From: Alder Green <alder.green@...>
Date: 2007-02-20T06:20:59+09:00
Subject: Re: Adopt-a-newbie? Based on actual experience.

On 2/14/07, SonOfLilit <sonoflilit@gmail.com> wrote:
> Hello all,
>
> Remember Samantha? She dropped by the list a while ago and was given the
> idea to develop a Rails resume generator...
>
> Anyway, yesterday she happened to email me about the Haifa RUG post (only
> reply this far and it was a false :/ )

Check your email, Aur ;-)

-Alder

> and I happened to remember her
> project and give her a bit of advice, and it developed into a conversation
> reminding a bit of a chat about her project, that seems to have pulled her
> out of a stuck position (I hope).
>
> Well, she told me she's glad she can email me those questions since sending
> them to the list would be overkill and uncomfortable...
>
> Now, remember the recent discussion about newbie questions plaguing the
> list?
>
> 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.
>
> I could manage two-three active newbies at a time, I think, and they would
> greatly benefit from it if they are anything like me.
>
>
> What do you think? Would you consider it a good idea? Would you volunteer?
> Is anyone up for infrastructure (preferrably on ruby-lang.org, though
> anywhere is good)?
>
>
>
> Aur Saraf
>