[ale] LOPSA - League of Professional System Administrators.

[aledonne.listmail at gmail.com (Alex LeDonne)]

For professional sysadmins' consideration:

I recently learned of the existence of LOPSA (http://lopsa.org/) - the
League of Professional System Administrators. It's apparently the
non-Usenix successor to SAGE. It's $50/yr to join, but I would hope
most businesses would cover that cost for their sysadmins.

I don't think there's an Atlanta LOPSA chapter yet, nor can I find a
reference to an Atlanta SAGE chapter, but my understanding of the
recent ALE mailing list discussions is that such a local
chapter/organization would fill a void in the community. Between ALE
list members and recently surveyed non-list members at meetings of
multiple organizations, I expect that critical mass (3 members
provisionally, 12 ongoing) for a local chapter could easily be
achieved.

Tangentially, if at least two LOPSA members call themselves ALE
members, ALE could become a LOPSA "Affiliate" - not a part of LOPSA,
but a recognized sibling organization.

Best wishes to professional sysadmins and to linux dabblers, newbies,
home users, and enthusiasts alike,

Alex