[MR] Newbie (fwd)

[Dave Montuori]

This is primarily addressed to the good lady who started this thread.

On Tue, 3 Sep 2002, Craig Levin wrote:
> Also, [Olwen is] spot-on about helping in the kitchen or the hall.
> Even if you're just a lowly leek chopper

and rinser, and rinser, and rinser (you wouldn't believe how much dirt 
there can be in a leek until you've washed one!)...

> Putting on an event can be a marathon for the officers and the event 
> staff, and any help, no matter the source, that they receive is received 
> with gratitude, IME.

You'll get my gratitude for sure!

Some ideas:

If you are looking to meet tons of people (albeit briefly), help out at 
troll (registration) -- EVERYONE passes through there, though many do not 
stay long.

For getting to know a small number of people better, try the kitchen.

If you want to exercise your pushy side, be a waterbearer. :-)
(Seriously, though, I *do* appreciate being told to stay hydrated!)

I am terribly sorry about your first experience, good lady. I am feeling 
major guilt over ignoring a newcomer this past weekend myself, and hope 
that I would not treat you the same way were our paths to cross.

Yours in service,
Evan
(another one of Them Herald Types)