like most everything else - ELK or Splunk or Grafana/Graphite

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On Wed, Aug 5, 2015 at 8:21 AM, Craig Cook <[email protected]> wrote:
> 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
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