[AfrIPv6-Discuss] Call for contributions for IPv6 Deployment Guidelines for Africa region

[Mukom Akong T.]

> On 22 Jan 2016, at 3:30 PM, Nishal Goburdhan <nishal at controlfreak.co.za> wrote:
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> whilst i may respect your adherence to quality control, i’m in general agreement that half is better than zero …


let’s agree to disagree on that point.


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> (this is equally true for the arabic material that was translated by volunteers, or for the portuguese ipv6 material that nic.br offered, which used to be on the afrinic site, before the site was re-skinned.  i am sure you can put a simple “disclaimer” about the publications, to show that you haven’t QA’d them, eh?).


This will be done before next training cycle starts. (it’s not as simple as putting up a PDF)


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>> Our certification initiatives  is about a standardised test/examination -
>> which is still one of the best ways to reinforce learning. We've gotten
>> lots of requests from our delegates for a "Certificate of Attendance" (we
>> currently don't) but when we launch our certification platform, we'll be
>> able to give people who need that something with global recognition.
> 
> i’ve said my piece on this, and, to be clear, i wasn’t referring specifically to your certification plans (which i know nothing about), but to those unscrupulous ones that see this as an revenue source.  perhaps you’ll be a welcome change.


Indeed that is our challenge - our primary objective for it is as part of a learning package as well as giving people (and employers) who’ve shown interest a globally recognised way to be able to say “I am competent at the knowledge that underpin skills in this domain”.  Of course we’d expect people to pay for it - the funds of which will finance our other capacity building initiatives.


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