Hey Terry, Don't you have to retake the written and lab exam if you are suspended? My understanding is you can take the recert test while you are inactive and if you don't do it during that time you are suspended and have to sit the entire test again to regain active status.
-- Johnny Routin The "Routin" One ""Terry Slattery"" wrote in message [EMAIL PROTECTED]">news:[EMAIL PROTECTED]... > A friend forwarded the following note to me regarding the CCIE testing > environment. > > My understanding is that CCIEs are the proctors. Wouldn't make much sense > to > have a CCNA/CCNP proctoring a CCIE. > > The first CCIE, #1025, is/was Stewart Biggs. My understanding is that his > certification has lapsed and he's off doing something else. I took the test > from him in August, 1993 and became the second CCIE, #1026. The lab itself > had > a plaque outside the door labeling it as #1024 (a power of two - kind of an > inside joke for networking/compuer jocks). > > And for those of you checking, my certification is suspended as of June, > 2001. > I'm reading up on some topics to prepare for the recert test that I'll take > soon. > > Good luck with your certifications! > > -tcs > > > From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] On Behalf Of > > Chuck > > Sent: Saturday, April 20, 2002 12:14 PM > > To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > Subject: Re: Scenario Design: Comments Invited [7:41992] > > > > > > ""[EMAIL PROTECTED] (John Nemeth)"" wrote in > > message [EMAIL PROTECTED]">news:[EMAIL PROTECTED]... > > > >> On Sep 9, 11:12am, "Larry Letterman" wrote: > >> } > >> } To my knowledge the proctors are CCIE's... > >> > >> Okay, chicken and egg time... If the proctors are CCIEs then who > > > > > >> proctored the first lab exam? > > > > > > there is a story told about the great anthropologist Lewis Leakey. In > > those days one had to demonstrate competence in a foreign language in > > order to get one's PhD. Leakey's language of choice - Swahili. > > > > Well, the university had no Swahili experts on staff, so they enquired > > among the various educational elite, and were given the name of one of > > the world's foremost experts in Swahili - Lewis Leakey! > > > > I have heard an alternative version of this story, in which Leakey > > actualy trained the person who would give him the competency > > examination... > > > > Is anyone on this list personally acquaited with Terry Slattery ( CCIE # > > 1026, and the first non Cisco CCIE )? I wonder if Mr. Slattery would be > > willing to offer some insight here. > > > > > > > > > >> > >> } ----- Original Message ----- > >> } From: "Mark Odette II" > >> } Sent: Friday, April 19, 2002 12:02 PM > >> } Subject: RE: Scenario Design: Comments Invited [7:41992] > >> } > >> } > This spawns a question I have wondered recently: > >> } > > >> } > Are the Proctors at the LAB testing centers CCIEs?? > >> } > >> }-- End of excerpt from "Larry Letterman" > > > > > > > > > > > > > -- > Terry Slattery CCIE# 1026 > 443-994-1158 Fax: 928-832-4620 Message Posted at: http://www.groupstudy.com/form/read.php?f=7&i=42311&t=41992 -------------------------------------------------- FAQ, list archives, and subscription info: http://www.groupstudy.com/list/cisco.html Report misconduct and Nondisclosure violations to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
