I don't know if the "Welcoming Committee" is a select group of people, but the new comers will find there way around easily enough. And for the stragglers that fall to the way side, there enough community members here to help them get back on the right track. Grant it, some members will not be as nice as others. But through the new design of the site, (reply notification, PMing) things will be easier to handle. Bring on the fresh fish.

The welcoming committee already handles that sort of thing. What we could really use, is a [i]Bungie.next 101[/i] of sorts, giving new users a basic run-down of how to use various features of the site.

That's not a bad idea, what advice would you give a new member? I for one wouldn't call them a Noob, I hate that term, if anything call them a Newbie, it sounds less hateful.

Don't worry, a team is already on the job :)

[url=http://www.bungie.net/en-US/View/community/Groups/Post?id=59797462&groupId=18405]Introducing the Bungie.net Welcoming Committee[/url], but it does not seem very visible nor exactly what you are suggesting. Perhaps such a thread should be implemented. What do you think would be some good information to include in such a welcome thread? It seems to me that a brief description of the forums, and how the tagging system works, definitely needs to be included, as well as a link to or description of the rules (don't be a jerk). What else? Actually, now that I think about it, such an introduction may exist when one creates a new account but I am unsure.