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<div>This page is an attempt to keep track of assets that belong to WPLUG. If you have something, list it below.<br />
<br />
== General Inventory ==<br />
<br />
{|<br />
!Item !! Who has it !! Location<br />
|-<br />
|Projector (1024x768, VGA connection)<br />
|[[User:Patbarron|Pat Barron]]<br />
|Pat's storage unit<br />
|-<br />
|Projection Screen<br />
|[[User:Patbarron|Pat Barron]]<br />
|Pat's storage unit<br />
|-<br />
|Cooler<br />
|[[User:Vance|Vance Kochenderfer]]<br />
|Vance's house<br />
|-<br />
|The penguin (bean bag version)<br />
|[[User:Mhs|Michael Semcheski]]<br />
|Mike's house<br />
|-<br />
|The "New" Charcoal grill (2014)<br />
|[[User:jprostko|Joe Prostko]]<br />
|Joe's house<br />
|-<br />
|WPLUG Banner Signs, qty 3<br />
|GUM Kit<br />
|[[User:Vance|Vance's]] house<br />
|-<br />
|Robert's Rules of Order<br />
|[[User:Mhs|Mike Semcheski]]<br />
|Mike's House<br />
|-<br />
|Robert's Rules of Order ''in Brief''<br />
|[[User:Mhs|Mike Semcheski]]<br />
|Mike's House<br />
|-<br />
|Four Padded Envelopes for mailing CD's<br />
|[[User:Mhs|Mike Semcheski]]<br />
|Mike's House<br />
|-<br />
|25 or so 9x12 clasp envelopes<br />
|[[User:Mhs|Mike Semcheski]]<br />
|Mike's House<br />
|-<br />
|Box of fliers and pamphlets<br />
|[[User:Mhs]]<br />
|Mike's House<br />
|-<br />
|Post Office Box Key #1<br />
|[[User:Vance|Vance Kochenderfer]]<br />
|Keyring<br />
|-<br />
|Post Office Box Key #2<br />
|[[User:Vance|Vance Kochenderfer]]<br />
|Keyring<br />
|-<br />
|Post Office Box Key #3<br />
|Terry Golightly<br />
|Keyring<br />
|-<br />
|WPLUG "Welcome" Sign<br />
|GUM Kit<br />
|[[User:Vance|Vance's]] house<br />
|-<br />
|Coffee Maker<br />
|Coffee Tote<br />
|[[User:Vance|Vance's]] house<br />
|-<br />
|Hot Water Pot<br />
|Coffee Tote<br />
|[[User:Vance|Vance's]] house<br />
|-<br />
|Kitty Dish<br />
|Coffee Tote<br />
|[[User:Vance|Vance's]] house<br />
|-<br />
|Paper Lunch Bags (for Popcorn)<br />
|[[User:Vance|Vance Kochenderfer]]<br />
|Vance's house<br />
|-<br />
|Cups, Paper Plates, Plastic Utensils, etc<br />
|Coffee Tote<br />
|[[User:Vance|Vance's]] house<br />
|-<br />
|Raffle Tickets<br />
|GUM Kit<br />
|[[User:Vance|Vance's]] house<br />
|-<br />
|Key to WSCC front door<br />
|[[User:Vance|Vance Kochenderfer]]<br />
|Keyring<br />
|-<br />
| Tux (Large Stuffed Penguin doll)<br />
|[[User:terryg|Terry Golightly]]<br />
| Terry's house<br />
|-<br />
| DVD-Rs of final backup of old WPLUG.ORG<br />
|[[User:patbarron|Pat Barron]]<br />
|Secretary's files<br />
|}<br />
<br />
== InstallFest Equipment ==<br />
<br />
{|<br />
!Item !! Who has it !! Location<br />
|-<br />
|Linksys BEFSR11 (no power supply)<br />
|Installfest ethernet box<br />
|[[User:Vance|Vance's]] house<br />
|-<br />
|Dynex 8-port 10/100 switch<br />
|Installfest ethernet box<br />
|[[User:Vance|Vance's]] house<br />
|-<br />
|Dynex 5-port 10/100 switch<br />
|Installfest ethernet box<br />
|[[User:Vance|Vance's]] house<br />
|-<br />
|HP Procurve 2124 24-port 10/100 switch<br />
|Installfest ethernet box<br />
|[[User:Vance|Vance's]] house<br />
|-<br />
|Linksys 8-port 10/100 switch (no power supply)<br />
|Installfest ethernet box<br />
|[[User:Vance|Vance's]] house<br />
|-<br />
|Linksys 5-port 10/100 switch (no power supply)<br />
|Installfest ethernet box<br />
|[[User:Vance|Vance's]] house<br />
|-<br />
|Table Clamp Power Tap, qty 5<br />
|Installfest power box<br />
|[[User:Vance|Vance's]] house<br />
|-<br />
|Extension Cord, 2-wire, 12ft, qty 2<br />
|Installfest power box<br />
|[[User:Vance|Vance's]] house<br />
|-<br />
|Extension Power Tap, 3-wire, 6ft, qty 3<br />
|Installfest power box<br />
|[[User:Vance|Vance's]] house<br />
|-<br />
|Extension Cord, 3-wire, 6ft, qty 1<br />
|Installfest power box<br />
|[[User:Vance|Vance's]] house<br />
|-<br />
|Extension Cord, 3-wire, 10ft, qty 1<br />
|Installfest power box<br />
|[[User:Vance|Vance's]] house<br />
|-<br />
|Extension Cord, 3-wire, ~25ft, qty 3<br />
|Installfest power box<br />
|[[User:Vance|Vance's]] house<br />
|-<br />
|PC Power Cable, qty 8<br />
|Installfest power box<br />
|[[User:Vance|Vance's]] house<br />
|-<br />
|Power Strip Tap, qty 9<br />
|Installfest power box<br />
|[[User:Vance|Vance's]] house<br />
|-<br />
|Mini Monochrome CRT (in storage)<br />
|Installfest box<br />
|[[User:Vance|Vance's]] house<br />
|-<br />
|SmartDisk USB Floppy Drive<br />
|Installfest box<br />
|[[User:Vance|Vance's]] house<br />
|-<br />
|PCMCIA NIC 10/100<br />
|Installfest box<br />
|[[User:Vance|Vance's]] house<br />
|-<br />
|Philips USB WebCam<br />
|Installfest box<br />
|[[User:Vance|Vance's]] house<br />
|-<br />
|Happy Hacker Keyboard, PS/2<br />
|Installfest box<br />
|[[User:Vance|Vance's]] house<br />
|-<br />
|3com 8-port 10/100/1000 switch <br />
|Installfest ethernet box<br />
|[[User:Vance|Vance's]] house<br />
|-<br />
|Various Wall-Wort Power Supplies (untested)<br />
|[[User:curlynoodle|David Kraus]]<br />
|Dave's House<br />
|-<br />
|Color CRT Monitor, 15in<br />
|[[User:curlynoodle|David Kraus]]<br />
|Dave's House<br />
|}<br />
<br />
== Non-physical assets ==<br />
<br />
{|<br />
!Item !! Comments<br />
|-<br />
|wplug.org domain name<br />
|Registered at [https://www.pairdomains.com/ pair domains], paid through 2020-03-09<br />
|-<br />
|wplug.org server<br />
|VPS hosted at Linode, billed monthly<br />
|-<br />
|Employee ID number<br />
|Issued by IRS, need to [[:File:Wplug-ein-change.pdf|update]] when organizational changes happen<br />
|-<br />
|Checking account<br />
|First Commonwealth Bank<br />
|-<br />
|Post office box<br />
|At Squirrel Hill post office, keys issued as noted above, paid through 2018-08-31<br />
|}</div>Patbarron//www.wplug.org/wiki/WPLUGBoard/Meeting-20170207WPLUGBoard/Meeting-201702072017-04-18T18:35:59Z<p>Patbarron: /* Minutes */ Remove trailing DRAFT notation that was inadvertently left after these minutes were adopted.</p>
<hr />
<div>== Venue Info ==<br />
<br />
Meeting to be held at [[IBM Squirrel Hill]] at 7:30pm on Tuesday, February 7th, 2017.<br />
<br />
== Agenda ==<br />
<br />
* List your item here<br />
* List your item here<br />
* List your item here<br />
<br />
== Minutes ==<br />
<br />
The regular meeting of the WPLUG Board of Directors was held on February 7th, 2017, at 7:30pm, at IBM Squirrel Hill.<br />
<br />
Attending:<br />
<br />
* Vance Kochenderfer (Chair)<br />
* Joseph Prostko (Vice Chair - by phone)<br />
* Pat Barron (Secretary)<br />
* Justin Smith (Director at Large - by phone)<br />
* Terry Golightly (Treasurer - by phone)<br />
<br />
Not attending:<br />
<br />
* None<br />
<br />
The meeting was called to order at 7:40pm<br />
<br />
<u>Approval of minutes:</u><br />
<br />
The minutes of the previous board meeting were read, a correction was offered (typo was corrected), and the minutes were adopted as corrected.<br />
<br />
<u>Reports of officers:</u><br />
<br />
''Chair:'' Nothing to report.<br />
<br />
''Vice chair:'' Nothing to report.<br />
<br />
''Secretary:'' WPLUG currently has 12 members, 1 due to lapse in Feb, 2 due to lapse in March. As a sidebar, Vance raised the thought that we could let members drop and not accept renewals, or leave people on to keep contact with them. We can discuss later.<br />
<br />
''Treasurer:'' (The secretary reported this on behalf of the treasurer) As of 1/31/2017 WPLUG's checking account balance was $325.47 There was 1 debit of $12.50 from Linode on 1/3. The treasurer indicated that there are no deposits or transactions pending.<br />
<br />
''Director at large:'' Nothing to report.<br />
<br />
<br />
<u>Reports of committees:</u><br />
<br />
''Event committee:'' Vance had a phone call with Beth Lynn earlier in the week, she is going to be here in a couple of weeks and is interested sometime between 21st and 24th in hosting an event at the PSC. The topic is likely to be Beth Lynn's history with free software and introduction to that. No more specifics than that, but this is something we can definitely announce when we get more details. Beth Lynn also did follow up on our discussion from last time on data center tours - this is possible, given some advance notice and planning, that could be something we look at in the future.<br />
<br />
''Technology committee:'' Nothing noteworthy to report.<br />
<br />
''Investigating committee:'' Nothing to report.<br />
<br />
''Marketing and Communications committee:'' No specific report, but Joe will make sure to promote the upcoming events when given further details.<br />
<br />
<u>New business:</u><br />
<br />
The major item is working on the job description for the steward (formerly custodian). The one question we really didn't resolve was the introductory text. It is long, and Vance could take either side related to removing it or not. If anyone has further ideas, please speak up. Justin indicates that executive-type people value brevity and we want to make sure we don't make it overly long. Vance thinks the information in the lead-in, for the type of person we're looking for, is not going to be news - on the other hand, it does serve as a sort of lead-in. Vance is still indecisive. Justin says the content of the lead-in would depend on who we wish to target. Vance's view is 1) we need to make sure that we cast a wide net and not necessarily just software developers - reach out to people who might be involved with free software projects in other ways / free culture projects / etc. Vance thinks that experience is definitely relevant. And, 2) do think we want to avoid the tendency of wanting to focus on just whatever is the new and hot technology without a lot of regard as to the principles of free and open source software. Vance isn't interested in having a group that gets very interested on running things on MS Azure / some other proprietary technologies, just because it happens to be popular / attracting a lot of attention. That, in his mind, is an argument for keeping that in, and the companies mentioned do cool stuff by is also tied into the ethos of FOSS. Justin suggests that regardless of the description, an interview process will reveal much more about the person that could otherwise be gleaned. This is from his experience with getting hired in his last job, and his experience as a sysadmin over the years. Vance may be been too focused on putting everything in the job description up front, when it will ultimately come out during the selection process. Pat doesn't think the intro paragraphs are necessary, but anyone who gets lost over the length in 2 paragraphs isn't a good fit, and it also seems like it's a story and written for the entertainment of the writer, rather than conveying something to the reader. Joe also thinks these paragraphs aren't necessary but don't hurt. Justin suggests these paragraphs could be reworked, and rephrased as a question to try to prompt an answer from the reader. Vance thinks we have more or less a consensus on axing the first 2 paragraphs and focusing on current day, leading into the questions.<br />
<br />
Some other specific edits to the job description were discussed.<br />
<br />
No other suggestions for edits, Vance will start getting to work this week on contacting the people we discussed last time, and will send this around. Might just come up with a final draft and circulate one last version to make sure there's nothing we happen to be forgetting. Otherwise, will start publicizing it through the channels we discussed. There is no need to establish a cutoff date. Probably would want to use "info@wplug.org" address for people to respond so that an address will be used that will be long-lasting. Justin suggests we should have some sort of internal timetable or cutoff date in mind, and if no success by then, discuss with Beth Lynn now to proceed. Vance's mental picture of the timeline is end of current board term (November). If not filled, try plan B. Pat thinks that might be an example of something we've been criticized for in the past, which is not moving with any sense of urgency, though it depends on who offers themselves up to talk to. Vance thinks we should continue trying to get together monthly as a board, to keep on top of where things stand, if we need to make some sort of adjustment or find other placed to publicized, or ocme up with some other approach, we can. Vance noted that we still do have a LinkedIn group which he could post a message in. But having that recurring event to touch base should help prevent stagnation. Vance will come up with the final draft and send out one last version for any additional comments, and sometime this weekend starting to distribute it. Vance would say he's more than happy to have it distributed elsewhere, but we need to make sure it's the right audience. Justin thinks we should start thinking about what sort of interview questions we might be asking candidates. Justin raised some issues of the logistics of doing these interviews - maybe just over e-mail? Vance thinks initially e-mail, but strongly prefers a face-to-face meeting at least at some stage of the process. He's OK with hanging on to the publication until we can get some questions together, but not want to make it too long. Maybe a week from Friday as a deadline. Justin thinks this would be fine. Vance can be available to meet to discuss.<br />
<br />
<br />
Joe asks if we should take down the membership page. Vance agrees we can make some edits to identify anything that might need to change. Maybe leave committees because these are people who could be useful to the steward.<br />
<br />
Terry asks for clarification on what happens to the board after the steward is appointed, and if the board will have authority over the steward. Vance clarifies that after the steward is appointed, and the few other housekeeping tasks specified are completed, the board is dissolved and the steward has complete authority without recourse.<br />
<br />
Vance asks Joe to come up with an edit to the membership page to indicate we are not currently accepting new members and things are changing.<br />
<br />
It was proposed to set the date of the next board meeting to March 21st. There was no objection.<br />
<br />
<u>Old business:</u><br />
<br />
None<br />
<br />
The meeting was adjourned @ 8:45pm<br />
<br />
[[Category:Board]]<br />
[[Category:Meetings]]<br />
[[Category:Agenda]]<br />
[[Category:Minutes]]</div>Patbarron//www.wplug.org/wiki/WPLUGBoard/Meeting-20170321WPLUGBoard/Meeting-201703212017-04-18T18:33:18Z<p>Patbarron: /* Minutes */</p>
<hr />
<div>== Venue Info ==<br />
<br />
Meeting to be held at [[IBM Squirrel Hill]] at 7:30pm on Tuesday, March 21st, 2017.<br />
<br />
== Agenda ==<br />
<br />
* List your item here<br />
* List your item here<br />
* List your item here<br />
<br />
== Minutes ==<br />
<br />
'''DRAFT'''<br />
<br />
The regular meeting of the WPLUG Board of Directors was held on March 21st, 2017, at 7:30pm, at IBM Squirrel Hill.<br />
<br />
Attending:<br />
<br />
* Vance Kochenderfer (Chair)<br />
* Joseph Prostko (Vice Chair - by phone)<br />
* Pat Barron (Secretary)<br />
* Justin Smith (Director at Large - by phone)<br />
<br />
Not attending:<br />
<br />
* Terry Golightly (Treasurer)<br />
<br />
The meeting was called to order at 7:44pm<br />
<br />
<u>Approval of minutes:</u><br />
<br />
No one requested that the minutes of the previous meeting be read; the minutes were adopted as posted.<br />
<br />
<u>Reports of officers:</u><br />
<br />
''Chair:'' Nothing to report.<br />
<br />
''Vice chair:'' Nothing to report; did mention that he's been getting contacted by an individual requesting that a change be made to a posting in the wplug-erie mailing list archives to change a link in a posted message - the consensus is that no change will be made.<br />
<br />
''Secretary:'' WPLUG currently has 10 members, one due to expire through the end of March, three due to expire in April.<br />
<br />
''Treasurer:'' As of February 28th, the checking account balance is $325.47. There are no transactions pending or on the statement.<br />
<br />
''Director at large:'' Nothing to report.<br />
<br />
<u>Reports of committees:</u><br />
<br />
''Event committee:'' Ted Rodgers has been in contact with Vance to do a presentation on PXE booting, but is still fighting with some of the hardware he's dealing with, so there is no specific date yet. When a date is available, Vance will check with Pat to try to get space at IBM to hold the presentation, and have some time to promote it.<br />
<br />
''Technology committee:'' Nothing to report.<br />
<br />
''Investigating committee:'' Nothing to report.<br />
<br />
''Marketing and Communications committee:'' Nothing to report.<br />
<br />
<u>New business:</u><br />
<br />
Pat offered a motion to remove the requirement that a director of WPLUG be a member of WPLUG (Justin seconded). After debate, the motion was adopted unanimously.<br />
<br />
Vance discussed the finalized WPLUG steward job description, and the list of questions to ask potential candidates, asked if anyone had any further comments or changes. We want to get this published as soon as possible. Vance has a list of places to post the job description, and anyone else can post it elsewhere as well.<br />
<br />
Joe asked if there has been any work to consolidate our physical assets. Vance indicated that no such work has been done to date, and this must occur before the handover to the steward.<br />
<br />
<u>Old business:</u><br />
<br />
None<br />
<br />
The meeting was adjourned @ 8:08pm<br />
<br />
'''DRAFT'''<br />
<br />
[[Category:Board]]<br />
[[Category:Meetings]]<br />
[[Category:Agenda]]<br />
[[Category:Minutes]]</div>Patbarron//www.wplug.org/wiki/WPLUGBoard/Meeting-20170321WPLUGBoard/Meeting-201703212017-04-18T18:32:53Z<p>Patbarron: /* Minutes */</p>
<hr />
<div>== Venue Info ==<br />
<br />
Meeting to be held at [[IBM Squirrel Hill]] at 7:30pm on Tuesday, March 21st, 2017.<br />
<br />
== Agenda ==<br />
<br />
* List your item here<br />
* List your item here<br />
* List your item here<br />
<br />
== Minutes ==<br />
<br />
'''DRAFT'''<br />
<br />
The regular meeting of the WPLUG Board of Directors was held on February 7th, 2017, at 7:30pm, at IBM Squirrel Hill.<br />
<br />
Attending:<br />
<br />
* Vance Kochenderfer (Chair)<br />
* Joseph Prostko (Vice Chair - by phone)<br />
* Pat Barron (Secretary)<br />
* Justin Smith (Director at Large - by phone)<br />
<br />
Not attending:<br />
<br />
* Terry Golightly (Treasurer)<br />
<br />
The meeting was called to order at 7:44pm<br />
<br />
<u>Approval of minutes:</u><br />
<br />
No one requested that the minutes of the previous meeting be read; the minutes were adopted as posted.<br />
<br />
<u>Reports of officers:</u><br />
<br />
''Chair:'' Nothing to report.<br />
<br />
''Vice chair:'' Nothing to report; did mention that he's been getting contacted by an individual requesting that a change be made to a posting in the wplug-erie mailing list archives to change a link in a posted message - the consensus is that no change will be made.<br />
<br />
''Secretary:'' WPLUG currently has 10 members, one due to expire through the end of March, three due to expire in April.<br />
<br />
''Treasurer:'' As of February 28th, the checking account balance is $325.47. There are no transactions pending or on the statement.<br />
<br />
''Director at large:'' Nothing to report.<br />
<br />
<u>Reports of committees:</u><br />
<br />
''Event committee:'' Ted Rodgers has been in contact with Vance to do a presentation on PXE booting, but is still fighting with some of the hardware he's dealing with, so there is no specific date yet. When a date is available, Vance will check with Pat to try to get space at IBM to hold the presentation, and have some time to promote it.<br />
<br />
''Technology committee:'' Nothing to report.<br />
<br />
''Investigating committee:'' Nothing to report.<br />
<br />
''Marketing and Communications committee:'' Nothing to report.<br />
<br />
<u>New business:</u><br />
<br />
Pat offered a motion to remove the requirement that a director of WPLUG be a member of WPLUG (Justin seconded). After debate, the motion was adopted unanimously.<br />
<br />
Vance discussed the finalized WPLUG steward job description, and the list of questions to ask potential candidates, asked if anyone had any further comments or changes. We want to get this published as soon as possible. Vance has a list of places to post the job description, and anyone else can post it elsewhere as well.<br />
<br />
Joe asked if there has been any work to consolidate our physical assets. Vance indicated that no such work has been done to date, and this must occur before the handover to the steward.<br />
<br />
<u>Old business:</u><br />
<br />
None<br />
<br />
The meeting was adjourned @ 8:08pm<br />
<br />
'''DRAFT'''<br />
<br />
[[Category:Board]]<br />
[[Category:Meetings]]<br />
[[Category:Agenda]]<br />
[[Category:Minutes]]</div>Patbarron//www.wplug.org/wiki/WPLUGBoard/Meeting-20170321WPLUGBoard/Meeting-201703212017-04-18T18:32:40Z<p>Patbarron: /* Minutes */</p>
<hr />
<div>== Venue Info ==<br />
<br />
Meeting to be held at [[IBM Squirrel Hill]] at 7:30pm on Tuesday, March 21st, 2017.<br />
<br />
== Agenda ==<br />
<br />
* List your item here<br />
* List your item here<br />
* List your item here<br />
<br />
== Minutes ==<br />
<br />
'''DRAFT'''<br />
<br />
The regular meeting of the WPLUG Board of Directors was held on February 7th, 2017, at 7:30pm, at IBM Squirrel Hill.<br />
<br />
Attending:<br />
<br />
* Vance Kochenderfer (Chair)<br />
* Joseph Prostko (Vice Chair - by phone)<br />
* Pat Barron (Secretary)<br />
* Justin Smith (Director at Large - by phone)<br />
<br />
<br />
Not attending:<br />
<br />
* Terry Golightly (Treasurer)<br />
<br />
The meeting was called to order at 7:44pm<br />
<br />
<u>Approval of minutes:</u><br />
<br />
No one requested that the minutes of the previous meeting be read; the minutes were adopted as posted.<br />
<br />
<u>Reports of officers:</u><br />
<br />
''Chair:'' Nothing to report.<br />
<br />
''Vice chair:'' Nothing to report; did mention that he's been getting contacted by an individual requesting that a change be made to a posting in the wplug-erie mailing list archives to change a link in a posted message - the consensus is that no change will be made.<br />
<br />
''Secretary:'' WPLUG currently has 10 members, one due to expire through the end of March, three due to expire in April.<br />
<br />
''Treasurer:'' As of February 28th, the checking account balance is $325.47. There are no transactions pending or on the statement.<br />
<br />
''Director at large:'' Nothing to report.<br />
<br />
<u>Reports of committees:</u><br />
<br />
