LILUG General Meeting - Tuesday, 2 February, 1999
From Lilug
Meeting Summary
Speakers
- Tim Sailer - TCP Wrappers
- Rob Dumas - The New LILUG Website
- Rob walked us through most of the main pages and then opened the floor for suggestions from the group on the site.
- Directions to the meeting site should be more clear
- Possible discussion on parking for the night should members encounter problems
- Rob wants us to come up with links to other Linux pages
- We should probably link to the major distributions (at least Debian, RedHat and Slackware) and also to the host of the pages, Coastal Internet.
- We should do a fair amount of advertising for our next meeting, which features Lincoln Stein, author of CGI.pm, as the featured guest speaker.
- We should create an RSVP form for the InstallFest (Matt Surico volunteered to create this)
Discussions/Announcements
New Kernel
- Matt Newhall announced that the 2.2 kernel is out and recommended that www.linuxhq.com is the best source for complete information about the new kernel and associated issues.
- Major new features include:
- New way of handling kernel modules
- Changes in the way PPP is handled
- LP modules and printer support
- A few members contributed "war stories" about their experiences with the new kernel, including troubles with PLIP. Many of us appear willing to wait a little while longer before putting the new kernel on "production-type" boxes. It is likely that at our upcoming InstallFest (in April) that we will feature both the 2.0 and 2.2 kernel series.
Problems
- One user reports that suddenly in KDE, his kmail won't work (this was to be worked on separately after the meeting)
Other Topics
- We probably should discuss real contingency plans should SUNY Farmingdale not become a viable meeting location after several key members graduate in May. Some possibilities were presented by Tim Mui, but these entail halls owned by townships which require at least 51% attendance by town members, or high fees.
- Tom Rothamel may have possible contacts for getting half a table at local computer shows. Look for more info on this on the mailing list
- Possible places to recruit new members we should investigate:
- Recruit at LXNY
- Melville LI PC Users group (meet at Massapequa HS, perhaps)
- Systems users group (AS400)
- LI Computer Assoc (LICA)
Group Business
LILUG Officer Elections
- Matt Newhall called for any more nominations for the four officers' positions. The official nominees and the subsequent vote, taken up by the members present:
- For President, Matt Newhall (12 for, 0 against)
- For Vice-President, Tom Rothamel (12-0)
- For Treasurer, Ari Share (12-0)
- For Secretary, Matt Surico (12-0)
- A charter committee will be formed so that our constitution may be drafted. More information will appear on the web site concerning this.
(Meeting summary taken from Minutes published on original LILUG website from 3 February 1999)
Msurico 08:16, 3 May 2006 (EDT)
Contributed Notes on Meeting From Others
- none