[BSDCert-Announce] Newsletter from BSD Certification Group (March 2007)

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                    BSD Certification Group Newsletter
                                March 2007

Contents

    * 1 Winter 2007 version of BSDA DVD
    * 2 BSD Certification at BSDCan
    * 3 BSD Certification at Linuxworld Toronto
    * 4 Website Statistics
    * 5 Mailing Lists
    * 6 About this Newsletter

                      1 Winter 2007 version of BSDA DVD

  The  BSDA  DVD has been updated to reflect the latest release versions
  of  the  BSDs. Greg Lehey has also given permission to include the PDF
  version  of  ``The  Complete  FreeBSD'' book. Please see the COPYRIGHT
  file on the DVD regarding the copyrights on each of the DVD contents.

  This version of the DVD contains:

    * Dragonfly BSD 1.8.0
    * FreeBSD 6.2, along with packages and ports
    * NetBSD 3.1, along with pkgsrc
    * OpenBSD 4.0, along with ports
    * The Complete FreeBSD
    * The DragonFly BSD Handbook
    * The FreeBSD FAQ
    * The FreeBSD Handbook
    * The NetBSD Guide
    * The Pkgsrc Guide
    * The BSDA Command Reference
    * The BSDA Exam Objectives (Certification Requirements)
    * The BSD Usage Survey Report
    * The Delivery Survey Report
    * The Task Analysis Survey Report
    * Psychometrics Explained

  As  last  time,  we  are  offering  the  DVD  as a thank you for a $40
  donation  to  the  BSDCG  and  currently  the  only supported donation
  methods are Paypal or check.

  If  you  can't  financially  afford  the  DVD,  or  would like to have
  multiple  copies of the DVD sent to your school, or will be working at
  a  BSD booth at a conference in 2007 and would like to bring copies of
  the  DVD,  please  use  the  contact  form  on  the website to send an
  explanatory email and we'll see what we can do.

  It  is our goal to make the DVD freely available once the psychometric
  bill  has been paid in full. In order to freely distribute the DVD, we
  will  need assistance to burn, package, and ship bulk amounts of DVDs.
  At  the moment, the DVDs are being burned and shipped one at a time on
  a volunteer basis by Dru Lavigne and Axel Gruner of the BSDCG.

  If  you have the time to research costs for bulk burning and packaging
  and/or  to  find sponsors to cover these costs, please let us know via
  the  contact  form or mailing list. We also need someone with the time
  to  research  the  best  deal for a merchant account so that those who
  wish  to  donate  or  to  register for an exam using their credit card
  directly are able to do so.

                        2 BSD Certification at BSDCan

  Dru  Lavigne  will  be  presenting  a  talk at BSDCan on Delivering IT
  Certifications  BSD Style. The talk will describe the rationale behind
  creating  a  customized test delivery solution and explain the process
  that went into its creation. The schedule and registration information
  for   BSDCan   should   show   up   on  the  BSDCan  website  shortly:
  http://www.bsdcan.org/2007.

  We  are  also  working towards having a beta exam available at BSDCan.
  Watch the mailing lists for details as they become available.

                  3 BSD Certification at Linuxworld Toronto

  There  will  be  a  BSD Certification booth at Linuxworld Toronto, May
  1-2.  The  website  should be updated with the schedule and exhibitors
  soon  (http://www.it360.ca).  While  the booth "space" is free, we are
  required to purchase carpet and obviously a table and power drop would
  be  useful. We welcome donations to assist with the estimated $400 CDN
  cost.  If  you're in the Toronto area that week and would like to help
  work  at  the  booth, leave a message using the ``Contact Us'' form on
  the website.

                            4 Website Statistics

  Online webstats are available at
  http://webstats.bsdcertification.org/.

                               5 Mailing Lists

  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/.

  The  bsdcert list has around 739 members and the bsdcert-announce list
  has around 208 subscribers.

                           6 About this Newsletter

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

  Thank  you  to  Dru  Lavigne  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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