I Agree 100% Lost Girl, But We Have A Problem ... The Numbers Are Staggering I agree that our Super Members+ would make the best mentors for all the excellent reasons you mention. However, we may not have enough Super Members+ to meet the demand for mentors.
We have approximately 50 Super Members+ (i.e., members that have posted more than 250 times). Yet we have approximately 9,000 members.
My worry is that the demand for mentors will soon outstrip our supply of mentors. That is why we made the requirement of needing only 100 posts before a member can be a mentor. In this way, we have approximately 100 members who then qualify to be mentors.
We Will Modify Our Mentorship Program Although other self-help groups (like Alcoholics Anonymous) have had mentors ("sponsors") for decades; this is a new experiment for us.
That is why we need everyone's feedback on our mentorship program as it gets underway. Nothing is written in stone; Mark and I will implement whatever changes our community agrees on.
I am very excited about this new program. Once we work out the bugs in this program; its contribution to our community could be quite remarkable.
Phil Long M.D.
Administrator 
Dr Long re: MENTORSHIP # of Posts
Posted - 10/29/2007 : 12:45:18
