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## 2019-04-29
### Attendees:
#### Board:
* Bruce Davis (x) * Ian Gorman (x) * Ed Hong (x) * Scott Murphy (x) * John Nash (x) * Tug Wiliams (x)
#### Guests:
None
### Start time:
* Time: 19:05 * Call to order: Scott * Second: John
### Location:
* Slack Board channel
## Review of any outstanding minutes * Bruce absent for March meeting so will create minutes from the slack channel logs. * Approval postponed until next meeting
## Regular Agenda Items
### Committee Reports
#### New to Linux (New Users)
* Scott: We had a few new faces in the crowd, mostly due to invites to meet quorum. There were others though. I don’t think we had much in the way of newbie questions though
#### OCLUG Customized Bunsen Labs Distro Project Update
* Nothing new since last month. * Possible to use Antix as a base. * Could start working on a club bistro or perhaps a bistro kit to allow different flavours. Recommend a beginner one. * Bruce has volunteered to be a guinea pig for testing. * Possibly set up a VirtualBox example - discuss later about a work day in May or June.
#### Treasurer's Report
* Ian cannot log in to Alterna account - locked out ofter three tries * $112.90 to deposit. - Scott will deposit Wed and get the account unlocked. * We collected $46.05 as donations as the last meeting. * Cheques were passed to Ian at the last meeting * Ian will bring cheques to next meeting to reimburse Scott for expenses. * Scott has to send information to Ian again re: expenses
#### Meeting Rooms * Scott has managed to get the Library booked for all months except November and December, at this point. They don't book that far in advance. * Suggestion to partner with library and offer beginner classes on Linux. - Possibly an afternoon session for absolute beginners and they are welcome to attend the topic sessions on the Thursday session. Install fest twice a year, intro sessions the other months or break it up into multiple groups, depends on experienced participants #### Mailing List * Scott: Ongoing: I still have not managed to get the logo I created to appear on the web page. It is a CSS issue, just need some time to figure it out now. #### The list of repeating sessions https://wiki.linux-ottawa.org/doku.php?id=bdstuff:repeating_meeting_sessions ### Planned Regular Meetings #### May * Speaker: Scott Murphy * Possible Topics: Librem Key security device * first impressions (don’t have one yet) * I could give a short talk on what it is and why it might be a useful thing for people to use. I could also talk about the new garage door opener I had installed today. That should be worth a few minutes amusement * It is an expandable modular system with some IoT things, such as ability to check on the door remotely, get an alert if it opens, have it close after being open for X minutes, etc. * It also has a security camera module, and other non-internet modules such as a tire inflator, extension cord on a reel, exhaust fan, parking assist, bluetooth speaker Openhab as an automation hub.
* Speaker: Ian * Topic: Demo of Python program
#### June
* Speaker: * Topic: snipeitapp.com - Asset tracking?
* Speaker: * Topic:
### List of future topics
https://wiki.linux-ottawa.org/doku.php?id=bdstuff:list_of_potential_meeting_topics
Potential add-ons: * that most of the major vendors (including Lenovo) provide native firmware updates via Linux. The only catch is you need a UEFI system.
### New business:
* New projects for the Board over the coming year: Find copy of letters patent possibly from MCR and then from the Government at a cost of approx $120.00. Future activity: Changing the amount for quorum. * Add links in the minutes to Ongoing Board “project” pages. * Create new word: agile. Definition: the act of one or more people with intimacy issues attempting to hug or cuddle.
### Adjournment: * Time: 19:51 * Motion: John * Seconded: Scott