[clue-cert] Fwd: February/March LPI Newsletter
Jef Barnhart
jef at batky-howell.com
Mon Apr 18 06:19:14 MDT 2005
Thanks Craford.
I did a quick glance through this, is there anything in this that will
help? I see alot of "Hey We're LPI" and nothing about helping to study.
I think that some people call this a "marketing piece."
Jef
On Mon, 18 Apr 2005 01:34:51 -0600
Crawford Rainwater <crawford.rainwater at linux-etc.net> wrote:
> >From the folks at LPI...
>
> --- Crawford
>
> -------- Forwarded Message --------
> > Subject: February/March LPI Newsletter
> > Date: Mon, 18 Apr 2005 01:42:00 -0400
> > February/March LPI Newsletter
> >
> > 1. Essen Exam Development Workshop
> > 2. LPI's Largest Exam Lab in South Africa
> > 3. LPI at Desktop Summit in San Diego and LinuxWorld Boston
> > 4. Association of Test Publishers Conference
> > 5. LPI in the Middle East
> > 6. LPI at CeBIT, Hannover, Germany
> > 7. March Media Tour
> > 8. LPI in the Caribbean
> > 9. New LATM in France and Switzerland
> > 10. LPI in the News
> > 11. More LPI News
> > 12. Upcoming LPI Events
> > 13. New LPI Staff
> > 14. A Testimonial of Thanks
> >
> >
> > 1. Essen Exam Development Workshop
> >
> > LPI hosted an Exam Development Workshop in Essen, Germany, February
> > 16th through 19th, with attendees from Europe and South America.
> > The workshop was organized by LPI's Level Two (LPIC-2) Lead,
> > Dimitrios Bogiatzoules (Taki).
> >
> > The purpose of the German workshop was to populate the level two
> > exams with new items or questions, and to ensure that these
> > questions are written for the Linux community by the community. The
> > workshop involved Linux specialists from Brazil, the United Kingdom
> > and Germany remotely and on site.
> >
> > The workshop took place at the Linux Hotel in Essen, Germany
> > (www.linuxhotel.de) which provided a secure and well equipped
> > environment. The Linux Hotel not only offers trainings but it also
> > supports Open Source Software and Linux and hosts the FSF-Europe
> > office.
> >
> > The results of the workshop were very valuable with over 220 new
> > items being created and reviewed and which will be used to publish
> > updated level two (LPIC-2) exam forms later this year. Other
> > workshop time focused on other aspects of LPI certifications
> > development.
> >
> > Some impressions of the hotel, the work and the social event can be
> > seen at http://www.lpi-german.de/album/2005_02_Essen/index.html .
> >
> > LPI likes to thank the item writers Ralph Dehner (DE), Timo Dotzauer
> >
> > (DE), Vagner Farias (BR), Bruno Gomes (BR), Peter Hess (DE) and
> > Simon Williams (EN) for their contributions and, of course, Taki.
> >
> >
> >
> > 2. LPI's Largest Exam Lab in South Africa
> >
> > On February 26, 2005 the marathon exam lab in Johannesburg, South
> > Africa delivered 280 exams to 165 individuals--the largest exam lab
> > for LPI to date (a picture is available at
> > https://group.lpi.org/publicwiki/pub/Operations/Resources/Feb25JobergExamLab.JPG).
> >
> > Congratulations to the hard work of Allan MacKinnon of AfricaBiz,
> > Colette Malherbe of SmartSource, Obsidian Systems, Shuttleworth
> > Foundation and all the volunteers from local training groups, LUGS
> > and Novell. A special thank you to NetCB for providing the food
> > during the day.
> >
> > During the day three LPI proctors were trained from Namibia so that
> > it will possible to offer exam labs in that country as well
> > (a picture of the proctors trained in South Africa is at
> > https://group.lpi.org/publicwiki/pub/Operations/Resources/SouthAfricanProctors.JPG)
> >
> > The event earned substantial media coverage in South Africa
> > including front page news in the weekly Computing SA (see:
> > http://www.ictworld.co.za/EditorialEdit.asp?Archive=1&EditorialID=21534).
> >
> > LPI's affiliate in South Africa, The Shuttleworth Foundation, and
> > AfricaBiz have established a large network of volunteers and
> > committed pool of item writers to help create questions and items
> > for Level one exams at the upcoming LinuxWorld in Johannesburg, May
> > 17-20, 2005.
> >
> > Hats off to the Republic of South Africa. A job well done!
