squeakr

I think some forums more than others can be scary or downright unfriendly to newbies. However, in my experience, the moderator team with Randy's help has worked very diligently to make sure particularly devilish forums, were assigned moderators who took special care to both welcome newbies and instruct those members who had a hard time with basic questioners and new questioners.

I think that is a role moderators serve to do and don't know that the TB should take on any special responsibilities about this, except for discussion of the idea of a newbie forum. I have always liked that idea and I'd be curious what the membership at large would think of it.