Attached is the transcript of the July 2010 LOPSA Live! session. This session includes thanks to Moose, Sysadmin Day and events, upcoming Board activities, OLF/OLFu, Seattle Area conference in the formative stages needing volunteers, the Mentoring Program, LISA coming up, and work beginning on the next Salary Survey. The long meeting was called to an end and the channel left open for a longer public discussion afterward on unprofessional behaviour in our public forums that is included separately as well. As always, volunteers are needed for most if not all of the above, contact us if you want to help out at board@lopsa.org.

Attached is the transcript of the May 2010 LOPSA Live session. This session includes after PICC comments, LOPSA Mentorship Program, position changes for Trey and Travis, and calls for volunteers, most specifically for OLFU, mentoring and the newly open positions).

The LOPSA Board congratulates LOPSA-NJ on the success of the LOSPA-NJ Professional IT Community Conference (PICC '10), May 7-8 2010 in New Brunswick, NJ. We also thank and commend the Conference Chair, William Bilancio, the PICC '10 Organizing Committee, the speakers and volunteers for their dedication and hard work, which was reflected in the quality of the conference and value to all participants. You have built a solid foundation for future PICC conferences, and served the community well.

More information on PICC '10 is online at http://lopsanj.org/events/picc10/

LOPSA is working on a mentorship program, and we need your help!

Following up on the great keynote by Tom Limoncelli at the PICC conference someone mentioned the need for mentoring and there was a clear interest in the room of people to be mentors and be mentored. This page is a place holder for the development of this idea.

Please email volunteers@lopsa.org with your interest both as being a mentor, finding a mentor, helping us develop a mentorship program to make introductions of people, or any combination of those.

Watch this page for more information coming soon.

LOPSA is now making LOPSA group IRC cloaks available on freenode!

All current members in good standing and sponsor representatives may qualify for a LOPSA group cloak. To be eligible for a LOPSA group cloak, the LOPSA membership or sponsorship must be current, and the individual's freenode network account must be set up according to the freenode network cloaking rules, which are found at:

http://freenode.net/faq.shtml#nicksetup

LOPSA is now offering all of its members the opportunity to receive savings of up to 40% on health insurance, life insurance, long-term care insurance and more!

All members who participate in the program will receive special premium rates and enhanced insurance coverage for yourself, your family, or your company. These benefits can extend to part-time and full-time employees of companies.

We are pleased to offer significant association value to our members on programs including:

• Health Insurance for Groups and Individuals
  
• Life Insurance
  
• Long-Term Care Insurance