Date: Tue, 21 Apr 1998 19:20:30 -0700 (PDT) From: Pauper <pauper_i@yahoo.com> To: FreeBSD-Newbies@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: #freebsd-newbies Message-ID: <19980422022030.2678.rocketmail@send1b.yahoomail.com>
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Hi, been a lot of chat about a new channel, and a lot of pro's and con's, so I'd like to throw in another 2 cents worth, see if this might help: I've been on dalnet for over two years now - one of the regular features there is a "teach-in" where admins, irc opers and experienced help opers hold a mass conference on a regular basis, in a moderated channel. This allows them to explain different features of the network to the users present (attendance is often around 500 or so which is why the channel is moderated). At the end of the period, there is usually a question and answer time. This may be a possible way to start up such a channel as you suggest, inviting different personalities from development, docs and experienced users to "speak" ... I know for certain that there are a few such subscribed to the questions list, keeping an eye on what goes on and helping wherever they can. I'm sure they'd be happy to assist in something like this. I would agree with Sue in that the channel, as a help channel, wouldn't be too helpful - the blind leading the blind so to speak, unless some more experienced users could be persuaded to devote some of their time to staffing it. OK, I'll admit, I'm still trying to install FreeBSD for the first time ever, so I'm no-one to shout about abilities in that field, but I do know IRC well enough to know what is and isn't likely to happen with such a channel. One other thing I would like to mention - IMHO irc.freebsd.net, although admirably suited to our needs, does tend to hold only those who are experienced and advanced in FreeBSD. Other newcomers would not even see the channel there. Given the current "push" to try to to attract more interest in FreeBSD, I think it would be better for such a channel to be established on a more public network, especially if the above suggestion proves useful. Well, its nearly 5 cents worth, but what do you think ? Dave B Pauper on Dalnet (and almost one in r/l too *grin*) _________________________________________________________ DO YOU YAHOO!? Get your free @yahoo.com address at http://mail.yahoo.com To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-newbies" in the body of the message
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