Call for Examinees: Linux Professionals Institute Certification (LPI 101 and LPI 102)

* Place: University of the Philippines, Diliman
* Date: 27 June 2007
* Time: 10:00 AM (please be at the examination venue 30 minutes before the published time)
* Examination fee
o BEFORE June 22
+ LPI 101 only (Php 2,500)
+ LPI 102 only (Php 2,500)
+ Both LPI 101 and 102 (Php 4,500)
o AFTER June 22
+ Additional Php 200 [for all packages]

Introduction

The International Open Source Network (IOSN) together with the UP Manila National Telehealth Center (UNDP Centre of Excellence for Free/Open Source Software in ASEAN+3) is organizing a Linux Professionals Institute (LPI) Community Certification Examination (LPI 101 and LPI 102).

The Linux Professional Institute (www.lpi.org) is a non-profit organization geared to provide professional certification for the Linux Community. This would be an excellent opportunity for working professionals, students and interested individuals to get certified at a low cost. Details follow:


* Date of certification: 27th June 2007
* Time: 10:00 AM
* Venue: UP Diliman
* Proctor: Prof. Rommel Feria
* Length of each examination: 45 minutes

We are looking at an initial group of a MAXIMUM of 30 people in the initial certification examination.

To register for the certification, send an email to majill@gmail.com (cc asean3@iosn.net) and include the following information:

1. Full Name
2. Contact Number
3. Certification program you wish to take


There are a range of certifications you can choose to certify against. Please view http://www.lpi.org/en/lpic.html for more information.

We will organize more than one exam on the same day if there is sufficient demand (eg, 101 followed by 102 if there are sufficient people wanting to take 102).

Do note that in order to encourage certification, the payment for certification is a bare minimum covering organizational costs only.