There already is one http://groups.yahoo.com/group/squeaknewbie/ 
I signed up a while back when I saw it so I could help newbies if they had
questions.  I asked on the list if anyone was using the group and if anyone
needed help.  I got a response that said we get mostly spam and no
questions.  I'm still subscribed to it just incase someone stumbles on it
and asks a question.  

(I'm not taking sides just providing information)

Ron Teitelbaum

> -----Original Message-----
> From: squeak-dev-bounces at lists.squeakfoundation.org [mailto:squeak-dev-
> bounces at lists.squeakfoundation.org] On Behalf Of stéphane ducasse
> Sent: Monday, April 24, 2006 4:34 AM
> To: The general-purpose Squeak developers list
> Subject: Re: Looking for good souls
> 
> Hi guys
> 
> You know what? I found you really conservative and sitting on your
> knowledge.
> Do you really want to stay in your private club, be dandy, do not
> invite anybody to learn and grow?
> Because you think that people are not afraid of our discussions? Really?
> 
> May be this starter mailing-list will fail but I will have dare to
> try instead of staying with your
> certainty about life and facts.
> 
> My GOAL IS NOT TO SPLIT SQUEAK_DEV. My goal is to give a chance to
> people
> that are afraid or do not want to receive sometimes 50 emails per day
> to communicate with us.
> These are years that because of technological aspects we did not
> create such a list.
> 
> 
> Here is what ralph told me, so either we do it publicly via
> squeakfondation as a normal and public list
> as the fact that we acknowledge that newcomers are ***welcome*** in
> our cool community, or I create
> a mailing in an obscure mail server and I will advertize it. I let
> you decide. But I will do it (you know me
> and I will fail and take the responsibility of this failure if it
> fails but at least I could be looking at this scar
> and be proud of it).
> 
> >
> > Just make a list and then advertise it.  In fact, you might make
> > several lists, for different languages.
> >
> > As long as I've been on the Squeak list, people have argued against
> > splitting the list.  However, if Squeak is to grow, the list must
> > split.  When a list gets large, people don't want to post.  When
> > the people who post are experts, beginners get shy.  If you want to
> > grow the community, the lists must split.
> >
> > Fortunately, you don't need to take a vote.  Just create a list and
> > advertise it, and the people who want to join will join, and the
> > others won't.
> >
> > -Ralph
> 
> Stef