Re: [SAGE] SAGE Memo to Members, 9/6/2005

[Philip Brown <phil@bolthole.com>]

On Tue, Sep 13, 2005 at 08:14:21PM -0400, Adam S. Moskowitz wrote:
> 
> You're certainly entitled to that opinion, but I think your expectations
> are unrealistic. Professional dues or subscriptions of $40 per year is
> at most 0.1% of a sysadmin's salary; even a few hundred a year doesn't
> make it to 1% for a lot (many? most?) of sysadmins. "Obscene?" "Puke?" I
> think that's excessive.

how nice for you, that you have lots of money to throw around.

For my own standards, I dont define "professional" or "sysadmin", by
"the person has hundreds of dollars that he can spend without feeling it".
For an organization that is supposed to have a wide reach, including junior
people who presumably make very little, it is an excessive fee.

FYI: I'm actually in a senior position. However, I also have a LOT of
unavoidable expenses. Like being sole income in a family of 5, for example.
Every dollar counts, for me. I'm only a paying member this year, because my
company decided to foot the bill. 

BTW: for a long time, it was "SAGE == $100 + $40" or whatever.
If it really is the case now that we can pay $40 only to get all online
resources, then I dont have so much to complain about reguarding dues.
But the executive salary is still obscene. More on that in a separate
email.