Michael R' Crusoe

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introduction

• Michael R. Crusoe
• Bronze Founding Sponsor

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a definition

• System Administrator, sis'tem ad-min-is-trat'or,
  n. One who, as a primary responsibility, performs
  system administration duties on behalf of another
  such as an employer or client.

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another definition

• System Administration, sis'tem ad-min'is-tra'shon,
  n. Activities which directly support the
  operations and integrity of computing systems and
  their use and which manage their intricacies.
  These activities minimally include system
  installation, configuration, integration,
  maintenance, performance management, data
  management, security management, failure analysis
  and recovery, and user support.

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professional organizations

• Promote growth and maturity
• Meet others who do what you do
• Education
• Forums for advice and war stories
• Public voice in the media, in Washington

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• to advance the practice of system administration
  to support, recognize, educate, and encourage its
  practitioners and to serve the public through
  education and outreach on system administration
  issues.

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the present

• Active member focused website
• Interest specific mailing lists
• Board-membership communication
• First regional event Camp Sysadmin

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the future our members

• Hallway track all year long
• Online content, live channels, workshops
• Mentoring, learning, writing.

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the future our profession

• Research into system administration
• Speaking for the profession
• Outreach to all sysadmins
• Outreach to the public

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participate

• Join us at http//lopsa.org
• Volunteer for or start a project
• Check out the mailing lists

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the board

• Matthew Barr -- Managing Partner at Datalyte
  Consulting, LLC
• Trey Harris -- Senior System Engineer at
  Amazon.com
• Doug Hughes -- Principal Systems Engineer at
  Global Crossing
• Andrew Hume ATT Research Labs
• Chris Palmer -- Manager, DEAS IT Operations at
  Harvard University

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• Dave Parter -- Associate Director and Senior
  System Administrator at the Computer Systems Lab
  of the University of Wisconsin Computer Science
  Department.
• Tom Perrine -- Mgr, PD IT Infrastructure at Sony
  Computer Entertainment America (Playstation)
• Stephen Potter -- Solaris Product Manager at
  JPMorgan Chase
• Pat Wilson -- on hiatus, previously UC San Diego

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thanks!

• http//lopsa.org
• michael_at_qrivy.net

Michael R. Crusoe Bronze Founding Sponsor
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