LOPSA-ETENN’s First Meeting Was a Success!

It is my pleasure to report on the the inaugural meeting of LOPSA-ETENN. We met last night at space graciously provided by our first sponsor, Cafe 4. Eighteen people joined us for the meeting.

 
The first hour of the meeting was spent getting to know one another. Jesse Trucks opened the meeting officially at 7pm, with an introduction to LOSPA and our goals and hopes for LOPSA-ETENN. We spent 45 minutes discussing amongst the group what sorts of topics we would all like to hear. We came away with enough potential topics to fill years worth of meetings, as well as potential speakers for the next year.
 
The first meeting was a great success, and we anticipate plenty of growth in the next few months. We will be meeting again on July 3rd, 2012.
 
-Mike Julian
LOPSA-ETENN Chapter President

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LOPSA ETENN 6-5-12 Updates

Just wanted to say thanks to all the SA's that came out last night!  We had an excellent turn out for our first meeting and started nailing down topics/discussions we want to happen over the next year.   There were several organizations represented last night including Pilot/Flying J, TEK Systems, ORNL, Garden Montessori School, and…

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Lessons Learned: Watch out for spaces when using ‘cd’ on Unix

We have a wonderful old solaris legacy system that runs our payroll, hr, accounting systems. Our primary, unix savvy DBA leaves on vacation and leaves some minimal instructions for the junior, non-unix savvy DBA on how to clean out the print queue when a user submits a very large job by accident (which happens way to often). Yesterday jDBA comes running over and says I cannot ssh into the unix system — sure enough, I try to ssh in and immediately am kicked right off. Soon the helpdesk is swamped with reports of users who cannot access the system any more. I hop onto my trusty console switch and log in, only to get errors where it cannot find the /bin directory. I then start asking jDBA just what the heck he did (can anyone guess…). Continue reading

Why are you a LOPSA member?

So, I've been thinking hard about the value proposition for LOPSA–what makes it worth being a member? When we recruit new members, what do I tell them about LOPSA (e.g., "You should join LOPSA because…")   It's been a tough question to ask. Here's why: motivations.   As with any group, there are bound to…

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PICC’12 A great Learning experience

PICC'12 a Great Learning experience This past weekend (May 11-12, 2012) was the PICC'12 conference. It was a great conference. I can't thanks people enough for the work they did. Although I had the grand title of Chairmen the real work is done by all the volunteers. So I again want all the kudos to…

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2012 Candidate Statement: John Boris

      I want to thank those who asked me to run again for the LOPSA Board. The last election process was an education for me. One thing I got a baptism of fire og IRC. Also those lopsa-live sessions bolstered my feelings that lopsa members are an informed group and can ask the tough questions.  …

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What makes a “master” IT worker?

  Mike and I started the discussion on what makes a master IT worker after I brought up a Cal Newport post detailing some of the myths of seeking the perfect career. Much of what Cal said, I agreed with–the job you want isn't going to plop down in your lap. The job that you find to be…

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