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. ALL RIGHTS RESERVED. ALL PERSONS ARE ON NOTICE THAT THE FORWARDING, REPRODUCTION OR USE IN ANY MANNER OF ANY MATERIAL WHICH APPEARS ON SHOWGSD-L WITHOUT THE EXPRESS PERMISSION OF ALL PARTIES TO THE POST AND THE LIST MANAGEMENT IS EXPRESSLY FORBIDDEN, AND IS A VIOLATION OF LAW. VIOLATORS OF THIS PROHIBITION WILL BE PROSECUTED. For assistance, please contact the List Management at admin@xxxxxxxxxxxx VISIT OUR WEBSITE - http://www.showgsd.org ============================================================================