Re: !!!Help!!! - needed on Studylabs.org

From: ray_gan74@hotmail.com
Date: Sun Feb 09 2003 - 02:29:09 GMT-3


Cool website!! I just registered. I don't think people knew about the site.
Probably should market it better. Put a link or make a banner for it on
www.groupstudy.com . Anyways I hope everyone registers!

Ray

----- Original Message -----
From: "Richard Young" <cc_young@pacbell.net>
To: "Paul Borghese" <pborghese@groupstudy.com>
Cc: "'Groupstudy'" <ccielab@groupstudy.com>
Sent: Saturday, February 08, 2003 8:53 PM
Subject: !!!Help!!! - needed on Studylabs.org

> Hi Everyone,
> Some time ago, Paul started a new web site for helping to create and
> distribute FREE labs for people who are not associated with commercial
> labs. This forum is not for distributing copyrighted material, but for
> creation of donated material created by you with the understanding it
> belongs to everyone. This web site is fairly inactive and will probably
die
> if more people are not interested in participating.
> I would hate to see this effort die after all of the hard work Paul put
into
> this.
> After all, the forum you are now participating in would not be possible if
> not for Paul's hard work and sacrifice. We should return the favor and
help
> Paul's dream come alive. Please visit
>
> http://www.studylabs.org/
>
> and visit the forums.
>
> To join, under the user's login, create an account. You will then should
> be emailed a password. Then Join and participate in the forums and see if
we
> can get this project moving. The results of your efforts will pay off in
not
> only helping to better your knowledge but in helping others just as this
> one, groupstudy.com, is already doing.
>
> Come on everyone. Lets make this happen
> Richard
>
>
>
> Paul Borghese wrote:
>
> > It has been my dream from the creation of GroupStudy that the members
> > would share study materials. I will donate a web server and space for
> > the project. About a year ago I reserved the name studylabs.org for
> > such a project.
> >
> > I think we should have various teams working on different labs based
> > upon technology.
> >
> > Something like:
> >
> > 1. IGP
> > 2. EGP
> > 3. Security
> > 4. ISDN
> > 5. Voice
> > 6. DLSW
> > 7. MISC (queuing, multicast, etc)
> >
> > Geoff, will you head up the project? I will setup the website for you.
> >
> > Take care,
> >
> > Paul
> >
> > -----Original Message-----
> > From: nobody@groupstudy.com [mailto:nobody@groupstudy.com] On Behalf Of
> > Geoff Zinderdine
> > Sent: Sunday, January 05, 2003 3:11 AM
> > To: Groupstudy
> > 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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