[ale] [julie at lpi.org: [ale-admin] LPI Level 2 beta]

Sun Sep 16 20:49:35 EDT 2001

This looks like a great opportunity! I can work with others to help
coordinate this event. The original email doesn't give much of an
anticipatd time frame, so I'll assume (yeah, I know..) that it needs to
be pulled together quickly. 

At $15-$30 each plus 1/20 the cost of transportation, meals and lodging
for 2 days, it is still quite a bargain price for a chance for another
feather in the cap. It's also a good topic for a training session from
ALE during a meeting. If we can get the most missed questions, we get
some feedback on the knowledge that our group is needing most.

OK. Just got full approval from the wife unit :). I will happily take
charge of handling the feeding and housing of the LPI rep and can take
the point in this. If people will email me offline to indicate their
interest, I'll add them to a list. 

How many alers have LPI I certification?

Vernard, with your approval, I'll handle the communication with LPI
directly unless you have some time/interest in doing some of it
yourself.

On Sun, 2001-09-16 at 17:00, Vernard Martin wrote:
> We will need someone to take point and co-ordinate this. Not sure how much the
> total cost of transportation and lodging will be but its got to be cheaper than
> the $2000 which is how much it woudl cost 20 people to take the exam under
> normal conditions. 
> 
> If you are interested in getting in on this, please send email to
> vernard at cc.gatech.edu and I'll do the initial co-ordination efforts. 
> 
> V
> ----- Forwarded message from Julie Thornton <julie at lpi.org> -----
> 
> > Date: Fri, 14 Sep 2001 13:41:53 -0500
> > From: Julie Thornton <julie at lpi.org>
> > X-Mailer: Mozilla 4.73 [en] (Win98; U)
> > To: ale-admin at ale.org
> > Subject: [ale-admin] LPI Level 2 beta
> > 
> > Hi there -
> > I'm on a quest to find active Linux User Groups around the world who
> > might be interested in helping LPI get as many qualified test candidates
> > as possible to take the Level 2 beta exam.
> > 
> > As a non-profit Linux certification body, LPI does not have the enormous
> > financial resources of RedHat, but we are vendor-neutral and focused on
> > offering freedom of choice to Linux users who may not want to be tied to
> > specific distribution.  The Level 1 certification program has been very
> > successful internationally, and we will release the final Level 2 test
> > in November.
> > 
> > Last week (September 4) we launched the Level 2 beta in a single,
> > extended test format.  During September and early October, we need to
> > get as many professional sysadmins as possible to take the exam.  To
> > incent as many test candidates as possible, the regular price of
> > $100/test (there will be two tests when it is final) has been reduced to
> > a single $84 cost during the beta period.  By cutting the cost to less
> > than half, it is quite inexpensive.
> > 
> > This is where you come in
> > 
> > We are inviting LUGs and training organizations around the world to
> > sponsor a proctored exam site which would cost each candidate only $15
> > to take the Level 2 Beta exam during this time.  For those who pass the
> > beta exam and have already completed Level 1, they will be certified
> > LPIC-2 and will have access to their test results in early November.  It
> > is a sweet deal at only $15 (as opposed to the final $200).  However,
> > we're sweetening it just a bit more by offering all candidates who take
> > the Level 2 exam an opportunity to ALSO take the 101 and 102 tests at a
> > cost of only $15 each.  Imagine that it costs $45 to take $400 worth of
> > tests and in the end recieve the entire set of credentials employers
> > around the world are increasingly recognizing.  
> > 
> > If your LUG (or other group in your area) has around 20 people who are
> > Linux sysadmins with 3-4 years of experience (or equivalent education),
> > we can work with you to get an LPI staff member there to administer the
> > tests for the cost of transportation (and lodging if necessary) only. 
> > Let me know if this is of interest to your group.
> > 
> > Thanks for reading, and please advise if you are interested!
> > -- 
> > All the best -
> > 
> > Julie Thornton, Marketing Director
> > Linux Professional Institute
> > 785-423-3311 direct
> 
> ----- End forwarded message -----
> 
> -- 
> Vernard Martin (vernard at cc.gatech.edu) http://www.cc.gatech.edu/~vernard/     
>         "Anything worth fighting over is worth fighting dirty over"
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