00pm - General User Meeting at [[HackPittsburgh]] - Topic: Linux project workshop<br />
* [[Meeting-20150314 | Saturday, March 14, 2015]] - 3:00 to 5:00pm - General User Meeting at [[HackPittsburgh]] - Topic: TBA<br />
* [[Meeting-20150411 | Saturday, April 11, 2015]] - 3:00 to 5:00pm - General User Meeting at [[HackPittsburgh]] - Topic: TBA<br />
<br />
Got something technology-related on your mind? Even if you're not a WPLUG member, we invite you to answer our [[CallforPresentations | Call for Presentations]] and talk about it at one of our meetings.<br />
<br />
See our [[UpcomingMeetings | future planning]] page for information about WPLUG's longer-term plans for meetings & events.<br />
<br />
== Upcoming Related Events ==<br />
<br />
* Saturday-Sunday, February 21-22, 2015 - [http://steelcitycodefest.org/ Steel City Codefest] - at the Carnegie Library Main Branch in Oakland<br />
<br />
E-mail [mailto:info@wplug.org info@wplug.org] to have your event posted here.<br />
<br />
* PROPOSED: [[TechEventCalendar]]<br />
<br />
The [[Past Related Events | past related events]] page has examples of what we've done in the past. Check out these [[WPLUG:About#Groups|other interesting organizations]] for more to do!<br />
<br />
== Past Meetings ==<br />
<br />
Every WPLUG meeting and event is recorded in our [[Past Meetings | past meetings page]]. If you're new to WPLUG, this will give you a better idea of what we do.<br />
<br />
== Getting Involved ==<br />
<br />
Things that WPLUG does which you can participate in.<br />
* [[Membership]] - Join the hottest Linux users group in Western PA!<br />
* [[WPLUGBoard | Board Information]] - List of members on the WPLUG Board of Directors; records of WPLUG board meetings.<br />
* [[Committees | Committee Information]] - List of WPLUG committees.<br />
* [[Past Activities]] - Activities which are no longer ongoing. Let us know if you're interested in re-activating any of these.<br />
<br />
== Online Resources ==<br />
<br />
WPLUG provides a variety of online resources to its members and the community at large. In fact, you're looking at one of them right now: the WPLUG wiki. We provide these resources as a way for our members to help each other, spread the word about Linux and other open source, and socialize.<br />
* [[MailingLists | Mailing Lists]] - The WPLUG mailing lists are a big part of our community; there are several hundred subscribers. We have lists for topics ranging from general announcements to jobs and classified ads.<br />
* [[IRC | Internet Relay Chat]] - A chat channel that we operate on the [http://www.freenode.net/ FreeNode] IRC network. At times, this can be a very good way to get information.<br />
* [[Membership#Member_Benefits | WPLUG members]] can get an @wplug.org e-mail address, and can also use our RSS aggregator (similar to Feedly, or the now-defunct Google Reader)<br />
* [https://twitter.com/wplug Twitter] - The official WPLUG Twitter account<br />
* [http://www.linkedin.com/groups?gid=150161 LinkedIn] - A professional networking group used by many WPLUG members.<br />
<br />
== Organizational Materials ==<br />
<br />
* [[ByLaws | Bylaws]] - WPLUG's governing rules.<br />
* [[Special Rules of Order]] - Supplementary rules that address gaps in the bylaws.<br />
* [[MeetingChecklist | Meeting Checklist]] - What needs to be done at WPLUG general user meetings. <br />
* [[Venues]] - Information on where WPLUG meets.<br />
* [[FinancialDocuments | Financial Documents]] - Forms to report expenses and request funding from WPLUG.<br />
* [[Election Instructions]] - How to vote in WPLUG's board elections.<br />
* [[HistoricalDocuments | Historical Documents]] - Organizational materials that are kept for future reference.<br />
* [[Inventory]] - Stuff that belongs to WPLUG: who has it and where.<br />
* [[TODO]] - Things that need to be done on the wiki.<br />
<br />
== Swag ==<br />
<br />
Order clothing and other cool stuff with the WPLUG logo from [http://cafepress.com/wplug CafePress]. [[Image:Wplugmug.jpg]]</div>Jprostko//www.wplug.org/wiki/Meeting-20150221Meeting-201502212015-02-19T17:21:29Z<p>Jprostko: Initial commit</p>
<hr />
<div>WPLUG will have a General User Meeting on Saturday, February 21, 2015 starting at 3:00pm at [[HackPittsburgh]].<br />
<br />
== Schedule for the Day ==<br />
3:00pm - Doors open, set up<br/><br />
3:15pm - Business Meeting starts<br/><br />
3:30pm - Featured content<br/><br />
5:00pm - Meeting ends, everyone out.<br />
<br />
== Speaker/Presentation ==<br />
<br />
There is no speaker planned for this meeting. The plan is for this to be a workshop where people work together on Linux-related projects. If you have a Linux project you are working on, feel free to stop by and collaborate with others in attendance.<br />
<br />
== Meeting Minutes ==<br />
<br />
To be added.<br />
<br />
== Carpooling ==<br />
<br />
* Your name/location here<br />
<br />
[[Category:Meetings]]<br />
[[Category:Minutes]]</div>Jprostko//www.wplug.org/wiki/WPLUGBoard/Meeting-20150120WPLUGBoard/Meeting-201501202015-02-17T16:48:53Z<p>Jprostko: Add agenda item</p>
<hr />
<div>== Venue Info ==<br />
Meeting to be held at [[IBM Squirrel Hill]], located on the third floor of 1710 Murray Avenue in Squirrel Hill at 7:30pm, Tuesday, January 20, 2014.<br />
<br />
== Agenda ==<br />
* Approve [[WPLUGBoard/Meeting-20141216#Minutes | minutes of December 16]] board meeting<br />
* GUM or social meeting for February<br />
* Plans for March GUM<br />
* List your item here<br />
* List your item here<br />
<br />
== Minutes ==<br />
<br />
'''DRAFT'''<br />
<br />
The regular meeting of the Board of Directors of the Western Pennsylvania Linux Users Group was held on Tuesday, January 20, 2015, at 7:33 PM, at the IBM offices in Squirrel Hill, the regular presiding officer being in the chair and the Secretary being present. All members of the board were present, with Joe Prostko attending via telephone. The minutes of the December 16, 2014 meeting were approved as distributed.<br />
<br />
The Chair reported that that he has been working on developing a membership portal with Pat Barron, John Lewis, and Charles Butler. A repository has been established on Github and requirements are being developed. He has not yet visited the bank to obtain signature authority on the account.<br />
<br />
The Vice-Chair reported that he has produced a database schema for the membership portal and will be creating a Github account soon so he can collaborate on the project. He reported that he will be at a HackPittsburgh event tomorrow and will try to arrange for WPLUG GUMs to be held there in March and April.<br />
<br />
The Secretary reported that WPLUG has 13 members. One member whose term expires within 90 days has been sent a reminder to renew.<br />
<br />
The Treasurer reported that there is $367.06 in the WPLUG bank account. He also has $60.00 in dues on hand yet to be deposited. He stated that the refreshment fund contains approximately $40, and that since there seems to be an interest in having refreshments at WPLUG events he will start bringing it along.<br />
<br />
Potential speakers for upcoming meetings were discussed. Stan Slomberg agreed to contact Klaatu (via Justin Smith) for a presentation on use of free and open source software in film production, and to contact Nick Schembri for a presentation on Proxmox virtualization/containers.<br />
<br />
John Lewis noted that the February 21 General User Meeting has been scheduled at HackPittsburgh. It was moved to hold the next two General User Meetings at HackPittsburgh on March 14 and April 11. The motion was adopted.<br />
<br />
The meeting adjourned at 7:51 PM.<br />
<br />
'''DRAFT'''<br />
<br />
[[Category:Meetings]]<br />
[[Category:Board]]<br />
[[Category:Agenda]]<br />
[[Category:Minutes]]</div>Jprostko//www.wplug.org/wiki/WPLUGBoard/Meeting-20141216WPLUGBoard/Meeting-201412162014-12-16T20:14:14Z<p>Jprostko: Add a couple of agenda items</p>
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<div>== Venue Info ==<br />
Meeting to be held at [[IBM Squirrel Hill]], located on the third floor of 1710 Murray Avenue in Squirrel Hill at 7:30pm, Tuesday, December 16, 2014.<br />
<br />
== Agenda ==<br />
* Approve [[WPLUGBoard/Meeting-20141125#Minutes | minutes of November 25]] board meeting<br />
* Any lingering board transition items<br />
* GUM or social meeting for January<br />
* List your item here<br />
* List your item here<br />
<br />
== Minutes ==<br />
To be added.<br />
<br />
[[Category:Meetings]]<br />
[[Category:Board]]<br />
[[Category:Agenda]]<br />
[[Category:Minutes]]</div>Jprostko//www.wplug.org/wiki/Meeting-20141115Meeting-201411152014-11-25T12:58:47Z<p>Jprostko: Add some headings</p>
<hr />
<div>WPLUG will have a General User Meeting and presentation on Saturday, November 15, 2014 starting at 3:00pm at the Carnegie [[Squirrel Hill Library]]. Elections for the Board of Directors will be held.<br />
<br />
== Schedule for the Day ==<br />
3:00pm - Business Meeting starts, elections<br/><br />
3:30pm - Featured presentation<br/><br />
4:45pm - Meeting ends, everyone out. We must completely vacate by the library closing time of 5:00pm.<br />
<br />
== Election ==<br />
At this meeting, we will elect the WPLUG Board of Directors for 2014-2015.<br />
<br />
Votes may be cast by mail or in person at the meeting. Your vote must be received before the polls close to be counted, so show up by 3:00pm to be sure you get to cast yours.<br />
<br />
The ballot for this election will be e-mailed to the membership and can be downloaded from the wiki in [[Media:2014_ballot.odt|ODT]] and [[Media:2014_ballot.pdf|PDF]] formats. Blank ballots will also be available at the meeting. Detailed instructions for voting are given at [[Election Instructions]].<br />
<br />
Those who were nominated at the October 18, 2014 nominations meeting and have agreed to be candidates are (in alphabetical order):<br />
* Patrick Barron<br />
* Vance Kochenderfer<br />
* John Lewis<br />
* Joseph Prostko<br />
* Stanley Slomberg<br />
<br />
=== Meet the Candidates ===<br />
<br />
There will be a special "meet the candidates" session in the WPLUG [[IRC|IRC channel]] (irc.freenode.net, channel #wplug) on Thursday, November 13 from 8:00-9:00pm. We encourage all members to attend and ask questions of the candidates.<br />
<br />
[[Media:Candidates-irc-2014-11-13.txt|View the transcript of the session]]<br />
<br />
=== Candidate Statements ===<br />
<br />
==== Patrick Barron ====<br />
<br />
My primary concern about WPLUG, at this point in it's evolution, is that I still don't think it's sure what it wants to be, and who it is looking to to be it's audience. I think we should make a concerted effort to determine what demographic we wish to serve - be it experienced Linux users, system administrators, software developers, novice users, or some defined combination of these - and press forward on that basis. My concern is that even when we provide an activity that engages someone's interest, they may not be confident that the next activity (or any future activity) will be relevant to their interests, since we don't necessarily have a "theme" (for lack of a better word). I believe we should determine a demographic we wish to serve, and proceed in a way where everyone in that demographic can have some confidence that each WPLUG event may potentially be of interest to them.<br />
<br />
I would also very much like to see us be in the habit of planning events and activities well in advance. For example, if it is November (as it is right now...), we should not be starting the planning process for activities that we'd like to organize in December. Rather, we should be beginning the planning for activities we'd like to pursue in February or March. By the time November comes around, activities for December and January (and possibly even as far forward as February) should already be completely planned out, speakers booked, venue lined up, etc. This is particularly important if we need to secure a venue. If we're in November starting the planning for a December activity and assume that WSCC (or some other venue) will be available to us - and then we later discover that the venue we were counting on is not available, and we're then a couple of weeks out from an event that we're basically committed to, already booked a presenter for, etc., and find that we do not have a meeting venue. This is never a good situation, and we should strive to avoid it going forward.<br />
<br />
==== Vance Kochenderfer ====<br />
<br />
As noted [[Meeting-20131109#Vance_Kochenderfer|last year]], I still believe that our primary aim should be to have quality meetings. This includes relevant speakers and topics, held in a convenient location, with plenty of notice. Over the past year we experimented with some alternatives to the [[Wilkins School Community Center]] as a venue, with inconsistent results. I feel a stable home is valuable and we should re-commit to WSCC or locate a new default facility. Attracting speakers has also been a challenge, and we should consider having one person with only this responsibility and no others. Lining up and publicizing our speakers well in advance will, I feel, increase attendance and participation.<br />
<br />
==== John Lewis ====<br />
<br />
WPLUG TODO<br />
<br />
* Repeal Roberts Rules of Order and replace with [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Open_Space_Technology Open Space Technology]<br />
* Open Board Meetings to all paying members<br />
* Book Hack Pittsburgh, PTI, and or Public Libraries for meetings<br />
* [http://smallbusiness.chron.com/would-club-become-incorporated-3937.html Incorporate WPLUG]<br />
<br />
==== Joseph Prostko ====<br />
<br />
I have been a WPLUG member for quite a few years, and a Linux user for many more years. This year I am running again for the WPLUG board of directors. I think there's a couple of areas that could be improved and need to be explored further:<br />
<br />
* I think it is important to get rid as much undue complexity with WPLUG as possible. This will make things easier for those people running the group, as well as members and want-to-be members.<br />
* Explore more ways to get members, such as additional member benefits. Other things to consider are ways to spark interest in having people come to our meetings, whether that is a different focus, new speakers, or offering more variety at meetings. <br />
<br />
I look forward to the discussion on Thursday night (11/13) on IRC, so will see you all there!<br />
<br />
For more about me, please check out my User page, located here: [[User:Jprostko]]<br />
<br />
==== Stanley Slomberg ====<br />
<br />
To be added.<br />
<br />
== Speaker/Presentation ==<br />
<br />
Speaker: John Lewis<br />
<br />
Topic: Rsnapshot<br />
<br />
I am going to store copies of my Rsnapshot presentations on the Wiki if there is enough room.<br />
<br />
Description to be added.<br />
<br />
== Meeting Minutes ==<br />
<br />
The meeting was called to order at 3:15 PM with the Vice Chair, Treasurer, Secretary, and Director-at-Large present, as well as members Terry Golightly and John Lewis (2014-2015 board candidate).<br />
<br />
The minutes from the October 2014 GUM were approved as written.<br />
<br />
'''Reports of Officers'''<br />
<br />
The Vice Chair reports that he plans on giving a donation to WPLUG for the power strips that were borrowed to be utilized at the Ohio LinuxFest.<br />
<br />
The Treasurer reports that there's $216.00 still in the bank, with 90 dollars yet to be deposited.<br />
<br />
The Secretary and Director-at-Large have nothing to report.<br />
<br />
There were no reports by the committees.<br />
<br />
'''Elections'''<br />
<br />
The elections were then held, with Terry Golightly taking count of how many points each candidate received.<br />
<br />
* Joe Prostko received 18 points.<br />
* Pat Barron received 17 points.<br />
* Vance Kochenderfer received 15 points.<br />
* Stanley Slomberg received 14 points.<br />
* John Lewis received 13 points.<br />
<br />
All five candidates therefore constitute the 2014-2015 WPLUG board of directors.<br />
<br />
The meeting was concluded at 3:41 PM.<br />
<br />
== Meeting Staff ==<br />
If you would like to volunteer to assist with this meeting, please add your name to one or more of the [[MeetingChecklist|categories]] below.<br />
* Host: Your name here<br />
* Co-Host: Your name here<br />
* Setup: Your name here<br />
* Clean Up: Your name here<br />
<br />
== Carpooling ==<br />
<br />
* Your name/location here<br />
<br />
[[Category:Meetings]]<br />
[[Category:Minutes]]</div>Jprostko//www.wplug.org/wiki/WPLUGBoard/Meeting-20141021WPLUGBoard/Meeting-201410212014-11-25T12:57:35Z<p>Jprostko: Mentioned it ended up being a conference call.</p>
<hr />
<div>== Venue Info ==<br />
Meeting to be held at Pittsburgh Filmmakers at 7:30pm, Tuesday, October 21, 2014. The meeting location was changed to be a conference call, however.<br />
<br />
== Agenda ==<br />
* Approve [[WPLUGBoard/Meeting-20140916#Minutes | minutes of September 16]] board meeting<br />
* Discuss plans for next GUM (elections)<br />
* Discuss plans for Ohio Linuxfest<br />
* Discuss upcoming election based on 10/18 nominations meeting<br />
* List your item here<br />
* List your item here<br />
== Minutes ==<br />
'''DRAFT'''<br />
<br />
The meeting was called to order at 6:43 PM.<br />
<br />
The Vice Chair, Treasurer, and Secretary were present, and the Director-at-Large was on the way.<br />
<br />
The minutes from the last board meeting were approved, and they were adopted as drafted. <br />
<br />
'''Reports of Officers'''<br />
<br />
The Chair was not present, but mentioned before the meeting that alternate venues for upcoming board meetings should be explored.<br />
<br />
The Vice Chair has nothing to report.<br />
<br />
The Secretary mentioned that he would contact Terry Golightly aand Nikolai Boyadzhiev to see if they will accept or decline their nominations to be on the WPLUG board for the 2014-2015 term.<br />
<br />
The Treasurer mentioned that his report is the same as at the October GUM. Essentially there's $216.00 in the bank account, with 90 dollars in undeposited funds. Also, he will investigate why WPLUG was double charged by Linode.<br />
<br />
The Director-at-Large had nothing to report.<br />
<br />
'''Reports of Committees'''<br />
<br />
The Technology Committee reported that the WPLUG server migration went well, but that the SSL functionality in Apache still needs to be fully enabled.<br />
<br />
The other committees had nothing to report.<br />
<br />
'''New business'''<br />
<br />
The next general meeting is in November, and the notes that the Chair left for the board suggest that perhaps the meeting can feature lightning talks about various Linux distributions. Basically, somebody could try a distribution briefly on a USB stick, and then they have to talk about that distribution afterwards.<br />
<br />
The Director-at-Large mentioned that perhaps the next meeting should be an encore presentation on Raspberry Pi, especially since there is a newer version of the Pi available as compared to the last time the talk was given. The Director-at-Large then had to leave.<br />
<br />
John Lewis also talked about giving a talk about rsnapshot. The Secretary will contact him to make sure he still wants to present. The date for the GUM was discussed, and it was decided it should be November 15th, as November 8th is not enough time given constraints in the bylaws that mandate a 21 day notice before the meeting with elections. The notice for elections will go out this Friday, October 24th, and the ballot will be sent out to members on Friday, October 31st. A site must be found to have the meeting, and the Treasurer will try to get IBM, or perhaps Wilkins School as a fallback. The time of day for the meeting should fall somewhere between 1 PM and 4:30 PM.<br />
<br />
MOTION: Authorize expenditure of 30 dollars for a two-hour room rental at Wilkins School. It may not be needed, but it should still be authorized. The motion was seconded and passed.<br />
<br />
The Treasurer brought up a question about procedure, and if the Chair must be authorized to sign the rental agreement if he is already authorized to reserve the room.<br />
<br />
MOTION: Authorize the Chair to execute the rental agreement and liability release contingent upon Wilkins School having room availability. Motion seconded and passed.<br />
<br />
The final order of business is the Meet the Candidates IRC session. Generally the moderator is somebody who is not running for the board. so the Vice Chair said he'd try to contact the Chair to see if he'd be willing to moderate. The date for Meet the Candidates was chosen for Thursday, November 13th at 8 PM. <br />
<br />
There is no other new business.<br />
<br />
The meeting was adjourned at 7:45 PM.</div>Jprostko//www.wplug.org/wiki/Meeting-20141115Meeting-201411152014-11-25T12:56:31Z<p>Jprostko: Minor edit to create list of candidates</p>
<hr />
<div>WPLUG will have a General User Meeting and presentation on Saturday, November 15, 2014 starting at 3:00pm at the Carnegie [[Squirrel Hill Library]]. Elections for the Board of Directors will be held.<br />
<br />
== Schedule for the Day ==<br />
3:00pm - Business Meeting starts, elections<br/><br />
3:30pm - Featured presentation<br/><br />
4:45pm - Meeting ends, everyone out. We must completely vacate by the library closing time of 5:00pm.<br />
<br />
== Election ==<br />
At this meeting, we will elect the WPLUG Board of Directors for 2014-2015.<br />
<br />
Votes may be cast by mail or in person at the meeting. Your vote must be received before the polls close to be counted, so show up by 3:00pm to be sure you get to cast yours.<br />
<br />
The ballot for this election will be e-mailed to the membership and can be downloaded from the wiki in [[Media:2014_ballot.odt|ODT]] and [[Media:2014_ballot.pdf|PDF]] formats. Blank ballots will also be available at the meeting. Detailed instructions for voting are given at [[Election Instructions]].<br />
<br />
Those who were nominated at the October 18, 2014 nominations meeting and have agreed to be candidates are (in alphabetical order):<br />
* Patrick Barron<br />
* Vance Kochenderfer<br />
* John Lewis<br />
* Joseph Prostko<br />
* Stanley Slomberg<br />
<br />
=== Meet the Candidates ===<br />
<br />
There will be a special "meet the candidates" session in the WPLUG [[IRC|IRC channel]] (irc.freenode.net, channel #wplug) on Thursday, November 13 from 8:00-9:00pm. We encourage all members to attend and ask questions of the candidates.<br />
<br />
[[Media:Candidates-irc-2014-11-13.txt|View the transcript of the session]]<br />
<br />
=== Candidate Statements ===<br />
<br />
==== Patrick Barron ====<br />
<br />
