Re: Call for Volunteers to produce Free Labs for the Networking

From: Ludwig Morales (morales_l@hotmail.com)
Date: Sun Jan 05 2003 - 13:14:15 GMT-3


 Count on my too!!
 As reviewer, contributor and user, i also have a rack to share....

  let's take groupstudy one step further!!

 ----- Original Message -----
 From: "Chris Home" <clarson52@comcast.net>
 To: "Geoff Zinderdine" <geoffz@mts.net>; "Groupstudy"
 <ccielab@groupstudy.com>
 Sent: Sunday, January 05, 2003 10:25 AM
 Subject: Re: Call for Volunteers to produce Free Labs for the Networking
 Community

> 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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