"No matter how much someone gives, someone will always want more. "

Pugdog, I just went back and read your post again. Do you fee burdened? It sounds like a bad relationship: no matter how much you give, they still want more from you. Even when you've given all you've got. (I'm not being sarcastic here)

My sense is that a community is something that needs fostering, needs nourishment. Something has to be given back for the more experienced folks to feel of more value.

Newbies are always going to be hungry for knowlege. And the more they learn on forums like these (in a pozitive environment) the more they tend to give back to the community. I've seen it over and over again. heck, I do it now too! (meaning, I give back to communities that helped me)

But, one of the probelms I find here, is that I am nervous to ask a question. I don't find a genreosity of spirit. I find folks who are burdened with answering my dumb questions over and over.

I search for things and I see over and over how folks are scolded for asking a question that was already answered somewhere else on the forum. I look for hours but still don't find the kind of help I am looking for.

Now, all that said, Alex has gone out of his way (in email and phone) to help me and probably many others, but he can't possibly do this all by himself...

maybe it is time to either pay the moderators for doing support via the forum or hire someone to do support via the forum.

And I still like the idea of a newbies area.