XCOM Meeting 28 July 2008
From TMUG - The Triangle Macintosh Users Group
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meeting called to order
at 7:20 pm by Pres Stefan Jeglinski
meeting held at Panera Bread, Patterson Place, Durham, Monday July 28, 2008.
present & accounted for:
- Stefan, president
- Smythe, 1st VP
- Chips, secretary
- Fred, treasurer
- Allen, past president, co-sysop TMUG server
- Cort, past 1st VP, co-sysop TMUG server
TMUG server
Stefan reported on status of the server
After replacing the mobo battery, the server has gone down & rebooted only once, but very quickly. There is currently no backup running on the server (the FW drive is not attached). But our dual RAID is acting as a "virtual"backup. Smythe suggested another option.
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Future Meeting Programs
August Meeting:
- swapmeet / yardsale – August
- Smythe has checked & we will use the café area (the Gathering Place) for the swap meet
- Members may bring stuff & use a table for no fee
- Non-members must pay a $20 / table fee, or join TMUG for $35 & display for free
- Q & A — Bob Chandler (Stefan will double check.)
September Meeting:
- Stefan will present. Perhaps Comic Life, or iPhone.
- ISP survey results — Tim McBrayer (?)
future meeting suggestions:
- no contact yet Mark Williams, founder of Modality
- EyeTV
- ComicLife
Treasurer's Report
Members in good standing: ~102, with __ in grace
Cash in bank: $5,757.64
New Business
Old Business
- Stefan - status of our G4 server & connected FW drive enclosure.
- The server (G4 "mirror door") seems to be ok. The FW enclosure was flaky. Stefan swapped the HD into a different FW enclosure & installed it to the G4 on 6.25. The stability of the system will be monitored.
- Allen will email McKinney to let them know about our meeting location decision.
- Has not yet... and mentioned that it might not be appropriate if the video conference project doesn't keep traction.
- Smythe has identified a Karaoki PA from Best Buy for ~$80.
- He will try to pick up tonight.
- Purchase of UPS still pending
- May not be needed if the server problem was the FW enclosure rather than the stability of the power source.
- Chips will post to VidCon list to try & keep interest alive in the video conference group.
meeting adjourned
at 8:55 pm
