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Subject: LPI News - June 2001
Date:	 Thu, 21 Jun 2001 12:37:45 -0400





 Welcome to the June issue of LPI News, where we update you on what's
 going on at LPI.
 
  The Linux Professional Institute provides vendor neutral certification
  for individual expertise in Linux.
  Please take a look at our website for details on our program, and on
  the objectives covered in the exams;  http://www.lpi.org
 
 1. Lintraining
 2. Level 1 update
 2A.Level 2 update
 3. Alumni website
 4. LPI-Italy
 5. LPI-Korea
 6. Preparing for the LPI Exams
 7. Search the LPI web! Search LPI!
 8. Sponsor in the spotlight; Linuxcare
 9. Linux Shows and Conferences
 
 1. LINTRAINING
 
 Lintraining is a website designed to list all Linux training locations
 world wide, and offer other training information.
 http://www.lintraining.com
 
 Lintraining has reached a milestone in listing training sites;
 There are a total of 521 training centers offering Linux training in
 every corner of the globe.
 
 If you have a training centre to be added, where you offer preparation
 for Linux certification - please have a look at the lintraining site.
 
 2.  LEVEL ONE UPDATE;
 LPI plans to review and update its first certification level.  There re
 two circumstances that prompted us to start working on this:> 
 1) From the Job Analysis Survey that we had last February and March for
 Level 2, we also obtained up-to-date information on what tass are
 appropriate for Level 1 (rather than Level 2).
 
 2) We have been noticing that some of the Level 1 objectives have been
 growing stale.  For instance, objective 1.13.5 (in test 102) mentions
 BIND
 version 4, which was in Linux distributions when the objectives were
 formulated 2 years ago but is no longer included in any major Linux
 distributions.
 
 Also note that 2 years is the time frame that we anticipated for
 regularly
 updating the objectives (http://www.lpi.org/a-policies.html consensus
 point IX).  So the time is ripe to review and update Level 1.  The
 steps,
 with a tentative schedule, are:
 
 * Refresh the web-based development tools POMS and TIPS (finish early
 June).
 * A small team of people revise the objectives based on the latest
 JAS (finish late June).
 * Open the new draft objectives to public review (through July).
 * The new test objectives for Level 1 get frozen (late July).
 * A list of the changes and their motivation will be distributed, for
 the
 convenience of students, trainers, and publishers (mid-August).
 * All current Level 1 exam items are reviewed for performance and
 conformance to the new test objectives (mid-September).
 * Simultaneously, new test items are written conforming to the new
 objectives, and reviewed (late September).
 * The revised test items are added to the L1 tests; they do not count
 yet
 for the exam result, but during some period we collect statistics to
 assess the quality of the new items (late October).
 * The final new exams are published (mid November).
 
 2A. LEVEL TWO UPDATE;
Please note that during the months ahead, development of Level 2 has
 highest priority, and resources and time will be committed to that
 project ahead of the update of Level 1.
 
 3. LPI ALUMNI
 Alumni are those people around the world who have taken and passed both
 the LPI level one exams and are now LPIC-1.
 (We now have about 560 alumni.)
 
 For all the LPI-alumni folk who would like to particpate in a
 website specifically for LPI graduates, check this out;
 http://alumni.lpi.org/stories.php
 
 We are also planning to issue Alumni Identity Cards and we are
 asking anyone interested in donating funds to start this program -
 please send a cheque to the LPI office in Canada - or through PayPal
 ( http://www.paypal.com ) email to wilma@lpi.org.
 The contributor sponsor values in US dollars; $100, $500, $1000
 Your name will appear on the LPI website as a contributor sponsor
 http://www.lpi.org/a-sponsors.html
 
  All contributor names will be entered into a drawing for an ELPIK
  Penguin.  ELPIK is a Tux penguin wearing a graduation cap and an LPI
  tshirt, and would love to sit proudly on the desk of a generous LPI
  contributor!
 
 
 4. LPI-Italy
 
 We are delighted to see our friends in Italy have translated the web
 site - http://www.lpi.org  under the Italian flag.
 
 5. LPI-Korea
 
 We also have wonderful friends in Korea who have translated the web
 site into Korean.
 http://www.lpi.org  under the ROK flag.
 
 We now have 11 translations on our website - so we can reach many,
 many people and ensure they are made aware of the LPI program.
 We would like to thank all those who have participated in translation
 of all these sites.
 If there's anyone else who is interested in translating -
 please contact info@lpi.org or Duane Dunston our translation
 co-ordinator <pdunston@pfeiffer.edu>
 
 6. LPI's PREPARATION PAGE
 
 For those of you who are preparing for the LPI exams - please have a
 look at the books, web-based testing, training sites that offer
 assistance  http://www.lpi.org/c-preparation.html
 
 Note that the O'Reilly book - 'LPI Certification in a Nutshell'
 by Jeffrey Dean has now been published.
 
 And for those of you who need an LPI penguin to help you study, our
 Elpik mascot is available at: http://www.LinuxMall.com/shop/02033
 
 7.Search the LPI web....
 
 We have a new feature on the home page of the LPI website.
 http://www.lpi.org
 This search feature will allow you to look-up any information
 you may need when checking the website. Just type in a key word and
 you will be given all details corresponding to that word.
 
 8. LinuxCare / Bradford Learning
 
 There has been movement within our (LPI) supporters.  Linuxcare
 recently spun off its Linuxcare University team under the able
 leadership of Jim Lacey into a separate company called Bradford
 Learning.
 All the courseware, channel partners and the Linuxcare University staff
 were transferred over to the new company.
 Info is on the Linuxcare site at:
 
   http://www.linuxcare.com/university/index.epl
 
 and the new company is at:
 
   http://www.bradfordlearning.com/
 
 9. Linux Shows and Conferences
 
 We have been asked to particpate in the London Linux Show at
 the beginning of July; http://www.linuxexpo.co.uk/index/
 
 We will also be at the Toronto Comdex in July;
 http://www.key3media.com/comdex/canada2001/
 
 Please let us know if you can give us any of your time to assist
 during either of these shows.
 
 
 That's it for now, thanks again to all our supporters, sponsors and
 friends.
 
 Contact LPI if there are any questions or concerns; info@lpi.org or
 wilma@lpi.org
 
 Wilma Silbermann
 
 wilma@lpi.org
 905 874 4822
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