> >
> > For more information see:
> > http://www.netcb.com/article.php?ID=11
> > http://www.afribiz.co.za/lpiframe.html
> > http://www.lpi.org/en/news_item/101
> > http://www.shuttleworthfoundation.org/index2.php?option=content&do_pdf=1&id=405
> >
> >
> > 3. LPI at Desktop Summit in San Diego and LinuxWorld Boston
> >
> > Level One (LPIC-1) Lead, Mark Miller, and Director of Business
> > Development, Glenn McKnight attended the Desktop Summit in San Diego
> > in February. In addition to hosting exam labs and an exhibit booth
> > the two LPI staff met with representatives of LinSpire who are
> > interested in developing a desktop certification for Venezuela. The
> > Venezuelan government has recently passed legislation which will
> > see full adoption of open source software in government departments
> > within two years. IT representatives in that country who serve on
> > the government subcommittee for LATINUX (a Linux distro for Brazil,
> > Ecuador, Columbia, Argentina and Venezuela) who also met with LPI
> > staff at the San Diego summit estimated desktop certification could
> > be targeted at as much as 300,000 end users within the LATINUX
> > program.
> >
> > During LinuxWorld Boston, LPI announced the IDG Gold sponsorship of
> > LPI and our upcoming participation in all LinuxWorld events
> > globally. Over 61 people participated in the LPI survey on future
> > certification development at the event and Frank Vincentelli was
> > the winner of the Bradford Learning LPIC1 training materials which
> > were part of a draw for survey participants. At LinuxWorld Boston
> > there was also a meeting of the Advisory Council which discussed a
> > variety of possible new certification products for LPI and on an
> > informal note some possible initiatives around marketing and
> > raising LPI's profile. Minutes of the Advisory Council meeting and
> > photos from both the Desktop Summit and LinuxWorld Boston are
> > available at:
> > https://group.lpi.org/cgi-bin/publicwiki/view/Operations/Resources
> >
> > For more information on the IDG Gold Sponsorship see:
> > http://investor.news.com/Engine?Account=cnet&PageName=NEWSREAD&ID=1784245&Ticker=HWP&SOURCE=20050217005128
> > http://www.linuxworldexpo.com/live/12/media//news/CC986212
> > http://www.lpi.org/en/news_item/100
> >
> >
> > 4. Association of Test Publishers Conference
> >
> > At the end of February, LPI President Evan Leibovitch and Level One
> > (LPIC-1) Lead, Mark Miller, attended the Association of Test
> > Publishers Annual Conference at Scottsdale, Arizona. Mr. Leibovitch
> > was part of a panel on test security at the conference (see
> > http://www.designingeventsonline.com/atpcon2005/ATPProgramInfo2005/ATP_sessiondetails.asp?ID=255).
> >
> > Mr. Miller had a number of observations on how LPI's certification
> > program differs from other programs--his remarks and observations
> > from the conference are a worthwhile read and can be found at:
> > https://group.lpi.org/publicwiki/pub/Operations/Resources/ATPmessage.txt
> >
> >
> > 5. LPI in the Middle East
> >
> > Following proctor training and the exam lab in South Africa, LPI
> > Director of Business Development Glenn McKnight, travelled to
> > Damascus Syria to participate in the second Annual Syrian FOSS
> > Workshop sponsored by the Network of Syrian Scientists,
> > Technologists and Innovators Abroad (NOSSTIA) and the Syrian
> > GNU/Linux Users Group. Conference organizers sponsored LPI's
> > participation in the event which included a presentation by Mr.
> > McKnight on LPI and an exam lab. At the conference, and in a side
> > trip to Turkey, Mr. McKnight also spoke with IT representatives
> > about the potential for LPI certification in the region. Both
> > Prometric and VUE have indicated to LPI that there is growth
> > potential for our certification program in the Middle East.
> >
> > For a full report of the Syrian FOSS Workshop see:
> > https://group.lpi.org/publicwiki/pub/Operations/Resources/FinalReport.pdf
> >
> > For more information: http://www.foss2005.org/english/lpi/index.html
> > http://newsvac.newsforge.com/newsvac/05/01/13/0439242.shtml
> >
> >
> > 6. LPI at CeBIT, Hannover, Germany
> >
> > LPI-German hosted a booth at CeBIT in Hannover, Germany from March
> > 10 -16, 2005. A photo of our exhibit booth is available at:
> > https://group.lpi.org/publicwiki/pub/Operations/Resources/Cebit2005LPIbooth.JPG
> >
> > During CeBIT LPI-German also held a Board Meeting at which a number
> > of business-related initiatives were discussed. Amongst these was a
> > list of events LPI-German will be attending in the upcoming year.
> > Some of these include:
> > - LIBCON, April, Wolfsburg
> > - Linuxtag, June, Karlsruhe
> > - Pforzheimer Linuxtag, July, Pforzheim
> > - Systems, October, München
> > - LinuxWorldExpo, November, Frankfurt
> >
> > Exam labs will be offered at Linuxtag and LinuxWorldExpo. The CeBIT
> > event proved quite successful for LPI-German as six new LATPs signed
> > on with the organization immediately following the conference (see
> > http://www.lpi-german.de/latp/index.html).
