--could you clarify?

I don't think we're particularly "clubby"--all boards have some of that, but compared to others I think we're relatively accomodating.

There are times when I do feel I should tell some people--usually newbies--"slow down, tell us what's going on with you, what docs you've been to/tests you've had; we may be able to help but we have to get a clearer picture of what's going on". I don't say this on the boards generally, but may send such people a private message. Don't always know what perception that gives, but I think it's important in enabling the other members of the board to do their thing.

People who have trouble doing that--and I realize not everyone's equally computer savvy, or articulate (and I've written in the past that we may have a bias towards articulation ability) may not get as many, or as useful, responses, but I don't think that's due to any purposeful exclusionary desire; it's more due to being unsure what to say, or how to approach the post.

Does anything I've just written speak to anything you were trying to bring up?