From: lpi-announce-bounce@lpi.org To: lpi-announce@lpi.org Subject: LPI-News = January 2002 Date: Wed, 23 Jan 2002 11:09:54 -0500 Hi there, Here is the LPI-News for the beginning of 2002 - _________________________________________________________ 1. Linux World - New York - http://www.linuxworldexpo.com/ 2. Linux World - Test Site 3. LPI-Finland - translated web-site - http://www.lpi.org/ 4. LPI in Italy and LPI in India - 5. Volunteer of the month - * Ernesto Ferrari * 6. Sponsor in the spotlight - http://www.mandrakesoft.com 7. Expiry date of the LPI certification - 8. Training Ideas - ________________________________________________________ 1; Linux World - New York; Jan 30th 31st and Feb 1st. http://www.linuxworldexpo.com/ LPI will be attending the Linux World Expo at the Jacob Javitz Center in New York. If you are planning to attend, please drop by to say hello and chat about LPI and it's plans. If you can give us an hour or so of your time to stand at the booth - we would appreciate it. Write to me if you will have time; wilma@lpi.org See you there ! 2; Test site; As mentioned in last months newsletter - IBM is funding a room at the Javitz Centre for LPI exam 101 to be offered at a 50% discount. If you would like to take exam 101 while at the show please let us know which time frame you would like to attend. Times for the test site are; Jan 31st and Feb 1st - Room 1E04 - Jacob Javitz Center. 10AM - 1PM - 4PM ( Time; 1 1/2 hours ) Exam 101 - $50.00 US (Cash only) (Exam 102 must be taken at one of the Vue locations to complete the Level 1 certification; http://www.vue.com/lpi ) Objectives can be found here; http://www.lpi.org/p-index.html Contact; LPI - wilma@lpi.org IBM - duffyf@us.ibm.com (O'Reilly Publishing says the first 100 candidates will recieve the LPI Linux Certification in a Nutshell reference book, which will help you study for the LPI exams.) 3. LPI - FINLAND Thanks to Kari Saarelainen of Teleware ( http://www.teleware.fi/ ) in Finland, we have a new translation on our website - see http://www.lpi.org - and click on the flag from Finland. http://www.fi.lpi.org/ 4. LPI - ITALY and LPI - INDIA (International Issues) We also have new contacts in Italy and in India who would like to bring LPI to their countries. Ernesto Ferrari in Italy has been supporting LPI for some time, and if anyone would like to participate in his mailing list, please contact him here; ernesto@it.lpi.org He has plans to promote LPI all over Italy. Arun Eapen resides in Trivandrum, the capital of Kerala City in India. He is a software engineer, and would be pleased to hear from anyone interested in LPI in India. Please contact him through the LPI-India mailing list; http://www.lpi.org/i-maillists.html As you can see - we continue to bring LPI to as many areas of the world as possible as inexpensively as possible. If you would like to be part of the international mailing list, or participate in your area of the world, please contact our international mailing list chairman; Greg Wright in Australia; greg@ausit.com FAQ http://www.lpi.org/international_faq.html Guide http://www.lpi.org/affiliate_guidelines.html 5. Volunteer of the Month - ERNESTO FERRARI Ernesto is a hard working LPI supporter who is trying hard to being LPI to Italy. LPI would like to recognize Ernesto for his attempts to encourage and assist LPI candidates. Ernesto lives in Modena, Italy and works as a consultant He recently returned from a trip to Australia, and with some encouragement from our International mailing list chairman, Greg Wright (who lives in Australia) - has decided to open the mailing list for LPI candidates in Italy (see section 4 above). Good-luck Ernesto. 6. Sponsor in the Spotlight - http://www.mandrakesoft.com Mandrake is a long time supporter and sponsor, and has recently offered to assist at the Cebit show in Hannover Germany. They are going to be part of the consortium that will sponsor a test site at Cebit in Hannover in March 2002. (More on this next month !) http://www.cebit.de/ 7. Expiry date of your LPI Certificate. LPI was set up to offer certification that does not expire. Each LPI certificate is printed with the following disclaimer; "LPI does not expire certifications. We recommend that the age of all certifications be considered when using them as a basis for judging contemporary skills." We hope that candidates will re-certify themselves as their certificate becomes stale and out-of-date, and technology changes. 8. For assistance in training for your exams, please check the following webpage; http://www.lpi.org/c-preparation.html and http://www.lintraining.com Don't forget that LPI is a neutral organization, and we encourage candidates to train in the best way for them, either books, classes, web-based training plus plenty of keyboard time and some experience. The LPI News is being published early in the month, as we prepare for our trip to Linux World in New York. If you have any questions, thoughts or concerns - please contact us; info@lpi.org Thanks for all your support over the past 2 years. Wilma Silbermann Executive Assistant wilma@lpi.org 905 874 4822 -- This message was sent by the lpi-announce mailing list. To unsubscribe: send Subject: unsubscribe lpi-announce to Listar@lpi.org