Bart Van Loon <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > It was Apr 30 at 05:21PM when G. Matthew Rice wrote: > > What do people think of the following idea: > > > > An 'add-on' idea has been floated around by a few people of making this > > part of an "OSS Professional Association" with a code of ethics and > > regional 'advocacy' groups organizing to raise the awareness of our > > roles as true professionals amongst gov't bodies, trade organizations, etc. > > Am I right that you are suggestion an association with ``individuals'' > as members, rather than companies or other organisations?
Yep. individuals. > My other question is similar to Etienne's. What would be the added value > of this association in comparison to other, similar but already > established organisations? Well, I got a really cool iron ring when I finished my engineering programme at university :) Seriously, though, that added values would be in having a community of peers (maybe we create a linkedin group), petitioning gov'ts for formal recognition, perhaps it does the professional recertification vetting?, group benefits (that's one of the things the licensed engineers seem to like; cheap car, life, etc insurance), whatever local chapters/orgs decide to do, a 'better business bureau' type of service (or at least a complaints mechanism), etc... Also, I'm not certain what other organizations are providing this sort of thing for FOSS professionals. Can you send some URLs? Regards, -- g. matthew rice <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> starnix care, toronto, ontario, ca phone: 647.722.5301 x242 gpg id: EF9AAD20 http://www.starnix.com professional linux services & products _______________________________________________ lpi-examdev mailing list [email protected] http://list.lpi.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/lpi-examdev
