Is it possible that the reason only 2.7% hacer voted is because nobody else knows about it? The only reason I found out about it was because of the complaints on here about the format of the q&a. I checked my spam box, and while there were some messages in there, none were official lopsa correspondence about the election.
Adam > On Jun 25, 2015, at 11:58 AM, Ski Kacoroski <kacoro...@gmail.com> wrote: > > Hi, > > I appreciate the recent discussion on LOPSA and its future on this list. I > thought I would try to put this discussion into context a bit. > > NOTE: These are my personal thoughts and not the thoughts of the board. > > * First LOPSA will be 10 years old in Nov 2015. It was started out of > conflict in 2005 that resulted in a legal action in 2007 which was resolved > in 2009 [1]. However from 2009 until late 2014, LOPSA has been hamstrung > dealing with the results of that legal action - paying off the debt [2]. So > for the majority of its existence, LOPSA has been just trying to survive. > This is one reason why LOPSA has not grown like people wish. > > * For a non-profit to be successful, it needs sponsorships and vendor support > to provide benefits to its members. LOPSA started with with many sponsors, > but I feel that due to the legal action, LOPSA lost its sponsors. This has > also hurt its ability to grow. > > * There are several kinds of non-profits. 501c6 are professional non-profits > and 501c3's are educational non-profits. For some reason, LOPSA is > incorporated as a 501c3 non-profit [3]. I know this has caused at least 2 > board members to resign when they realized that LOPSA, in the eyes of the > government, is an educational, not a professional organization. > > * Finally, LOPSA has had a hard time finding volunteers. I checked at the > Bureau of Labor statistics and found out that volunteer rates at professional > organizations are around 5% - 8% [4][5]. LOPSA does not have enough members > at that volunteer rate to be a completely volunteer run organization. Please > note that educational volunteering happens at an over 20% rate. > > Given the above background, it is amazing to me that LOPSA has even survived. > I can understand why some folks have dropped out and some are disillusioned > with LOPSA - it has been very difficult. All I ask is that you give us one > more year to show that LOPSA is viable. > > The good news, is that LOPSA did survive. I feel that we can still provide a > benefit to system admins as a educational non-profit. I personally have seen > how LOPSA has helped people to get training, education, and jobs in system > administration. We can make a difference with your help. > > Now is the time for you, as a member to make a difference, and vote at > https://election.lopsa.org for LOPSA's future. Only 2.7% of you have voted > so far. If you were a mentor or a protegee, VOTE! If you were ever helped > out by posting to IRC or to LOPSA discuss - VOTE! > > Read the candidate statements at https://election.lopsa.org. Read the > candidate questions and answers at > https://lopsa.org/content/lopsa-2015-election-candidate-questions-and-answers > and pick the candidates that have answers which resonate with you. If you > blame the old board members, then vote us out - but vote at > https://election.lopsa.org/. Of all of LOPSA elections, this is one where > YOU can make a big difference with your vote. It only takes a few minutes so > please vote at https://election.lopsa.org. > > cheers, > > ski > > References: > [1] https://lopsa.org/about_history > [2] https://lopsa.org/content/december-2014-lopsagram > [3] https://projects.propublica.org/nonprofits/organizations/201950324 > [4] http://www.bls.gov/news.release/volun.t04.htm > [5] http://www.bls.gov/news.release/volun.t05.htm > > > -- > "When we try to pick out anything by itself, we find it > connected to the entire universe" John Muir > > Chris "Ski" Kacoroski, kacoro...@gmail.com, 206-501-9803 > or ski98033 on most IM services > _______________________________________________ > Discuss mailing list > Discuss@lists.lopsa.org > https://lists.lopsa.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/discuss > This list provided by the League of Professional System Administrators > http://lopsa.org/ _______________________________________________ Discuss mailing list Discuss@lists.lopsa.org https://lists.lopsa.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/discuss This list provided by the League of Professional System Administrators http://lopsa.org/