> >
> >
> > 7. March Media Tour
> >
> > In March, President Evan Leibovitch travelled to Boston and New York
> > to undertake personal interviews with a number of high circulation
> > IT or business publications and high profile IT industry analysts
> > including InformationWeek, Network World, Forrester Research,
> > Gartner Group, Computer Reseller News, The Wall Street Journal and
> > ComputerWorld. These personal interviews were also followed up by
> > telephone interviews with a number of other influential IT
> > analysts. This media effort is part of a larger public relations
> > effort presently under development by The Bohle Company on behalf
> > of LPI in order to differentiate LPI from other IT certifications.
> >
> > An edited version of Evan's speaking notes and presentation called
> > "What's Wrong with IT certification is available at:
> > https://group.lpi.org/publicwiki/pub/Operations/Resources/whats-wrong-with-it-cert-2.sxi
> >
> >
> >
> > 8. LPI in the Caribbean
> >
> > The Caribbean Linux and Open Source Foundation (CLOSF), LPI's
> > affiliate in the Caribbean region, hosted a regional FOSS
> > Networking Event on March 16-17 on the subjects of IT Professional
> > Certification (specifically LPI certification), LPI Courseware
> > Development/Translation, and FOSS Advocacy/Promotion (see
> > https://group.lpi.org/publicwiki/pub/Operations/Resources/JAMFOSS.bmp).
> >
> > The event involved IT professionals, government officials,
> > multilateral representatives, and training companies to discuss
> > implementation of an open source capacity development project
> > funded by the Institute for Connectivity in the Americas (ICA).
> > Event participants developed an action plan around the introduction
> > of LPI certification into the region and other FOSS initiatives.
> > The Workshop Action items are included amongst the documents below
> > as well as other material related to the project.
> >
> > https://group.lpi.org/publicwiki/pub/Operations/Resources/ExcutiveProjectSummary.pdf
> > http://www.icamericas.net/documents/Caribbean_Proposals/Caribbean%20FOSS/CARDRAFTFEB2.doc
> > https://group.lpi.org/publicwiki/pub/Operations/Resources/WorkshopAgenda.pdf
> > https://group.lpi.org/publicwiki/pub/Operations/Resources/CLOSFWorkshopActionItems-2.sxw
> >
> > CLOSF Event Blogger-Taran Rampersand/Linux Gazette:
> > http://www.linuxgazette.com/node/10053 Linux Professional
> > Institute's Assistance within the Caribbean and Latin America
> > region. http://www.linuxgazette.com/node/10057 Caribbean Linux Open
> > Source Foundation Announces New Level of Co-operation
> >
> >
> > 9. New LATM in France and Switzerland
> >
> >
> > In February LPI announced its first French-language LPI approved
> > training materials from LynuxTraining of Geneva and Lausanne,
> > Switzerland, and Paris, France, where it operates under the name of
> > Kylog. LynuxTraining's courseware is also available in English
> > and a German translation is anticipated in the near future.
> >
> > Mandrakesoft, the publisher of Mandrakelinux (now Mandriva) with
> > offices in California, USA and Paris, France, uses LynuxTraining___s
> > LATM courseware in their training programs.
> >
> > Lynuxtraining is owned and operated by Raphaël Arrigoni, a long time
> >
> > supporter of LPI, and who provided logistical support to the LPI
> > team during WSIS in Geneva in December 2003.
> >
> >
> > http://www.lynuxtraining.com
> > http://www.lpi.org/en/news_item/97
> > http://www.trainerslink.com/content/view/351/57/
> >
> >
> >
> >
> > 10. LPI in the News
> >
> > "Get What You Need for Your LPI Certifications, Exploring LPI Level
> > 1 Certification: Part 1 of 4," Novell Magazine March/April 2005:
> > http://www.novell.com/connectionmagazine/2005/03/tech_talk_9.html?sourceid=NCM_Mar_05
> >
> > "The Alternative Way", Financial Post, April 2005
> > http://www.canada.com/national/nationalpost/financialpost/story.html?id=8b6d5dd4-cf52-4e61-b7d7-417abe5de128&page=1
> >
> > "LPIC Study Guide: Exam Cram 2", Linux Magazine, March 2005
> > http://www.linux-mag.com/content/view/99/43/
> >
> > "To the Test", Linux Magazine, April 2005
> > http://www.linux-magazine.com/issue/53/Comment.pdf
> >
> >
> >
> >
> > 11. More LPI News
> >
> > Linux Professional Institute Certification Exams Top 75,000
> > Worldwide http://www.lpi.org/en/news_item/98
> >
> > LPI and Mandrakesoft Partner to Promote Linux Training Standards
> > http://www.lpi.org/en/news_item/102
> >
> > LPI Certification Exams at PHP Quebec Conference
> > http://www.lpi.org/en/news_item/104
> >
> >
> > 12. Upcoming LPI Events
> >
> > LinuxWorld Conference and Expo Canada, Toronto, April 18-20, 2005 :
> > Exam Lab and Booth
> >
> > LinuxWorld Conference & Expo Canada and the Linux Professional
> > Institute will be offering FREE Linux
> > certification testing. This offer is available *FREE* to all paid
> > conference attendees. Value $100.00.
