[BSDCert-Announce] July newsletter for BSD Certification Group

[Announce list for the BSD Certification]

The July newsletter is now available in HTML and PDF form at:

http://www.bsdcertification.org/index.php?NAV=News&Item=nl032

                       BSD Certification Group Newsletter
                                   July 2006

Contents

     * 1 Sandra Dolan Appointed as Psychometrician
     * 2 BSD Certification at OSCON
     * 3 Mailing Lists
     * 4 Website Statistics
     * 5 About this Newsletter

                  1 Sandra Dolan Appointed as Psychometrician

   The BSDCG is pleased to announce that it has partered with Sandra Dolan,
   PH.D, Psychometrician, who will be providing the psychometric analysis for
   the upcoming BSDA certification. Sandra has been working in the
   measurement and evaluation field for over 15 years and has focused on
   working with certifying examinations in the last ten years. She has
   consulted with the American Osteopathic Association's physician certifying
   boards, the National Restaurant Association's ServSafe program, and most
   recently with the Linux Professional Institute (LPI). She has experience
   in securing external accreditation through such organizations as
   NOCA/NCCA.

   You can read the full press release on the News tab of the website in
   English (http://www.bsdcertification.org/index.php?NAV=News&Item=pr029)
   and Brazilian Portuguese
   (http://www.bsdcertification.org/index.php?NAV=News&Item=pr030).

                          2 BSD Certification at OSCON

   Dru Lavigne from the BSD Certification Group will be at the *BSD booth at
   OSCON in Portland, Oregon, from July 26-27. The Exhibit Hall is free, so
   if you are in the Portland area, be sure to stop by the booth and say
   hello. Dru will also be selling the all-new BSDA study DVD at the booth
   for $40. The DVD will be available for general sale after the conference
   so stay tuned for more details.

                                3 Mailing Lists

   The BSD Certification Group mailing list currently has 768 subscribers.
   And the announcements list has 175 subscribers.

   If you are not on the announcements list, please sign up at
   http://lists.nycbug.org/mailman/listinfo/bsdcert-announce/. It is a closed
   list for announcements from the BSD Certification Group.

   The general discussion list is at
   http://lists.nycbug.org/mailman/listinfo/bsdcert/.

                              4 Website Statistics

   Extensive analysis of website statistics is available online. Please visit
   our Webstats Site at http://webstats.bsdcertification.org to see them for
   yourself.

                            5 About this Newsletter

   The BSD Certification Group newsletter is published every month, near the
   middle of the month.

   Thank you to Dru Lavigne and George Rosamond for contributing to this
   newsletter. The editor is Jeremy C. Reed.

   If you have any news items related to the BSD Certification, please let us
   know by submitting via the contact form on the website or by sending an
   email to newsletter at BSDCertificationGroup.org. Or if you would like to
   volunteer for the translation team please send a note with the subject
   ``translation'' on the website's contact form.

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