[tckma]

Yeah, I don't really care much about my own rep. If I get good rep, hey, bonus. If I read a post that I find particularly helpful or in the spirit of FIRST or what have you, I give positive rep. But beyond that, to me they're just dots.

I'm not terribly active here on CD, though. ("Welcome tckma. You last logged in 2-17-2006." hum. Before build season was over?) I typically find out about stuff on CD when I ask something at team meetings and the two students on my team who are religiously on here tell me about it in person.

I was scared off in the beginning, not by bad rep (I'm lucky I guess, in that I've never gotten bad rep), but because of the daunting size of the forums. It took me a while (a few minutes, maybe) to figure out where things were, since I was used to other php forum websites where the topics/sections are listed up front in the portal.

Newbies ought to feel welcome here... and I'm going to agree with previous posters. Giving out bad rep for simple mistakes is decidedly not GP. A gentle reminder would suffice. If it's a repeated offense, sure, but not first time.

*shrug* I'm running my mouth off. I will stop now.