If you are at all interested in the professionalization of system administration, I urge you to check out the League of Professional System Administrators (LOPSA), the new (hopefully 501(c)3) corporation whose "mission is 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."
Since the bigbrouhaha in November, and the subsequent appointment of an overseer who complains about being too busy and had herself resigned from SAGE's Executive Committee once previously, I don't see any value remanining in a $40 SAGE membership (and as a former SAGE Executive Committee member, that saddens me).
USENIX used to be focused on advancing the state of research; now they seem much more interested in and focused on conferences and training (and thus making money). You can decide whether or not that's worth $110 or whatever per year for USENIX (only) membership.
I speak for myself, not USENIX, SAGE, or LOPSA. Despite the spiffy logo icon.
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Date: 2006-03-16 05:07 pm (UTC)Since the big brouhaha in November, and the subsequent appointment of an overseer who complains about being too busy and had herself resigned from SAGE's Executive Committee once previously, I don't see any value remanining in a $40 SAGE membership (and as a former SAGE Executive Committee member, that saddens me).
USENIX used to be focused on advancing the state of research; now they seem much more interested in and focused on conferences and training (and thus making money). You can decide whether or not that's worth $110 or whatever per year for USENIX (only) membership.
I speak for myself, not USENIX, SAGE, or LOPSA. Despite the spiffy logo icon.