''Event committee:'' Ted Rodgers has been in contact with Vance to do a presentation on PXE booting, but is still fighting with some of the hardware he's dealing with, so there is no specific date yet. When a date is available, Vance will check with Pat to try to get space at IBM to hold the presentation, and have some time to promote it.<br />
<br />
''Technology committee:'' Nothing to report.<br />
<br />
''Investigating committee:'' Nothing to report.<br />
<br />
''Marketing and Communications committee:'' Nothing to report.<br />
<br />
<u>New business:</u><br />
<br />
Pat offered a motion to remove the requirement that a director of WPLUG be a member of WPLUG (Justin seconded). After debate, the motion was adopted unanimously.<br />
<br />
Vance discussed the finalized WPLUG steward job description, and the list of questions to ask potential candidates, asked if anyone had any further comments or changes. We want to get this published as soon as possible. Vance has a list of places to post the job description, and anyone else can post it elsewhere as well.<br />
<br />
Joe asked if there has been any work to consolidate our physical assets. Vance indicated that no such work has been done to date, and this must occur before the handover to the steward.<br />
<br />
<u>Old business:</u><br />
<br />
None<br />
<br />
The meeting was adjourned @ 8:08pm<br />
<br />
'''DRAFT'''<br />
<br />
[[Category:Board]]<br />
[[Category:Meetings]]<br />
[[Category:Agenda]]<br />
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<div>== Venue Info ==<br />
<br />
Meeting to be held at [[IBM Squirrel Hill]] at 7:30pm on Tuesday, April 18th, 2017.<br />
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== Agenda ==<br />
<br />
* List your item here<br />
* List your item here<br />
* List your item here<br />
<br />
== Minutes ==<br />
<br />
To be added after meeting<br />
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[[Category:Board]]<br />
[[Category:Meetings]]<br />
[[Category:Agenda]]<br />
[[Category:Minutes]]</div>Patbarron//www.wplug.org/wiki/WPLUGBoardWPLUGBoard2017-03-22T00:24:13Z<p>Patbarron: /* Upcoming WPLUG Board 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 15, 2014.<br />
<br />
== Members == <br />
<br />
The members are:<br />
<br />
* Chair: [[User:Vance | Vance Kochenderfer]]<br />
* Vice-Chair: [[User:Jprostko | Joseph Prostko]]<br />
* Secretary: [[User:Patbarron | Patrick Barron]]<br />
* Treasurer: [[User:Terryg | Terry Golightly]]<br />
* Director-at-Large: [[User:Centinel | Justin Smith]]<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-20170418|Tuesday, April 18, 2017]]<br />
* [[WPLUGBoard/Meeting-20170321|Tuesday, March 21, 2017]]<br />
* [[WPLUGBoard/Meeting-20170207|Tuesday, February 7, 2017]]<br />
* [[WPLUGBoard/Meeting-20170124|Tuesday, January 24, 2017]]<br />
<br />
== Past WPLUG Board Meetings ==<br />
<br />
* [[WPLUGBoard/Meeting-20161213|Tuesday, December 13, 2016]]<br />
* [[WPLUGBoard/Meeting-20161018|Tuesday, October 18, 2016]]<br />
* [[WPLUGBoard/Meeting-20160920|Tuesday, September 20, 2016]]<br />
* [[WPLUGBoard/Meeting-20160816|Tuesday, August 16, 2016]]<br />
* [[WPLUGBoard/Meeting-20160719|Tuesday, July 19, 2016]]<br />
* [[WPLUGBoard/Meeting-20160621|Tuesday, June 21, 2016]]<br />
* [[WPLUGBoard/Meeting-20160517|Tuesday, May 17, 2016]]<br />
* [[WPLUGBoard/Meeting-20160419|Tuesday, April 19, 2016]]<br />
* [[WPLUGBoard/Meeting-20160329|Tuesday, March 29, 2016]]<br />
* [[WPLUGBoard/Meeting-20160216|Tuesday, February 16, 2016]]<br />
* [[WPLUGBoard/Meeting-20160119|Tuesday, January 19, 2016]]<br />
* [[WPLUGBoard/Meeting-20151215|Tuesday, December 15, 2015]]<br />
* [[WPLUGBoard/Meeting-20151119|Thursday, November 19, 2015]]<br />
* [[WPLUGBoard/Meeting-20151015|Thursday, October 15, 2015]]<br />
* [[WPLUGBoard/Meeting-20150923|Wednesday, September 23, 2015]] (special meeting)<br />
* [[WPLUGBoard/Meeting-20150917|Thursday, September 17, 2015]]<br />
* [[WPLUGBoard/Meeting-20150818|Tuesday, August 18, 2015]]<br />
* [[WPLUGBoard/Meeting-20150721|Tuesday, July 21, 2015]]<br />
* [[WPLUGBoard/Meeting-20150616|Tuesday, June 16, 2015]]<br />
* [[WPLUGBoard/Meeting-20150519|Tuesday, May 19, 2015]]<br />
* [[WPLUGBoard/Meeting-20150421|Tuesday, April 21, 2015]]<br />
* [[WPLUGBoard/Meeting-20150317|Tuesday, March 17, 2015]]<br />
* [[WPLUGBoard/Meeting-20150217|Tuesday, February 17, 2015]]<br />
* [[WPLUGBoard/Meeting-20150120|Tuesday, January 20, 2015]]<br />
* [[WPLUGBoard/Meeting-20141216|Tuesday, December 16, 2014]]<br />
* [[WPLUGBoard/Meeting-20141125|Tuesday, November 25, 2014]]<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.<br />
<br />
[[Category:Board]]</div>Patbarron//www.wplug.org/wiki/WPLUGBoard/Meeting-20170207WPLUGBoard/Meeting-201702072017-03-21T23:23:07Z<p>Patbarron: </p>
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<div>== Venue Info ==<br />
<br />
Meeting to be held at [[IBM Squirrel Hill]] at 7:30pm on Tuesday, February 7th, 2017.<br />
<br />
== Agenda ==<br />
<br />
* List your item here<br />
* List your item here<br />
* List your item here<br />
<br />
== Minutes ==<br />
<br />
The regular meeting of the WPLUG Board of Directors was held on February 7th, 2017, at 7:30pm, at IBM Squirrel Hill.<br />
<br />
Attending:<br />
<br />
* Vance Kochenderfer (Chair)<br />
* Joseph Prostko (Vice Chair - by phone)<br />
* Pat Barron (Secretary)<br />
* Justin Smith (Director at Large - by phone)<br />
* Terry Golightly (Treasurer - by phone)<br />
<br />
Not attending:<br />
<br />
* None<br />
<br />
The meeting was called to order at 7:40pm<br />
<br />
<u>Approval of minutes:</u><br />
<br />
The minutes of the previous board meeting were read, a correction was offered (typo was corrected), and the minutes were adopted as corrected.<br />
<br />
<u>Reports of officers:</u><br />
<br />
''Chair:'' Nothing to report.<br />
<br />
''Vice chair:'' Nothing to report.<br />
<br />
''Secretary:'' WPLUG currently has 12 members, 1 due to lapse in Feb, 2 due to lapse in March. As a sidebar, Vance raised the thought that we could let members drop and not accept renewals, or leave people on to keep contact with them. We can discuss later.<br />
<br />
''Treasurer:'' (The secretary reported this on behalf of the treasurer) As of 1/31/2017 WPLUG's checking account balance was $325.47 There was 1 debit of $12.50 from Linode on 1/3. The treasurer indicated that there are no deposits or transactions pending.<br />
<br />
''Director at large:'' Nothing to report.<br />
<br />
<br />
<u>Reports of committees:</u><br />
<br />
''Event committee:'' Vance had a phone call with Beth Lynn earlier in the week, she is going to be here in a couple of weeks and is interested sometime between 21st and 24th in hosting an event at the PSC. The topic is likely to be Beth Lynn's history with free software and introduction to that. No more specifics than that, but this is something we can definitely announce when we get more details. Beth Lynn also did follow up on our discussion from last time on data center tours - this is possible, given some advance notice and planning, that could be something we look at in the future.<br />
<br />
''Technology committee:'' Nothing noteworthy to report.<br />
<br />
''Investigating committee:'' Nothing to report.<br />
<br />
''Marketing and Communications committee:'' No specific report, but Joe will make sure to promote the upcoming events when given further details.<br />
<br />
<u>New business:</u><br />
<br />
The major item is working on the job description for the steward (formerly custodian). The one question we really didn't resolve was the introductory text. It is long, and Vance could take either side related to removing it or not. If anyone has further ideas, please speak up. Justin indicates that executive-type people value brevity and we want to make sure we don't make it overly long. Vance thinks the information in the lead-in, for the type of person we're looking for, is not going to be news - on the other hand, it does serve as a sort of lead-in. Vance is still indecisive. Justin says the content of the lead-in would depend on who we wish to target. Vance's view is 1) we need to make sure that we cast a wide net and not necessarily just software developers - reach out to people who might be involved with free software projects in other ways / free culture projects / etc. Vance thinks that experience is definitely relevant. And, 2) do think we want to avoid the tendency of wanting to focus on just whatever is the new and hot technology without a lot of regard as to the principles of free and open source software. Vance isn't interested in having a group that gets very interested on running things on MS Azure / some other proprietary technologies, just because it happens to be popular / attracting a lot of attention. That, in his mind, is an argument for keeping that in, and the companies mentioned do cool stuff by is also tied into the ethos of FOSS. Justin suggests that regardless of the description, an interview process will reveal much more about the person that could otherwise be gleaned. This is from his experience with getting hired in his last job, and his experience as a sysadmin over the years. Vance may be been too focused on putting everything in the job description up front, when it will ultimately come out during the selection process. Pat doesn't think the intro paragraphs are necessary, but anyone who gets lost over the length in 2 paragraphs isn't a good fit, and it also seems like it's a story and written for the entertainment of the writer, rather than conveying something to the reader. Joe also thinks these paragraphs aren't necessary but don't hurt. Justin suggests these paragraphs could be reworked, and rephrased as a question to try to prompt an answer from the reader. Vance thinks we have more or less a consensus on axing the first 2 paragraphs and focusing on current day, leading into the questions.<br />
<br />
Some other specific edits to the job description were discussed.<br />
<br />
No other suggestions for edits, Vance will start getting to work this week on contacting the people we discussed last time, and will send this around. Might just come up with a final draft and circulate one last version to make sure there's nothing we happen to be forgetting. Otherwise, will start publicizing it through the channels we discussed. There is no need to establish a cutoff date. Probably would want to use "info@wplug.org" address for people to respond so that an address will be used that will be long-lasting. Justin suggests we should have some sort of internal timetable or cutoff date in mind, and if no success by then, discuss with Beth Lynn now to proceed. Vance's mental picture of the timeline is end of current board term (November). If not filled, try plan B. Pat thinks that might be an example of something we've been criticized for in the past, which is not moving with any sense of urgency, though it depends on who offers themselves up to talk to. Vance thinks we should continue trying to get together monthly as a board, to keep on top of where things stand, if we need to make some sort of adjustment or find other placed to publicized, or ocme up with some other approach, we can. Vance noted that we still do have a LinkedIn group which he could post a message in. But having that recurring event to touch base should help prevent stagnation. Vance will come up with the final draft and send out one last version for any additional comments, and sometime this weekend starting to distribute it. Vance would say he's more than happy to have it distributed elsewhere, but we need to make sure it's the right audience. Justin thinks we should start thinking about what sort of interview questions we might be asking candidates. Justin raised some issues of the logistics of doing these interviews - maybe just over e-mail? Vance thinks initially e-mail, but strongly prefers a face-to-face meeting at least at some stage of the process. He's OK with hanging on to the publication until we can get some questions together, but not want to make it too long. Maybe a week from Friday as a deadline. Justin thinks this would be fine. Vance can be available to meet to discuss.<br />
<br />
<br />
Joe asks if we should take down the membership page. Vance agrees we can make some edits to identify anything that might need to change. Maybe leave committees because these are people who could be useful to the steward.<br />
<br />
Terry asks for clarification on what happens to the board after the steward is appointed, and if the board will have authority over the steward. Vance clarifies that after the steward is appointed, and the few other housekeeping tasks specified are completed, the board is dissolved and the steward has complete authority without recourse.<br />
<br />
Vance asks Joe to come up with an edit to the membership page to indicate we are not currently accepting new members and things are changing.<br />
<br />
It was proposed to set the date of the next board meeting to March 21st. There was no objection.<br />
<br />
<u>Old business:</u><br />
<br />
None<br />
<br />
The meeting was adjourned @ 8:45pm<br />
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'''DRAFT'''<br />
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[[Category:Board]]<br />
[[Category:Meetings]]<br />
[[Category:Agenda]]<br />
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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 15, 2014.<br />
<br />
== Members == <br />
<br />
The members are:<br />
<br />
* Chair: [[User:Vance | Vance Kochenderfer]]<br />
* Vice-Chair: [[User:Jprostko | Joseph Prostko]]<br />
* Secretary: [[User:Patbarron | Patrick Barron]]<br />
* Treasurer: [[User:Terryg | Terry Golightly]]<br />
* Director-at-Large: [[User:Centinel | Justin Smith]]<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-20170321|Tuesday, March 21, 2017]]<br />
* [[WPLUGBoard/Meeting-20170207|Tuesday, February 7, 2017]]<br />
* [[WPLUGBoard/Meeting-20170124|Tuesday, January 24, 2017]]<br />
<br />
== Past WPLUG Board Meetings ==<br />
<br />
* [[WPLUGBoard/Meeting-20161213|Tuesday, December 13, 2016]]<br />
* [[WPLUGBoard/Meeting-20161018|Tuesday, October 18, 2016]]<br />
* [[WPLUGBoard/Meeting-20160920|Tuesday, September 20, 2016]]<br />
* [[WPLUGBoard/Meeting-20160816|Tuesday, August 16, 2016]]<br />
* [[WPLUGBoard/Meeting-20160719|Tuesday, July 19, 2016]]<br />
* [[WPLUGBoard/Meeting-20160621|Tuesday, June 21, 2016]]<br />
* [[WPLUGBoard/Meeting-20160517|Tuesday, May 17, 2016]]<br />
* [[WPLUGBoard/Meeting-20160419|Tuesday, April 19, 2016]]<br />
* [[WPLUGBoard/Meeting-20160329|Tuesday, March 29, 2016]]<br />
* [[WPLUGBoard/Meeting-20160216|Tuesday, February 16, 2016]]<br />
* [[WPLUGBoard/Meeting-20160119|Tuesday, January 19, 2016]]<br />
* [[WPLUGBoard/Meeting-20151215|Tuesday, December 15, 2015]]<br />
* [[WPLUGBoard/Meeting-20151119|Thursday, November 19, 2015]]<br />
* [[WPLUGBoard/Meeting-20151015|Thursday, October 15, 2015]]<br />
* [[WPLUGBoard/Meeting-20150923|Wednesday, September 23, 2015]] (special meeting)<br />
* [[WPLUGBoard/Meeting-20150917|Thursday, September 17, 2015]]<br />
* [[WPLUGBoard/Meeting-20150818|Tuesday, August 18, 2015]]<br />
* [[WPLUGBoard/Meeting-20150721|Tuesday, July 21, 2015]]<br />
* [[WPLUGBoard/Meeting-20150616|Tuesday, June 16, 2015]]<br />
* [[WPLUGBoard/Meeting-20150519|Tuesday, May 19, 2015]]<br />
* [[WPLUGBoard/Meeting-20150421|Tuesday, April 21, 2015]]<br />
* [[WPLUGBoard/Meeting-20150317|Tuesday, March 17, 2015]]<br />
* [[WPLUGBoard/Meeting-20150217|Tuesday, February 17, 2015]]<br />
* [[WPLUGBoard/Meeting-20150120|Tuesday, January 20, 2015]]<br />
* [[WPLUGBoard/Meeting-20141216|Tuesday, December 16, 2014]]<br />
* [[WPLUGBoard/Meeting-20141125|Tuesday, November 25, 2014]]<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.<br />
<br />
[[Category:Board]]</div>Patbarron//www.wplug.org/wiki/WPLUGBoardWPLUGBoard2017-03-21T23:05:46Z<p>Patbarron: /* Upcoming WPLUG Board 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 15, 2014.<br />
<br />
== Members == <br />
<br />
The members are:<br />
<br />
* Chair: [[User:Vance | Vance Kochenderfer]]<br />
* Vice-Chair: [[User:Jprostko | Joseph Prostko]]<br />
* Secretary: [[User:Patbarron | Patrick Barron]]<br />
* Treasurer: [[User:Terryg | Terry Golightly]]<br />
* Director-at-Large: [[User:Centinel | Justin Smith]]<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-20170321|Tuesday, March 2, 2017]]<br />
* [[WPLUGBoard/Meeting-20170207|Tuesday, February 7, 2017]]<br />
* [[WPLUGBoard/Meeting-20170124|Tuesday, January 24, 2017]]<br />
<br />
== Past WPLUG Board Meetings ==<br />
<br />
* [[WPLUGBoard/Meeting-20161213|Tuesday, December 13, 2016]]<br />
* [[WPLUGBoard/Meeting-20161018|Tuesday, October 18, 2016]]<br />
* [[WPLUGBoard/Meeting-20160920|Tuesday, September 20, 2016]]<br />
* [[WPLUGBoard/Meeting-20160816|Tuesday, August 16, 2016]]<br />
* [[WPLUGBoard/Meeting-20160719|Tuesday, July 19, 2016]]<br />
* [[WPLUGBoard/Meeting-20160621|Tuesday, June 21, 2016]]<br />
* [[WPLUGBoard/Meeting-20160517|Tuesday, May 17, 2016]]<br />
* [[WPLUGBoard/Meeting-20160419|Tuesday, April 19, 2016]]<br />
* [[WPLUGBoard/Meeting-20160329|Tuesday, March 29, 2016]]<br />
* [[WPLUGBoard/Meeting-20160216|Tuesday, February 16, 2016]]<br />
* [[WPLUGBoard/Meeting-20160119|Tuesday, January 19, 2016]]<br />
* [[WPLUGBoard/Meeting-20151215|Tuesday, December 15, 2015]]<br />
* [[WPLUGBoard/Meeting-20151119|Thursday, November 19, 2015]]<br />
* [[WPLUGBoard/Meeting-20151015|Thursday, October 15, 2015]]<br />
* [[WPLUGBoard/Meeting-20150923|Wednesday, September 23, 2015]] (special meeting)<br />
* [[WPLUGBoard/Meeting-20150917|Thursday, September 17, 2015]]<br />
* [[WPLUGBoard/Meeting-20150818|Tuesday, August 18, 2015]]<br />
* [[WPLUGBoard/Meeting-20150721|Tuesday, July 21, 2015]]<br />
* [[WPLUGBoard/Meeting-20150616|Tuesday, June 16, 2015]]<br />
* [[WPLUGBoard/Meeting-20150519|Tuesday, May 19, 2015]]<br />
* [[WPLUGBoard/Meeting-20150421|Tuesday, April 21, 2015]]<br />
* [[WPLUGBoard/Meeting-20150317|Tuesday, March 17, 2015]]<br />
* [[WPLUGBoard/Meeting-20150217|Tuesday, February 17, 2015]]<br />
* [[WPLUGBoard/Meeting-20150120|Tuesday, January 20, 2015]]<br />
* [[WPLUGBoard/Meeting-20141216|Tuesday, December 16, 2014]]<br />
* [[WPLUGBoard/Meeting-20141125|Tuesday, November 25, 2014]]<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.<br />
<br />
[[Category:Board]]</div>Patbarron//www.wplug.org/wiki/WPLUGBoard/Meeting-20170321WPLUGBoard/Meeting-201703212017-03-21T22:58:43Z<p>Patbarron: Created page with "== Venue Info == Meeting to be held at IBM Squirrel Hill at 7:30pm on Tuesday, March 21st, 2017. == Agenda == * List your item here * List your item here * List your it..."</p>
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<div>== Venue Info ==<br />
<br />
Meeting to be held at [[IBM Squirrel Hill]] at 7:30pm on Tuesday, March 21st, 2017.<br />
<br />
== Agenda ==<br />
<br />
* List your item here<br />
* List your item here<br />
* List your item here<br />
<br />
== Minutes ==<br />
<br />
To be added after meeting<br />
<br />
[[Category:Board]]<br />
[[Category:Meetings]]<br />
[[Category:Agenda]]<br />
[[Category:Minutes]]</div>Patbarron//www.wplug.org/wiki/WPLUGBoard/Meeting-20170124WPLUGBoard/Meeting-201701242017-02-08T01:18:37Z<p>Patbarron: /* Minutes */</p>
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<div>== Venue Info ==<br />
<br />
Meeting to be held at [[IBM Squirrel Hill]] at 7:30pm on Tuesday, January 24th, 2017.<br />
<br />
== Agenda ==<br />
<br />
* List your item here<br />
* List your item here<br />
* List your item here<br />
<br />
== Minutes ==<br />
<br />
The regular meeting of the WPLUG Board of Directors was held on January 24th, 2017, at 7:30pm, at IBM Squirrel Hill.<br />
<br />
Attending:<br />
<br />
* Vance Kochenderfer (Chair)<br />
* Joseph Prostko (Vice Chair - by phone)<br />
* Pat Barron (Secretary)<br />
* Justin Smith (Director at Large - by phone)<br />
* Beth Lynn Eicher (invited guest)<br />
<br />
Not attending:<br />
<br />
* Terry Golightly (Treasurer)<br />
<br />
The meeting was called to order at 7:46pm<br />
<br />
<u>Approval of minutes:</u><br />
<br />
The minutes were read, a correction was offered, and the minutes were adopted as corrected.<br />
<br />
<u>Reports of officers:</u><br />
<br />
''Chair:'' Nothing to report.<br />
<br />
''Vice chair:'' Nothing to report.<br />
<br />
''Secretary:'' WPLUG currently has 12 members, 1 is due to lapse through the end of February.<br />
<br />
''Treasurer:'' Not present, left no report.<br />
<br />
''Director at large:'' Nothing to report.<br />
<br />
<br />
<u>Reports of committees:</u><br />
<br />
''Event committee:'' Nothing to report.<br />
<br />
''Technology committee:'' Nothing to report.<br />
<br />
''Investigating committee:'' Nothing to report.<br />
<br />
''Marketing and Communications committee:'' Nothing to report.<br />
<br />
<u>New business:</u><br />
<br />
The recently offered bylaws amendment passed at the last GUM, the board of directors in control of the organization at this time. Once we complete the tasks set out in the amendment, the custodian takes over. Todo list was mailed to the board members, and was reviewed. The consensus was that it is comprehensive.<br />
<br />
There was a discussion on refunding dues of members who joined or rejoined in the last 6 months. There seem to be 3 people in that category, all are on the board, none care about having dues refunded.<br />
<br />
A few things we require that will need some effort, in addition to recruiting custodian - we'll have to update PO box records (Terry), 1st Commonwealth Bank (Vance and Terry), figuring out what we do with the EIN (Vance will research) (Beth Lynn believes we could easily idle for 12 months given that we're under the $7000 postcard threshold).<br />
<br />
On the job description - a draft was provided last night. Beth Lynn would like to discuss the fact that she is volunteering to own an event towards the end of September to celebrate 20 years of WPLUG, so whoever ends up being the custodian should be aware that she is available to plan this event. If they want to be hands-off because they want to pursue other directions in the transition, that is fine too. Vance believes it would ideal if whoever is doing that would want to continue to hold events or arrange for events to happen - not required, but would be good. Justin suggests we might be able to do online meetings of some sort (in addition to, not necessarily in replacement for, in person meetings) - we had discussed this several times previously but never quite made it work. Beth Lynn mentioned that the original founder wanted to fly in from Seattle to attend the 20th anniversary and it should be a reunion for all iterations of WPLUG - but she does not want to intrude on the authority of the custodian. Vance thinks anyone who would have a problem with something like that would not really fit the qualifications of the person we are seeking. Justin thinks this sounds perfectly reasonable.<br />
