Mark: I will investigate the delay in your certification today.
Please communicate with me directly tomorrow. thanks, scott Mark Brier wrote: > Jeff wrote: > > >I recently passed 101 and 102 and I must say that I was pleased with the > >experience. The tests were challenging and I learned several useful > >things studying for them. > >The LPIC-1 is one certification that I'm proud to have and I'll be > >taking the 201 soon. > > >Now for a criticism and a question. The welcome mail says this -- > > >"If you would like your employer to verify your certification details > >please go to this site: > > > https://www.lpi.org/verify"; > > >That page returns an error ("The requested url could not be found"). It > >doesn't even redirect to the correct page. I made the mistake of sending > >that url to a company who knew nothing about the LPI without checking it > >first. It was embarrassing, to say the least. I eventually found the > >correct verification page by logging onto the site, but shouldn't I have > >been able to trust that the welcome mail was accurate? I feel let down > >over this one. It shouldn't be that difficult to put the correct > >information in the form mail. > > >That's one issue, but the real issue is the web site. In addition to the > >problem with the verification page, I see several links on the site that > >only go back to the main page. It's been this way for some time now. I > >live in NYC and I've encountered several perspective employers who knew > >nothing about the LPI. The web site is likely to be the first encounter > >many people have with it. > > >Sorry to hammer this point so hard, but I'm proud of my certification > >and the site does not do a good job of representing it. Does anyone > >here know what the plans are for updating the new site and completing > >the migration from the old one? Is there a timetable? > > > I must say, I find this particularly irritating too, especially as I'm > apparently having to wait for 6 weeks for my cert. > > Mark > -- > .~. Mark Brier (www.OpenITUp.org) > / v \ mark AT openitup DOT org > /( _ )\ PubKey - http://www.openitup.org/keys/markatopenitup.asc > ^ ^ +44 (0)161 2422132 / +44 (0)7793 036840 _______________________________________________ lpi-discuss mailing list [email protected] http://list.lpi.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/lpi-discuss -- Scott Lamberton Director of Communications Linux Professional Institute Email: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Web: http://www.lpi.org Telephone: +1-416-666-1574 _______________________________________________ lpi-discuss mailing list [email protected] http://list.lpi.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/lpi-discuss
