[ale] LOPSA - League of Professional System Administrators.

[Christopher Fowler]

Would we meet at "The Hall of Justice"?
On Tue, 2006-10-03 at 14:10 -0400, Alex LeDonne wrote:
> For professional sysadmins' consideration:
> 
> I recently learned of the existence of LOPSA (http://lopsa.org/) - the
> League of Professional System Administrators. It's apparently the
> non-Usenix successor to SAGE. It's $50/yr to join, but I would hope
> most businesses would cover that cost for their sysadmins.
> 
> I don't think there's an Atlanta LOPSA chapter yet, nor can I find a
> reference to an Atlanta SAGE chapter, but my understanding of the
> recent ALE mailing list discussions is that such a local
> chapter/organization would fill a void in the community. Between ALE
> list members and recently surveyed non-list members at meetings of
> multiple organizations, I expect that critical mass (3 members
> provisionally, 12 ongoing) for a local chapter could easily be
> achieved.
> 
> Tangentially, if at least two LOPSA members call themselves ALE
> members, ALE could become a LOPSA "Affiliate" - not a part of LOPSA,
> but a recognized sibling organization.
> 
> Best wishes to professional sysadmins and to linux dabblers, newbies,
> home users, and enthusiasts alike,
> 
> Alex
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