I would, definitely.

I'd drive for that... isn't that sorta what a munch is, though?

I hear two separate ideas in that, kelly. One is a sort of 101-roundtable, for curious people to come and freely ask questions and get answers. I'd be down for participating in that. A tribe that has no room for its elders nor room for its new members to ask questions and bring fresh blood is a tribe doomed to die.

I also hear something about more experienced players getting together to klatsch. I'm down with that, too. And we face the same things we have before in this community: a place, a time, and willing bodies. :) Munches are *great* for getting together and chatting it up, but many would prefer to discuss more intimate aspects of things in private.

I'm in an incredibly busy phase of life right now. Most all my time is spoken for; free time doesn't exist for me. But, as we all do, I *make* time for Important Things. Community education is one of those things for me. I'd be willing to teach a 101 class, or be part of a panel (there's so much diversity in players that many voice are a good thing).

I'd point out another thing, too: in some ways, it's easier for people to ask questions when they can see something going on--like at a party in a dungeon. Amenable settings open the mind. That's why it so critical to have trained people on the ground, to facilitate that kind of reaching out and touching each other. Sometimes, when that unique door-between-the-worlds setting is gone, that door closes and people inquire no further.

I'd suggest a panel/round table, informal, at someone's house, to start. Invite the curious. See where it goes. In fact, kelly, now that I think about it, this might be a really good thing to do soon, before people concretize in their minds that what happened at the last CR was a dungeon, and that's just how things are. I shudder to think of the consequences of 'nillas who treat SM so disrespectfully or of budding kinksters who see a space like that as how it's done. And as we all know, it's easier to create a good new habit than break an existing one!