Date: Fri, 27 Aug 1999 07:32:47 +1000 From: "Young" <young@richardson.apana.org.au> To: "Roy Bettle" <rbettle@criterion-group.com> Cc: <freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG> Subject: Re: adopt a newbie program Message-ID: <003f01bef00a$8d142740$857e03cb@jdy>
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:) :) :) hey its good to see that I'm not the only newbie contributing to this string dunno about the cable bit though, present cost of that stuff in OZ is about $1300 a month -----Original Message----- From: Roy Bettle <rbettle@criterion-group.com> To: Damien Tougas <dtougas@converging.net> Cc: freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG <freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG> Date: Friday, August 27, 1999 5:09 AM Subject: Re: adopt a newbie program >Wow! As a struggling newbie from "Micro$haft Land", I would love to be >a part of a progam like this. > >I would finally be able to figure out my NAT+@Home cable modem issues >... > >RAB > > >Damien Tougas wrote: > >> Hello FreeBSD Gurus, >> >> I just had an idea. What would people think of starting an 'Adopt >> a Newbie Program' where volunteers can hold the hand of a newbie >> as they trudge up the FreeBSD learning curve? Volunteers could >> be signed up with a list of their skills or areas of expertise, and >> matched with a newbie who will have similar requirements. Not all >> newbies will want the same thing, and not all Gurus have the same >> areas of expertise, so some sort of matching would probably be a >> good thing. Certain things would have to be in place so that >> the Gurus would only take on as many newbies as they wanted at >> any given time etc. >> >> Just a thought, I'm sure there are lots of issues involved in >> creating somthing like this. >> >> -- >> Damien Tougas >> Converging Technology Solutions, Inc. >> Phone: (780)469-1679 >> Fax: (780)461-5127 >> E-mail: dtougas@converging.net >> http://www.converging.net >> >> To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org >> with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message > >-- > >RAB > > >Roy Bettle >President, Criterion Group >http://www.criterion-group.com >rbettle@criterion-group.com >(949) 452-1203 > > > > >To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org >with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message > To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message
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