Well, it's my first ever sysadmin day. I am looking forward to what might
happen. :)
Regards,
Ali Sajid Imami
Ex - President,
Irrtiqa
On Wed, Jul 24, 2013 at 9:30 PM, David Bronder <david-bron...@uiowa.edu>wrote:
> For a non-pager/beeper follow-up...
>
> Management here usually arranges for a cook-out lunch for Sysadmin Day
> ("catered" by a local grocery store or local caterer), with burgers, brats,
> chips, potato salad, cookies, pop (or soda, for those so inclined), etc.
> We have it outside near our building, so location is convenient for those
> working at the office (or inclined to come in that day) but if somebody's
> beeper does go off, they're close to their desk. And (in the northern
> hemisphere), it's usually the right weather for grilling outside...
>
> =Dave
>
>
>
> On 07/24/2013 05:56 AM, 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> 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<http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/System_Administrator_Appreciation_Day>
>>
>>
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