Will Dennis wrote:
>I keep thinking that LOPSA would do well to generate (or at least promulgate i
>f someone else generates) a BoK ("best practices") for the profession, along w
>ith a certain amount of freely-available training (and maybe extending trainin
>g material for members.) This would give LOPSA a powerful reason for being, an
>d folks a good reason for joining (in order to get the extended training mater
>ials, as well as the other benefits.)
Do people join AARP because they agree with their political objectives
or because they want the available discounts? Do people join the Auto
Club because they want to change traffic laws or because they want free
maps and roadside assistance?
Several people seem to think people will join LOPSA because they want to
advance the "profession" of sysadmin. In contrast, LOPSA is unlikely to
advance much of anything until it has enough members to get attention.
If those members are enticed to join for unrelated reasons, it hardly
makes a difference to the organization's objective. In fact, if they join
for unrelated reasons, they are unlikely to pay attention to what the
group does or doesn't do, leaving the choice of objectives to the active
members.
The professional organizations which seem to me most like what LOPSA
aspires to be are the Computer Society or the ACM. IEEE offers group
insurance. ACM offers a host of online services. Both charge more than
twice what LOPSA charges.
--
Dave Close, Compata, Irvine CA "All bad precedents began as
[email protected], +1 714 434 7359 justifiable measures."
[email protected] -- Gaius Julius Caesar
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