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                           The Lopsagram

         The League of Professional System Administrators
 
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Please email board@lopsa.org with any questions, comments, or ideas.
            We always want to hear from our membership.

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In this memo:

1. A November Note from Ski
2. LOPSA returns to SCALE 8X
3. New mailing list focused on small sites
4. Luke S. Crawford wins 2009 Chuck Yerkes Award
5. Your Opinion Matters!  LOPSA Membership Survey is coming.
6. An apple a day ...
7. Were you at USENIX LISA 2009?
8. Sponsor thank-yous
9. Comments or suggestions?

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1. A November Note from Ski

  Hello LOPSAnians!

  As the attendees at the LOPSA Community meeting held at USENIX LISA '09
  heard, we have finally put the legal troubles behind us and are again
  focused on increasing our membership.  As part of this, LOPSA would
  like to find and reach out to other technical user groups and tell
  them about LOPSA.  We believe that, just as networking with peers is
  important to individual system administrators, networking with other
  groups helps to build a beneficial and tight-knit community.

  If you know of any user groups in your area that might benefit from
  knowing about us, please send us their contact information.  As well,
  if you are interested in starting a local LOPSA chapter or affiliate
  group, please contact ski@lopsa.org.  We're happy to help facilitate
  in any way we can.

  Thanks

  ski

  ski@lopsa.org

2. LOPSA returns to SCALE 8X

  http://www.socallinuxexpo.org/scale8x/special-events/scale-u

  LOPSA members Chris "Ski" Kacoroski, Chris St. Pierre,  Jesse Trucks
  and David Parter are again teaching for the benefit of LOPSA.  The
  SCALE University training program continues for SCALE 8X.  It is
  presented by LOPSA in partnership with SCALE. The classes give a more
  intense and personal learning experience than a 45-minute seminar.

  We are offering four half-day classes for system administrators of all
  skill and experience levels. The SCaLE University Pass includes a full
  day of training (two classes of your choice) and full access to all
  three days of SCaLE. To register, select the "SCALE 8X Full Access
  Pass" and then the "SCALE University Pass" which will include a $60
  discount on your total charge.  The SCALE University classes will be
  held on Friday, February 19th. 2010.


  9:00 - 12:30 Advanced Security: A self-assessment study
  9:00 - 12:30 An Introduction to BackupPC: A Linux/Unix solution for
  cross platform Disk to Disk backups

  1:30 - 5pm:  Introduction to LDAP: Provisioning, Managing, and Integrating
  1:30 - 5pm: Disaster Recovery: Will you survive?

  LOPSA will also have a booth at SCaLE if you want to help out  please
  contact Lois Bennett lois@lopsa.org  Thanks!

3. New mailing list focused on small sites.

  Ask and ye shall receive!  LOPSA member Robert Au (myshkin) wanted a
  place for discussing topics more specific to system administrators at
  small sites.  From Robert:

    The smallsites@lopsa.org mailing list is an open forum for
    discussion of all topics related to system administration of
    small sites. We define "small sites" rather loosely; small
    numbers of users, servers, and admins all affect how we do our
    jobs. Topics appropriate for this list include which large-site
    tools scale down well for small sites, what soft skills help
    manage expectations for customers and management, and how to
    build the community of small-site admins.  Please join the
    discussion!

  If you would like to join the mailing list, you can go to our 
  mailman interface and sign up.  The URL is:

    https://lopsa.org/mailman/listinfo/smallsites

  If there's a mailing list that you would like to see LOPSA host
  that is targeted at system administrators, please contact
  board@lopsa.org and let us know.

4. Luke S. Crawford wins 2009 Chuck Yerkes Award

  The Chuck Yerkes Award is presented annually in recognition of
  outstanding individual contributions in online forums over the
  past year. It was created after Chuck Yerkes' untimely death in
  2004 to memorialize the mentorship he provided countless system
  administrators through his helpful and accurate posts to system
  administration mailing lists. Each year, an awards committee
  selects someone who followed Chuck's example in the prior year
  in their contributions to system administration online forums—whether
  mailing lists, web forums, or chat rooms.