My primary concern about WPLUG, at this point in it's evolution, is that I still don't think it's sure what it wants to be, and who it is looking to to be it's audience. I think we should make a concerted effort to determine what demographic we wish to serve - be it experienced Linux users, system administrators, software developers, novice users, or some defined combination of these - and press forward on that basis. My concern is that even when we provide an activity that engages someone's interest, they may not be confident that the next activity (or any future activity) will be relevant to their interests, since we don't necessarily have a "theme" (for lack of a better word). I believe we should determine a demographic we wish to serve, and proceed in a way where everyone in that demographic can have some confidence that each WPLUG event may potentially be of interest to them.<br />
<br />
I would also very much like to see us be in the habit of planning events and activities well in advance. For example, if it is November (as it is right now...), we should not be starting the planning process for activities that we'd like to organize in December. Rather, we should be beginning the planning for activities we'd like to pursue in February or March. By the time November comes around, activities for December and January (and possibly even as far forward as February) should already be completely planned out, speakers booked, venue lined up, etc. This is particularly important if we need to secure a venue. If we're in November starting the planning for a December activity and assume that WSCC (or some other venue) will be available to us - and then we later discover that the venue we were counting on is not available, and we're then a couple of weeks out from an event that we're basically committed to, already booked a presenter for, etc., and find that we do not have a meeting venue. This is never a good situation, and we should strive to avoid it going forward.<br />
<br />
==== Vance Kochenderfer ====<br />
<br />
As noted [[Meeting-20131109#Vance_Kochenderfer|last year]], I still believe that our primary aim should be to have quality meetings. This includes relevant speakers and topics, held in a convenient location, with plenty of notice. Over the past year we experimented with some alternatives to the [[Wilkins School Community Center]] as a venue, with inconsistent results. I feel a stable home is valuable and we should re-commit to WSCC or locate a new default facility. Attracting speakers has also been a challenge, and we should consider having one person with only this responsibility and no others. Lining up and publicizing our speakers well in advance will, I feel, increase attendance and participation.<br />
<br />
==== John Lewis ====<br />
<br />
WPLUG TODO<br />
<br />
* Repeal Roberts Rules of Order and replace with [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Open_Space_Technology Open Space Technology]<br />
* Open Board Meetings to all paying members<br />
* Book Hack Pittsburgh, PTI, and or Public Libraries for meetings<br />
* [http://smallbusiness.chron.com/would-club-become-incorporated-3937.html Incorporate WPLUG]<br />
<br />
==== Joseph Prostko ====<br />
<br />
I have been a WPLUG member for quite a few years, and a Linux user for many more years. This year I am running again for the WPLUG board of directors. I think there's a couple of areas that could be improved and need to be explored further:<br />
<br />
* I think it is important to get rid as much undue complexity with WPLUG as possible. This will make things easier for those people running the group, as well as members and want-to-be members.<br />
* Explore more ways to get members, such as additional member benefits. Other things to consider are ways to spark interest in having people come to our meetings, whether that is a different focus, new speakers, or offering more variety at meetings. <br />
<br />
I look forward to the discussion on Thursday night (11/13) on IRC, so will see you all there!<br />
<br />
For more about me, please check out my User page, located here: [[User:Jprostko]]<br />
<br />
==== Stanley Slomberg ====<br />
<br />
To be added.<br />
<br />
== Speaker/Presentation ==<br />
<br />
Speaker: John Lewis<br />
<br />
Topic: Rsnapshot<br />
<br />
I am going to store copies of my Rsnapshot presentations on the Wiki if there is enough room.<br />
<br />
Description to be added.<br />
<br />
== Meeting Minutes ==<br />
<br />
The meeting was called to order at 3:15 PM with the Vice Chair, Treasurer, Secretary, and Director-at-Large present, as well as members Terry Golightly and John Lewis (2014-2015 board candidate).<br />
<br />
The minutes from the October 2014 GUM were approved as written.<br />
<br />
The Vice Chair reports that he plans on giving a donation to WPLUG for the power strips that were borrowed to be utilized at the Ohio LinuxFest.<br />
<br />
The Treasurer reports that there's $216.00 still in the bank, with 90 dollars yet to be deposited.<br />
<br />
The Secretary and Director-at-Large have nothing to report.<br />
<br />
There were no reports by the committees.<br />
<br />
The elections were then held, with Terry Golightly taking count of how many points each candidate received.<br />
<br />
* Joe Prostko received 18 points.<br />
* Pat Barron received 17 points.<br />
* Vance Kochenderfer received 15 points.<br />
* Stanley Slomberg received 14 points.<br />
* John Lewis received 13 points.<br />
<br />
All five candidates therefore constitute the 2014-2015 WPLUG board of directors.<br />
<br />
The meeting was concluded at 3:41 PM.<br />
<br />
== Meeting Staff ==<br />
If you would like to volunteer to assist with this meeting, please add your name to one or more of the [[MeetingChecklist|categories]] below.<br />
* Host: Your name here<br />
* Co-Host: Your name here<br />
* Setup: Your name here<br />
* Clean Up: Your name here<br />
<br />
== Carpooling ==<br />
<br />
* Your name/location here<br />
<br />
[[Category:Meetings]]<br />
[[Category:Minutes]]</div>Jprostko//www.wplug.org/wiki/Meeting-20141115Meeting-201411152014-11-25T12:55:36Z<p>Jprostko: Added the minutes</p>
<hr />
<div>WPLUG will have a General User Meeting and presentation on Saturday, November 15, 2014 starting at 3:00pm at the Carnegie [[Squirrel Hill Library]]. Elections for the Board of Directors will be held.<br />
<br />
== Schedule for the Day ==<br />
3:00pm - Business Meeting starts, elections<br/><br />
3:30pm - Featured presentation<br/><br />
4:45pm - Meeting ends, everyone out. We must completely vacate by the library closing time of 5:00pm.<br />
<br />
== Election ==<br />
At this meeting, we will elect the WPLUG Board of Directors for 2014-2015.<br />
<br />
Votes may be cast by mail or in person at the meeting. Your vote must be received before the polls close to be counted, so show up by 3:00pm to be sure you get to cast yours.<br />
<br />
The ballot for this election will be e-mailed to the membership and can be downloaded from the wiki in [[Media:2014_ballot.odt|ODT]] and [[Media:2014_ballot.pdf|PDF]] formats. Blank ballots will also be available at the meeting. Detailed instructions for voting are given at [[Election Instructions]].<br />
<br />
Those who were nominated at the October 18, 2014 nominations meeting and have agreed to be candidates are (in alphabetical order):<br />
* Patrick Barron<br />
* Vance Kochenderfer<br />
* John Lewis<br />
* Joseph Prostko<br />
* Stanley Slomberg<br />
<br />
=== Meet the Candidates ===<br />
<br />
There will be a special "meet the candidates" session in the WPLUG [[IRC|IRC channel]] (irc.freenode.net, channel #wplug) on Thursday, November 13 from 8:00-9:00pm. We encourage all members to attend and ask questions of the candidates.<br />
<br />
[[Media:Candidates-irc-2014-11-13.txt|View the transcript of the session]]<br />
<br />
=== Candidate Statements ===<br />
<br />
==== Patrick Barron ====<br />
<br />
My primary concern about WPLUG, at this point in it's evolution, is that I still don't think it's sure what it wants to be, and who it is looking to to be it's audience. I think we should make a concerted effort to determine what demographic we wish to serve - be it experienced Linux users, system administrators, software developers, novice users, or some defined combination of these - and press forward on that basis. My concern is that even when we provide an activity that engages someone's interest, they may not be confident that the next activity (or any future activity) will be relevant to their interests, since we don't necessarily have a "theme" (for lack of a better word). I believe we should determine a demographic we wish to serve, and proceed in a way where everyone in that demographic can have some confidence that each WPLUG event may potentially be of interest to them.<br />
<br />
I would also very much like to see us be in the habit of planning events and activities well in advance. For example, if it is November (as it is right now...), we should not be starting the planning process for activities that we'd like to organize in December. Rather, we should be beginning the planning for activities we'd like to pursue in February or March. By the time November comes around, activities for December and January (and possibly even as far forward as February) should already be completely planned out, speakers booked, venue lined up, etc. This is particularly important if we need to secure a venue. If we're in November starting the planning for a December activity and assume that WSCC (or some other venue) will be available to us - and then we later discover that the venue we were counting on is not available, and we're then a couple of weeks out from an event that we're basically committed to, already booked a presenter for, etc., and find that we do not have a meeting venue. This is never a good situation, and we should strive to avoid it going forward.<br />
<br />
==== Vance Kochenderfer ====<br />
<br />
As noted [[Meeting-20131109#Vance_Kochenderfer|last year]], I still believe that our primary aim should be to have quality meetings. This includes relevant speakers and topics, held in a convenient location, with plenty of notice. Over the past year we experimented with some alternatives to the [[Wilkins School Community Center]] as a venue, with inconsistent results. I feel a stable home is valuable and we should re-commit to WSCC or locate a new default facility. Attracting speakers has also been a challenge, and we should consider having one person with only this responsibility and no others. Lining up and publicizing our speakers well in advance will, I feel, increase attendance and participation.<br />
<br />
==== John Lewis ====<br />
<br />
WPLUG TODO<br />
<br />
* Repeal Roberts Rules of Order and replace with [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Open_Space_Technology Open Space Technology]<br />
* Open Board Meetings to all paying members<br />
* Book Hack Pittsburgh, PTI, and or Public Libraries for meetings<br />
* [http://smallbusiness.chron.com/would-club-become-incorporated-3937.html Incorporate WPLUG]<br />
<br />
==== Joseph Prostko ====<br />
<br />
I have been a WPLUG member for quite a few years, and a Linux user for many more years. This year I am running again for the WPLUG board of directors. I think there's a couple of areas that could be improved and need to be explored further:<br />
<br />
* I think it is important to get rid as much undue complexity with WPLUG as possible. This will make things easier for those people running the group, as well as members and want-to-be members.<br />
* Explore more ways to get members, such as additional member benefits. Other things to consider are ways to spark interest in having people come to our meetings, whether that is a different focus, new speakers, or offering more variety at meetings. <br />
<br />
I look forward to the discussion on Thursday night (11/13) on IRC, so will see you all there!<br />
<br />
For more about me, please check out my User page, located here: [[User:Jprostko]]<br />
<br />
==== Stanley Slomberg ====<br />
<br />
To be added.<br />
<br />
== Speaker/Presentation ==<br />
<br />
Speaker: John Lewis<br />
<br />
Topic: Rsnapshot<br />
<br />
I am going to store copies of my Rsnapshot presentations on the Wiki if there is enough room.<br />
<br />
Description to be added.<br />
<br />
== Meeting Minutes ==<br />
<br />
The meeting was called to order at 3:15 PM with the Vice Chair, Treasurer, Secretary, and Director-at-Large present, as well as members Terry Golightly and John Lewis (2014-2015 board candidate).<br />
<br />
The minutes from the October 2014 GUM were approved as written.<br />
<br />
The Vice Chair reports that he plans on giving a donation to WPLUG for the power strips that were borrowed to be utilized at the Ohio LinuxFest.<br />
<br />
The Treasurer reports that there's $216.00 still in the bank, with 90 dollars yet to be deposited.<br />
<br />
The Secretary and Director-at-Large have nothing to report.<br />
<br />
There were no reports by the committees.<br />
<br />
The elections were then held, with Terry Golightly taking count of how many points each candidate received.<br />
<br />
Joe Prostko received 18 points.<br />
Pat Barron received 17 points.<br />
Vance Kochenderfer received 15 points.<br />
Stanley Slomberg received 14 points.<br />
John Lewis received 13 points.<br />
<br />
All five candidates therefore constitute the 2014-2015 WPLUG board of directors.<br />
<br />
The meeting was concluded at 3:41 PM.<br />
<br />
== Meeting Staff ==<br />
If you would like to volunteer to assist with this meeting, please add your name to one or more of the [[MeetingChecklist|categories]] below.<br />
* Host: Your name here<br />
* Co-Host: Your name here<br />
* Setup: Your name here<br />
* Clean Up: Your name here<br />
<br />
== Carpooling ==<br />
<br />
* Your name/location here<br />
<br />
[[Category:Meetings]]<br />
[[Category:Minutes]]</div>Jprostko//www.wplug.org/wiki/WPLUGBoard/Meeting-20141125WPLUGBoard/Meeting-201411252014-11-25T12:40:31Z<p>Jprostko: Initial commit</p>
<hr />
<div>== Venue Info ==<br />
Meeting to be held at IBM Squirrel Hill, located at 1710 Murray Avenue, at 7:30pm, Tuesday, November 25, 2014.<br />
== Agenda ==<br />
* Approve [[WPLUGBoard/Meeting-20141021#Minutes | minutes of October 21]] board meeting<br />
* Discuss/actualize board transition<br />
* Set board meeting schedule for the new board<br />
* List your item here<br />
* List your item here<br />
* List your item here<br />
== Minutes ==<br />
To be added.</div>Jprostko//www.wplug.org/wiki/WPLUGBoardWPLUGBoard2014-11-25T12:36:20Z<p>Jprostko: Add 10/21/2014 meeting to past meetings</p>
<hr />
<div>__NOTOC__<br />
<br />
The WPLUG Board of Directors consists of five elected members of WPLUG who oversee the operations of WPLUG and plan for its future growth. The current board was elected on Saturday, November 9, 2013.<br />
<br />
== Members == <br />
<br />
The members are:<br />
<br />
* Chair: [[User:Centinel | Justin Smith]]<br />
* Vice-Chair: [[User:Vance | Vance Kochenderfer]]<br />
* Secretary: [[User:Jprostko | Joseph Prostko]]<br />
* Treasurer: [[User:Patbarron | Patrick Barron]]<br />
* Director-at-Large: [[User:Scslomberg | Stanley Slomberg]]<br />
<br />
A list of [[WPLUGBoard/Duties|officer responsibilities]] exists to help keep straight who does what and when.<br />
<br />
== Upcoming WPLUG Board Meetings ==<br />
<br />
* [[WPLUGBoard/Meeting-20141125|Tuesday, November 25, 2014]]<br />
<br />
== Past WPLUG Board Meetings ==<br />
<br />
* [[WPLUGBoard/Meeting-20141021|Tuesday, October 21, 2014]]<br />
* [[WPLUGBoard/Meeting-20140916|Tuesday, September 16, 2014]]<br />
* [[WPLUGBoard/Meeting-20140819|Tuesday, August 19, 2014]]<br />
* [[WPLUGBoard/Meeting-20140715|Tuesday, July 15, 2014]]<br />
* [[WPLUGBoard/Meeting-20140624|Tuesday, June 24, 2014]]<br />
* [[WPLUGBoard/Meeting-20140520|Tuesday, May 20, 2014]]<br />
* [[WPLUGBoard/Meeting-20140408|Tuesday, April 8, 2014]]<br />
* [[WPLUGBoard/Meeting-20140318|Tuesday, March 18, 2014]]<br />
* [[WPLUGBoard/Meeting-20140218|Tuesday, February 18, 2014]]<br />
* [[WPLUGBoard/Meeting-20140121|Tuesday, January 21, 2014]]<br />
* [[WPLUGBoard/Meeting-20131217|Tuesday, December 17, 2013]]<br />
* [[WPLUGBoard/Meeting-20131119|Tuesday, November 19, 2013]]<br />
* [[WPLUGBoard/Meeting-20131015|Tuesday, October 15, 2013]]<br />
* [[WPLUGBoard/Meeting-20130917|Tuesday, September 17, 2013]]<br />
* [[WPLUGBoard/Meeting-20130820|Tuesday, August 20, 2013]]<br />
* [[WPLUGBoard/Meeting-20130716|Tuesday, July 16, 2013]]<br />
* [[WPLUGBoard/Meeting-20130618|Tuesday, June 18, 2013]]<br />
* [[WPLUGBoard/Meeting-20130521|Tuesday, May 21, 2013]]<br />
* [[WPLUGBoard/Meeting-20130502|Thursday, May 2, 2013]]<br />
* [[WPLUGBoard/Meeting-20130416|Tuesday, April 16, 2013]]<br />
* [[WPLUGBoard/Meeting-20130319|Tuesday, March 19, 2013]]<br />
* [[WPLUGBoard/Meeting-20130219|Tuesday, Februrary 19, 2013]]<br />
* [[WPLUGBoard/Meeting-20130209|Saturday, February 9, 2013]] (special meeting)<br />
* [[WPLUGBoard/Meeting-20130115|Tuesday, January 15, 2013]]<br />
* [[WPLUGBoard/Meeting-20121230|Sunday, December 30, 2012]] (special meeting)<br />
* [[WPLUGBoard/Meeting-20121204|Tuesday, December 4, 2012]]<br />
* [[WPLUGBoard/Meeting-20121108|Thursday, November 8, 2012]]<br />
* [[WPLUGBoard/Meeting-20121002|Tuesday, October 2, 2012]]<br />
* [[WPLUGBoard/Meeting-20120904|Tuesday, September 4, 2012]]<br />
* [[WPLUGBoard/Meeting-20120807|Tuesday, August 7, 2012]]<br />
* [[WPLUGBoard/Meeting-20120703|Tuesday, July 3, 2012]]<br />
* [[WPLUGBoard/Meeting-20120605|Tuesday, June 5, 2012]]<br />
* [[WPLUGBoard/Meeting-20120501|Tuesday, May 1, 2012]]<br />
* [[WPLUGBoard/Meeting-20120412|Thursday, April 12, 2012]] (special meeting)<br />
* [[WPLUGBoard/Meeting-20120403|Tuesday, April 3, 2012]]<br />
* [[WPLUGBoard/Meeting-20120306|Tuesday, March 6, 2012]]<br />
* [[WPLUGBoard/Meeting-20120207|Tuesday, February 7, 2012]]<br />
* [[WPLUGBoard/Meeting-20120103|Tuesday, January 3, 2012]]<br />
* [[WPLUGBoard/Meeting-20111206|Tuesday, December 6, 2011]]<br />
* [[WPLUGBoard/Meeting-20111101|Tuesday, November 1, 2011]]<br />
* [[WPLUGBoard/Meeting-20111004|Tuesday, October 4, 2011]]<br />
* [[WPLUGBoard/Meeting-20110830|Tuesday, August 30, 2011]]<br />
* [[WPLUGBoard/Meeting-20110802|Tuesday, August 2, 2011]]<br />
* [[WPLUGBoard/Meeting-20110628|Tuesday, June 28, 2011]]<br />
* [[WPLUGBoard/Meeting-20110607|Tuesday, June 7, 2011]]<br />
* [[WPLUGBoard/Meeting-20110503|Tuesday, May 3, 2011]]<br />
* [[WPLUGBoard/Meeting-20110405|Tuesday, April 5, 2011]]<br />
* [[WPLUGBoard/Meeting-20110303|Tuesday, March 3, 2011]]<br />
* [[WPLUGBoard/Meeting-20110201|Tuesday, February 1, 2011]]<br />
* [[WPLUGBoard/Meeting-20110104|Tuesday, January 4, 2011]]<br />
* [[WPLUGBoard/Meeting-20101207|Tuesday, December 7, 2010]]<br />
* [[WPLUGBoard/Meeting-20101001|Friday, October 1, 2010]]<br />
* [[WPLUGBoard/Meeting-20100827|Friday, August 27, 2010]]<br />
* [[WPLUGBoard/Meeting-20100709|Friday, July 9, 2010]]<br />
* June 2010<br />
* May 2010<br />
* [[WPLUGBoard/Meeting-20100409|Friday, April 9, 2010]]<br />
* March 2010<br />
* February 2010<br />
* [[WPLUGBoard/Meeting-20100122|Friday, January 22, 2010]]<br />
* [[WPLUGBoard/Meeting-20091219|Saturday, December 19, 2009]]<br />
* [[WPLUGBoard/Meeting-20091121|Saturday, November 21, 2009]]<br />
* [[WPLUGBoard/Meeting-20090915|Thursday, October 15, 2009]]<br />
* [[WPLUGBoard/Meeting-20090825|Tuesday, August 25, 2009]]<br />
* [[WPLUGBoard/Meeting-20090709|Thursday, July 9, 2009]]<br />
* [[WPLUGBoard/Meeting-20090602|Tuesday, June 2, 2009]]<br />
* [[WPLUGBoard/Meeting-20090505|Tuesday, May 5, 2009]]<br />
* [[WPLUGBoard/Meeting-20090331|Tuesday, March 31, 2009]]<br />
* [[WPLUGBoard/Meeting-20090303|Tuesday, March 3, 2009]]<br />
* [[WPLUGBoard/Meeting-20090203 | Tuesday, February 3, 2009]]<br />
* [[WPLUGBoard/Meeting-20090106 | Tuesday, January 6, 2009]]<br />
* [[WPLUGBoard/Meeting-20081209 | Tuesday, December 9, 2008]]<br />
* [[WPLUGBoard/Meeting-20081110 | Monday, November 10, 2008]]<br />
* [[WPLUGBoard/Meeting-20081027 | Monday, October 27, 2008]]<br />
* [[WPLUGBoard/Meeting-20081004 | Tuesday, October 4, 2008]] (special meeting)<br />
* [[WPLUGBoard/Meeting-20080916 | Tuesday, September 16, 2008]] (special meeting)<br />
* [[WPLUGBoard/Meeting-20080908 | Monday, September 8, 2008]]<br />
* [[WPLUGBoard/Meeting-20080811 | Monday, August 11, 2008]]<br />
* [[WPLUGBoard/Meeting-20080714 | Monday, July 14, 2008]]<br />
* [[WPLUGBoard/Meeting-20080609 | Monday, June 9, 2008]]<br />
* [[WPLUGBoard/Meeting-20080512 | Monday, May 12, 2008]]<br />
* [[WPLUGBoard/Meeting-20080407 | Monday, April 7, 2008]]<br />
* [[WPLUGBoard/Meeting-20080310 | Monday, March 10, 2008]]<br />
* [[WPLUGBoard/Meeting-20080204 | Monday, February 4, 2008]]<br />
* [[WPLUGBoard/Meeting-20080114 | Monday, January 14, 2008]]<br />
* [[WPLUGBoard/Meeting-20071210 | Monday, December 10, 2007]]<br />
* [[WPLUGBoard/Meeting-20071119 | Monday, November 19, 2007]]<br />
* [[WPLUGBoard/Meeting-20071029 | Monday, October 29, 2007]]<br />
* [[WPLUGBoard/Meeting-20070910 | Monday, September 10, 2007]]<br />
* [[WPLUGBoard/Meeting-20070813 | Monday, August 20, 2007]]<br />
* [[WPLUGBoard/Meeting-20070709 | Monday, July 30, 2007]]<br />
* [[WPLUGBoard/Meeting-20070611 | Monday, June 25, 2007]]<br />
* [[WPLUGBoard/Meeting-20070514 | Monday, May 14, 2007]]<br />
* [[WPLUGBoard/Meeting-20070402 | Monday, April 2, 2007]]<br />
* [[WPLUGBoard/Meeting-20070312 | Monday, March 12, 2007]]<br />
* [[WPLUGBoard/Meeting-20070212 | Monday, February 12, 2007]]<br />
* [[WPLUGBoard/Meeting-20070122 | Monday, January 22, 2007]]<br />
* Monday, December 11, 2006<br />
* Monday, November 27, 2006<br />
* Monday, October 30, 2006<br />
<br />
== WPLUG Goals ==<br />
<br />
At the October 30, 2006 meeting the acting WPLUG board established a set of five, three and one year goals. We then pared each of these sets of goals to about five different concrete and actionable items. The goal of this plan is that the one year tasks always lead us in the direction of the three year tasks, which are the foundation for the five year tasks. The one year plan should be revisited as needed during the year, with the three and five year plan revisited annually.<br />
<br />
At the [[WPLUGBoard/Meeting-20071119 | November 19, 2007]] board meeting, the board decided to review the goals set one year earlier, and update them as necessary. The previous board's goals can be found at the [[WPLUG Board 2007 Goals]] and [[WPLUG Board 2008 Goals]] pages. A new [[WPLUG Board 2009 Goals]] page is under construction.</div>Jprostko//www.wplug.org/wiki/WPLUGBoardWPLUGBoard2014-11-25T12:35:49Z<p>Jprostko: Move 10/21/2014 to old meetings, adapt date for November meeting</p>
<hr />
<div>__NOTOC__<br />
<br />
The WPLUG Board of Directors consists of five elected members of WPLUG who oversee the operations of WPLUG and plan for its future growth. The current board was elected on Saturday, November 9, 2013.<br />
<br />
== Members == <br />
<br />
The members are:<br />
<br />
* Chair: [[User:Centinel | Justin Smith]]<br />
* Vice-Chair: [[User:Vance | Vance Kochenderfer]]<br />
* Secretary: [[User:Jprostko | Joseph Prostko]]<br />
