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From: Bud Crosgrey <>
Subject: Re: Dumb Newbie Question
Date: Fri, 11 Dec 1998 18:55:56 -0800


Lesley Robertson wrote:
>
> Cheryl Singhal wrote:
>
> > We all need help sometime. I recently begged a favor down in Mobile
> > Alabama (I needed a photo of a gravestone from a cemetery I knew several
> > people on the list visited regularly and I haven't been in Mobile for 20
> > years now). I have thanked the party, and have sent a token sum as
> > partial reimbursement and have offered to lookup something here in DC
> > for her. Likewise, I lookup stuff in records I have "instant" access to
> > and send it off.
>
> I think that this is a large part of the answer. We should all put back what we
> take out. Ask for help if you need it, but be willing to help where you can.
> I know that I'm much more likely to go to a lot of trouble to help someone I've
> seen contributing help to others - and others obviously feel the same way. I
> once posted a query, had an answer the same afternoon from a lady in the town
> I'd been asking about - she had actually gone down to the main library to look
> for my info in a copy of a very rare book they have there (rare enough to get
> hysterical giggles if you ask for inter-library loan) - she said she'd gone to
> all that trouble becase she'd seen me helping a lot of new folk! Obviously,
> people new to the lists deserve a fair amount of leeway, but everyone can
> contribute something once they've got started.
> Some people get known for being "takers" - others give despite major problems
> (one of the frequent helpers in another of these groups is wheel-chair bound,
> another is rapidly developing sight problems, but they both help newbies
> regularly).
> There's probably no single answer.
> Lesley Robertson
Excellent Answer & ideas !
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