Attached is the transcript of the December 2009 LOPSA Live session. My (pckizer) apologies for the delay in getting it posted; holiday activities and my forgetfulness colluded to lead to my lapse in posting. This was a short session we expect due to the already mentioned holiday prep on the part of many people. Volunteers and participants for SCALE are still requested as well as a pre-announcement of plans for a NJ event this coming year. Our new Executive Director, MaryBeth Kurland, was with us to be introduced as Deepa has an opportunity in a direction that takes her from primary but will still let her be available in Association Headquarters.
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[Wed 2009/12/09 15:00:28] <pck> Good afternoon LOPSA!
[Wed 2009/12/09 15:00:46] <pck> I'm Philip Kizer, your friendly neighborhood Vice President
[Wed 2009/12/09 15:01:15] <pck> we have some other board members here today too (and pardon some pauses as we reconfigure the channel briefly)
[Wed 2009/12/09 15:02:37] <pck> while I work on the config, here's Lois on upcoming edu/conf topics
[Wed 2009/12/09 15:02:49] <lois> Hi all
[Wed 2009/12/09 15:03:21] <lois> LOPSA will be once again offering classes in sunny Southern CA
[Wed 2009/12/09 15:03:32] <lois> in Feb
[Wed 2009/12/09 15:03:54] <lois> (So Cal Linux Expo will be February 19-21, 2010)
[Wed 2009/12/09 15:04:47] <lois> http://www.socallinuxexpo.org/scale7x/
[Wed 2009/12/09 15:05:51] <lois> Jesse Trucks and David Parter will be teaching again
[Wed 2009/12/09 15:06:06] <lois> and Ski will be offering a class this time around.
[Wed 2009/12/09 15:07:22] <lois> SKi can you tell us something about that?
[Wed 2009/12/09 15:08:30] <ski98033> The class I am teaching in on BackupPC which provides disk to disk backup
[Wed 2009/12/09 15:08:45] <ski98033> for linux, unix, and windows servers and workstations
[Wed 2009/12/09 15:09:18] <ski98033> It is used for installations ranging from a few machines to over 1500 machines
[Wed 2009/12/09 15:09:43] <lois> oops I gave you the last years SCaLE link the right one is http://www.socallinuxexpo.org/scale8x/
[Wed 2009/12/09 15:09:43] <lopbot> Title: Welcome | SCALE 8x - 2010 Southern California Linux Expo
[Wed 2009/12/09 15:10:07] <dparter> the link for our classes at SCaLE is http://www.socallinuxexpo.org/scale8x/special-events/scale-u
[Wed 2009/12/09 15:10:08] <lopbot> Title: SCALE University Returns for SCALE 8X | SCALE 8x - 2010 Southern California Linu ...
[Wed 2009/12/09 15:10:28] <lois> Chris St. Pierre is also teaching.
[Wed 2009/12/09 15:11:04] <lois> We also expect to be seeing a LOPSA local in NJ put on a small conference in May.
[Wed 2009/12/09 15:11:21] <lois> More about that will be coming out soon. Stay tuned
[Wed 2009/12/09 15:12:30] <dparter> For those how have not attended SCaLE or OLF, they are great conferences for Linux and open source topics.
[Wed 2009/12/09 15:13:07] <dparter> We've been teaching classes at OLFU and SCaLE-U for 3 years now, and they are a great inexpensive (compared to other options) way to get training for you or your staff
[Wed 2009/12/09 15:14:12] <pck> thanks for the conference/training news
[Wed 2009/12/09 15:14:30] <pck> we definitely hope to see you or your people out there with us
[Wed 2009/12/09 15:15:08] <pck> on LOPSA office news, we have a new name in the office helping us you might see occasionally: Marybeth
[Wed 2009/12/09 15:15:59] <pck> and from the office you should be seeing some surveys soon to help guide us in our planning
[Wed 2009/12/09 15:16:54] <pck> that's all I'm recalling on the new announcements side
[Wed 2009/12/09 15:17:06] <pck> so we are open for questions, comments, etc
[Wed 2009/12/09 15:19:08] <ENOMAD> pck: any changes to who's chairing what committee or any new committees forming?
