This is a great idea !!! --- the Admins are working on how to do it from a technical standpoint !! Give us a couple of days to figure it out....and we will post the details Margy Golant -----Original Message----- From: showgsd-l-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx [ <mailto:showgsd-l-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> mailto:showgsd-l-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx] On Behalf Of Grace Eaton Sent: Wednesday, September 28, 2005 11:06 PM To: lollark@xxxxxxx; murk@xxxxxxxxxxx; showgsd-l@xxxxxxxxxxxxx Cc: Mo Murkland Subject: [ SHOWGSD-L ] Re: Mentoring Idea You can count me in! I'm always up to ask questions and sometimes... some stupid ones!. All at the risk of learning dog show knowlege. LOL! Grace Eaton lollark@xxxxxxx wrote: GREAT idea...let's have newbie chat (with a little support from the gurus). Karen Lollar -------------- Original message from "Mo Murkland" : -------------- > Jodi, > I love your idea about a newbie chat night! We used to have one every > week and had a ball! A few of the more experienced breeders could monitor > the thing and all the newbies that are afraid to post to the list...( I know > I was there for a long time) would have a chance to ask all those questions > that need to be answered. We were all there.....needing help! Lord knows I > still do! SHUT UP LEE! I think it would be fun! What do Y'all say? Mo > > > > There is also the option of having a mentoring chat night, weekly, > monthly. I think there is a way to save the entire chat. That can then > be > edited and published for those who missed out. > > > > I would think there would be a fee for the forum type, which would > > be > okay. Charge an annual fee to cover that expense, or charge a little > more > and give to a charity, to juniors, or even online gift certificates to the > mentors. Charging a fee would certainly keep it private, serious, weed out > the riff raff. > > > > I am fortunate to have a mentor, but I don't want to exhaust her. I > > have > plenty of questions for her and understand that she has a busy life. I > think > there is a lot of knowledge out there that could be shared in an online > forum that could ease the burden of a "real life" mentor, so when we do hook > up with them at shows, we would be at a higher level of questioning. > > > > So, there's my idea. As I work online, I'm home all the time. > > Although I > would be a mentoree, I would bet there would a job/way for me to help. > My > profession is in language usage, editing, for what that is worth. I will > volunteer. > > > > Jodi Distilli > > > ====================================================================== > ====== > POST is Copyrighted 2005. All material remains the property of the original > author and of GSD Communication, Inc. NO REPRODUCTIONS or FORWARDS of any kind > are permitted without prior permission of the original author AND of the > Showgsd-l Management. 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