Kazman, I don't agree 100%
and you rarely see the cliques respond to new members or offering advice to the "newbies" until they have "MEMBER" status or XXXX number of posts
I personally don't subscribe to this exclusionary clique theory. I and can state for an absoulute
fact that a vast majority of members on this board go out of their way to answer the questions and welcome "newbies" regardless of how many posts they have! The generosity and time some devote to their fellow "newbie" frequent flyers is worthy of thanks beyond our ability to give it, IMHO!
Care to be more specific of just who makes up the "clique" that ignores "newbies?" I would really like to know, as I've been here for some time and I've never noticed it.
I'm very, very sorry you feel this way. And very sorry I had to take this public and off topic, but you do not list an email address in your profile.
[This message has been edited by PremEx (edited 03-02-2000).]