Thanks Peter. Two board members resigned and a major LOPSA conference is being cancelled...not good!
Hope you guys (the board) can right the ship...hoping 2015 goes better as I believe in the cause! On Dec 23, 2014 5:12 PM, "Peter Grace" <[email protected]> wrote: > 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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