I setup a mining pool for new miners. It's focused on the more casual miners, people with lower hash rates (but others are welcome), simple instructions to be up and mining in minutes. It's built using the open ethereum pool source, and still looks a bit generic as I haven't spent much time to customize it yet.
The pool is setup on a dedicated, hosted server, 1gig network, 8 core super fast system. Payout is set at 0.05 and set to run payouts every 10 minutes.
People have been hesitant to join because it's not one of the BIG pools out there so they feel it's not stable or won't be around long. I can assure you it's very stable and will be around a long time. I've already paid 2 years of hosting for the dedicated server. Hash rates are going up as more people join.
Although this pool is designed for the smaller hash rate miners, larger rigs are welcome. We can handle whatever you can throw at us.
Just visit
http://www.noobpool.com to get started.