Hi, folks. As many of you are aware, System Administrator Appreciation Day is the last Friday in July. Let's start planning what LOPSA should do to recognize and promote it.
One thing I have in mind is a membership drive of some sort, perhaps in the form of discounted gift memberships. Want to show a sysadmin some appreciation? Get them a one-year membership to LOPSA. And maybe we can give better discounts if you buy 5, 10, 25 gift memberships. Ok, but maybe we need to have some sort of gift to go along with it. Maybe a book of some kind, donated or discounted to LOPSA if possible to make the numbers work better. And some organizations don't pay for association memberships, so maybe we offer the gift for a certain price and the membership is actually complimentary. It would be a deal where it would be available for new memberships or to extend the membership of a current member by a year. This plan is not fully baked but I think it might have some potential. The reason I'm pushing for a membership drive sort of thing here (even if we don't label it as such) is that increasing our rosters allows us to get bigger partnerships/sponsorships and in turn recruit even more members. And having a larger membership is one important way that LOPSA will gain efficiencies of scale, serve our membership better, and also be more influential in the public arena and to other organizations regarding system administration as a profession. I'd like to hear what you think about the gift membership drive idea, suggestions on how to improve it, and if you have other ideas for Sys Admin Day activities. Thanks, Matt Disney
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