After the implementation of the Assurer Challenge last year there will be no “old” Assurer status anymore.
Assurers who have not passed the Assurer’s Challenge are no longer Assurers. AP gives authority to impose the rule that Assurers must have 100 points *and* pass the Assurer’s Challenge. So all Assurers who do not have the Challenge and want to do so, please visit the Assurer-Challenge pages and follow the instructions.
Please see also http://bugs.cacert.org/view.php?id=588 .

The ApacheCon Europe 2009 conference is from Wednesday 25rd of March till Friday 27th of March 2009 in Amsterdam (it is near the central railway station). Tutorials and workgroup meetings start on Monday 23rd of March.
At this conference CAcert will have an assurance booth table on Wednesday 25th of March and Friday 27th of March. For assurance preparations information: please visit the wiki page. CAcert is looking for Assurers on Thursday.
ApacheCon is the official user conference of The Apache Software Foundation, featuring in-depth training classes and more than 60 sessions by the creators of open source software such as the Apache httpd webserver, Tomcat, Lucene, Hadoop and more. New this year: BarCampApache, Open Hackathon, and Geeks for Geeks Track.

CAcert has some free CeBIT tickets available. If you like to attand CeBIT and do not have your ticket yet, sent an email to p(dot)dunkel(at)cacert(dot)org. You then get a link to the CeBIT website where you can register and print your own ticket. You are welcome to visit us at our booth Hall 6, Booth F-36-2. Donations for supporting CAcerts operations are welcome.

CAcert hat ein paar kostenlose CeBIT-Tickets abzugeben. Wenn Sie die CeBIT besuchen wollen und noch ein Ticket benötigen, senden Sie eine E-Mail an p(dot)dunkel(at)cacert(dot)org. Sie erhalten dann einen Link zur CeBIT-Webseite, wo sie sich ihr persönliches Ticket registrieren und ausdrucken können. Wir freuen uns über Besucher an unserem Stand in Halle 6, Stand F-36-2. Spenden, um den Betrieb von CAcert zu fördern, sind willkommen.

For an easier on-line html CAP (for individuals) or COAP (for organisations) assurance form use the html CAP form or html COAP form respectively. While one can complete the form on-line now with one’s browser, the browser is now able to make a request the completed pdf form via the CAcert site. In this easy way one will make sure that an URL is used is generating the correct URL to generate a completed assurance pdf form file.

These both HTML forms are made available from the (moinmoin) wiki. They will differ slightly from the html form, which will become available soon from the CAcert main web page as well. Note that browsers differ when complicated tables and styles are used.

The HTML forms are made available to facilitate one’s preparations at the office when one plans to attend an assurance event at exhibitions and conferences.

The first EU MozCamp 2009 is helt on 6th of March 2009 in Utrecht, Holland. You will get a chance to be fully assured on this MozCamp. Have a look at the CAcert wiki page Assurance Preparations information is provided how to prepare yourself for such an assurance event.. The assurances will be done during lunch time.

OpenExpo, the Swiss conference and trade show for Free and Open Source Software, takes place for the 6th time Wednesday and Thursday April 1 and 2 (No April Fool’s Joke!), 2009 at the BEA expo Hallen in Bern. Read more… http://www.openexpo.ch/openexpo-2009-bern/

Additional Swiss assurers or assurers from any country with successfully passed assurer test and willing to help, register in the CAcert.org Wiki: http://wiki.cacert.org/wiki/OpenExpo2009-CH-Bern

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OpenExpo, die Schweizer Messe und Tagung für Freie und Open Source Software findet in sechster Austragung am Mittwoch und Donnerstag, 1./2. April 2009 (Kein Aprilscherz!)in den BEA expo Hallen in Bern statt. Mehr unter… http://www.openexpo.ch/openexpo-2009-bern/

Zusätzliche Schweizer Assurer oder Assurer aus irgend einem Land mit erfolgreich absolviertem Assurer Test, welche mithelfen wollen, tragen sich bitte im CAcert.org Wiki ein: http://wiki.cacert.org/wiki/OpenExpo2009-CH-Bern

at the upcoming events wikipage there are some new events. Any volunteer can pick the event wich he or she likes and write some lines at the page.
In the Netherlands we have soon 3 great events: the Mozilla Camp, the NLUUG and the HAR2009. Anybody is free to fill in and participate.