Jesse Trucks Resigns from Board of Directors
Jesse
Philip et al.,
Jesse Trucks
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Jesse Trucks, GCUX
jtrucks@lopsa.org
Director
http://lopsa.org
Philip et al.,
—
Jesse Trucks, GCUX
jtrucks@lopsa.org
Director
http://lopsa.org
Have YOU voted in the LOPSA Board of Directors elections? I have! LOPSA Members should do their duty to elect the next round of Directors that will take LOPSA into a better future with more member benefits and more members! Participation of every member makes a huge difference to all of us and the community…
Professionals. Trainers. Leaders. Mentors. Friends.
What do all these people have in common? They are all system administrators.
I can easily think of several examples of people fulfilling these roles among the membership of the League of Professional System Administrators (LOPSA). Those of us who are already members know this. However, not everyone outside LOPSA knows this about system administrators — yet. As part of our mission here in LOPSA, we reach out to the larger community beyond the boundaries of our membership. I have worked from the moment I joined LOPSA to evangelize our message to the greater community that we serve; to educate others on our professionalism; and to improve our understanding of what it means to be a professional system administrator. I continue to do this work, and I will work ever harder at growing awareness of both our existence and our professionalism.
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