[SFS] 1st Draft of Linux Camp flier
David L. Willson
sfs@thegeek.nu
Thu, 30 May 2013 09:20:07 -0600 (MDT)
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Thank you, Mr. Haemer. My comments in-line.
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> (1) Put it on the web, sooner than later. Google Docs would be enough
> to let your friends pass along the link.
Will do.
> (2) Can you (eventually) offer a guarantee? LPI101 isn't an RHCE
> exam: if it turns out you get 90% of your students to pass, then
> raising your price by 10% and offering to give their money back if
> they don't might be good marketing.
I intend to give exam re-take vouchers to those that fail the in-class atte=
mpt. A money-back guarantee could create serious problems. The one that com=
es most clearly to mind is the student that knows next to nothing about Lin=
ux, enrolls in my class, doesn't prepare, feels nothing but fire-hosed in t=
he classroom, and then fails the exam miserably. The students need to meet =
the prerequisite experience and/or prepare appropriately to enjoy the high-=
intensity class, and have a good chance of passing the exam in-class. Also,=
there's a moral hazard in an exam-pass guarantee. My friends are imperviou=
s to such things, of course, but my friends' friends might not be, and I wo=
uldn't want to have a part in a moral failure.
> On Wed, May 29, 2013 at 9:36 PM, David L. Willson <
> DLWillson@thegeek.nu > wrote:
> > See attached. Let me know what you think. (By the end of the week,
> > at
> > latest!)
>
> > I hope to open registration on Monday, June 10th, or Tuesday, June
> > 11th.
>
> > --
>
> > David L. Willson
>
> > Trainer, Engineer, Enthusiast
>
> > RHCE Network+ A+ Linux+ LPIC-1 Ubuntu
>
> > Mobile 720-333-LANS(5267)
>
> > This is a good time for a r3VOLution.
>
> --
> Jeffrey Haemer < jeffrey.haemer@gmail.com >
> 720-837-8908 [cell], http://seejeffrun.blogspot.com [blog],
> http://www.youtube.com/user/goyishekop [vlog]
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b, sooner than later. Google Docs would be enough to let your friends=
pass along the link.</div></blockquote>Will do.<br><blockquote style=3D"bo=
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sn't an RHCE exam: if it turns out you get 90% of your students to pass, th=
en raising your price by 10% and offering to give their money back if they =
don't might be good marketing.</div></div></div></blockquote>I intend to gi=
ve exam re-take vouchers to those that fail the in-class attempt. A money-b=
ack guarantee could create serious problems. The one that comes most clearl=
y to mind is the student that knows next to nothing about Linux, enrolls in=
my class, doesn't prepare, feels nothing but fire-hosed in the classroom, =
and then fails the exam miserably. The students need to meet the prerequisi=
te experience and/or prepare appropriately to enjoy the high-intensity clas=
s, and have a good chance of passing the exam in-class. Also, there's a mor=
al hazard in an exam-pass guarantee. My friends are impervious to such thin=
gs, of course, but my friends' friends might not be, and I wouldn't want to=
have a part in a moral failure.<br><blockquote style=3D"border-left:2px so=
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n@thegeek.nu</a>></span> wrote:<br>
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y:Times New Roman"><span>See attached. Let me know what you think. (By the =
end of the week, at latest!)<br>
<br>I hope to open registration on Monday, June 10th, or Tuesday, June 11th=
.<br><br><span></span>--<br>David L. Willson<br>Trainer, Engineer, Enthusia=
st<br>RHCE Network+ A+ Linux+ LPIC-1 Ubuntu<br>Mobile 720-333-LANS(5267)<br=
>
<br>This is a good time for a r3VOLution.<span></span><br></span><br></div>=
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ir=3D"ltr">Jeffrey Haemer <<a href=3D"mailto:jeffrey.haemer@gmail.com" t=
arget=3D"_blank">jeffrey.haemer@gmail.com</a>><br>
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=3D"_blank">http://seejeffrun.blogspot.com</a> [blog],<div><a href=3D"http:=
//www.youtube.com/user/goyishekop" target=3D"_blank">http://www.youtube.com=
/user/goyishekop</a> [vlog]</div>
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