We are back from out Holiday Break and the SPCCUG has an exciting year planned! Our beta web site for the group created by Jon Young/Intel is almost operational! If you want to see the work in progress visit http://www.cordels.com/cert/index.html Eventually the DNS will be www.cisco-cert.org. Our membership grew from 53 at the beginning of last year to 205 on our mailing list as of today! Wow! Meeting twice a month became too much of a problem for planning so we will go back to the old way of having one long meeting each month from 6:30PM until 9:30 PM on the second Thursday of each month for both CCNA level and CCNP level members. Here is the next meeting information: Next Meeting: February 8th, 2001 at 6:30PM Location: Nerdbooks (www.nerdbooks.com) 911 Washington Boulevard, Roseville Directions: From Sacramento take 80 West Exit the second Douglas Exit and go over the freeway Make a right on Judah Make a right on Oak Make a left on Washington (NerdBooks on the left about two miles down.) Speaker: Coriolis/Sybex Author/Cisco Instructor Sean Odom CCNA TOPIC: Configuring PPP and CHAP authentication over Serial links CCNP TOPICS: Redistribution Of Routing Protocols 101 BGP Part 1 of 3 (equipment will be provided) -->You may bring your own router as well if it has two serial ports. I have plenty of DTE/DCE cables I will be bringing. -->Bring a laptop and Hyperterminal if you have one! Other Topics: Special Interest Group (SIG group leaders) We need volunteers GROUP BY-LAWS The cost is $5 per meeting, refreshments are provided. a.. No prerequisites are required to join the group. b.. Each meeting consists of a CCNA Presentation, a CCNP/CCDA Presentation, and a Real World Presentation. c.. At the end of the meeting prizes are awarded from participating vendor donations. d.. Vendors are never allowed to advertise during any Technical presentation. e.. Presentations are always technical presentation and are never sales presentations. f.. Vendors may present material at the end of after the technical presentations g.. The focus of the group is to obtain certifications, Cisco technical and real world working knowledge. h.. Group member consist of those attempting their CCNA/CCDA, CCNP/CCDP to those attempting their CCIE. i.. We have a drawings during the meeting. Many of the gifts are purchased by the groups fund. This way we are not soliciting anyone. j.. Our group reviews study material that are important to know for the exam and also to provide better understanding of the process of working with Cisco routers & switches. k.. A Real World Presentation is brought into the discussion group. l.. The cost is $5 per meeting, refreshments are provided. Are group attendance averages between 35 to 50 professionals during the meeting. We meet once a month. The 2nd Thursday day @ 6:30 through 8:30 p.m. We do request a $5.00 fee from the members, so that we can purchase beverages and invest into the group. We have a committee group that meets on a regular bases and we are currently working on a web page, so that we can provide more beneficial information to our members. The following is a small section that is announced regularly with our email to the group. The Sacramento Placer County Cisco Users Group (SPCCUG) consist of many professional working on advancing their Cisco skills by attending study group meetings. Majority are working closely with Cisco products and have chosen to become certified. We also have students from the surrounding ATEC schools attending these meetings. To be removed from this mailing list. Please e-mail Ken Gregg at [EMAIL PROTECTED] _________________________________ FAQ, list archives, and subscription info: http://www.groupstudy.com/list/cisco.html Report misconduct and Nondisclosure violations to [EMAIL PROTECTED]