Hi, I was inactive maybe one year and half ... I want to know if they are any link to read about how works now the community group , I missed a lot of nice news in lpi community !!
Regards Ps: pdu ? What does it mean ? On Fri, 31 Jul 2020 at 18:00, <[email protected]> wrote: > Send lpi-examdev mailing list submissions to > [email protected] > > To subscribe or unsubscribe via the World Wide Web, visit > https://list.lpi.org/mailman/listinfo/lpi-examdev > or, via email, send a message with subject or body 'help' to > [email protected] > > You can reach the person managing the list at > [email protected] > > When replying, please edit your Subject line so it is more specific > than "Re: Contents of lpi-examdev digest..." > > > Today's Topics: > > 1. Re: Membership, what's the point? was: BECOME A TRAINER > (G. Matthew Rice) > 2. Re: Membership, what's the point? was: BECOME A TRAINER > (Bryan Smith) > > > ---------------------------------------------------------------------- > > Message: 1 > Date: Thu, 30 Jul 2020 19:22:10 -0400 > From: "G. Matthew Rice" <[email protected]> > To: LPI Exam Development <[email protected]> > Subject: Re: [lpi-examdev] Membership, what's the point? was: BECOME A > TRAINER > Message-ID: > < > cafkqhhoza3y6wrzgrudy6jfw2zdmxbx8_bbnqdqbfr7skvk...@mail.gmail.com> > Content-Type: text/plain; charset="utf-8" > > On Tue, Jul 14, 2020 at 3:17 PM Ottavio Caruso < > [email protected]> wrote: > > > > > i found this for you: > > > > https://people.lpi.org/ > > > > > > Well spotted! Is this new? > > > > Hi Ottavio, > > Correct, https://people.lpi.org is new. > > I just found your email in my spam folder. Hence, the late reply. I think > google doesn't like yahoo addresses much. > > On a second thought, I've noticed that membership price just to extend > > the previous certifications though PDUs is higher than just retaking > > the exam, so I wonder what is the point of a membership, if not, > > maybe, for social networking. > > > > I think the operative word in your above premise is "just". If you just > want to extend the active date of your certification/minimise costs, > there's little need to join as a member. Nothing is changing in the > existing certification programs including when certifications go 'inactive' > after five years. They are still publicly displayable and a testament to > your skills. Plus, five years should be plenty of time to leverage the > value of the certification. > > And, if you ever need to dust off the credential, you could join for one > year. That'll reactivate the cert for whatever needed purpose. That's > about 35% of the cost of taking one exam and less than 20% of the cost of > retaking LPIC-1. As well, if you had an LPIC-2 go inactive and you wanted > to get LPIC-3, reactivating the LPIC-2 and carrying on is much less > expensive than retaking LPIC-1 and LPIC-2. Even the 3 year membership is > 90% of the cost of an exam and 45% of the cost of retaking LPIC-1. > > I guess i'm questioning your arithmetic. :) > > For the rest of this email, the TL;DR is: If you are getting everything you > need/want from the "pre-Member" LPI already, that part isn't changing and > membership may not be for you. > > Regardless, viewing this as just a way to extend a > certification's expiration or another social networking vehicle is missing > the point of the membership program which will become more apparent over > time. > > When LPI was started up, the intention was always to hand over the reins of > the organization to the certification holders. That's what is happening. > The members of LPI are now the ones that will be voting for the board (or > running for a board position). You don't have to be a member to run for a > board position, too. This is an annual occurrence along with an AGM of all > members. There's also a Member Engagement committee forming, > https://www.lpi.org/committees/member-engagement, that'll be able to > affect > things regularly. > > As well, the board wanted there to be a focus to the membership other than > simply governance. And the thought was to transition from helping people > get their first or next job to helping more broadly in their careers and > communities. Which will explain the various initiatives that'll be popping > up or already have if you poke around the web site. > > And, our intention is to make the value to the member of joining exceed the > costs, irrespective of the extensions to the certifications inactive > dates. This is my favourite one perq so far: > https://fluent-forever.app/promo?coupon=LPI20, with an extended discount > if > it's popular (they said I could share it with non-members but don't tweet > it). Besides, that certification extension is a benefit of participating > in the PDU (continuous education and experience) part of the membership > program and not the cash outlay. > > The idea of a membership option without the PDUs was considered but then > we'd have to kick people out when their certs go inactive. Plus, we'd have > to differentiate between the folk that have a certification and _may_ have > exceeded those expectations from people that wish to demonstrate their > growth beyond the certifications. Or drop the PDU part but