Alternate #2:
Present newbies, via e-mail, a quiz. This quiz could contain items covering everything from cigar technical issues to CB board etiquette.....if they score high enough, they get bombed. Otherwise, no cigar. Now, this is a blind test, meaning that they get no tutorial. That way we "see" their true potential as board-based comrades. Also, they are notified that a quiz is to be e-mailed and returned with answers on a specified time table.....ahhhhhh, no internet searching! Some may say this is goofy, but if you're giving away cigars in potentially high numbers, it needs to be regulated.