“Help us grow. Help us learn. Without this, we're nothing, just a kaffeeklatsch with a weird name and some snotty members.”
(IMHO) OMG, nailed it! This is what I was trying to do when I asked the question at last years’ LISA on “what is professionalization as applied to Systems Administrators?” (Professionalization BoF) LOPSA as defined by its name is the League (gathering, collection, guild, you get the idea) of *Professional* Systems Administrators. “Professional” being a boundry term, so therefore I guess not trying to include/represent Amateur / Hobbyist / etc. Systems Administrators. But, how does LOPSA itself define “professional”? (and shouldn’t there have been a definition established at the beginning of the organization? If so, I’ve never seen it…) So, out of the BoF and some following discussions (https://lists.lopsa.org/pipermail/discuss/2013-November/018934.html), there was a “Professionalization Committee” established by LOPSA (see charter at: http://sabok.org/charter.txt - answers to Heilmeier's Catechism questions at: https://lists.lopsa.org/pipermail/discuss/2013-November/018997.html ) that I am on (not chairing, just serving as a committee member - see https://lopsa.org/sites/default/files/LOPSA%20Org%20Chart%20-%2020140423.pdf for the membership and chair info.) We are supposed to put forth a definition of "profession" as relating to the field of Systems Administration (by 6/30, by the way.) I myself am in favor of this simple definition: a. a body of knowledge, b. ethical guidelines, and c. a professional organization with a growing set of published papers and best practices where: a -> being formulated / worked on at http://sabok.org/ b -> LOPSA has established this already, see https://lopsa.org/CodeOfEthics c -> I would say LOPSA should put its' approval behind the work of USENIX LISA/SAGE in this area (indeed, the two org's are already partnered and cooperating...) Maybe the BoK is a part of what Michael is seeking... Please note that this is not an official LOPSA work, but rather an open-source effort that perhaps LOPSA one day will ratify and accept as official. Thanks, Will From: [email protected] [mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf Of Michael Tiernan Sent: Monday, May 19, 2014 8:24 AM To: LOPSA Discuss list Subject: [lopsa-discuss] Fwd: Re: May LOPSAGram - You asked for my opinion(s). I have been pondering if I should've sent this to the group. I gave up and decided to go for broke. Here's a note I'd sent to the board in the early part of the month. (…) _______________________________________________ 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/
