From: "Steven R." <steverummel@...>
Date: 2007-02-15T08:25:06+09:00
Subject: Re: Adopt-a-newbie? Based on actual experience.

barjunk wrote:
> On Feb 14, 12:54 pm, "Pat Maddox" <perg...@gmail.com> wrote:
>> On 2/14/07, SonOfLilit <sonofli...@gmail.com> 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.
> 


I am in - as a Newbie and to help answer questions from new-er-bies.

I am the organizer of the Chicago Area Ruby Meetup - if y'all join (it's 
free for you) you have access to forums, etc. It is not seeing much 
traffic right now (user traffic - there are no ads, and I make $0 from 
it - in fact, I pay to keep it).

Here's the link - join and email. I'll do whatever I can, within the 
limited functionality of Meetup.com, to help coordinate.

Steve R.

http://ruby.meetup.com/77/about/

PS - I realize most of you are nowhere near me, so you'd be unlikely to 
attend the meetings, but it would be cool to have people in Lebanon, 
Nigeria, Germany, Australia, wherever as members...