league of professional system administrators lopsa founded 2004 type professional association focus system administration information technology location mount laurel new jersey united states origins usenix method education outreach members c. 650 mission to advance the practice of system administration ; to support recognize educate and encourage its practitioners ; and to serve the public through education and outreach on system administration issues website www.lopsa.org the league of professional system administrators lopsa founded in 2004 is a professional association for it administrators . contents 1 history and formation 2 scope and operations 2.1 mentorship 2.2 wiac scholarship 2.3 regional conferences 2.4 training and tutorials 3 organizational structure 4 chapters and affiliations 4.1 chapters in the usa 4.2 established affiliates 4.3 other regional system administration groups 5 external links 6 references history and formation edit originally the corporation was created as the system administrators guild inc in july 2004 by volunteers of the usenix association as part of a plan to spin off its sage special technical group into a separate organization . after the spin off from the usenix association was halted in november 2005 the volunteers involved in the spin off opted to move forward as a new organization which was renamed lopsa and began reorganizing itself into an independent entity . scope and operations edit the organization s mission is to advance the practice of system administration ; to support recognize educate and encourage its practitioners ; and to serve the public through education and outreach on system administration issues . lopsa has several ongoing programs that it uses to further its mission . mentorship edit the lopsa mentorship program was conceived in 2010 as a way to network inexperienced system administrators with senior members of the organization who could help them on project related topics . as of january 2013 the mentorship program accepts ongoing rather than project based projects . 1 protege status is open to any system administrator irrespective of membership in lopsa while mentor status requires an active membership in the organization . wiac scholarship edit there is a well recognized disparity between men and women in stem fields . 2 lopsa provides an annual stipend for one woman to attend the usenix women in advanced computing wiac summit . the recipient is chosen through an essay contest . 3 regional conferences edit lopsa has formed multiple local chapters in cities in throughout the united states . two lopsa chapters have formed regionally targeted system administration conferences . cascadia it conference in seattle washington lopsa east in new brunswick new jersey training and tutorials edit system administrators gather at an information booth for lopsa at a conference . organizational structure edit the organization is a 501c3 not for profit group and is governed by a nine member board of directors . the first board was elected in july 2005 by the membership of sage . elections are held each year for either four or five board members with each election term being for two years . lopsa is headquartered in mount laurel new jersey . chapters and affiliations edit lopsa fosters community through local chapters and affiliation with and support for other local groups . chapters in the usa edit arizona madison wisconsin new jersey austin texas new york city lopsa us ny nyc seattle area system administrators guild seattle washington pittsburgh system and network administrators of pittsburgh boston back bay lisa north carolina nc sa columbus ohio lopsa cbus established affiliates edit system administrators guild of ireland ireland ottawa valley sage canada sonoma county system administrators northern california other regional system administration groups edit americas australia sage au external links edit official lopsa website lopsa governance website lopsa twitter feed lopsa on facebook charity navigator summary profile references edit https lopsa.org content january 2013 lopsagram http www.webcitation.org 67yor88gp https lopsa.org content wiac13 announce retrieved from https en.wikipedia.org w index.php title league of professional system administrators & oldid 705866480 categories system administrationprofessional associations based in the united statescomputer related organizations navigation menu personal tools not logged intalkcontributionscreate accountlog in namespaces article talk variants views read edit view history more search navigation main pagecontentsfeatured contentcurrent eventsrandom articledonate to wikipediawikipedia store interaction helpabout wikipediacommunity portalrecent changescontact page tools what links hererelated changesupload filespecial pagespermanent linkpage informationwikidata itemcite this page print export create a bookdownload as pdfprintable version languages add links this page was last modified on 20 february 2016 at 00 52 . text is available under the creative commons attribution sharealike license ; 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