there's a lot > of value to the demonstrable cert+experience+continuing education combo. > > Ultimately though, it'll be up to the members to (help) shape LPI going > forward. If you think there's something LPI, as an organization, should be > doing that it isn't (or should stop), you'll have to get involved. Or, at > least, come to the AGM and shoot your mouth off for a while. Hmm, maybe > that should be listed as a member benefit, too. :) > > Take care, > --matt > -- > G. Matthew Rice <[email protected]> gpg id: 0x17CF9077 > Executive Director, Linux Professional Institute > -------------- next part -------------- > An HTML attachment was scrubbed... > URL: < > https://list.lpi.org/mailman/private/lpi-examdev/attachments/20200730/15374632/attachment-0001.html > > > > ------------------------------ > > Message: 2 > Date: Thu, 30 Jul 2020 22:28:45 -0400 > From: Bryan Smith <[email protected]> > To: LPI Exam Development <[email protected]> > Subject: Re: [lpi-examdev] Membership, what's the point? was: BECOME A > TRAINER > Message-ID: > < > cah1d5rn-npklobyp3o5tcekd+cgf4v-ljkgs_2kzi3htf+q...@mail.gmail.com> > Content-Type: text/plain; charset="utf-8" > > On Thu, Jul 30, 2020 at 7:22 PM G. Matthew Rice: > > > And, if you ever need to dust off the credential, you could join for one > > year. That'll reactivate the cert for whatever needed purpose. That's > > about 35% of the cost of taking one exam and less than 20% of the cost of > > retaking LPIC-1. As well, if you had an LPIC-2 go inactive and you > wanted > > to get LPIC-3, reactivating the LPIC-2 and carrying on is much less > > expensive than retaking LPIC-1 and LPIC-2. Even the 3 year membership is > > 90% of the cost of an exam and 45% of the cost of retaking LPIC-1. > > > > And there you go ... the head honcho of LPI telling everyone how to 'game' > the system and save money. How many companies, let alone non-profits, have > leaders that give you that? And I won't even go into the 'costs' of other > entities, especially outside of GNU/Linux. > > I think I already mentioned that LPI is 1/5th to 1/10th my IEEE membership > costs. I get a lot more out of LPI, although just like LPI, the IEEE does > a lot for human knowledge that I -- and everyone else -- indirectly benefit > from. Both are non-profit, although IEEE makes a heck of a lot of money > from selling materials, training, etc... LPI does not. > > I'm a member of both. But that's just me. ;) > > For the rest of this email, the TL;DR is: If you are getting everything you > > need/want from the "pre-Member" LPI already, that part isn't changing and > > membership may not be for you. > > > > Insert the standard 'certifications' or 'college' or 'marriage' or whatever > 'may not be for you' too. ;) > > As well, the board wanted there to be a focus to the membership other than > > simply governance. And the thought was to transition from helping people > > get their first or next job to helping more broadly in their careers and > > communities. Which will explain the various initiatives that'll be > popping > > up or already have if you poke around the web site. > > > > I'm going to use this post to also advertise that LPI Board of Directors > Nominations are almost upon us (and Elections will follow after that), so > those interested in making these types of decisions should be ready to let > their interest be known to various parties within LPI. I'm not formally > part of that process (at least not at this time), and I cannot advise > further (at this time), but it is coming. > > Ultimately though, it'll be up to the members to (help) shape LPI going > > forward. If you think there's something LPI, as an organization, should > be > > doing that it isn't (or should stop), you'll have to get involved. Or, > at > > least, come to the AGM and shoot your mouth off for a while. Hmm, maybe > > that should be listed as a member benefit, too. :) > > > > As the sign in the windows says, "If you don't like what you see here, > volunteer!" > > Beware though ... Matt talked so much 15+ years ago they put him in > charge. ;) > > My 100% *PEER* viewpoint, nothing more. > > - bjs > -------------- next part -------------- > An HTML attachment was scrubbed... > URL: < > https://list.lpi.org/mailman/private/lpi-examdev/attachments/20200730/8c92f68a/attachment-0001.html > > > > ------------------------------ > > Subject: Digest Footer > > _______________________________________________ > lpi-examdev mailing list > [email protected] > https://list.lpi.org/mailman/listinfo/lpi-examdev > > ------------------------------ > > End of lpi-examdev Digest, Vol 139, Issue 13 > ******************************************** > -- --- Rondan Rino Certificado en LPIC-3 <http://lpi.org/v/LPI000209832/ay4xrhq48m> LPI ID:LPI000209832 Verification Code:gbblvwyfxu Red Hat Certified Engineer -- RHCE -- RHCVA <https://www.redhat.com/rhtapps/certification/verify/?certId=120-175-658> Blog:http://www.itrestauracion.com.ar Cv: http://cv.rinorondan.com.ar <http://www.rinorondan.com.ar/> http://counter.li.org Linux User -> #517918 Viva La Santa Federacion!! Mueran Los Salvages Unitarios!! ^^^Transcripcion de la epoca ^^^
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