[vox] [fwd-adv] LPI Call for Participants and Volunteers

Tue, 30 Mar 2004 02:06:28 -0800

I followed up on some e-mails I got about being a subject matter expert 
for CompTIA Linux+.  It turned out I'd have to fly myself to Chicago for 
a week and put myself up in a hotel (in addition to taking the week off 
of work).  Yeah right.  I suppose if I were an Illinois local, it would 
be a cool gig...

It looks like LPI is willing to work with people a little more.

Bill Kendrick wrote:

>----- Forwarded message from Kara Pritchard <kara@luci.org> -----
>
>Date: Mon, 29 Mar 2004 11:05:36 -0600 (CST)
>From: Kara Pritchard <kara@luci.org>
>To: kara@kspei.com
>Subject: LPI Call for Participants and Volunteers
>
>
>Hello!
>
>My name is Kara Pritchard.  I am the Director of Exam Development for the 
>Linux Professional Institute (www.lpi.org).  LPI serves the community of 
>Linux and open source software users, vendors, and developers - in the 
>interest of increasing professional use of Open Source software throughout 
>world.  Since 1998 LPI has been developing Open Source related 
>certification exams with the participation of volunteers and Linux SMEs 
>(Subject Matter Experts) from around the world.
>
>LPI is launching a number of projects now, and has implemented a web-based 
>interface to involve even more of our community, and I would like to ask 
>you to participate.  We currently have 4 active projects that I'd like
>you to consider.  You can access the Exam Development tool at:
>
>https://www.lpi.org/en/examdev/index.html
>
>Project 1: Level 1 - Item Collection
>
>We are working to build our existing item pool, and introduce new exam
>items to build a more broad resource for use with the exam labs we're
>hosting around the world.  To participate in this program, login to
>the Exam Development site and visit:
>
>https://www.lpi.org/en/examdev/objective/addItems.html?exam_subject_id=5
>
>The project lead for this program is Mark Miller (aq1@sdf.lonestar.org).  
>His experience in exam development and training in the aerospace field 
>with history of running Linux for nearly 10 years provides a truly unique 
>and highly qualified view into our development systems.  Mark, along with 
>lead SME and Editor Justin Davies (justin@palmcoder.net) are looking 
>forward to building our Level 1 item pool and helping us take the program 
>even further than we have so far.
>
>Project 2. Level 2 - Update Program
>
>Level 2 was originally published in July 2001, and hasn't had a
>significant update since.  The first step to updating a program is to
>evaluate what tasks are significant today to a Level 2 administrator.  We
>have to collect a minimum of 300 tasks for this project before we can move
>on to the next phase of the update.  To participate in this program,
>please login to the Exam Development site and visit:
>
>https://www.lpi.org/en/examdev/jta/subject.html?subject_id=4
>
>The volunteer project manager for this project is Monika Orski
>(monika@orski.com).  Monika has been a long-time LPI volunteer and SME,
>and I'm very excited to have her help us by leading this project.  If you
>are interesting in volunteering for this specific project, please contact
>Monika.  We currently have an editor for this project as well, Vagner
>Farias.
>
>Project 3. Level 3 - Samba Administrator
>
>One of the first Level 3 programs to find active participants has been on
>the subject of Samba.  This is truly an exciting topic, as it is relevant
>on multiple operating systems.  The first step for any new program is to
>launch a Job Task Analysis to ensure the market is strong enough, and the
>topics are relevant to support an exam on the subject.  The first step
>will be to collect 300-500 tasks for the survey.  To participate on this
>exam project, please login and visit:
>
>https://www.lpi.org/en/examdev/jta/subject.html?subject_id=3
>
>The volunteer project manager for this program is John H. Terpstra, an
>exemplary member of the Linux community and one of the leaders of the
>Samba project.  John has been a friend to LPI since we founded in 1998.
>He is not only excited, but adamant to get a Samba program going, so
>expect a lot of moving and shaking if you participate on this project!  If
>you'd like to volunteer additional assistance to John, please contact him
>at jht@samba.org.
>
>Project 4. Level 3 - Security
>
>Security has been a hot topic to LPI since nearly the beginning.  We've
>addressed it at a low level with both of our current programs, but we
>agree with the community that Security deserves a high-level heading of
>its own.  Therefore, Security was decided to be our first Level 3 program
>to launch.  The requirements for this program are the same as L3-Samba.
>We must first launch our Job Task Analysis.  Please submit your tasks for
>Security here:
>
>https://www.lpi.org/en/examdev/jta/subject.html?subject_id=1
>
>We've had a number of volunteers for this program, which is fantastic.
>The current project lead for this program is Mark Lachniet
>(mark@lachniet.com).  If you wish to offer additional assistance to this
>program, please contact him.  Tim Writer has volunteered and will be the
>lead editor.
>
>
>Upcoming Programs
>
>We have a number of exciting new programs that have been floating around
>the halls of LPI, Inc.  Two of them specifically will be launched very
>soon.  One will focus on very basic Linux Core skills below our current
>skills required for Level 1.  The second is planned to focus on Linux
>Desktop programs.  If these specific topics are of interest to you, I hope
>you'll join the LPI Exam Development mailing lists and discuss them with
>us.
>
>To join the mailing lists and participate in LPI related exam development, 
>or general discussions, visit:
>
>https://www.lpi.org/en/maillists.html
>
>To participate direction in exam development projects, visit:
>
>https://www.lpi.org/en/examdev/index.html
>
>If you have questions about a specific project, feel free to contact the 
>project lead (listed above) or myself, kara@lpi.org.
>
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