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<p><b>New page</b></p><div> Date: Mon, 1 Nov 2004 07:42:48 -0500<br />
From: Geoff Halprin <geoff@sage.org><br />
To: sage-members@sage.org<br />
Subject: [SAGE] SAGE Memo to Members - October 2004<br />
<br />
SAGE Memo to Members - October 2004<br />
-----------------------------------<br />
<br />
In This Issue:<br />
1. The creation of an independent SAGE<br />
2. Association operations<br />
3. The Chuck Yerkes award<br />
4. LISA 2004<br />
<br />
<br />
<br />
Greetings one and all,<br />
<br />
This is a very exciting time for SAGE.<br />
<br />
As you are aware, SAGE is separating from USENIX, and becoming<br />
a non-profit corporation in its own right. We believe strongly<br />
that this is essential for the future health of the organisation,<br />
and will allow us to pursue our vision of the future of system<br />
administration as a profession, and of SAGE as the professional<br />
association for system administrators.<br />
<br />
For all of the obvious and valuable synergies between SAGE and USENIX,<br />
the two organisations have always had different and sometimes<br />
conflicting agendas. With this new phase of SAGE's existence, we will<br />
be able to continue to work closely with USENIX as in the past, but we<br />
will now also be able to address our broader agenda as a professional<br />
association.<br />
In the short term, there will obviously be some teething problems, and<br />
some delays in introducing new programs. We ask for your patience, and<br />
of course, for your contributions.<br />
<br />
In this issue, we have included some more detail about the transition<br />
process, as well as a number of other topics. We hope you enjoy the<br />
read.<br />
<br />
There will be an extended community meeting at LISA. We hope to see<br />
many of you there.<br />
<br />
<br />
Warm regards,<br />
<br />
The SAGE Interim Board<br />
(Geoff Halprin, David Parter, Trey Harris, Lorette Cheswick)<br />
board@sage-members.org<br />
<br />
<br />
<br />
### 1. The Creation of an Independent SAGE<br />
<br />
As you will be aware from the previous few memos, SAGE is in the<br />
process of creating a separate non-profit organization, independent<br />
of USENIX, to which all SAGE activities, assets and members will be<br />
transferred.<br />
<br />
There are essentially three phases to this process:<br />
1. Create the new legal entity;<br />
2. Transfer assets; and<br />
3. Complete the transition.<br />
<br />
This first step includes registering the non-profit corporation,<br />
writing the initial set of bylaws and policies, and submitting<br />
paperwork to the IRS to register for non-profit status.<br />
<br />
It has been the intent of the transition board to complete this<br />
first step by LISA 2004, which is now only a few weeks away. We<br />
are on track with this first milestone.<br />
<br />
Once we complete this work, and the USENIX Board certifies that<br />
we have completed the tasks necessary, we will begin the phased<br />
transition of services and members to this new entity. We will<br />
be doing this in a staggered fashion over several months, in<br />
order to minimise the impact on our services.<br />
<br />
Six to twelve months after step 2 is concluded, the new SAGE will<br />
demonstrate to the USENIX Board that we have met our obligations and<br />
are a viable entity, at which point the transition will be completed<br />
with the final transfer of SAGE assets to the new SAGE.<br />
<br />
<br />
<br />
### 2. Association Operations<br />
<br />
As part of creating an ongoing concern, we must look at how to staff<br />
the association. The two major options are to staff a new office from<br />
scratch, or to outsource management to an organisation that<br />
specialises in provision of association management services.<br />
<br />
To explore our options further, in September the board issued a<br />
Request For Proposals (RFP) to a number of assocation management<br />
companies through the International Assocation of Association<br />
Management Companies. [Say that seven times fast!]<br />
<br />
We have received 17 proposals, and are now in the process of<br />
evaluating these in order to determine whether one of these companies<br />
represents a good fit for SAGE and will help us to deliver services<br />
and grow the organisation.<br />
<br />
In the meantime, services continue to be provided by USENIX, and<br />
we are assembling teams to manage the transition of services and<br />
IT functions.<br />
<br />
<br />
<br />
### 3. Chuck Yerkes Award<br />
<br />
As subscribers to sage-members are aware, Chuck Yerkes, a valued<br />
member of the SAGE community, passed away on August 27th. This is a<br />
terrible loss to the SAGE/system administration community. Chuck was a<br />
regular contributor to the list, and always helpful and generous with<br />
his time and knowledge.<br />
<br />
In honour of his many contributions, SAGE is pleased to announce that<br />
we have created a new award:<br />
<br />
"The Chuck Yerkes Award for outstanding individual contribution on<br />
member forums."<br />
<br />
(a.k.a. "The Yerkes Award for Conspicuous Generosity of Clue.")<br />
<br />
This will be an annual award, presented to the person (or people)<br />
judged to have most significantly contributed to the mentoring of<br />
their peers through contributions on the various SAGE member<br />
forums (sage-members, SAGEnews, SAGEwire, IRC, etc.).<br />
<br />
The inaugural award will be presented at LISA 2004 in Atlanta.<br />
<br />
<br />
<br />
### 4. LISA 2004<br />
<br />
We are in the run up to LISA, and the program looks as good as ever!<br />
<br />
LISA continues to be the preeminent systems administration conference<br />
on the yearly calendar. It is the most significant training and<br />
professional development opportunity for you and your colleagues. This<br />
year there are training sessions (tutorials) on every day. The<br />
conference program is, again, an excellent, wide-ranging collection of<br />
research and practical papers covering all aspects of the profession.<br />
Lee Damon and his team have done a fantastic job pulling together this<br />
conference.<br />
<br />
So, have you registered? http://www.usenix.org/events/lisa04/<br />
<br />
LISA remains the major SAGE member event of the year. SAGE will be<br />
conducting an extended community meeting at LISA, to give us time to<br />
hear from you about your concerns and desires for the organisation.<br />
<br />
If you or your colleagues hail from the US South East (Georgia,<br />
Florida, Mississippi, Alabama, DC, Virginia, Tennessee), then this is<br />
the first time that LISA has been in the area in quite a while. We<br />
would like to encourage you to pass on the conference information to<br />
all your peers in the area.<br />
<br />
We hope to see you there.<br />
<br />
-- <br />
The SAGE Transition Team<br />
board@sage-members.org</div>Dparter