From: SonOfLilit <sonoflilit@...>
Date: 2007-02-20T02:38:19+09:00
Subject: Re: Adopt-a-newbie? Based on actual experience.

Until yesterday, that was me.

Hopefully soon there will be a ruby program that will do that.

Do you think I should return to my role as coordinator instead of
letting business run alone in the wiki?

Aur

On 2/19/07, Avdi Grimm <avdi@avdi.org> wrote:
> On 2/19/07, SonOfLilit <sonoflilit@gmail.com> wrote:
> >
> > No. To set up with someone, go to the wiki, find someone that seems
> > good and email him.
> >
>
> Hi there.  I've been coding with Ruby for oh, 5+ years now, and I'd be
> willing to take newbie questions.
>
> However, if I can offer my $0.02, if I were a total newbie I think I'd be at
> *least* as intimidated by emailing some random person from a Wiki page as I
> would be by posting to a high-traffic mailing list.  I think it would be
> good to have a single, well-known address that newbies can email to be
> hooked up with a mentor.
>
> Perhaps there could be a page on the Wiki where the available mentors update
> their current status (e.g. "Bored, send me newbies!", "Busy but available
> for one or two newbs", "Swamped"); and a coordinator who would take the
> applications and assign them based on availability.
>
> --
> Avdi
>