On Monday, May 8, 2017 at 8:29:27 PM UTC-5, jonnyX wrote: > Quick question: Who would be interested in participating in the proposed Linux+/LPIC-1/CentOS7 certification study group this summer? Please either respond here or email me privately by Wednesday.
Howdy, Couple of clarifications: The Wednesday deadline was just so I could get a rough count to NTC. There is no deadline or cut-off date (yet; more on that below). Those of you who are members of the Meetup group as well saw that we had a much larger response there than here on the Google group; there's a point in favor of keeping Meetup. Here's a cut & paste of what I sent to the NTC late last night (and cc:d to John O.) before I hit the sack; remember, NTC was looking for 15 attendees minimum: > We have received twenty-three "Yes!" commitments within the last 48 hours, just from NLUG: > > 16 via our Meetup group > 6 via our Google group > 1 via personal email > > The VMware and DevOps user groups are checking with their people too and will forward names & email addresses to John and me over the next couple of days. Since we still have a month's worth of promoting to do (and 7-8 more user groups to approach)(and an installfest on May 20th), if you decide to host us what is the upper limit on the number of people you would want to attend for each session? Realistically (and based on previous experience) I'd guestimate that ~33% of the current "Yes!" people will flake out (leaving 15-16 of the first respondents), but given the response so far and the other groups we're hitting where this certification would be useful on one's resume, we have a good chance of starting the first session with ~40-50 people (I'm hesitant to allow more than that). Figure an additional ~20%-30% total attrition rate once the sessions start, and we'll probably wrap up the last session with somewhere between ~30-40 people. John, what's an upper limit that you're comfortable with? Do we need a maximum attendance cap? "Spaces are limited and going fast, reserve yours now before it's too late!" Tilghman suggested the Nashville Software School as an alternative. Another cut and paste from last night's email to NTC: > Since you aren't normally open on weekends, would the Nashville Software School be a better option? Even if they aren't usually open weekends either? I see some stuff about "Saturdays from 9am-2pm" at http://nashvillesoftwareschool.com/programs/getting-started/ (which gives me hope) but no other info about weekend hours that I can find on the rest of their site. I'd think that having people who've worked in the IT industry, and who are willing to freely help anyone (including their students) gain industry certifications, would be something they might be interested in. Especially if we're willing to do this year-round with other industry certifications as well (which is something we're tentatively planning for, assuming the summer sessions go well). Feel free to forward this to them, and/or I can submit it via their webform contact page in the morning. No reply from NTC yet. I was going to wait 'til just before 1:00pm if I hadn't heard anything by then and submit an intro message via the NSS contact webform (ie - as people are theoretically returning from lunch & sitting back down at their computers), then start making calls. Tilghmen has contacts there, so that's another angle to work. I assume we'll pick up *some* study session attendees from NSS students if we wind up there (maybe more than just "some"?), hence the worries about possibly capping this. Comments/criticisms/suggestions? ~~Dru / jX PS - Vincent, can you post & recruit via VMUG? I don't want to spam your group. Let John & me know if you want to collaborate on an intro/info message first. -- -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "NLUG" group. To post to this group, send email to [email protected] To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [email protected] For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/nlug-talk?hl=en --- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "NLUG" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to [email protected]. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout.