<br />
Vance asks if anyone has had any contact with any of the other local organizations lately. Pat has had only casual contact with Code and Supply. Beth Lynn had dinner with Robert Blackwell recently, he has a vision independent of what happens to WPLUG, scheduling hackathons, well funded with corporate sponsors for each event. He was asked why not make this a SIG of Code and Supply - he didn't rule it out, but noted that he was seeking a more professional environment where everyone is welcome, but which is also about people who are serious about contributing.<br />
<br />
Hack Pittsburgh is another local tech group that we forgot to list. Beth Lynn is having dinner tomorrow with Bob Berger of Hack Pittsburgh, who should be able to advise who is the right person in Hack Pittsburgh to approach. Vance can get back in touch with Martin Gehrke of PghSNAP - they're inactive, but he may still have some connections to put us in touch with. Also the CPMuseum and Large Systems Museum might be good to reach out to. Beth Lynn suggests contacting the CMU Computer Club, and PACC still exists as far as she knows, as well as the CPUser group in Tarentum. Justin endorses contacting CMU CC. Pat is still in contact with PACC. Beth Lynn suggests to contact the Pittsburgh Tech Council - we can try, but Vance feels last few years they have no interest in user groups. Beth Lynn is currently under contract with CMU / PSC, and they are interested in growing their free software filesystem community. A potential problem is that the products they're trying to promote are for companies / institutions of a size to be able to generate enough data to be worth of this philosophy of filesysytems (not individuals), but they are interested in being invoked in the greater Pittsburgh area free software community. If the custodian was looking for a space to host an event and was interested to schedule an event there, Beth Lynn can help. Vance wonders if a data center tour could be possible - Beth Lynn will be doing such a tour next week and will know more about what this entails, but we've observed that there's a strange aversion to RSVPing to things, and people would have to present photo id, so if that scares you then this tour is not for you. It's possible if people are reasonable regarding RSVPing.<br />
<br />
Pat suggested formally adding the willingness to organize / hold events under the WPLUG name during this transition time, to the custodian job description.<br />
<br />
Beth Lynn asked what the job description specified about the potential custodian's interpretation of "freedom". Is there a bylaws / mission statement that will be passed on the the custodian now that he bylaws have been rescinded? Vance noted that the discussion of this in the former bylaws is minimal (in the PURPOSE section), and that the custodian must have reasonably good judgement, if they're going to be bringing in other people they have to know how much trust and authority to vest in these people and what to do if they get a disruptive individual on their hands and be able to handle that situation. Beth Lynn thinks we should preserve the existing PURPOSE as part of mission statement.<br />
<br />
It was asked if we want to try to publish this before the next board meeting, or wait until we've had time to consider it. Justin is concerned that the description we have is pretty comprehensive and doesn't know what could be added, and doesn't want to put in so much that people think we're asking too much. We want to convey that this is a fun group with good people in it. Vance requested that if anyone thinks of anything we can do to make the description sound more interesting and exciting please bring it up.<br />
<br />
If we want to move on this reasonably quickly, Vance thinks we could set the next meeting for February 7th - it was moved to hold the next board meeting on that date and at the same location as tonight's meeting; there was no objection, and the motion was adopted.. This gives a brief window to make these edits.<br />
<br />
<u>Old business:</u><br />
<br />
None<br />
<br />
The meeting was adjourned @ 8:47pm<br />
<br />
<br />
<br />
[[Category:Board]]<br />
[[Category:Meetings]]<br />
[[Category:Agenda]]<br />
[[Category:Minutes]]</div>Patbarron//www.wplug.org/wiki/WPLUGBoard/Meeting-20170124WPLUGBoard/Meeting-201701242017-02-08T00:04:38Z<p>Patbarron: /* Minutes */ Forgot to add DRAFT notation - minutes not yet approved</p>
<hr />
<div>== Venue Info ==<br />
<br />
Meeting to be held at [[IBM Squirrel Hill]] at 7:30pm on Tuesday, January 24th, 2017.<br />
<br />
== Agenda ==<br />
<br />
* List your item here<br />
* List your item here<br />
* List your item here<br />
<br />
== Minutes ==<br />
<br />
'''DRAFT'''<br />
<br />
Attending:<br />
<br />
* Vance Kochenderfer (Chair)<br />
* Joseph Prostko (Vice Chair - by phone)<br />
* Pat Barron (Secretary)<br />
* Justin Smith (Director at Large - by phone)<br />
* Beth Lynn Eicher (invited guest)<br />
<br />
Not attending:<br />
<br />
* Terry Golightly (Treasurer)<br />
<br />
The meeting was called to order at 7:46pm<br />
<br />
<u>Approval of minutes:</u><br />
<br />
The minutes were read, a correction was offered, and the minutes were adopted as corrected.<br />
<br />
<u>Reports of officers:</u><br />
<br />
''Chair:'' Nothing to report.<br />
<br />
''Vice chair:'' Nothing to report.<br />
<br />
''Secretary:'' WPLUG currently has 12 members, 1 is due to lapse through the end of March.<br />
<br />
''Treasurer:'' Not present, left no report.<br />
<br />
''Director at large:'' Nothing to report.<br />
<br />
<br />
<u>Reports of committees:</u><br />
<br />
''Event committee:'' Nothing to report.<br />
<br />
''Technology committee:'' Nothing to report.<br />
<br />
''Investigating committee:'' Nothing to report.<br />
<br />
''Marketing and Communications committee:'' Nothing to report.<br />
<br />
<u>New business:</u><br />
<br />
The recently offered bylaws amendment passed at the last GUM, the board of directors in control of the organization at this time. Once we complete the tasks set out in the amendment, the custodian takes over. Todo list was mailed to the board members, and was reviewed. The consensus was that it is comprehensive.<br />
<br />
There was a discussion on refunding dues of members who joined or rejoined in the last 6 months. There seem to be 3 people in that category, all are on the board, none care about having dues refunded.<br />
<br />
A few things we require that will need some effort, in addition to recruiting custodian - we'll have to update PO box records (Terry), 1st Commonwealth Bank (Vance and Terry), figuring out what we do with the EIN (Vance will research) (Beth Lynn believes we could easily idle for 12 months given that we're under the $7000 postcard threshold).<br />
<br />
On the job description - a draft was provided last night. Beth Lynn would like to discuss the fact that she is volunteering to own an event towards the end of September to celebrate 20 years of WPLUG, so whoever ends up being the custodian should be aware that she is available to plan this event. If they want to be hands-off because they want to pursue other directions in the transition, that is fine too. Vance believes it would ideal if whoever is doing that would want to continue to hold events or arrange for events to happen - not required, but would be good. Justin suggests we might be able to do online meetings of some sort (in addition to, not necessarily in replacement for, in person meetings) - we had discussed this several times previously but never quite made it work. Beth Lynn mentioned that the original founder wanted to fly in from Seattle to attend the 20th anniversary and it should be a reunion for all iterations of WPLUG - nut she does not want to intrude on the authority of the custodian. Vance thinks anyone who would have a problem with something like that would not really fit the qualifications of the person we are seeking. Justin thinks this sounds perfectly reasonable.<br />
<br />
Vance asks if anyone has had any contact with any of the other local organizations lately. Pat has had only casual contact with Code and Supply. Beth Lynn had dinner with Robert Blackwell recently, he has a vision independent of what happens to WPLUG, scheduling hackathons, well funded with corporate sponsors for each event. He was asked why not make this a SIG of Code and Supply - he didn't rule it out, but noted that he was seeking a more professional environment where everyone is welcome, but which is also about people who are serious about contributing.<br />
<br />
Hack Pittsburgh is another local tech group that we forgot to list. Beth Lynn is having dinner tomorrow with Bob Berger of Hack Pittsburgh, who should be able to advise who is the right person in Hack Pittsburgh to approach. Vance can get back in touch with Martin Gehrke of PghSNAP - they're inactive, but he may still have some connections to put us in touch with. Also the CPMuseum and Large Systems Museum might be good to reach out to. Beth Lynn suggests contacting the CMU Computer Club, and PACC still exists as far as she knows, as well as the CPUser group in Tarentum. Justin endorses contacting CMU CC. Pat is still in contact with PACC. Beth Lynn suggests to contact the Pittsburgh Tech Council - we can try, but Vance feels last few years they have no interest in user groups. Beth Lynn is currently under contract with CMU / PSC, and they are interested in growing their free software filesystem community. A potential problem is that the products they're trying to promote are for companies / institutions of a size to be able to generate enough data to be worth of this philosophy of filesysytems (not individuals), but they are interested in being invoked in the greater Pittsburgh area free software community. If the custodian was looking for a space to host an event and was interested to schedule an event there, Beth Lynn can help. Vance wonders if a data center tour could be possible - Beth Lynn will be doing such a tour next week and will know more about what this entails, but we've observed that there's a strange aversion to RSVPing to things, and people would have to present photo id, so if that scares you then this tour is not for you. It's possible if people are reasonable regarding RSVPing.<br />
<br />
Pat suggested formally adding the willingness to organize / hold events under the WPLUG name during this transition time, to the custodian job description.<br />
<br />
Beth Lynn asked what the job description specified about the potential custodian's interpretation of "freedom". Is there a bylaws / mission statement that will be passed on the the custodian now that he bylaws have been rescinded? Vance noted that the discussion of this in the former bylaws is minimal (in the PURPOSE section), and that the custodian must have reasonably good judgement, if they're going to be bringing in other people they have to know how much trust and authority to vest in these people and what to do if they get a disruptive individual on their hands and be able to handle that situation. Beth Lynn thinks we should preserve the existing PURPOSE as part of mission statement.<br />
<br />
It was asked if we want to try to publish this before the next board meeting, or wait until we've had time to consider it. Justin is concerned that the description we have is pretty comprehensive and doesn't know what could be added, and doesn't want to put in so much that people think we're asking too much. We want to convey that this is a fun group with good people in it. Vance requested that if anyone thinks of anything we can do to make the description sound more interesting and exciting please bring it up.<br />
<br />
If we want to move on this reasonably quickly, Vance thinks we could set the next meeting for February 7th - it was moved to hold the next board meeting on that date and at the same location as tonight's meeting; there was no objection, and the motion was adopted.. This gives a brief window to make these edits.<br />
<br />
<u>Old business:</u><br />
<br />
None<br />
<br />
The meeting was adjourned @ 8:47pm<br />
<br />
'''DRAFT'''<br />
<br />
[[Category:Board]]<br />
[[Category:Meetings]]<br />
[[Category:Agenda]]<br />
[[Category:Minutes]]</div>Patbarron//www.wplug.org/wiki/WPLUGBoard/Meeting-20170207WPLUGBoard/Meeting-201702072017-02-08T00:03:57Z<p>Patbarron: Created page with "== Venue Info == Meeting to be held at IBM Squirrel Hill at 7:30pm on Tuesday, February 7th, 2017. == Agenda == * List your item here * List your item here * List your..."</p>
<hr />
<div>== Venue Info ==<br />
<br />
Meeting to be held at [[IBM Squirrel Hill]] at 7:30pm on Tuesday, February 7th, 2017.<br />
<br />
== Agenda ==<br />
<br />
* List your item here<br />
* List your item here<br />
* List your item here<br />
<br />
== Minutes ==<br />
<br />
To be added after meeting<br />
<br />
[[Category:Board]]<br />
[[Category:Meetings]]<br />
[[Category:Agenda]]<br />
[[Category:Minutes]]</div>Patbarron//www.wplug.org/wiki/WPLUGBoard/Meeting-20170124WPLUGBoard/Meeting-201701242017-02-07T22:17:30Z<p>Patbarron: Created page with "== Venue Info == Meeting to be held at IBM Squirrel Hill at 7:30pm on Tuesday, January 24th, 2017. == Agenda == * List your item here * List your item here * List your..."</p>
<hr />
<div>== Venue Info ==<br />
<br />
Meeting to be held at [[IBM Squirrel Hill]] at 7:30pm on Tuesday, January 24th, 2017.<br />
<br />
== Agenda ==<br />
<br />
* List your item here<br />
* List your item here<br />
* List your item here<br />
<br />
== Minutes ==<br />
<br />
Attending:<br />
<br />
* Vance Kochenderfer (Chair)<br />
* Joseph Prostko (Vice Chair - by phone)<br />
* Pat Barron (Secretary)<br />
* Justin Smith (Director at Large - by phone)<br />
* Beth Lynn Eicher (invited guest)<br />
<br />
Not attending:<br />
<br />
* Terry Golightly (Treasurer)<br />
<br />
The meeting was called to order at 7:46pm<br />
<br />
<u>Approval of minutes:</u><br />
<br />
The minutes were read, a correction was offered, and the minutes were adopted as corrected.<br />
<br />
<u>Reports of officers:</u><br />
<br />
''Chair:'' Nothing to report.<br />
<br />
''Vice chair:'' Nothing to report.<br />
<br />
''Secretary:'' WPLUG currently has 12 members, 1 is due to lapse through the end of March.<br />
<br />
''Treasurer:'' Not present, left no report.<br />
<br />
''Director at large:'' Nothing to report.<br />
<br />
<br />
<u>Reports of committees:</u><br />
<br />
''Event committee:'' Nothing to report.<br />
<br />
''Technology committee:'' Nothing to report.<br />
<br />
''Investigating committee:'' Nothing to report.<br />
<br />
''Marketing and Communications committee:'' Nothing to report.<br />
<br />
<u>New business:</u><br />
<br />
The recently offered bylaws amendment passed at the last GUM, the board of directors in control of the organization at this time. Once we complete the tasks set out in the amendment, the custodian takes over. Todo list was mailed to the board members, and was reviewed. The consensus was that it is comprehensive.<br />
<br />
There was a discussion on refunding dues of members who joined or rejoined in the last 6 months. There seem to be 3 people in that category, all are on the board, none care about having dues refunded.<br />
<br />
A few things we require that will need some effort, in addition to recruiting custodian - we'll have to update PO box records (Terry), 1st Commonwealth Bank (Vance and Terry), figuring out what we do with the EIN (Vance will research) (Beth Lynn believes we could easily idle for 12 months given that we're under the $7000 postcard threshold).<br />
<br />
On the job description - a draft was provided last night. Beth Lynn would like to discuss the fact that she is volunteering to own an event towards the end of September to celebrate 20 years of WPLUG, so whoever ends up being the custodian should be aware that she is available to plan this event. If they want to be hands-off because they want to pursue other directions in the transition, that is fine too. Vance believes it would ideal if whoever is doing that would want to continue to hold events or arrange for events to happen - not required, but would be good. Justin suggests we might be able to do online meetings of some sort (in addition to, not necessarily in replacement for, in person meetings) - we had discussed this several times previously but never quite made it work. Beth Lynn mentioned that the original founder wanted to fly in from Seattle to attend the 20th anniversary and it should be a reunion for all iterations of WPLUG - nut she does not want to intrude on the authority of the custodian. Vance thinks anyone who would have a problem with something like that would not really fit the qualifications of the person we are seeking. Justin thinks this sounds perfectly reasonable.<br />
<br />
Vance asks if anyone has had any contact with any of the other local organizations lately. Pat has had only casual contact with Code and Supply. Beth Lynn had dinner with Robert Blackwell recently, he has a vision independent of what happens to WPLUG, scheduling hackathons, well funded with corporate sponsors for each event. He was asked why not make this a SIG of Code and Supply - he didn't rule it out, but noted that he was seeking a more professional environment where everyone is welcome, but which is also about people who are serious about contributing.<br />
<br />
Hack Pittsburgh is another local tech group that we forgot to list. Beth Lynn is having dinner tomorrow with Bob Berger of Hack Pittsburgh, who should be able to advise who is the right person in Hack Pittsburgh to approach. Vance can get back in touch with Martin Gehrke of PghSNAP - they're inactive, but he may still have some connections to put us in touch with. Also the CPMuseum and Large Systems Museum might be good to reach out to. Beth Lynn suggests contacting the CMU Computer Club, and PACC still exists as far as she knows, as well as the CPUser group in Tarentum. Justin endorses contacting CMU CC. Pat is still in contact with PACC. Beth Lynn suggests to contact the Pittsburgh Tech Council - we can try, but Vance feels last few years they have no interest in user groups. Beth Lynn is currently under contract with CMU / PSC, and they are interested in growing their free software filesystem community. A potential problem is that the products they're trying to promote are for companies / institutions of a size to be able to generate enough data to be worth of this philosophy of filesysytems (not individuals), but they are interested in being invoked in the greater Pittsburgh area free software community. If the custodian was looking for a space to host an event and was interested to schedule an event there, Beth Lynn can help. Vance wonders if a data center tour could be possible - Beth Lynn will be doing such a tour next week and will know more about what this entails, but we've observed that there's a strange aversion to RSVPing to things, and people would have to present photo id, so if that scares you then this tour is not for you. It's possible if people are reasonable regarding RSVPing.<br />
<br />
Pat suggested formally adding the willingness to organize / hold events under the WPLUG name during this transition time, to the custodian job description.<br />
<br />
Beth Lynn asked what the job description specified about the potential custodian's interpretation of "freedom". Is there a bylaws / mission statement that will be passed on the the custodian now that he bylaws have been rescinded? Vance noted that the discussion of this in the former bylaws is minimal (in the PURPOSE section), and that the custodian must have reasonably good judgement, if they're going to be bringing in other people they have to know how much trust and authority to vest in these people and what to do if they get a disruptive individual on their hands and be able to handle that situation. Beth Lynn thinks we should preserve the existing PURPOSE as part of mission statement.<br />
<br />
It was asked if we want to try to publish this before the next board meeting, or wait until we've had time to consider it. Justin is concerned that the description we have is pretty comprehensive and doesn't know what could be added, and doesn't want to put in so much that people think we're asking too much. We want to convey that this is a fun group with good people in it. Vance requested that if anyone thinks of anything we can do to make the description sound more interesting and exciting please bring it up.<br />
<br />
If we want to move on this reasonably quickly, Vance thinks we could set the next meeting for February 7th - it was moved to hold the next board meeting on that date and at the same location as tonight's meeting; there was no objection, and the motion was adopted.. This gives a brief window to make these edits.<br />
<br />
<u>Old business:</u><br />
<br />
None<br />
<br />
The meeting was adjourned @ 8:47pm<br />
<br />
[[Category:Board]]<br />
[[Category:Meetings]]<br />
[[Category:Agenda]]<br />
[[Category:Minutes]]</div>Patbarron//www.wplug.org/wiki/WPLUGBoardWPLUGBoard2017-02-07T01:05:18Z<p>Patbarron: /* Upcoming WPLUG Board 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 15, 2014.<br />
<br />
== Members == <br />
<br />
The members are:<br />
<br />
* Chair: [[User:Vance | Vance Kochenderfer]]<br />
* Vice-Chair: [[User:Jprostko | Joseph Prostko]]<br />
* Secretary: [[User:Patbarron | Patrick Barron]]<br />
* Treasurer: [[User:Terryg | Terry Golightly]]<br />
* Director-at-Large: [[User:Centinel | Justin Smith]]<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-20170207|Tuesday, February 7, 2017]]<br />
* [[WPLUGBoard/Meeting-20170124|Tuesday, January 24, 2017]]<br />
<br />
== Past WPLUG Board Meetings ==<br />
<br />
* [[WPLUGBoard/Meeting-20161213|Tuesday, December 13, 2016]]<br />
* [[WPLUGBoard/Meeting-20161018|Tuesday, October 18, 2016]]<br />
* [[WPLUGBoard/Meeting-20160920|Tuesday, September 20, 2016]]<br />
* [[WPLUGBoard/Meeting-20160816|Tuesday, August 16, 2016]]<br />
* [[WPLUGBoard/Meeting-20160719|Tuesday, July 19, 2016]]<br />
* [[WPLUGBoard/Meeting-20160621|Tuesday, June 21, 2016]]<br />
* [[WPLUGBoard/Meeting-20160517|Tuesday, May 17, 2016]]<br />
* [[WPLUGBoard/Meeting-20160419|Tuesday, April 19, 2016]]<br />
* [[WPLUGBoard/Meeting-20160329|Tuesday, March 29, 2016]]<br />
* [[WPLUGBoard/Meeting-20160216|Tuesday, February 16, 2016]]<br />
* [[WPLUGBoard/Meeting-20160119|Tuesday, January 19, 2016]]<br />
* [[WPLUGBoard/Meeting-20151215|Tuesday, December 15, 2015]]<br />
