From owner-freebsd-hackers Mon Apr 24 20:31:20 1995 Return-Path: hackers-owner Received: (from majordom@localhost) by freefall.cdrom.com (8.6.10/8.6.6) id UAA09751 for hackers-outgoing; Mon, 24 Apr 1995 20:31:20 -0700 Received: from bunyip.cc.uq.oz.au (bunyip.cc.uq.oz.au [130.102.2.1]) by freefall.cdrom.com (8.6.10/8.6.6) with SMTP id UAA09744 for ; Mon, 24 Apr 1995 20:31:17 -0700 Received: from wcs.uq.edu.au (actually juno.wcs.uq.edu.au) by bunyip.cc.uq.oz.au with SMTP (PP); Tue, 25 Apr 1995 13:30:47 +1000 Received: by wcs.uq.edu.au (4.1/SMI-4.1) id AA15713; Tue, 25 Apr 95 13:30:34 EST From: Gary Roberts Message-Id: <9504250330.AA15713@wcs.uq.edu.au> Subject: Re: Gating hackers into the newsgroups To: julian@ref.tfs.com (Julian Elischer) Date: Tue, 25 Apr 1995 13:30:33 +1000 (EST) Cc: hackers@FreeBSD.org In-Reply-To: <199504250232.TAA03838@ref.tfs.com> from "Julian Elischer" at Apr 24, 95 07:31:59 pm X-Mailer: ELM [version 2.4 PL23] Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=US-ASCII Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Content-Length: 2219 Sender: hackers-owner@FreeBSD.org Precedence: bulk Julian Elischer writes: > > 1. I agree to act as a `registration point' for willing `lurkers'. If you > The one thing I've dicovered about usenet.. > Quantity counts.. many people only read a percentage of all messages. > you need to post your request for assistants and your notice for newbies, > once a week at least..... I'd rather start slowly and build up when someone automates the process. I'm very conscious of a flood of new-user requests for help and I'm only able to make a small dint in that number on my own. I'm really trying to get something started since I'm sick of reading about how many more Linux users there are, etc, etc... > > acknowledgement, pointing out that their commitment would be to take > I think 'commitment' is too strong a word.. and allow them to > back out if they think they don't know enough..... Agreed. > > the bottom of the helper list and they would be automatically given > > the next newbie. > not automatically... > automatically send email asking that they volunteer.... :) Agreed. > helpers should be allowed to sign up to the "helper needs trainer-wheels" > helper-helper list. :) Very true -- I take it you're running that list :->. > > 6. I would try to do this `by hand' unless some scripting expert could > > come up with some automated scheme to handle it. > hmm sounds like an ideal script application to me.... > The main thing I want to say is that you are going to have to make a > LOT OF NOISE on usenet.. > people need to see this sort of thing 3 or four times before they > repond (or volunteer) I'm certain I'll get `snowed under' without `LOT OF NOISE' anyway. > > Gary Roberts (gary@wcs.uq.edu.au) (Ph +617 844 0400 Fax +617 844 0444) > > 4th Floor, South Bank House, 234 Grey St, South Bank QLD 4101 Australia. > "don't you , just don't you worry yourself about THAT" Only an Aussie (or someone well versed in Queensland politics) would understand the significance of this little gem. Don't ask me to explain -- I flatly refuse. Pester Julian :->. Cheers, -- Gary Roberts (gary@wcs.uq.edu.au) (Ph +617 844 0400 Fax +617 844 0444) 4th Floor, South Bank House, 234 Grey St, South Bank QLD 4101 Australia.