Editing Meeting-20161119

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.

== Schedule for the Day ==
3:00pm - Doors open, set up<br/>
3:15pm - Business Meeting starts, election<br/>
3:30pm - Featured presentation<br/>
5:00pm - Meeting ends, everyone out.

== Election ==
At this meeting, we will elect the WPLUG Board of Directors for 2016-2017.

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.

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]].

Those who were nominated at the October 29, 2016 nominations meeting and have agreed to be candidates are (in alphabetical order):
* Patrick Barron
* Terry Golightly
* Vance Kochenderfer
* Joseph Prostko
* Justin Smith

=== Candidate Statements ===

==== Patrick Barron ====

To be added.

==== Terry Golightly ====

To be added.

==== Vance Kochenderfer ====

To be added.

==== Joseph Prostko ====

To be added.

==== Justin Smith ====

To be added.

== Speaker/Presentation ==

'''Speaker:''' Justin Smith

'''Topic:''' Monitoring with Nagios XI

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. 

**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.

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.

== Meeting Minutes ==

'''DRAFT'''

WPLUG held a General User Meeting at IBM Squirrel Hill on November 19th, 2016.  The meeting was called to order at 3:22pm.

The minutes of the previous (October 29th) GUM were read, and were adopted as read.

<u>Reports of Officers</u>

''Chair'' - Nothing to report.

''Vice chair''  - Nothing to report.

''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.

''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.

''Director at Large'' - Nothing to report

<u>Committee Reports</u>

''Events Committee'' - Nothing to report

''Technology Committee'' - Nothing to report

''Investigating Committee'' - Nothing to report

''Marketing and Communications Committee'' - Nothing to report

<u>Board of Directors Election</u>

The meeting was recessed briefly to conduct the election.  After the members' ballots were cast and counted, the meeting was reconvened at 3:49pm.

The final tally of ballots showed the following results:

Pat Barron - 18 points<br/>
Justin Smith - 18 points<br/>
Terry Golightly - 17 points<br/>
Joseph Prostko - 17 points<br/>
Vance Kochenderfer - 16 points<br/>
Dan Martin (write-in) - 3 points<br/>
Jared Jennings (write-in) - 1 point<br/>

There were no illegal ballots cast.

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

<u>New Business</u>

The Chair asked the Vice Chair to take over the meeting in order that the Chair could offer a motion.

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.

Their being no further business before the assembly, the meeting was adjourned at 4:10pm.

'''DRAFT'''

== Meeting Staff ==
If you would like to volunteer to assist with this meeting, please add your name to one or more of the [[MeetingChecklist|categories]] below.
* Host: Your name here
* Co-Host: Your name here
* Setup: Your name here, Your name here
* Clean Up: Your name here, Your name here

== Carpooling ==

* [[User:Vance|Vance Kochenderfer]] - driving in from the South Hills - e-mail me if interested
* Your name/location here
* Your name/location here

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