* Treasurer: [[User:Patbarron | Patrick Barron]]<br />
* Director-at-Large: [[User:Scslomberg | Stanley Slomberg]]<br />
<br />
A list of [[WPLUGBoard/Duties|officer responsibilities]] exists to help keep straight who does what and when.<br />
<br />
== Upcoming WPLUG Board Meetings ==<br />
<br />
* [[WPLUGBoard/Meeting-20141125|Tuesday, November 25, 2014]]<br />
<br />
== Past WPLUG Board Meetings ==<br />
<br />
* [[WPLUGBoard/Meeting-20140916|Tuesday, September 16, 2014]]<br />
* [[WPLUGBoard/Meeting-20140819|Tuesday, August 19, 2014]]<br />
* [[WPLUGBoard/Meeting-20140715|Tuesday, July 15, 2014]]<br />
* [[WPLUGBoard/Meeting-20140624|Tuesday, June 24, 2014]]<br />
* [[WPLUGBoard/Meeting-20140520|Tuesday, May 20, 2014]]<br />
* [[WPLUGBoard/Meeting-20140408|Tuesday, April 8, 2014]]<br />
* [[WPLUGBoard/Meeting-20140318|Tuesday, March 18, 2014]]<br />
* [[WPLUGBoard/Meeting-20140218|Tuesday, February 18, 2014]]<br />
* [[WPLUGBoard/Meeting-20140121|Tuesday, January 21, 2014]]<br />
* [[WPLUGBoard/Meeting-20131217|Tuesday, December 17, 2013]]<br />
* [[WPLUGBoard/Meeting-20131119|Tuesday, November 19, 2013]]<br />
* [[WPLUGBoard/Meeting-20131015|Tuesday, October 15, 2013]]<br />
* [[WPLUGBoard/Meeting-20130917|Tuesday, September 17, 2013]]<br />
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* [[WPLUGBoard/Meeting-20130209|Saturday, February 9, 2013]] (special meeting)<br />
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== WPLUG Goals ==<br />
<br />
At the October 30, 2006 meeting the acting WPLUG board established a set of five, three and one year goals. We then pared each of these sets of goals to about five different concrete and actionable items. The goal of this plan is that the one year tasks always lead us in the direction of the three year tasks, which are the foundation for the five year tasks. The one year plan should be revisited as needed during the year, with the three and five year plan revisited annually.<br />
<br />
At the [[WPLUGBoard/Meeting-20071119 | November 19, 2007]] board meeting, the board decided to review the goals set one year earlier, and update them as necessary. The previous board's goals can be found at the [[WPLUG Board 2007 Goals]] and [[WPLUG Board 2008 Goals]] pages. A new [[WPLUG Board 2009 Goals]] page is under construction.</div>Jprostko//www.wplug.org/wiki/WPLUGBoard/Meeting-20141021WPLUGBoard/Meeting-201410212014-11-25T12:27:01Z<p>Jprostko: Some spelling/grammar fixes</p>
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<div>== Venue Info ==<br />
Meeting to be held at Pittsburgh Filmmakers at 7:30pm, Tuesday, October 21, 2014.<br />
== Agenda ==<br />
* Approve [[WPLUGBoard/Meeting-20140916#Minutes | minutes of September 16]] board meeting<br />
* Discuss plans for next GUM (elections)<br />
* Discuss plans for Ohio Linuxfest<br />
* Discuss upcoming election based on 10/18 nominations meeting<br />
* List your item here<br />
* List your item here<br />
== Minutes ==<br />
'''DRAFT'''<br />
<br />
The meeting was called to order at 6:43 PM.<br />
<br />
The Vice Chair, Treasurer, and Secretary were present, and the Director-at-Large was on the way.<br />
<br />
The minutes from the last board meeting were approved, and they were adopted as drafted. <br />
<br />
'''Reports of Officers'''<br />
<br />
The Chair was not present, but mentioned before the meeting that alternate venues for upcoming board meetings should be explored.<br />
<br />
The Vice Chair has nothing to report.<br />
<br />
The Secretary mentioned that he would contact Terry Golightly aand Nikolai Boyadzhiev to see if they will accept or decline their nominations to be on the WPLUG board for the 2014-2015 term.<br />
<br />
The Treasurer mentioned that his report is the same as at the October GUM. Essentially there's $216.00 in the bank account, with 90 dollars in undeposited funds. Also, he will investigate why WPLUG was double charged by Linode.<br />
<br />
The Director-at-Large had nothing to report.<br />
<br />
'''Reports of Committees'''<br />
<br />
The Technology Committee reported that the WPLUG server migration went well, but that the SSL functionality in Apache still needs to be fully enabled.<br />
<br />
The other committees had nothing to report.<br />
<br />
'''New business'''<br />
<br />
The next general meeting is in November, and the notes that the Chair left for the board suggest that perhaps the meeting can feature lightning talks about various Linux distributions. Basically, somebody could try a distribution briefly on a USB stick, and then they have to talk about that distribution afterwards.<br />
<br />
The Director-at-Large mentioned that perhaps the next meeting should be an encore presentation on Raspberry Pi, especially since there is a newer version of the Pi available as compared to the last time the talk was given. The Director-at-Large then had to leave.<br />
<br />
John Lewis also talked about giving a talk about rsnapshot. The Secretary will contact him to make sure he still wants to present. The date for the GUM was discussed, and it was decided it should be November 15th, as November 8th is not enough time given constraints in the bylaws that mandate a 21 day notice before the meeting with elections. The notice for elections will go out this Friday, October 24th, and the ballot will be sent out to members on Friday, October 31st. A site must be found to have the meeting, and the Treasurer will try to get IBM, or perhaps Wilkins School as a fallback. The time of day for the meeting should fall somewhere between 1 PM and 4:30 PM.<br />
<br />
MOTION: Authorize expenditure of 30 dollars for a two-hour room rental at Wilkins School. It may not be needed, but it should still be authorized. The motion was seconded and passed.<br />
<br />
The Treasurer brought up a question about procedure, and if the Chair must be authorized to sign the rental agreement if he is already authorized to reserve the room.<br />
<br />
MOTION: Authorize the Chair to execute the rental agreement and liability release contingent upon Wilkins School having room availability. Motion seconded and passed.<br />
<br />
The final order of business is the Meet the Candidates IRC session. Generally the moderator is somebody who is not running for the board. so the Vice Chair said he'd try to contact the Chair to see if he'd be willing to moderate. The date for Meet the Candidates was chosen for Thursday, November 13th at 8 PM. <br />
<br />
There is no other new business.<br />
<br />
The meeting was adjourned at 7:45 PM.</div>Jprostko//www.wplug.org/wiki/WPLUGBoard/Meeting-20141021WPLUGBoard/Meeting-201410212014-11-25T12:23:53Z<p>Jprostko: Minutes added to page</p>
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<div>== Venue Info ==<br />
Meeting to be held at Pittsburgh Filmmakers at 7:30pm, Tuesday, October 21, 2014.<br />
== Agenda ==<br />
* Approve [[WPLUGBoard/Meeting-20140916#Minutes | minutes of September 16]] board meeting<br />
* Discuss plans for next GUM (elections)<br />
* Discuss plans for Ohio Linuxfest<br />
* Discuss upcoming election based on 10/18 nominations meeting<br />
* List your item here<br />
* List your item here<br />
== Minutes ==<br />
'''DRAFT'''<br />
<br />
The meeting was called to order at 6:43 PM.<br />
<br />
The Vice Chair, Treasurer and Secretary were present, and the Director-at-Large was on the way.<br />
<br />
The minutes from the last board meeting were approved, and they were adopted as drafted. <br />
<br />
'''Reports of Officers'''<br />
<br />
The Chair was not present, but mentioned before the meeting that alternate venues for upcoming board meetings should be explored.<br />
<br />
The Vice Chair has nothing to report.<br />
<br />
The Secretary mentioned that he would contact Terry Golightly aand Nikolai Boyadzhiev to see if they will accept or decline their nominations to be on the WPLUG board for the 2014-2015 term.<br />
<br />
The Treasurer mentioned that his report is the same as at the October GUM. Essentially there's $216.00 in the bank account, with 90 dollars in undeposited funds. Also, he will investigate why WPLUG was double charged by Linode.<br />
<br />
The Director-at-Large had nothing to report.<br />
<br />
'''Reports of Committees'''<br />
<br />
The Technology Committee reported that the WPLUG server migration went well, but that he SSL functionality in Apache still needs to be fully enabled. Not much going on there.<br />
<br />
The other committees had nothing to report.<br />
<br />
'''New business'''<br />
<br />
The next general meeting is in November, and the notes that the Chair left for the board suggest that perhaps the meeting can feauture lightning talks about various Linux distributions. Basically, somebody could try a distribution briefly on a USB stick, and then they have to talk about that distribution.<br />
<br />
The Director-at-Large mentioned that perhaps the next meeting should be an encore presentation on Raspberry Pi, especially since there is a newer version of the Pi available as compared to the last time the talk was given. The Director-at-Large then had to leave.<br />
<br />
John Lewis also talked about giving a talk about rsnapshot. The Secretary will contact him to make sure he still wants to present. The date was for the GUM was discussed, and it was decided it should be November 15th, as November 8th is not enough time given constraints in the bylaws that mandate a 21 day notice before the meeting with elections. The notice for elections will go out this Friday, October 24th, and the ballot will be sent out to members on Friday, October 31st. A site must be found to have the meeting, and the Treasurer will try to get IBM, or perhaps Wilkins School as a fallback. The time of day for the meeting should fall somewhere between 1 PM and 4:30 PM.<br />
<br />
MOTION: Authorize expenditure of 30 dollars for a two-hour room rental at Wilkins School. It may not be needed, but it should still be authorized. The motion was seconded and passed.<br />
<br />
The next order of business is the Meet the Candidates IRC session. Generally the moderator is somebody who is not running for the board. so the Vice Chair said he'd try to contact the Chair to see if he'd be willing to moderate. The date for Meet the Candidates was chosen for Thursday, November 13th at 8 PM. <br />
<br />
The Treasurer brought up a question about procedure, and if the Chair must be authorized to sign the rental agreement if he is already authorized to reserve the room.<br />
<br />
MOTION: Authorize the Chair to execute the rental agreement and liability release contingent upon Wilkins School having room availability. Motion seconded and passed.<br />
<br />
There is no other new business.<br />
<br />
The meeting was adjourned at 7:45 PM.</div>Jprostko//www.wplug.org/wiki/Meeting-20141018Meeting-201410182014-11-15T18:09:12Z<p>Jprostko: Added draft minutes from the general meeting</p>
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<div>WPLUG will have a General User Meeting and presentation on Saturday, October 18, 2014, starting at 11:00 in Room 104 at [[Pittsburgh Filmmakers]]. Bring some money for lunch - we'll order out!<br />
<br />
We will be holding nominations for the WPLUG board of directors for the upcoming year.<br />
<br />
== Schedule for the Day ==<br />
<br />
11:00am - Doors open<br /><br />
11:30am - Business meeting<br /><br />
noon - Featured presentation<br /><br />
1:00pm - Meeting ends<br />
<br />
== Speaker/Presentation ==<br />
<br />
Name: Vance Kochenderfer<br />
<br />
Title: Intro to Copyright<br />
<br />
Free Software licenses rely on copyright law to function. But what is copyright? How does one obtain it, and what rights does it give you? Perhaps more importantly, what ''can't'' you do with material copyrighted by others?<br />
<br />
I'll review the basics of what copyright is and how it applies to creative works (including software). Also included will be discussion of the most common [http://www.gnu.org/licenses/license-list.html Free Software licenses], how they operate, and how they get along (or not) with each other. Some time will be spent on [http://creativecommons.org/licenses/ Creative Commons licensing] as well, which are used for many types of works.<br />
<br />
* [[:File:2014-10-18-copyright-pres.pdf | Slide presentation]]<br />
<br />
== Meeting Minutes ==<br />
<br />
'''DRAFT MINUTES'''<br />
<br />
The meeting was called to order at 11:31 AM with all members of the board present.<br />
<br />
The main order of business was for nominations for the 2014-2015 WPLUG board of directors.<br />
<br />
'''Nominations'''<br />
<br />
Justin Smith nominated John Lewis, and he accepted.<br />
<br />
Pat Barron nominated Justin Smith, and he declined.<br />
<br />
Vance Kochenderfer nominated Pat Barron, and Pat accepted.<br />
<br />
Joseph Prostko nominated Vance Kochenderfer, and Vance accepted.<br />
<br />
Justin Smith nominated Stanley Slomberg, and Stanley accepted.<br />
<br />
Pat Barron nominated Joseph Prostko, and he accepted.<br />
<br />
Vance Kochenderfer nominated Terry Golightly who wasn't present. Ultimately, Terry declined the nomination.<br />
<br />
Justin Smith nominated Nikolay Boyadzhiev who wasn't present. Ultimately, Nikolay declined the nomination.<br />
<br />
The nominations were then closed.<br />
<br />
'''Reports of officers'''<br />
<br />
The Chair reported that a lot of the Apple equipment being offered by Pittsburgh Filmmakers was claimed, and was being taken away.<br />
<br />
The Vice chair had nothing to report.<br />
<br />
The Treasurer reported that there was $216.00 even in the bank account. That does not reflect 40 dollars in undeposited dues and a 50 dollar donation from Pat. This means that once those deposits are made, there will be $306.00 in the bank. He also commented that WPLUG was double charged by Linode for the month of November and that he will investigate. There was no other expenses.<br />
<br />
The Secretary has nothing to report.<br />
<br />
The Director-at-Large has nothing to report.<br />
<br />
There was a motion to adjourn, which was seconded.<br />
<br />
The business meeting adjourned at 11:40.<br />
<br />
== Meeting Staff ==<br />
If you would like to volunteer to assist with this meeting, please add your name to one or more of the [[MeetingChecklist|categories]] below.<br />
<br />
* Host: Justin Smith<br />
* Co-Host: Your name here<br />
* Refreshments: Your name here<br />
* Setup: Your name here, Your name here<br />
* Clean Up: Your name here, Your name here<br />
<br />
== Carpooling ==<br />
<br />
* Your name/location here<br />
* Your name/location here<br />
<br />
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<div>[[Image:joseph_prostko.jpg]]<br />
<br />
<br />
I have been a member of WPLUG since 2009, and a Linux user since 1999 when I did my first Debian installation in college. Back then, my primary OS was Windows 98 SE, but I started experimenting with alternative operating systems in my spare time as well . Back in my college years, my favorite alternative OS was BeOS, but unfortunately it was a closed-source commercial project, and its source died once the IP was acquired by Palm, Inc. That experience truly taught me the value of open source software, and fortunately BeOS was essentially re-implemented in open source in the form of OpenBeos (now [http://www.haiku-os.org Haiku]).<br />
<br />
Nowadays on my home PCs, I primarily run Manjaro Linux and Haiku, although I like to use other operating systems like PC-BSD as well at times. Haiku is admittedly my main focus, as I help out with the project in my spare time, whether that is advocacy work or code contributions.<br />
<br />
Other than computers, I'm quite into beekeeping, and am a former director of [http://www.burghbees.com Burgh Bees]. I also enjoy playing pool, fishing, and hiking.<br />
<br />
Be sure to find me on Freenode IRC as ''jprostko'', where I am usually hanging around at least in #haiku, #nginx, #concrete5, #salt, and #wplug.<br />
<br />
<br />
{{Homepage}}</div>Jprostko//www.wplug.org/wiki/Meeting-20141115Meeting-201411152014-11-05T17:44:55Z<p>Jprostko: Added summary for myself</p>
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<div>WPLUG will have a General User Meeting and presentation on Saturday, November 15, 2014 starting at 3:00pm at the Carnegie [[Squirrel Hill Library]]. Elections for the Board of Directors will be held.<br />
<br />
== Schedule for the Day ==<br />
3:00pm - Business Meeting starts, elections<br/><br />
3:30pm - Featured presentation<br/><br />
4:45pm - Meeting ends, everyone out. We must completely vacate by the library closing time of 5:00pm.<br />
<br />
== Election ==<br />
At this meeting, we will elect the WPLUG Board of Directors for 2014-2015.<br />
<br />
Votes may be cast by mail or in person at the meeting. Your vote must be received before the polls close to be counted, so show up by 3:00pm to be sure you get to cast yours.<br />
<br />
The ballot for this election will be e-mailed to the membership and can be downloaded from the wiki in [[Media:2014_ballot.odt|ODT]] and [[Media:2014_ballot.pdf|PDF]] formats. Blank ballots will also be available at the meeting. Detailed instructions for voting are given at [[Election Instructions]].<br />
<br />
Those who were nominated at the October 18, 2014 nominations meeting and have agreed to be candidates are (in alphabetical order):<br />
* Patrick Barron<br />
* Vance Kochenderfer<br />
* John Lewis<br />
* Joseph Prostko<br />
* Stanley Slomberg<br />
<br />
=== Meet the Candidates ===<br />
<br />
There will be a special "meet the candidates" session in the WPLUG [[IRC|IRC channel]] (irc.freenode.net, channel #wplug) on Thursday, November 13 from 8:00-9:00pm. We encourage all members to attend and ask questions of the candidates.<br />
<br />
<br />
=== Candidate Statements ===<br />
<br />
==== Patrick Barron ====<br />
<br />
To be added.<br />
<br />
==== Vance Kochenderfer ====<br />
<br />
To be added.<br />
<br />
==== John Lewis ====<br />
<br />
To be added.<br />
<br />
==== Joseph Prostko ====<br />
<br />
I have been a WPLUG member for quite a few years, and a Linux user for many more years. This year I am running again for the WPLUG board of directors. I think there's a couple of areas that could be improved and need to be explored further:<br />
<br />
* I think it is important to get rid as much undue complexity with WPLUG as possible. This will make things easier for those people running the group, as well as members and want-to-be members.<br />
* Explore more ways to get members, such as additional member benefits. Other things to consider are ways to spark interest in having people come to our meetings, whether that is a different focus, new speakers, or offering more variety at meetings. <br />
<br />
I look forward to the discussion on Thursday night (11/13) on IRC, so will see you all there!<br />
<br />
For more about me, please check out my User page, located here: [[User:Jprostko]]<br />
<br />
==== Stanley Slomberg ====<br />
<br />
To be added.<br />
<br />
== Speaker/Presentation ==<br />
<br />
Speaker: John Lewis<br />
<br />
Topic: Rsnapshot<br />
<br />
Description to be added.<br />
<br />
== Meeting Minutes ==<br />
<br />
To be added.<br />
<br />
== Meeting Staff ==<br />
If you would like to volunteer to assist with this meeting, please add your name to one or more of the [[MeetingChecklist|categories]] below.<br />
* Host: Your name here<br />
* Co-Host: Your name here<br />
* Setup: Your name here<br />
* Clean Up: Your name here<br />
<br />
== Carpooling ==<br />
<br />
* Your name/location here<br />
<br />
[[Category:Meetings]]<br />
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<hr />
<div>WPLUG will have a General User Meeting and presentation on Saturday, November 15, 2014 starting at 3:00pm at the Carnegie [[Squirrel Hill Library]]. Elections for the Board of Directors will be held.<br />
<br />
== Schedule for the Day ==<br />
3:00pm - Business Meeting starts, elections<br/><br />
3:30pm - Featured presentation<br/><br />
4:45pm - Meeting ends, everyone out. We must completely vacate by the library closing time of 5:00pm.<br />
<br />
== Election ==<br />
At this meeting, we will elect the WPLUG Board of Directors for 2014-2015.<br />
<br />
Votes may be cast by mail or in person at the meeting. Your vote must be received before the polls close to be counted, so show up by 3:00pm to be sure you get to cast yours.<br />
<br />
The ballot for this election will be e-mailed to the membership and can be downloaded from the wiki in [[Media:2014_ballot.odt|ODT]] and [[Media:2014_ballot.pdf|PDF]] formats. Blank ballots will also be available at the meeting. Detailed instructions for voting are given at [[Election Instructions]].<br />
<br />
Those who were nominated at the October 18, 2014 nominations meeting and have agreed to be candidates are (in alphabetical order):<br />
* Patrick Barron<br />
* Vance Kochenderfer<br />
* John Lewis<br />
* Joseph Prostko<br />
* Stanley Slomberg<br />
<br />
=== Meet the Candidates ===<br />
<br />
There will be a special "meet the candidates" session in the WPLUG [[IRC|IRC channel]] (irc.freenode.net, channel #wplug) on Thursday, November 13 from 8:00-9:00pm. We encourage all members to attend and ask questions of the candidates.<br />
<br />
<br />
=== Candidate Statements ===<br />
<br />
==== Patrick Barron ====<br />
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To be added.<br />
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==== Vance Kochenderfer ====<br />
<br />
To be added.<br />
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==== John Lewis ====<br />
<br />
To be added.<br />
<br />
==== Joseph Prostko ====<br />
<br />
To be added.<br />
<br />
==== Stanley Slomberg ====<br />
<br />
To be added.<br />
<br />
== Speaker/Presentation ==<br />
<br />
Speaker: John Lewis<br />
<br />
Topic: Rsnapshot<br />
<br />
Description to be added.<br />
<br />
== Meeting Minutes ==<br />
<br />
To be added.<br />
<br />
== Meeting Staff ==<br />
If you would like to volunteer to assist with this meeting, please add your name to one or more of the [[MeetingChecklist|categories]] below.<br />
* Host: Your name here<br />
* Co-Host: Your name here<br />
* Setup: Your name here<br />
* Clean Up: Your name here<br />
<br />
== Carpooling ==<br />
<br />
* Your name/location here<br />
<br />
[[Category:Meetings]]<br />
[[Category:Minutes]]</div>Jprostko//www.wplug.org/wiki/File:2014_ballot.pdfFile:2014 ballot.pdf2014-10-31T20:24:00Z<p>Jprostko: 2014 WPLUG Election Ballot in PDF Format</p>
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<div>2014 WPLUG Election Ballot in PDF Format</div>Jprostko//www.wplug.org/wiki/File:2014_ballot.odtFile:2014 ballot.odt2014-10-31T20:23:32Z<p>Jprostko: 2014 WPLUG Election Ballot in ODT Format</p>
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<div>2014 WPLUG Election Ballot in ODT Format</div>Jprostko//www.wplug.org/wiki/WPLUGBoard/Meeting-20141021WPLUGBoard/Meeting-201410212014-10-14T17:19:25Z<p>Jprostko: Initial commit for 10/21/2014 board meeting</p>
