[Lopsa-regional-project] Some questions I've asked myself while working on austin lopsa

[David Parter]

My apologies that I have not been very active or actively monitoring
this mailing list.. .I was very busy with other stuff when this list had
heavy traffic a few months ago...

> While introducing myself to the events coordinator of AustinLUG via email, I
> discovered a few things I just couldn't answer and a quick trip to the website
> didn't really help to clear it up.  These are things that could potentially
> come up in the future and it would be nice to have a clear, concise answer for
> them.  Yes, these are obvious questions with mostly obvious answers;
> they're just not obvious enough to me (and, hey, ... the FAQ looks so 
> thread-bare ;-).
> 
>    *  What is the official name for the group?  What is the incorporated
>       name?  

Incorporated as "The System Administrators Guild", doing business as
"LOPSA, The League of Professional System Administrators"

>       I would presume that I should refer to the group as The League of
>       Professional System Administrators.

and LOPSA

>    *  When did LOPSA (as we now know it) officially start?
> 
>       http://governance.lopsa.org/index.php/Articles_of_Incorporation
>       shows both Oct 29, 2004 for SAGE, Inc, but then a note about 
>       refiling as The System Administrators Guild, Inc.  Additionally,
>       if you read through the memos to members, on Nov. 14 2005 is
>       mentioned as a date where the organization was changed to 
>       LOPSA.
> 
>       I would presume Nov. 14 is the date I want.

that really depends on what question you are trying to answer. Nov 14 is
when we went public and told the sage members that we were now
LOPSA. However, the lineage is more complex...

>    *  Where can I find the list of board members?  
> 
>       I had to stumble around until I found it on About Us page.  I kept
>       looking for a node dealing specifically with the Board.

we have a new "About US" menu that should make it easier to find stuff,
which will be put in place shortly. However, the board is not a specific
menu item. Should it be?

>    *  Is there a good, concise history of LOPSA?

yes ... although perhaps not as concise as you want. I'll send you the
text we have now, which will be in the new "About Us" menu shortly...

>    *  Where's the LOPSA presentation?
> 
>       I'm an idiot and lost the URL again.  Can we get a node set up for it?

yeah, we need to fix that. I don't know where it is either.

>    *  How do we get questions added to the FAQ?  Is feedback at lopsa.org the 
>       recommended way?

yes, feedback is the best way. do we need to make that more clear?
Is there a better mechanism that you would prefer?

   --david