Newbies - a proposal
Hi
Just thinking about the Lobelia Overhill thread, and I came up with an idea.
When newbies join the list they are often overwhelmed by well meaning floods
of suggestions, and some comments that regular users of the board will
appreciate the meaning of, but which may be taken the wrong way the newbie.
I would like to suggest a system of personal mentoring / tutoring while
someone takes their first steps with programming and euphoria.
Lets keep it simple.
We take newbies off the list, and onto the Uboard. (William Heimbigner, with
your consent of course).
Perhaps you could create a new area, with threads for newbie sign up.
We create a newbie kit - everything a newbie needs to start programming
in euphoria (eg, euphoria, an editor, and a program to set associations
and paths).
A tutor gets one to one with the newbie, anyone can look, but no one else
can add anything, no matter how bad the style of programming being imparted
to the newbie (this will apply particularly to me 
) - why? It lessens
confusion. Whether this can be set by the tutor, or should be a matter of
etiquette, I don't know.
Tutors could post problems / help to the board, and newbies vould reply.
If live sessions were required, ICQ or AIM (or even game voice et al).
Tutors could guide and advise on how to download / install and get
the myriad of demo programs working.
I am willing to be a tutor. I realise that I am not the brightest spark here,
but I can certainly set a novice on the right steps (generally, I read this
list every day, and by the time I see a problem I can answer, its been
resolved 3 or 4 times!). There are a plethora of very bright sparks on this
list.
Tutors should only have one newbie at a time - if there are more tutors
than newbies, they should wait there turn.
Tutors should sign there names up onto a list on Uboard, so that newbies
can come along and select a tutor, then the tutor / newbie can start
their own personal thread.
I foresee a check on Uboard once daily, with one newbie, at their own
pace, over a period of a few weeks, until they are confident to be
'let off the leash'.
How about it gang!
Chris
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