MTU LUG Meeting Minutes September 25th, 2008
Server Status
Website
People that said they'd look into it aren't here
Not Changed since last week
Need to move our extra computer (GZ) out of my dining room.
it was suggested that we figure out how to get more power ($$)
We have no idea where our power is coming from.
Mirror ideas? forward to agmeyer@mtu.edu
OpenBSD? we already have an on campus mirror (CEC)
FreeBSD? they don't let people mirror them
Where's Byan?
*Shrugs*
Installathon
Peninsula room reserved from 11am-6pm October 11th.
Advertising
Film Board thingy *almost* done. should be up this weekend (we got extension)
Install linux then not tell them how to use it until they come to meetings?
(Hold them hostage) hehe
Presentations should be done by next week
Penguicon
Who wants to go?
Andrew, Brandon, Marchus, Alex, Fey, Christian, Steve
When is it in relation to exams?
We get $400 from USG for people to go.
Registration is $35 a person
Hotel is $94 a night group rate
$$$ transportation
Registering the week after Installathon
LAN party
Borrow our Switches for LAN party in wads
* in E. Mcnair wants to run LAN party in W.M. Lounge
maybe later run a campus wide one
Borrow our 3 24-port switches
Dr. Merkey, 72port switch in his office
We'll advertise heavily so they know where their fun came from
Put out our donation bin
Unicode on IRC
Random odd characters make managing things on IRC very difficult
Steve and Jon wrote module for Unicode on server
Mostly just rule out non-printing characters
for a Unicode Nick make first character an underscore "_" ?
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