Hi Tyler,<br><br><div class="gmail_quote">On Fri, Jun 10, 2011 at 1:08 AM, Tyler Mitchell <span dir="ltr"><<a href="mailto:tmitchell@osgeo.org">tmitchell@osgeo.org</a>></span> wrote:<br><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin: 0pt 0pt 0pt 0.8ex; border-left: 1px solid rgb(204, 204, 204); padding-left: 1ex;">
1. To lead training courses that may also come with a certificate or be part of a larger program. (e.g. for users, developers, integrators to gain personal knowledge and show it off, maybe in a GISP style?)<br></blockquote>
<div> </div><div>This was what I thought the certification program meant. This should be something more than a few hours of workshop like in FOSS4G. Something enough for the candidate to say that he can handle certain type of work at a job interview.<br>
<br>I think a certificate program should be conducted first. This would be cheaper for professionals with student loans to pay.<br>Training, on the other hand, has been user oriented until now. Workshops have been according to end user requirements. A full fledged training can be implemented based on how the certificate program goes.<br>
<br></div><div><br></div><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin: 0pt 0pt 0pt 0.8ex; border-left: 1px solid rgb(204, 204, 204); padding-left: 1ex;">2. To give an organisation a stamp of approval, that their skills or staff meet some standard<br>
</blockquote><div><br>There are already groups who's main work is providing training in OSGIS software. Like Ezra says, they can certainly use these credentials. This can be implemented pretty much the same as above.<br>
<br></div><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin: 0pt 0pt 0pt 0.8ex; border-left: 1px solid rgb(204, 204, 204); padding-left: 1ex;">3. To technically certify a product or application - (e.g. as a sort of endorsement that the technology meets some OSGeo standard)<br>
</blockquote><div><br>I don't understand this. The following standards come to mind: Does the product output OGC compliant data? Uses compatible versions and licenses?<br></div><div><br> </div></div>-- <br>Best regards,<br>
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