sounds like everyone is so obsessed with pagers (for nostalgic or other 
reasons) - I might use that as a present for the ssyadmins ;)))

On 24 Jul 2013, at 16:41, Scott Roberts wrote:

> http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=l7Og1DuMu3k
> 
> Yes.
> 
> On 7/24/13 10:14 AM, "Brodie, Kent" <[email protected]> wrote:
> 
>> People still wear beepers?
>> 
>>> -----Original Message-----
>>> From: [email protected] [mailto:[email protected]]
>>> On Behalf Of Miles Fidelman
>>> Sent: Wednesday, July 24, 2013 6:32 AM
>>> Cc: [email protected]
>>> Subject: Re: [lopsa-tech] sysadmin day?
>>> 
>>> Of course that's exactly when everyone's beepers will go off :-)
>>> 
>>> 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 <[email protected]
>>>> <mailto:[email protected]>> 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
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