Hello and Happy New Year to you all.
Here is a brief summary of some of the things happening at the Linux Professional Institute. 1. Verification System To Verify Your Certification. 2. The use of Linux in Brazil. 3. A German article on the LPI Translation Program. 4. Looking for community assistance for Exam Development. 5. Linux World - New York. 6. LPI in South Africa 7. Linux Australia Conference in Adelaide 1...Verification System. We are pleased to let you know that LPI has created the verification code which will be used by all employers who are checking their employee's certification. The site is here; https://www.lpi.org/en/boss.html and also at the members area; https://www.lpi.org/en/members/ All you need to do is let your employer know your LPI ID number and give him your certification number, and he will be able to check on your certification. You can find the certification number on your members account. https://www.lpi.org/en/members/ Any large companies who are interested in checking the certification of multiple candidates should contact us for procedures on how to do a multiple check. [EMAIL PROTECTED] 2... Here's an interesting article on the use of Linux in Brazil at Government sponsored 'Telecentros', (Thanks to our Brazilian affiliate who sent these details). http://www.theregister.co.uk/content/4/34358.html 3...For those of you who can read German, the Heise Newsticker (publisher of one of the most popular and best IT-Magazines in Germany) reported about t7e, the translation program developed by LPI for the LPI website: 11.12.2003 15:53 Linux Professional Institute k�ndigt neues �bersetzungssystem an http://www.heise.de/newsticker/data/anw-11.12.03-004/ 4...Looking for community support for exam development. LPI invites all interested participants to help gather tasks for possible new programs and we are also looking for volunteer developers to help develop the system to do ongoing item development for both new and existing LPI certification programs. Please participate in this community program, that will help us keep LPI a valid and up to date certification. We have also created a wiki setup at; http://dev.lpi.org:8080/twiki/bin/view/Examdev where you will see the current progress. We need help for all aspects of the project, from helping setup/maintain the twiki, to testing and documentation, as well as the design and development of the tools. We will have more information on this process going forward. LPI is developed for the Linux community, by the Linux community and we appreciate all your assistance to go forward. 5...Linux World - New York http://www.linuxworldexpo.com LPI will once again be the Certification Sponsor at New York's Linux World - at the Jacob Javitz Centre. We will be at booth #265 - if you would like to visit us, please come to the booth and say hello. We will also be offering certification exams on; Date; Jan 21 Jan 22 Jan 23 Time; 10AM and 2PM Room; 1E04 Procedure for taking exams at Linux World - New York. Please ensure you have your LPI ID number; If you don't have one yet - here is the page to go to; https://www.lpi.org/en/register.html Let us know if you plan to take the exam, which one and which time frame; [EMAIL PROTECTED] We will again be offering exam 101 (with the module for RPM or DPKG package management). Or if you already have your Level 1 certification - you can take the 201 exam. Exam 102 or 202 can be taken at any Vue or Prometric testing site to complete the certification; http://www.lpi.org/en/getting_tested.html We will be offering exams on each day of the expo at 10AM and 2PM. There is no charge for conference attendees - but there is a $20 US fee for anyone who is not a conference attendee (cash only). 6....LPI in Cape Town at the IDLELO Conference http://www.idlelo.uwc.ac.za Evan Leibovitch will be the guest speaker at the IDLELO conference in Cape Town, South Africa, next week. He will also be offering Level 1 certification exams to promote LPI in South Africa. This is the first time we have organized an exam lab in S.Africa, and it's a great opportunity for LPI to become better known there. 7....Linux Australia organizes their conference in Adelaide; http://linux.conf.au/programme.cgi Linux Australia is the Linux Professional Institute's newest affiliate and they are promoting LPI at the Adelaide conference being held at Adelaide University. Thanks for your continuing support, and please don't hesitate to let us know if you see any errors or have any questions or concerns. Thanks, Wilma Wilma Silbermann VP Operations [EMAIL PROTECTED] 905 874 4822 -- _______________________________________________ lpi-announce mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://list.lpi.org/mailman/listinfo/lpi-announce
