The SLUUG CRONicle

February 2004

St. Louis UNIX Users Group


HTML version: http://www.sluug.org/cronicle/




Table of Contents




Next General Meeting is Wednesday, Feb 11


6:30 pm Tutorial Short Tutorials on Open Source Software and Applications by SLUUG Members
7:00 pm Announcements Standard Introductions & Procedures
7:05 pm Q & A An opportunity to ask technical questions
7:15 pm Break Social, off-line conversations, book sales
7:30 pm Presentation Election of Board Members and Appointment of Officers by Nomination Committee



Tutorial

Short Tutorials on Open Source Software and Applications
by SLUUG Members



Presentation

Election of Board Members and Appointment of Officers
by Nomination Committee

Ideas, questions and suggestions are welcome; please contact Terry Linhardt (presentations@sluug.org).



Book Sales

The O'Reilly and Associates line of books is available at each monthly general meeting as a convenience to our members. Proceeds from the book sales go toward running the organization. Most months we feature special offers on titles related to that month's presentation or tutorial topic. Discounts off retail prices are offered to all attendees.

(booksales@sluug.org).



Next St. Louis LUG Meeting Is Feb 19


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Comments, questions, and ideas for the St. Louis Linux Users Group are welcome; please send email to linux@sluug.org.



Meeting Locations

SLUUG - St. Louis UNIX Users Group General Meeting (http://www.sluug.org)

Meeting Time Date Place
2nd Wednesday of Month 6:30-8:30pm Feb 11 Graybar Electric

SLUUG - St. Louis UNIX Users Group Steering Committee (http://www.sluug.org)

Meeting Time Date Place
1st Wednesday of Month 6:15-9:00pm Feb 4 #60 Ladue Estates (rear)

St. Louis Linux Users Group (STLLUG) (http://www.stllinux.org)

Meeting Time Date Place
3rd Thursday of Month 6:30-9:00pm Feb 19 Indian Trails Br County Library

St. Charles LUG (http://www.sluug.org/~stclug)

Meeting Time Date Place
4th Thursday of Month 6:30-9:00pm Feb 26 JJ's, O'Fallon

Security UG

Meeting Time Date Place
4th Thursday of Month 6:30-8:30pm Feb 26 EPC, 70 & Truman Rd, St. Charles

Hazelwood LUG (http://www.sluug.org/~hzlug)

Meeting Time Date Place
4th Tuesday of Month 7:00-9:00pm Feb 24 Prairie Commons Library, St. Louis

CWE-LUG - Central West End LUG (http://www.cwelug.org)

Meeting Time Date Place
3rd Sunday of Month 1:00-5:00pm Feb 15 ACLU Building, St. Louis

Advanced LUG (http://stladvlug.org/)

Meeting Time Date Place
1st Monday of Month 6:30-8:00pm Feb 2 St. Louis Bread Co, Brentwood

Extreme Programming (http://xpstl.org/)

Meeting Time Date Place
1st Wednesday of Month 7:00-9:30pm Feb 4 CAIT, Clayton

MOSLUG - MO Open Source LUG (http://www.moslug.org/)

Meeting Time Date Place
1st Tuesday of Month 7:00-9:30pm Feb 3 Culpeppers, Kirkwood

STLBSD - St. Louis BSD Users (http://www.stlbsd.org)

Group is planning a new meeting schedule. Consult website for current meeting information.

St. Louis Java Users Group (http://www.ociweb.com/javasig/)

Meeting Time Date Place
2nd Thursday of Month 6:30-8:00pm Feb 12 CityPlace One Auditorium, Creve Coeur

Gateway JUG (Java Users Group) (http://www.gatewayjug.org/)

Meeting Time Date Place
1st Tuesday of Month 6:00-8:00pm rsvp Feb 3 Maryville Technoligies

STLWEBDEV - St. Louis Web Developers (http://www.stlwebdev.org)

Meeting Time Date Place
3rd Tuesday of Month 6:30-9:00pm Feb 17 SAVVIS Auditorium (Hwy 40 & 141)

GAMUG - Gateway Area Macintosh Users Group (http://www.gamug.org)

Meeting Time Date Place
2nd Tuesday of Month 7:00-9:00pm Feb 10 Parkway Central High School

SILUG - Southern Illinois LUG (http://www.silug.org)
O'Fallon meeting

Meeting Time Date Place
1st Thursday of Month 7:00-9:00pm Feb 5 O'Fallon City Library

CORCC - County Older Residents Computer Club (http://www.a-zuc.com/corcc/)

Meets (almost) every Friday from 1:00pm to 3:00pm. Provides free classes for seniors 55 or older. For info, contact Tom Kimber (t.kimber@worldnet.att.net) or Arthur Hollman (ajhollman@juno.com).

