From owner-freebsd-chat Sat Feb 28 23:05:04 1998 Return-Path: Received: (from majordom@localhost) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.8/8.8.8) id XAA02505 for freebsd-chat-outgoing; Sat, 28 Feb 1998 23:05:04 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from owner-freebsd-chat@FreeBSD.ORG) Received: from allegro.lemis.com (allegro.lemis.com [192.109.197.134]) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.8/8.8.8) with ESMTP id XAA02487; Sat, 28 Feb 1998 23:04:50 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from grog@lemis.com) Received: from freebie.lemis.com (freebie.lemis.com [192.109.197.137]) by allegro.lemis.com (8.8.7/8.8.5) with ESMTP id RAA06494; Sun, 1 Mar 1998 17:34:33 +1030 (CST) Received: (from grog@localhost) by freebie.lemis.com (8.8.8/8.8.7) id RAA04806; Sun, 1 Mar 1998 17:34:32 +1030 (CST) (envelope-from grog) Message-ID: <19980301173432.42499@freebie.lemis.com> Date: Sun, 1 Mar 1998 17:34:32 +1030 From: Greg Lehey To: Sue Blake , zjhh2@etsu.edu Cc: Mark Mayo , freebsd-chat@FreeBSD.ORG, owner-freebsd-chat@FreeBSD.ORG, jhhiggins@prodigy.net Subject: Re: newbies mailing list References: <19980301011318.06574@vmunix.com> <19980301175646.54027@welearn.com.au> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii X-Mailer: Mutt 0.89i In-Reply-To: <19980301175646.54027@welearn.com.au>; from Sue Blake on Sun, Mar 01, 1998 at 05:56:47PM +1100 WWW-Home-Page: http://www.lemis.com/~grog Organization: LEMIS, PO Box 460, Echunga SA 5153, Australia Phone: +61-8-8388-8286 Fax: +61-8-8388-8725 Mobile: +61-41-739-7062 Sender: owner-freebsd-chat@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk X-Loop: FreeBSD.org On Sun, 1 March 1998 at 17:56:47 +1100, Sue Blake wrote: > > I wasn't thinking of a place to get answers. There's a great deal more to > being a newbie than having questions. I was thinking more of a place to just > be for a while with real peers, to let off steam and get things into > perspective. One problem that will arise is people trying to answer other > people's questions. That cannot be stopped, but the focus can put it into > perspective. I think you need to say this in the charter, then. > Of course, this relates to just one idea of what a newbies' list might be. It'll be interesting to see what comes of it. I think the more experienced people should also be asked to shut up and not participate (though they could be allowed to lurk). Greg To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-chat" in the body of the message