Location: Room C124 Classroom Building (next to Business and Economics) University of Victoria

Present:

Mike Thorpe
Hans Peter Oueste
Ed Fletcher
Chris MacLean
Jon Zimmermann
Mike Foltinek
Ron Kehn
Ron DeBeck
Deid Reimer
Les Benson
Matthew Skala
Byron Alley
Mark Elrod
Johannes Martin
Scott Ritchie
Robert Peters
Andrew Willard
Ron Nelson
Ewan Edwards
Chris Halsall
CaroLyn Schneider

User Group Summit

suggested by Les in order to:

• better schedule meetings and events - avoid conflicts, maximize possible turnout
• share planning of VIEX presence
• sharing of successful user group strategies
  ( UGs mentioned: VMUG, VLUG, BB&C, WEAV)

Chris MacLean requested topics for
meeting presentations
Samba - Gord McCague
Networking of two machines - ?
Demo of Linux as development platform - Chris Halsall
Graphics programming - ?
X86 config - Chris Halsall
Compiling - ?
Security - Chris MacLean
Cable Modem Routering - suggested Tom Brown might be able to demo

Incorporation of VLUG as a society

Chris Halsall has been gathering information and forms.
There will be a bylaw committee - Volunteers at the meeting were Les Benson, Mike Thorpe, Matthew Skala, Andrew Willard (maybe), Chris Halsall, CaroLyn Schneider

Process of becoming a society is roughly

• draw up bylaws, submit to Revenue Canada for comment of charitable status opinion.
• submit to Registrar for compliance with the society act.
• if Rev Can refuses status, review desire for such status. If Registrar rejects, address concerns and resubmit.
• Find candidates for positions as defined in Bylaws.
• Hold AGM
• Allow members to join at beginning of meeting.
• Members then elect the first year's executive.
• apply with Revenue Canada for charitable organization status (if we qualify and chose to do so.)
• spread the light. (nb. Society Act can be seen at: http://www.qp.gov.bc.ca/stat_reg/statutes/43300.htm)

Membership Fees

discussion around amount
No objection was expressed for amounts of $10 or $15 or so, but a decision was tabled for the bylaws committee to deal with.

Web Page

status of colo box - it's a P90 with a 1G HDD and it's up and running.
Website committee met to plan design, layout, responsibilities.
Could use another hand or two.
Should markup and include Gerald's DOS to Linux howto

CDs

Andrew has graciously burned a 3rd run, selling well
No technical problems so far but possible with problematic standards
etc. Discussion, no decision on selling through UVic computer store
This run will not be seen in stores - too vague legal considerations, no boot floppies, few docs.
Anyone with a burner email Andrew or Chris Halsall to volunteer assistance
It was agreed a group effort should be applied to producing a professional level CD-ROM image with booklets and better help docs.
A CD-ROM press run (of 100 or so) (instead of the current CDR technology) might be feasible in the future (6 months or so.) It was agreed getting the CDR product to a retail level product and into supportive computer stores would be an important step to measuring true, sustainable demand.

Next Install Fest will be April 19th

No location set

Brochures

Gerald is fabulously busy with school, CaroLyn will be taking brochures under promo stuff
CaroLyn will be calling a brochure/other promotional stuff meeting.
Likely Saturday March 7th, 10am at Cyberstation. Other promotional stuff being: VIEX, other shows, promotional discussion

Misc Cowlug is getting cowlug.bc.ca, should update links, brochures
Someone said (sorry!) on our website and in the brochures we should concentrate on pointing people to other existing good howtos and faqs rather than worrying a great deal about writing our own.

Presentation by Deryk Barker on Emacs

fabulous, thanks Deryk!

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Comments welcome as I can't write everything down. Email 'em to CaroLyn Schneider