OCLUG Board Meeting Oct 25, 2021

Board:

• Bruce Davis ()
• Brett Delmage (x)
• Ian Gorman ()
• Marc Moleman (x)
• Scott Murphy (x)
• John Nash (x)
• Tug Wiliams (x)

Guests:

• None as of yet

19:00

Jitsi

The URL will be: https://six.linux-ottawa.org/Oct2021BoardMeet

• Approval of previous minutes.
  • https://wiki.linux-ottawa.org/doku.php?id=boardminutes-september-2021 (If the link does not resolve, the minutes are not posted).

• Scott logged in yesterday (Oct 24), no change from the previous balance, no added notation.
• John will contact/visit Ian and get the materials from Ian (John is a signing officer)

• According to Brett, the upgrade for Debian is available
• Once he gets some free time, Scott will tackle the upgrade
• The process of building should be documented (“hit by a bus” scenario)

• If people have looked at it, I’m willing to utilize it. If we need more time, that works too
• https://webcal.linux-ottawa.org/login.php
• Scott will setup an account for Tug

• This is still a thing to review. Has anyone looked at it yet?
  • We should review our repeating sessions list and see if we want to continue them all.
  • https://wiki.linux-ottawa.org/doku.php?id=bdstuff:repeating_meeting_sessions

We discussed a few things, but I have not reviewed the list yet. Bring ideas!

• Scott to talk about FreedomBox (November)
• December will be scripting month

• Speaker: Scott Murphy
  • Topic: FreedomBox
• Speaker: John Nash
  • Topic: Image Display Software

• Speaker: Audience
  • Topic: Scripting
• Speaker: Board members
  • Topic: Scripting

• Speaker:
  • Topic:
• Speaker:
  • Topic:

• This is just here so we do not forget it.
  • Date: Unknown - post Covid-19
  • Location: Undecided - library? (low bandwidth)
  • Summary: How to do an install on your “recent” computer
  • Laptop give-away (assuming we have a few)
    • Scott has a few, but they need to be recovered from storage and tested

• When can we have live meetings again (TBD)
• Try hosting everything in Canada (DigitalOcean)
• Possible topic on the benefits and drawbacks on hosting local
• Security and privacy awareness (possibly a monthly talk)

• John proposed adjournment 19:58
• Seconded by Scott