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 - 

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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 -

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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
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