Date: Sat, 8 Feb 1997 18:30:54 -0800 (PST) From: "Jonathan M. Bresler" <jmb> To: HUMMDN36@BUFFALOSTATE.EDU (Dave Hummel) Cc: questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: normal ftp blah blah Message-ID: <199702090230.SAA17725@freefall.freebsd.org> In-Reply-To: <01IF5HXKCJYU90O2TB@BUFFALOSTATE.EDU> from "Dave Hummel" at Feb 7, 97 11:33:50 pm
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Dave Hummel wrote: > > [snip] > this... it may be a good idea to have a FreeBSD-newbie list. I appreciate the > patience that gurus had had with me over my time on this list, but I've learned > that if I am confused about what's going on, there are usually others who are > just as confused. > I understand that those of you who are knowlegeable don't have time to > answer questions like..."What the heck is FreeBSD?" etc... > I think the potential for FreeBSD is great...there are many people who > are just too intimidated by the whole thing to get into it. There are people > who stumble onto your site who don't know anything about Unix/BSD, but have a > genuine interest. I say let's get as many supporters as possible. FreeBSD is a > great OS, but it's hard to get started for many people (I'm the only one at my > school that I know of (the rest are into Linux and SCO)). > My idea is to let newbies answer other newbies' questions and have > someone moderate. That way there will be a forum for those of us who ask dumb > questions as well as those who are too afraid to ask dumb questions. Dave, i thinnk that this is a very good idea. we need a volunteer to step froward and moderate the list (i cant devote the time to do the list justice.) the volunteer should be familiar with majordomo (not-critical). should be experienced with FreeBSD, so as to be able to distinuish the newuser questions from the more interesting ones that may arise (critical) should be willing to augment the FAQ with the results of the mailing list (near-critical to critical) have an account on freefall (desireable) be on very good terms with the doc folks and have commit privileges..... hmm...seems that we need to grow someone for this position. volunteers? jmb -- Jonathan M. Bresler FreeBSD Postmaster jmb@FreeBSD.ORG FreeBSD--4.4BSD Unix for PC clones, source included. http://www.freebsd.org/ PGP 2.6.2 Fingerprint: 31 57 41 56 06 C1 40 13 C5 1C E3 E5 DC 62 0E FB
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