* [[WPLUGBoard/Meeting-20151119|Thursday, November 19, 2015]]<br />
* [[WPLUGBoard/Meeting-20151015|Thursday, October 15, 2015]]<br />
* [[WPLUGBoard/Meeting-20150923|Wednesday, September 23, 2015]] (special meeting)<br />
* [[WPLUGBoard/Meeting-20150917|Thursday, September 17, 2015]]<br />
* [[WPLUGBoard/Meeting-20150818|Tuesday, August 18, 2015]]<br />
* [[WPLUGBoard/Meeting-20150721|Tuesday, July 21, 2015]]<br />
* [[WPLUGBoard/Meeting-20150616|Tuesday, June 16, 2015]]<br />
* [[WPLUGBoard/Meeting-20150519|Tuesday, May 19, 2015]]<br />
* [[WPLUGBoard/Meeting-20150421|Tuesday, April 21, 2015]]<br />
* [[WPLUGBoard/Meeting-20150317|Tuesday, March 17, 2015]]<br />
* [[WPLUGBoard/Meeting-20150217|Tuesday, February 17, 2015]]<br />
* [[WPLUGBoard/Meeting-20150120|Tuesday, January 20, 2015]]<br />
* [[WPLUGBoard/Meeting-20141216|Tuesday, December 16, 2014]]<br />
* [[WPLUGBoard/Meeting-20141125|Tuesday, November 25, 2014]]<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.<br />
<br />
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<hr />
<div>== Venue Info ==<br />
<br />
Meeting to be held at [[IBM Squirrel Hill]] at 7:30pm on Tuesday, December 13th, 2016.<br />
<br />
== Agenda ==<br />
<br />
* [[WPLUGBoard/BoardTransitionChecklist|Transition]]<br />
** Office assignments<br />
** Committee appointments<br />
* List your item here<br />
* List your item here<br />
* List your item here<br />
<br />
== Minutes ==<br />
<br />
Attending (all by conference call):<br />
<br />
* Vance Kochenderfer (Chair)<br />
* Joseph Prostko (Vice Chair)<br />
* Pat Barron (Secretary)<br />
* Justin Smith (Director at Large)<br />
<br />
Not attending:<br />
<br />
* Terry Golightly (Treasurer)<br />
<br />
The meeting was called to order at 7:41pm.<br />
<br />
The board members reviewed the minutes of the last board meeting on the wiki. The minutes were adopted as drafted.<br />
<br />
<u>Reports of officers</u><br />
<br />
''Chair'' - Nothing to report.<br />
<br />
''Vice chair'' - Nothing to report.<br />
<br />
''Secretary'' - WPLUG currently has 13 members, 2 memberships are due to lapse through the end of January. The lapsing members were not notified nor were their membership renewals solicited, in view of the pending proposal to rescind the bylaws that was approved at the November 19th GUM to be put to absentee ballot.<br />
<br />
''Treasurer'' - Not present, left no report.<br />
<br />
''Director at large'' - Nothing to report.<br />
<br />
<u>Officer assignments</u><br />
<br />
The newly elected board discussed officer assignments for the newly elected Board of Directors. After discussion, it was agreed that all Board members would hold the same offices they held during the 2015-2016 year.<br />
<br />
<u>Committee assignments</u><br />
<br />
It was moved to appoint the following individuals to the Technology Committee: Pat Barron as committee chair, Vance Kochenderfer, Justin Smith, Terry Golightly, Joseph Prostko. The motion was adopted.<br />
<br />
It was moved to appoint the following individuals to the Event Committee: Vance Kochenderfer as committee chair, Pat Barron, and Joseph Prostko. The motion was adopted.<br />
<br />
It was moved to appoint the following individuals to the Investigating Committee: Nick Schembri as committee chair and David Sevick. The motion was adopted.<br />
<br />
It was moved to appoint the following individual to the Marketing and Communications Committee: Pat Barron. The motion was adopted. (Joseph Prostko serves as committee chair ex officio.) <br />
<br />
<u>New Business</u><br />
<br />
It was moved to schedule the next GUM on January 21st; the motion was adopted. The motion was adopted. We will have to see if we can drum up a topic, if anyone has a suggestion or suggested speakers please bring up on mailing list. The training room at IBM Squirrel Hill was reserved to be used as the venue.<br />
<br />
It was moved to hold our next Board meeting January 24th, to take action based on the result of the bylaws amendment vote to be taken at the January 21st GUM. If the vote is affirmative, we will put together a job description for the custodian and solicit volunteers. If the proposal passes, we may want to consider refunding dues payments of anyone who has joined or renewed their membership recently (a timeframe of the previous 6 months was suggested in discussion).<br />
<br />
We will need to gather our physical equipment that belongs to WPLUG from the various places it is stored, to be transferred to the custodian, or donated, or sold for cash.<br />
<br />
There being no further business before the Board at this time, the meeting was adjourned at 8:18pm.<br />
<br />
[[Category:Board]]<br />
[[Category:Meetings]]<br />
[[Category:Agenda]]<br />
[[Category:Minutes]]</div>Patbarron//www.wplug.org/wiki/WPLUGBoard/Meeting-20161213WPLUGBoard/Meeting-201612132017-01-25T01:49:41Z<p>Patbarron: </p>
<hr />
<div>== Venue Info ==<br />
<br />
Meeting to be held at [[IBM Squirrel Hill]] at 7:30pm on Tuesday, December 13th, 2016.<br />
<br />
== Agenda ==<br />
<br />
* [[WPLUGBoard/BoardTransitionChecklist|Transition]]<br />
** Office assignments<br />
** Committee appointments<br />
* List your item here<br />
* List your item here<br />
* List your item here<br />
<br />
== Minutes ==<br />
<br />
'''DRAFT'''<br />
<br />
Attending (all by conference call):<br />
<br />
* Vance Kochenderfer (Chair)<br />
* Joseph Prostko (Vice Chair)<br />
* Pat Barron (Secretary)<br />
* Justin Smith (Director at Large)<br />
<br />
Not attending:<br />
<br />
* Terry Golightly (Treasurer)<br />
<br />
The meeting was called to order at 7:41pm.<br />
<br />
The board members reviewed the minutes of the last board meeting on the wiki. The minutes were adopted as drafted.<br />
<br />
<u>Reports of officers</u><br />
<br />
''Chair'' - Nothing to report.<br />
<br />
''Vice chair'' - Nothing to report.<br />
<br />
''Secretary'' - WPLUG currently has 13 members, 2 memberships are due to lapse through the end of January. The lapsing members were not notified nor were their membership renewals solicited, in view of the pending proposal to rescind the bylaws that was approved at the November 19th GUM to be put to absentee ballot.<br />
<br />
''Treasurer'' - Not present, left no report.<br />
<br />
''Director at large'' - Nothing to report.<br />
<br />
<u>Officer assignments</u><br />
<br />
The newly elected board discussed officer assignments for the newly elected Board of Directors. After discussion, it was agreed that all Board members would hold the same offices they held during the 2015-2016 year.<br />
<br />
<u>Committee assignments</u><br />
<br />
It was moved to appoint the following individuals to the Technology Committee: Pat Barron as committee chair, Vance Kochenderfer, Justin Smith, Terry Golightly, Joseph Prostko. The motion was adopted.<br />
<br />
It was moved to appoint the following individuals to the Event Committee: Vance Kochenderfer as committee chair, Pat Barron, and Joseph Prostko. The motion was adopted.<br />
<br />
It was moved to appoint the following individuals to the Investigating Committee: Nick Schembri as committee chair and David Sevick. The motion was adopted.<br />
<br />
It was moved to appoint the following individual to the Marketing and Communications Committee: Pat Barron. The motion was adopted. (Joseph Prostko serves as committee chair ex officio.) <br />
<br />
<u>New Business</u><br />
<br />
It was moved to schedule the next GUM on January 21st; the motion was adopted. The motion was adopted. We will have to see if we can drum up a topic, if anyone has a suggestion or suggested speakers please bring up on mailing list. The training room at IBM Squirrel Hill was reserved to be used as the venue.<br />
<br />
It was moved to hold our next Board meeting January 24th, to take action based on the result of the bylaws amendment vote to be taken at the January 21st GUM. If the vote is affirmative, we will put together a job description for the custodian and solicit volunteers. If the proposal passes, we may want to consider refunding dues payments of anyone who has joined or renewed their membership recently (a timeframe of the previous 6 months was suggested in discussion).<br />
<br />
We will need to gather our physical equipment that belongs to WPLUG from the various places it is stored, to be transferred to the custodian, or donated, or sold for cash.<br />
<br />
There being no further business before the Board at this time, the meeting was adjourned at 8:18pm.<br />
<br />
'''DRAFT'''<br />
<br />
[[Category:Board]]<br />
[[Category:Meetings]]<br />
[[Category:Agenda]]<br />
[[Category:Minutes]]</div>Patbarron//www.wplug.org/wiki/Past_Related_EventsPast Related Events2016-12-15T00:43:28Z<p>Patbarron: </p>
<hr />
<div>These are events that are not entirely WPLUG, but should be of interest to the WPLUG community.<br />
<br />
== 2016 ==<br />
* Tuesday, November 29, 2016, 7:00pm - [http://www.meetup.com/Pittsburgh-Code-Supply/events/234274568/ Introduction to Apache Cassandra]by Philip Thompson at Code & Supply in Uptown<br />
* Tuesday, November 1, 2016, 7:00pm - [http://www.meetup.com/Pittsburgh-Code-Supply/events/234138069/ Web Programming in Go] by Matthew Liegey at Code & Supply in Uptown<br />
* Monday, October 31, 2016, 5:30 to 9:30pm - [http://www.meetup.com/Pittsburgh-Code-Supply/events/234493290/ Hacktoberfest Session 2] at Code & Supply in Uptown<br />
* Wednesday, October 26, 2016, 7:00pm - [http://www.meetup.com/Pittsburgh-Code-Supply/events/234828791/ PGHPython] at Google Pittsburgh in Bakery Square - Topic: Getting com-fur-table with Pandas Data Analysis by Anna Filippova<br />
* Monday, October 24, 2016, 5:30 to 9:30pm - [http://www.meetup.com/Pittsburgh-Code-Supply/events/234493277/ Hacktoberfest Session 1] at [[IBM Squirrel Hill]]<br />
* Friday-Saturday, October 7-8, 2016 - [https://ohiolinux.org/ Ohio LinuxFest] in Columbus, Ohio<br />
* Saturday, May 7, 2016, 6:00pm - [https://copyleft.gallery/ Copyleft Gallery] opening night - a community interactive pop-up art show<br />
* 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 />
<br />
== 2015 ==<br />
* Wednesday, November 25, 2015, 7:00pm - [http://www.meetup.com/pghpython/events/224906960/ Pittsburgh Python User Group] - Coding at IBM Squirrel Hill<br />
* Friday-Sunday, November 13-15, 2015 - [https://www.eventbrite.com/e/hackathon-reimagining-a-collection-tickets-19083849307 Carnegie Museum of Art] - Topic: Hackathon: Reimagining a Collection<br />
* Friday-Saturday, November 13-14, 2015 - [https://www.bridgetroll.org/events/223 RailsBridge Pittsburgh] - Introduction to Ruby on Rails coding for women<br />
* Thursday, November 12, 2015, 7:00pm - [http://www.meetup.com/CocoaHeads-Pittsburgh/events/226267662/ Pittsburgh CocoaHeads]<br />
* Thursday, November 12, 2015 - 6:00 to 8:00pm - [http://www.meetup.com/Pittsburgh-Code-Supply/events/226344371/ Pittsburgh Code and Supply] at M*Modal - Topic: Apache Spark, Part 1 - Background and the Core<br />
* Wednesday, November 11, 2015, 7:00pm - [http://www.meetup.com/Pittsburgh-Code-Supply/events/226326792/ PghQA] at UPMC Enterprises - Topic: Bug Bash!<br />
* Thursday, November 5, 2015, 6:30-9:00pm - [http://www.meetup.com/Pittsburgh-Code-Supply/events/226384016/ PittMesh] at WorkHardPGH - Topic: Ad-Hoc vs. Access Point mode and project discussions<br />
* Saturday, October 17, 2015 - [http://cposc.org/ Central Pennsylvania Open Source Conference] in Lancaster, Pennsylvania<br />
* [[File:Olf2015logosm.png|right|link=https://ohiolinux.org/]] Friday-Saturday, October 2-3, 2015 - [https://ohiolinux.org/ Ohio LinuxFest] in Columbus, Ohio<br />
* Saturday-Sunday, February 21-22, 2015 - [http://steelcitycodefest.org/ Steel City Codefest] - at the Carnegie Library Main Branch in Oakland<br />
<br />
== 2014 ==<br />
* Saturday-Sunday, November 8-9, 2014 - [http://pghpw.org/ Pittsburgh Perl Workshop] at the Doubletree Hotel and Suites downtown<br />
* [[File:OLF2014badge.jpg|right|link=https://ohiolinux.org/]] Friday-Sunday, October 24-26, 2014 - [https://ohiolinux.org/ Ohio LinuxFest] in Columbus, Ohio<br />
* Saturday, October 11, 2014, 10:00am to 2:00pm - [[Media:Ecofestflyer2014.jpg | EcoFest]] at [[Wilkins School Community Center]] - electronics recycling and more<br />
* Tuesday, April 29, 2014, 6:00 pm - [http://www.meetup.com/pittsburgh-ruby PghRB], Steel City Ruby Whiskey Scholarship - Wigle Whiskey (2401 Smallman Street)<br />
* Wednesday, April 23, 2014, 7:00 pm - [http://www.meetup.com/pghpython PGHPy], Subject: PEP Rally - Google Pittsburgh<br />
* Monday, January 27, 2014, 6:30 pm - [http://www.meetup.com/pittsburgh-ruby PghRB], January OpenHack - IBM Squirrel Hill<br />
* Wednesday, January 22, 2014, 7:00 pm - [http://www.meetup.com/pghpython PGHPy], Subject: Python 3 and Your Next Project - IBM Squirrel Hill<br />
<br />
== 2013 ==<br />
* Friday-Saturday December 13-14, 2013 - [http://drupalcampohio.org/ Drupal Camp Ohio 2013] - at Ohio State University's Nationwide and Ohio Farm Bureau 4-H Center in Columbus, OH<br />
* Wednesday, November 27, 2013, 7:00pm - [http://www.meetup.com/pghpython/events/dcrjzdyrpbkc/ PGHPy Coding at IBM] - at IBM Squirrel Hill<br />
* Tuesday, November 12, 2013, 7:00pm - [https://groups.drupal.org/pittsburgh Drupal Pittsburgh Meetup], Editing a Node - at Plumb Media in Garfield<br />
* Thursday, November 7, 2013, 6:30pm - [http://www.meetup.com/pittsburgh-ruby/events/143979972/ PghRB talks on MetaprogrammiÂng & Functional Programming] - at IBM Squirrel Hill<br />
* Wednesday, November 6, 2013, 6:00 p.m. - [http://snapgh.com/2013/10/november-2013-meeting/ SNAPGH] - Join WPLUG member Justin Smith as he leads a discussion on technical writing<br />
* November 3-8, 2013 - [https://www.usenix.org/conference/lisa13 USENIX Large Installation System Administration Conference] - in Washington, D.C.<br />
* Monday, October 28, 2013, 6:30pm - [http://www.meetup.com/pittsburgh-ruby/events/137689902/ PghRB October OpenHack] - at ShowClix in Downtown Pittsburgh<br />
* Wednesday, October 23, 2013, 7:00pm - [http://www.meetup.com/pghpython/events/137394522/ PGHPy Talks at Google] - at Google Pittsburgh<br />
* Saturday, October 19, 2013 - [http://cposc.org/ Central PA Open Source Conference] - at IU13 Conference Center in Lancaster, PA<br />
* Wednesday, October 16, 2013 [http://snapgh.com/2013/10/october-2013-meeting/ October 2013 SNAPGH Meeting] - TeraSwitch Networks in the North Side<br />
* Tuesday, October 8, 2013, 7:00pm - [http://groups.drupal.org/node/308088 Drupal Pittsburgh Meetup], Subject: Improving the Content Managers Experience - at Beyond Spots & Dots near Duquesne University<br />
* Friday-Sunday, October 4-6, 2013 - [http://pghpw.org/ppw2013/ Pittsburgh Perl Workshop] - at Pittsburgh Technical Institute in Oakdale<br />
* [http://www.meetup.com/pghpython/events/93340302/ Python Ticket Closing Night] - Wednesday, January 23<br />
<br />
== 2012 ==<br />
* [http://www.hackpittsburgh.org/open-source-and-the-law Open Source and the Law], Fri, December 7, 7:00pm – 8:30pm, 1936 5th Avenue - [http://www.hackpittsburgh.org/ Hack Pittsburgh]<br />
* Friday-Saturday, November 30-December 1, 2012 - [http://drupalcampohio.org/ DrupalCamp Ohio] - at Ohio State University campus in Columbus<br />
* Saturday, October 13, 2012, 10am to 2pm - [[Media:Ecofestflyer.jpg|Ecofest]]: electronics recycling and more - at [[Wilkins School Community Center|WSCC]]<br />
* Saturday, October 6, 2012, 5pm to 8pm - [http://www.eventbrite.com/event/4472114214 Computer Reach Bon Voyage Party]: send off Beth Lynn Eicher and Dave Sevick on their trip to deploy Edubuntu desktops in Ghana<br />
* Friday-Sunday, September 28-30, 2012 - 10th annual [http://www.ohiolinux.org/ Ohio LinuxFest] - Greater Columbus Convention Center<br />
* Saturday, August 25, 2012, 10am to 4pm - [http://processingintro.eventbrite.com/ Intro to Creative Coding with Processing] (ticket required, purchase at link) - at [http://www.hackpittsburgh.org/about HackPittsburgh shop in Uptown]<br />
* Tuesday August 4th, 2012 at 7pm The SnapPgh August Meeting [https://maps.google.com/maps/place?q=1016+N+Lincoln+Ave&ftid=0x8834f41cb2e418a5:0x15133b5d718c3e37&gl=US&hl=en 1016 North Lincoln Avenue]<br />
* Wednesday, May 16, 2012 - 6:00pm - [http://snapgh.com/2012/05/upcoming-may-meeting/ SNAPGH May Meeting] at [http://maps.google.com/maps?q=1016+North+Lincoln+Avenue,+Pittsburgh,+PA&hl=en&sll=41.080772,-80.066019&sspn=0.014379,0.033023&z=17&iwloc=A TeraSwitch Datacenter on the North Side]<br />
* Saturday, March 24, 2012 - 2:00pm - [http://www.hackpittsburgh.org/classes-in-march-12 HackPittsburgh], Topic: Physical Pixels: Learn to Program Arduino - at [http://www.hackpittsburgh.org/about HackPittsburgh shop in Uptown]<br />
* Thursday, March 22, 2012 - 6:30pm - [https://www.google.com/calendar/event?eid=dGJtdDdvMDIzbzZmMnJmaWxtaDhzZWFuZTRfMjAxMjAzMjJUMjIzMDAwWiBoYWNrcGl0dHNidXJnaC5vcmdfMTR0ZWE5Y21kbzE2OTVlb29lajBuMWIwdjRAZw&ctz=America/New_York JQuery User Group] - at [http://www.hackpittsburgh.org/about HackPittsburgh shop in Uptown]<br />
* Tuesday, March 20, 2012 - 5:30 pm - [http://www.pghtech.org/networks/PittJug/events.aspx Pittsburgh Java User Group] - at Pittsburgh Technology Council in South Oakland<br />
* Sunday, March 18, 2012 - 12:00noon - [http://pacc.apcug.org/mtg.html Pittsburgh Area Computer Club (PACC)], Regular monthly meeting (general session begins at noon, doors open at 11:00am)<br />
* Wednesday, March 7, 2012 - 6:30pm - [http://snapgh.com/2012/02/upcoming-march-meeting SNAPGH March Meeting] at [http://maps.google.com/maps?q=1016+North+Lincoln+Avenue,+Pittsburgh,+PA&hl=en&sll=41.080772,-80.066019&sspn=0.014379,0.033023&z=17&iwloc=A TeraSwitch Datacenter on the North Side]<br />
* Thursday, February 23, 2012 - 6:30pm - [https://www.google.com/calendar/event?eid=dGJtdDdvMDIzbzZmMnJmaWxtaDhzZWFuZTRfMjAxMjAyMjNUMjMzMDAwWiBoYWNrcGl0dHNidXJnaC5vcmdfMTR0ZWE5Y21kbzE2OTVlb29lajBuMWIwdjRAZw&ctz=America/New_York JQuery User Group] - at [http://www.hackpittsburgh.org/about HackPittsburgh shop in Uptown]<br />
* Wednesday, February 22, 2012 - 7:00pm - [http://groups.drupal.org/node/203148 DrupalPGH Meetup], Topic: Drupal Commerce<br />
* Sunday, February 19, 2012 - 12:00noon - [http://pacc.apcug.org/mtg.html Pittsburgh Area Computer Club (PACC)], Regular monthly meeting (general session begins at noon, doors open at 11:00am)<br />
* Wednesday, February 8, 2012 - 6:30pm - [http://snapgh.com/2012/01/upcoming-february-meeting/ SNAPGH], at [http://maps.google.com/maps?q=1016+North+Lincoln+Avenue,+Pittsburgh,+PA&hl=en&sll=41.080772,-80.066019&sspn=0.014379,0.033023&z=17&iwloc=A TeraSwitch Datacenter on the North Side]<br />
<br />
== 2011 ==<br />
* Saturday, December 3, 2011 - [http://drupalcampohio.org/ DrupalCamp Ohio] - at Ohio State University campus in Columbus<br />
* Thursday, November 10, 2011 - 6:00pm - [http://snapgh.com/2011/10/upcoming-november-meeting/ SNAPGH], Topic: Fun with SSH Honeypotting - at [http://maps.google.com/maps?q=1016+North+Lincoln+Avenue,+Pittsburgh,+PA&hl=en&sll=41.080772,-80.066019&sspn=0.014379,0.033023&z=17&iwloc=A TeraSwitch Datacenter on the North Side]<br />
* Wednesday, October 5, 2011 - 6:00pm - [http://snapgh.com/2011/09/upcoming-october-meeting/ SNAPGH], Topic: Backup Case Study - at [http://maps.google.com/maps?q=1016+North+Lincoln+Avenue,+Pittsburgh,+PA&hl=en&sll=41.080772,-80.066019&sspn=0.014379,0.033023&z=17&iwloc=A TeraSwitch Datacenter on the North Side]<br />
* September 9-11, 2011 - [http://www.ohiolinux.org/ Ohio LinuxFest] - Greater Columbus Convention Center<br />
* Wednesday, July 15, 2011 - 6:00pm - [http://snapgh.com/2011/06/upcoming-july-meeting/ SNAPGH] - at [http://maps.google.com/maps?q=1016+North+Lincoln+Avenue,+Pittsburgh,+PA&hl=en&sll=41.080772,-80.066019&sspn=0.014379,0.033023&z=17&iwloc=A TeraSwitch Datacenter on the North Side]<br />
*Saturday, June 25th: [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Meetup/Pittsburgh Wicnic (Wikipedia picnic)], noon at Schenley Plaza<br />
* Wednesday, June 15, 2011 - 6:00pm - [http://snapgh.com/2011/05/upcoming-june-meeting/ SNAPGH, Topic: IPv6] - at [http://maps.google.com/maps?f=q&source=s_q&hl=en&geocode=&q=1000+Cliff+Mine+Road++++Pittsburgh,+PA+15275&aq=&sll=40.457724,-80.190545&sspn=0.007061,0.016512&g=1000+Cliff+Mine+Road++Suite+320++Pittsburgh,+PA+15275&ie=UTF8&hq=&hnear=1000+Cliff+Mine+Rd,+Coraopolis,+Pennsylvania+15108&ll=40.441591,-80.151615&spn=0.056504,0.132093&z=14 Met-Net Communications in Robinson Twp.]<br />
<br />
== 2010 ==<br />
<br />
* Saturday, October 16 - [http://www.cposc.org/ Central Pennsylvania Open Source Conference] at Harrisburg University<br />
* Saturday, October 9 and Sunday, October 10, 2010 - [http://pghpw.org/ppw2010/ Pittsburgh Perl Workshop]<br />
* [http://www.google.com/calendar/event?eid=NTdqdDliMTRham1vYjdpbDZqbmJhaGdwaThfMjAxMDEwMDdUMjMzMDAwWiBpbmZvQHBnaHJiLm9yZw&ctz=America/New_York Thursday, October 7, 2010] - 7:30 PM - [http://pghrb.org/ Pittsburgh Ruby Brigade], Topic: Steve Klabnik on MongoDB - at Vivisimo in Squirrel Hill<br />
* Thursday, October 7, 2010 - 5:00 PM - [http://www.pghgeeks.org/ Pittsburgh Geek Night] - [http://www.churchbrew.com/ Church Brew Works], Lawrenceville<br />
* September 10-11-12, 2010 - [http://www.ohiolinux.org/ Ohio LinuxFest] in Columbus, Ohio<br />
* August 22, 2010 at 3:00 pm - [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Meetup/Pittsburgh Wikipedia Meetup] - the first ever Wikipedia meetup in Pittsburgh. Anyone interested in wikis (not just Wikipedia) is welcome.<br />
* Thursday, April 1, 2010 - 5:00 PM - [http://www.pghgeeks.org/ Pittsburgh Geek Night] - [http://www.churchbrew.com/ Church Brew Works], Lawrenceville<br />
* [http://www.google.com/calendar/event?eid=NTdqdDliMTRham1vYjdpbDZqbmJhaGdwaThfMjAxMDAzMDVUMDAzMDAwWiBpbmZvQHBnaHJiLm9yZw&ctz=America/New_York Thursday, April 1, 2010] - 7:30 PM - [http://pghrb.org/ Pittsburgh Ruby Brigade], Topic: Hackety Hack - at Vivisimo in Squirrel Hill<br />
* [http://devhousepgh.org/?p=52 Tuesday, March 16, 2010] - 6:00 PM - [http://devhousepgh.org/ DevHouse Pittsburgh], Topic: Technology Startups - at AlphaLab on the South Side<br />
* Thursday, January 7, 2010 - 7:30 PM - [http://www.google.com/calendar/event?eid=NTdqdDliMTRham1vYjdpbDZqbmJhaGdwaThfMjAxMDAxMDhUMDAzMDAwWiBpbmZvQHBnaHJiLm9yZw&ctz=America/New_York Pittsburgh Ruby Brigade], "Beyond the Basics" at Vivisimo in Squirrel Hill - also see their [http://pghrb.org/ main site]<br />
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== 2009 ==<br />
* Thursday, December 3, 2009 - 5:00 PM - [http://www.pghgeeks.org/ Pittsburgh Geek Night] - [http://www.churchbrew.com/ Church Brew Works], Lawrenceville<br />
* Saturday, October 17, 2009 - 8:00 AM to 5:00 PM, [http://www.cposc.org/ Central PA Open Source Conference 2009]. Check their [http://wiki.cposc.org/ wiki] - Attendance was about 150; see the [http://wiki.cposc.org/cposc2009/ CPOSC Talks]<br />
