June Cai-Vic Minutes 2003
MINUTES OF MEETING OF COMPUTERBANK VICTORIAN BRANCH (CAI-Vic).
Held at 92 Rosslyn Street, West Melbourne on Wed 11 Jun 2003.
Present: Rob Brittain, Tony Calenti, Kylie Davies, Steve Paynter, Con Validas,
Terry Van Heygen.
Apologies:
Owen Courtis, Jan Smith.
Chair:
Kylie.
Minutes:
Steve.
Meeting commenced at 7:50pm.
WELCOmES, INTRODUCTIONS AND APOLOGIES.
CONFIRMATION OF MINUTES FROM LAST MEETING.
The minutes were accepted with the following amendment:
Actions Arising, Item 11: Change "Rob says every single machine we ship
has bugs in it." to "Rob says every machine that we have shipped that has
not been checked has bugs in it."
ACTIONS ARISING
1. Leaking Toilet.
"Kylie to notify agents about leaking toilet."
Done. Still no word about lease renewal. Assuming month-by-month
renewal until further notice.
2. Training Rosters.
Rosters are ok until end of July. Will revisit in July.
3. Loaner development computers.
"Rob to follow up on loaner network development computers."
Not yet done. Steve has found a possible contact for Wade. No other
machines outstanding.
4. Databases.
"Owen requested feedback, particularly from Rob and Kylie, on his
database design."
Done. Kylie has spoken with Owen.
5. Process Meeting Feedback.
"Still waiting for report from Steve Davies."
Still waiting. Kylie to follow up.
6. Installation of Peripherals.
a) "Terry to draft a Peripherals Policy by next meeting."
Still in progress.
b) "Kylie and Terry to update the information sheets for clients and
intranet."
Done.
7. 'Work For The Dole' Funding.
"Kylie to raise the matter of extension of WFTD funding with Kangan
Tafe."
Done. A six month, twenty person project has been confirmed for
August through mid February.
8. Open Source Software Policy.
"Danny Dagher to edit Julien's report for grammar, etc."
Done. Kylie to get Julien to incorporate changes into report.
9. Mailing Lists.
"Kylie to send recommendation for moderated main list and new
cai-discussion list to national committee."
Not yet done.
10. Letter from Hancocks Victoria Plantation.
a) "Terry to deal with the Hancocks letter."
Terry has responded to Hancocks several times, but received no reply.
b) "Kylie to draft an Ethical Business Dealings Policy for next meeting."
Not yet done.
11. Upgrading of Training Room Computers.
"Con to upgrade each machine to 64MB of memory."
Done. OpenOffice has been installed on all machines. There are
colour problems with video cards on some machines.
12. Macintosh Report: Inventory and Recommendations.
"Waiting for written report from Tim Norman."
Still waiting for report. If no report received within the next two
weeks, the management group will decide the fate of the Macs.
13. Hard Drive/RAM Pamphlets.
"Terry to circulate pamphlets to various places."
Done. On-going.
AGENDA ITEMS
1. Reports*
a)** Projects.
Rob spoke about various projects. Julien's report covers the system
stuff. David Lavender is documenting boot floppies. Steve to forward
templates for progress reports to Rob.
b) Internal Systems.
Written report posted to list by Julien, read by Steve.
Con noted that no workstations can print to reception printer. Con
mentioned an Apache problem with Install server. Nobody present knew
what the Rentazilla server was. Con said Rasterman server has broken
packages. Rob suggested backups are needed *before* servers are
migrated. Kylie thanked Julien for "fantastic" work so far.
All agreed a data backup policy was needed. Con backed up various
directories three weeks ago. Kylie to ask Julien about backup policy
documentation.
All agreed network documentation was needed. Steve to forward ideas
to Julien.
c) Documentation.
Written report received from Con, summarised by Con.
d) Donations.
Written report received from Terry, summarised by Terry.
e) State Coordinator.
Written report posted to list by Kylie, summarised by Kylie.
Kylie to amend report: Menieres have returned their network, stating
that it was "not useful".
f) Financial (Con).
Written report posted to list by Con, summarised by Con.
g) Database (Owen).
Written report posted to list by Owen, read by Steve.
Kylie is happy with progress.
2. Feedback from Coordinators Meeting.
Kylie referred to State Coordinators report.
3. User Support Day.
Discussion of holding such a day one Saturday per month or so, where
clients can bring in their machines for examination of problems and
issues. Would require three or four tech volunteers in attendance.
Terry suggested a booking scheme to avoid confusion.
Kylie will consider further. Kylie to consult mailing list to gauge
interest from techs and volunteers.
Rob to put up a calendar of future events and meetings.
4. Garage Sale, E-Bay.
Much discussion. Some surplus gear has already been designated for
for disposal.
Steve to ask list for suggestions on what gear can be disposed of, and
to collate details. Items will be priced, and marked with stickers.
Surplus items will then be listed on E-Bay. Volunteers can make offers
via E-Bay.
Garage Sale idea postponed.
OTHER BUSINESS
1. Camera.
Rob to ask list for a working, Linux-friendly digital camera, to be
used for advertising surplus equipment.
2. NAB Community Link Awards.
Con has brought this to Kylie's attention. Kylie to submit application
on behalf of CAI-Vic.
3. Install News.
"ooload" is in the Installer directory - ask David Lavender for details.
Rob wants feedback on changes to installation procedure.
Meeting closed at 9:25pm.
