From: Montiean (noktes@bellsouth.net)
Date: Fri Sep 02 2005 - 12:06:37 GMT-3
Congratulation Tim!!!
-Montiean
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From: "ccie2be" <ccie2be@nyc.rr.com>
To: "Group Study" <ccielab@groupstudy.com>
Sent: Thursday, September 01, 2005 9:08 AM
Subject: Team Tim slays the dragon
> Hi guys,
>
> Yesterday, Team Tim went to battle the beast at RTP. For 8 hours the
battle
> raged and even after the battle ended the outcome was uncertain. The
beast
> was armed with several new creative weapons which took their toll in time
> and points. But, in the end, these weapons weren't enough to overcome the
> long preparation and determination of Team Tim.
>
> Once the smoke had cleared, Team Tim stood weary but victorious.
>
> Team Tim includes a large number of people without whom this victory would
> never have been achieved.
>
> First and foremost is my wife Jocie. Without her unwavering support,
> sacrifice, encouragement and confidence in my ultimate success, this
> accomplishment would not have been possible. Little did she realize 3
years
> ago when we got married what a tortuous, frustrating journey laid ahead.
> But, through it all, she stood fast against the many people who thought
she
> was crazy (for marrying me), she was being taken advantage of, etc, etc
etc.
> Jocie, you are truly magnificent and my love and admiration for you is
> indescribable.
>
> In addition to Jocie, much credit has to go to my parents and in-laws.
Even
> though they might not fully understand the value of a ccie and question
the
> wisdom of investing so much time, effort and money in such a pursuit (
"for
> the same investment, you could have become a doctor"), they continued to
> help me and never gave up hope.
>
> I'd also like to extend my special appreciation to someone who often goes
> underappreciated and unmentioned but who has contributed to the successful
> completion of the ccie for many, many people. Of course, I'm referring to
> Paul Borghese, the creator of Group Study. Because of Paul and Group
Study,
> I've met loads of great people and learned things I never would have known
> otherwise. Thank you, Paul. Shortly, I'm going to Paypal Paul a small
> contribution to help him cover the cost of running Group Study. I have no
> idea how much running Group Study costs but if every newly minted ccie who
> subscribes to Group Study would send him a small contribution, I'm sure it
> would help him and Group Study considerably.
>
> On the technical side, the list of people that helped me pass the lab is
> considerable. I met Jon Carmichael in the late 90's when we were Cisco
> instructors at GeoTrain. Jon stayed with GeoTrain for many years and
taught
> every official Cisco class offered while I stayed only a short time before
> going into consulting. After GeoTrain went under leaving Jon unemployed he
> decided to get his ccie. It took him a long time and many attempts.
That's
> when I started to appreciate how difficult getting a ccie was going to be.
> Unlike my self, Jon is a high tech geek who loves to explore and
experiment
> with all sorts of high tech gizmo's and I can't even remember all the cool
> things he's introduced me to. Thank you, Jon.
>
> Another person I'm deeply indebted to is Jonathan Hays. For those of you
> who have been on GS for a few years, you may remember how much he
> contributed to GS. We first met via GS and then we met in person. Not
only
> is Jonathan a great network engineer, he's a great guy and he's a patient
> guy. I can't thank him enough for all the hours he's spent with me
> explaining things I couldn't fully understand and get a handle on.
>
> Some of you may also recognize the name Simon Hart from his GS posts. His
> detailed and clearly written posts and examples on QoS and other topics
> unraveled many IOS mysteries. I recommend anyone having trouble with QoS
> check the GS archives for his posts - you'll learn a great deal. Someday,
> when I get to England, I hope to meet Simon in person and have a few
beers.
> What a great guy!!!
>
> I also want to thank the GS brain trust - those networking guru's you all
> know so well. First, the Brian's. Their practice lab workbook and
Solution
> Guide is fantastic. I strongly recommend to anyone hoping to become a ccie
> to get their workbook and do the first 10 labs 2 or 3 times in a row.
And,
> then do the rest of them. I was amazed at how much I could forget between
> doing the first lab and the 10th lab. I'll probably discuss this more in
a
> later post.
>
> Scott Morris. I have one more question for you. How is it possible for
> your brain to retain such a vast quantity of knowledge? I can understand
> how you can learn so much but how are you able to seemingly not forget any
> of it? Thank you for all your help and patience and generosity with all
my
> unending questions.
>
> Andrew Bruce Caslow. Your book, Cisco Certification was a groundbreaker
> when it first came out. Until I read that book, I mistakenly thought I
> understood Frame Relay and many other topics but, not really. Thank you
> also for all your encouragement and guidance.
>
> Bob Sinclair and Marvin Greenlee. You guys are great. I couldn't begin
to
> remember all the 3550, QoS, and security questions you guys answered for
me
> when my understanding of this stuff was so cloudy. Thanks so much.
>
> There are many others such as Kim Jongsoo, Chris Lewis, Andy Mrozek,
Kenneth
> Wygand, Mani Poopal, Anthony Sequeira who has written a few great white
> papers on Multicast, to whom I am deeply indebted.
>
> So, truly, this accomplishment was a team effort and all of you deserve
> credit for this.
>
> Thank you, Tim
>
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