[lpi-discuss] [LPI-News] Linux Professional Institute changes Recertification Policy

[Scott Lamberton]

Anselm Lingnau wrote:

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>... I'll be making a point of asking 
>around whether *anyone* from the German LPI community even suspected (let 
>alone knew) that this was in the works before it was announced by you as a 
>fait accompli.
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Please do consult with your colleagues at LPI-German on this point.

>As an aside, when the 10-year recertification policy came up, there was some 
>noise about special »recertification exams« that LPI alumni would be able to 
>take. These would focus on the areas that actually did change as opposed to 
>re-testing those that had stayed the same (for example, the GNU text utilties 
>basically haven't changed since the mid-1980s, hence re-testing alumni on 
>them every five years seems a bit futile), so that people could take a single 
>exam to recertify rather than two. Is that still on your radar?
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Not to my knowledge.  However, I will bring this up with the product
developmen team.

Again, thanks for your input.

scott

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