CANDIDATE FOR DIRECTOR

Tina Darmohray

A trip to the Web pages will show that for 25 years, USENIX has been "the Advanced Computing Systems Association." For 10 years, SAGE has been in existence to "advance the status of computer system administration as a profession." Ten years ago, an experiment to share resources between the two organizations was embarked upon. Recently this arrangement has been put to the test, and the upcoming two years will no doubt involve a significant focus on refining this relationship.

As a wildly pleased consumer of USENIX resources since 1984, a founding board member of SAGE, and, in more recent years, a contributor to both organizations, I am a candidate who brings a unique allegiance to the entire community of computing professionals: system administrators, academics, scientists, programmers, and practitioners. As a USENIX Board member in the upcoming two-year term, I would apply my experience with both organizations to find their common ground and leverage it to their common good.

The same resources that attracted me, and you, to USENIX in the first place will continue to be my ongoing focus. I will work with the other Board members and community to continue to improve and enhance our publications, educational offerings, and professional resources.

Biography: Tina Darmohray first encountered UNIX at UC Berkeley, where she received her B.S. and M.S. degrees in '81 and '83. She first encountered USENIX when her co-workers whisked her off to "see the Wizards" in Dallas at the Annual Technical Conference in 1984. She's been in awe and involved ever since. She's contributed to USENIX and SAGE in a variety of ways, including as tutorial instructor, co-editor of ;login:, author and editor of the SAGE Short Topics booklet Job Descriptions for System Administrators, founding board member of SAGE, co-chair of the LISA conference, and, recently, regular attendee of USENIX Board meetings.

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