From owner-freebsd-newbies Sun Apr 12 19:58:25 1998 Return-Path: Received: (from majordom@localhost) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.8/8.8.8) id TAA18418 for freebsd-newbies-outgoing; Sun, 12 Apr 1998 19:58:25 -0700 (PDT) (envelope-from owner-freebsd-newbies@FreeBSD.ORG) Received: from mailgw01.execpc.com (mailgw01.execpc.com [169.207.16.9]) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.8/8.8.8) with ESMTP id TAA18374; Sun, 12 Apr 1998 19:58:01 -0700 (PDT) (envelope-from fpawlak@execpc.com) Received: from darkstar.connect.com (indobok-9.mdm.mke.execpc.com [169.207.87.9]) by mailgw01.execpc.com (8.8.8) id CAA19455; Mon, 13 Apr 1998 02:57:57 GMT Received: from darkstar.connect.com (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by darkstar.connect.com (8.8.8/8.8.8) with ESMTP id VAA02568; Sun, 12 Apr 1998 21:57:55 -0500 (CDT) Message-Id: <199804130257.VAA02568@darkstar.connect.com> Date: Sun, 12 Apr 1998 21:57:52 -0500 (CDT) From: Frank Pawlak Subject: Re: Promoting FreeBSD - the user's piece of the action. To: sue@welearn.com.au cc: fpawlak@execpc.com, chat@FreeBSD.ORG, jmb@FreeBSD.ORG, newbies@FreeBSD.ORG In-Reply-To: <19980413123654.14293@welearn.com.au> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: TEXT/plain; CHARSET=US-ASCII Sender: owner-freebsd-newbies@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk X-Loop: FreeBSD.org On 13 Apr, Sue Blake wrote: > On Sun, Apr 12, 1998 at 09:17:39PM -0500, Frank Pawlak wrote: > >> Along with this I am asking those that have posted their ideas to come >> forth and at least set out their skills inventory and what they can and >> would like to do. > > There are a few newbies with lots of energy who discussed this and started > throwing ideas around a couple of weeks ago, but didn't really know how best > to expend their energies or implement their ideas in an appropriate manner. > > Those of us with limited Internet resources are waiting to discover whether > we'll get a piece of the action best by joining -hackers or -chat or the > rumoured -advocacy. When it comes into focus, we'll be there. > > Thanks. We are just starting, no focus for anyone yet. But we'll all have our part. Stay in touch until we get some sort of organization, as of right now it will be easy to get lost in the noise. Regards, Frank -- ----------------------------- "At no time is freedom of speech more precious then when a man hits his thumb with a hammer." -- Marshall Lumsden To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-newbies" in the body of the message