I actually just got one for the first time in my life, seems to be the standard for most people on the team. Rather glad because I can easily sleep through my phone notifying me about emails. No way I can sleep through the pager beeping.
"Brodie, Kent" <bro...@mcw.edu> wrote: >People still wear beepers? > >> -----Original Message----- >> From: tech-boun...@lists.lopsa.org [mailto:tech-boun...@lists.lopsa.org] >> On Behalf Of Miles Fidelman >> Sent: Wednesday, July 24, 2013 6:32 AM >> Cc: tech@lists.lopsa.org >> Subject: Re: [lopsa-tech] sysadmin day? >> >> Of course that's exactly when everyone's beepers will go off :-) >> >> Matt Simmons wrote: >> > Hi Conrad, >> > >> > I think the easiest and best way to show your appreciation is to take >> > your sysadmins out to lunch and tell them that you appreciate them. >> > Ask their opinions on how things are going, listen to what they say >> > and consider it, even if you can't ultimately take their suggestions. >> > >> > If there are enough teams that you can't take them all to lunch, just >> > sending an email to remind them that you know they exist and >> > appreciate what they do, then offer to listen to their concerns or >> > suggestions. Everyone wants to know that they're valued. >> > >> > --Matt >> > >> > >> > >> > On Wed, Jul 24, 2013 at 6:13 AM, Conrad Wood <c...@conradwood.net >> > <mailto:c...@conradwood.net>> wrote: >> > >> > Hi, >> > >> > Apparently is sysadmin appreciation day on the last friday of july. >> > according to wikipedia[1]: >> > "The holiday has been recognized and promoted by many IT professional >> > organizations, the League of Professional System Administrators and >> > SAGE/USENIX.[6]" >> > >> > Since I want to honour several teams of sysadmins, is there any >> > kind of >> > etiquette/tradition I should know about? >> > How do you (if at all) go about sysadmin appreciation day? >> > >> > >> > [1] >> > http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/System_Administrator_Appreciation_Day >> > >> > _______________________________________________ >> > Tech mailing list >> > Tech@lists.lopsa.org <mailto:Tech@lists.lopsa.org> >> > https://lists.lopsa.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/tech >> > This list provided by the League of Professional System Administrators >> > http://lopsa.org/ >> > >> > >> > >> > >> > -- >> > LITTLE GIRL: But which cookie will you eat FIRST? >> > COOKIE MONSTER: Me think you have misconception of cookie-eating >> process. >> > >> > >> > _______________________________________________ >> > Tech mailing list >> > Tech@lists.lopsa.org >> > https://lists.lopsa.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/tech >> > This list provided by the League of Professional System Administrators >> > http://lopsa.org/ >> >> >> -- >> In theory, there is no difference between theory and practice. >> In practice, there is. .... Yogi Berra >> >> _______________________________________________ >> Tech mailing list >> Tech@lists.lopsa.org >> https://lists.lopsa.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/tech >> This list provided by the League of Professional System Administrators >> http://lopsa.org/ >_______________________________________________ >Tech mailing list >Tech@lists.lopsa.org >https://lists.lopsa.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/tech >This list provided by the League of Professional System Administrators > http://lopsa.org/ _______________________________________________ Tech mailing list Tech@lists.lopsa.org https://lists.lopsa.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/tech This list provided by the League of Professional System Administrators http://lopsa.org/