* Friday and Saturday, September 25 and 26, 2009, [http://www.ohiolinux.org/ Ohio LinuxFest] Columbus Ohio - [[OhioLinuxfest2009|WPLUG at Ohio Linuxfest 2009 wiki]] - Listen to [http://www.archive.org/details/OhioLinuxfest2009/ audio of the Ohio LinuxFest presentations]<br />
* Tuesday, September 8, 2009, 6 to 8pm - [http://www.pghcodingdojo.org/ Pittsburgh Coding Dojo] - [http://www.pghtech.org/aboutus/location-and-directions.aspx Pittsburgh Technology Council offices]<br />
* Thursday, July 23, 2009, 5 to 8pm - [[Summer Slam VIII]] - [http://www.finniganspittsburgh.com/home.htm Finnigan's Wake] (by PNC Park)<br />
* Tuesday, July 21, 2009, 6pm - [http://groups.google.com/group/devhousepgh/browse_thread/thread/8e72ae0014b143e DevHouse Pittsburgh] - at [http://www.hackpittsburgh.org/ Hack Pittsburgh on the Bluff]<br />
* June 22-24, 2009 - [http://yapc10.org/ Yet Another Perl Conference 10] - University Center, CMU<br />
* Wednesday, June 17, 2009, 6pm - [http://www.wplug.org/pipermail/wplug/2009-June/033065.html DevHouse Pittsburgh] - [http://www.hackpittsburgh.org/?page_id=2 @HackPittsburgh on the Bluff]<br />
* Tuesday, June 9, 2009, 6 to 8pm - [http://www.pghcodingdojo.org/ Pittsburgh Coding Dojo] - [http://www.pghtech.org/aboutus/location-and-directions.aspx Pittsburgh Technology Council offices]<br />
* Thursday, April 23, 7pm - [https://wiki.ubuntu.com/PennsylvaniaTeam/EventsTeam/PittsburghJauntyRelease Ubuntu Jaunty release party] - Fox & Hound, North Hills<br />
* Thursday, April 23, 6 to 11pm - Pittsburgh Technology Mash Up Event - [http://www.alphalab.org/ AlphaLab] (2325 East Carson Street, South Side)<br />
* Tuesday, April 7, 2009, 6 to 8pm - [http://www.pghcodingdojo.org/ Pittsburgh Coding Dojo] - [http://www.pghtech.org/aboutus/location-and-directions.aspx Pittsburgh Technology Council offices]<br />
* Saturday, March 7 and Sunday, March 8 - [http://wiki.openstreetmap.org/wiki/Pittsburgh#Mapping_party OpenStreetMap mapping party] - deeplocal, Inc. offices at 6101 Penn Ave., Suite 602, Pgh 15206<br />
* Tuesday, March 3, 2009 - [http://www.pghcodingdojo.org/ Pittsburgh Coding Dojo] - [http://www.pghtech.org/aboutus/location-and-directions.aspx Pittsburgh Technology Council offices]<br />
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== 2008 ==<br />
* Saturday, November 15 and Sunday, November 16, 2008 - [[Event-20081115 | OpenStreetMap Party]] - Panera Bread 3401 Blvd of the Allies, Pittsburgh, PA<br />
* Thursday, August 7, 2008 - [http://www.pghgeeks.org/ Pittsburgh Geeknight] at [http://www.churchbrew.com/ Church Brew Works]<br />
* Tuesday, July 29, 2008 - [http://www.wpvmug.org/ Western PA VMware User Group's] Summer Technology Symposium at Robert Morris University<br />
* Thursday, July 17, 2008 - Pittsburgh Technology Council [http://www.pghtech.org/events/face2face/080717.aspx Summer Slam VII @ Calico Jack's 5p - 8p]<br />
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== 2007 ==<br />
* The [http://pghcodingdojo.org Pittsburgh Coding Dojo] held a [http://pghcodingdojo.org/index.php/January_25th_Meeting meeting] on January 25th.<br />
* [http://www.pghgeeks.org Pittsburgh Geek Night] at the [http://www.churchbrew.com/ Church Brew Works] on February 1st at 5pm.<br />
* [http://www.tiepgh.org/event02152007.shtml TiE Pittsburgh Open Source Summit] on February 15th from 6pm to 9pm at the Lexus Club at PNC Park<br />
* [http://groups.google.com/group/rubypgh/t/87cb246a0e77e347 Pittsburgh Ruby User Group] - March 6, 6pm to 8pm at [http://www.pghtech.org/ Pittsburgh Technology Council]<br />
* [http://www.pghpw.org/ Pittsburgh Perl Workshop] - October 13-14, 2007 - Carnegie Mellon University, Pittsburgh, PA<br />
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== 2006 ==<br />
* [http://www.pghpw.org/ Pittsburgh Perl Workshop] - Saturday, September 23, 2006. Carnegie Mellon University.<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-20170121 | Saturday, January 21, 2016]] - 3:00 to 5:00pm - General User Meeting at [[IBM Squirrel Hill]] - Topic: TBD<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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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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* [[Meeting-20161119 | Saturday, November 19, 2016]] - 3:00 to 5:00pm - General User Meeting and Board of Directors election at [[IBM Squirrel Hill]] - Topic: Monitoring with Nagios by Justin Smith<br />
* [[Meeting-20161029 | Saturday, October 29, 2016]] - 3:00 to 5:00pm - General User Meeting and Board of Directors nominations at [[IBM Squirrel Hill]] - Topic: Intro to CFEngine by Martin Gehrke<br />
* [[Meeting-20160820 | Saturday, August 20, 2016]] - 1:00pm to 6:00pm - 15th annual WPLUG Open-Source Picnic at [[North_Park#Lakeshore_Pavilion | North Park]]<br />
* [[Meeting-20160716 | Saturday, July 16, 2016]] - 2:00pm to 5:00pm+ - Tour of [http://www.cpmuseum.com/ microcomputer museum] and [http://www.pennbrew.com/ Penn Brewery] in Troy Hill, Pittsburgh<br />
* [[Meeting-20160522 | Sunday, May 22, 2016]] - 1:00pm to 6:00pm - Hardware/Software Workshop at [[Wilkins School Community Center|WSCC]]<br />
* [[Meeting-20160409 | Saturday, April 9, 2016]] - 3:00 to 5:00pm - General User Meeting at [[IBM Squirrel Hill]] - Topic: The Internet of Things: Past, Present, and Future by Robert Blackwell<br />
* [[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 />
* [[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 />
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== 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 />
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== 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 />
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== 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 />
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== 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 />
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== 2005 ==<br />
Sat/Sun 22nd May 2005 CMU Installfest [[http://digitalfreaks.org/~lavalamp/cp/thumbnails.php?album=29 Photos]]</div>Patbarron//www.wplug.org/wiki/Western_Pennsylvania_Linux_Users_GroupWestern Pennsylvania Linux Users Group2016-12-15T00:41:24Z<p>Patbarron: </p>
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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-20170121 | Saturday, January 21, 2016]] - 3:00 to 5:00pm - General User Meeting at [[IBM Squirrel Hill]] - Topic: TBD<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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* Monday, October 31, 2016, 5:30 to 9:30pm - [http://www.meetup.com/Pittsburgh-Code-Supply/events/234493290/ Hacktoberfest Session 2] at Code & Supply in Uptown<br />
* Tuesday, November 1, 2016, 7:00pm - [http://www.meetup.com/Pittsburgh-Code-Supply/events/234138069/ Web Programming in Go] by Matthew Liegey at Code & Supply in Uptown<br />
* Tuesday, November 29, 2016, 7:00pm - [http://www.meetup.com/Pittsburgh-Code-Supply/events/234274568/ Introduction to Apache Cassandra]by Philip Thompson at Code & Supply in Uptown<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>Patbarron//www.wplug.org/wiki/WPLUGBoardWPLUGBoard2016-12-15T00:39:49Z<p>Patbarron: </p>
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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 15, 2014.<br />
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== Members == <br />
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The members are:<br />
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* Chair: [[User:Vance | Vance Kochenderfer]]<br />
* Vice-Chair: [[User:Jprostko | Joseph Prostko]]<br />
* Secretary: [[User:Patbarron | Patrick Barron]]<br />
* Treasurer: [[User:Terryg | Terry Golightly]]<br />
* Director-at-Large: [[User:Centinel | Justin Smith]]<br />
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A list of [[WPLUGBoard/Duties|officer responsibilities]] exists to help keep straight who does what and when.<br />
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== Upcoming WPLUG Board Meetings ==<br />
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* [[WPLUGBoard/Meeting-20170124|Tuesday, January 24, 2017]]<br />
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== Past WPLUG Board Meetings ==<br />
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* [[WPLUGBoard/Meeting-20161213|Tuesday, December 13, 2016]]<br />
* [[WPLUGBoard/Meeting-20161018|Tuesday, October 18, 2016]]<br />
* [[WPLUGBoard/Meeting-20160920|Tuesday, September 20, 2016]]<br />
* [[WPLUGBoard/Meeting-20160816|Tuesday, August 16, 2016]]<br />
* [[WPLUGBoard/Meeting-20160719|Tuesday, July 19, 2016]]<br />
* [[WPLUGBoard/Meeting-20160621|Tuesday, June 21, 2016]]<br />
* [[WPLUGBoard/Meeting-20160517|Tuesday, May 17, 2016]]<br />
* [[WPLUGBoard/Meeting-20160419|Tuesday, April 19, 2016]]<br />
* [[WPLUGBoard/Meeting-20160329|Tuesday, March 29, 2016]]<br />
* [[WPLUGBoard/Meeting-20160216|Tuesday, February 16, 2016]]<br />
* [[WPLUGBoard/Meeting-20160119|Tuesday, January 19, 2016]]<br />
* [[WPLUGBoard/Meeting-20151215|Tuesday, December 15, 2015]]<br />
* [[WPLUGBoard/Meeting-20151119|Thursday, November 19, 2015]]<br />
* [[WPLUGBoard/Meeting-20151015|Thursday, October 15, 2015]]<br />
* [[WPLUGBoard/Meeting-20150923|Wednesday, September 23, 2015]] (special meeting)<br />
* [[WPLUGBoard/Meeting-20150917|Thursday, September 17, 2015]]<br />
* [[WPLUGBoard/Meeting-20150818|Tuesday, August 18, 2015]]<br />
* [[WPLUGBoard/Meeting-20150721|Tuesday, July 21, 2015]]<br />
* [[WPLUGBoard/Meeting-20150616|Tuesday, June 16, 2015]]<br />
* [[WPLUGBoard/Meeting-20150519|Tuesday, May 19, 2015]]<br />
* [[WPLUGBoard/Meeting-20150421|Tuesday, April 21, 2015]]<br />
* [[WPLUGBoard/Meeting-20150317|Tuesday, March 17, 2015]]<br />
* [[WPLUGBoard/Meeting-20150217|Tuesday, February 17, 2015]]<br />
* [[WPLUGBoard/Meeting-20150120|Tuesday, January 20, 2015]]<br />
* [[WPLUGBoard/Meeting-20141216|Tuesday, December 16, 2014]]<br />
* [[WPLUGBoard/Meeting-20141125|Tuesday, November 25, 2014]]<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 />
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== WPLUG Goals ==<br />
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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 />
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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.<br />
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<div>== Venue Info ==<br />
<br />
Meeting to be held at [[IBM Squirrel Hill]] at 7:30pm on Tuesday, December 13th, 2016.<br />
<br />
== Agenda ==<br />
<br />
* [[WPLUGBoard/BoardTransitionChecklist|Transition]]<br />
** Office assignments<br />
** Committee appointments<br />
* List your item here<br />
* List your item here<br />
* List your item here<br />
<br />
== Minutes ==<br />
<br />
'''DRAFT'''<br />
<br />
Attending (all by conference call):<br />
<br />
* Vance Kochenderfer (Chair)<br />
* Joseph Prostko (Vice Chair)<br />
* Pat Barron (Secretary)<br />
* Justin Smith (Director at Large)<br />
<br />
Not attending:<br />
<br />
* Terry Golightly (Treasurer)<br />
<br />
The meeting was called to order at 7:41pm.<br />
<br />
The board members reviewed the minutes of the last board meeting on the wiki. The minutes were adopted as drafted.<br />
<br />
<u>Reports of officers</u><br />
<br />
''Chair'' - Nothing to report.<br />
<br />
''Vice chair'' - Nothing to report.<br />
<br />
''Secretary'' - WPLUG currently has 13 members, 2 memberships are due to lapse through the end of January. The lapsing members were not notified nor were their membership renewals solicited, in view of the pending proposal to rescind the bylaws that was approved at the November 19th GUM to be put to absentee ballot.<br />
<br />
''Treasurer'' - Not present, left no report.<br />
<br />
''Director at large'' - Nothing to report.<br />
<br />
<u>Officer assignments</u><br />
<br />
The newly elected board discussed officer assignments for the newly elected Board of Directors. After discussion, it was agreed that all Board members would hold the same offices they held during the 2015-2016 year.<br />
<br />
<u>Committee assignments</u><br />
<br />
It was moved to appoint the following individuals to the Technology Committee: Pat Barron as committee chair, Vance Kochenderfer, Justin Smith, Terry Golightly, Joseph Prostko. The motion was adopted.<br />
<br />
It was moved to appoint the following individuals to the Event Committee: Vance Kochenderfer as committee chair, Pat Barron, and Joseph Prostko. The motion was adopted.<br />
<br />
It was moved to appoint the following individuals to the Investigating Committee: Nick Schembri as committee chair and David Sevick. The motion was adopted.<br />
<br />
It was moved to appoint the following individual to the Marketing and Communications Committee: Pat Barron. The motion was adopted. (Joseph Prostko serves as committee chair ex officio.) <br />
<br />
<u>New Business</u><br />
<br />
It was moved to schedule the next GUM on January 21st; the motion was adopted. We will have to see if we can drum up a topic, if anyone has a suggestion or suggested speakers please bring up on mailing list. The training room at IBM Squirrel Hill was reserved to be used as the venue.<br />
<br />
It was moved to hold our next Board meeting January 24th, to take action based on the result of the bylaws amendment vote to be taken at the January 21st GUM. If the vote is affirmative, we will put together a job description for the custodian and solicit volunteers. If the proposal passes, we may want to consider refunding dues payments of anyone who has joined or renewed their membership recently (a timeframe of the previous 6 months was suggested in discussion).<br />
<br />
We will need to gather our physical equipment that belongs to WPLUG from the various places it is stored, to be transferred to the custodian, or donated, or sold for cash.<br />
<br />
There being no further business before the Board at this time, the meeting was adjourned at 8:18pm.<br />
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'''DRAFT'''<br />
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[[Category:Board]]<br />
[[Category:Meetings]]<br />
[[Category:Agenda]]<br />
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<div>==Technology Committee==<br />
<br />
Handles operation and maintenance of the web server, mailing list, IRC channel, and other network services for the group.<br />
<br />
Members: [[User:patbarron | Pat Barron]] (committee chair), [[User:Vance | Vance Kochenderfer]], [[User:Centinel | Justin Smith]], [[User:Terryg | Terry Golightly]], [[User:Jprostko | Joseph Prostko]]<br />
<br />
Contact: [mailto:admin@wplug.org admin@wplug.org]<br><br />
Discussion: [http://www.wplug.org/mailman/listinfo/wplug-internet wplug-internet mailing list]<br />
<br />
== Event Committee ==<br />
<br />
Handles planning and making arrangements for all WPLUG events, including presentations, installfests, and tutorials, except those events assigned to another committee.<br />
<br />
Members: [[User:Vance | Vance Kochenderfer]] (chair), [[User:Patbarron | Pat Barron]], [[User:Jprostko | Joseph Prostko]]<br />
<br />
Contact: [mailto:events@wplug.org events@wplug.org]<br><br />
Discussion: [http://www.wplug.org/mailman/listinfo/wplug-plan wplug-plan mailing list]<br />
<br />
== Investigating Committee ==<br />
<br />
Investigates any disciplinary questions not assigned to special committees.<br />
<br />
Members: Nick Schembri (chair), Dave Sevick<br />
<br />
== Marketing & Communications Committee ==<br />
<br />
Its purpose is:<br />
<br />
# To swell the ranks of WPLUG membership.<br />
# To establish and maintain WPLUG's reputation as a key organization for Open Source in western Pennsylvania.<br />
# To maintain a high level of awareness of WPLUG activities with the general public.<br />
# To obtain favorable publicity for WPLUG.<br />
# To establish and maintain contact with other Open Source organizations to coordinate efforts to further the cause of Open Source. <br />
# To publish a monthly newsletter reporting on WPLUG activities<br />
<br />
Members: [[User:Jprostko | Joseph Prostko]] (ex-officio as WPLUG Vice-Chair), [[User:patbarron | Pat Barron]]<br />
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<div>WPLUG will have a General User Meeting and presentation on Saturday, November 19, 2016 starting at 3:00pm at [[IBM Squirrel Hill]]. 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 2016-2017.<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:2016_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 29, 2016 nominations meeting and have agreed to be candidates are (in alphabetical order):<br />
* Patrick Barron<br />
* Terry Golightly<br />
* Vance Kochenderfer<br />
* Joseph Prostko<br />
* Justin Smith<br />
<br />
=== Candidate Statements ===<br />
<br />
==== Patrick Barron ====<br />
<br />
To be added.<br />
<br />
==== Terry Golightly ====<br />
<br />
To be added.<br />
<br />
==== Vance Kochenderfer ====<br />
<br />
To be added.<br />
<br />
==== Joseph Prostko ====<br />
<br />
To be added.<br />
<br />
==== Justin Smith ====<br />
<br />
To be added.<br />
<br />
== Speaker/Presentation ==<br />
<br />
'''Speaker:''' Justin Smith<br />
<br />
'''Topic:''' Monitoring with Nagios XI<br />
<br />
Every computing device should (A) run certain software and (B) be configured a certain way. For instance, a mail server should (A) run mail software such as Postfix and (B) have enough CPU power, RAM, and hard disk space to meet users' needs. A '''monitoring server''' watches remote devices to make sure that these conditions are met. <br />
<br />
''Nagios Core'' is an open source program that is widely considered an industry standard for monitoring software because of its age and straightforward design. ''Nagios XI'' is a commercially-supported version of Nagios Core that includes additional features intended for use in enterprise environments.<br />
<br />
This presentation will related experiences implementing Nagios XI in a small business infrastructure at MIM Software, Inc. and go over how you can use Nagios XI to monitor your personal infrastructure as well.<br />
<br />
== Meeting Minutes ==<br />
<br />
'''DRAFT'''<br />
<br />
WPLUG held a General User Meeting at IBM Squirrel Hill on November 19th, 2016. The meeting was called to order at 3:22pm.<br />
<br />
The minutes of the previous (October 29th) GUM were read, and were adopted as read.<br />
<br />
<u>Reports of Officers</u><br />
<br />
''Chair'' - Nothing to report.<br />
<br />
''Vice chair'' - Nothing to report.<br />
<br />
''Secretary'' - WPLUG currently has 13 members. One membership is due to lapse through the end of December - that member is the secretary, and he has notified himself.<br />
<br />
''Treasurer'' - WPLUG's checking account balance is $432.97. A debit from Linode was processed on 10/3, and there is an outstanding $20 check to deposit for a membership renewal.<br />
<br />
''Director at Large'' - Nothing to report<br />
<br />
<u>Committee Reports</u><br />
<br />
''Events Committee'' - Nothing to report<br />
<br />
''Technology Committee'' - Nothing to report<br />
<br />
''Investigating Committee'' - Nothing to report<br />
<br />
''Marketing and Communications Committee'' - Nothing to report<br />
<br />
<u>Board of Directors Election</u><br />
<br />
The meeting was recessed briefly to conduct the election. After the members' ballots were cast and counted, the meeting was reconvened at 3:49pm.<br />
<br />
The final tally of ballots showed the following results:<br />
<br />
Pat Barron - 18 points<br/><br />
Justin Smith - 18 points<br/><br />
Terry Golightly - 17 points<br/><br />
Joseph Prostko - 17 points<br/><br />
Vance Kochenderfer - 16 points<br/><br />
Dan Martin (write-in) - 3 points<br/><br />
Jared Jennings (write-in) - 1 point<br/><br />
<br />
There were no illegal ballots cast.<br />
<br />
After tallying the results, the following members were declared elected to the WPLUG Board of Directors for 2016-2017: Pat Barron, Justin Smith, Terry Golightly, Joseph Prostko, Vance Kochenderfer<br />
<br />
<u>New Business</u><br />
<br />
The Chair asked the Vice Chair to take over the meeting in order that the Chair could offer a motion.<br />
<br />
The Chair moved that the bylaws of the Western Pennsylvania Linux Users Group be rescinded, and the organization's assets be placed into the care of a custodian appointed by the Board of Directors for safekeeping, until a potential future time when an individual or individuals may have interest in reconstituting the organization. After debate and amendment, the motion was adopted, and the [[Media:Bylaws-amendment-Nov2016.txt|amended proposal]] will be put to the membership via absentee ballot.<br />
<br />
Their being no further business before the assembly, the meeting was adjourned at 4:10pm.<br />
<br />
'''DRAFT'''<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 />
<br />
== Carpooling ==<br />
<br />
* [[User:Vance|Vance Kochenderfer]] - driving in from the South Hills - e-mail me if interested<br />
* Your name/location here<br />
* Your name/location here<br />
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<hr />
<div>WPLUG will hold a General User Meeting and presentation on Saturday, October 29, 2016 starting at 3:00pm at [[IBM Squirrel Hill]].<br />
<br />
== Schedule for the Day ==<br />
<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 />
== Nominations ==<br />
<br />
At the business meeting, we will take nominations for the five seats on the WPLUG [[WPLUGBoard|Board of Directors]]. Those meeting the qualifications in Section 6.4 of the [[ByLaws#6_OFFICERS|WPLUG bylaws]] are eligible for election. Members may nominate any eligible person, including themselves. You may nominate up to five people. '''Please show up promptly''' as the nominations will be one of the first items of business handled.<br />
<br />
== Speaker/Presentation ==<br />
<br />
'''Speaker:''' Martin Gehrke<br/><br />
'''Topic:''' Intro to CFEngine<br />
<br />
[[wikipedia:Configuration_management#Operating_System_configuration_management | Configuration management]] is a big deal these days, with names like Puppet, Salt, Ansible, and Chef generating plenty of buzz. [http://cfengine.com/ CFEngine] pre-dates all of these yet maintains a large set of capabilities and remains stable and speedy. Come see what new tricks this old dog can do!<br />
<br />
== Meeting Minutes ==<br />
<br />
A WPLUG member meeting was held on October 29th, 2016, at IBM Squirrel Hill. It was noted that a quorum (5 members) was present, and the meeting was called to order by the Chair at 3:20pm.<br />
<br />
