Here is something that I have been doing for the last year or so.
When we get a 'Contact the Placer' note from someone that indicates
that they are new or this is their first box or some other
indication that they are new I copy and paste a list (below) that
should give them sufficient places to go to gain some knowledge.
This I paste to a thank you note thanking them for their update or
letterbox report. I keep the text in Word so it is a very easy thing
to do. If the individuals are in California I leave the Ca. listing
in ,otherwise I merely delete those listings. BTW, when was the last
time you non-newbies read the 'Code of Conduct'?

Don

Letterboxing.org:
http://www.letterboxing.org/faq/faq.html

Silent Doug's site:
http://www.letterboxing.info/
Doug probably has the best info site on Hitchhikers and links to
regional chatlists.

AtlasQuest:
http://www.atlasquest.com/
Ryan has a link set up "Code of Conduct" that is really good for all
boxers to read

newboxers' group:
http://groups.yahoo.com/group/newboxers/
Where there is no dumb question, and is "the" place for many
newletterboxers.

California Chat Lists
http://groups.yahoo.com/group/LbNCA

http://groups.yahoo.com/group/letterboxing-socal