[clue-cert] Fwd: [lpi-discuss] April 2005 Newsletter

Tue May 17 23:19:07 MDT 2005

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> Subject: [lpi-discuss] April 2005 Newsletter
> Date: Wed, 18 May 2005 00:04:54 -0400
> April 2005 Newsletter
> 
> 1. LPI at LinuxWorld Canada and LinuxWorld Shanghai, China
> 2. LPI-Japan Item Writing Workshop
> 3. LPI at Linux.conf.au and Debian Mini-Conference in Canberra, Australia
> 4. LPI and Novell
> 5. LPI in the Media
> 6. LPI News
> 7. Upcoming LPI Events and Exam Labs
> 8. Special Offer for LPI Alumni: PHP Certification discount
> 9. From the Mailing Lists
> 
> 
> 1. LPI at LinuxWorld Canada and LinuxWorld Shanghai, China
> 
> During the month of April LPI staff hosted booths and exam labs with 
> LinuxWorld events in Toronto, Canada and Shanghai, China.
> 
> At Linux World Canada in Toronto, LPI President Evan Leibovitch was a 
> featured speaker at the event's VAR track. For more information on LPI 
> at Linux World Canada see: http://www.lpi.org/en/news_item/107
> 
> In Shanghai, Glenn McKnight met with a number of LPI-China contacts 
> about a LPI Academic program and the possibility of working with IBM 
> locations in 50 of China's top Universities. In particular, Mr. McKnight 
> met with Professor Zhu of the Fudan University which has made a 
> commitment to become the first LATP in China. Fudan University is also 
> interested in participating in item writing workshops under the 
> co-ordination of LPI-China.
> 
> LPI-China staff (Zhang Sinan and Zuo Shu Xing) at booth at Shanghai 
> LinuxWorld:
> https://group.lpi.org/publicwiki/pub/Operations/Resources/Shanghaibooth.JPG
> 
> 2. LPI-Japan Item Writing Workshop
> 
> LPI-Japan hosted an item writing workshop in Tokyo from April 14-15, 
> 2005. The event was organized by Atsushi Nagano following extensive work 
> with Level 1 Lead, Mark Miller and Director of Certification, Tabatha 
> Marshall.
> 
> The event was held at the Shinjuku Park Tower which is located in one of 
> the key business and entertainment centers of
> Tokyo. The following people participated in the event--many on paid 
> leave from their employers: Takahashi Imoto (NEC Software), Kimura 
> Kazuko (NEC Software), Hiroharu Nagahara (independent consultant), 
> Junichi Morita (Yokogawa Field Engineering Service Corporation), Yuki 
> Obara (Fujitsu) and finally Atsushi Nagano and Mark Miller. LPI-Japan 
> Board members Hidekazu Ikeda, Atsuo Suzuki, Gen Narui and Teruaki Marumo 
> also joined the event participants during the workshop's social events.
> 
> The workshop produced over 93 new test items and featured media coverage 
> by such Japanese business publications as IT Pro magazine and Nikkei 
> Linux (Nikkei Business Publications). Congratulations to LPI-Japan for a 
> job well done!
> 
> 3. LPI at Linux.conf.au and Debian Mini-Conference in Canberra, Australia
> 
> Level 1 Lead, Mark Miller attended Linux.conf.au in Canberra Australia 
> in April to meet with participants of the Debian Mini-conference to 
> promote LPI certification and discuss item-writing for our exams. LPI's 
> participation at the event came at the invitation from Bdale Garbee, a 
> former Debian Project Leader and Linux CTO with HP.
> 
> Both Mark Miller and Glenn McKnight, Director of Business Development 
> met with representatives of the Ubuntu Linux distribution, Linux 
> Australia (the LPI affiliate in the region), members of the Debian 
> community, and entrepreneur/philanthropist Mark Shuttleworth of 
> Canonical and the Shuttleworth Foundation during the conference. In 
> particular, substantial discussions were held on the production of an 
> Ubuntu CD with courseware and study materials for the LPI certification 
> program particularly aimed at the academic market. As well, Mr. McKnight 
> met with Jane Silber and Jason Waugh of Canonical about a Ubuntu Linux 
> certification exam track that would build on our existing level 1 exams 
> and arranged for multiple copies of the Ubuntu CDs to be sent to LPI for 
> distribution at LPI promotional events and trade shows.
