Following on from my "extraordinary clarity" email...
I think most of us could agree that LOPSA is an educational organization. I have seen discussions about a goal to "increase membership" which reminds me of an Andy Stanley podcast (Better before bigger). He tells a story about Chick-fil-a being concerned about a new competitor - Boston Market. They had a meeting with high level execs trying to come up with ways to get bigger faster so they could compete with Boston Market. Mr Truet was at the end of the table, he was very quiet. He started banging his fist on the table until everyone was quiet. "Gentlemen, I am sick and tired of hearing you talk about us getting bigger. He paused. What we need to be talking about is how do we get better? If we get better our customers will demand that we get bigger." I propose that trying to simply increase LOPSA membership may not be the best goal. How does LOPSA get better at educating more System Admins? What is the win? System Administrators learn how to make their organizations better. Why do we do it? System Administrators need a trusted place to seek new information. We must always be learning new things. If we did not exist what would happen? System Administrators may not be able to find the information they need, or it may take them longer to find. How do we do it here? - Mentor program - Produce an annual conference - Host an email list - Local chapter meetings - etc. How do we measure "The win"? Thoughts? Craig _______________________________________________ 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/
