Since >1 people seem not to have it... ---------- Forwarded message ---------- From: LOPSA Communications Committee <[email protected]> Date: Sun, Dec 21, 2014 at 7:02 PM Subject: December LOPSAgram Newsletter To: Peter Grace <[email protected]>
Please email [email protected] with any questions, comments, or ideas. We always want to hear from our membership. ------------------ ------------------ ------------------ ------------------ In this memo: 01. Looking for help with the LOPSAGram 02. LOPSA turns 10 years old in 2015! 03. LOPSA is debt free! 04. Matt Simmons and Steve Murawski resigned from the Board 05. Cascadia IT Conference happening on March 13-14, 2015 06. LOPSA-East will not be happening in 2015 07. LISA was a big success this year 08. LOPSA Non-Profit Status 09. Mentorship program going strong 10. LPR Program on hold for now 11. Thank you to our sponsors! 12. Comments or suggestions? ------------------ ------------------ ------------------ ------------------ 01. Looking for help with the LOPSAGram As you can see we are back to the old format as I am not a graphics person at all. I am looking for help with layout, design, and content for the LOPSAGram. If you are or if you know of someone who is interested in helping out please contact me at [email protected]. I would love to get a template I can use from which I can generate HTML and PDF versions of the LOPSAGram. 02. LOPSA turns 10 years old in 2015! Can you believe it. LOPSA will be 10 years old in 2015. To celebrate our first 10 years, the Board is looking for your ideas. Please contact us at [email protected]. 03. LOPSA is debt free! If you were at the Annual Meeting at LISA, the big news is that LOPSA is officially debt free for the first time in years. What this means for you is that LOPSA can put its dollars into services for its members and the system admin community. For more information, please check out https://lopsa.org/sites/all/modules/civicrm/extern/url.php?u=3597&qid=100972 for more information. 04. Matt Simmons and Steve Murawski resigned from the Board Both Matt and Steve have resigned from the Board because of other commitments. Being a board member is a great way to help out the system admin community. If you are interested in helping out by being a board member, please contact Warner Moore at [email protected] for more information. 05. Cascadia IT Conference happening on March 13-14, 2015 Cascadia IT Conference is on schedule for March of 2015. This is a great, small 2 day conference in Seattle where you can meet with peers, learn the latest technologies, and enjoy the Seattle spring weather. The early bird deadline for registration is February 15th. We hope to see you there. 06. LOPSA-East will not be happening in 2015 Due to many factors LOPSA-East will not be happening in 2015. If you are interested in making it happen next year, please email [email protected]. 07. LISA was a big success this year LISA was a big success this year with the most attendees it has had in several years. The new format of mini-tutorials was a big hit and there were many new and interesting tutorials and talks. LOPSA and USENIX are looking forward to LISA 2015 in Washington DC next year. 08. LOPSA Non-Profit Status LOPSA was incorporated as a 501(c)(3) non-profit which places limitations on the activities LOPSA can participate in. 501(c)(3) non-profits are primarily focused on educational purposes while 501(c)(6) non-profits are primarily focused on services for their members. While most of what LOPSA does falls under the 501(c)(3) category a few items such as the LPR program are questionable so the Board is working with an attorney to make sure all of LOPSA's activities meet IRS guidelines. We will keep you posted as we find out more. 09. Mentorship program going strong The Mentorship program is doing well with over 200 people involved in it and 43 active Mentor/Protege pairings. However we can always use more help especially with Windows mentors and on the core team that manages the program. If you can help out, please [email protected]. 10. LPR Program on hold for now As mentioned in item 08, there is some concern that the LPR program does not fit in with LOPSA's non-profit status. Because of that, we have chosen to put the LPR program on hold until the non-profit status question has been resolved. Please contact [email protected] with any questions. 11. Thank you to our sponsors! We'd like to thank our sponsors. We're deeply grateful for their continuing support of LOPSA. For more information on how to become a sponsor visit < https://lopsa.org/sites/all/modules/civicrm/extern/url.php?u=3598&qid=100972 > Thanks to our individual sponsors: Platinum: Jennine Townsend, Dan Rich, Ski Kacoroski Gold: Lee Damon, Scott Murphy Silver: Florian Heigl, John Boris, Philip Kizer, Matt Disney Bronze: Gary Studwell Sponsor: Adele Shakal Gold sponsor CA Technologies helps companies simplify and solve their most challenging IT problems in order to accelerate innovation. CA Technologies’ portfolio of software and services helps our customers speed time to value, ensure critical application performance and simplify security and operations so they can drive innovation and quality for their customers. Check out their Nimsoft Monitor Snap at: https://lopsa.org/sites/all/modules/civicrm/extern/url.php?u=3599&qid=100972 Bronze Sponsor O'Reilly Media spreads the knowledge of innovators through its books, online services, magazines, and conferences. Since 1978, O'Reilly Media has been a chronicler and catalyst of cutting-edge development, homing in on the technology trends that really matter and spurring their adoption by amplifying "faint signals" from the alpha geeks who are creating the future. An active participant in the technology community, the company has a long history of advocacy, meme-making, and evangelism. Check them out at https://lopsa.org/sites/all/modules/civicrm/extern/url.php?u=3600&qid=100972 LOPSA's website is hosted by ServerBeach, check them out at https://lopsa.org/sites/all/modules/civicrm/extern/url.php?u=3601&qid=100972 . In addition we want to thank these folks for donating items to our Annual Meeting at Mentorship BOF raffles: OpenGear: CM7116 Console Server ThinkGeek: Mugs, toys, and more Dasher Technologies: Slate tablet, tshirt, and more SCALE 13x: Pass to SCALE 13x LinuxFest USENIX: 1 year digital subscription to ;Login IXSystems: 300GB SSD and LSI 9285-8E Controller No Starch: Books 12. Comments or suggestions? As we close out this month's LOPSAgram, we want to make sure we're giving you the information you want or need. 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