In case you didn’t know it’s SysAdmin Appreciation Day next Friday July 27th! There are a lot of contests going around celebrating it with a bunch of different prizes, so as a topic of special interest to the ITNinja community, we thought we’d make it easy for you to find out about all of the Sysadmin contests out there and put them all in one place for you. If you know of any others please share using the comment feature.
So here they are (Who knows, if you participate in all of them you’re bound to win some type of prize right?)
Who: Dell KACE
What: "Hair-Raising IT Tales" – Submit a short story of your funniest, worst, horrible IT work story to enter their drawing
Where: Facebook Contest – http://www.HairRaisingITTales.com/
When: Every day from July 23rd through July 27th.
Prize: They’re doing a daily drawing every day of the week for a $500 amazon gift card and four $25 ThinkGeek gift cards. You can enter in each day for another chance to win.
Who: SolarWinds – Thwack
What: "Tell you Tales from the Trenches" – Submit a short story IT story from work and then it will get voted on; the highest voted entry wins
Where: Thwack - http://thwack.solarwinds.com/community/solarwinds-community/sysadmin-day-contest
When: You can submit all month long and they’re doing a grand prize reward on July 27th
Prizes: An Apple gift card, a ThinkGeek gift card, or an original piece of art based on your tale.
Who: ThinkGeek
What: "The One SysAdmin to rule them all" – Sumbit the name of a SysAdmin to be entered into a random drawing
Where: ThinkGeek’s website - http://www.thinkgeek.com/contests/sysadmin2012.shtml
When: The contest closes on July 25th at midnight
Prize: The person who submits the name wins a $250 ThinkGeek gift certificate, and the Sysadmin wins $1,000 ThinkGeek shopping spree and Sauron Premium Format Figure by Sideshow Collectibles
Who: SpiceWorks
What: SpiceQuest: a scavenger hunt
When: Now through July 27th
Where: http://community.spiceworks.com/pages/Spiceworks
Prizes: A $500 gift card Visa Gift Card
Who: Pasa la Guardia
What: A get-together for Sysadmins – you just have to let them know you’re coming - http://www.adminfest.com/#evento
Where: Breoghan Brew Bar in San Telmo
When: July 27th at 7 pm
Prize: Looks like they’ve got a bunch of surprises for you when you get there. Who knows what that means!
Who: LOPSA
What: Discounted membership
Where: http://lopsa.org/sysadminday2012
When: Monday, Jul 23rd through Friday, July 27th
Who: Nextrio
What: SysAdmin Nomination
When: Need to nominate by July 24th
Where: http://www.tucsonsysadmin.com/
Prizes: $500 American Express Gift Card and $100 American Express Gift card
Who: Cyber-Ark
What: Cyber-Ark's 3rd Annual System Administrator Appreciation Day and Twitter Contest
Where: http://www.cyber-ark.com/landing-pages/sysadmin-day/
When: 9:00am ET July 24th through 4:00pm ET July 26th
Prize: An Amazon Kindle Fire, twi runner ups will each get a $50 Amazon gift card
Who: OpenDNS
What: Voting of your favorite SysAdmin for one of 9 categories
Where: http://www.opendns.com/sysadmin/awards?utm_source=twittershare&utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=sysadmin
When: Submissions are due July 24 at midnight
Prize: According to them “bragging rights and recognition and shiny new toys”
There are also some local Appreciation Sites and Dinners being held:
Canada
Who: Canadian SysAdmins - KWLUG
What: KWLUG (Kitchener, Ontario, Canada) System Administrator Appreciation Day Dinner
When: Respond by July 25th for dinner on the 27th at 6pm
Where: Egg Roll King Restaurant - 85 Courtland Avenue East, Kitchener ON (You have to RSVP)
New York, New York
Who: NYC SysAdmins
What: Dinner
When: July 27th at 6 pm ( you have to register) - https://sysadmins2012-estw.eventbrite.com/
Where: The Gingerman - 11 East 36th St, New York, NY 10016
Columbus, Ohio
Who: Columbus SysAdmins (organized by Matt Simmons)
What: Dinner/Drinks
When: July 27th at 6:30 pm ( you have to register) - http://sysadminday614-2012.eventbrite.com/
Where: The Winking Lizard - 1380 Bethel Road, Columbus, OH 43017
It looks like there is a site dedicated to celebrating all the German SysAdmins - http://www.sys-admin-day.de
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