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<div>== Venue Info ==<br />
Meeting to be held at Pittsburgh Filmmakers at 7:30pm, Tuesday, October 21, 2014.<br />
== Agenda ==<br />
* Approve [[WPLUGBoard/Meeting-20140916#Minutes | minutes of September 16]] board meeting<br />
* Discuss plans for next GUM (elections)<br />
* Discuss plans for Ohio Linuxfest<br />
* Discuss upcoming election based on 10/18 nominations meeting<br />
* List your item here<br />
* List your item here<br />
== Minutes ==<br />
To be added.</div>Jprostko//www.wplug.org/wiki/CallforPresentationsCallforPresentations2014-09-25T19:43:17Z<p>Jprostko: Get rid of the old Roll Call from 2010 about Arch Linux</p>
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<div>Call For Presentations:<br />
<br />
Western PA Linux User Group is in search of presentations. This is your opportunity to share your experience with your favorite open source software with the community. Any topic involving the usability of Linux or associated free and open source software is welcome. <br />
<br />
== What to Present ==<br />
These topics are not a complete list of what type of presentation we are looking for. Instead, use this list as an idea starter.<br />
* Desktop Environments: GNOME, KDE, XFCE, etc.<br />
* Distribution Demonstrations: Fedora, Ubuntu, OpenSUSE, FreeBSD, Gentoo, OpenSolaris, etc.<br />
* Multi-platform desktop software: Open Office, Firefox, Thunderbird, The GIMP<br />
* Services: Web, VoiceOverIP, Databases<br />
* SysAdmin: Backups, working with diverse environments, monitoring, security, change management.<br />
* Programming: Shells, C, Python, Java, Web APIs, development environments, version control.<br />
* Web Based applicatons: Google Apps, webmail, wikis, content management systems, maps.<br />
* Product reviews: hardware, book reports, tools, up and coming projects, tried and true favorites.<br />
* Free Culture and legal: community, open source ideals in practice, licensing <br />
<br />
== How Long to Present ==<br />
<br />
You should prepare anywhere from 5 minutes to 45 minutes of content in order to leave plenty of time for questions and discussion on your topic.<br />
<br />
== Facilities for Presenters ==<br />
<br />
A data projector will be provided upon request. Amplification is not provided. Please specify if you would like your presentation recorded (video, audio, opt-out.) Other assistance available upon request.<br />
<br />
== Express your interest in presenting ==<br />
<br />
Contact events@wplug.org<br/><br />
Information about the membership of the [http://www.wplug.org/wiki/Committees#Program_Committee Program Committee] can be found on the wiki.<br />
<br />
== Date assignment ==<br />
<br />
We are continually in search of presenters for our General User Meetings. We will meet on the Second Saturday of every month through December 2013 (with some exceptions - see the [http://www.wplug.org/wiki/Main_Page#Upcoming_Meetings_.26_Events schedule] of upcoming meetings and events for more info). If Saturdays do not work for you, please discuss that with the events committee who will work with you to arrange a special event for you to share your topic with the Western PA Linux User Group community.<br />
<br />
== License ==<br />
<br />
Please consider publishing your slides under a Creative Commons License. This will allow other user groups to expand on your ideas for the greater good of the open source community. This page itself is published under [http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/us/ Creative Commons Attribution 3.0 United States License].<br />
<br />
== Roll Call, suggestions ==<br />
<br />
- (YOUR NAME, YOUR PRESENTATION)<br />
<br />
- (YOUR NAME, YOUR PRESENTATION)</div>Jprostko//www.wplug.org/wiki/WPLUGBoard/Meeting-20140916WPLUGBoard/Meeting-201409162014-09-21T02:39:57Z<p>Jprostko: Added draft minutes from the board meeting</p>
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<div>== Venue Info ==<br />
Meeting to be held at Pittsburgh Filmmakers at 7:30pm, Tuesday, September 16, 2014.<br />
<br />
== Agenda ==<br />
* Approve [[WPLUGBoard/Meeting-20140819#Minutes | minutes of August 19]] board meeting<br />
* Discuss plans for next GUM<br />
* Discuss plans for Software Freedom Day<br />
* Discuss plans for Ohio Linuxfest<br />
* Discuss upcoming elections<br />
* List your item here<br />
* List your item here<br />
<br />
== Minutes ==<br />
<br />
'''DRAFT MINUTES'''<br />
<br />
The meeting was called to order at at 7:37 PM, with all board members present.<br />
<br />
'''Reports of Officers'''<br />
<br />
The Chair reported that Daniel Mross' bitcoin documentary, The Rise and Rise of Bitcoin, has been released. There is a viewing party for the movie on October 7th at the SouthSide Works Cinema, and the Chair suggested that maybe WPLUG should team up for the viewing party. The Chair also mentioned that there's quite a bit of older Mac equipment at Pittsburgh Filmmakers that could be repurposed. The Chair will discuss some of these possibilities under New Business.<br />
<br />
The Vice Chair had nothing to report.<br />
<br />
The Treasurer reported that as of the last bank statement, there was $301.42 in the bank account, which includes $50.97 in deposits. There's also $20.00 in undeposited dues, as well as $30.00 that was paid to the Wilkins School Community Center (WSCC) for the room rental for the last general user meeting (GUM). The Treasurer mentioned that he will likely make a donation to WPLUG to help cover the costs of the server migration that was done recently as well.<br />
<br />
The Secretary reported that currently there's 12 members of WPLUG after several people did not renew their memberships.<br />
<br />
The Director-at-Large has nothing to report.<br />
<br />
'''New Business'''<br />
<br />
The Treasurer proposed that the board ratify the action of paying WSCC $30.00 for the recent GUM room rental. He would also like to propose that the board ratify the expense for the $2.50/month Linode server backups for wplug.org. The Treasurer also stated that the Chair of the internet committee (himself) should make backup of the old WPLUG server and then shut it down by the end of the week. The proposals made by the Treasurer were approved by all.<br />
<br />
The next item of discussion was the plan for future GUMs. The Vice Chair mentioned that he can still do his copyright talk, which while it will focus mainly on software, it should be able to spill over to other topics such as media production. The October GUM will be the meeting where nominations will happen for the 2014-2015 WPLUG board. According to the bylaws, at least 28 days notice for nominations must happen, which means that the second Saturday of October will not work. The plan is have the next GUM on the third Saturday of October, which is October 18th. The Vice Chair will set up a wiki page and the details can be filled in later. The meeting will likely be at Pittsburgh Filmmakers though.<br />
<br />
The Chair mentioned that there is a storage closet at Pittsburgh Filmmakers with a lot of old Macs and that is quite full. He was given permission by the Director of Administration to be able to install Linux on the machines, and feel free to give them away, as long as Pittsburgh Filmmakers is credited. Given this fact, maybe some collaboration could be done with the CMU computer club for their upcoming installfest.<br />
<br />
With respect to WPLUG hosting a Software Freedom Day event, the Vice Chair mentioned that he could not find a community day event, as it is too late in the year for those to occur. The only suggestion at the moment is to maybe roll this into an event like the CMU computer club installfest, which happens on October 1st.<br />
<br />
The Treasurer plans to attend a CMU computer club meeting on September 17th, which is before the installfest. He will report back to see if they are interested in doing a joint event. The Chair mentioned that he will keep in contact with some of the CMU computer club members via IRC as well.<br />
<br />
With respect to a November speaker, it is possible that somebody from the CMU computer club may want to give a talk. Other candidates are people like Bill Moran about Android game development or Don Vosburg about OpenSUSE. Another possiblity is getting somebody from NASA to talk about how they use open source. With respect to local companies, getting somebody from Astrobotic or Pair could be options as well.<br />
<br />
The meeting concluded at 8:14 PM.</div>Jprostko//www.wplug.org/wiki/WPLUGBoardWPLUGBoard2014-09-20T22:43:20Z<p>Jprostko: AddSeptember 2014 board meeting to past meetings</p>
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<div>__NOTOC__<br />
<br />
The WPLUG Board of Directors consists of five elected members of WPLUG who oversee the operations of WPLUG and plan for its future growth. The current board was elected on Saturday, November 9, 2013.<br />
<br />
== Members == <br />
<br />
The members are:<br />
<br />
* Chair: [[User:Centinel | Justin Smith]]<br />
* Vice-Chair: [[User:Vance | Vance Kochenderfer]]<br />
* Secretary: [[User:Jprostko | Joseph Prostko]]<br />
* Treasurer: [[User:Patbarron | Patrick Barron]]<br />
* Director-at-Large: [[User:Scslomberg | Stanley Slomberg]]<br />
<br />
A list of [[WPLUGBoard/Duties|officer responsibilities]] exists to help keep straight who does what and when.<br />
<br />
== Upcoming WPLUG Board Meetings ==<br />
<br />
* [[WPLUGBoard/Meeting-20141021|Tuesday, October 21, 2014]]<br />
* [[WPLUGBoard/Meeting-20141118|Tuesday, November 18, 2014]]<br />
<br />
== Past WPLUG Board Meetings ==<br />
<br />
* [[WPLUGBoard/Meeting-20140916|Tuesday, September 16, 2014]]<br />
* [[WPLUGBoard/Meeting-20140819|Tuesday, August 19, 2014]]<br />
* [[WPLUGBoard/Meeting-20140715|Tuesday, July 15, 2014]]<br />
* [[WPLUGBoard/Meeting-20140624|Tuesday, June 24, 2014]]<br />
* [[WPLUGBoard/Meeting-20140520|Tuesday, May 20, 2014]]<br />
* [[WPLUGBoard/Meeting-20140408|Tuesday, April 8, 2014]]<br />
* [[WPLUGBoard/Meeting-20140318|Tuesday, March 18, 2014]]<br />
* [[WPLUGBoard/Meeting-20140218|Tuesday, February 18, 2014]]<br />
* [[WPLUGBoard/Meeting-20140121|Tuesday, January 21, 2014]]<br />
* [[WPLUGBoard/Meeting-20131217|Tuesday, December 17, 2013]]<br />
* [[WPLUGBoard/Meeting-20131119|Tuesday, November 19, 2013]]<br />
* [[WPLUGBoard/Meeting-20131015|Tuesday, October 15, 2013]]<br />
* [[WPLUGBoard/Meeting-20130917|Tuesday, September 17, 2013]]<br />
* [[WPLUGBoard/Meeting-20130820|Tuesday, August 20, 2013]]<br />
* [[WPLUGBoard/Meeting-20130716|Tuesday, July 16, 2013]]<br />
* [[WPLUGBoard/Meeting-20130618|Tuesday, June 18, 2013]]<br />
* [[WPLUGBoard/Meeting-20130521|Tuesday, May 21, 2013]]<br />
* [[WPLUGBoard/Meeting-20130502|Thursday, May 2, 2013]]<br />
* [[WPLUGBoard/Meeting-20130416|Tuesday, April 16, 2013]]<br />
* [[WPLUGBoard/Meeting-20130319|Tuesday, March 19, 2013]]<br />
* [[WPLUGBoard/Meeting-20130219|Tuesday, Februrary 19, 2013]]<br />
* [[WPLUGBoard/Meeting-20130209|Saturday, February 9, 2013]] (special meeting)<br />
* [[WPLUGBoard/Meeting-20130115|Tuesday, January 15, 2013]]<br />
* [[WPLUGBoard/Meeting-20121230|Sunday, December 30, 2012]] (special meeting)<br />
* [[WPLUGBoard/Meeting-20121204|Tuesday, December 4, 2012]]<br />
* [[WPLUGBoard/Meeting-20121108|Thursday, November 8, 2012]]<br />
* [[WPLUGBoard/Meeting-20121002|Tuesday, October 2, 2012]]<br />
* [[WPLUGBoard/Meeting-20120904|Tuesday, September 4, 2012]]<br />
* [[WPLUGBoard/Meeting-20120807|Tuesday, August 7, 2012]]<br />
* [[WPLUGBoard/Meeting-20120703|Tuesday, July 3, 2012]]<br />
* [[WPLUGBoard/Meeting-20120605|Tuesday, June 5, 2012]]<br />
* [[WPLUGBoard/Meeting-20120501|Tuesday, May 1, 2012]]<br />
* [[WPLUGBoard/Meeting-20120412|Thursday, April 12, 2012]] (special meeting)<br />
* [[WPLUGBoard/Meeting-20120403|Tuesday, April 3, 2012]]<br />
* [[WPLUGBoard/Meeting-20120306|Tuesday, March 6, 2012]]<br />
* [[WPLUGBoard/Meeting-20120207|Tuesday, February 7, 2012]]<br />
* [[WPLUGBoard/Meeting-20120103|Tuesday, January 3, 2012]]<br />
* [[WPLUGBoard/Meeting-20111206|Tuesday, December 6, 2011]]<br />
* [[WPLUGBoard/Meeting-20111101|Tuesday, November 1, 2011]]<br />
* [[WPLUGBoard/Meeting-20111004|Tuesday, October 4, 2011]]<br />
* [[WPLUGBoard/Meeting-20110830|Tuesday, August 30, 2011]]<br />
* [[WPLUGBoard/Meeting-20110802|Tuesday, August 2, 2011]]<br />
* [[WPLUGBoard/Meeting-20110628|Tuesday, June 28, 2011]]<br />
* [[WPLUGBoard/Meeting-20110607|Tuesday, June 7, 2011]]<br />
* [[WPLUGBoard/Meeting-20110503|Tuesday, May 3, 2011]]<br />
* [[WPLUGBoard/Meeting-20110405|Tuesday, April 5, 2011]]<br />
* [[WPLUGBoard/Meeting-20110303|Tuesday, March 3, 2011]]<br />
* [[WPLUGBoard/Meeting-20110201|Tuesday, February 1, 2011]]<br />
* [[WPLUGBoard/Meeting-20110104|Tuesday, January 4, 2011]]<br />
* [[WPLUGBoard/Meeting-20101207|Tuesday, December 7, 2010]]<br />
* [[WPLUGBoard/Meeting-20101001|Friday, October 1, 2010]]<br />
* [[WPLUGBoard/Meeting-20100827|Friday, August 27, 2010]]<br />
* [[WPLUGBoard/Meeting-20100709|Friday, July 9, 2010]]<br />
* June 2010<br />
* May 2010<br />
* [[WPLUGBoard/Meeting-20100409|Friday, April 9, 2010]]<br />
* March 2010<br />
* February 2010<br />
* [[WPLUGBoard/Meeting-20100122|Friday, January 22, 2010]]<br />
* [[WPLUGBoard/Meeting-20091219|Saturday, December 19, 2009]]<br />
* [[WPLUGBoard/Meeting-20091121|Saturday, November 21, 2009]]<br />
* [[WPLUGBoard/Meeting-20090915|Thursday, October 15, 2009]]<br />
* [[WPLUGBoard/Meeting-20090825|Tuesday, August 25, 2009]]<br />
* [[WPLUGBoard/Meeting-20090709|Thursday, July 9, 2009]]<br />
* [[WPLUGBoard/Meeting-20090602|Tuesday, June 2, 2009]]<br />
* [[WPLUGBoard/Meeting-20090505|Tuesday, May 5, 2009]]<br />
* [[WPLUGBoard/Meeting-20090331|Tuesday, March 31, 2009]]<br />
* [[WPLUGBoard/Meeting-20090303|Tuesday, March 3, 2009]]<br />
* [[WPLUGBoard/Meeting-20090203 | Tuesday, February 3, 2009]]<br />
* [[WPLUGBoard/Meeting-20090106 | Tuesday, January 6, 2009]]<br />
* [[WPLUGBoard/Meeting-20081209 | Tuesday, December 9, 2008]]<br />
* [[WPLUGBoard/Meeting-20081110 | Monday, November 10, 2008]]<br />
* [[WPLUGBoard/Meeting-20081027 | Monday, October 27, 2008]]<br />
* [[WPLUGBoard/Meeting-20081004 | Tuesday, October 4, 2008]] (special meeting)<br />
* [[WPLUGBoard/Meeting-20080916 | Tuesday, September 16, 2008]] (special meeting)<br />
* [[WPLUGBoard/Meeting-20080908 | Monday, September 8, 2008]]<br />
* [[WPLUGBoard/Meeting-20080811 | Monday, August 11, 2008]]<br />
* [[WPLUGBoard/Meeting-20080714 | Monday, July 14, 2008]]<br />
* [[WPLUGBoard/Meeting-20080609 | Monday, June 9, 2008]]<br />
* [[WPLUGBoard/Meeting-20080512 | Monday, May 12, 2008]]<br />
* [[WPLUGBoard/Meeting-20080407 | Monday, April 7, 2008]]<br />
* [[WPLUGBoard/Meeting-20080310 | Monday, March 10, 2008]]<br />
* [[WPLUGBoard/Meeting-20080204 | Monday, February 4, 2008]]<br />
* [[WPLUGBoard/Meeting-20080114 | Monday, January 14, 2008]]<br />
* [[WPLUGBoard/Meeting-20071210 | Monday, December 10, 2007]]<br />
* [[WPLUGBoard/Meeting-20071119 | Monday, November 19, 2007]]<br />
* [[WPLUGBoard/Meeting-20071029 | Monday, October 29, 2007]]<br />
* [[WPLUGBoard/Meeting-20070910 | Monday, September 10, 2007]]<br />
* [[WPLUGBoard/Meeting-20070813 | Monday, August 20, 2007]]<br />
* [[WPLUGBoard/Meeting-20070709 | Monday, July 30, 2007]]<br />
* [[WPLUGBoard/Meeting-20070611 | Monday, June 25, 2007]]<br />
* [[WPLUGBoard/Meeting-20070514 | Monday, May 14, 2007]]<br />
* [[WPLUGBoard/Meeting-20070402 | Monday, April 2, 2007]]<br />
* [[WPLUGBoard/Meeting-20070312 | Monday, March 12, 2007]]<br />
* [[WPLUGBoard/Meeting-20070212 | Monday, February 12, 2007]]<br />
* [[WPLUGBoard/Meeting-20070122 | Monday, January 22, 2007]]<br />
* Monday, December 11, 2006<br />
* Monday, November 27, 2006<br />
* Monday, October 30, 2006<br />
<br />
== WPLUG Goals ==<br />
<br />
At the October 30, 2006 meeting the acting WPLUG board established a set of five, three and one year goals. We then pared each of these sets of goals to about five different concrete and actionable items. The goal of this plan is that the one year tasks always lead us in the direction of the three year tasks, which are the foundation for the five year tasks. The one year plan should be revisited as needed during the year, with the three and five year plan revisited annually.<br />
<br />
At the [[WPLUGBoard/Meeting-20071119 | November 19, 2007]] board meeting, the board decided to review the goals set one year earlier, and update them as necessary. The previous board's goals can be found at the [[WPLUG Board 2007 Goals]] and [[WPLUG Board 2008 Goals]] pages. A new [[WPLUG Board 2009 Goals]] page is under construction.</div>Jprostko//www.wplug.org/wiki/WPLUGBoardWPLUGBoard2014-09-20T22:42:38Z<p>Jprostko: Remove September 2014 meeting from upcoming meetings, so it can be moved to past meetings</p>
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<div>__NOTOC__<br />
<br />
The WPLUG Board of Directors consists of five elected members of WPLUG who oversee the operations of WPLUG and plan for its future growth. The current board was elected on Saturday, November 9, 2013.<br />
<br />
== Members == <br />
<br />
The members are:<br />
<br />
* Chair: [[User:Centinel | Justin Smith]]<br />
* Vice-Chair: [[User:Vance | Vance Kochenderfer]]<br />
* Secretary: [[User:Jprostko | Joseph Prostko]]<br />
* Treasurer: [[User:Patbarron | Patrick Barron]]<br />
* Director-at-Large: [[User:Scslomberg | Stanley Slomberg]]<br />
<br />
A list of [[WPLUGBoard/Duties|officer responsibilities]] exists to help keep straight who does what and when.<br />
<br />
== Upcoming WPLUG Board Meetings ==<br />
<br />
* [[WPLUGBoard/Meeting-20141021|Tuesday, October 21, 2014]]<br />
* [[WPLUGBoard/Meeting-20141118|Tuesday, November 18, 2014]]<br />
<br />
== Past WPLUG Board Meetings ==<br />
<br />
* [[WPLUGBoard/Meeting-20140819|Tuesday, August 19, 2014]]<br />
* [[WPLUGBoard/Meeting-20140715|Tuesday, July 15, 2014]]<br />
* [[WPLUGBoard/Meeting-20140624|Tuesday, June 24, 2014]]<br />
* [[WPLUGBoard/Meeting-20140520|Tuesday, May 20, 2014]]<br />
* [[WPLUGBoard/Meeting-20140408|Tuesday, April 8, 2014]]<br />
* [[WPLUGBoard/Meeting-20140318|Tuesday, March 18, 2014]]<br />
* [[WPLUGBoard/Meeting-20140218|Tuesday, February 18, 2014]]<br />
* [[WPLUGBoard/Meeting-20140121|Tuesday, January 21, 2014]]<br />
* [[WPLUGBoard/Meeting-20131217|Tuesday, December 17, 2013]]<br />
* [[WPLUGBoard/Meeting-20131119|Tuesday, November 19, 2013]]<br />
* [[WPLUGBoard/Meeting-20131015|Tuesday, October 15, 2013]]<br />
* [[WPLUGBoard/Meeting-20130917|Tuesday, September 17, 2013]]<br />
* [[WPLUGBoard/Meeting-20130820|Tuesday, August 20, 2013]]<br />
* [[WPLUGBoard/Meeting-20130716|Tuesday, July 16, 2013]]<br />
* [[WPLUGBoard/Meeting-20130618|Tuesday, June 18, 2013]]<br />
* [[WPLUGBoard/Meeting-20130521|Tuesday, May 21, 2013]]<br />
* [[WPLUGBoard/Meeting-20130502|Thursday, May 2, 2013]]<br />
* [[WPLUGBoard/Meeting-20130416|Tuesday, April 16, 2013]]<br />
* [[WPLUGBoard/Meeting-20130319|Tuesday, March 19, 2013]]<br />
* [[WPLUGBoard/Meeting-20130219|Tuesday, Februrary 19, 2013]]<br />
* [[WPLUGBoard/Meeting-20130209|Saturday, February 9, 2013]] (special meeting)<br />
* [[WPLUGBoard/Meeting-20130115|Tuesday, January 15, 2013]]<br />
* [[WPLUGBoard/Meeting-20121230|Sunday, December 30, 2012]] (special meeting)<br />
* [[WPLUGBoard/Meeting-20121204|Tuesday, December 4, 2012]]<br />
* [[WPLUGBoard/Meeting-20121108|Thursday, November 8, 2012]]<br />
* [[WPLUGBoard/Meeting-20121002|Tuesday, October 2, 2012]]<br />
* [[WPLUGBoard/Meeting-20120904|Tuesday, September 4, 2012]]<br />
* [[WPLUGBoard/Meeting-20120807|Tuesday, August 7, 2012]]<br />
* [[WPLUGBoard/Meeting-20120703|Tuesday, July 3, 2012]]<br />
* [[WPLUGBoard/Meeting-20120605|Tuesday, June 5, 2012]]<br />
* [[WPLUGBoard/Meeting-20120501|Tuesday, May 1, 2012]]<br />
* [[WPLUGBoard/Meeting-20120412|Thursday, April 12, 2012]] (special meeting)<br />
* [[WPLUGBoard/Meeting-20120403|Tuesday, April 3, 2012]]<br />
* [[WPLUGBoard/Meeting-20120306|Tuesday, March 6, 2012]]<br />
* [[WPLUGBoard/Meeting-20120207|Tuesday, February 7, 2012]]<br />
* [[WPLUGBoard/Meeting-20120103|Tuesday, January 3, 2012]]<br />
* [[WPLUGBoard/Meeting-20111206|Tuesday, December 6, 2011]]<br />
* [[WPLUGBoard/Meeting-20111101|Tuesday, November 1, 2011]]<br />
* [[WPLUGBoard/Meeting-20111004|Tuesday, October 4, 2011]]<br />
* [[WPLUGBoard/Meeting-20110830|Tuesday, August 30, 2011]]<br />
* [[WPLUGBoard/Meeting-20110802|Tuesday, August 2, 2011]]<br />
* [[WPLUGBoard/Meeting-20110628|Tuesday, June 28, 2011]]<br />
* [[WPLUGBoard/Meeting-20110607|Tuesday, June 7, 2011]]<br />
* [[WPLUGBoard/Meeting-20110503|Tuesday, May 3, 2011]]<br />
* [[WPLUGBoard/Meeting-20110405|Tuesday, April 5, 2011]]<br />
* [[WPLUGBoard/Meeting-20110303|Tuesday, March 3, 2011]]<br />
* [[WPLUGBoard/Meeting-20110201|Tuesday, February 1, 2011]]<br />
* [[WPLUGBoard/Meeting-20110104|Tuesday, January 4, 2011]]<br />
* [[WPLUGBoard/Meeting-20101207|Tuesday, December 7, 2010]]<br />
* [[WPLUGBoard/Meeting-20101001|Friday, October 1, 2010]]<br />
* [[WPLUGBoard/Meeting-20100827|Friday, August 27, 2010]]<br />
* [[WPLUGBoard/Meeting-20100709|Friday, July 9, 2010]]<br />
* June 2010<br />
* May 2010<br />
* [[WPLUGBoard/Meeting-20100409|Friday, April 9, 2010]]<br />
* March 2010<br />
* February 2010<br />
* [[WPLUGBoard/Meeting-20100122|Friday, January 22, 2010]]<br />
* [[WPLUGBoard/Meeting-20091219|Saturday, December 19, 2009]]<br />
* [[WPLUGBoard/Meeting-20091121|Saturday, November 21, 2009]]<br />
* [[WPLUGBoard/Meeting-20090915|Thursday, October 15, 2009]]<br />
* [[WPLUGBoard/Meeting-20090825|Tuesday, August 25, 2009]]<br />
* [[WPLUGBoard/Meeting-20090709|Thursday, July 9, 2009]]<br />
* [[WPLUGBoard/Meeting-20090602|Tuesday, June 2, 2009]]<br />
* [[WPLUGBoard/Meeting-20090505|Tuesday, May 5, 2009]]<br />
* [[WPLUGBoard/Meeting-20090331|Tuesday, March 31, 2009]]<br />
* [[WPLUGBoard/Meeting-20090303|Tuesday, March 3, 2009]]<br />
* [[WPLUGBoard/Meeting-20090203 | Tuesday, February 3, 2009]]<br />
* [[WPLUGBoard/Meeting-20090106 | Tuesday, January 6, 2009]]<br />
* [[WPLUGBoard/Meeting-20081209 | Tuesday, December 9, 2008]]<br />
* [[WPLUGBoard/Meeting-20081110 | Monday, November 10, 2008]]<br />
* [[WPLUGBoard/Meeting-20081027 | Monday, October 27, 2008]]<br />
* [[WPLUGBoard/Meeting-20081004 | Tuesday, October 4, 2008]] (special meeting)<br />
* [[WPLUGBoard/Meeting-20080916 | Tuesday, September 16, 2008]] (special meeting)<br />
* [[WPLUGBoard/Meeting-20080908 | Monday, September 8, 2008]]<br />
* [[WPLUGBoard/Meeting-20080811 | Monday, August 11, 2008]]<br />
* [[WPLUGBoard/Meeting-20080714 | Monday, July 14, 2008]]<br />
* [[WPLUGBoard/Meeting-20080609 | Monday, June 9, 2008]]<br />
* [[WPLUGBoard/Meeting-20080512 | Monday, May 12, 2008]]<br />
* [[WPLUGBoard/Meeting-20080407 | Monday, April 7, 2008]]<br />
* [[WPLUGBoard/Meeting-20080310 | Monday, March 10, 2008]]<br />
* [[WPLUGBoard/Meeting-20080204 | Monday, February 4, 2008]]<br />
