We used to have a "newbie" category that lasted at least a month. [This is inspired by CuddleBeam's recent CFJ, but not just because of that, CuddleBeam, there are several instances in the archives of new players putting forth a lot of CFJs, so not just you...].
Possibilities: - Newbie is a player status/switch that lasts (60 days might be good). - Newbies need non-newbie support to call a CFJ; - Newbies need some level of support or WO objection to declare interest in judging; - Newbies can make N proposals/week distributable for free W/non- newbie support (encourage proposing new ideas, but with others' review!). - (the above is not just for their own proposals; encourage them to make some starting capital by offering to do this for others). - If a newbie's proposal is adopted, they get an award of some kind (equal to 2xDistribution Fee maybe).