We're Back!

Although you might think this blog is dead, it's actually just been in hibernation :-) Not so the certification effort itself.

A lot has happened since the last post on Feb 2006. If you've been following news on the BSD Certification Group website, you'll know most of these news items. We've:

• Held a logo design competition (see the new design on the BSDCG home page)
• Held a fund raising drive among BSD user groups, that helped us raise money for our new psychometrician
  
• Selected a psychometrician, Dr. Sandra Dolan, to help develop the exams
• Completed the Test Delivery Survey, showing the number and location of interested test takers
• Completed the first round of psychometric analysis with a beta version of the BSDA (BSD Associate) exam. Almost 100 individuals participated in the exam on three continents. The results will help improve the final BSDA exam coming soon.
  

And those are just the highlights. Additional news on all of these items and more will be forthcoming in the next several weeks. Good things are (still) happening!