* [[WPLUGBoard/Meeting-20080114 | Monday, January 14, 2008]]<br />
* [[WPLUGBoard/Meeting-20071210 | Monday, December 10, 2007]]<br />
* [[WPLUGBoard/Meeting-20071119 | Monday, November 19, 2007]]<br />
* [[WPLUGBoard/Meeting-20071029 | Monday, October 29, 2007]]<br />
* [[WPLUGBoard/Meeting-20070910 | Monday, September 10, 2007]]<br />
* [[WPLUGBoard/Meeting-20070813 | Monday, August 20, 2007]]<br />
* [[WPLUGBoard/Meeting-20070709 | Monday, July 30, 2007]]<br />
* [[WPLUGBoard/Meeting-20070611 | Monday, June 25, 2007]]<br />
* [[WPLUGBoard/Meeting-20070514 | Monday, May 14, 2007]]<br />
* [[WPLUGBoard/Meeting-20070402 | Monday, April 2, 2007]]<br />
* [[WPLUGBoard/Meeting-20070312 | Monday, March 12, 2007]]<br />
* [[WPLUGBoard/Meeting-20070212 | Monday, February 12, 2007]]<br />
* [[WPLUGBoard/Meeting-20070122 | Monday, January 22, 2007]]<br />
* Monday, December 11, 2006<br />
* Monday, November 27, 2006<br />
* Monday, October 30, 2006<br />
<br />
== WPLUG Goals ==<br />
<br />
At the October 30, 2006 meeting the acting WPLUG board established a set of five, three and one year goals. We then pared each of these sets of goals to about five different concrete and actionable items. The goal of this plan is that the one year tasks always lead us in the direction of the three year tasks, which are the foundation for the five year tasks. The one year plan should be revisited as needed during the year, with the three and five year plan revisited annually.<br />
<br />
At the [[WPLUGBoard/Meeting-20071119 | November 19, 2007]] board meeting, the board decided to review the goals set one year earlier, and update them as necessary. The previous board's goals can be found at the [[WPLUG Board 2007 Goals]] and [[WPLUG Board 2008 Goals]] pages. A new [[WPLUG Board 2009 Goals]] page is under construction.</div>Jprostko//www.wplug.org/wiki/WPLUGBoard/Meeting-20140819WPLUGBoard/Meeting-201408192014-09-15T16:04:18Z<p>Jprostko: Added the minutes</p>
<hr />
<div>== Venue Info ==<br />
Meeting to be held at Pittsburgh Filmmakers at 7:30pm, Tuesday, August 19, 2014.<br />
<br />
== Agenda ==<br />
* Approve [[WPLUGBoard/Meeting-20140715#Minutes | minutes of July 15]] board meeting<br />
* Discuss the server migration scheduled for Saturday, August 23rd<br />
* Discuss plans for next GUM<br />
* Discuss plans for Software Freedom Day<br />
* Discuss plans for Ohio Linuxfest<br />
* List your item here<br />
* List your item here<br />
<br />
== Minutes ==<br />
The meeting was called to order at at 7:53 PM, with everyone but the Director-at-Large present.<br />
<br />
'''Reports of Officers'''<br />
<br />
The Chair has nothing to report.<br />
<br />
The Vice Chair reports that he has something he would like to discuss about future meetings during New Business. He also wants to talk later in the meeting about the Linode referral link on WPLUG wiki.<br />
<br />
The Secretary reports that currently the membership count is at 17 members. That said, some people haven't renewed yet, so that count may drop between now and the next board meeting.<br />
<br />
The Treasurer reports $243.51 is currently in the bank, with undeposited funds of $40.00 from a new member joining, along with a membership renewal. There was also a donation amount of $17.91 from the summer picnic EventBrite sign-up. The Treasurer mentioned he will contact the Director-at-Large to compensate him for the cost of the new WPLUG grill. Also, the Treasurer mentioned that somebody needs to get a hold of Linode quite soon so that WPLUG doesn't get re-billed for another month of service for the existing server. Finally, he plans to contact Linode to get a /64 for IPV6 for use on the new WPLUG server.<br />
<br />
The Director-at-Large is not present and therefore has nothing to report.<br />
<br />
'''New Business'''<br />
<br />
The plan is to do the WPLUG server migration this upcoming Saturday, August 23rd. It should be pretty straight-forward, although some software will need to be reinstalled from scratch. The Treasurer is also doing a "panic dump" of the current server infrastructure, just in case it is needed. Other than that, a backup policy for the WPLUG server will need to be considered. The Treasurer will look into the cost for Linode's backup service and report back to the board.<br />
<br />
With regards to the upcoming general user meeting (GUM), the Vice Chair reported that he talked to Megan Costello, who did the talk about legal issues in open source at Hack Pittsburgh. She moved across the state unfortunately, so she will not be able to give a talk. If she is ever in the area though and a time can be agreed upon, it's possible that she could give a talk at a future general meeting. Due to these circumstances, the Vice Chair mentioned that he could talk about legal issues as well, focusing on copyright and software licenses. Alternatives to this are a movie night at Pittsburgh Filmmakers, as well as the Chair giving a talk about security and privacy, likely with an Android focus. After some discussion, it was decided to go with the Chair's talk for the September general meeting, with the Vice Chair giving his talk for the October meeting.<br />
<br />
The next topic of discussion was Software Freedom Day. It would be good to do it in a place where the general public can get a chance to talk with us about open source software. It was mentioned that perhaps a computer hardware giveaway could be used as an incentive. That said, the main goal is to spread the word about free and open source software, not to give things away to the public. A location like the Monroeville Mall would be ideal, or perhaps WPLUG could set up a table at a Community Day or Farmers' Market. The Vice Chair will look into the possibility of pursuing a WPLUG presence at a local Community Day event. The Vice Chair mentioned that charitable days at churches is another possibility. Obviously the primary focus of WPLUG is on Linux-based operating systems, but better success for Software Freedom Day may be to share free and open source software for Windows with the general public. Giving away CDs with portable versions of software such as LibreOffice and Firefox would definitely be a good way to go. The main goal before all of this though is to find a location, preferably within the next week or two. Our event likely won't actually be on the same date as the official Software Freedom Day, which is Saturday, September 20th. That said, it would be great to still help spread the word.<br />
<br />
Finally, there was some discussion about the 2014 Ohio LinuxFest (OLF). The Vice Chair mentioned that it is still unknown what the schedule is for Lightning Talks and the Birds of a Feather (BoF) discussions. He also mentioned that it is possible that only one of the two may happen this OLF. Tentatively there will be Lightning Talks on Saturday, and the BoFs should happen on Friday night. The full details are not known at this juncture though, unfortunately.<br />
<br />
The Vice Chair concluded the meeting by mentioning that somebody from CMU submitted a talk for OLF. It may be possible to reach out to this person to present at a future WPLUG GUM if he is interested.<br />
<br />
The meeting concluded at 8:54 PM.</div>Jprostko//www.wplug.org/wiki/WPLUGBoard/Meeting-20140916WPLUGBoard/Meeting-201409162014-09-15T15:27:31Z<p>Jprostko: Initial commit for 9/16/2014 board meeting</p>
<hr />
<div>== Venue Info ==<br />
Meeting to be held at Pittsburgh Filmmakers at 7:30pm, Tuesday, September 16, 2014.<br />
<br />
== Agenda ==<br />
* Approve [[WPLUGBoard/Meeting-20140819#Minutes | minutes of August 19]] board meeting<br />
* Discuss plans for next GUM<br />
* Discuss plans for Software Freedom Day<br />
* Discuss plans for Ohio Linuxfest<br />
* Discuss upcoming elections<br />
* List your item here<br />
* List your item here<br />
<br />
== Minutes ==<br />
To be added.</div>Jprostko//www.wplug.org/wiki/WPLUGBoardWPLUGBoard2014-09-15T15:24:36Z<p>Jprostko: Add August 2014 board meeting to past meetings</p>
<hr />
<div>__NOTOC__<br />
<br />
The WPLUG Board of Directors consists of five elected members of WPLUG who oversee the operations of WPLUG and plan for its future growth. The current board was elected on Saturday, November 9, 2013.<br />
<br />
== Members == <br />
<br />
The members are:<br />
<br />
* Chair: [[User:Centinel | Justin Smith]]<br />
* Vice-Chair: [[User:Vance | Vance Kochenderfer]]<br />
* Secretary: [[User:Jprostko | Joseph Prostko]]<br />
* Treasurer: [[User:Patbarron | Patrick Barron]]<br />
* Director-at-Large: [[User:Scslomberg | Stanley Slomberg]]<br />
<br />
A list of [[WPLUGBoard/Duties|officer responsibilities]] exists to help keep straight who does what and when.<br />
<br />
== Upcoming WPLUG Board Meetings ==<br />
<br />
* [[WPLUGBoard/Meeting-20140916|Tuesday, September 16, 2014]]<br />
* [[WPLUGBoard/Meeting-20141021|Tuesday, October 21, 2014]]<br />
* [[WPLUGBoard/Meeting-20141118|Tuesday, November 18, 2014]]<br />
<br />
== Past WPLUG Board Meetings ==<br />
<br />
* [[WPLUGBoard/Meeting-20140819|Tuesday, August 19, 2014]]<br />
* [[WPLUGBoard/Meeting-20140715|Tuesday, July 15, 2014]]<br />
* [[WPLUGBoard/Meeting-20140624|Tuesday, June 24, 2014]]<br />
* [[WPLUGBoard/Meeting-20140520|Tuesday, May 20, 2014]]<br />
* [[WPLUGBoard/Meeting-20140408|Tuesday, April 8, 2014]]<br />
* [[WPLUGBoard/Meeting-20140318|Tuesday, March 18, 2014]]<br />
* [[WPLUGBoard/Meeting-20140218|Tuesday, February 18, 2014]]<br />
* [[WPLUGBoard/Meeting-20140121|Tuesday, January 21, 2014]]<br />
* [[WPLUGBoard/Meeting-20131217|Tuesday, December 17, 2013]]<br />
* [[WPLUGBoard/Meeting-20131119|Tuesday, November 19, 2013]]<br />
* [[WPLUGBoard/Meeting-20131015|Tuesday, October 15, 2013]]<br />
* [[WPLUGBoard/Meeting-20130917|Tuesday, September 17, 2013]]<br />
* [[WPLUGBoard/Meeting-20130820|Tuesday, August 20, 2013]]<br />
* [[WPLUGBoard/Meeting-20130716|Tuesday, July 16, 2013]]<br />
* [[WPLUGBoard/Meeting-20130618|Tuesday, June 18, 2013]]<br />
* [[WPLUGBoard/Meeting-20130521|Tuesday, May 21, 2013]]<br />
* [[WPLUGBoard/Meeting-20130502|Thursday, May 2, 2013]]<br />
* [[WPLUGBoard/Meeting-20130416|Tuesday, April 16, 2013]]<br />
* [[WPLUGBoard/Meeting-20130319|Tuesday, March 19, 2013]]<br />
* [[WPLUGBoard/Meeting-20130219|Tuesday, Februrary 19, 2013]]<br />
* [[WPLUGBoard/Meeting-20130209|Saturday, February 9, 2013]] (special meeting)<br />
* [[WPLUGBoard/Meeting-20130115|Tuesday, January 15, 2013]]<br />
* [[WPLUGBoard/Meeting-20121230|Sunday, December 30, 2012]] (special meeting)<br />
* [[WPLUGBoard/Meeting-20121204|Tuesday, December 4, 2012]]<br />
* [[WPLUGBoard/Meeting-20121108|Thursday, November 8, 2012]]<br />
* [[WPLUGBoard/Meeting-20121002|Tuesday, October 2, 2012]]<br />
* [[WPLUGBoard/Meeting-20120904|Tuesday, September 4, 2012]]<br />
* [[WPLUGBoard/Meeting-20120807|Tuesday, August 7, 2012]]<br />
* [[WPLUGBoard/Meeting-20120703|Tuesday, July 3, 2012]]<br />
* [[WPLUGBoard/Meeting-20120605|Tuesday, June 5, 2012]]<br />
* [[WPLUGBoard/Meeting-20120501|Tuesday, May 1, 2012]]<br />
* [[WPLUGBoard/Meeting-20120412|Thursday, April 12, 2012]] (special meeting)<br />
* [[WPLUGBoard/Meeting-20120403|Tuesday, April 3, 2012]]<br />
* [[WPLUGBoard/Meeting-20120306|Tuesday, March 6, 2012]]<br />
* [[WPLUGBoard/Meeting-20120207|Tuesday, February 7, 2012]]<br />
* [[WPLUGBoard/Meeting-20120103|Tuesday, January 3, 2012]]<br />
* [[WPLUGBoard/Meeting-20111206|Tuesday, December 6, 2011]]<br />
* [[WPLUGBoard/Meeting-20111101|Tuesday, November 1, 2011]]<br />
* [[WPLUGBoard/Meeting-20111004|Tuesday, October 4, 2011]]<br />
* [[WPLUGBoard/Meeting-20110830|Tuesday, August 30, 2011]]<br />
* [[WPLUGBoard/Meeting-20110802|Tuesday, August 2, 2011]]<br />
* [[WPLUGBoard/Meeting-20110628|Tuesday, June 28, 2011]]<br />
* [[WPLUGBoard/Meeting-20110607|Tuesday, June 7, 2011]]<br />
* [[WPLUGBoard/Meeting-20110503|Tuesday, May 3, 2011]]<br />
* [[WPLUGBoard/Meeting-20110405|Tuesday, April 5, 2011]]<br />
* [[WPLUGBoard/Meeting-20110303|Tuesday, March 3, 2011]]<br />
* [[WPLUGBoard/Meeting-20110201|Tuesday, February 1, 2011]]<br />
* [[WPLUGBoard/Meeting-20110104|Tuesday, January 4, 2011]]<br />
* [[WPLUGBoard/Meeting-20101207|Tuesday, December 7, 2010]]<br />
* [[WPLUGBoard/Meeting-20101001|Friday, October 1, 2010]]<br />
* [[WPLUGBoard/Meeting-20100827|Friday, August 27, 2010]]<br />
* [[WPLUGBoard/Meeting-20100709|Friday, July 9, 2010]]<br />
* June 2010<br />
* May 2010<br />
* [[WPLUGBoard/Meeting-20100409|Friday, April 9, 2010]]<br />
* March 2010<br />
* February 2010<br />
* [[WPLUGBoard/Meeting-20100122|Friday, January 22, 2010]]<br />
* [[WPLUGBoard/Meeting-20091219|Saturday, December 19, 2009]]<br />
* [[WPLUGBoard/Meeting-20091121|Saturday, November 21, 2009]]<br />
* [[WPLUGBoard/Meeting-20090915|Thursday, October 15, 2009]]<br />
* [[WPLUGBoard/Meeting-20090825|Tuesday, August 25, 2009]]<br />
* [[WPLUGBoard/Meeting-20090709|Thursday, July 9, 2009]]<br />
* [[WPLUGBoard/Meeting-20090602|Tuesday, June 2, 2009]]<br />
* [[WPLUGBoard/Meeting-20090505|Tuesday, May 5, 2009]]<br />
* [[WPLUGBoard/Meeting-20090331|Tuesday, March 31, 2009]]<br />
* [[WPLUGBoard/Meeting-20090303|Tuesday, March 3, 2009]]<br />
* [[WPLUGBoard/Meeting-20090203 | Tuesday, February 3, 2009]]<br />
* [[WPLUGBoard/Meeting-20090106 | Tuesday, January 6, 2009]]<br />
* [[WPLUGBoard/Meeting-20081209 | Tuesday, December 9, 2008]]<br />
* [[WPLUGBoard/Meeting-20081110 | Monday, November 10, 2008]]<br />
* [[WPLUGBoard/Meeting-20081027 | Monday, October 27, 2008]]<br />
* [[WPLUGBoard/Meeting-20081004 | Tuesday, October 4, 2008]] (special meeting)<br />
* [[WPLUGBoard/Meeting-20080916 | Tuesday, September 16, 2008]] (special meeting)<br />
* [[WPLUGBoard/Meeting-20080908 | Monday, September 8, 2008]]<br />
* [[WPLUGBoard/Meeting-20080811 | Monday, August 11, 2008]]<br />
* [[WPLUGBoard/Meeting-20080714 | Monday, July 14, 2008]]<br />
* [[WPLUGBoard/Meeting-20080609 | Monday, June 9, 2008]]<br />
* [[WPLUGBoard/Meeting-20080512 | Monday, May 12, 2008]]<br />
* [[WPLUGBoard/Meeting-20080407 | Monday, April 7, 2008]]<br />
* [[WPLUGBoard/Meeting-20080310 | Monday, March 10, 2008]]<br />
* [[WPLUGBoard/Meeting-20080204 | Monday, February 4, 2008]]<br />
* [[WPLUGBoard/Meeting-20080114 | Monday, January 14, 2008]]<br />
* [[WPLUGBoard/Meeting-20071210 | Monday, December 10, 2007]]<br />
* [[WPLUGBoard/Meeting-20071119 | Monday, November 19, 2007]]<br />
* [[WPLUGBoard/Meeting-20071029 | Monday, October 29, 2007]]<br />
* [[WPLUGBoard/Meeting-20070910 | Monday, September 10, 2007]]<br />
* [[WPLUGBoard/Meeting-20070813 | Monday, August 20, 2007]]<br />
* [[WPLUGBoard/Meeting-20070709 | Monday, July 30, 2007]]<br />
* [[WPLUGBoard/Meeting-20070611 | Monday, June 25, 2007]]<br />
* [[WPLUGBoard/Meeting-20070514 | Monday, May 14, 2007]]<br />
* [[WPLUGBoard/Meeting-20070402 | Monday, April 2, 2007]]<br />
* [[WPLUGBoard/Meeting-20070312 | Monday, March 12, 2007]]<br />
* [[WPLUGBoard/Meeting-20070212 | Monday, February 12, 2007]]<br />
* [[WPLUGBoard/Meeting-20070122 | Monday, January 22, 2007]]<br />
* Monday, December 11, 2006<br />
* Monday, November 27, 2006<br />
* Monday, October 30, 2006<br />
<br />
== WPLUG Goals ==<br />
<br />
At the October 30, 2006 meeting the acting WPLUG board established a set of five, three and one year goals. We then pared each of these sets of goals to about five different concrete and actionable items. The goal of this plan is that the one year tasks always lead us in the direction of the three year tasks, which are the foundation for the five year tasks. The one year plan should be revisited as needed during the year, with the three and five year plan revisited annually.<br />
<br />
At the [[WPLUGBoard/Meeting-20071119 | November 19, 2007]] board meeting, the board decided to review the goals set one year earlier, and update them as necessary. The previous board's goals can be found at the [[WPLUG Board 2007 Goals]] and [[WPLUG Board 2008 Goals]] pages. A new [[WPLUG Board 2009 Goals]] page is under construction.</div>Jprostko//www.wplug.org/wiki/WPLUGBoardWPLUGBoard2014-09-15T15:24:06Z<p>Jprostko: Remove August 2014 meeting from upcoming meetings, so it can be moved to past meetings</p>
<hr />
<div>__NOTOC__<br />
<br />
The WPLUG Board of Directors consists of five elected members of WPLUG who oversee the operations of WPLUG and plan for its future growth. The current board was elected on Saturday, November 9, 2013.<br />
<br />
== Members == <br />
<br />
The members are:<br />
<br />
* Chair: [[User:Centinel | Justin Smith]]<br />
* Vice-Chair: [[User:Vance | Vance Kochenderfer]]<br />
* Secretary: [[User:Jprostko | Joseph Prostko]]<br />
* Treasurer: [[User:Patbarron | Patrick Barron]]<br />
* Director-at-Large: [[User:Scslomberg | Stanley Slomberg]]<br />
<br />
A list of [[WPLUGBoard/Duties|officer responsibilities]] exists to help keep straight who does what and when.<br />
<br />
== Upcoming WPLUG Board Meetings ==<br />
<br />
* [[WPLUGBoard/Meeting-20140916|Tuesday, September 16, 2014]]<br />
* [[WPLUGBoard/Meeting-20141021|Tuesday, October 21, 2014]]<br />
* [[WPLUGBoard/Meeting-20141118|Tuesday, November 18, 2014]]<br />
<br />
== Past WPLUG Board Meetings ==<br />
<br />
* [[WPLUGBoard/Meeting-20140715|Tuesday, July 15, 2014]]<br />
* [[WPLUGBoard/Meeting-20140624|Tuesday, June 24, 2014]]<br />
* [[WPLUGBoard/Meeting-20140520|Tuesday, May 20, 2014]]<br />
* [[WPLUGBoard/Meeting-20140408|Tuesday, April 8, 2014]]<br />
* [[WPLUGBoard/Meeting-20140318|Tuesday, March 18, 2014]]<br />
* [[WPLUGBoard/Meeting-20140218|Tuesday, February 18, 2014]]<br />
* [[WPLUGBoard/Meeting-20140121|Tuesday, January 21, 2014]]<br />
* [[WPLUGBoard/Meeting-20131217|Tuesday, December 17, 2013]]<br />
* [[WPLUGBoard/Meeting-20131119|Tuesday, November 19, 2013]]<br />
* [[WPLUGBoard/Meeting-20131015|Tuesday, October 15, 2013]]<br />
* [[WPLUGBoard/Meeting-20130917|Tuesday, September 17, 2013]]<br />
* [[WPLUGBoard/Meeting-20130820|Tuesday, August 20, 2013]]<br />
* [[WPLUGBoard/Meeting-20130716|Tuesday, July 16, 2013]]<br />
* [[WPLUGBoard/Meeting-20130618|Tuesday, June 18, 2013]]<br />
* [[WPLUGBoard/Meeting-20130521|Tuesday, May 21, 2013]]<br />
* [[WPLUGBoard/Meeting-20130502|Thursday, May 2, 2013]]<br />
* [[WPLUGBoard/Meeting-20130416|Tuesday, April 16, 2013]]<br />
* [[WPLUGBoard/Meeting-20130319|Tuesday, March 19, 2013]]<br />
* [[WPLUGBoard/Meeting-20130219|Tuesday, Februrary 19, 2013]]<br />
* [[WPLUGBoard/Meeting-20130209|Saturday, February 9, 2013]] (special meeting)<br />
* [[WPLUGBoard/Meeting-20130115|Tuesday, January 15, 2013]]<br />
* [[WPLUGBoard/Meeting-20121230|Sunday, December 30, 2012]] (special meeting)<br />
* [[WPLUGBoard/Meeting-20121204|Tuesday, December 4, 2012]]<br />
* [[WPLUGBoard/Meeting-20121108|Thursday, November 8, 2012]]<br />
* [[WPLUGBoard/Meeting-20121002|Tuesday, October 2, 2012]]<br />
* [[WPLUGBoard/Meeting-20120904|Tuesday, September 4, 2012]]<br />
* [[WPLUGBoard/Meeting-20120807|Tuesday, August 7, 2012]]<br />
* [[WPLUGBoard/Meeting-20120703|Tuesday, July 3, 2012]]<br />
* [[WPLUGBoard/Meeting-20120605|Tuesday, June 5, 2012]]<br />
* [[WPLUGBoard/Meeting-20120501|Tuesday, May 1, 2012]]<br />
* [[WPLUGBoard/Meeting-20120412|Thursday, April 12, 2012]] (special meeting)<br />
* [[WPLUGBoard/Meeting-20120403|Tuesday, April 3, 2012]]<br />
* [[WPLUGBoard/Meeting-20120306|Tuesday, March 6, 2012]]<br />
* [[WPLUGBoard/Meeting-20120207|Tuesday, February 7, 2012]]<br />
* [[WPLUGBoard/Meeting-20120103|Tuesday, January 3, 2012]]<br />
* [[WPLUGBoard/Meeting-20111206|Tuesday, December 6, 2011]]<br />
* [[WPLUGBoard/Meeting-20111101|Tuesday, November 1, 2011]]<br />
* [[WPLUGBoard/Meeting-20111004|Tuesday, October 4, 2011]]<br />
* [[WPLUGBoard/Meeting-20110830|Tuesday, August 30, 2011]]<br />
* [[WPLUGBoard/Meeting-20110802|Tuesday, August 2, 2011]]<br />
* [[WPLUGBoard/Meeting-20110628|Tuesday, June 28, 2011]]<br />
* [[WPLUGBoard/Meeting-20110607|Tuesday, June 7, 2011]]<br />
* [[WPLUGBoard/Meeting-20110503|Tuesday, May 3, 2011]]<br />
* [[WPLUGBoard/Meeting-20110405|Tuesday, April 5, 2011]]<br />
* [[WPLUGBoard/Meeting-20110303|Tuesday, March 3, 2011]]<br />
* [[WPLUGBoard/Meeting-20110201|Tuesday, February 1, 2011]]<br />
* [[WPLUGBoard/Meeting-20110104|Tuesday, January 4, 2011]]<br />
* [[WPLUGBoard/Meeting-20101207|Tuesday, December 7, 2010]]<br />
* [[WPLUGBoard/Meeting-20101001|Friday, October 1, 2010]]<br />
* [[WPLUGBoard/Meeting-20100827|Friday, August 27, 2010]]<br />
* [[WPLUGBoard/Meeting-20100709|Friday, July 9, 2010]]<br />
* June 2010<br />
* May 2010<br />
* [[WPLUGBoard/Meeting-20100409|Friday, April 9, 2010]]<br />
* March 2010<br />
* February 2010<br />
* [[WPLUGBoard/Meeting-20100122|Friday, January 22, 2010]]<br />
* [[WPLUGBoard/Meeting-20091219|Saturday, December 19, 2009]]<br />
* [[WPLUGBoard/Meeting-20091121|Saturday, November 21, 2009]]<br />
* [[WPLUGBoard/Meeting-20090915|Thursday, October 15, 2009]]<br />
* [[WPLUGBoard/Meeting-20090825|Tuesday, August 25, 2009]]<br />
* [[WPLUGBoard/Meeting-20090709|Thursday, July 9, 2009]]<br />
* [[WPLUGBoard/Meeting-20090602|Tuesday, June 2, 2009]]<br />
* [[WPLUGBoard/Meeting-20090505|Tuesday, May 5, 2009]]<br />
* [[WPLUGBoard/Meeting-20090331|Tuesday, March 31, 2009]]<br />
* [[WPLUGBoard/Meeting-20090303|Tuesday, March 3, 2009]]<br />
* [[WPLUGBoard/Meeting-20090203 | Tuesday, February 3, 2009]]<br />
* [[WPLUGBoard/Meeting-20090106 | Tuesday, January 6, 2009]]<br />
* [[WPLUGBoard/Meeting-20081209 | Tuesday, December 9, 2008]]<br />
* [[WPLUGBoard/Meeting-20081110 | Monday, November 10, 2008]]<br />
* [[WPLUGBoard/Meeting-20081027 | Monday, October 27, 2008]]<br />
* [[WPLUGBoard/Meeting-20081004 | Tuesday, October 4, 2008]] (special meeting)<br />
* [[WPLUGBoard/Meeting-20080916 | Tuesday, September 16, 2008]] (special meeting)<br />
* [[WPLUGBoard/Meeting-20080908 | Monday, September 8, 2008]]<br />
* [[WPLUGBoard/Meeting-20080811 | Monday, August 11, 2008]]<br />
* [[WPLUGBoard/Meeting-20080714 | Monday, July 14, 2008]]<br />
* [[WPLUGBoard/Meeting-20080609 | Monday, June 9, 2008]]<br />
* [[WPLUGBoard/Meeting-20080512 | Monday, May 12, 2008]]<br />
* [[WPLUGBoard/Meeting-20080407 | Monday, April 7, 2008]]<br />
* [[WPLUGBoard/Meeting-20080310 | Monday, March 10, 2008]]<br />
* [[WPLUGBoard/Meeting-20080204 | Monday, February 4, 2008]]<br />
* [[WPLUGBoard/Meeting-20080114 | Monday, January 14, 2008]]<br />
* [[WPLUGBoard/Meeting-20071210 | Monday, December 10, 2007]]<br />
* [[WPLUGBoard/Meeting-20071119 | Monday, November 19, 2007]]<br />
* [[WPLUGBoard/Meeting-20071029 | Monday, October 29, 2007]]<br />
* [[WPLUGBoard/Meeting-20070910 | Monday, September 10, 2007]]<br />
* [[WPLUGBoard/Meeting-20070813 | Monday, August 20, 2007]]<br />
* [[WPLUGBoard/Meeting-20070709 | Monday, July 30, 2007]]<br />
* [[WPLUGBoard/Meeting-20070611 | Monday, June 25, 2007]]<br />
* [[WPLUGBoard/Meeting-20070514 | Monday, May 14, 2007]]<br />
* [[WPLUGBoard/Meeting-20070402 | Monday, April 2, 2007]]<br />
* [[WPLUGBoard/Meeting-20070312 | Monday, March 12, 2007]]<br />
* [[WPLUGBoard/Meeting-20070212 | Monday, February 12, 2007]]<br />
