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</o:shapelayout></xml><![endif]--></head><body bgcolor=white lang=EN-US link=blue vlink=purple><div class=WordSection1><blockquote style='margin-top:5.0pt;margin-bottom:5.0pt'><div><div><div><p class=MsoNormal><span style='color:#1F497D'>Here are answers to the questions that were asked during the GPL meeting last week on the Esri Certification Program:<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal style='margin-right:.5in'><span style='font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:#1F497D'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='color:#1F497D'>Certification does not expire. If you pass an ArcGIS 10 exam, you are Technically Certified at 10 – forever. <o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='color:#1F497D'> <o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='color:#1F497D'>We are still working on how people will “upgrade” their certification for a new release, but there will probably be some kind of delta exam. Price is unknown at this time. One has to pay every time you take an exam. The cost of the exam goes to the testing centers. <o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:#1F497D'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='color:#1F497D'>Please feel free to contact me if you have any questions.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal> <o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>Matthieu Denuelle<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>Esri | 606 Columbia St NW, Ste 300 | Olympia, WA 98501 | USA <o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><span lang=FR>Mobile (360) 204 6207 </span><o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><a href="mailto:mdenuelle@esri.com"><span lang=FR>mdenuelle@esri.com</span></a><span lang=FR> | </span><a href="http://www.esri.com%3chttp:/www.esri.com/"><span lang=FR>www.esri.com</span></a><o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><span lang=FR> </span><o:p></o:p></p></div></div></div></blockquote></div></body></html>