  The LOPSA awards committee presents the 2009 Chuck Yerkes Award
  to Luke S. Crawford. Luke's writing has shown the patience,
  insight, and helpfulness that we should all strive to emulate in
  providing mentorship online.

  LOPSA is pleased to present this award and congratulates Luke on
  this recognition from the community.

  Information about the Yerkes Award and past winners can be found
  on our website at:

    http://lopsa.org/yerkes-award

5. Your Opinion Matters!  LOPSA Membership Survey is coming.

  In the next two weeks, LOPSA will be sending out a member needs
  survey.  Feedback from members and non-members is welcome, and
  is essential for LOPSA to continue to provide key member services
  as well as to raise awareness about the profession.  Your insights
  will also assist LOPSA's leadership in determining future initiatives
  for the organization.

  Your opinion matters and we are listening!  So please keep a look
  out for your survey invitation, and let us know what you think.
  In appreciation of your participation, all completed submissions
  will be entered into a drawing for a free 8GB iPod Touch.

  We look forward to hearing from you!

6. An apple a day ...

  ... may keep the doctor away, but sometimes that isn't enough.

  LOPSA has partnered with Association Health Programs to give
  members the opportunity to purchase and save on various insurance
  programs including health, life, long term care, dental, vision,
  and more.

  You can find more information about this recently added member
  benefit at:

    https://lopsa.org/health-insurance  

7. Were you at USENIX LISA 2009?

  Now that LISA '09 has come and gone, we can all settle in for a few
  weeks of well deserved rest.  If you were there and want to share
  your good times, then upload your photos to the LOPSA Flickr group.
  
  http://www.flickr.com/groups/lopsa

  And if you missed the LOPSA booth this year, we have a photo of
  Jesse Trucks and Danielle Gentile from Association Headquarters
  holding down the fort and handing out puppies and unicorns to
  anyone stopping by ... ok.  Maybe it was just big smiles.  Guess
  you'll have to check it out next year to be sure!

  http://www.flickr.com/photos/hcoyote/4121501232

8. Sponsor thank-yous

  We'd like to thank our sponsors.  We're deeply grateful for their
  continuing support of LOPSA.

  Thanks go to individual sponsors

   Diamond:
      Founding members Jennine Townsend and Pat Wilson

   Platinum: 
      Founding members Trey Harris and Philip Kizer

   Gold:
      Founding members Derek Balling and Doug Hughes

   Silver:
      Founding members Lee Damon and Amy Rich
      Members Daniel Rich, Jeremy Charles, and Bob Gill

   Bronze:
      Founding members Mario Obejas, Ski Kacoroski, and Beth 
        Lynn Eicher
      Members Lois Bennett, Randy Dees, Liyun Yu, Gary
        Studwell, and Scott Murphy

   Individual:
      Founding members Darrell Holman and Hans Kugler
      Member John Wu

  Thanks to go to our corporate sponsors:

  Thanks go out to our Platinum sponsor Dasher Technologies. 

    Dasher Technologies is an enterprise IT reseller offering a wide range
    of computing infrastructure solutions.  They provide HP rack and blade
    servers, storage, networking, workstations, and software, along with
    many complementary software solutions.  Dasher is the #3 provider of
    HP blade servers in the US and #1 in Northern California.
 
    See more about Dasher at http://www.dashertechnologies.com

  This message, our website and all our online content is brought to you
  by BitPusher, our Gold Corporate Sponsor. 

    BitPusher is the San Francisco Bay Area's premier provider of managed
    information technology services for small and medium-sized businesses.
    We thank them for their continued, high level of  professional support.

    See more about BitPusher at http://www.bitpusher.com

  Thanks also go to Raytheon, as a Silver corporate sponsor.

    Raytheon Company is a technology leader specializing in defense,
    homeland security and other government markets, employing 72,000 people
    worldwide.  Raytheon provides state-of-the-art solutions for sensing,
    effects, C3I systems, and mission support services.

  Last, but certainly not least, thanks to RIS Technology for sponsoring us.

9. Comments or suggestions?

  And finally, as we close out this month's Lopsagram, we want to
  make sure we're giving you the information you want or need.  If you
  have any comments or suggestions, please feel free to send them to
  board@lopsa.org.

  Happy Sysadminning!

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