* [[WPLUGBoard/Meeting-20070122 | Monday, January 22, 2007]]<br />
* Monday, December 11, 2006<br />
* Monday, November 27, 2006<br />
* Monday, October 30, 2006<br />
<br />
== WPLUG Goals ==<br />
<br />
At the October 30, 2006 meeting the acting WPLUG board established a set of five, three and one year goals. We then pared each of these sets of goals to about five different concrete and actionable items. The goal of this plan is that the one year tasks always lead us in the direction of the three year tasks, which are the foundation for the five year tasks. The one year plan should be revisited as needed during the year, with the three and five year plan revisited annually.<br />
<br />
At the [[WPLUGBoard/Meeting-20071119 | November 19, 2007]] board meeting, the board decided to review the goals set one year earlier, and update them as necessary. The previous board's goals can be found at the [[WPLUG Board 2007 Goals]] and [[WPLUG Board 2008 Goals]] pages. A new [[WPLUG Board 2009 Goals]] page is under construction.</div>Jprostko//www.wplug.org/wiki/2014_Server_Migration2014 Server Migration2014-08-23T23:13:37Z<p>Jprostko: Minor strikethrough fixes</p>
<hr />
<div>This page is to collect information about our current configuration and options for switching to a new server going forward. Please feel free to edit to add missing information or correct errors.<br />
<br />
== Server selection ==<br />
<br />
On 2014-06-24, the WPLUG board decided to go with the $10/month [https://www.linode.com/pricing?r=30335eb136f2c5f7fa3429dce9f15bea836f81d3 Linode] plan, locating in their Atlanta datacenter. This plan will approximately halve our current costs and still provide sufficient resources.<br />
<br />
== OS selection ==<br />
<br />
The WPLUG server currently runs on CentOS 5. This is still supported, but it would make sense to choose a newer distro while we're doing the server switch.<br />
<br />
=== Service enumeration ===<br />
<br />
Services that are currently running on the WPLUG Linode server. These should include things that are user-facing only, not infrastructure.<br />
<br />
* E-mail (Postfix)<br />
* Mailing lists (Mailman)<br />
* Wiki (MediaWiki)<br />
* Blog (Wordpress)<br />
* Monkeybot IRC bot (infobot) - maybe consider different bot software that can import monkeybot's database?<br />
* RSS aggregator (Tiny Tiny RSS, tt-rss)<br />
<br />
Infrastructure software which supports the services above.<br />
<br />
* Web server (Apache) - it would be possible to use Nginx instead, but I (Vance) am not familiar with setting it up<br />
* PHP (Apache mod_php) for MediaWiki, Wordpress, and TT-RSS<br />
* Python for Mailman<br />
* Perl for Monkeybot<br />
* MySQL for MediaWiki, Wordpress, and TT-RSS - likely possible to use MariaDB instead, other DBMS [http://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/Compatibility#Database not recommended] for use with MediaWiki<br />
* Greylisting daemon (Postgrey)<br />
* Fail2ban - could maybe use denyhosts instead<br />
* Aide - could be used for intrusion detection<br />
<br />
=== Support lifetime ===<br />
<br />
* CentOS 6 - [http://wiki.centos.org/FAQ/General#head-fe8a0be91ee3e7dea812e8694491e1dde5b75e6d 2020-11-30]<br />
* CentOS 7 - will probably match RHEL 7 support deadline of [https://access.redhat.com/site/support/policy/updates/errata/#Life_Cycle_Dates 2024-06-30]<br />
* Debian 7 "wheezy" - [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Debian#Security_updates one year after release of v. 8 "jessie"] ([http://ostatic.com/blog/early-plans-for-debian-8-0-jessie-emerge anticipated mid-2015]), possible [http://www.debian.org/News/2014/20140424.en.html unofficial long-term support] available after that<br />
* Ubuntu 14.04 LTS - [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ubuntu_(operating_system)#Releases 2019-04-17]<br />
<br />
=== Software availability ===<br />
<br />
This table is to track, for the different distros under consideration, whether the software we need is available within its repositories. We want to minimize the number of applications which have to be maintained manually.<br />
<br />
Key:<br />
* B: in distro's base repository<br />
* A: in an additional repository provided by the distro<br />
* T: in a third-party repository<br />
* ~: not available in any known repository<br />
* ?: availability unknown<br />
<br />
{| border="1"<br />
!<br />
!CentOS 6<br />
!CentOS 7<br />
!Debian 7<br />
!Ubuntu 14.04<br />
|-<br />
|postfix<br />
|B 2.6<br />
|B 2.10<br />
|B 2.9<br />
|B 2.11<br />
|-<br />
|mailman<br />
|B 2.1<br />
|B 2.1<br />
|B 2.1<br />
|B 2.1<br />
|-<br />
|postgrey<br />
|T 1.34<sup>rf, EPEL</sup><br />
|T 1.34<sup>EPEL</sup><br />
|B 1.34<br />
|A 1.34<br />
|-<br />
|mediawiki<br />
|T 1.19<sup>EPEL</sup><br />
|~<br />
|B 1.19<br />
|A 1.19<br />
|-<br />
|wordpress<br />
|T 3.9<sup>EPEL</sup><br />
|T 3.9<sup>EPEL</sup><br />
|B 3.6<br />
|A 3.8<br />
|-<br />
|infobot<br />
|~<br />
|~<br />
|? (not B or A)<br />
|~<br />
|-<br />
|tt-rss<br />
|~<br />
|~<br />
|? (not B or A)<br />
|A 1.11<br />
|-<br />
|apache<br />
|B 2.2 / A 2.4<br />
|B 2.4<br />
|B 2.2<br />
|B 2.4<br />
|-<br />
|nginx<br />
|A 1.4<br />
|?<br />
|B 1.2<br />
|B/A 1.4<br />
|-<br />
|php5<br />
|B 5.3 / A 5.4, 5.5<br />
|B 5.4, T 5.5.14<sup>Remi</sup><br />
|B 5.4<br />
|B 5.5<br />
|-<br />
|python2<br />
|B 2.6 / A 2.7<br />
|B 2.7.5<br />
|B 2.7<br />
|B 2.7<br />
|-<br />
|python3<br />
|A 3.3<br />
|?<br />
|B 3.2<br />
|B 3.4<br />
|-<br />
|perl5<br />
|B 5.10<br />
|B 5.16<br />
|B 5.14<br />
|B 5.18<br />
|-<br />
|mysql<br />
|B 5.1 / A 5.5<br />
|?<br />
|B 5.5<br />
|B 5.5 / A 5.6<br />
|-<br />
|mariadb<br />
|A 5.5<br />
|B 5.5<br />
|? (not B or A)<br />
|A 5.5<br />
|-<br />
|fail2ban<br />
|T 0.8.7<sup>rf</sup>, 0.8.11<sup>EPEL</sup><br />
|T 0.9<sup>EPEL</sup>, 0.8.7<sup>rf</sup><br />
|B 0.8.6<br />
|A 0.8.11<br />
|-<br />
|denyhosts<br />
|T 2.6<sup>rf, EPEL</sup><br />
|T 2.6<sup>rf</sup><br />
|B 2.6<br />
|[https://launchpad.net/ubuntu/trusty/amd64/denyhosts ~]<br />
|-<br />
|aide<br />
|B 0.14<br />
|B 0.15.1<br />
|?<br />
|0.16a2<br />
|}<br />
<br />
Third-party repositories:<br />
* EPEL - [http://fedoraproject.org/wiki/EPEL Extra Packages for Enterprise Linux]<br />
* rf - [http://repoforge.org/ RepoForge] (formerly RPMForge/Dag Wieers)<br />
* Remi - [http://dev.antoinesolutions.com/remi-repository Remi Repository]<br />
<br />
== Migration steps ==<br />
<br />
* <strike>Obtain [https://library.linode.com/networking/ipv6#sph_ipv6-address-pools IPv6 address pool] from Linode (support ticket needed)</strike><br />
** <strike>/etc/sysconfig/network-scripts/ifcfg-eth0 edited, reboot needed to apply - 2600:3c02:e000:0047::2/64 assigned</strike><br />
* <strike>Explore what software to use to help harden up the installation (fail2ban, etc.)</strike> ''Decided to use fail2ban-firewalld''<br />
* <strike>Deploy new CentOS 7 instance</strike><br />
* (optional) Set up [https://library.linode.com/remote-access#sph_adding-private-ip-addresses private IPv4 addresses] for transfer between old and new VPS (avoids bandwidth charges)<br />
* <strike>Set up SSH (edit sshd_config to tighten up security)</strike><br />
* <strike>Migrate current users to new server</strike><br />
* <strike>Ensure NTP is running, and set timezone to EDT</strike><br />
* <strike>Set up the firewall (either using firewalld, or else [https://fedoraproject.org/wiki/FirewallD?rd=FirewallD/#Using_static_firewall_rules_with_the_iptables_and_ip6tables_services installing iptables and using the old rules])</strike><br />
* <strike>Install Apache, and edit httpd.conf appropriately</strike><br />
* <strike>Install PHP, edit php.ini appropriately, and make sure all needed modules are installed</strike><br />
* <strike>Install MariaDB, add appropriate user(s)/permissions, and edit my.cnf appropriately</strike><br />
* <strike>Install/configure Postgrey</strike><br />
* <strike>Install/configure Postfix</strike><br />
* <strike>Install/configure Mailman</strike><br />
** <strike>archives copied over</strike><br />
* <strike>Install/configure monkeybot</strike><br />
* <strike>Install/configure Tiny Tiny RSS</strike><br />
* <strike>Migrate any other files that must be moved</strike><br />
* <strike>Export current MySQL and import into new MariaDB (be sure to dump/restore final DB before switchover...)</strike><br />
* <strike>Install/configure MediaWiki</strike><br />
* <strike>Set up repeating jobs (log rotation, etc.) via systemd/cron</strike><br />
** <strike>Copy over 'at' job to remind about domain registration expiration</strike><br />
** <strike>Migrate over monkeybot cron jobs</strike> ''Waiting to see if logrotate runs overnight, as we are not sure that run-parts is being run by anything on the new system.''<br />
** <strike>Configure log rotation</strike><br />
* <strike>Cut over DNS (or [https://library.linode.com/remote-access#sph_swapping-ip-addresses swap IPv4 addresses])</strike><br />
* Other steps not mentioned above<br />
<br />
=== Nice-to-haves ===<br />
<br />
We have an archive of static web pages from the pre-2007 server "penguin" - it would be nice to make this history available somehow.<br />
<br />
=== Installation Notes ===<br />
[https://www.centos.org/forums/viewtopic.php?f=48&t=47284 Installing fail2ban on CentOS 7]<br />
<br />
[[Category:Migration]]</div>Jprostko//www.wplug.org/wiki/2014_Server_Migration2014 Server Migration2014-08-23T23:12:33Z<p>Jprostko: Strike more completed tasks</p>
<hr />
<div>This page is to collect information about our current configuration and options for switching to a new server going forward. Please feel free to edit to add missing information or correct errors.<br />
<br />
== Server selection ==<br />
<br />
On 2014-06-24, the WPLUG board decided to go with the $10/month [https://www.linode.com/pricing?r=30335eb136f2c5f7fa3429dce9f15bea836f81d3 Linode] plan, locating in their Atlanta datacenter. This plan will approximately halve our current costs and still provide sufficient resources.<br />
<br />
== OS selection ==<br />
<br />
The WPLUG server currently runs on CentOS 5. This is still supported, but it would make sense to choose a newer distro while we're doing the server switch.<br />
<br />
=== Service enumeration ===<br />
<br />
Services that are currently running on the WPLUG Linode server. These should include things that are user-facing only, not infrastructure.<br />
<br />
* E-mail (Postfix)<br />
* Mailing lists (Mailman)<br />
* Wiki (MediaWiki)<br />
* Blog (Wordpress)<br />
* Monkeybot IRC bot (infobot) - maybe consider different bot software that can import monkeybot's database?<br />
* RSS aggregator (Tiny Tiny RSS, tt-rss)<br />
<br />
Infrastructure software which supports the services above.<br />
<br />
* Web server (Apache) - it would be possible to use Nginx instead, but I (Vance) am not familiar with setting it up<br />
* PHP (Apache mod_php) for MediaWiki, Wordpress, and TT-RSS<br />
* Python for Mailman<br />
* Perl for Monkeybot<br />
* MySQL for MediaWiki, Wordpress, and TT-RSS - likely possible to use MariaDB instead, other DBMS [http://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/Compatibility#Database not recommended] for use with MediaWiki<br />
* Greylisting daemon (Postgrey)<br />
* Fail2ban - could maybe use denyhosts instead<br />
* Aide - could be used for intrusion detection<br />
<br />
=== Support lifetime ===<br />
<br />
* CentOS 6 - [http://wiki.centos.org/FAQ/General#head-fe8a0be91ee3e7dea812e8694491e1dde5b75e6d 2020-11-30]<br />
* CentOS 7 - will probably match RHEL 7 support deadline of [https://access.redhat.com/site/support/policy/updates/errata/#Life_Cycle_Dates 2024-06-30]<br />
* Debian 7 "wheezy" - [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Debian#Security_updates one year after release of v. 8 "jessie"] ([http://ostatic.com/blog/early-plans-for-debian-8-0-jessie-emerge anticipated mid-2015]), possible [http://www.debian.org/News/2014/20140424.en.html unofficial long-term support] available after that<br />
* Ubuntu 14.04 LTS - [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ubuntu_(operating_system)#Releases 2019-04-17]<br />
<br />
=== Software availability ===<br />
<br />
This table is to track, for the different distros under consideration, whether the software we need is available within its repositories. We want to minimize the number of applications which have to be maintained manually.<br />
<br />
Key:<br />
* B: in distro's base repository<br />
* A: in an additional repository provided by the distro<br />
* T: in a third-party repository<br />
* ~: not available in any known repository<br />
* ?: availability unknown<br />
<br />
{| border="1"<br />
!<br />
!CentOS 6<br />
!CentOS 7<br />
!Debian 7<br />
!Ubuntu 14.04<br />
|-<br />
|postfix<br />
|B 2.6<br />
|B 2.10<br />
|B 2.9<br />
|B 2.11<br />
|-<br />
|mailman<br />
|B 2.1<br />
|B 2.1<br />
|B 2.1<br />
|B 2.1<br />
|-<br />
|postgrey<br />
|T 1.34<sup>rf, EPEL</sup><br />
|T 1.34<sup>EPEL</sup><br />
|B 1.34<br />
|A 1.34<br />
|-<br />
|mediawiki<br />
|T 1.19<sup>EPEL</sup><br />
|~<br />
|B 1.19<br />
|A 1.19<br />
|-<br />
|wordpress<br />
|T 3.9<sup>EPEL</sup><br />
|T 3.9<sup>EPEL</sup><br />
|B 3.6<br />
|A 3.8<br />
|-<br />
|infobot<br />
|~<br />
|~<br />
|? (not B or A)<br />
|~<br />
|-<br />
|tt-rss<br />
|~<br />
|~<br />
|? (not B or A)<br />
|A 1.11<br />
|-<br />
|apache<br />
|B 2.2 / A 2.4<br />
|B 2.4<br />
|B 2.2<br />
|B 2.4<br />
|-<br />
|nginx<br />
|A 1.4<br />
|?<br />
|B 1.2<br />
|B/A 1.4<br />
|-<br />
|php5<br />
|B 5.3 / A 5.4, 5.5<br />
|B 5.4, T 5.5.14<sup>Remi</sup><br />
|B 5.4<br />
|B 5.5<br />
|-<br />
|python2<br />
|B 2.6 / A 2.7<br />
|B 2.7.5<br />
|B 2.7<br />
|B 2.7<br />
|-<br />
|python3<br />
|A 3.3<br />
|?<br />
|B 3.2<br />
|B 3.4<br />
|-<br />
|perl5<br />
|B 5.10<br />
|B 5.16<br />
|B 5.14<br />
|B 5.18<br />
|-<br />
|mysql<br />
|B 5.1 / A 5.5<br />
|?<br />
|B 5.5<br />
|B 5.5 / A 5.6<br />
|-<br />
|mariadb<br />
|A 5.5<br />
|B 5.5<br />
|? (not B or A)<br />
|A 5.5<br />
|-<br />
|fail2ban<br />
|T 0.8.7<sup>rf</sup>, 0.8.11<sup>EPEL</sup><br />
|T 0.9<sup>EPEL</sup>, 0.8.7<sup>rf</sup><br />
|B 0.8.6<br />
|A 0.8.11<br />
|-<br />
|denyhosts<br />
|T 2.6<sup>rf, EPEL</sup><br />
|T 2.6<sup>rf</sup><br />
|B 2.6<br />
|[https://launchpad.net/ubuntu/trusty/amd64/denyhosts ~]<br />
|-<br />
|aide<br />
|B 0.14<br />
|B 0.15.1<br />
|?<br />
|0.16a2<br />
|}<br />
<br />
Third-party repositories:<br />
* EPEL - [http://fedoraproject.org/wiki/EPEL Extra Packages for Enterprise Linux]<br />
* rf - [http://repoforge.org/ RepoForge] (formerly RPMForge/Dag Wieers)<br />
* Remi - [http://dev.antoinesolutions.com/remi-repository Remi Repository]<br />
<br />
== Migration steps ==<br />
<br />
* <strike>Obtain [https://library.linode.com/networking/ipv6#sph_ipv6-address-pools IPv6 address pool] from Linode (support ticket needed)</strike><br />
** <strike>/etc/sysconfig/network-scripts/ifcfg-eth0 edited, reboot needed to apply - 2600:3c02:e000:0047::2/64 assigned</strike><br />
* <strike>Explore what software to use to help harden up the installation (fail2ban, etc.)</strike> ''Decided to use fail2ban-firewalld''<br />
* <strike>Deploy new CentOS 7 instance</strike><br />
* (optional) Set up [https://library.linode.com/remote-access#sph_adding-private-ip-addresses private IPv4 addresses] for transfer between old and new VPS (avoids bandwidth charges)<br />
* <strike>Set up SSH (edit sshd_config to tighten up security)</strike><br />
* <strike>Migrate current users to new server</strike><br />
* <strike>Ensure NTP is running, and set timezone to EDT</strike><br />
* <strike>Set up the firewall (either using firewalld, or else [https://fedoraproject.org/wiki/FirewallD?rd=FirewallD/#Using_static_firewall_rules_with_the_iptables_and_ip6tables_services installing iptables and using the old rules])</strike><br />
* <strike>Install Apache, and edit httpd.conf appropriately</strike><br />
* <strike>Install PHP, edit php.ini appropriately, and make sure all needed modules are installed</strike><br />
* <strike>Install MariaDB, add appropriate user(s)/permissions, and edit my.cnf appropriately</strike><br />
* <strike>Install/configure Postgrey</strike><br />
* <strike>Install/configure Postfix</strike><br />
* <strike>Install/configure Mailman</strike><br />
** <strike>archives copied over</strike><br />
* <strike>Install/configure monkeybot</strike><br />
* <strike>Install/configure Tiny Tiny RSS</strike><br />
* <strike>Migrate any other files that must be moved</strike><br />
* <strike>Export current MySQL and import into new MariaDB</strike> (be sure to dump/restore final DB before switchover...)<br />
* <strike>Install</strike>/configure MediaWiki<br />
* <strike>Set up repeating jobs (log rotation, etc.) via systemd/cron</strike><br />
** <strike>Copy over 'at' job to remind about domain registration expiration</strike><br />
** <strike>Migrate over monkeybot cron jobs</strike> ''Waiting to see if logrotate runs overnight, as we are not sure that run-parts is being run by anything on the new system.''<br />
** <strike>Configure log rotation</strike><br />
* <strike>Cut over DNS (or [https://library.linode.com/remote-access#sph_swapping-ip-addresses swap IPv4 addresses])</strike><br />
* Other steps not mentioned above<br />
<br />
=== Nice-to-haves ===<br />
<br />
We have an archive of static web pages from the pre-2007 server "penguin" - it would be nice to make this history available somehow.<br />
<br />
=== Installation Notes ===<br />
[https://www.centos.org/forums/viewtopic.php?f=48&t=47284 Installing fail2ban on CentOS 7]<br />
<br />
[[Category:Migration]]</div>Jprostko//www.wplug.org/wiki/2014_Server_Migration2014 Server Migration2014-08-23T04:55:00Z<p>Jprostko: Mark PHP and MariaDB as installed</p>
<hr />
<div>This page is to collect information about our current configuration and options for switching to a new server going forward. Please feel free to edit to add missing information or correct errors.<br />
<br />
== Server selection ==<br />
<br />
On 2014-06-24, the WPLUG board decided to go with the $10/month [https://www.linode.com/pricing?r=30335eb136f2c5f7fa3429dce9f15bea836f81d3 Linode] plan, locating in their Atlanta datacenter. This plan will approximately halve our current costs and still provide sufficient resources.<br />
<br />
== OS selection ==<br />
<br />
The WPLUG server currently runs on CentOS 5. This is still supported, but it would make sense to choose a newer distro while we're doing the server switch.<br />
<br />
=== Service enumeration ===<br />
<br />
Services that are currently running on the WPLUG Linode server. These should include things that are user-facing only, not infrastructure.<br />
<br />
* E-mail (Postfix)<br />
* Mailing lists (Mailman)<br />
* Wiki (MediaWiki)<br />
* Blog (Wordpress)<br />
* Monkeybot IRC bot (infobot) - maybe consider different bot software that can import monkeybot's database?<br />
* RSS aggregator (Tiny Tiny RSS, tt-rss)<br />
<br />
Infrastructure software which supports the services above.<br />
<br />
* Web server (Apache) - it would be possible to use Nginx instead, but I (Vance) am not familiar with setting it up<br />
* PHP (Apache mod_php) for MediaWiki, Wordpress, and TT-RSS<br />
* Python for Mailman<br />
* Perl for Monkeybot<br />
* MySQL for MediaWiki, Wordpress, and TT-RSS - likely possible to use MariaDB instead, other DBMS [http://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/Compatibility#Database not recommended] for use with MediaWiki<br />
* Greylisting daemon (Postgrey)<br />
* Fail2ban - could maybe use denyhosts instead<br />
* Aide - could be used for intrusion detection<br />
<br />
=== Support lifetime ===<br />
<br />
* CentOS 6 - [http://wiki.centos.org/FAQ/General#head-fe8a0be91ee3e7dea812e8694491e1dde5b75e6d 2020-11-30]<br />
* CentOS 7 - will probably match RHEL 7 support deadline of [https://access.redhat.com/site/support/policy/updates/errata/#Life_Cycle_Dates 2024-06-30]<br />
* Debian 7 "wheezy" - [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Debian#Security_updates one year after release of v. 8 "jessie"] ([http://ostatic.com/blog/early-plans-for-debian-8-0-jessie-emerge anticipated mid-2015]), possible [http://www.debian.org/News/2014/20140424.en.html unofficial long-term support] available after that<br />
* Ubuntu 14.04 LTS - [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ubuntu_(operating_system)#Releases 2019-04-17]<br />
<br />
=== Software availability ===<br />
<br />
This table is to track, for the different distros under consideration, whether the software we need is available within its repositories. We want to minimize the number of applications which have to be maintained manually.<br />
<br />
Key:<br />
* B: in distro's base repository<br />
* A: in an additional repository provided by the distro<br />
* T: in a third-party repository<br />
* ~: not available in any known repository<br />
* ?: availability unknown<br />
<br />
{| border="1"<br />
!<br />
!CentOS 6<br />
!CentOS 7<br />
!Debian 7<br />
!Ubuntu 14.04<br />
|-<br />
|postfix<br />
|B 2.6<br />
|B 2.10<br />
|B 2.9<br />
|B 2.11<br />
|-<br />
|mailman<br />
|B 2.1<br />
|B 2.1<br />
|B 2.1<br />
|B 2.1<br />
|-<br />
|postgrey<br />
|T 1.34<sup>rf, EPEL</sup><br />
|T 1.34<sup>EPEL</sup><br />
|B 1.34<br />
|A 1.34<br />
|-<br />
|mediawiki<br />
|T 1.19<sup>EPEL</sup><br />
|~<br />
|B 1.19<br />
|A 1.19<br />
|-<br />
|wordpress<br />
|T 3.9<sup>EPEL</sup><br />
|T 3.9<sup>EPEL</sup><br />
|B 3.6<br />
|A 3.8<br />
|-<br />
|infobot<br />
|~<br />
|~<br />
|? (not B or A)<br />
|~<br />
|-<br />
|tt-rss<br />
|~<br />
|~<br />
|? (not B or A)<br />
|A 1.11<br />
|-<br />
|apache<br />
|B 2.2 / A 2.4<br />
|B 2.4<br />
|B 2.2<br />
|B 2.4<br />
|-<br />
|nginx<br />
|A 1.4<br />
|?<br />
|B 1.2<br />
|B/A 1.4<br />
|-<br />
|php5<br />
|B 5.3 / A 5.4, 5.5<br />
|B 5.4, T 5.5.14<sup>Remi</sup><br />
|B 5.4<br />
|B 5.5<br />
|-<br />
|python2<br />
|B 2.6 / A 2.7<br />
|B 2.7.5<br />
|B 2.7<br />
|B 2.7<br />
|-<br />
|python3<br />
|A 3.3<br />
|?<br />
|B 3.2<br />
|B 3.4<br />
|-<br />
|perl5<br />
|B 5.10<br />
|B 5.16<br />
|B 5.14<br />
|B 5.18<br />
|-<br />
|mysql<br />
|B 5.1 / A 5.5<br />
|?<br />
|B 5.5<br />
|B 5.5 / A 5.6<br />
|-<br />
|mariadb<br />
|A 5.5<br />
|B 5.5<br />
|? (not B or A)<br />
|A 5.5<br />
|-<br />
|fail2ban<br />
|T 0.8.7<sup>rf</sup>, 0.8.11<sup>EPEL</sup><br />
|T 0.9<sup>EPEL</sup>, 0.8.7<sup>rf</sup><br />
|B 0.8.6<br />
|A 0.8.11<br />
|-<br />
|denyhosts<br />
|T 2.6<sup>rf, EPEL</sup><br />
|T 2.6<sup>rf</sup><br />
|B 2.6<br />
|[https://launchpad.net/ubuntu/trusty/amd64/denyhosts ~]<br />
|-<br />
|aide<br />
|B 0.14<br />
|B 0.15.1<br />
|?<br />
|0.16a2<br />
|}<br />
<br />
Third-party repositories:<br />
* EPEL - [http://fedoraproject.org/wiki/EPEL Extra Packages for Enterprise Linux]<br />
* rf - [http://repoforge.org/ RepoForge] (formerly RPMForge/Dag Wieers)<br />
* Remi - [http://dev.antoinesolutions.com/remi-repository Remi Repository]<br />
