Ubuntu mentors

[Senectus .]

On 9/21/05, aysiu <ulist at gs1.ubuntuforums.org> wrote:
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> I'd love to be a mentor to a new user, but I'm a bit apprehensive.
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> First of all, while I have had the privilege of helping a handful of
> new users with Ubuntu and Linux in general, I'm by no means an
> expert--I've been using Linux only a few months.
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> Secondly, it's kind of like online dating, isn't it? I mean, you're not
> really dating the mentee, but you are forming a rather intimate (albeit
> platonic) relationship with a virtual stranger you "met" online. For
> safety's sake, does that mean mentees and their potential mentors
> should meet in public places first, get to know each other a little?
>
> The idea in general sounds good, but the logistics are a bit fuzzy.

I agree, I'd feel more comfortable with the "Experts exchange" or "Ask
an Expert" concept..
Where "experts" can list their particular skills and area's of
knowledge and in turn get rated on their accuracy of reply and
timeliness.. :-)

The only downside is that many people are going to see this as being
too much like the Forum already and therefore superfluous.
Maybe if we added this kind of functionality to the already very
popular and useful Forums. Thereby not splitting resources and instead
fine tuning current assets.

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