> 
> 4. LPI and Novell:
> 
> James Stanger, President of our Advisory Council, has been in high level 
> discussions with senior officials of the Novell Certification program 
> regarding greater co-operation between the two organizations. As a 
> result Novell will be creating a special brochure promoting LPI's role 
> within their certification track. In addition, Novell's channel partners 
> within India continue to promote LPI--see the attached poster from the 
> Novell channel in India: 
> https://group.lpi.org/publicwiki/pub/Operations/Resources/IndiaPoster.pdf
> 
> 
> 5. LPI In the Media:
> 
> The large exam lab in South Africa is still generating media interest in 
> that country see:
> 
> "Wanted: Linux Candidates", ITWEB, April 2005
> http://www.itweb.co.za/sections/software/2005/0504201057.asp?A=ELR&S=e-Learning&O=FPT
> 
> For those wishing to see more pictures of the event Afribiz has an 
> extensive photo gallery up of all the participants:
> http://www.afribiz.co.za/lpiframe.html
> 
> Enterprise Linux Resource Catalogue 2005
> 
> LPI is listed as the Affiliate sponsor in the Enterprise Linux Resource 
> Catalogue 2005. In the paper version (which is distributed to over 
> 40,000 enterprise managers, system administrators, developers and other 
> IT professionals implementing or maintaining Linux-based systems with 
> the enterprise) LPI received a two-page insert in exchange for 
> cross-promotional efforts. The much smaller online edition is available 
> at: http://www.extensionmedia.com/linux/
> 
> 6. LPI News
> 
> Linux Professional Institute Announces Linux Journal as New Platinum Sponsor
> http://www.lpi.org/en/news_item/105
> 
> First Spanish-Speaking LPI Approved Training Partner in Latin America
> http://www.lpi.org/en/news_item/106
> 
> 
> 7. Upcoming LPI Events and Exam Labs
> 
> LPI at LinuxWorld Johannesburg – Free Certification Exams for Conference 
> Attendees
> 
> LinuxWorld Johannesburg, South Africa Tuesday, May 17, 2005 – Friday, 
> May 20, 2005
> LPI Booth: BALLROOM Stand E8
> 
> Trade Show-only attendees may take the exams for the affordable fee of 
> 240 Rand per exam. LPI will be offering two of their certification 
> exams: 101 and 201.
> 
> All candidates must have an LPI ID. Please obtain your LPI ID from 
> https://www.lpi.org/en/register.html
> Exam times are Tuesday, May 17, 2005, Wednesday, May 18, 2005, and 
> Thursday, May 19th, 2005 from 12:00 noon to 2:00 pm, each day.
> 
> For more information about the conference: http://www.linuxworldexpo.co.za
> 
> As well, during the LinuxWorld conference, LPI together with Alan 
> Mckinnon of AfriBiz will be hosting the largest LPI item writing 
> workshop to date.
> 
> 
> LPI at LinuxWorld Italy, Milan, May 24-26
> 
> For conference information see: www.linuxworldexpo.it
> 
> LPI will be offering all of its exams at this conference. Conference 
> attendees may write the exams for free while trade show attendees can 
> write the exams for the discounted price of 60 euros.
> 
> Exam Labs will be held on March 26, 2005 at the following times:10:00- 
> 11:30, 13:00-14:30 and 15:30-17:00
> 
> For more information on the exam labs please visit (in Italian):
> http://www.linuxworldexpo.it/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=45&Itemid=91&ParentItemid=88
> 
> 
> 
> LinuxWorld Japan, Tokoyo, June 1-3
> See http://www.idg.co.jp/expo/lw/ for more information
> 
> 
> Linux Tag 2005, Karlsruhe, Germany: June 22-25
> See www.eventseye.com/fairs/trade_fair_event_1711.html for more information
> 
> 
> 8. Special Offer for LPI Alumni: PHP Certification discount
> 
> Zend Technologies is generously offering a 50% discount on the PHP 
> Certification exam. This is an exclusive offer for LPI candidates. For 
> more information about the certification please go to
> http://zend.com/certification/
> 
> In order to receive the discount, use the promotion code LPIPromo when 
> scheduling an exam at http://vue.com/zend/.
> 
> This offer is valid for the Zend Certification that is scheduled and 
> delivered by June 30th. 2005.
> 
> 
> 9. From the Mailing Lists
> 
> A very informative and spontaneous discussion on LPIC-2 broke out on the 
> lpi-discuss list in April. It included contributors from around the 
> world and members of the LPI Certification team. It is well worth the 
> read! See 
> http://list.lpi.org/pipermail/lpi-discuss/2005-April/thread.html for 
> more details.
> 
> -- 
> 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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