[Scale-announce] SCALE Weighs In!

[SCALE Announcements]

The SCALE staff continue to put the final touches on SCALE 6x.

There are a few places left in the SCALE U classes on Friday, February 
8th. The tutorials are: "Open-Source Email Systems: One Approach to Spam 
Fighting" and "Introduction to Virtualization on Linux with Xen". 
Register for the tutorials via the regular SCALE registration process, 
and a SCALE Full Access pass will be included.


Many BoFs (Birds of A Feather Sessions) have been allocated rooms on the 
BoF schedule. The current line-up is at 
http://socallinuxexpo.org/scale6x/conference-info/social-events/birds-of-a-feather/ 
If your group would like to hold a BoF session, contact 
g at socallinuexexpo.org.


LPI will be conducting exams at SCALE. The cost is $75 per person for 
each of the Level 1 and Level 2 Exams. Note that this is a discounted 
price, down from $150 normally. Exams will be held as required Friday 
through Sunday, depending on registration. Registration for the exams 
will be done on-site, but reserve a spot by email to 
certs at socallinuxexpo.org.


BSD Exams will also be conducted at SCALE. The exams will be paper based 
and in English. Exam information is available from the 
http://www.bsdcertification.org/index.php?NAV=Certification page of the 
BSDCG website. Exam candidates should be proficient in the BSDA 
Certification Requirements and the Command Reference, both of which are 
available for free download from this page of the website.


Exam candidates must bring valid photo identification matching the name 
they used when they registered. Those who participated in the beta 
program should bring their beta certificate and/or the email address 
they used during the beta program in order to use their 50% discount.


The BSDA certification is designed to be an entry-level certification on 
BSD Unix systems administration. The successful BSDA candidate is able 
to complete common administrative and troubleshooting tasks and has a 
good understanding of general BSD Unix and networking principles. In 
addition, the successful candidate demonstrates basic skills with these 
BSD operating systems: Dragonfly BSD, FreeBSD, NetBSD and OpenBSD. 
Registration for the class will be handled by BSD Certification Group 
through their web site. The cost will be $75 per person or $37.50 for 
Beta Program Participants*. There are a maximum of 75 exams available. 
Exams will be available Friday through Sunday. Information on 
registration will be on the SCALE site.


* In the Beta program, participants are able to take the test at a 
reduced but will be asked new questions that have not appeared on 
previous test.


It appears that SCALE 6X will be setting a record for attendance. In 
spite of upgrading the registration process every year, there's usually 
a Saturday morning bottleneck. In order to avoid the usual crush at 
Registration, SCALE highly recommends that you register ahead of time to 
avoid some of the delay.

The 6th Annual So Cal Linux Expo is February 8th-10th. Come join us for 
a great Open Source Software show!