[Wed 2009/12/09 15:19:17] <jss> I got here a couple of minutes late; did we have any comments on membership growth (e.g., from LISA)?
[Wed 2009/12/09 15:20:01] <pck> 1st nomad, then jss (which I know we have a few #'s for)
[Wed 2009/12/09 15:21:19] <pck> well, I'm not seeing any new committee info, so I'll get back with you on that and mention that
[Wed 2009/12/09 15:21:35] <pck> we saw 49 new members during LISA this year
[Wed 2009/12/09 15:22:35] <jss> And how are we on retention/renewals?
[Wed 2009/12/09 15:24:06] <pck> sorry, I was back to collecting info on commttees and wanted to mention that we are pushing for more locals and chapters and Ski (the chair) would welcome assistance on those pushes
[Wed 2009/12/09 15:24:45] * ENOMAD reminds Ski to get SASAG on the list for next year's President's address at LISA <poke> <poke>
[Wed 2009/12/09 15:25:30] <ski98033> yes, yes
[Wed 2009/12/09 15:26:25] <pck> renewals are trickling in and we are pushing for better retention as well as trying to identify programs and member benefits to help with that
[Wed 2009/12/09 15:29:06] <pck> any other questions/followups or comments?
[Wed 2009/12/09 15:31:06] <lois> I see Marybeth our new Executive director has joined us Welcom Marybeth
[Wed 2009/12/09 15:31:16] <mkurland> Thanks Lois.
[Wed 2009/12/09 15:31:32] <nonrandom> what happened to Deepa?
[Wed 2009/12/09 15:32:11] <mkurland> Deepa is still with Association Headquarters, LOPSA's managment company, but has moved on to new client responsibilities.
[Wed 2009/12/09 15:33:13] <mkurland> I have been with AH for over two years and have worked closely with Deepa and Sam on other projects and accounts. Deepa and I are working closely to transition responsibilities through the end of the year.
[Wed 2009/12/09 15:34:43] <pck> thank you, Marybeth
[Wed 2009/12/09 15:35:30] <pck> since we know this is a busy time of year, we won't need to take the whole hour
[Wed 2009/12/09 15:36:03] <nonrandom> (somehow I missed the non-busy time.. will have to mark my calendar for it next year)
[Wed 2009/12/09 15:36:21] <pck> too true
[Wed 2009/12/09 15:36:31] <pck> any last questions?
[Wed 2009/12/09 15:36:53] <nonrandom> I missed the beginning, so I'm afraid to repeat things
[Wed 2009/12/09 15:37:20] <allbery_b> http://www.ece.cmu.edu/~allbery/lambdabot/logs/lopsa-live/
[Wed 2009/12/09 15:37:20] <lopbot> Title: Index of /~allbery/lambdabot/logs/lopsa-live, sent 1y 3m 5d 20h 2m 33s ago by allbery_b in #lopsa-live
[Wed 2009/12/09 15:37:20] <pck> no problem if so
[Wed 2009/12/09 15:37:31] <mkurland> I look forward to speaking with all of you in the coming weeks and months. Please let me know if I can be of any assistance.
[Wed 2009/12/09 15:37:47] <nonrandom> well, if this is a repeat let me know and I'll check the log later... Does lopsa have anything significant/important/big/whatever for the next couple of months?
[Wed 2009/12/09 15:38:56] <pck> summary: SCALE, Director, planning for NJ conf, expect a survey
[Wed 2009/12/09 15:39:14] <pck> [that helps me with prepping the lopsa.org summary, too]
[Wed 2009/12/09 15:40:28] <pck> we should have more as soon as the (northern hemisphere) winter holidays are over and the next #lopsa-live will be the 2nd Wed in Jan, same time same place
[Wed 2009/12/09 15:41:16] <pck> with that, I think it's time to close for the day, and you can always contact us at board@
[Wed 2009/12/09 15:41:30] <pck> thank you for coming and the 2009/Dec #lopsa-live is complete
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