<u>Reports of Officers</u><br />
<br />
''Chair'' - no report.<br />
<br />
''Vice Chair'' - no report.<br />
<br />
''Secretary'' - the organization currently has 15 members, two are due to lapse in November and have been notified.<br />
<br />
''Treasurer'' - not present, left no report.<br />
<br />
''Director at Large'' - not present, left no report.<br />
<br />
<u>Reports of Committees:</u><br />
<br />
''Events Committee'' - Next event 11/19 at IBM Squirrel Hill, Justin Smith will be presenting on Nagios. Next meeting will also be the Board of Director elections.<br />
<br />
''Technology Committee'' - We've set up a Trac instance to try to keep tabs on things that need to be done. If you need an account, contact Pat.<br />
<br />
''Investigating Committee'' - no report.<br />
<br />
''Marketing and Communications Committee'' - no report.<br />
<br />
<u>New business:</u><br />
<br />
Nominations to run in the November WPLUG Board of Directors election were conducted. The following individuals were nominated to appear on the ballot:<br />
<br />
* Vance Kochenderfer (by Pat Barron)<br />
* Pat Barron (by Dan Martin)<br />
* Joe Proskto (by Joe Prostko)<br />
* Terry Golightly (by Pat Barron)<br />
* Justin Smith (by Pat Barron)<br />
<br />
Nominations were closed with 5 nominees.<br />
<br />
It was moved to adjourn the meeting. The motion was adopted. The meeting was adjourned at 3:26pm<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: [[User:Patbarron|Pat Barron]]<br />
* Co-Host: Add your name here<br />
* Setup: Add your name here, Add your name here<br />
* Clean Up: [[User:Vance|Vance Kochenderfer]], Add your name here<br />
<br />
== Carpooling ==<br />
<br />
* [[User:Vance|Vance Kochenderfer]] - driving in from the South Hills - e-mail me if interested<br />
* Add your name/location here<br />
* Add your name/location here<br />
<br />
[[Category:Meetings]]<br />
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<div>WPLUG will have a General User Meeting and presentation on Saturday, November 19, 2016 starting at 3:00pm at [[IBM Squirrel Hill]]. 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 2016-2017.<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:2016_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 29, 2016 nominations meeting and have agreed to be candidates are (in alphabetical order):<br />
* Patrick Barron<br />
* Terry Golightly<br />
* Vance Kochenderfer<br />
* Joseph Prostko<br />
* Justin Smith<br />
<br />
=== Candidate Statements ===<br />
<br />
==== Patrick Barron ====<br />
<br />
To be added.<br />
<br />
==== Terry Golightly ====<br />
<br />
To be added.<br />
<br />
==== Vance Kochenderfer ====<br />
<br />
To be added.<br />
<br />
==== Joseph Prostko ====<br />
<br />
To be added.<br />
<br />
==== Justin Smith ====<br />
<br />
To be added.<br />
<br />
== Speaker/Presentation ==<br />
<br />
'''Speaker:''' Justin Smith<br />
<br />
'''Topic:''' Monitoring with Nagios XI<br />
<br />
Every computing device should (A) run certain software and (B) be configured a certain way. For instance, a mail server should (A) run mail software such as Postfix and (B) have enough CPU power, RAM, and hard disk space to meet users' needs. A '''monitoring server''' watches remote devices to make sure that these conditions are met. <br />
<br />
''Nagios Core'' is an open source program that is widely considered an industry standard for monitoring software because of its age and straightforward design. ''Nagios XI'' is a commercially-supported version of Nagios Core that includes additional features intended for use in enterprise environments.<br />
<br />
This presentation will related experiences implementing Nagios XI in a small business infrastructure at MIM Software, Inc. and go over how you can use Nagios XI to monitor your personal infrastructure as well.<br />
<br />
== Meeting Minutes ==<br />
<br />
'''DRAFT'''<br />
<br />
WPLUG held a General User Meeting at IBM Squirrel Hill on November 19th, 2016. The meeting was called to order at 3:22pm.<br />
<br />
The minutes of the previous (October 29th) GUM were read, and were adopted as read.<br />
<br />
''<u>Reports of Officers</u>''<br />
<br />
Chair - Nothing to report.<br />
<br />
Vice chair - Nothing to report.<br />
<br />
Secretary - WPLUG currently has 13 members. One membership is due to lapse through the end of December - that member is the secretary, and he has notified himself.<br />
<br />
Treas - WPLUG's checking account balance is $432.97. A debit from Linode was processed on 10/3, and there is an outstanding $20 check to deposit for a membership renewal.<br />
<br />
Director at Large - Nothing to report<br />
<br />
''<u>Committee Reports</u>''<br />
<br />
Events Committee - Nothing to report<br />
<br />
Technology Committee - Nothing to report<br />
<br />
Investigating committee - Nothing to report<br />
<br />
Marketing and Communications Committee - Nothing to report<br />
<br />
''<u>Board of Directors Election</u>''<br />
<br />
The meeting was recessed briefly to conduct the election. After the members' ballots were cast and counted, the meeting was reconvened at 3:49pm.<br />
<br />
The final tally of ballots showed the following results:<br />
<br />
Pat Barron - 18 points<br/><br />
Justin Smith - 18 points<br/><br />
Terry Golightly - 17 points<br/><br />
Joseph Prostko - 17 points<br/><br />
Vance Kochenderfer - 16 points<br/><br />
Dan Martin (write-in) - 3 points<br/><br />
Jared Jennings (write-in) - 1 point<br/><br />
<br />
There were no illegal ballots cast.<br />
<br />
After tallying the results, the following members were declared elected to the WPLUG Board of Directors for 2016-2017: Pat Barron, Justin Smith, Terry Golightly, Joseph Prostko, Vance Kochenderfer<br />
<br />
''<u>New Business</u>''<br />
<br />
The Chair asked the Vice Chair to take over the meeting in order that the Chair could offer a motion.<br />
<br />
The Chair moved that the bylaws of the Western Pennsylvania Linux Users Group be rescinded, and the organization's assets be placed into the care of a custodian appointed by the Board of Directors for safekeeping, until a potential future time when an individual or individuals may have interest in reconstituting the organization. After debate and amendment, the motion was adopted, and the [[Media:Bylaws-amendment-Nov2016.txt|amended proposal]] will be put to the membership via absentee ballot.<br />
<br />
Their being no further business before the assembly, the meeting was adjourned at 4:10pm.<br />
<br />
'''DRAFT'''<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 />
<br />
== Carpooling ==<br />
<br />
* [[User:Vance|Vance Kochenderfer]] - driving in from the South Hills - e-mail me if interested<br />
* Your name/location here<br />
* Your name/location here<br />
<br />
[[Category:Meetings]]<br />
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<div>== Venue Info ==<br />
<br />
Meeting to be held at [[IBM Squirrel Hill]] at 7:30pm on Tuesday, October 18th, 2016.<br />
<br />
== Agenda ==<br />
<br />
* List your item here<br />
* List your item here<br />
* List your item here<br />
<br />
== Minutes ==<br />
<br />
'''DRAFT'''<br />
<br />
The regular meeting of the WPLUG Board of Directors was held at 7:30pm on September 20th, 2016 at IBM Squirrel Hill.<br />
<br />
In attendance were:<br />
<br />
* Vance Kochenderfer (Chair)<br />
* Justin Smith (Director at Large)<br />
* Pat Barron (Secretary)<br />
* Terry Golightly (Treasurer)<br />
<br />
Not attending:<br />
<br />
* Joe Prostko (Vice Chair)<br />
<br />
The meeting was called to order at 7:32pm.<br />
<br />
The minutes of the previous (September 20th) board meeting were read. Vance offered these corrections: "Program committee" is actually "events committee". Spelling for Martin Geherke's name was incorrect. In the technology committee report, "Pyzor" is spelled with a 'y'. The minutes were adopted as corrected.<br />
<br />
''Reports of officers:''<br />
<br />
Chair: As it was previously delegated to the Chair to determine the October/November GUM dates, the dates shall be October 29th 3-5 pm and November 19th 3-5pm.<br />
<br />
Vice chair: No report.<br />
<br />
Secretary: WPLUG currently has 16 members. 3 memberships due to lapse through the end of October, 1 has been renewed. Lapsing members were notified previously.<br />
<br />
Treasurer: Per the checking account statement, WPLUG's checking balance as of 9/30 is $355.47. One debit of $12.50 from Linode on 9/2. Deposit of $20 check for a membership renewal is still pending.<br />
<br />
Director at large: Nothing to report.<br />
<br />
''Reports of committees:''<br />
<br />
Events committee: Martin Geherke is confirmed as speaker for the 10/29 GUM, on the topic of Intro to CFEngine. Justin Smith is lined up to present on Nagios on November 19th. These are both on the wiki at this time. With 16 members, we need to have at least 4 members show up for each of those meetings to achieve quorum. As for December plans, Vance does not have anything currently in mind, we can make that decision at the October GUM.<br />
<br />
Technology Committee: As we discussed last month, Vance did enable the Spamhaus DNS blacklist - just recently, so there are no statistics gathered yet. It seems to be somewhat effective. Pat says his impression is things have gotten better in the last few days. Vance thinks Pat as wplug list moderator will see the most spam. Vance notes that Mailman might be configurable to send summaries once a day but not real time notifications. Vance notes that the events alias is being specifically targeted for spam, and he deactivated it entirely about 3 weeks ago, and he checks occasionally to see the volume of spam and will reactivate it when it falls off. The attempts mostly seem to be coming from the same netblock, a firewall rule has been created to block that specififc netblock, we don't know if it's a distributed activity right now. Pat installed an instance of Trac to test with. It is only an experiment right now, there is no commitment to continue to use. Justin asked about Trello, and there was a short discussion of what Trello is for. Pat notes that he was looking for something self-hosted rather than SaaS; Vance mentioned that Trello is there at their whim and is extensively data-mined. It was suggested to continue this discussion on the wplug-internet list. The main www.wplug.org page is still broken and Joe has been looking at it - Vance knows it is something to do with the redirects.<br />
<br />
Investigating Committee: No report.<br />
<br />
Marketing and Communications Committee: No report.<br />
<br />
<br />
''New business:''<br />
<br />
Vance followed up on a topic that was raised at the last meeting - OLF thanks WPLUG for letting them use the extension cords and power strips. Justin gave a general update on his network monitoring project; during the last board meeting it was mentioned that he did not have Nagios operational which was correct at that time. There was some miscommunication and it should be operational shortly, by the time the November GUM happens he should have about a month of operational experience with it.<br />
<br />
''Old business:''<br />
<br />
None<br />
<br />
There being no further business, it was moved to adjourn the meeting. The motion was adopted. The meeting was adjourned at 8:10pm.<br />
<br />
'''DRAFT'''<br />
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[[Category:Board]]<br />
[[Category:Meetings]]<br />
[[Category:Agenda]]<br />
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<div>== Venue Info ==<br />
<br />
Meeting to be held at [[IBM Squirrel Hill]] at 7:30pm on Tuesday, December 13th, 2016.<br />
<br />
== Agenda ==<br />
<br />
* List your item here<br />
* List your item here<br />
* List your item here<br />
<br />
== Minutes ==<br />
<br />
To be added.<br />
<br />
[[Category:Board]]<br />
[[Category:Meetings]]<br />
[[Category:Agenda]]<br />
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<hr />
<div>WPLUG will hold a General User Meeting and presentation on Saturday, October 29, 2016 starting at 3:00pm at [[IBM Squirrel Hill]].<br />
<br />
== Schedule for the Day ==<br />
<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 />
== Nominations ==<br />
<br />
At the business meeting, we will take nominations for the five seats on the WPLUG [[WPLUGBoard|Board of Directors]]. Those meeting the qualifications in Section 6.4 of the [[ByLaws#6_OFFICERS|WPLUG bylaws]] are eligible for election. Members may nominate any eligible person, including themselves. You may nominate up to five people. '''Please show up promptly''' as the nominations will be one of the first items of business handled.<br />
<br />
== Speaker/Presentation ==<br />
<br />
'''Speaker:''' Martin Gehrke<br/><br />
'''Topic:''' Intro to CFEngine<br />
<br />
[[wikipedia:Configuration_management#Operating_System_configuration_management | Configuration management]] is a big deal these days, with names like Puppet, Salt, Ansible, and Chef generating plenty of buzz. [http://cfengine.com/ CFEngine] pre-dates all of these yet maintains a large set of capabilities and remains stable and speedy. Come see what new tricks this old dog can do!<br />
<br />
== Meeting Minutes ==<br />
<br />
'''DRAFT'''<br />
<br />
A WPLUG member meeting was held on October 29th, 2016, at IBM Squirrel Hill. It was noted that a quorum (5 members) was present, and the meeting was called to order by the Chair at 3:20pm.<br />
<br />
<u>Reports of Officers</u><br />
<br />
''Chair'' - no report.<br />
<br />
''Vice Chair'' - no report.<br />
<br />
''Secretary'' - the organization currently has 15 members, two are due to lapse in November and have been notified.<br />
<br />
''Treasurer'' - not present, left no report.<br />
<br />
''Director at Large'' - not present, left no report.<br />
<br />
<u>Reports of Committees:</u><br />
<br />
''Events Committee'' - Next event 11/19 at IBM Squirrel Hill, Justin Smith will be presenting on Nagios. Next meeting will also be the Board of Director elections.<br />
<br />
''Technology Committee'' - We've set up a Trac instance to try to keep tabs on things that need to be done. If you need an account, contact Pat.<br />
<br />
''Investigating Committee'' - no report.<br />
<br />
''Marketing and Communications Committee'' - no report.<br />
<br />
<u>New business:</u><br />
<br />
Nominations to run in the November WPLUG Board of Directors election were conducted. The following individuals were nominated to appear on the ballot:<br />
<br />
* Vance Kochenderfer (by Pat Barron)<br />
* Pat Barron (by Dan Martin)<br />
* Joe Proskto (by Joe Prostko)<br />
* Terry Golightly (by Pat Barron)<br />
* Justin Smith (by Pat Barron)<br />
<br />
Nominations were closed with 5 nominees.<br />
<br />
It was moved to adjourn the meeting. The motion was adopted. The meeting was adjourned at 3:26pm<br />
<br />
'''DRAFT'''<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: [[User:Patbarron|Pat Barron]]<br />
* Co-Host: Add your name here<br />
* Setup: Add your name here, Add your name here<br />
* Clean Up: [[User:Vance|Vance Kochenderfer]], Add your name here<br />
<br />
== Carpooling ==<br />
<br />
* [[User:Vance|Vance Kochenderfer]] - driving in from the South Hills - e-mail me if interested<br />
* Add your name/location here<br />
* Add your name/location here<br />
<br />
[[Category:Meetings]]<br />
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<div>Ballot for 2016 WPLUG Board of Directors election</div>Patbarron//www.wplug.org/wiki/File:2016_11_WPLUG_Ballot.pdfFile:2016 11 WPLUG Ballot.pdf2016-11-05T20:09:06Z<p>Patbarron: Ballot for 2016 WPLUG Board of Directors election</p>
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<div>Ballot for 2016 WPLUG Board of Directors election</div>Patbarron//www.wplug.org/wiki/WPLUGBoard/Meeting-20160920WPLUGBoard/Meeting-201609202016-10-18T23:54:51Z<p>Patbarron: /* Minutes */ Corrections offered at October meeting added</p>
<hr />
<div>== Venue Info ==<br />
<br />
Meeting to be held at [[IBM Squirrel Hill]] at 7:30pm on Tuesday, September 20, 2016.<br />
<br />
== Agenda ==<br />
<br />
* Line up September and October GUM programs/scheduling<br />
* List your item here<br />
* List your item here<br />
<br />
== Minutes ==<br />
<br />
'''DRAFT'''<br />
<br />
The regular meeting of the WPLUG Board of Directors was held at 7:30pm on September 20th, 2016 at IBM Squirrel Hill.<br />
<br />
In attendance were:<br />
<br />
* Vance Kochenderfer (Chair)<br />
* Justin Smith (Director at Large)<br />
* Pat Barron (Secretary)<br />
<br />
Not attending:<br />
<br />
* Terry Golightly (Treasurer)<br />
* Joe Prostko (Vice Chair)<br />
<br />
The meeting was called to order at 7:50pm.<br />
<br />
The minutes of the previous (August 16th) board meeting were read. The minutes were approved as read.<br />
<br />
''Reports of officers:''<br />
<br />
Chair: Nothing to report.<br />
<br />
Vice chair: Not present, left no report.<br />
<br />
Secretary: WPLUG currently has 16 members. 3 memberships are due to lapse through the end of October, these members have been notified.<br />
<br />
Treasurer: Not present, left no report.<br />
<br />
Director at large: Became aware that there may be a Cleveland Linux User Group still in existence, and is willing to get in touch with them to ask if they are willing to collaborate with WPLUG (if they exist and are active). There are groups in Canton and Akron that are active.<br />
<br />
''Reports of committees:''<br />
<br />
Event committee: The biggest item we have to tackle is setting up our program for the October nominations meeting and November elections meeting. Got in touch with Martin Geherke with SNAP/LOPSA, who is doing a presentation at OLF on CFEngine, he is more than willing to do that presentation for WPLUG - the only issue is getting on his schedule, Saturdays are generally difficult for him. He could do it possibly on October 29th or November 12th. Another possible option is to consider a weeknight. We will have to consider and come up with a date that works out for us. Another option might be Justin's proposed Nagios talk. This is gated on Justin's availability. Justin wanted this to be a success story, but there may be other Nagios services that his company wants to evaluate. So the best timeframe for Justin is probably the November election meeting. Justin was planning to be in Pittsburgh during the first weekend of November but may not have free time then, so the usual second weekend should be fine for him. We have to have a minimum of three weeks between the nomination and election meeting, so the October and November meetings must be scheduled to meet that requirement. For a weeknight, we need the exact date to check the availability of IBM Squirrel Hill. Vance moves to authorize the chair to set the date for the October and November GUMs (Justin seconded). The motion was adopted. Justin suggests perhaps trying to order some food to entice people to come at a less convenient time, and would be open to donating a small sum to the petty cash fund to facilitate this.<br />
<br />
Technology Committee: Pat reported that the volume of spam directed to the mailing lists is increasing substantially. Vance stated that our Postfix configuration should currently be set up with DNS blacklists that are currently only logging warnings. We should evaluate the logs to determine which of the blacklists seem to be helpful. Justin has been working with Zimbra admin software and knows there are some free and open source Zimbra-based spam management tools that we might look at. Pyzor and Razor2 are anti-spam services that calculate a checksum on messages to see if many people have received messages with the same checksums to help determine if the messages are spam. Vance thinks that historically this might not be a great option, but since we have additional memory on our VPS now, content-scanning may be more feasible than it was before. Vance mentioned that another thing we could try to do would be to put a call out on the WPLUG mailing list for mailing list volunteers to get additional help. Pat stated that many of the automated Mailman subscription reminders bounced last month due to bad addresses, and Terry has volunteered to help clean this up. Vance stated that the "Mailman" list on Mailman (where admin messages go) had previously been directed to a former member who asked to be removed, which is why we never saw these messages before, but now we get them.<br />
<br />
Investigating Committee: No report.<br />
<br />
Marketing and Communications Committee: Not aware of anything specific for that committee.<br />
<br />
<br />
''New business:''<br />
<br />
Vance asked that since Ohio Linuxfest is coming up again, they'd like to borrow the box of extension and power cords. No one expressed any objection. Pat asked if projectors would be needed, but we don't know at this time - will find out.<br />
<br />
Justin pointed out that Microcenter has Raspberry Pi Zero's on sale for $1 each and this might be a good giveaway to entice people to come to the October and/or November meetings. Raspberry Pi Zero is a Raspberry Pi One with twice the RAM and a faster processor. His employer also has a number of 4:3 LCD monitors available which might be available as giveaways. Justin also has 4 rack mount servers originally targeted for PITTmesh, which hasn't pursued interest in them lately. Vance thinks the Raspberry Pi Zero's would be most attractive as giveaways. Justin thinks there is a distro based on Raspian that has Nagios preinstalled, which could be a tie-in to his presentation.<br />
<br />
It was reported that we received a missed delivery notice from the Post Office in our box. Someone will need to visit the post office to retrieve the delivery. It would be best to call first and verify that it is still there, since the notice was received some time ago.<br />
<br />
''Old business:''<br />
<br />
None<br />
<br />
There being no further business, it was moved to adjourn the meeting. The motion was adopted. The meeting was adjourned at 8:32pm.<br />
<br />
'''DRAFT'''<br />
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[[Category:Board]]<br />
[[Category:Meetings]]<br />
[[Category:Agenda]]<br />
[[Category:Minutes]]</div>Patbarron//www.wplug.org/wiki/WPLUGBoard/Meeting-20160816WPLUGBoard/Meeting-201608162016-10-18T20:56:06Z<p>Patbarron: /* Minutes */ Draft notation removed - these minutes were approves at the September 20th board meeting</p>
<hr />
<div>== Venue Info ==<br />
<br />
Meeting to be held at [[IBM Squirrel Hill]] at 7:30pm, on Tuesday, August 16th, 2016.<br />
<br />
== Agenda ==<br />
<br />
* Renewal of USPS PO box.<br />
* List your item here<br />
* List your item here<br />
<br />
== Minutes ==<br />
<br />
