From: Chris Home (clarson52@comcast.net)
Date: Sun Jan 05 2003 - 11:25:03 GMT-3
Fantastic Idea Geoff.
I also have 13 routers, a switch and a PIX just sitting here until I am
ready to start studying again. I am not using them now and with a little
help in finding a way to schedule people simply and easily without taking
too much time at changing the topo for each individual and such I would make
it available to the project. With a few mods it could fit most lab
scenarios.
I offer that as a contribution to this project as well as my time as a
reviewer, contributor and user.
----- Original Message -----
From: "Geoff Zinderdine" <geoffz@mts.net>
To: "Groupstudy" <ccielab@groupstudy.com>
Sent: Sunday, January 05, 2003 3:11 AM
Subject: Call for Volunteers to produce Free Labs for the Networking
Community
> Listmembers:
>
> With the current discussion of onerous/unenforcable/illegal licensing
> agreements for lab preparation material at a zenith, I want to take this
> opportunity to put out a call for contributors to a new project: a
constantly
> evolving set of labs copylefted under the GPL and distributed free of
charge.
> What I envision is a loose-knit board of technical reviewers drawn
primarily
> from the pool of current CCIEs and other acknowledged experts both to
> contribute lab content and to review other content that is received for
> relevance and accuracy. The amount of time spent is entirely up to the
> volunteer.
>
> All work that is submitted will be credited to its author and distributed
> absolutely free of charge, probably by CVS. The rights will remain with
the
> author. This project will include both tutorials and hands-on lab
scenarios.
> I am working at getting a web forum up as a central clearinghouse where
ideas
> can be contributed and a listserv for the reviewers to communicate
through.
>
> I see this as a terrific opportunity to develop a strong community of
> engineers that can advance the standards of training by providing
top-notch
> material to everyone regardless of financial situation. Because there is
no
> need for "subscriptions" or any other quasi-legal tomfoolery and the
review
> and delivery method will be electronic, it will be a simple matter to keep
the
> material up-to-date with any changes Cisco makes to the program.
>
> If you wish to act on the review board, contribute material or be part of
the
> community that uses it please drop me a line at gpl_labs@yahoo.com telling
me
> who you are and what you wish to do. To make it easier for me to manage
my
> email, please indicate in the subject whether you wish to be a REVIEWER,
> CONTRIBUTOR (or both) or USER.
>
> I will contact the reviewers and contributors shortly and the users as
soon as
> the web forum is up.
>
> Thank you for your time!
>
> Geoff Zinderdine
> CCIE #10410
> .
.
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