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Agenda

May Meeting Presentation
Not to early to start thinking about Software Freedom Day
Cooperating with NZCS

Previous minutes: http://wlug.org.nz/CommitteeMeetingTopics.2009-03-30


Agenda:
# Previous Minutes
# Treasurers report
# Correspondence
# General business

* May Meeting Presentation (On Blade server)
* Not to early to start thinking about Software Freedom Day
* Cooperating with NZCS

##Server Status
Server management is a bit of a mess. Blade with new hard drive was installed months ago, thought it was all done, turns out there's no network connection and nobody thought to tell the committee so we could get this sorted out.

##Upcoming Presentations
##Lightwire
##O'Reilly Books

Motion to donate $20 to Methodist centre
JamesPluck:BryceUtting

Did anyone tell Methodist Centre? Receptionist mentioned we hadn't picked up our deposit, I told her we'd decided to make it a donation. This probably should have been in writing though.

#WlugSurvey recommendation

## SoftwareFreedomDay and WLUG Business Directory?
Send out a letter to all Waikato IT businesses. If they support or use Linux or FLOSS, we'd like them to create a wiki page and link to it (I see we already have CategoryCompany, perhaps we could have a more detailed and categorised CommercialSupport page or something? Specifically an easy place to find commercial support for FLOSS in the Waikato. And also invite them to make a booking for SFD. We should charge for tables to help cover other costs? How do Trade Shows normally work this?

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Actual Minutes


!!!WLUG Committee Meeting 4th May 2009

!!Last Month Minutes
Last months minutes moved bruce,john passed

!!Treasurer Report
Balance $1028

!!Correspondence
#Mail box not checked recently
#change PO Box membership form on secure ChrisOhalloran

!!General Business
!Review last meeting
video audio quality ok'ish
otherwise good presentation
Metacafe preferred

!!General discussion

!Software freedom day - Saturday 19 September 2009

 Sally Jo - moral support

 Suggestion of performance centre BryceUtting

 University Open Day - this Friday 9th John Billings

  JohnBillings: I went it was good.  I talked to Dr. Nick from the maths dept, Alice from Graphic Design dept, Shane from WAND, Sally Jo, and Olena the google intern.  I asked them all to talk to their students and colleagues about the LUG and getting involved.  Talked to Sally Jo about collaborating on getting speakers down, and I pointed her to IdeasForFutureMeetings page, and I put some of the ideas she suggested there.

 Suitable venue - BryceUtting BruceKingsbury

 Library display. Printing support. RimuHosting sponsorship for printing

 Dateless poster might be better for future proofing effort

 Possible keynote speaker
 # Nandor Tanzcos
 # Alan Cox
 # Richard Stallman
 # Linus Torvalds

Software freedom wiki page for ideas- make a wiki page

Library display two week prior to 19/09/2009

Rod suggests we need quite a few in Windows machines for demonstration

 Consider requests for donated machines.

!Cooperating with New Zealand Computer Society
 600 active members

 They have funds available to adverstise WLUG events to their members. Three weeks prior

 Their membership is $95/year

Update: DavidHallett reports done deal.

!Methodist Centre
$20 donation sorted

!Lightwire
Cheapest account $20 for 90 days, three months. JohnBilling to talk JamieCurtis output getting.

!O'Reilly Books
 List of reviews
  #Python LizQuilty
  #Ubuntu for non geeks JamesPluck

 Create a list on the Wiki off books to reveiw JamesPluck

Adding books to library

!Upcoming meetings
#May - Servers, club members present.
#June - Vic Oliver Reprap
#July - topic?

!Server Status
#Daniel and the server Gnomes (James Doherty) are switching plugs over on Wlug Server. LizQuilty
#WlugServer looking at backups LizQuilty
#shell account added consideration of Liz Quilty gaining admin rights.
#JohnMcPherson has backup at present.
#BryceUtting raised question about uploading attachments

!May presentation
  learning experience of server.
  JohnBilling facilitator
  ChrisOhalloran SSH Keys
  BruceKingsbury Kororā
Next committee meeting CommitteeMeetingTopics.2009-06-02. (moved back a day due to holiday)

301 Peachgrove Bruce's Place cnr Marshall.
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