I recently composed an email (on the side) for a client DBA looking for info on getting involved with the community, looking for training, etc - and now I have turned it into a web page here on my blog - please check it out and please let me know anything I should add or fix - I want this to be as accurate and helpful as possible - thanks!
http://nebraskasql.blogspot.com/p/how-to-get-started-with-sql-server.html
