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On 2/19/07, SonOfLilit <sonoflilit / gmail.com> wrote:
>
> No. To set up with someone, go to the wiki, find someone that seems
> good and email him.
>

Hi there.  I've been coding with Ruby for oh, 5+ years now, and I'd be
willing to take newbie questions.

However, if I can offer my $0.02, if I were a total newbie I think I'd be at
*least* as intimidated by emailing some random person from a Wiki page as I
would be by posting to a high-traffic mailing list.  I think it would be
good to have a single, well-known address that newbies can email to be
hooked up with a mentor.

Perhaps there could be a page on the Wiki where the available mentors update
their current status (e.g. "Bored, send me newbies!", "Busy but available
for one or two newbs", "Swamped"); and a coordinator who would take the
applications and assign them based on availability.

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Avdi

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