On Thu, 2003-07-17 at 05:03, Evan Leibovitch wrote: > Richard Rager wrote: > > >>Has there been any further development on the L3 LPI objectives, or > >>anything else for that matter lately? I am getting concerned that either > >>my listserve subscription is broken, or LPI has been dormant. > >> > >>Are there any plans for an update, call for help, or anything else that > >>might help get interested parties or volunteers working again? > > > Well I have been here for about 5+ years. Since LPI started and it has > > been very quiet lately. > > Hi Richard. > > LPI has certainly not been dormant lately. Since finishing the Level 1 > re-write a few months ago, we stopped to catch our collective breaths. > > Amongst our recent initiatives: > > - A certification program focusing on Open Source desktop applications. > With the growing popularity of the Linux desktop, there is growing demand > for a basic end-user certification similar to that of the MOUS (Microsoft > Office User Specialist) program. We are getting substantial support from > across the community. We are planning to formally announce the OSAC (Open > Source Applications Certification) at LinuxWorld next month. > > - Dramatic expansion of our worldwide affiliate network. Until recently the > only official LPI affiliate was in Japan. Now they are joined by affiliates > in the US and Germany, and others are in rapid development in Australia, > Brazil, Canada and the UK. > > > Regarding Level 3: we are still committed to doing this, but the timing and > structure of the Level 3 program are still under discussion. > > Part of the reason why L3 development has been slow has been the time > needed to build up a significant (enough) base of people ready to take it. > If L3 will require L2 as a prerequisite, there need to be a sufficient > number of L2 certificate holders. So far, with less than 1,000 LPIC2 > holders, there isn't enough of a base to (yet) justify producing Level 3. > > Another part of L3 development is that, as a community organization, LPI is > dependent upon that community to help drive what needs to be done. If there > are people willing to drive a certain kind of certification and enough > demand is found, we can provide supporting resources. But we are a function > of our community, and (so far) that community has not stepped forward to > help drive development of L3. > > If anyone here is interested in helping, either for L3 or for the desktop > certification, it would be extremely welcomed.
Hi Evan, I am interested in helping with both the level 3 certification and also the desktop certifcation. I offered my help at the time it was announced and was looking at the INGOTs certification plan, but have not heard much about it since. Maybe I have been in the wrong mailing list? Regards -- Jonathon Coombes <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> _______________________________________________ Lpi-examdev mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://list.lpi.org/mailman/listinfo/lpi-examdev
