DB Bootcamp - Vets and Newbies

[cat04]

I actually think I like the way this is shaping up.

At least I have read two posters whose threads I haven't come across before...

New ideas are always good and sometimes the forums seem to lack a little balance.

I see where Sg is going with this, and I understand those who have concerns.

If I'm interperating this correctly...

Just because someone is a mentor/mentee...

Doesn't limit the mentee to only receiving input from the mentor (except maybe on the specified thread), although most of us know or learn quickly how to pull quotes to other threads if we choose.

It also doesn't limit the mentor to only posting to the mentee...

Additionally, there is a significant lack of "vets" on these boards right now in comparison to the amount of "newbies" and I think this may be a way to try to draw some vets out of the woodwork...

As Sg stated, we are usually around.

I, for one, have been guilty of reading and wanting to post to someone and just not getting to it. Life gets in the way sometimes...

Any particular vet taking on too many mentees would not be advisable for that reason. Because as Kaffe stated it will be a commitment, even if it is a short one.

As a work in progress, if a mentee gets to a place where the vet is lacking, I would love to see someone else with the appropriate skill set be able to step in.

Because even if we don't want to believe it, even as vets, we ALL still have areas where we could use work.

Rick, this should ease your concerns regarding the "therapy-beginning, middle, end" thing. This isn't therapy, in any sense. It is simply a micro version of what happens here on the boards every day.

SG, you and the people who have volunteered have peaked my interest. I will let you know if I feel I can help. I just need to read a little more...