LOPSA, the League of Professional System Administrators, is proud to announce that, for the third year in a row, it is partnering with the Ohio Linux Fest to present a day-long tutorial program called OLFU.

Tutorials will give OLFU students a more intense and personal learning experience on Friday, September 25th. The traditional Ohio LinuxFest conference will take place on Saturday, September 26th.

LOPSA and OLFU will offer six half-day classes targeted at system administrators of all skill and experience levels, taught by nationally recognized instructors. Classes include Jesse Trucks and David Parter on disaster recovery and security, Chris St. Pierre on LDAP and SPAM filtering, Jonathan Billings on Linux troubleshooting, and Shawn Powers on Linux-based thin client environments (LTSP). A full class schedule can be found at http://www.ohiolinux.org/olfu.html.

The League of Professional System Administrators (LOPSA) is pleased to announce that Association Headquarters, LOPSA, and the USENIX Association have reached an amicable and satisfactory settlement of the lawsuits between them. As a result, all of the current lawsuits will be dismissed. The parties have agreed that all of the terms of the settlement are to remain confidential and will not be disclosed.

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Los Angeles, CA, December, 11, 2008 - The League of Professional System Administrators (LOPSA) is proud to announce the second year of partnering with the Southern California Linux Expo (SCaLE) to present a day-long training program.

The tutorials will give SCaLE attendees a more intense and personal learning experience on Friday, February 20th. SCaLE will run from the 20th until Sunday, February 22nd.

LOPSA and SCaLE will offer four half-day classes for system administrators of all skill and experience levels. The instructors, Jesse Trucks (LOPSA Board of Directors) and Chris St. Pierre (Unix Systems Administrator at Nebraska Wesleyan University), are veteran LOPSA instructors who bring ample experience in the classroom and the server room to their classes.

LOPSA, the League of Professional System Administrators, is proud to announce that, for the second year in a row, it is partnering with the Ohio Linux Fest to present a day-long tutorial program called OLFU.

Tutorials will give OLFU students a more intense and personal learning experience on Friday, October 10th. The traditional Ohio LinuxFest conference will take place on Saturday, October 11th.

LOPSA and OLFU will offer six half-day classes targeted at system administrators of all skill and experience levels, taught by nationally recognized instructors. Classes include Tom Limoncelli, co-author of "The Practice of System and Network Administration," on time management and hiring practices, Austin Godber of JumpBox, Inc., on virtualization, and Steve Romig of The Ohio State University on security. A full class schedule can be found at http://www.ohiolinux.org/olfu.html.

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May 7, 2008

Members of the League of Professional System Administrators (LOPSA) are teaching a two day System Administration Master Class at the Yet Another Perl Conference North America (YAPC::NA), in Chicago, IL, USA, on June 19 and 20.

The instructors, LOPSA Board Members David Parter and Jesse Trucks, will delve into more than a dozen areas of the profession of system administration critical to all system administrators of any discipline. The course will be technology neutral, appropriate to anyone managing all types of systems and networks.

Mount Laurel, NJ, Sept 13, 2007 - LOPSA, the League of Professional System Administrators, is pleased to announce the courses we will be offering at the Ohio LinuxFest University (OLFU) for Friday, September 28. These professional courses will give OLFU students a more intense and personal learning experience than the standard 50 minute talks during the open conference.

One of the greatest challenges facing the Internet is the abundance of Spam email. Chris St. Pierre will be teaching "The Open Source Stack: One Approach to Spam Fighting". As computing environments grow ever larger and more complex, it becomes more difficult to know everything about an environments. Chris will help computing professionals learn to better know their individual environment through "Internal Documentation for System Administrators".

Columbus, OH, Aug 16, 2007 - The Ohio LinuxFest is pleased to announce that it will be partnering with D. L. Corbet & Associates and LOPSA, the League of Professional System Administrators for a tutorial program called OLFU.

Tutorials will give OLFU students a more intense and personal learning experience on Friday September 28. The traditional Ohio LinuxFest conference will take place on Saturday September 29.

MOUNT LAUREL, NJ, MAY 1 2007 -- In honor of the 8th System Administrator Appreciation
Day, celebrated annually on July 28, the League of Professional System
Administrators (LOPSA) is pleased to reintroduce www.sysadminday.com, which
recognizes the contributions of system administrators each year.

Last year, with LOPSA's help, the System Administrator Appreciation Day website
underwent an extensive redesign, allowing for easy navigation and more
streamlined information. This year, LOPSA is helping make www.sysadminday.com
even more vibrant, active, and participatory for the community as a whole. The

The early registration discount for LOPSA Sysadmin Days Professional Training has been extended through Wednesday, July 18.

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NEW JERSEY-BASED WORKSHOP OFFERS UNIQUE TRAINING OPPORTUNITY FOR SYSTEM ADMINISTRATORS

MOUNT LAUREL, NJ, June 26, 2007 – Vendor training sessions and classes offered in a conference environment are an important component of career growth among computer professionals, but the cost of sending employees to training continues to rise even as many companies and nonprofit institutions have cut training budgets by half or more. In fact, organizations can spend between $3,000 and $5,000 per employee for a single vendor or conference-based training session.