Mac Admins Foundation Update @ MacSysAdmin 2022

This week board members Emily and Chris presented a session at this year’s virtual MacSysAdmin conference. In the session they recapped the journey that lead to the Mac Admin Foundation’s creation, some recent news, and programs currently in progress.

The session is available to view on-demand at MacSysAdmin.se. The session listing includes a video with AI generated closed captioning, and we’ll provide a full transcript of the session on this post soon.

Thank you Patrik and team for having us onboard for this year’s conference. We hope to see you all in person next year in Gothenburg!


Mac Admins Mentorship program call for volunteers

We’re excited to announce the kick-off for planning and the formation of a working group to build a Mac Admins Mentorship program!

Photo by Headway on Unsplash

The goal for the mentorship program is to create a community-driven program that is able to meet as many of the Mac Admins community mentorship needs as possible. To help us get this program off the ground, we need volunteers who are able to dedicate time to being on the working group, and to help get the first iteration of the program ready to help our community.

The Mac Admins Foundation will be providing support for the program, but it will be shaped initially by the working group of volunteers and then by the feedback from the wider community.

📣 Call to action 📣

If you have experience creating a mentorship program, being a mentor, or some other skills you think may be valuable to the working group, please get in touch with us by filling out this Google Form. To participate please submit your information no later than August 31st, 2022.


Mac Admins Foundation on Command Control Power

Congrats to the Mac Admins Foundation on their successful launch!

We were honored to be joined by several board members of the Mac Admins Foundation including returning guests Tom Bridge and Rich Trouton, and new voice Chris Dawe.

The Mac Admins Slack workspace currently serves almost 50,000 members, with approximately 5,000 monthly active members. Beyond providing for the use of community tools like the Mac Admins Slack workspace, the mission of the Mac Admins Foundation is to foster connections, share and preserve knowledge, protect the the independence of the community, and maintain broad accessibility to all community resources.

TOM BRIDGE, CO-CHAIR

Tom Bridge is the Principal Product Manager for Apple Technologies at JumpCloud. He is also the producer of the Mac Admins Podcast. He lives in Washington, D.C. with his wife Tiffany, their son Charlie, and large cat, Macro. Prior to joining JumpCloud, he was a partner at Technolutionary LLC, where he managed IT operations for more than 60 Mac-focused businesses, including the 9:30 Club, Arcadia, Navanti Group, and more.

RICH TROUTON, TREASURER

Rich Trouton has been doing Macintosh system and server administration for over twenty years and has supported Macs in a number of different environments, including university, government, medical research, advertising and enterprise software development. His current position is at SAP, where he works with the rest of the Apple@SAP team to support SAP's Apple community. Rich has also written for Peachpit, Apress and MacTech Magazine on various ways to manage Apple devices.

CHRIS DAWE, SECRETARY

Chris Dawe is a consultant specializing in Apple technologies and networking. A partner in Seattle-area consultancy Wheelwrights, Chris manages systems for a variety of businesses, speaks regularly on industry topics such as Wi-Fi and IT management, and helps lead the Shadowy Cabal running the regional meetup group Apple Admins of Seattle and the Great Northwest.

SUPPORT CMD CTRL PWR

Command Control Power has reached our 9th anniversary! We have been recording new episodes every week since June of 2013. We are very appreciative of our Patrons and over the next month or so, we are going to do something a little different to show our appreciation.

We will be airing new shows every week on the private Patreon feed. On the public show we will re-air a classic episode from our catalog of almost 500 episodes, along with the occasional new show. Become a Patron today for access to the freshest content, get a peek behind the scenes, and more candid conversations about running our businesses, dealing with clients and fixing tough technical issues.

Mac Admins Foundation at Amsterdam Mac Admins Meetup

Please join us 7 July 2022 from 17:00-20:00 for a hybrid (in-person & remote) meetup hosted by the Amsterdam Mac Admins group.

Agenda

17:00 - 17:30 Presentation from Adyen
17:40 - 18:10 Presentation from Mister X (niet Hybride)
18:20 - 18:50 Presentation from The Mac Admins Foundation
18:50 - 20:00 Drinks & Snacks (Sponsored by Adyen)

How to join

To attend please RSVP on Calendly.