Hi all.  I recently started up a group call Teaching to Learn, with the goal of creating a group which helps organize a one on one mentoring system.  Here is the description and link:

This group was created with the purpose of using individuals' passion for chess to allow us all to improve.  Teaching to Learn will be a relatively small group dedicated to providing 1 on 1 mentoring.  The group will be invite only, but anyone can request membership, just make sure you include a personal message expressing your personal interest in the group.   “By learning you will teach, by teaching you will learn.”  Latin Proverb

http://www.chess.com/groups/home/teaching-to-learn

As of now we have 2 mentors (the two group admins) and 2 students.  Obviously we will need more of both to grow the group, so if you are interested in joining let me know.  I may be willing to accept a few more students (and I guess put them on a "waiting list"), but we really need more willing mentors first.  No specific rating range, we will just do our best to match up higher rated, more experienced players with lower rated, less experienced players.  If you have any thoughts or suggestions, please share them.  Thanks!

I would love to have somebody better mentor me, and I would also be willing to mentor somebody not as high.  Please get back to me and let me know, I'm online at some point every day, usual at a few times, and usually for 1-3 hours at a time.  Thanks!!

This group sounds like too much fun to not join!

I would like to join as a student and mentor (if that's possible) I know, I'm not that great, but I feel I have some insight to offer people who have just started. I've been playing chess about a year (only about 4 months seriously)

Im 20, I love this game, and I'm online 6 days of the week.

I have attempted to show about a half a dozen beginners different things. Only one has shown that she wants to learn. the rest just say they want to learn and then dont actually learn anything. i think a good mentor is based on the willingness to learn of the pupil. in other words...you may be waisting your time with someone that is waisting their time and lying to you about their desire to learn.  it is nice to know you are willing to share your vast knowledge and skill. But it is also like that old old saying 'you can lead a horse to water but you cant make it drink'. so good luck.