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Walter....
I DEFINITELY recommend a pre-cert course AND a pre-cert practice test
before a candidate takes the actual exam.
Problem is where to fine these opportunities.
I'm about to make a motion to the Board that the FFF office keep a list of
ongoing and future MCCI prep courses so the candidate can access info about them
from a single central source.
As you know, Tom White and I gave both CCI and MCI prep courses in the
past, at Marathon, Florida but did not do so this year since Tom had to be
away for medical reasons.
Of course, you know about the brief, "courses" given at the
conclaves. These are too brief and superficial to be of really great value
to candidates beyond providing an introduction to MCCI test expectations.
In contrast, the prep course Tom and I gave in the past encompassed 4 days of
intensive instruction and casting.
As Jim Valle wrote in his LOOP article, it is hard to beat the concept of a
candidate having a mentor. That isn't easy for you to do, I know, as you
live in an area where no CBOG's or many MCCI's are close by.
Our Continued Education Committee has devoted a lot of time and energy in
to coming up with ways of providing courses for CCI's and MCI's . We gave
our first such course in Marlboro, Mass. in December. It was well received
and heavily attended. We are committed to finding ways to give instruction
at, "underserved" areas of the US. and Canada.
Gordy
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