The regular meeting of the WPLUG Board of Directors was held at 7:30pm on August 16th, 2016 at IBM Squirrel Hill.<br />
<br />
In attendance were:<br />
<br />
* Vance Kochenderfer (Chair)<br />
* Terry Golightly (Treasurer)<br />
* Pat Barron (Secretary)<br />
<br />
Not attending:<br />
<br />
* Justin Smith (Director at Large)<br />
* Joe Prostko (Vice Chair)<br />
<br />
The meeting was called to order at 7:37pm.<br />
<br />
The minutes of the previous (July 19th) board meeting were read. A correction was offered to the date of the prior meeting reflected in the minutes. The corrected minutes were approved.<br />
<br />
''Reports of officers:''<br />
<br />
Chair: Nothing to report.<br />
<br />
Vice chair: Not present, left no report.<br />
<br />
Secretary: WPLUG currently has 16 members, no memberships due to lapse through the end of September.<br />
<br />
Treasurer: Checking account currently has a balance of $486.47. This includes one debit of $12.50 to Linode for VPS hosting. There is no other activity to report.<br />
<br />
Director at large: Not present, left no report.<br />
<br />
''Reports of committees:''<br />
<br />
Program committee: We need to get things straightened out for the picnic this weekend, there has been almost no activity on the wiki page, so please update it with whatever you're planning to bring. We already authorized $60 for food, we will give it a couple of days for people to update the wiki, and then we can figure out what we need. The chair reminds everyone to RSVP for the picnic. Treasurer will need to get the money out of the bank before Thursday to purchase picnic supplies. There was some discussion of what to buy - final plans will depend on how many attendees we're expecting. We haven't had any luck getting speakers, Vance has one other person to try to see if he's available, we'll see how that pans out. If you know of anyone, please encourage them to consider speaking for us. Maybe nudge some of the Code and Supply people.<br />
<br />
Technology Committee: No report.<br />
<br />
Investigating Committee: No report.<br />
<br />
Marketing and Communications Committee: Not available to report.<br />
<br />
<br />
''New business:''<br />
<br />
The Secretary moved to spend $106 to renew PO box for one year (the Chair seconded). There are multiple avenues available to pay.<br />
<br />
We discussed the PO box audit form and the requirements for how the form must be filled out.<br />
<br />
The question was called by the secretary (regarding the expenditure for renewal of the PO box), and the motion was adopted.<br />
<br />
Terry suggests we finding out how other local user groups promote. Could we get a story on NPR? There is a show on VICE network called "Cyberwar", they have an investigative reporter who does stories on security. They have a contact address listed on their web site. We will ask the vice chair to consider contacting them. Maybe suggest they attend OLF.<br />
<br />
<br />
''Old business:''<br />
<br />
None<br />
<br />
There being no further business, it was moved to adjourn the meeting. The motion was adopted. The meeting was adjourned at 8:21pm.</div>Patbarron//www.wplug.org/wiki/WPLUGBoard/Meeting-20160920WPLUGBoard/Meeting-201609202016-10-18T20:55:19Z<p>Patbarron: /* Minutes */</p>
<hr />
<div>== Venue Info ==<br />
<br />
Meeting to be held at [[IBM Squirrel Hill]] at 7:30pm on Tuesday, September 20, 2016.<br />
<br />
== Agenda ==<br />
<br />
* Line up September and October GUM programs/scheduling<br />
* List your item here<br />
* List your item here<br />
<br />
== Minutes ==<br />
<br />
'''DRAFT'''<br />
<br />
The regular meeting of the WPLUG Board of Directors was held at 7:30pm on September 20th, 2016 at IBM Squirrel Hill.<br />
<br />
In attendance were:<br />
<br />
* Vance Kochenderfer (Chair)<br />
* Justin Smith (Director at Large)<br />
* Pat Barron (Secretary)<br />
<br />
Not attending:<br />
<br />
* Terry Golightly (Treasurer)<br />
* Joe Prostko (Vice Chair)<br />
<br />
The meeting was called to order at 7:50pm.<br />
<br />
The minutes of the previous (August 16th) board meeting were read. The minutes were approved as read.<br />
<br />
''Reports of officers:''<br />
<br />
Chair: Nothing to report.<br />
<br />
Vice chair: Not present, left no report.<br />
<br />
Secretary: WPLUG currently has 16 members. 3 memberships are due to lapse through the end of October, these members have been notified.<br />
<br />
Treasurer: Not present, left no report.<br />
<br />
Director at large: Became aware that there may be a Cleveland Linux User Group still in existence, and is willing to get in touch with them to ask if they are willing to collaborate with WPLUG (if they exist and are active). There are groups in Canton and Akron that are active.<br />
<br />
''Reports of committees:''<br />
<br />
Program committee: The biggest item we have to tackle is setting up our program for the October nominations meeting and November elections meeting. Got in touch with Martin Gerkhe with SNAP/LOPSA, who is doing a presentation at OLF on CFEngine, he is more than willing to do that presentation for WPLUG - the only issue is getting on his schedule, Saturdays are generally difficult for him. He could do it possibly on October 29th or November 12th. Another possible option is to consider a weeknight. We will have to consider and come up with a date that works out for us. Another option might be Justin's proposed Nagios talk. This is gated on Justin's availability. Justin wanted this to be a success story, but there may be other Nagios services that his company wants to evaluate. So the best timeframe for Justin is probably the November election meeting. Justin was planning to be in Pittsburgh during the first weekend of November but may not have free time then, so the usual second weekend should be fine for him. We have to have a minimum of three weeks between the nomination and election meeting, so the October and November meetings must be scheduled to meet that requirement. For a weeknight, we need the exact date to check the availability of IBM Squirrel Hill. Vance moves to authorize the chair to set the date for the October and November GUMs (Justin seconded). The motion was adopted. Justin suggests perhaps trying to order some food to entice people to come at a less convenient time, and would be open to donating a small sum to the petty cash fund to facilitate this.<br />
<br />
Technology Committee: Pat reported that the volume of spam directed to the mailing lists is increasing substantially. Vance stated that our Postfix configuration should currently be set up with DNS blacklists that are currently only logging warnings. We should evaluate the logs to determine which of the blacklists seem to be helpful. Justin has been working with Zimbra admin software and knows there are some free and open source Zimbra-based spam management tools that we might look at. Pizor and Razor2 are anti-spam services that calculate a checksum on messages to see if many people have received messages with the same checksums to help determine if the messages are spam. Vance thinks that historically this might not be a great option, but since we have additional memory on our VPS now, content-scanning may be more feasible than it was before. Vance mentioned that another thing we could try to do would be to put a call out on the WPLUG mailing list for mailing list volunteers to get additional help. Pat stated that many of the automated Mailman subscription reminders bounced last month due to bad addresses, and Terry has volunteered to help clean this up. Vance stated that the "Mailman" list on Mailman (where admin messages go) had previously been directed to a former member who asked to be removed, which is why we never saw these messages before, but now we get them.<br />
<br />
Investigating Committee: No report.<br />
<br />
Marketing and Communications Committee: Not aware of anything specific for that committee.<br />
<br />
<br />
''New business:''<br />
<br />
Vance asked that since Ohio Linuxfest is coming up again, they'd like to borrow the box of extension and power cords. No one expressed any objection. Pat asked if projectors would be needed, but we don't know at this time - will find out.<br />
<br />
Justin pointed out that Microcenter has Raspberry Pi Zero's on sale for $1 each and this might be a good giveaway to entice people to come to the October and/or November meetings. Raspberry Pi Zero is a Raspberry Pi One with twice the RAM and a faster processor. His employer also has a number of 4:3 LCD monitors available which might be available as giveaways. Justin also has 4 rack mount servers originally targeted for PITTmesh, which hasn't pursued interest in them lately. Vance thinks the Raspberry Pi Zero's would be most attractive as giveaways. Justin thinks there is a distro based on Raspian that has Nagios preinstalled, which could be a tie-in to his presentation.<br />
<br />
It was reported that we received a missed delivery notice from the Post Office in our box. Someone will need to visit the post office to retrieve the delivery. It would be best to call first and verify that it is still there, since the notice was received some time ago.<br />
<br />
''Old business:''<br />
<br />
None<br />
<br />
There being no further business, it was moved to adjourn the meeting. The motion was adopted. The meeting was adjourned at 8:32pm.<br />
<br />
'''DRAFT'''<br />
<br />
[[Category:Board]]<br />
[[Category:Meetings]]<br />
[[Category:Agenda]]<br />
[[Category:Minutes]]</div>Patbarron//www.wplug.org/wiki/WPLUGBoard/Meeting-20161018WPLUGBoard/Meeting-201610182016-10-17T14:41:08Z<p>Patbarron: Created page with "== Venue Info == Meeting to be held at IBM Squirrel Hill at 7:30pm on Tuesday, October 18th, 2016. == Agenda == * List your item here * List your item here * List your..."</p>
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<div>== Venue Info ==<br />
<br />
Meeting to be held at [[IBM Squirrel Hill]] at 7:30pm on Tuesday, October 18th, 2016.<br />
<br />
== Agenda ==<br />
<br />
* List your item here<br />
* List your item here<br />
* List your item here<br />
<br />
== Minutes ==<br />
<br />
To be added.<br />
<br />
[[Category:Board]]<br />
[[Category:Meetings]]<br />
[[Category:Agenda]]<br />
[[Category:Minutes]]</div>Patbarron//www.wplug.org/wiki/Meeting-20161029Meeting-201610292016-10-06T18:22:44Z<p>Patbarron: /* Meeting Staff */</p>
<hr />
<div>WPLUG will hold a General User Meeting and presentation on Saturday, October 29, 2016 starting at 3:00pm at [[IBM Squirrel Hill]].<br />
<br />
== Schedule for the Day ==<br />
<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 />
== Nominations ==<br />
<br />
At the business meeting, we will take nominations for the five seats on the WPLUG [[WPLUGBoard|Board of Directors]]. Those meeting the qualifications in Section 6.4 of the [[ByLaws#6_OFFICERS|WPLUG bylaws]] are eligible for election. Members may nominate any eligible person, including themselves. You may nominate up to five people. '''Please show up promptly''' as the nominations will be one of the first items of business handled.<br />
<br />
== Speaker/Presentation ==<br />
<br />
'''Speaker:''' Martin Gehrke<br/><br />
'''Topic:''' Intro to CFEngine<br />
<br />
[[wikipedia:Configuration_management#Operating_System_configuration_management | Configuration management]] is a big deal these days, with names like Puppet, Salt, Ansible, and Chef generating plenty of buzz. [http://cfengine.com/ CFEngine] pre-dates all of these yet maintains a large set of capabilities and remains stable and speedy. Come see what new tricks this old dog can do!<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 />
<br />
* Host: [[User:Patbarron|Pat Barron]]<br />
* Co-Host: Add your name here<br />
* Setup: Add your name here, Add your name here<br />
* Clean Up: Add your name here, Add your name here<br />
<br />
== Carpooling ==<br />
<br />
* Add your name/location here<br />
* Add your name/location here<br />
<br />
[[Category:Meetings]]<br />
[[Category:Minutes]]</div>Patbarron//www.wplug.org/wiki/WPLUGBoard/Meeting-20160719WPLUGBoard/Meeting-201607192016-09-20T21:58:59Z<p>Patbarron: /* Minutes */ Correction of date of meeting reflected in minutes, adopted during August 2016 board meeting</p>
<hr />
<div>== Venue Info ==<br />
<br />
Meeting to be held at [[IBM Squirrel Hill]] at 7:30pm, on Tuesday, July 19th, 2016.<br />
<br />
== Agenda ==<br />
<br />
* List your item here<br />
* List your item here<br />
* List your item here<br />
<br />
== Minutes ==<br />
<br />
The regular meeting of the WPLUG Board of Directors was held at 7:30pm on July 19th, 2016 at IBM Squirrel Hill.<br />
<br />
In attendance were:<br />
<br />
* Vance Kochenderfer (Chair)<br />
* Terry Golightly (Treasurer) (by conference call)<br />
* Pat Barron (Secretary)<br />
* Justin Smith (Director at Large) (by conference call)<br />
* Joe Prostko (Vice Chair) (by conference call)<br />
<br />
Not attending:<br />
<br />
* None<br />
<br />
The meeting was called to order at 7:31pm.<br />
<br />
The minutes of the previous (June 21st) board meeting were read. The minutes were approved as read.<br />
<br />
''Reports of officers:''<br />
<br />
Chair: Nothing to report.<br />
<br />
Vice chair: Will look into LinkedIn group to see what the status of it is. It's possible in a couple months might be able to do a presentation about configuration management. Notes that he doesn't think he's currently a moderator of the LinkedIn group.<br />
<br />
Secretary: WPLUG currently has 16 members, no memberships due to lapse through the end of August.<br />
<br />
Treasurer: Checking account balance is currently $495.97 - this includes one debit from Linode of $12.50 on June 2nd. On June 21st a withdrawal of $100 was made by accident and was redeposited. On June 24th the check made out to WSCC in the amount of $50 cleared.<br />
<br />
Director at large: Currently evaluating monitoring software at work - Nagios vs. proprietary, doing a 3 month trial of both ending in September. After the completiion of the 3 month trial, might be able to do a presentation on Nagios.<br />
<br />
''Reports of committees:''<br />
<br />
Program committee: We have our picnic as the August event, this is all scheduled. There is already a wiki page for it. Will probably in next few days send out an announcement to encourage people to bring things. We should probably consider that we are going to have to buy some things, we should make a motion to allocate money for this. Joe currently has the grill. Vance moved to authorize the treasurer to spend up to $60 for food and supplies as necessary. Terry suggested bringing various games that he has. The treasurer called for the question currently before the board, and the motion was adopted. For September, October, and November we need to come up with presentations, please send a message to the wplug-plan list to let us know if you can come up with a speaker or topic (sending to the wplug-board list would be OK too). Terry passed out two WPLUG business cards to two different clients in the last week. Vance will keep bugging people he knows to see if they can give a presentation.<br />
<br />
Technology Committee: We did the Linode upgrade to the higher RAM server, that seems to have helped the out-of-memory issue somewhat; the system hasn't crashed yet as far as Vance knows, though it still does not seem to be freeing swap.<br />
<br />
Investigating Committee: No report.<br />
<br />
Marketing and Communications Committee: Joe will be investigating making use of the LinkedIn group. There was no other activity noted.<br />
<br />
<br />
''New business:''<br />
<br />
Terry advised that he's received a notice in our PO box that the USPS will be auditing our box; they wilk be requiring ID from whoever completes the audit. The notice left in our box does not mention a specific deadline. Terry will scan the notice and mail it out, and we'll determine who can address it. Pat suggests looking to do it online, but if they require ID, this might not be possible.<br />
<br />
''Old business:''<br />
<br />
None<br />
<br />
There being no further business, it was moved to adjourn the meeting. The motion was adopted. The meeting was adjourned at 7:55pm.</div>Patbarron//www.wplug.org/wiki/WPLUGBoard/Meeting-20160816WPLUGBoard/Meeting-201608162016-09-20T21:49:43Z<p>Patbarron: /* Minutes */</p>
<hr />
<div>== Venue Info ==<br />
<br />
Meeting to be held at [[IBM Squirrel Hill]] at 7:30pm, on Tuesday, August 16th, 2016.<br />
<br />
== Agenda ==<br />
<br />
* Renewal of USPS PO box.<br />
* List your item here<br />
* List your item here<br />
<br />
== Minutes ==<br />
<br />
'''DRAFT'''<br />
<br />
The regular meeting of the WPLUG Board of Directors was held at 7:30pm on August 16th, 2016 at IBM Squirrel Hill.<br />
<br />
In attendance were:<br />
<br />
* Vance Kochenderfer (Chair)<br />
* Terry Golightly (Treasurer)<br />
* Pat Barron (Secretary)<br />
<br />
Not attending:<br />
<br />
* Justin Smith (Director at Large)<br />
* Joe Prostko (Vice Chair)<br />
<br />
The meeting was called to order at 7:37pm.<br />
<br />
The minutes of the previous (July 19th) board meeting were read. A correction was offered to the date of the prior meeting reflected in the minutes. The corrected minutes were approved.<br />
<br />
''Reports of officers:''<br />
<br />
Chair: Nothing to report.<br />
<br />
Vice chair: Not present, left no report.<br />
<br />
Secretary: WPLUG currently has 16 members, no memberships due to lapse through the end of September.<br />
<br />
Treasurer: Checking account currently has a balance of $486.47. This includes one debit of $12.50 to Linode for VPS hosting. There is no other activity to report.<br />
<br />
Director at large: Not present, left no report.<br />
<br />
''Reports of committees:''<br />
<br />
Program committee: We need to get things straightened out for the picnic this weekend, there has been almost no activity on the wiki page, so please update it with whatever you're planning to bring. We already authorized $60 for food, we will give it a couple of days for people to update the wiki, and then we can figure out what we need. The chair reminds everyone to RSVP for the picnic. Treasurer will need to get the money out of the bank before Thursday to purchase picnic supplies. There was some discussion of what to buy - final plans will depend on how many attendees we're expecting. We haven't had any luck getting speakers, Vance has one other person to try to see if he's available, we'll see how that pans out. If you know of anyone, please encourage them to consider speaking for us. Maybe nudge some of the Code and Supply people.<br />
<br />
Technology Committee: No report.<br />
<br />
Investigating Committee: No report.<br />
<br />
Marketing and Communications Committee: Not available to report.<br />
<br />
<br />
''New business:''<br />
<br />
The Secretary moved to spend $106 to renew PO box for one year (the Chair seconded). There are multiple avenues available to pay.<br />
<br />
We discussed the PO box audit form and the requirements for how the form must be filled out.<br />
<br />
The question was called by the secretary (regarding the expenditure for renewal of the PO box), and the motion was adopted.<br />
<br />
Terry suggests we finding out how other local user groups promote. Could we get a story on NPR? There is a show on VICE network called "Cyberwar", they have an investigative reporter who does stories on security. They have a contact address listed on their web site. We will ask the vice chair to consider contacting them. Maybe suggest they attend OLF.<br />
<br />
<br />
''Old business:''<br />
<br />
None<br />
<br />
There being no further business, it was moved to adjourn the meeting. The motion was adopted. The meeting was adjourned at 8:21pm.<br />
<br />
'''DRAFT'''</div>Patbarron//www.wplug.org/wiki/WPLUGBoard/Meeting-20160816WPLUGBoard/Meeting-201608162016-09-20T21:49:28Z<p>Patbarron: /* Minutes */</p>
<hr />
<div>== Venue Info ==<br />
<br />
Meeting to be held at [[IBM Squirrel Hill]] at 7:30pm, on Tuesday, August 16th, 2016.<br />
<br />
== Agenda ==<br />
<br />
* Renewal of USPS PO box.<br />
* List your item here<br />
* List your item here<br />
<br />
== Minutes ==<br />
<br />
'''DRAFT'''<br />
<br />
The regular meeting of the WPLUG Board of Directors was held at 7:30pm on August 16th, 2016 at IBM Squirrel Hill.<br />
<br />
In attendance were:<br />
<br />
* Vance Kochenderfer (Chair)<br />
* Terry Golightly (Treasurer)<br />
* Pat Barron (Secretary)<br />
<br />
Not attending:<br />
<br />
* Justin Smith (Director at Large)<br />
* Joe Prostko (Vice Chair)<br />
<br />
Not attending:<br />
<br />
* None<br />
<br />
The meeting was called to order at 7:37pm.<br />
<br />
The minutes of the previous (July 19th) board meeting were read. A correction was offered to the date of the prior meeting reflected in the minutes. The corrected minutes were approved.<br />
<br />
''Reports of officers:''<br />
<br />
Chair: Nothing to report.<br />
<br />
Vice chair: Not present, left no report.<br />
<br />
Secretary: WPLUG currently has 16 members, no memberships due to lapse through the end of September.<br />
<br />
Treasurer: Checking account currently has a balance of $486.47. This includes one debit of $12.50 to Linode for VPS hosting. There is no other activity to report.<br />
<br />
Director at large: Not present, left no report.<br />
<br />
''Reports of committees:''<br />
<br />
Program committee: We need to get things straightened out for the picnic this weekend, there has been almost no activity on the wiki page, so please update it with whatever you're planning to bring. We already authorized $60 for food, we will give it a couple of days for people to update the wiki, and then we can figure out what we need. The chair reminds everyone to RSVP for the picnic. Treasurer will need to get the money out of the bank before Thursday to purchase picnic supplies. There was some discussion of what to buy - final plans will depend on how many attendees we're expecting. We haven't had any luck getting speakers, Vance has one other person to try to see if he's available, we'll see how that pans out. If you know of anyone, please encourage them to consider speaking for us. Maybe nudge some of the Code and Supply people.<br />
<br />
Technology Committee: No report.<br />
<br />
Investigating Committee: No report.<br />
<br />
Marketing and Communications Committee: Not available to report.<br />
<br />
<br />
''New business:''<br />
<br />
The Secretary moved to spend $106 to renew PO box for one year (the Chair seconded). There are multiple avenues available to pay.<br />
<br />
We discussed the PO box audit form and the requirements for how the form must be filled out.<br />
<br />
