On Wed, Aug 5, 2015 at 2:10 PM, Ryan DeShone <[email protected]> wrote: > I think you're running a couple years behind. I thought the answer to > everything now was node.js
we can spec the infrastructure latter ;) > > On Wed, 2015-08-05 at 09:17 -0700, Ed wrote: >> like most everything else - ELK or Splunk or Grafana/Graphite >> >> ?! >> >> 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 >> > _______________________________________________ >> > 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/ >> _______________________________________________ >> 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/ > _______________________________________________ > 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/ _______________________________________________ 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/
