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From: Chris Bailey <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Date: September 12, 2007 4:13:26 AM PDT (CA)
To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Subject: [Nosi-discussion] New FOSS certification for non profit
sector
As part of the work for the UK ICT Hub's FOSS in the Voluntary and
Community Sector (VCS) project we are developing a new
certification for FOSS use by not for profits, Free and Open Source
Knowledge (FOSK). We are doing this in partnership with the Linux
Professional Institute (LPI) whose certification for Linux system
administrators has world wide recognition.
We want to fill an important gap by developing a non-technical
certification for anyone who is "responsible for recommending and/
or choosing FOSS solutions for an organization". Though the new
certification is initially being designed for the UK VCS there are
plans for it to be beta tested in the USA and Germany too as a step
towards establishing it internationally. A FOSK certified
individual will have an understanding of the Linux and FOSS
environments and knowledge of the solutions available in the FOSS
world together with an understanding of the issues involved in
their implementation in the VCS.
We are now in the final stages of recruiting 12 Subject Matter
Experts (SME) internationally who have been chosen for having a
good cross section of skills and knowledge concerning FOSS use in
the not for profit sector. This SME team will begin work early next
week. Interestingly it will have a majority of women on it. We
think this can be a certification that will get away from the "male
geek" image FOSS often still has in some quarters and encourage
more women to take part in FOSS development (the figures are
awfully low at the moment).
The syllabus for the certification will form the basis for FOSS
trainings for the UK VCS early next year. Accessibility issues
concerning FOSS use will be an important part of both the
certification and the trainings.
Details of the new certification and a timeline for it's
development are now in a wiki at: https://group.lpi.org/publicwiki/
bin/view/Examdev/FOSK
We want to involve the widest number of people from the not for
profit sector in developing the certification, so we very much
welcome comments and suggestions through the wiki at all stages of
development of the certification, which we plan to launch on
January 1st, 2008. Registration on the wiki is open to all.
Chris Bailey
UK ICT Hub FOSS in the VCS project
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