[ripe-list] Take a RIPE NCC Certified Professionals exam at RIPE 79

On 8 Oct 2019, at 14:46, Randy Bush wrote:

> [ cc: ripe list ]
>
>> For the first time, we will offer you the opportunity to become a 
>> RIPE
>> NCC Certified Professional at a RIPE Meeting.
>
> i think this is horribly broken.  neither ripe nor the ncc should be
> certifying anything except recorded ip resources.
>
> randy


Randy,

The RIPE NCC has been offering training courses since 1993. I remain 
convinced that going out there to train people is one of the reasons 
that we have a strong community that understands what we are about and 
supports us. It also helps us to keep in touch with people on the shop 
floor. I value this activity very much and so does the membership. 
Whether we like it or not, one of the expectations with training these 
days is something more tangible than a ‘certificate of 
participation’. We have to meet these expectations. Besides that it 
also provides us with some measure of the effectiveness of our training 
efforts. So nothing is broken and certainly not horribly broken.

No-one will force you to take the test. ;-)

Daniel