RE: certification

[MList -at- chrysalis-its -dot- com]

John Posada [mailto:JPosada -at- book -dot- com]
> Kevin...it never dawned on me that the cert/accred process 
> would be anything
> but legit and it never dawned on me that the requirements 
> would be based on
> any one particular small group's of existing credentials or 
> that it would be
> a marketing ploy. 
> 
> Maybe I'm just naive

Well... ahem.... (looks around, whistling...)

Maybe.

I don't suggest that you, personally, would do that, at least 
not intentionally. I do suggest that you'd *HAVE* to have 
help, if for no other reason than to confer legitimacy on
the project.  As soon as it looks like it has a snowball's 
chance, it attracts the people who WOULD benefit from 
moulding it into the sanctification of their own resumés. 
Like winning the lottery, you'd suddenly discover yourself 
with "relatives" you never knew you had.

I'm raising the flag now, so that if this *does* start to 
get off the ground, the principals are aware to scrutinize 
the agendas of those who want to come onboard. Again, it 
stands to reason that *anybody*, except a saint (and I suspect 
*them*, too...:-) really *should* have some personal stake 
in joining such an effort. When they do, they naturally 
plump for something that looks like their own resume, plus 
one leeeetle thing that **for them** would represent personal/
professional growth.

For example, if I were working to get a certification system 
off the ground, I would not want it to include a whole raft 
of qualificatinos that I don't already possess and don't foresee 
needing ... except to get that piece of paper.  I want it to 
describe me, plus a couple of things that would be fun/useful 
for me to learn.  Problem is, other people will have those 
same motivations, but different resumes/existing-skill-sets.

Beware if you start finding it *too* easy to get agreement 
among the leaders; it means that they all share similar 
resumes. That should tell you that you need outside blood.

/kevin

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