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PREAMBLE
    The Clout Project of /usr/group/chicago provides email services to
    the Chicago computer community.  It is currently a two node system.
    One (nclout aka clout.chi.il.us) resides at the University of Chicago,
    Department of Computer Science.  The other (homebru) is in the home of
    Dave Ihnat.  Eventually we hope to have a clout node as a nearby phone
    call for everybody in the Chicago area.
    
    The Clout System Administrators' Committee is responsible for
    maintaining and upgrading the Clout distributed computer system.
    The Committee meets on the first Monday of every month, at a
    variety of locations.  Meetings are open to all interested parties,
    but we do request that you notify the host if you plan to attend.

    If you have any questions or problems related to the Clout Project,
    send email to postmaster@clout.chi.il.us.  If it is not possible
    to send email, or if there is a matter of urgency, you may contact
    the Sysadmin of the Month.
    
Minutes of the Clout Project System Administrators Committee June meet-
ing 7:30PM at the home of Greg Gulik.

ATTENDANCE

La Monte Yarroll, chair
Greg Gulik
Doug Blair
Gerry Swetsky
Russell Rezaian
Brian Vargyas
Mike Bierne
Chris Ray

TOPICS:

*New dedicated clout site
	Location of the next dedicated clout site was discussed.
	Although a Chicago site was mentioned, the possibility of a
	west suburban location was brought up as an alternative.

*Individual site change
	Greg will mark site kashruth DEAD in clout's maps.

*Individual site change
	Russell will move tellab5 to nclout.

*New drive missing cable
	Mike Beirne will give La Monte a cable for our new drive.  Note 
	that this drive is for software development and NOT spool space.

*Site connect problem
	A site was complaining about the inability to connect with
	clout's high speed modems.  Greg will suggest they try higher 
	numbers on clout's modem pool to see if he could get his Prac-
	tical Peripherals modem working reliably.

*Possible bogus site
	La Monte will send a "diplomatic" note to a foreign site ex-
	plaining the issues involved.

*Form letter needed
	Mike will write a generic form letter that the postmaster of
	the month can mail to potential new clout clients.

*Setting up shico.com
	The domain setup was checked by La Monte, and looked OK ex-
	cept for a few points.  The changes will be made by Greg and 
	the Clout Admin Notes will be modified to reflect the correct 
	way to set it up.

*Telebit dialout
	La Monte will add a field to clout's clients/others database 
	to support dialing out on our Telebit.

*Voice mail
	Chris will set up a voice mail account for admin use.

*Postmaster rules
	Always acknowledge every mail message, if merely to say you're 
	busy and will get to it later.  Be sure to cc: the acting post-
	master if the reply is a real response.

NEW BUSINESS - Administrivia

*Postmaster of the month
	Russell Rezaian 
	rrezaian@austral.chi.il.us 
	(708)961-0926
	-none-

*Error Checker
	Greg Gulik
	greg@gagme.chi.il.us
	(312)714-8562
	(708)632-6817

*New sites administrator
	Doug Blair
	blair@obdient.chi.il.us
	(708)682-8401
	-none-


*Next meeting location
	Gerry Swetsky's in Villa Park.  Monday 6 July at 7PM.
	(708)833-8122
	-none-

	La Monte will provide something edible.

*Next meeting agenda
	Arrange to contact all clout clients by phone to see if they
	still exist etcetera.

AFTERWORD

The Clout Project would like to thank the following organizations for their
help, loans and donations:
	The University of Chicago, Dept. of Computer Science
		(CPU system, machine room space, phone lines,
		 an Internet drop, and much general support)
	Tellabs (CPU, High speed modem)
	Kells Inovations Inc. (Disk drive)
	BALR Inc. (High speed modem)
	Greg Gulik for meeting space and refreshments

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