> > Cost for Trade Show only attendees is $50 per exam. LPI will offer
> > 101 and 201 exams at the conference
> >
> > All candidates must have an LPI ID. Please obtain your LPI ID from
> > https://www.lpi.org/en/register.html
> > Exam times are Tuesday, April 19, 12:00 noon to 2:00 pm and
> > Wednesday, April 20, 5:30 pm to 7:30 pm.
> >
> > For more information: http://www.linuxworldcanada.com/lpi_cert.html
> >
> > Attendance to the trade shows is free to LPI supporters. Please
> > download the admission pass at:
> > https://group.lpi.org/publicwiki/pub/Operations/Resources/LWNW_Comp_2005_2sidesLPI.pdf
> >
> > LPI supporters can also receive a 25% discount on advance rates for
> > conference attendance. Use conference code A101 when registering.
> >
> >
> >
> > LinuxWorld China, Shanghai, April 26-27, 2005: Exam Lab and Booth
> > See http://www.linuxworldchina.com for more information.
> >
> >
> > Linux.conf.au, Canberra, April 18-April 23, 2005: Exam Lab and Exam
> > Development Workshop
> >
> > linux.conf.au is Australia's national Linux conference and will be
> > held at the Australian National University in Canberra
> > Exam sessions will be held at various times on Monday 18, Tuesday 19
> > and Wednesday 20 April. Exam registration is presently closed. For
> > more information on the exam labs see http://linux.conf.au/lpi.php
> >
> > LPI level one (LPIC-1) lead, Mark Miller, will be also conducting an
> >
> > Exam Development Workshop with supporters of the Ubuntu Linux
> > distribution during the conference.
> >
> >
> > 13. New LPI Staff
> >
> > Arne Flones, LPIC-1 SME Lead:
> >
> > Arne is a software developer and former mathematics teacher. His
> > Linux experiences began in 1997 with Slackware. For five years he
> > co-hosted "The Linux Show" Webcast. As LPI LPIC-1 Subject Matter
> > Lead, he helps develop the LPI level one examinations.
> >
> > Simon Williams, LPIC-2 SME Lead:
> >
> > Simon has been using Linux for 7 to 8 years (mainly Slackware),
> > during which he authored most of the Security chapter for the new
> > version of Slackware Linux Essentials. Simon is an IT consultant
> > specializing in Linux Sysadmin. Simon received his level two last
> > October and as LPIC-2 Subject Matter Lead he assists with the
> > development of level two examinations.
> >
> >
> > Neil Christian and Darren Moore, Journalism Interns
> >
> > Darren and Neil are undertaking an 8 week placement with LPI to
> > assist in content development for information materials and LPI
> > websites. This placement is a requirement for completing their
> > Journalism Program at Loyalist College, Belleville, Canada.
> > Their studies include development of community-focused news websites
> > and they both have an interest in the Linux and Open Source
> > communities.
> >
> >
> > New Website Translators
> >
> > Mohd Hanafiah bin Muhamad: Malaysian
> > Joseph Cho: Korean
> >
> >
> > 14. A Testimonial of Thanks
> >
> > From an anonymous exam candidate which attended the LPI exam lab at
> >
> > FreeGeek
> >
> > "There's actually a chance I'll be able to get the contracting
> > company I'm working through to pay for the rest of my exams. I
> > guess they usually pay for Microsoft and A+ certifications, but
> > Linux is actually an important tool in my group at <...> so I might
> > be able to get them to pony up for it. If that happens I may go to
> > one of the computerized testing centers, mainly so I can get more
> > immediate feedback.
> >
> > I'll let you know if I do decide to take more of the exams through
> > FreeGeek. I want to thank you and the rest of the staff there again
> > for providing the service. I would probably not have started down
> > the LPI path at all if it wasn't for you guys making the exams so
> > affordable, and I'm really glad I did it."
> >
> >
> >
> >
> >
> >
> > --
> > Scott Lamberton
> > Director of Community Relations
> > Linux Professional Institute
> > Email: scottl at lpi.org
> > Web: http://www.lpi.org
> > Telephone: +1-416-666-1574
> >
> >
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