From owner-freebsd-chat Sat Feb 28 23:22:51 1998 Return-Path: Received: (from majordom@localhost) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.8/8.8.8) id XAA06740 for freebsd-chat-outgoing; Sat, 28 Feb 1998 23:22:51 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from owner-freebsd-chat@FreeBSD.ORG) Received: from mail1y-int.prodigy.net (mail1y-ext.prodigy.net [198.83.19.113]) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.8/8.8.8) with ESMTP id XAA06730; Sat, 28 Feb 1998 23:22:45 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from jamesh@etsu.edu) Received: from localhost (jamesh@slip166-72-245-82.tn.us.ibm.net [166.72.245.82]) by mail1y-int.prodigy.net (8.8.5/8.8.5) with SMTP id CAA46576; Sun, 1 Mar 1998 02:18:40 -0500 Date: Sun, 1 Mar 1998 02:18:38 -0500 (EST) From: James X-Sender: jamesh@localhost Reply-To: zjhh2@etsu.edu To: Greg Lehey cc: Sue Blake , zjhh2@etsu.edu, Mark Mayo , freebsd-chat@FreeBSD.ORG, owner-freebsd-chat@FreeBSD.ORG, jhhiggins@prodigy.net Subject: Re: newbies mailing list In-Reply-To: <19980301173432.42499@freebie.lemis.com> Message-ID: MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: TEXT/PLAIN; charset=US-ASCII Sender: owner-freebsd-chat@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk X-Loop: FreeBSD.org On Sun, 1 Mar 1998, Greg Lehey wrote: > On Sun, 1 March 1998 at 17:56:47 +1100, Sue Blake wrote: > > > > I wasn't thinking of a place to get answers. There's a great deal more to > > being a newbie than having questions. I was thinking more of a place to just > > be for a while with real peers, to let off steam and get things into > > perspective. One problem that will arise is people trying to answer other > > people's questions. That cannot be stopped, but the focus can put it into > > perspective. > > I think you need to say this in the charter, then. Definitely. > > > Of course, this relates to just one idea of what a newbies' list might be. > > It'll be interesting to see what comes of it. I think the more > experienced people should also be asked to shut up and not participate > (though they could be allowed to lurk). Also for easy expert opinions should questions arise. Nothing wrong with a friendly experienced person adding to traffic as long as the focus is clearly directed towards newbies. James To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-chat" in the body of the message