From: SonOfLilit Date: 2007-02-15T07:19:43+09:00 Subject: Re: Adopt-a-newbie? Based on actual experience. ------=_Part_93694_22814703.1171491568011 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1; format=flowed Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Content-Disposition: inline As a newb wishing to be helped, please email me directly. That would take load off the list. I still prefer volunteers to post on-list so we can see the scale of this. Aur Saraf On 2/15/07, barjunk wrote: > > On Feb 14, 12:54 pm, "Pat Maddox" wrote: > > On 2/14/07, SonOfLilit wrote: > > > > > All of this has brought me to think of an Adopt-a-newbie model. > Somehow, > > > every newbie that wants would get an email address of a volunteer from > > > ruby-talk, with whom he can correspond personally and who will answer > his > > > basic questions and serve to also encourage him to keep learning. > > > > OOH! I want a newbie!! > > > > Seriously, this sounds pretty cool. I'm lucky enough to write Ruby > > all day long for my day job, and I could probably help some other > > people out quite a bit I think. > > > > Pat > > > I'm a newbie willing to be beaten ....ahh....helped by a more > experienced user. :) > > I'd also willing provide time to a super brand new person wanting > install help and ruby basics. > > What do we do next? > > James' idea about moving this offlist has merit. > > Mike B. > > > ------=_Part_93694_22814703.1171491568011--