The question was called by the secretary (regarding the expenditure for renewal of the PO box), and the motion was adopted.<br />
<br />
Terry suggests we finding out how other local user groups promote. Could we get a story on NPR? There is a show on VICE network called "Cyberwar", they have an investigative reporter who does stories on security. They have a contact address listed on their web site. We will ask the vice chair to consider contacting them. Maybe suggest they attend OLF.<br />
<br />
<br />
''Old business:''<br />
<br />
None<br />
<br />
There being no further business, it was moved to adjourn the meeting. The motion was adopted. The meeting was adjourned at 8:21pm.<br />
<br />
'''DRAFT'''</div>Patbarron//www.wplug.org/wiki/WPLUGBoard/Meeting-20160719WPLUGBoard/Meeting-201607192016-09-20T21:36:30Z<p>Patbarron: /* Minutes */ Removed "DRAFT" notation - these minutes were approved at the August 2016 board meeting</p>
<hr />
<div>== Venue Info ==<br />
<br />
Meeting to be held at [[IBM Squirrel Hill]] at 7:30pm, on Tuesday, July 19th, 2016.<br />
<br />
== Agenda ==<br />
<br />
* List your item here<br />
* List your item here<br />
* List your item here<br />
<br />
== Minutes ==<br />
<br />
The regular meeting of the WPLUG Board of Directors was held at 7:30pm on June 21st, 2016 at IBM Squirrel Hill.<br />
<br />
In attendance were:<br />
<br />
* Vance Kochenderfer (Chair)<br />
* Terry Golightly (Treasurer) (by conference call)<br />
* Pat Barron (Secretary)<br />
* Justin Smith (Director at Large) (by conference call)<br />
* Joe Prostko (Vice Chair) (by conference call)<br />
<br />
Not attending:<br />
<br />
* None<br />
<br />
The meeting was called to order at 7:31pm.<br />
<br />
The minutes of the previous (June 21st) board meeting were read. The minutes were approved as read.<br />
<br />
''Reports of officers:''<br />
<br />
Chair: Nothing to report.<br />
<br />
Vice chair: Will look into LinkedIn group to see what the status of it is. It's possible in a couple months might be able to do a presentation about configuration management. Notes that he doesn't think he's currently a moderator of the LinkedIn group.<br />
<br />
Secretary: WPLUG currently has 16 members, no memberships due to lapse through the end of August.<br />
<br />
Treasurer: Checking account balance is currently $495.97 - this includes one debit from Linode of $12.50 on June 2nd. On June 21st a withdrawal of $100 was made by accident and was redeposited. On June 24th the check made out to WSCC in the amount of $50 cleared.<br />
<br />
Director at large: Currently evaluating monitoring software at work - Nagios vs. proprietary, doing a 3 month trial of both ending in September. After the completiion of the 3 month trial, might be able to do a presentation on Nagios.<br />
<br />
''Reports of committees:''<br />
<br />
Program committee: We have our picnic as the August event, this is all scheduled. There is already a wiki page for it. Will probably in next few days send out an announcement to encourage people to bring things. We should probably consider that we are going to have to buy some things, we should make a motion to allocate money for this. Joe currently has the grill. Vance moved to authorize the treasurer to spend up to $60 for food and supplies as necessary. Terry suggested bringing various games that he has. The treasurer called for the question currently before the board, and the motion was adopted. For September, October, and November we need to come up with presentations, please send a message to the wplug-plan list to let us know if you can come up with a speaker or topic (sending to the wplug-board list would be OK too). Terry passed out two WPLUG business cards to two different clients in the last week. Vance will keep bugging people he knows to see if they can give a presentation.<br />
<br />
Technology Committee: We did the Linode upgrade to the higher RAM server, that seems to have helped the out-of-memory issue somewhat; the system hasn't crashed yet as far as Vance knows, though it still does not seem to be freeing swap.<br />
<br />
Investigating Committee: No report.<br />
<br />
Marketing and Communications Committee: Joe will be investigating making use of the LinkedIn group. There was no other activity noted.<br />
<br />
<br />
''New business:''<br />
<br />
Terry advised that he's received a notice in our PO box that the USPS will be auditing our box; they wilk be requiring ID from whoever completes the audit. The notice left in our box does not mention a specific deadline. Terry will scan the notice and mail it out, and we'll determine who can address it. Pat suggests looking to do it online, but if they require ID, this might not be possible.<br />
<br />
''Old business:''<br />
<br />
None<br />
<br />
There being no further business, it was moved to adjourn the meeting. The motion was adopted. The meeting was adjourned at 7:55pm.</div>Patbarron//www.wplug.org/wiki/WPLUGBoardWPLUGBoard2016-08-15T18:36:21Z<p>Patbarron: Moved entries for May, June, and July 2016 board meetings from upcoming meeting section, to past meetings section, as these meetings have already occurred</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 15, 2014.<br />
<br />
== Members == <br />
<br />
The members are:<br />
<br />
* Chair: [[User:Vance | Vance Kochenderfer]]<br />
* Vice-Chair: [[User:Jprostko | Joseph Prostko]]<br />
* Secretary: [[User:Patbarron | Patrick Barron]]<br />
* Treasurer: [[User:Terryg | Terry Golightly]]<br />
* Director-at-Large: [[User:Centinel | Justin Smith]]<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-20160816|Tuesday, August 16, 2016]]<br />
* [[WPLUGBoard/Meeting-20160920|Tuesday, September 20, 2016]]<br />
* [[WPLUGBoard/Meeting-20161018|Tuesday, October 18, 2016]]<br />
* [[WPLUGBoard/Meeting-20161115|Tuesday, November 15, 2016]]<br />
<br />
== Past WPLUG Board Meetings ==<br />
<br />
* [[WPLUGBoard/Meeting-20160719|Tuesday, July 19, 2016]]<br />
* [[WPLUGBoard/Meeting-20160621|Tuesday, June 21, 2016]]<br />
* [[WPLUGBoard/Meeting-20160517|Tuesday, May 17, 2016]]<br />
* [[WPLUGBoard/Meeting-20160419|Tuesday, April 19, 2016]]<br />
* [[WPLUGBoard/Meeting-20160329|Tuesday, March 29, 2016]]<br />
* [[WPLUGBoard/Meeting-20160216|Tuesday, February 16, 2016]]<br />
* [[WPLUGBoard/Meeting-20160119|Tuesday, January 19, 2016]]<br />
* [[WPLUGBoard/Meeting-20151215|Tuesday, December 15, 2015]]<br />
* [[WPLUGBoard/Meeting-20151119|Thursday, November 19, 2015]]<br />
* [[WPLUGBoard/Meeting-20151015|Thursday, October 15, 2015]]<br />
* [[WPLUGBoard/Meeting-20150923|Wednesday, September 23, 2015]] (special meeting)<br />
* [[WPLUGBoard/Meeting-20150917|Thursday, September 17, 2015]]<br />
* [[WPLUGBoard/Meeting-20150818|Tuesday, August 18, 2015]]<br />
* [[WPLUGBoard/Meeting-20150721|Tuesday, July 21, 2015]]<br />
* [[WPLUGBoard/Meeting-20150616|Tuesday, June 16, 2015]]<br />
* [[WPLUGBoard/Meeting-20150519|Tuesday, May 19, 2015]]<br />
* [[WPLUGBoard/Meeting-20150421|Tuesday, April 21, 2015]]<br />
* [[WPLUGBoard/Meeting-20150317|Tuesday, March 17, 2015]]<br />
* [[WPLUGBoard/Meeting-20150217|Tuesday, February 17, 2015]]<br />
* [[WPLUGBoard/Meeting-20150120|Tuesday, January 20, 2015]]<br />
* [[WPLUGBoard/Meeting-20141216|Tuesday, December 16, 2014]]<br />
* [[WPLUGBoard/Meeting-20141125|Tuesday, November 25, 2014]]<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 />
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* [[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 />
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* June 2010<br />
* May 2010<br />
* [[WPLUGBoard/Meeting-20100409|Friday, April 9, 2010]]<br />
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* [[WPLUGBoard/Meeting-20070122 | Monday, January 22, 2007]]<br />
* Monday, December 11, 2006<br />
* Monday, November 27, 2006<br />
* Monday, October 30, 2006<br />
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== WPLUG Goals ==<br />
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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 />
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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>Patbarron//www.wplug.org/wiki/WPLUGBoard/Meeting-20160621WPLUGBoard/Meeting-201606212016-08-15T18:34:47Z<p>Patbarron: /* Minutes */ "DRAFT" notation removed - these minutes were approved as posted during the July 19th board meeting</p>
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<div>== Venue Info ==<br />
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Meeting to be held at a location and time yet to be determined, on Tuesday, June 21st, 2016.<br />
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== Agenda ==<br />
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* List your item here<br />
* List your item here<br />
* List your item here<br />
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== Minutes ==<br />
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The regular meeting of the WPLUG Board of Directors was held at 7:30pm on June 21st, 2016 at IBM Squirrel Hill.<br />
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In attendance were:<br />
<br />
* Vance Kochenderfer (Chair)<br />
* Terry Golightly (Treasurer)<br />
* Pat Barron (Secretary)<br />
* Justin Smith (Director at Large) (by conference call)<br />
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Not attending:<br />
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* Joe Prostko (Vice Chair)<br />
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The meeting was called to order at 7:34pm.<br />
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The minutes of the previous (May 17th) board meeting were read. Two corrections were offered to the draft minutes, which were updated with the corrections. The minutes were adopted as corrected.<br />
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''Reports of officers:''<br />
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Chair: Nothing to report.<br />
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Vice chair: Not present, left no report.<br />
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Secretary: WPLUG currently has 17 members. One membership is due to lapse in July, and that member has been notified.<br />
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Treasurer: Checking account starting balance as of May 31st, 2016 statement was $521.47. A withdrawal of $60 was inadvertently made, and was subsequently re-deposited. $40 in member dues was deposited. As of the date of the May 31st statement, the check that was written to WSCC in May has not yet cleared. After all account activity, new balance is $561.47.<br />
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Director at large: No news to report.<br />
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''Reports of committees:''<br />
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Program committee: WPLUG did not organize an event in June. We do have a visit at the Small Systems Museum booked for July 16th in the afternoon. Because the person who runs the museum is also the CTO at the Penn Brewery, he has offered us a brewery tour in addition to the museum visit; the brewery tour will be conducted first, and those not interested in participating in the brewery tour can opt out and just join for the museum visit. Pat agreed to set up an Eventbrite invitation to gather RSVPs as the host would like a rough count of attendees. The annual picnic is scheduled for August 20th. We should come back with a technical event in September, as by that point we will not have held any technical events for three months. The October GUM includes nominations for the Board election, and the November GUM includes the election itself, so we'd like to have something good for each of these meetings to encourage people to come out. We are keeping in mind Justin's offer to do a presentation, this will depend on his availability and he will keep us apprised of that; he won't know about his September availability until closer to then.<br />
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Technology Committee: Justin notes that Linode is offering a new plan that will double our RAM at no cost to us, this may alleviate our swap issues. Pat or Vance have the credentials and can do this at some point soon. Pat notes that this may only put off the swap issue rather than resolve it. Vance notes that if we don't change the Apache configuration to increase the number of workers, we may never hit the physical RAM limit after increasing the amount of available RAM.<br />
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Marketing and Communications Committee: No one in attendance is aware of any new activities. It was noted that we do still have a LinkedIn group, and that there are now (since the time the group was created) new options as to group visibility which we may find useful. If someone would like to look at this and take over maintenance of it, they should get in touch with Vance. In the absence of an active maintainer, the group will sit there, more or less dormant. Terry is still a moderator of the LinkedIn group but hasn't checked it in a while. Terry notes that while it is dormant right now, it could be made active again with some care, but wonders how many social media outlets we really need.<br />
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Investigating Committee: No report.<br />
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''New business:''<br />
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Pat raised a question about when the PO box renewal was due, and whether the renewal date was approaching. Vance recalled that when it was renewed last, it was renewed for a full year, and that the post office will place a notice in the box when the renewal is due. Therefore, no action on this is required at this time.<br />
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''Old business:''<br />
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None<br />
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There being no further business, it was moved to adjourn the meeting. The motion was adopted. The meeting was adjourned at 8:01pm.</div>Patbarron//www.wplug.org/wiki/WPLUGBoard/Meeting-20160719WPLUGBoard/Meeting-201607192016-08-15T18:33:23Z<p>Patbarron: /* Minutes */</p>
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<div>== Venue Info ==<br />
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Meeting to be held at [[IBM Squirrel Hill]] at 7:30pm, on Tuesday, July 19th, 2016.<br />
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== Agenda ==<br />
<br />
* List your item here<br />
* List your item here<br />
* List your item here<br />
<br />
== Minutes ==<br />
<br />
'''DRAFT'''<br />
<br />
The regular meeting of the WPLUG Board of Directors was held at 7:30pm on June 21st, 2016 at IBM Squirrel Hill.<br />
<br />
In attendance were:<br />
<br />
* Vance Kochenderfer (Chair)<br />
* Terry Golightly (Treasurer) (by conference call)<br />
* Pat Barron (Secretary)<br />
* Justin Smith (Director at Large) (by conference call)<br />
* Joe Prostko (Vice Chair) (by conference call)<br />
<br />
Not attending:<br />
<br />
* None<br />
<br />
The meeting was called to order at 7:31pm.<br />
<br />
The minutes of the previous (June 21st) board meeting were read. The minutes were approved as read.<br />
<br />
''Reports of officers:''<br />
<br />
Chair: Nothing to report.<br />
<br />
Vice chair: Will look into LinkedIn group to see what the status of it is. It's possible in a couple months might be able to do a presentation about configuration management. Notes that he doesn't think he's currently a moderator of the LinkedIn group.<br />
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Secretary: WPLUG currently has 16 members, no memberships due to lapse through the end of August.<br />
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Treasurer: Checking account balance is currently $495.97 - this includes one debit from Linode of $12.50 on June 2nd. On June 21st a withdrawal of $100 was made by accident and was redeposited. On June 24th the check made out to WSCC in the amount of $50 cleared.<br />
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Director at large: Currently evaluating monitoring software at work - Nagios vs. proprietary, doing a 3 month trial of both ending in September. After the completiion of the 3 month trial, might be able to do a presentation on Nagios.<br />
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''Reports of committees:''<br />
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Program committee: We have our picnic as the August event, this is all scheduled. There is already a wiki page for it. Will probably in next few days send out an announcement to encourage people to bring things. We should probably consider that we are going to have to buy some things, we should make a motion to allocate money for this. Joe currently has the grill. Vance moved to authorize the treasurer to spend up to $60 for food and supplies as necessary. Terry suggested bringing various games that he has. The treasurer called for the question currently before the board, and the motion was adopted. For September, October, and November we need to come up with presentations, please send a message to the wplug-plan list to let us know if you can come up with a speaker or topic (sending to the wplug-board list would be OK too). Terry passed out two WPLUG business cards to two different clients in the last week. Vance will keep bugging people he knows to see if they can give a presentation.<br />
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Technology Committee: We did the Linode upgrade to the higher RAM server, that seems to have helped the out-of-memory issue somewhat; the system hasn't crashed yet as far as Vance knows, though it still does not seem to be freeing swap.<br />
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Investigating Committee: No report.<br />
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Marketing and Communications Committee: Joe will be investigating making use of the LinkedIn group. There was no other activity noted.<br />
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''New business:''<br />
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Terry advised that he's received a notice in our PO box that the USPS will be auditing our box; they wilk be requiring ID from whoever completes the audit. The notice left in our box does not mention a specific deadline. Terry will scan the notice and mail it out, and we'll determine who can address it. Pat suggests looking to do it online, but if they require ID, this might not be possible.<br />
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''Old business:''<br />
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None<br />
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There being no further business, it was moved to adjourn the meeting. The motion was adopted. The meeting was adjourned at 7:55pm.<br />
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'''DRAFT'''</div>Patbarron//www.wplug.org/wiki/WPLUGBoard/Meeting-20160816WPLUGBoard/Meeting-201608162016-08-15T18:19:51Z<p>Patbarron: Created page with "== Venue Info == Meeting to be held at IBM Squirrel Hill at 7:30pm, on Tuesday, August 16th, 2016. == Agenda == * Renewal of USPS PO box. * List your item here * List y..."</p>
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<div>== Venue Info ==<br />
<br />
Meeting to be held at [[IBM Squirrel Hill]] at 7:30pm, on Tuesday, August 16th, 2016.<br />
<br />
== Agenda ==<br />
<br />
* Renewal of USPS PO box.<br />
* List your item here<br />
* List your item here<br />
<br />
== Minutes ==<br />
To be added after the meeting takes place.</div>Patbarron//www.wplug.org/wiki/Meeting-20160820Meeting-201608202016-08-15T17:10:22Z<p>Patbarron: /* Food/Drinks */</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 />
<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) by e-mailing [mailto:rsvp@wplug.org rsvp@wplug.org]. 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 />
* Your name here!<br />
* Your name here!<br />
* Your name here!<br />
<br />
== Cleanup ==<br />
* [[User:Vance|Vance Kochenderfer]]<br />
* [[User:Patbarron|Pat Barron]]<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 />
* 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 />
<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 />
* Your info here<br />
* Your info here<br />
<br />
== 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<br />
* Your name here<br />
* Your name here<br />
<br />
== 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 />
<br />
== Venue Information ==<br />
The picnic will take place at the [[North_Park#Lakeshore_Pavilion|Lakeshore Pavilion]] in North Park.<br />
<br />
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 />
<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]] - 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 />
<br />
[[Category:Meetings]]</div>Patbarron//www.wplug.org/wiki/Meeting-20160820Meeting-201608202016-08-15T17:09:12Z<p>Patbarron: </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 />
<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) by e-mailing [mailto:rsvp@wplug.org rsvp@wplug.org]. 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 />
* Your name here!<br />
* Your name here!<br />
* Your name here!<br />
<br />
== Cleanup ==<br />
* [[User:Vance|Vance Kochenderfer]]<br />
* [[User:Patbarron|Pat Barron]]<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 />
* Vance Kochenderfer - watermelon<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 />
* 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 />
* Your info here<br />
* Your info here<br />
<br />
== 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<br />
* Your name here<br />
* Your name here<br />
<br />
== 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 />
<br />
== Venue Information ==<br />
The picnic will take place at the [[North_Park#Lakeshore_Pavilion|Lakeshore Pavilion]] in North Park.<br />
<br />
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 />
<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]] - 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 />
<br />
[[Category:Meetings]]</div>Patbarron//www.wplug.org/wiki/WPLUGBoard/Meeting-20160719WPLUGBoard/Meeting-201607192016-07-18T13:34:30Z<p>Patbarron: /* Venue Info */</p>
<hr />
<div>== Venue Info ==<br />
<br />
Meeting to be held at [[IBM Squirrel Hill]] at 7:30pm, on Tuesday, July 19th, 2016.<br />
<br />
== Agenda ==<br />
<br />
* List your item here<br />
* List your item here<br />
* List your item here<br />
<br />
== Minutes ==<br />
To be added after the meeting takes place.</div>Patbarron