<br />
== Migration steps ==<br />
<br />
* Obtain [https://library.linode.com/networking/ipv6#sph_ipv6-address-pools IPv6 address pool] from Linode (support ticket needed)<br />
* Explore what software to use to help harden up the installation (fail2ban, etc.)<br />
* <strike>Deploy new CentOS 7 instance</strike><br />
* (optional) Set up [https://library.linode.com/remote-access#sph_adding-private-ip-addresses private IPv4 addresses] for transfer between old and new VPS (avoids bandwidth charges)<br />
* Set up SSH (edit sshd_config to tighten up security)<br />
* <strike>Migrate current users to new server</strike><br />
* <strike>Ensure NTP is running, and set timezone to EDT</strike><br />
* Set up the firewall (either using firewalld, or else [https://fedoraproject.org/wiki/FirewallD?rd=FirewallD/#Using_static_firewall_rules_with_the_iptables_and_ip6tables_services installing iptables and using the old rules])<br />
* Install Apache, and edit httpd.conf appropriately<br />
* <strike>Install PHP</strike>, edit php.ini appropriately, and make sure all needed modules are installed<br />
* <strike>Install MariaDB</strike>, add appropriate user(s)/permissions, and edit my.cnf appropriately<br />
* Install/configure Postfix<br />
* Install/configure Mailman<br />
* Install/configure monkeybot<br />
* Set up Tiny Tiny RSS<br />
* Migrate any other files that must be moved<br />
* Export current MySQL and import into new MariaDB<br />
* Install/configure MediaWiki<br />
* Set up repeating jobs (log rotation, etc.) via systemd/cron<br />
* Cut over DNS (or [https://library.linode.com/remote-access#sph_swapping-ip-addresses swap IPv4 addresses])<br />
* Other steps not mentioned above<br />
<br />
=== Nice-to-haves ===<br />
<br />
We have an archive of static web pages from the pre-2007 server "penguin" - it would be nice to make this history available somehow.<br />
<br />
=== Installation Notes ===<br />
[https://www.centos.org/forums/viewtopic.php?f=48&t=47284 Installing fail2ban on CentOS 7]<br />
<br />
[[Category:Migration]]</div>Jprostko//www.wplug.org/wiki/WPLUGBoard/Meeting-20140715WPLUGBoard/Meeting-201407152014-08-18T15:21:11Z<p>Jprostko: Added links for minutes from the business meeting of the GUM preceding this board meeting.</p>
<hr />
<div>== Venue Info ==<br />
Meeting to be held at Pittsburgh Filmmakers at 7:30pm, Tuesday, July 15, 2014.<br />
<br />
== Agenda ==<br />
* Approve [[WPLUGBoard/Meeting-20140624#Minutes | minutes of June 24]] board meeting<br />
* Discuss the summer picnic<br />
* Discuss the server migration<br />
* List your item here<br />
* List your item here<br />
== Minutes ==<br />
<br />
The meeting was called to order at 7:56 PM with all board members present.<br />
<br />
'''Reports of officers'''<br />
<br />
The chair discussed that Drupal Camp had contacted Pittsburgh Filmmakers about their location being a possible future venue. Brett (from Peerless Design Inc.?) made the initial contact with Filmmakers. The chair thought this could work, and perhaps in exchange for being able to use the space, the Drupal Camp people can give out Drupal lessons to Filmmakers students. Also, as part of the deal, it would be great if the Drupal Camp people could give WPLUG a mention.<br />
<br />
The Vice Chair has nothing to report.<br />
<br />
The Secretary has nothing to report.<br />
<br />
The Treasurer mentioned that nothing changed money-wise since the [[Meeting-20140712#Meeting_Minutes | business meeting this previous Saturday]].<br />
<br />
The Director-at-Large has nothing to report.<br />
<br />
'''New Business'''<br />
<br />
Discussion started with the upcoming WPLUG open source picnic. It was decided that perhaps the picnic should be delayed a bit more than originally planned, just to be sure that the shelter rental can be done easily. Also, it may be possible to do a joint picnic with SNAPGH, as they have one upcoming as well. It would also be nice to get some of the Drupal Camp people involved, if possible.<br />
<br />
The next item of discussion was the upcoming wplug.org server migration. It was decided to just stay with Linode, even though there was some discussion previously about perhaps going with DigitalOcean instead. The plan is to deploy CentOS 7 and try to make an environment that is pretty much the same as the old server. Things to keep in mind are the use of systemd and firewalld by default on CentOS 7. The idea is to pick a time, and get a team together and get this all taken care over the course of one or two days.<br />
<br />
For the upcoming GUM, one idea was to have a meeting where the topic is legal issues, particularly relating to open source licenses. The Vice Chair mentioned perhaps having a woman who spoke with Hack Pittsburgh come and speak at a WPLUG general meeting. She is an IP lawyer, and is quite knowledgeable. The plan is to contact her to see if she'd be willing to speak at an upcoming GUM, whether it is the next one in September, or another one in the near future. If she agrees to talk, it would be good to reach out to traditional media to spread the word. Businesses in particular might be interested in this talk. Perhaps even a piece in a newspaper like the Pittsburgh Business Times could be done, for example. If she isn't available, perhaps a Skype or Hangout could be done with someone with the Free Software Foundation.<br />
<br />
As a fallback plan for September, some topics could be OpenAFS, Android, or security and privacy. Other ideas are having lightning talks, or perhaps a movie at Pittsburgh Filmmakers. The Rise and Rise of Bitcoin would be a great movie to show, for example. It is probably a good idea to always have a fallback plan, just in case a speaker cancels without much warning, for instance.<br />
<br />
The Vice Chair will contact people about having the legal talk set for now for the September talk. It was discussed that maybe more than one speaker could present that day, but based on past experience, it may not be a good idea, as time to present is limited on a GUM day. The focus of the talk will likely be something about how to choose a software license, and what are the ramifications of that choice.<br />
<br />
Finally, the Chair brought up what WPLUG will be doing at the Ohio Linuxfest this year. Last year a couple of members from WPLUG initiated a Birds of Feathers discussion about the future of Linux Users Groups. Birds of Feathers may be going away this year though in favor of lightning talks. It would be good if WPLUG did something during this window, whether it is a Birds of Feathers discussion or else a lightning talk or two. This can be discussed more at an upcoming board meeting.<br />
<br />
The meeting concluded at 9:19 PM.</div>Jprostko//www.wplug.org/wiki/WPLUGBoard/Meeting-20140715WPLUGBoard/Meeting-201407152014-08-18T15:17:45Z<p>Jprostko: Added the minutes</p>
<hr />
<div>== Venue Info ==<br />
Meeting to be held at Pittsburgh Filmmakers at 7:30pm, Tuesday, July 15, 2014.<br />
<br />
== Agenda ==<br />
* Approve [[WPLUGBoard/Meeting-20140624#Minutes | minutes of June 24]] board meeting<br />
* Discuss the summer picnic<br />
* Discuss the server migration<br />
* List your item here<br />
* List your item here<br />
== Minutes ==<br />
<br />
The meeting was called to order at 7:56 PM with all board members present.<br />
<br />
'''Reports of officers'''<br />
<br />
The chair discussed that Drupal Camp had contacted Pittsburgh Filmmakers about their location being a possible future venue. Brett (from Peerless Design Inc.?) made the initial contact with Filmmakers. The chair thought this could work, and perhaps in exchange for being able to use the space, the Drupal Camp people can give out Drupal lessons to Filmmakers students. Also, as part of the deal, it would be great if the Drupal Camp people could give WPLUG a mention.<br />
<br />
The Vice Chair has nothing to report.<br />
<br />
The Secretary has nothing to report.<br />
<br />
The Treasurer mentioned that nothing changed money-wise since the business meeting this previous Saturday.<br />
<br />
The Director-at-Large has nothing to report.<br />
<br />
'''New Business'''<br />
<br />
Discussion started with the upcoming WPLUG open source picnic. It was decided that perhaps the picnic should be delayed a bit more than originally planned, just to be sure that the shelter rental can be done easily. Also, it may be possible to do a joint picnic with SNAPGH, as they have one upcoming as well. It would also be nice to get some of the Drupal Camp people involved, if possible.<br />
<br />
The next item of discussion was the upcoming wplug.org server migration. It was decided to just stay with Linode, even though there was some discussion previously about perhaps going with DigitalOcean instead. The plan is to deploy CentOS 7 and try to make an environment that is pretty much the same as the old server. Things to keep in mind are the use of systemd and firewalld by default on CentOS 7. The idea is to pick a time, and get a team together and get this all taken care over the course of one or two days.<br />
<br />
For the upcoming GUM, one idea was to have a meeting where the topic is legal issues, particularly relating to open source licenses. The Vice Chair mentioned perhaps having a woman who spoke with Hack Pittsburgh come and speak at a WPLUG general meeting. She is an IP lawyer, and is quite knowledgeable. The plan is to contact her to see if she'd be willing to speak at an upcoming GUM, whether it is the next one in September, or another one in the near future. If she agrees to talk, it would be good to reach out to traditional media to spread the word. Businesses in particular might be interested in this talk. Perhaps even a piece in a newspaper like the Pittsburgh Business Times could be done, for example. If she isn't available, perhaps a Skype or Hangout could be done with someone with the Free Software Foundation.<br />
<br />
As a fallback plan for September, some topics could be OpenAFS, Android, or security and privacy. Other ideas are having lightning talks, or perhaps a movie at Pittsburgh Filmmakers. The Rise and Rise of Bitcoin would be a great movie to show, for example. It is probably a good idea to always have a fallback plan, just in case a speaker cancels without much warning, for instance.<br />
<br />
The Vice Chair will contact people about having the legal talk set for now for the September talk. It was discussed that maybe more than one speaker could present that day, but based on past experience, it may not be a good idea, as time to present is limited on a GUM day. The focus of the talk will likely be something about how to choose a software license, and what are the ramifications of that choice.<br />
<br />
Finally, the Chair brought up what WPLUG will be doing at the Ohio Linuxfest this year. Last year a couple of members from WPLUG initiated a Birds of Feathers discussion about the future of Linux Users Groups. Birds of Feathers may be going away this year though in favor of lightning talks. It would be good if WPLUG did something during this window, whether it is a Birds of Feathers discussion or else a lightning talk or two. This can be discussed more at an upcoming board meeting.<br />
<br />
The meeting concluded at 9:19 PM.</div>Jprostko//www.wplug.org/wiki/Meeting-20140712Meeting-201407122014-08-18T15:16:46Z<p>Jprostko: /* Meeting Minutes */</p>
<hr />
<div>WPLUG will hold a general user meeting on Saturday, July 14th, 2014 at [[IBM Squirrel Hill | IBM's Squirrel Hill office]], 1710 Murray Avenue (third floor), Pittsburgh, PA 15217. You don't need to be a member of WPLUG to come to our meetings, and there is no cost to attend.<br />
<br />
After our "business meeting," which typically doesn't take more than half an hour, we'll open the floor to presentations, discussions, and generally just hanging out. If you're interested in having fun with other Linux and open source enthusiasts in the area, we invite you to stop by!<br />
<br />
== RSVP link ==<br />
<br />
If you plan on attending this meeting, we would appreciate it if you could RSVP to this meeting's [https://www.eventbrite.com/e/july-general-user-meeting-distributed-version-control-systems-and-git-tickets-12185636567 Eventbrite invitation]. RSVP is optional unless you need guest WiFi access at the meeting location - guest WiFi users must be registered in advance, and will be issued an individual username and password for WiFi access. Even if you do not need WiFi access, submitting an RSVP will help us plan for how many attendees to expect.<br />
<br />
== Schedule for the Day ==<br />
<br />
1:30pm - Doors open, set up<br />
<br />
2:00pm - Business Meeting starts<br />
<br />
2:30pm - Presentation - Charles Butler will present on Distributed Version Control Systems and Git.<br />
<br />
4:00pm - Meeting ends, everyone out. Some of us may seek out a local food establishment to adjourn to afterwards.<br />
<br />
== Business Meeting ==<br />
<br />
* Review of minutes (5 minutes)<br />
* Reports of officers (10 minutes)<br />
* New business<br />
<br />
== Speaker/Presentation ==<br />
<br />
'''Presentation: Distributed Version Control Systems and Git'''<br />
*Presenter: Charles Butler<br />
<br />
Charles will discuss Distributed Version Control System (DVCS) concepts, and provide an introduction and practical examples of the use of Git, a popular DVCS.<br />
<br />
Please feel free to bring a laptop with Git installed to the meeting, if you would like to follow along with the examples in real-time.<br />
<br />
''(Abstract to be provided)''<br />
<br />
== Meeting Minutes ==<br />
<br />
The business meeting was called to order at 2:03 PM with all board members but the Vice Chair present at the start of the meeting.<br />
<br />
'''Reports of Officers'''<br />
<br />
The Chair reported that he would like to propose that at an upcoming GUM there should be a movie at Pittsburgh Filmmakers, at either the main location or else the Regent Square theater. There needs to be some discussions about right of clearance for showing films there however. The film should be independent or Creative Commons, preferably, and the Treasurer suggested something like Code Rush or Revolution OS would eb a good idea. The Chair also mentioned that Pittsburgh Filmmakers will be teaching Blender in the future, which is likely the direct result of the WPLUG event held this year at Pittsburgh Filmmakers. Lastly, the Chair mentioned that the decision has been made to migrate wplug.org to CentOS 7, still being hosted with Linode. There is still some work to do, before doing that, but the migration should happen before the end of August.<br />
<br />
The Vice Chair arrived and had nothing to report.<br />
<br />
The Treasurer reports that there is $233.51 in the bank currently. There is also 20 dollars in undeposited dues not reflected in that number. With respect to upcoming expenses, 10 dollars a month for a month or two are needed for the upcoming server migration. Charles Butler mentioned that he will donate the 10 dollars for one month's worth of server fees. The current annual hosting plan with Linode is done at end of August. Charles mentioned that WPLUG should seriously look at DigitalOcean as an alternative to Linode. The Treasurer also mentioned that the upcoming WPLUG picnic is not going to draw from treasury for anything other than shelter cost. The Treasurer and the Vice Chair said they would donate to help with picnic costs. To further help with this, it may be a good idea to hold a joint picnic with SNAPGH.<br />
<br />
The Secretary reported that currently there's 15 members. In light of this discussion, the online membership portal was brought up. Charles Butler mentioned it would be great to use Stripe on the wplug.org site and that he would help. There was also some talk about alternative cyber-currencies being accepted as well.<br />
<br />
The Director-at-Large has nothing to report.<br />
<br />
'''New Business'''<br />
<br />
There isn't anything to discuss, but at the upcoming board meeting on Tuesday, there will be some discussion if Linode should be the host for the wplug.org VPS, or if some place like DigitalOcean would be a better fit.<br />
<br />
The meeting concluded at 2:20 PM.<br />
<br />
== Meeting Staff ==<br />
If you'd like to assist with this meeting, please add your name to one or more of the [[MeetingChecklist|categories]] below.<br />
<br />
* Host: [[User:Patbarron|Pat Barron]]<br />
* Co-Host: Your name here<br />
* Snacks/Refreshments: Your name here<br />
* Setup: Your name here<br />
* Clean Up: Your name here<br />
<br />
== Carpooling ==<br />
<br />
* Your name/location here<br />
<br />
[[Category:Meetings]]<br />
[[Category:Minutes]]</div>Jprostko//www.wplug.org/wiki/WPLUGBoard/Meeting-20140819WPLUGBoard/Meeting-201408192014-08-18T13:59:18Z<p>Jprostko: Initial commit for 8/19/2014 board meeting</p>
<hr />
<div>== Venue Info ==<br />
Meeting to be held at Pittsburgh Filmmakers at 7:30pm, Tuesday, August 19, 2014.<br />
<br />
== Agenda ==<br />
* Approve [[WPLUGBoard/Meeting-20140715#Minutes | minutes of July 15]] board meeting<br />
* Discuss the server migration scheduled for Saturday, August 23rd<br />
* Discuss plans for next GUM<br />
* Discuss plans for Software Freedom Day<br />
* Discuss plans for Ohio Linuxfest<br />
* List your item here<br />
* List your item here<br />
<br />
== Minutes ==<br />
To be added.</div>Jprostko//www.wplug.org/wiki/WPLUGBoardWPLUGBoard2014-08-18T13:50:31Z<p>Jprostko: Add July 2014 meeting to past meetings</p>
<hr />
<div>__NOTOC__<br />
<br />
The WPLUG Board of Directors consists of five elected members of WPLUG who oversee the operations of WPLUG and plan for its future growth. The current board was elected on Saturday, November 9, 2013.<br />
<br />
== Members == <br />
<br />
The members are:<br />
<br />
* Chair: [[User:Centinel | Justin Smith]]<br />
* Vice-Chair: [[User:Vance | Vance Kochenderfer]]<br />
* Secretary: [[User:Jprostko | Joseph Prostko]]<br />
* Treasurer: [[User:Patbarron | Patrick Barron]]<br />
* Director-at-Large: [[User:Scslomberg | Stanley Slomberg]]<br />
<br />
A list of [[WPLUGBoard/Duties|officer responsibilities]] exists to help keep straight who does what and when.<br />
<br />
== Upcoming WPLUG Board Meetings ==<br />
<br />
* [[WPLUGBoard/Meeting-20140819|Tuesday, August 19, 2014]]<br />
* [[WPLUGBoard/Meeting-20140916|Tuesday, September 16, 2014]]<br />
* [[WPLUGBoard/Meeting-20141021|Tuesday, October 21, 2014]]<br />
* [[WPLUGBoard/Meeting-20141118|Tuesday, November 18, 2014]]<br />
<br />
== Past WPLUG Board Meetings ==<br />
<br />
* [[WPLUGBoard/Meeting-20140715|Tuesday, July 15, 2014]]<br />
* [[WPLUGBoard/Meeting-20140624|Tuesday, June 24, 2014]]<br />
* [[WPLUGBoard/Meeting-20140520|Tuesday, May 20, 2014]]<br />
* [[WPLUGBoard/Meeting-20140408|Tuesday, April 8, 2014]]<br />
* [[WPLUGBoard/Meeting-20140318|Tuesday, March 18, 2014]]<br />
* [[WPLUGBoard/Meeting-20140218|Tuesday, February 18, 2014]]<br />
* [[WPLUGBoard/Meeting-20140121|Tuesday, January 21, 2014]]<br />
* [[WPLUGBoard/Meeting-20131217|Tuesday, December 17, 2013]]<br />
* [[WPLUGBoard/Meeting-20131119|Tuesday, November 19, 2013]]<br />
* [[WPLUGBoard/Meeting-20131015|Tuesday, October 15, 2013]]<br />
* [[WPLUGBoard/Meeting-20130917|Tuesday, September 17, 2013]]<br />
* [[WPLUGBoard/Meeting-20130820|Tuesday, August 20, 2013]]<br />
* [[WPLUGBoard/Meeting-20130716|Tuesday, July 16, 2013]]<br />
* [[WPLUGBoard/Meeting-20130618|Tuesday, June 18, 2013]]<br />
* [[WPLUGBoard/Meeting-20130521|Tuesday, May 21, 2013]]<br />
* [[WPLUGBoard/Meeting-20130502|Thursday, May 2, 2013]]<br />
* [[WPLUGBoard/Meeting-20130416|Tuesday, April 16, 2013]]<br />
* [[WPLUGBoard/Meeting-20130319|Tuesday, March 19, 2013]]<br />
* [[WPLUGBoard/Meeting-20130219|Tuesday, Februrary 19, 2013]]<br />
* [[WPLUGBoard/Meeting-20130209|Saturday, February 9, 2013]] (special meeting)<br />
* [[WPLUGBoard/Meeting-20130115|Tuesday, January 15, 2013]]<br />
* [[WPLUGBoard/Meeting-20121230|Sunday, December 30, 2012]] (special meeting)<br />
* [[WPLUGBoard/Meeting-20121204|Tuesday, December 4, 2012]]<br />
* [[WPLUGBoard/Meeting-20121108|Thursday, November 8, 2012]]<br />
* [[WPLUGBoard/Meeting-20121002|Tuesday, October 2, 2012]]<br />
* [[WPLUGBoard/Meeting-20120904|Tuesday, September 4, 2012]]<br />
* [[WPLUGBoard/Meeting-20120807|Tuesday, August 7, 2012]]<br />
* [[WPLUGBoard/Meeting-20120703|Tuesday, July 3, 2012]]<br />
* [[WPLUGBoard/Meeting-20120605|Tuesday, June 5, 2012]]<br />
* [[WPLUGBoard/Meeting-20120501|Tuesday, May 1, 2012]]<br />
* [[WPLUGBoard/Meeting-20120412|Thursday, April 12, 2012]] (special meeting)<br />
* [[WPLUGBoard/Meeting-20120403|Tuesday, April 3, 2012]]<br />
* [[WPLUGBoard/Meeting-20120306|Tuesday, March 6, 2012]]<br />
* [[WPLUGBoard/Meeting-20120207|Tuesday, February 7, 2012]]<br />
* [[WPLUGBoard/Meeting-20120103|Tuesday, January 3, 2012]]<br />
* [[WPLUGBoard/Meeting-20111206|Tuesday, December 6, 2011]]<br />
* [[WPLUGBoard/Meeting-20111101|Tuesday, November 1, 2011]]<br />
* [[WPLUGBoard/Meeting-20111004|Tuesday, October 4, 2011]]<br />
* [[WPLUGBoard/Meeting-20110830|Tuesday, August 30, 2011]]<br />
* [[WPLUGBoard/Meeting-20110802|Tuesday, August 2, 2011]]<br />
* [[WPLUGBoard/Meeting-20110628|Tuesday, June 28, 2011]]<br />
* [[WPLUGBoard/Meeting-20110607|Tuesday, June 7, 2011]]<br />
* [[WPLUGBoard/Meeting-20110503|Tuesday, May 3, 2011]]<br />
* [[WPLUGBoard/Meeting-20110405|Tuesday, April 5, 2011]]<br />
* [[WPLUGBoard/Meeting-20110303|Tuesday, March 3, 2011]]<br />
* [[WPLUGBoard/Meeting-20110201|Tuesday, February 1, 2011]]<br />
* [[WPLUGBoard/Meeting-20110104|Tuesday, January 4, 2011]]<br />
* [[WPLUGBoard/Meeting-20101207|Tuesday, December 7, 2010]]<br />
* [[WPLUGBoard/Meeting-20101001|Friday, October 1, 2010]]<br />
* [[WPLUGBoard/Meeting-20100827|Friday, August 27, 2010]]<br />
* [[WPLUGBoard/Meeting-20100709|Friday, July 9, 2010]]<br />
* June 2010<br />
* May 2010<br />
* [[WPLUGBoard/Meeting-20100409|Friday, April 9, 2010]]<br />
* March 2010<br />
* February 2010<br />
* [[WPLUGBoard/Meeting-20100122|Friday, January 22, 2010]]<br />
* [[WPLUGBoard/Meeting-20091219|Saturday, December 19, 2009]]<br />
* [[WPLUGBoard/Meeting-20091121|Saturday, November 21, 2009]]<br />
* [[WPLUGBoard/Meeting-20090915|Thursday, October 15, 2009]]<br />
* [[WPLUGBoard/Meeting-20090825|Tuesday, August 25, 2009]]<br />
* [[WPLUGBoard/Meeting-20090709|Thursday, July 9, 2009]]<br />
* [[WPLUGBoard/Meeting-20090602|Tuesday, June 2, 2009]]<br />
* [[WPLUGBoard/Meeting-20090505|Tuesday, May 5, 2009]]<br />
* [[WPLUGBoard/Meeting-20090331|Tuesday, March 31, 2009]]<br />
* [[WPLUGBoard/Meeting-20090303|Tuesday, March 3, 2009]]<br />
* [[WPLUGBoard/Meeting-20090203 | Tuesday, February 3, 2009]]<br />
* [[WPLUGBoard/Meeting-20090106 | Tuesday, January 6, 2009]]<br />
* [[WPLUGBoard/Meeting-20081209 | Tuesday, December 9, 2008]]<br />
* [[WPLUGBoard/Meeting-20081110 | Monday, November 10, 2008]]<br />
* [[WPLUGBoard/Meeting-20081027 | Monday, October 27, 2008]]<br />
