[ale] [OffTopic] LOPSA Atlanta Chapter

Thu Jun 27 12:21:16 EDT 2013

Maybe LOPSA could leverage Snowden into some real respect from the PHB
crowd.

On Thu, Jun 27, 2013 at 12:07 PM, Jim Kinney <jim.kinney at gmail.com> wrote:

> Hmm. LOPSAPAC. Has a nice ring to it.
>
> congresscritter == PHB with fewer tech skills.
>
>
> On Thu, Jun 27, 2013 at 11:42 AM, Jerald Sheets <questy at gmail.com> wrote:
>
>> Already a LOPSA member here, so....  Yeah.
>>
>> Went to the LISA conference in San Diego this year and had a blast.
>>
>> Great org, great people.  Trying to figure out on the IRC/Mailing List
>> lately whether the blast radius from Snowden will affect the Sysadmin
>> community when the clueless congresscritters get their hands on it in the
>> future, and whether we need a PAC armed and ready to go when that happens.
>>
>> Good times.
>>
>> ---
>> Jerald M. Sheets jr.
>>
>>
>>
>> On Thu, Jun 27, 2013 at 11:31 AM, Jim Kinney <jim.kinney at gmail.com>wrote:
>>
>>> AUUG is a users group more like ALE. LOPSA is a professional
>>> organization unlike ALE.
>>>
>>> I pay to stay affiliated with APS, IEEE, and other professional
>>> organizations. I used to do the pro stuff through USENIX a long time ago
>>> with SAGE.
>>>
>>>
>>> On Thu, Jun 27, 2013 at 11:19 AM, Lightner, Jeff <JLightner at water.com>wrote:
>>>
>>>>   Of course there are dues as shown on this page:****
>>>>
>>>> https://lopsa.org/about_membership****
>>>>
>>>> ** **
>>>>
>>>> Question is how many are still “interested” if they have to pay
>>>> $50/year especially given AUUG is free?****
>>>>
>>>> ** **
>>>>
>>>> *From:* ale-bounces at ale.org [mailto:ale-bounces at ale.org] *On Behalf Of
>>>> *Jim Kinney
>>>> *Sent:* Thursday, June 27, 2013 10:07 AM
>>>> *To:* Atlanta User Group (E-mail)
>>>>
>>>> *Subject:* Re: [ale] [OffTopic] LOPSA Atlanta Chapter****
>>>>
>>>> ** **
>>>>
>>>> Ditto.****
>>>>
>>>> On Jun 27, 2013 9:16 AM, "Emily Hansen" <ciani at panix.com> wrote:****
>>>>
>>>> definitely interested.
>>>>
>>>> Emily
>>>>
>>>> On Wed, Jun 26, 2013 at 12:58:04PM -0400, Sam Davis wrote:
>>>> > I also am interested.
>>>> >
>>>> > Sam Davis
>>>> >
>>>> >
>>>> > On 06/26/2013 12:54 PM, Katherine Villyard wrote:
>>>> > >Sounds good.  I'm definitely interested.
>>>> > >
>>>> > >Katherine
>>>> > >
>>>> > >"Be soft.  Do not let the world make you hard.  Do not let the pain
>>>> > >make you hate.  Do not let the bitterness steal your sweetness.  Take
>>>> > >pride that even though the rest of the world may disagree, you still
>>>> > >believe it to be a beautiful place."
>>>> > >--Kurt Vonnegut
>>>> > >
>>>> > >
>>>> > >On Wed, Jun 26, 2013 at 6:22 AM, Wolf Halton <wolf.halton at gmail.com>
>>>> wrote:
>>>> > >>If you are interested in being a charter member of the Atlanta
>>>> Chapter of
>>>> > >>the Maurice Pryce and I are starting it - had our first meeting
>>>> yesterday on
>>>> > >>a google hangout.  Planning to have an event of some sort on July
>>>> 26th -
>>>> > >>Sys-admin appreciation day.
>>>> > >>
>>>> > >>Wolf Halton
>>>> > >>
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