Prairie Commons Library
915 Utz Lane (between Howdershell and Dunn)
Hazelwood, MO

We publish meeting schedules of groups in the St. Louis area that may be of interest to our members. If you would like to have info added about your group, please mail the newsletter editor whose link is on sluug.org.


Articles:

WARNING: These articles may express personal opinions and SLUUG exerts no more editorial control over such content than does a public library, bookstore, or newsstand. Any opinions, advice, statements, services, offers, or other information or content expressed herein are those of the respective authors and not necessarily supported by SLUUG. SLUUG does not guarantee the accuracy, completeness, or usefulness of any content, nor its merchantability or fitness for any particular purpose.


Elections In February 2004

SLUUG General Election

The election of SLUUG board members will be held at the upcoming general meeting on Wednesday February 11. Board members are elected by members at large. Officers are appointed by the board, but an advisory election is held for those positions.

Please refer to the SLUUG home page (www.sluug.org) for more information about candidates and voting eligibility.



Revised CRONicle Layout

by John House Revised CRONicle format

The first part of the CRONicle revision offers a shorter format. You are now directed to a LUG's link for current information about meetings, locations and other information.

Several drafts of articles are in process. Anyone is welcome to submit an article pertaining to Open Source or other relevant topics.

Upcoming issues will feature a Tips and Notes section. Everyone is welcome to submit useful tools and diagnostic commands. Although all ideas are welcome, this section focuses on CLI scripts and commands that many people know and even more of us wish we could remember.

I regret the inconvenience caused by removing email links from the newsletter. The people who volunteer to keep this organization are chocking on spam. A large source of this unwanted information is sent by people who harvest our addresses from the CRONicle. Please go the the SLUUG homepage to get our email addresses.



FBI Assistant Special Agent to Discuss Cyber-Security in April

by Robert Citek CyberSecurity Talk by Special Agent in Charge for St. Louis Division of FBI

Cyber-security talk and discussion with the Assistant Special Agent in Charge of the St. Louis Division for the Federal Bureau of Investigation. Co-hosted by the Saint Louis BSD group and the Central West End Linux Users Group. 3rd week in April. For more details see http://stlbsd.org http://www.cwelug.org.



Clarence Johnson Discusses Security and VPNs February 5

by Robert Citek Clarence Johnson Gives Security Presentation on Feb 5

Technology Gateway: IT network Meeting on February 5
Topic: Security Issues for Your Organization - Encryption, Intruder Detection Systems, and Virtual Private Networks.
Location: University of Missouri - St. Louis, West County Computer Center, 1715 Deer Tracks Trail, Suite 100, Saint Louis, MOM 63131
Time: 5:30 - 6pm Program ; 6 - 7pm Networking and Refreshments
Information/RSVP: techrcga@stlrcga.org



Sponsors

For more information about sponsoring the St. Louis UNIX Users Group, contact Christine Wanta).


Special Interest Groups (SIGs)

As our membership grows, we have had some inquiries about the possibility of having Special Interest Groups in several areas. If you are interested in starting or participating in a SIG for System Administration, Networking, C, Object Oriented Programming, a specific vendor, etc., please contact any officer of the group.

Volunteering

SLUUG administration is volunteer based. We're always looking for volunteers to help with presentations, web page development, managing corporate sponsorships, and many other tasks. If you would like to help out contact Christine Wanta .

Contacts

To relieve our officers and volunteers of unwanted SPAM, we no longer include email addresses in the newsletter. Nonetheless, we are eager to hear from you. You can find links to our email accounts on www.sluug.org/contacts/

  President Christine Wanta
  Vice-President Ed Wehner
  Secretary Derek Polston
  Treasurer Mike Kriz 
  Linux Users Group Chair Craig Buchek
  Board of Directors Ed Wehner
Craig Buchek
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Stan Reichardt
Christine Wanta
  Presentations Terry Linhardt
  Corporate Sponsors Open
  O'Reilly Book Sales Carl Fitch
  Newsletter Editor John House
  PR Stan Reichardt
  Steering Committee Info Gary Meyer
  BBS Questions Gary Meyer
  Official Correspondence SLUUG Mailing Address PO Box 411302
St. Louis, MO 63141


Submitting Articles to the SLUUG Cronicle

If you would like to submit an article to the Cronicle of general interest to the members of the St. Louis UNIX Users Group, send your info or complete article to the newsletter editor. www.sluug.org/contacts/. The deadline for article submissions is the second to last day of the month. Plain HTML format is preferred.


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