Lavonia said OCF got back the percentage that [Lavonia's organization] cut from student groups
OCF should get about $1000 for next semester.
Lavonia needs to talk with Fullmer.
T-Shirts Idea
<ocfstaff> on the front and </staff>
on the back
Black shirt white text
Optional: login name on the sleeve
Marking Ourselvs in the Lab
Suggestions:
Neon sign that points to
corner computer
Problem: Staff doesn't always
sit in corner.
Lanyards and badges
Letter holders with a sign,
set it on the monitor
Cowboy hats
Luns
Luns had some issues but there aren't
enough people to talk about it, it's a long
conversation.
Rereg
It's against university policy that we
don't run rereg vs. it's a gray
area and long conversation.
Informing Users of their Responsibilites/Privileges
Users used to get handouts with their
responsibilites and privileges when they got
their acccouts approved.
Account Forms
Should we modify the account form so that
there are multiple forms in one file?
Right now there is one form per print job,
which allows users to slip their print jobs in
between account forms that are printing.
If we modify the account form file so that
there is more than one form per print job, users
can't slip their jobs in, but it saves printer
memory and makes the printing go faster, etc.
Rewrite approve script
Minimize binary portion
Make it more secure
Mimize the amount of code that runs as the
high level user
Alumni Accounts
Devin thinks it's not against policy to
retain accounts of graduated people, because:
We're on the ASUC network--recognized
as used by ppl not affiliated by campus
Helps maintain continuity
as an organization
Institutional memory is nice
Level of resources used is minmal
What it does use is voluntary
on the part of the OCF
No SM Message
Devin hasn't worked on ASUC cluster for
a week or two
Tenative plan is to buy a
switch or two
give one switch to Fullmer to run
ASUC floor on DHCP -- asuc executives,
senators get dynamic IPs
We use the static IPs
If they gave us more money we
could do VPN and things.
Printer we're giving ASUC may
or may not work.
Duplexer was jamming paper?
Check on removal of duplexer
Feedback: How was the semester?
Coming back, what to be involved in?
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Eleen: could have gotten more done, like fundraising. Aim at
beginning was to just sustain it: money, things running correctly.
Hopefuly next semester will have more ambitious goals. Improving
website. Being GM was cool, wouldn't mind doing it again. Eleen will
be back.
jkit: was overcommitted this semester. Lots of things could have
done: more documentation. Definitely wanted to make the staff more of
a community, maybe wanted to start teaching classes? To educate users
on using Sun machines. jkit really really wants to know the purpose
of the OCF. jkit will be back next semester, and semsters to come.
Devin: thinks semester's been really good, jkit and eleen have been
good GMs. Devin would like to get more involved in the
super-technicaly side. Is fairly involved but hasn't had enough time
to get fully involved. Has been spending time getting new staffers
involved. Doesn't think he's been particularly more ffective, might
spend time better just focusing on being more technical and less
communal. Feels like there are major roadbumps that nobody else cares
about him? Feels like running NIS+ affects even intemrediate staff's
ability to make changes. Nobody understands NIS+. Devin will be here
next semester. Wouldn't mind being ro not being SM. Would like to
see more commitmment but realizes people are mainly into school. Not
necessarily important to most ipeople. Would love to see the website
be good. Only things preventing Devin from stamping with boot: No
time, and having a project that lots of people can work on gives
people a sense of ownership.
Patrick: Wants to work on website. Movable type tutorial specifically
for OCF? Wants to learn how to upgrade Gaim.
elliot:
Jun: thought it was a good semester, b/c got invovled more. Didn't
have time to do anything. Sort of wants to mess around with the
website, but doesn't know when will be able to do it because got
involved in a web project for CS Department. Wants to learn more
about weird server issues. Apache, htaccess, setting up mysql. Wants
to learn better how that stuff works.
jkit: more structure and organization, in terms of everything
staff hierarchy, roles?
jun: certain group of people
certain kinds of problems?
Deliniate roles, insetead of everyone knowing everything.
Staff training would be good.
Eleen: current approach is to try to make information available to everyone
LDAP: We can set up an LDAP server. We just need to sit down and do it.
Eleen: kinda goalless this semester.
Community vs. techncial
Role of GM: more communal?
Eleen: got involved for technical, but feels like should do more
Devin:
Specialization and depth of knowledge has to be a personal choice
Some things people can't teach you, or it would be time prohibitive
It's great to have people that are knowledgable
It's hard to actually assign people to roles
What happens is you get people who know things about stuff, in general
Jkit and jun: want to learn
phlee: ex. printing quota
changing passwords is scripted.
modular design, so more people can do more stuff.
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What is the OCF?
Increasing people's knoweldge on how to use computers?
- Difficult.
Printing, web
A good webspace
More linux machines?
Devin: printing account separate from regular account?
LDAP, separate web interface
Logging of paper
Censor this:
Devin: cracked 700 passwords in 2 minutes on his 2.8ghz comp at work.
Information sessions?
Update staff profiles!
Give users help points, and if you help a user you get help points.
Original purpose in constitution was to provide computer srevices to people who need it.
Mike:
Only almost 24hr lab
News on 2am virus person? None?
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A technically able webpsace
Free printing
A 24hour computer lab
Potential for staff community
Spare e-mail
Should we survey people?
Training grounds for sysadmins?
Devin: ALmost doesn't feel like it's more to train people in IT because most of those jobs wiill go overseas
You're either going to be doing it as a career or not have to worry about it
We shouldn't force people to do it
Community who actually want to do it would be cool, because those ppl would be hardcore in 2 or 3 years.
Perks?
A lot of resources
bandwidth
free printing
hacking?
We generate ideas
Encourage cross-disciplinary people?