My group is already working to make sure that the new folks don't
feel shunned, and in recognition that many of the new folks will be
inexperienced as compared to years past, we plan on some pretty
extensive Elmering. It should be great fun.


A similar situation happened back in the Spring of 2000, when 5WPM
coders could become generals and extras. Lots of new hams on the HF
phone bands. I was one of 'em. Aside from a few various newbie errors,
we learned pretty quickly. I would expect the same to be true of the no
code hams who become generals and extras in the spring of 2007.