I used the #Arduino channel for the first time today (and IRC chat as it goes) and was helped out by 3 or 4 people with something that was more a Eagle CAD question then a Arduino........really nice bunch!
anything that encourages mentors can only be a good thing, some of us (well I) don't have a father, teacher or even friend who are into any form of electronics, so have had to pick everything up from scratch using just forum posts and google.....would be nice to be able to ask someone really silly questions, without the fear of them permanently recorded on a forum for prosperity and embarrassment.
Can I have a mentor please? 
(preferable a pipe smoker who owns at least one item of tweed)