* [[WPLUGBoard/Meeting-20081004 | Tuesday, October 4, 2008]] (special meeting)<br />
* [[WPLUGBoard/Meeting-20080916 | Tuesday, September 16, 2008]] (special meeting)<br />
* [[WPLUGBoard/Meeting-20080908 | Monday, September 8, 2008]]<br />
* [[WPLUGBoard/Meeting-20080811 | Monday, August 11, 2008]]<br />
* [[WPLUGBoard/Meeting-20080714 | Monday, July 14, 2008]]<br />
* [[WPLUGBoard/Meeting-20080609 | Monday, June 9, 2008]]<br />
* [[WPLUGBoard/Meeting-20080512 | Monday, May 12, 2008]]<br />
* [[WPLUGBoard/Meeting-20080407 | Monday, April 7, 2008]]<br />
* [[WPLUGBoard/Meeting-20080310 | Monday, March 10, 2008]]<br />
* [[WPLUGBoard/Meeting-20080204 | Monday, February 4, 2008]]<br />
* [[WPLUGBoard/Meeting-20080114 | Monday, January 14, 2008]]<br />
* [[WPLUGBoard/Meeting-20071210 | Monday, December 10, 2007]]<br />
* [[WPLUGBoard/Meeting-20071119 | Monday, November 19, 2007]]<br />
* [[WPLUGBoard/Meeting-20071029 | Monday, October 29, 2007]]<br />
* [[WPLUGBoard/Meeting-20070910 | Monday, September 10, 2007]]<br />
* [[WPLUGBoard/Meeting-20070813 | Monday, August 20, 2007]]<br />
* [[WPLUGBoard/Meeting-20070709 | Monday, July 30, 2007]]<br />
* [[WPLUGBoard/Meeting-20070611 | Monday, June 25, 2007]]<br />
* [[WPLUGBoard/Meeting-20070514 | Monday, May 14, 2007]]<br />
* [[WPLUGBoard/Meeting-20070402 | Monday, April 2, 2007]]<br />
* [[WPLUGBoard/Meeting-20070312 | Monday, March 12, 2007]]<br />
* [[WPLUGBoard/Meeting-20070212 | Monday, February 12, 2007]]<br />
* [[WPLUGBoard/Meeting-20070122 | Monday, January 22, 2007]]<br />
* Monday, December 11, 2006<br />
* Monday, November 27, 2006<br />
* Monday, October 30, 2006<br />
<br />
== WPLUG Goals ==<br />
<br />
At the October 30, 2006 meeting the acting WPLUG board established a set of five, three and one year goals. We then pared each of these sets of goals to about five different concrete and actionable items. The goal of this plan is that the one year tasks always lead us in the direction of the three year tasks, which are the foundation for the five year tasks. The one year plan should be revisited as needed during the year, with the three and five year plan revisited annually.<br />
<br />
At the [[WPLUGBoard/Meeting-20071119 | November 19, 2007]] board meeting, the board decided to review the goals set one year earlier, and update them as necessary. The previous board's goals can be found at the [[WPLUG Board 2007 Goals]] and [[WPLUG Board 2008 Goals]] pages. A new [[WPLUG Board 2009 Goals]] page is under construction.</div>Jprostko//www.wplug.org/wiki/WPLUGBoardWPLUGBoard2014-08-18T13:49:58Z<p>Jprostko: Remove July 2014 meeting from upcoming meetings, so can be moved to past meetings</p>
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<div>__NOTOC__<br />
<br />
The WPLUG Board of Directors consists of five elected members of WPLUG who oversee the operations of WPLUG and plan for its future growth. The current board was elected on Saturday, November 9, 2013.<br />
<br />
== Members == <br />
<br />
The members are:<br />
<br />
* Chair: [[User:Centinel | Justin Smith]]<br />
* Vice-Chair: [[User:Vance | Vance Kochenderfer]]<br />
* Secretary: [[User:Jprostko | Joseph Prostko]]<br />
* Treasurer: [[User:Patbarron | Patrick Barron]]<br />
* Director-at-Large: [[User:Scslomberg | Stanley Slomberg]]<br />
<br />
A list of [[WPLUGBoard/Duties|officer responsibilities]] exists to help keep straight who does what and when.<br />
<br />
== Upcoming WPLUG Board Meetings ==<br />
<br />
* [[WPLUGBoard/Meeting-20140819|Tuesday, August 19, 2014]]<br />
* [[WPLUGBoard/Meeting-20140916|Tuesday, September 16, 2014]]<br />
* [[WPLUGBoard/Meeting-20141021|Tuesday, October 21, 2014]]<br />
* [[WPLUGBoard/Meeting-20141118|Tuesday, November 18, 2014]]<br />
<br />
== Past WPLUG Board Meetings ==<br />
<br />
* [[WPLUGBoard/Meeting-20140624|Tuesday, June 24, 2014]]<br />
* [[WPLUGBoard/Meeting-20140520|Tuesday, May 20, 2014]]<br />
* [[WPLUGBoard/Meeting-20140408|Tuesday, April 8, 2014]]<br />
* [[WPLUGBoard/Meeting-20140318|Tuesday, March 18, 2014]]<br />
* [[WPLUGBoard/Meeting-20140218|Tuesday, February 18, 2014]]<br />
* [[WPLUGBoard/Meeting-20140121|Tuesday, January 21, 2014]]<br />
* [[WPLUGBoard/Meeting-20131217|Tuesday, December 17, 2013]]<br />
* [[WPLUGBoard/Meeting-20131119|Tuesday, November 19, 2013]]<br />
* [[WPLUGBoard/Meeting-20131015|Tuesday, October 15, 2013]]<br />
* [[WPLUGBoard/Meeting-20130917|Tuesday, September 17, 2013]]<br />
* [[WPLUGBoard/Meeting-20130820|Tuesday, August 20, 2013]]<br />
* [[WPLUGBoard/Meeting-20130716|Tuesday, July 16, 2013]]<br />
* [[WPLUGBoard/Meeting-20130618|Tuesday, June 18, 2013]]<br />
* [[WPLUGBoard/Meeting-20130521|Tuesday, May 21, 2013]]<br />
* [[WPLUGBoard/Meeting-20130502|Thursday, May 2, 2013]]<br />
* [[WPLUGBoard/Meeting-20130416|Tuesday, April 16, 2013]]<br />
* [[WPLUGBoard/Meeting-20130319|Tuesday, March 19, 2013]]<br />
* [[WPLUGBoard/Meeting-20130219|Tuesday, Februrary 19, 2013]]<br />
* [[WPLUGBoard/Meeting-20130209|Saturday, February 9, 2013]] (special meeting)<br />
* [[WPLUGBoard/Meeting-20130115|Tuesday, January 15, 2013]]<br />
* [[WPLUGBoard/Meeting-20121230|Sunday, December 30, 2012]] (special meeting)<br />
* [[WPLUGBoard/Meeting-20121204|Tuesday, December 4, 2012]]<br />
* [[WPLUGBoard/Meeting-20121108|Thursday, November 8, 2012]]<br />
* [[WPLUGBoard/Meeting-20121002|Tuesday, October 2, 2012]]<br />
* [[WPLUGBoard/Meeting-20120904|Tuesday, September 4, 2012]]<br />
* [[WPLUGBoard/Meeting-20120807|Tuesday, August 7, 2012]]<br />
* [[WPLUGBoard/Meeting-20120703|Tuesday, July 3, 2012]]<br />
* [[WPLUGBoard/Meeting-20120605|Tuesday, June 5, 2012]]<br />
* [[WPLUGBoard/Meeting-20120501|Tuesday, May 1, 2012]]<br />
* [[WPLUGBoard/Meeting-20120412|Thursday, April 12, 2012]] (special meeting)<br />
* [[WPLUGBoard/Meeting-20120403|Tuesday, April 3, 2012]]<br />
* [[WPLUGBoard/Meeting-20120306|Tuesday, March 6, 2012]]<br />
* [[WPLUGBoard/Meeting-20120207|Tuesday, February 7, 2012]]<br />
* [[WPLUGBoard/Meeting-20120103|Tuesday, January 3, 2012]]<br />
* [[WPLUGBoard/Meeting-20111206|Tuesday, December 6, 2011]]<br />
* [[WPLUGBoard/Meeting-20111101|Tuesday, November 1, 2011]]<br />
* [[WPLUGBoard/Meeting-20111004|Tuesday, October 4, 2011]]<br />
* [[WPLUGBoard/Meeting-20110830|Tuesday, August 30, 2011]]<br />
* [[WPLUGBoard/Meeting-20110802|Tuesday, August 2, 2011]]<br />
* [[WPLUGBoard/Meeting-20110628|Tuesday, June 28, 2011]]<br />
* [[WPLUGBoard/Meeting-20110607|Tuesday, June 7, 2011]]<br />
* [[WPLUGBoard/Meeting-20110503|Tuesday, May 3, 2011]]<br />
* [[WPLUGBoard/Meeting-20110405|Tuesday, April 5, 2011]]<br />
* [[WPLUGBoard/Meeting-20110303|Tuesday, March 3, 2011]]<br />
* [[WPLUGBoard/Meeting-20110201|Tuesday, February 1, 2011]]<br />
* [[WPLUGBoard/Meeting-20110104|Tuesday, January 4, 2011]]<br />
* [[WPLUGBoard/Meeting-20101207|Tuesday, December 7, 2010]]<br />
* [[WPLUGBoard/Meeting-20101001|Friday, October 1, 2010]]<br />
* [[WPLUGBoard/Meeting-20100827|Friday, August 27, 2010]]<br />
* [[WPLUGBoard/Meeting-20100709|Friday, July 9, 2010]]<br />
* June 2010<br />
* May 2010<br />
* [[WPLUGBoard/Meeting-20100409|Friday, April 9, 2010]]<br />
* March 2010<br />
* February 2010<br />
* [[WPLUGBoard/Meeting-20100122|Friday, January 22, 2010]]<br />
* [[WPLUGBoard/Meeting-20091219|Saturday, December 19, 2009]]<br />
* [[WPLUGBoard/Meeting-20091121|Saturday, November 21, 2009]]<br />
* [[WPLUGBoard/Meeting-20090915|Thursday, October 15, 2009]]<br />
* [[WPLUGBoard/Meeting-20090825|Tuesday, August 25, 2009]]<br />
* [[WPLUGBoard/Meeting-20090709|Thursday, July 9, 2009]]<br />
* [[WPLUGBoard/Meeting-20090602|Tuesday, June 2, 2009]]<br />
* [[WPLUGBoard/Meeting-20090505|Tuesday, May 5, 2009]]<br />
* [[WPLUGBoard/Meeting-20090331|Tuesday, March 31, 2009]]<br />
* [[WPLUGBoard/Meeting-20090303|Tuesday, March 3, 2009]]<br />
* [[WPLUGBoard/Meeting-20090203 | Tuesday, February 3, 2009]]<br />
* [[WPLUGBoard/Meeting-20090106 | Tuesday, January 6, 2009]]<br />
* [[WPLUGBoard/Meeting-20081209 | Tuesday, December 9, 2008]]<br />
* [[WPLUGBoard/Meeting-20081110 | Monday, November 10, 2008]]<br />
* [[WPLUGBoard/Meeting-20081027 | Monday, October 27, 2008]]<br />
* [[WPLUGBoard/Meeting-20081004 | Tuesday, October 4, 2008]] (special meeting)<br />
* [[WPLUGBoard/Meeting-20080916 | Tuesday, September 16, 2008]] (special meeting)<br />
* [[WPLUGBoard/Meeting-20080908 | Monday, September 8, 2008]]<br />
* [[WPLUGBoard/Meeting-20080811 | Monday, August 11, 2008]]<br />
* [[WPLUGBoard/Meeting-20080714 | Monday, July 14, 2008]]<br />
* [[WPLUGBoard/Meeting-20080609 | Monday, June 9, 2008]]<br />
* [[WPLUGBoard/Meeting-20080512 | Monday, May 12, 2008]]<br />
* [[WPLUGBoard/Meeting-20080407 | Monday, April 7, 2008]]<br />
* [[WPLUGBoard/Meeting-20080310 | Monday, March 10, 2008]]<br />
* [[WPLUGBoard/Meeting-20080204 | Monday, February 4, 2008]]<br />
* [[WPLUGBoard/Meeting-20080114 | Monday, January 14, 2008]]<br />
* [[WPLUGBoard/Meeting-20071210 | Monday, December 10, 2007]]<br />
* [[WPLUGBoard/Meeting-20071119 | Monday, November 19, 2007]]<br />
* [[WPLUGBoard/Meeting-20071029 | Monday, October 29, 2007]]<br />
* [[WPLUGBoard/Meeting-20070910 | Monday, September 10, 2007]]<br />
* [[WPLUGBoard/Meeting-20070813 | Monday, August 20, 2007]]<br />
* [[WPLUGBoard/Meeting-20070709 | Monday, July 30, 2007]]<br />
* [[WPLUGBoard/Meeting-20070611 | Monday, June 25, 2007]]<br />
* [[WPLUGBoard/Meeting-20070514 | Monday, May 14, 2007]]<br />
* [[WPLUGBoard/Meeting-20070402 | Monday, April 2, 2007]]<br />
* [[WPLUGBoard/Meeting-20070312 | Monday, March 12, 2007]]<br />
* [[WPLUGBoard/Meeting-20070212 | Monday, February 12, 2007]]<br />
* [[WPLUGBoard/Meeting-20070122 | Monday, January 22, 2007]]<br />
* Monday, December 11, 2006<br />
* Monday, November 27, 2006<br />
* Monday, October 30, 2006<br />
<br />
== WPLUG Goals ==<br />
<br />
At the October 30, 2006 meeting the acting WPLUG board established a set of five, three and one year goals. We then pared each of these sets of goals to about five different concrete and actionable items. The goal of this plan is that the one year tasks always lead us in the direction of the three year tasks, which are the foundation for the five year tasks. The one year plan should be revisited as needed during the year, with the three and five year plan revisited annually.<br />
<br />
At the [[WPLUGBoard/Meeting-20071119 | November 19, 2007]] board meeting, the board decided to review the goals set one year earlier, and update them as necessary. The previous board's goals can be found at the [[WPLUG Board 2007 Goals]] and [[WPLUG Board 2008 Goals]] pages. A new [[WPLUG Board 2009 Goals]] page is under construction.</div>Jprostko//www.wplug.org/wiki/Meeting-20140809Meeting-201408092014-08-09T15:31:46Z<p>Jprostko: Add Joe's food/drink items</p>
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<div>It's that time of year again! WPLUG's 13th annual Open Source Picnic will take place in [[North_Park#Babble_Brook_Shelter|North Park]] on August 9, 2014 from 1:00-6:00 p.m. In the spirit of open source collaboration, we invite everyone to help make our picnic a success by bringing food, inviting people, and organizing activities for the day. Bring your friends! Invite the whole family! <br />
<br />
(That's our only rule for the day, incidentally: everything must be family-friendly. No booze; nothing scandalous.)<br />
<br />
The more people participate, the more successful we'll be. If you'd like to pitch in, add your name to one of the lists below. Be sure to RSVP for your entire party (including guests) at [https://www.eventbrite.com/e/wplug-summer-picnic-tickets-12405002697 Eventbrite]. You need to do this even if you've signed up below.<br />
<br />
= Setup =<br />
Hanging signs, setting up pic-a-nic tables, and chasing away pesky critters. Please show up at 12:30.<br />
<br />
* [[User:Patbarron|Pat Barron]]<br />
* [[User:terryg|Terry Golightly]]<br />
* [[User:Centinel|Justin Smith]]<br />
* Your name here!<br />
<br />
= Cleanup =<br />
* [[User:Patbarron|Pat Barron]]<br />
* [[User:Vance|Vance Kochenderfer]]<br />
* Your name here<br />
* Your name here<br />
<br />
= Food/Drinks =<br />
Try to be considerate of people with food allergies (listed below). If you pack something that somebody can't eat, tossing in something extra for them would be very nice!<br />
<br />
* WPLUG will provide some picnic snacks and beverages, but we're not in a position to provide enough this year to feed everyone. So if you can, please do bring a dish or beverage to share, and note your plans here!<br />
* [[User:Vance|Vance Kochenderfer]] - ice<br />
* [[User:Centinel|Justin Smith]] - Burgers (probably the sundried tomato turkey burgers that Whole Foods sells)<br />
* [[User:Vance|Vance Kochenderfer]] - corn chips, hummus, maybe some pitas<br />
* [[User:Patbarron|Pat Barron]] - Package of regular (pre-packaged) hamburgers, 2 packages hot dogs, package of American cheese slices, hamburger and hot dog buns, 2x one liter soda (probably Coke and Sprite), jug of packaged iced tea, napkins<br />
* [[User:Jprostko|Joe Prostko]] - About 7 gallons of water in glass carboys for consumption and/or cleanup. Also, some apples, bananas, and other food I pick up at Frankferd Farms on my way to the picnic.<br />
* your name and idea here<br />
* your name and idea here<br />
* your name and idea here<br />
<br />
== Food Allergies ==<br />
If you're planning to attend, please list your food allergies here and rate them according to severity: <br />
*'''Mild''' (minor effects; may be okay in small quantities)<br />
*'''Moderate''' (noticeable effects)<br />
*'''Severe''' (life-threatening). <br />
<br />
We cannot guarantee that people bringing food will accommodate your dietary restrictions. If it looks like your choices will be limited, pack something for yourself - or better yet, bring enough for everyone so we can try something new!<br />
<br />
* [[User:Centinel|Justin Smith]]: Gluten ('''moderate''') & Dairy ('''mild''')<br />
* [[User:terryg|Terry Golightly]]: Lactose ('''mild''')<br />
<br />
= Supplies =<br />
(Grills, coolers, paper towels, cutlery, hand sanitizer, etc)<br />
* [[User:Vance|Vance Kochenderfer]] - large (62 qt.) WPLUG cooler<br />
* [[User:terryg|Terry Golightly]] - The Official WPLUG Grill<br />
* [[User:Centinel|Justin Smith]] - Grilling supplies - charcoal, lighter fluid, etc. Paper plates remaining from WPLUG's Blender event. (I never ended up using them...)<br />
* [[User:Vance|Vance Kochenderfer]] - plastic cups, cutlery<br />
* Your name here<br />
* Your name here<br />
<br />
= Sports/Games/Activities =<br />
* [[User:terryg|Terry Golightly]] - I have acouple of Frisbees. Somebody must have some suggestions.<br />
* [[User:Centinel|Justin Smith]] - For the Android users in the house, a quick introduction to geocaching and demonstration of C:Geo, an open source app that will guide you to hidden treasures in North Park.<br />
* [[User:Patbarron|Pat Barron]] - I can bring a chess set and clock, if anyone wants to play - not really a "traditional" picnic-type game, I know, but for those of us who are not athletically inclined, it sure beats anything involving physical activity. ;-)<br />
* Your idea here<br />
<br />
= Venue Information =<br />
The picnic will take place at the [[North_Park#Babble_Brook_Shelter|Babble Brook Shelter]] in North Park.<br />
<br />
The shelter is at the intersection of Ingomar Road and Babcock Blvd. Parking is available in the parking lot on Ingomar Road, across from the shelter.<br />
<br />
== Ridesharing ==<br />
If you need a ride to the park or can provide one, post in this area.<br />
<br />
* [[User:Vance|Vance Kochenderfer]] - driving from South Hills (Castle Shannon); use the e-mail address on my user page<br />
* Your name - your location<br />
* Your name - your location<br />
<br />
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<div>This page is to collect information about our current configuration and options for switching to a new server going forward. Please feel free to edit to add missing information or correct errors.<br />
<br />
== Server selection ==<br />
<br />
On 2014-06-24, the WPLUG board decided to go with the $10/month [https://www.linode.com/pricing?r=30335eb136f2c5f7fa3429dce9f15bea836f81d3 Linode] plan, locating in their Atlanta datacenter. This plan will approximately halve our current costs and still provide sufficient resources.<br />
<br />
== OS selection ==<br />
<br />
The WPLUG server currently runs on CentOS 5. This is still supported, but it would make sense to choose a newer distro while we're doing the server switch.<br />
<br />
=== Service enumeration ===<br />
<br />
Services that are currently running on the WPLUG Linode server. These should include things that are user-facing only, not infrastructure.<br />
<br />
* E-mail (Postfix)<br />
* Mailing lists (Mailman)<br />
* Wiki (MediaWiki)<br />
* Blog (Wordpress)<br />
* Monkeybot IRC bot (infobot) - maybe consider different bot software that can import monkeybot's database?<br />
* RSS aggregator (Tiny Tiny RSS, tt-rss)<br />
<br />
Infrastructure software which supports the services above.<br />
<br />
* Web server (Apache) - it would be possible to use Nginx instead, but I (Vance) am not familiar with setting it up<br />
* PHP (Apache mod_php) for MediaWiki, Wordpress, and TT-RSS<br />
* Python for Mailman<br />
* Perl for Monkeybot<br />
* MySQL for MediaWiki, Wordpress, and TT-RSS - likely possible to use MariaDB instead, other DBMS [http://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/Compatibility#Database not recommended] for use with MediaWiki<br />
* Greylisting daemon (Postgrey)<br />
* Fail2ban - could maybe use denyhosts instead<br />
* Aide - could be used for intrusion detection<br />
<br />
=== Support lifetime ===<br />
<br />
* CentOS 6 - [http://wiki.centos.org/FAQ/General#head-fe8a0be91ee3e7dea812e8694491e1dde5b75e6d 2020-11-30]<br />
* CentOS 7 - will probably match RHEL 7 support deadline of [https://access.redhat.com/site/support/policy/updates/errata/#Life_Cycle_Dates 2024-06-30]<br />
* Debian 7 "wheezy" - [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Debian#Security_updates one year after release of v. 8 "jessie"] ([http://ostatic.com/blog/early-plans-for-debian-8-0-jessie-emerge anticipated mid-2015]), possible [http://www.debian.org/News/2014/20140424.en.html unofficial long-term support] available after that<br />
* Ubuntu 14.04 LTS - [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ubuntu_(operating_system)#Releases 2019-04-17]<br />
<br />
=== Software availability ===<br />
<br />
This table is to track, for the different distros under consideration, whether the software we need is available within its repositories. We want to minimize the number of applications which have to be maintained manually.<br />
<br />
Key:<br />
* B: in distro's base repository<br />
* A: in an additional repository provided by the distro<br />
* T: in a third-party repository<br />
* ~: not available in any known repository<br />
* ?: availability unknown<br />
<br />
{| border="1"<br />
!<br />
!CentOS 6<br />
!CentOS 7<br />
!Debian 7<br />
!Ubuntu 14.04<br />
|-<br />
|postfix<br />
|B 2.6<br />
|B 2.10<br />
|B 2.9<br />
|B 2.11<br />
|-<br />
|mailman<br />
|B 2.1<br />
|B 2.1<br />
|B 2.1<br />
|B 2.1<br />
|-<br />
|postgrey<br />
|T 1.34<sup>rf, EPEL</sup><br />
|T 1.34<sup>EPEL</sup><br />
|B 1.34<br />
|A 1.34<br />
|-<br />
|mediawiki<br />
|T 1.19<sup>EPEL</sup><br />
|? <br />
|B 1.19<br />
|A 1.19<br />
|-<br />
|wordpress<br />
|T 3.9<sup>EPEL</sup><br />
|T 3.9<sup>EPEL</sup><br />
|B 3.6<br />
|A 3.8<br />
|-<br />
|infobot<br />
|~<br />
|? (not B or A)<br />
|? (not B or A)<br />
|~<br />
|-<br />
|tt-rss<br />
|~<br />
|? (not B or A)<br />
|? (not B or A)<br />
|A 1.11<br />
|-<br />
|apache<br />
|B 2.2 / A 2.4<br />
|B 2.4<br />
|B 2.2<br />
|B 2.4<br />
|-<br />
|nginx<br />
|A 1.4<br />
|?<br />
|B 1.2<br />
|B/A 1.4<br />
|-<br />
|php5<br />
|B 5.3 / A 5.4, 5.5<br />
|B 5.4, T 5.5.14<sup>Remi</sup><br />
|B 5.4<br />
|B 5.5<br />
|-<br />
|python2<br />
|B 2.6 / A 2.7<br />
|B 2.7.5<br />
|B 2.7<br />
|B 2.7<br />
|-<br />
|python3<br />
|A 3.3<br />
|?<br />
|B 3.2<br />
|B 3.4<br />
|-<br />
|perl5<br />
|B 5.10<br />
|B 5.16<br />
|B 5.14<br />
|B 5.18<br />
|-<br />
|mysql<br />
|B 5.1 / A 5.5<br />
|?<br />
|B 5.5<br />
|B 5.5 / A 5.6<br />
|-<br />
|mariadb<br />
|A 5.5<br />
|B 5.5<br />
|? (not B or A)<br />
|A 5.5<br />
|-<br />
|fail2ban<br />
|T 0.8.7<sup>rf</sup>, 0.8.11<sup>EPEL</sup><br />
|T 0.8.7<sup>rf</sup><br />
|B 0.8.6<br />
|A 0.8.11<br />
|-<br />
|denyhosts<br />
|T 2.6<sup>rf, EPEL</sup><br />
|T 2.6<sup>rf</sup><br />
|B 2.6<br />
|[https://launchpad.net/ubuntu/trusty/amd64/denyhosts ~]<br />
|-<br />
|aide<br />
|B 0.14<br />
|B 0.15.1<br />
|?<br />
|0.16a2<br />
|}<br />
<br />
Third-party repositories:<br />
* EPEL - [http://fedoraproject.org/wiki/EPEL Extra Packages for Enterprise Linux]<br />
* rf - [http://repoforge.org/ RepoForge] (formerly RPMForge/Dag Wieers)<br />
* Remi - [http://dev.antoinesolutions.com/remi-repository Remi Repository]<br />
<br />
== Migration steps ==<br />
<br />
* Obtain [https://library.linode.com/networking/ipv6#sph_ipv6-address-pools IPv6 address pool] from Linode (support ticket needed)<br />
* Explore what software to use to help harden up the installation (fail2ban, etc.)<br />
* <strike>Deploy new CentOS 7 instance</strike><br />
* (optional) Set up [https://library.linode.com/remote-access#sph_adding-private-ip-addresses private IPv4 addresses] for transfer between old and new VPS (avoids bandwidth charges)<br />
* Set up SSH (edit sshd_config to tighten up security)<br />
* <strike>Migrate current users to new server</strike><br />
* <strike>Ensure NTP is running, and set timezone to EDT</strike><br />
* Set up the firewall (either using firewalld, or else [https://fedoraproject.org/wiki/FirewallD?rd=FirewallD/#Using_static_firewall_rules_with_the_iptables_and_ip6tables_services installing iptables and using the old rules])<br />
* Install Apache, and edit httpd.conf appropriately<br />
* Install PHP, edit php.ini appropriately, and make sure all needed modules are installed<br />
* Install MariaDB, add appropriate user(s)/permissions, and edit my.cnf appropriately<br />
* Install/configure Postfix<br />
* Install/configure Mailman<br />
* Install/configure monkeybot<br />
* Set up Tiny Tiny RSS<br />
* Migrate any other files that must be moved<br />
* Export current MySQL and import into new MariaDB<br />
* Set up repeating jobs (log rotation, etc.) via systemd/cron<br />
* Cut over DNS (or [https://library.linode.com/remote-access#sph_swapping-ip-addresses swap IPv4 addresses])<br />
* Other steps not mentioned above<br />
<br />
=== Nice-to-haves ===<br />
<br />
We have an archive of static web pages from the pre-2007 server "penguin" - it would be nice to make this history available somehow.<br />
<br />
=== Installation Notes ===<br />
[https://www.centos.org/forums/viewtopic.php?f=48&t=47284 Installing fail2ban on CentOS 7]<br />
<br />
[[Category:Migration]]</div>Jprostko