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Great,<BR>
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This is good news.<BR>
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I am "cleaning" all other project so I can just set my mind on this one.<BR>
I hope to just have some time to sit down and start just putting down some ideas to paper. I hope that January will be that time.<BR>
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I keep thinking of Ton's proposal of creating something here in Portugal, I already thought of an event held at a very known Design University.<BR>
<BR>
<BR>
Well, welcome to the new comer.<BR>
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Best Regards,<BR>
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Rui Campos<BR>
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On Fri, 2004-11-19 at 21:44, Ton Roosendaal wrote:
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<PRE><FONT COLOR="#737373"><I>Hi,
Got this mail in; invited him in for this list. ;)
-Ton-
Begin forwarded message:
> From: claudinio <claudinio_lr@smartchat.net.au>
> Date: 19 November, 2004 4:04:11 GMT+01:00
> To: foundation@blender.org
> Subject: Blender certification 2005? Perhaps?
>
> Hello Ton,
>
> You what would be nice for 2005? Some sort of Blender Certification to
> show employers. Employers are very simple minded people, who seem to
> be greatly impressed by pieces of paper. And I know a piece of paper
> with the words "Blender Certified" and all the way from Het Nederlands
> will impress them no end. After all everybody knows the Hollanders are
> a nation of innovators.
>
> For the Foundation this could mean another revenue stream, as well as
> a way to standardize Blender know-how around the world. I know theres
> a lot of subjects to Blender, but one idea could be to break it up
> into modules. Say 12 modules, one module a month, and in 12 months one
> is completely Blender Certified! And say to sit for every module
> online costs 20 Euros, in 12 months thats 240 Euros. As a conservative
> figure in one year, if a minimum of 100 Blenderheads around the world
> completed it, 240*100= 24,000 Euros. You know Ton, I'm no genius, but
> thats a lot of pasta! :-)
>
> For example, here in Sydney a 2 year 3D Max course at the Computer
> Graphics College, a prestigious private college located in downtown
> Sydney right next to the Kings Cross red light district,
> </FONT><A HREF="http://www.cgc.com.au/courses/courses_cga_fees.html"><U>http://www.cgc.com.au/courses/courses_cga_fees.html</U></A><FONT COLOR="#737373"> cost about A$18600
> or about 10788 Euros. And at the end of that 2 year period you get a
> piece of paper and theres no guarantee you're going to get a job. And
> the schedule is one lesson a week and the rest of the time you're in
> the lab teaching yourself. As an end result, the quality of 3D artwork
> at CGC is sometimes mediocre when compared to the Illustrious Blender
> community. CGC, its a rip off!
>
> Thats why I think if there was some kind of Blender Certification
> program it would greatly enhance Blender as a professional working
> tool in the eyes of fickle simple minded Employers.
>
> By the way Ton, I have to say all your new projects and innovations of
> late on your Blender site are Fantastic! They are all of the highest
> calibre. Its a joy to see.
>
> Dank u wel,
>
>
> Claudio Rogers
>
> Sydney Australia.
>
>
>
>
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