Tom, First, pastafarianism is a religious ideology, not a political or socioeconomic ideology. ;)
On Wed, Jan 5, 2011 at 08:52, Tom Limoncelli <[email protected]> wrote: > I bet we have enough Z's to fund a PR agency helping us get started. I agree that if we are to explore ways to increase visibility, we probably need to consult with a PR agency. Please pardon my bowing to stereotypes, but we system administrators aren't well known for our public relations skills... I'm not sure a "bounty" on name-dropping LOPSA in the press is the best idea...but I don't immediately have a better idea. My concern is that an ambitious member might over expose themselves and appear...too eager? ...desperate? Probably an unfounded concern...but I have it, nonetheless. (Also, pleasepleaseplease don't put me in the position to have to name-drop LOPSA. I'm still a touch embarrassed that I'm a member of a "League" of professionals instead of a more common "Association" of professionals, i.e. "AOPSA" or "APSA". Yes, it shouldn't matter. Intellectually I know that. But I guess I suffer a few conformist streaks in my character. Sorry!) I like the idea of LOPSA hosting presentation of research papers in System Administration, and even of establishing some standard awards for things like "Best Student Paper/Presentation", etc. Also, for the sake of visibility it might be a good idea to focus on advocacy in Academia, first. We could try to establish a scholarship program, for instance...no matter how small at the start. The idea is that if we can increase our visibility among students, they graduate and move into industry and government...expanding our visibility to industry and government at the same time. It's slow, but it should have a high likelyhood of success. The only hitch that occurs to me, at the moment, is that I don't actually know anyone that went to college thinking, "I'm studying to become a system administrator." Electrical or software engineering? Yes. Computer scientist? Yes. But not _explicitly_ a system administrator. _______________________________________________ Discuss mailing list [email protected] https://lists.lopsa.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/discuss This list provided by the League of Professional System Administrators http://lopsa.org/
