Re: USENIX/SAGE local group in DC

[Arash Sadati <Glue.umd.edu">arash]

Hi.  

Since I still have a small list of people with interest in a local group in DC
(it's been only a day since we started :) I am posting a copy of this to the 
sage-members list, with the hope that we'll get responses from everyone with 
opion on this issue, especially those who've been in a local chapter

I think besides the human interaction and a sense of SA community in locally,
there are alot of oppurtunities for networking in a local chapter, that can helpus both professionally and technically. 

As Unix's development has been, Sys Admin.'s growth and enrichment might well 
depend on local but energetic groups of people who can learn, teach and create 
new methods and approaches.

I agree that we can carry on discussions on what we want to create on the local
sage mailing list.  We can learn from other already existing local groups
and what programs they've had and what they got out of them.  

 
> 
> I too am interested in getting together with other SAGE members.
> Considering the fact that I'm more accessible via e-mail than the
> telephone, sometimes a local SAGE group is not neccessary. Not that I'm
> against local gatherings, I just want to see what advantages it would have
> above the national membership. 
> 
> Perhaps the simplest way to get started is to ask the WAUG if we can piggy
> back SAGE onto their monthly meetings (i.e. can we simply meet at the same
> time and at the same place as the monthly WAUG gathering and break off
> into a mini-BOF after the main meeting). This keeps the organizational
> load small. Now all we have to do is figure out what do once we meet! 
>