Minutes

07 Sep 2000

Members Present: Ed, Wes, Scott, Mike, John, Ashwad, Matt, Isaac, Erik, Rodger, Damon, Tim </p><p> Start: 6:12pm </p><p> End: 6:49pm </p><p> Stuff to do: <ul> <li>Get WIDR to give us money for something</li> <li>Keep working on webpage (all in PHP?)</li> <li>Prepare for Linux install party (advertising, etc.)</li> <li>Get guest speakers?</li> </ul> </p><p>

  1. Room got cleaned up, network got upgraded, and will be again after meeting. New 30 Gig hard drive for Yakko. </p><p>
  2. Get grant to turn Yakko into a super computer. Vote will be carried out tomorrow. If all goes well, we’ll consider what we want to get. </p><p>
  3. We want to put a computer into WIDR, that they pay for, and they could stream directly, with a better stream and people could send email to the disc jockeys. </p><p>
  4. Mailing list. May or may not be working at the moment. </p><p>
  5. Matt found a way to use SSH to forward microphone input to speakers on another computer on the network! </p><p>
  6. We have a real firewall now, and a microwave. </p><p>
  7. The guys downstairs are afraid to get rid of our VAX monitor. </p><p>
  8. Wes is working on an interface for the MySQL to keep track of all of our users in a database. </p><p>
  9. The web form works… it could’ve always been working… who knows. </p><p>
  10. We’re going to have a whole bunch of computer in a cluster. POS -> is that a good name? </p><p>
  11. Are we going to get the free barcode scanners? People could have candy tabs or submit $10 and the scanning will keep track of their spending. </p><p>
  12. Treasurer’s Report: <ul> <li>$146.19 spent on snacks</li> <li>$20.02 (up from $16.31 from last week)</li> <li>In the bank: $795.95</li> </ul> </p><p>
  13. Linux install party two weeks from today. We will get a new shipment of CDs from KLUG in a week (from Tuesday?) </p><p>
  14. Dr. Trenary is getting wireless network hardware that we could hook up. </p>