I feel that there should be a place that is set aside for new users to irc to learn the basics before they are thrown into the wild free for all that can sometimes be found on any network. Therefore, that is the main goal of #newbies. To provide an enviroment that new users can feel comfortable in while they can also feel free to ask any question about irc that happens to pop into their heads. We try very hard on this channel to keep it as clean and fun as possible. We also try our best to always provide a user with an answer. If there is no one on the channel that happens to be able to answer the question at the time, we will attempt to send you to someone who can answer it for you.

Now that I have gotten the goal of the channel out to you, I would like to also state that we welcome anyone to the channel that is just looking for a place to chat with other irc users without the pressure of feeling like you are being hit on everytime someone says anything to you. There are quite a few *newbies* that have been in the channel basically from the time the channel was started on Dalnet, and I expect that they will be there forever. There are a lot of us out here that feel that once a newbie, always a newbie.