[kwlug-disc] System Administrator Appreciation Day Dinner, 31 July 2015 [bjns]

Sat Aug 1 00:06:44 EDT 2015

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SysAdminDay Dinner was a great success (everyone left having eaten all
they could from the buffet). I'll have some pictures shortly.

In the meantime, is that a KWLUG SysAdmin who's being quoted in this
article?

http://www.itworld.com/article/2829113/it-management/9-reasons-sys-admins-hate-you.html

> Sys admins offer a list of 9 ways you drive them crazy

[...]
> 2. You're vague: "We still need a good report of a problem in
> order to start fixing it," says former sys admin John Van Ostrand.
> "Even a user who has been through the process many times, over many
> years, still doesn't seem to expect the same questions or still
> can't answer them in sufficient detail. What were you trying to do?
> What were you doing just prior to the problem? What did you do?
> What was the result?" Sys admin Amy Rich agrees, adding, "'The
> internet is down.' Can you tell me what the actual problem you
> personally have experienced is (and any troubleshooting that you've
> done on your own) instead of speculating?"

Bob Jonkman <bjonkman at sobac.com>          Phone: +1-519-635-9413
SOBAC Microcomputer Services             http://sobac.com/sobac/
Software   ---   Office & Business Automation   ---   Consulting
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On 26/07/15 07:03 PM, Bob Jonkman wrote:
> And the results are in!
> 
> - From the Straw Poll at http://strawpoll.me/5008195/r:
> 
> Chen’s Buffet: 4 votes Star Wok: 1 vote Lancaster Smokehouse: 0 
> votes
> 
> - From these comments: Chen’s Buffet: 1.5 votes Star Wok: .5 votes
>  Lancaster Smokehouse: 1 vote
> 
> (those .5 votes are your fault, Dan! "I now therefore support
> either of those buffet places"...)
> 
> I got no additional votes in e-mail that weren’t duplicates of the
>  comments or the Straw Poll, so the clear winner is Chen’s Buffet 
> with 5.5 votes!
> 
> I’ll call for a reservation tomorrow (Monday), and see you there on
>  Friday, 31 July 2015 from 6:00pm to 9:00pm!
> 
> Chen’s Buffet 50 Weber Street North, Waterloo, Ontario
> 
> Map: http://osm.org/go/ZXnbrayr--?m=
> 
> –Bob.
> 
> 
> On 23/07/15 03:54 PM, Bob Jonkman wrote:
>> Hi again! 31 July is drawing close, so it's time we chose a place
>>  for dinner.  So far, there are three choices:
> 
>> * Star Wok * Lancaster Smokehouse * Chen's Buffet
> 
>> I can add more if anyone is particularly fond of a particular 
>> place; e-mail me or leave a comment on the blog:
> 
>> http://bob.jonkman.ca/blogs/2015/07/14/system-administrator-appreciation-day-dinner-31-july-2015/#proposed_venues
>
>>
>> 
And the polls are open! If you have a favorite then let me know by
>> e-mail or comment, or try out a Web poll:
> 
>> http://strawpoll.me/5008195
> 
>> Sorry, Javascript required and source code not available.
> 
>> --Bob.
> 
> 
>> On 14/07/15 11:24 PM, Bob Jonkman wrote:
>>> Hi Everybody!
> 
>>> System Administrator Appreciation Day falls on the last Friday
>>> of the month every year, and is allegedly celebrated by users 
>>> gifting their SysAdmins chocolate cake and ice cream. Hands up,
>>>  those of you who have actually experienced that? Hmmm? I
>>> thought so…
> 
>>> Nobody appreciates System Administrators more than other System
>>>  Administrators, so for the last few years I’ve hosted a
>>> Systems Administrator Appreciation Day Dinner. Last year we
>>> went to LaiLai’s, and previously we’ve gone to Egg Roll King.
> 
>>> SysAdminDay is on Friday, 31 July 2015, just over two weeks 
>>> away. Where would you like to go this year? Potential venues 
>>> must offer vegetarian fare, and be physically accessible. Leave
>>>  suggestions in the comments of my blog post[1] or send me 
>>> e-mail, then next week we can vote. If there’s more than one 
>>> candidate on the list we’ll rank choices from 3 points (most 
>>> favoured) to 1 point (least favoured), and I’ll add them up,
>>> post the results on the blog, and we can all meet for dinner.
> 
>>> SysAdminDay Dinner is open to everyone, whether you’re a System
>>>  Administrator, a SysAdmin Student, or a former SysAdmin who’s
>>>  been lured to the dark side. And also their friends, family,
>>> and end-users. OK, maybe not the end-users. Unless they’re
>>> friends or family. :-)
> 
>>> See you on 31 July! -–Bob.
> 
>>> [1] 
>>> http://bob.jonkman.ca/blogs/2015/07/14/system-administrator-appreciation-day-dinner-31-july-2015/
>
>>>
>>> 
>>> 
> 
> 
> 
> 
>> Bob Jonkman <bjonkman at sobac.com> Phone: +1-519-635-9413 SOBAC 
>> Microcomputer Services http://sobac.com/sobac/ Software ---
>> Office & Business Automation --- Consulting GnuPG Fngrprnt:04F7
>> 742B 8F54 C40A E115 26C2 B912 89B0 D2CC E5EA
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