2001.11.06 Meeting Notes

News

• Bill Kendrick is resigning from elected officership, to take a break. He will continue working as webmaster and public relations officer.
• Mandrake/SuSE security updates are out - go get them!
• UUCP has an exploit (does anyone still use that? ;^) )
• Mobile phones are starting to come out with radiation shields
• Microsoft settlement has been stalled - 9 states not happy yet
• C|Net claims Transmeta are on their way out
• Borland Kylix 2 is out
• Sharp is introducing new PDAs running Linux
• Castle Wolfenstein 3D, test 2, has been ported to Linux (no plans for a commercial release of the final version, though!)
• Loki releases a Linux port of the controversial "Postal Plus" FPS game
• No bags or cameras allowed at Comdex!
• Debian 2.2r4 is out
• Kernel 2.4.14 is out
• Athlon beats Intel - 1.6GHz outdo 2GHz Intel Pentium 4's!
• RedHat 7.2 is out

Project Reports

• Demo - Our next demo is tentatively scheduled for the 4th Saturday of November, once again at the Davis Food Co-Op.

• Installfests - The next IF will be at UC Davis on November 18th.

• LERT - Two LERT calls were made.

• Library - A number of Linux distro CDs were donated by Bill Alexander.

Other Business

• Food - Christine Scobee brought snacks and drinks.

• Bylaw Changes - Pete Salzman proposed a number of changes to LUGOD's bylaws. His "minor changes" clause was objected, and will be made more clear and brought up at the next meeting. A new "Public Relations Officer" position clause was passed by consent.

• Officer Nominations - Officer nominations are in. Running unopposed, Pete Salzman takes over as 'root,' Henry House steps in as 'sys,' and Melissa Hardenbrook and Rhonda Bailey keep their positions as 'typescript' and '/dev/null,' respectively.

• Swag - Two Tux Voodoo dolls, donated by NerdBooks.com, a copy of QuakeIII for Linux from Pete Salzman, a number of t-shirts, and other goodies were given away via raffle and hand-raising.

• Mailing Lists - LUGOD's mailing lists have been down since Friday. Cal.net is looking into it, but has no ETA on when the problem will be fixed.

• Financial Report - $15.00 in voluntary dues were collected.

Presentation

• Tyler Schilling from ALSTOM Schilling Robotics presented their QUEST Remotely Operated Vehicle (ROV), an unmanned submarine

Attendance

• Mark Smith
• Henry House
• Rhonda Bailey
• Bill Kendrick
• Pete Salzman
• Jeff Newmiller
• Craig Harris
• Rick O'Shaughnessy
• Geoff Herteg
• Seth Nagao
• Rick Mansker
• Anne Mansker
• Doug Barbieri
• Tracia Barbieri
• Kian Barbieri
• Drew
• Jeff DeFay
• Rick
• Tyler Schilling
• Nicole Carlson
• Christine Scobee
• Ian Scobee
• Mike Simons
• Kevin Murakoshi
• Stephen Helms
• Brian Lavender
• and 4 others

Quote of the Meeting:

• "Deadbeat borrowers: repent!" - Henry House, LUGOD Librarian