Hi! Holger Levsen:
> To the topic (of "new to DebConf" sessions) what worked nicely during the > "DebCamp" days of the miniDebconf in Hamburg were daily standup meetings > where everyone (who wanted) very briefly stated what they were working > on, which helped new and 'old' people alike to better connect to others. > I'm not sure this concept can be used at a bigger debcamp, but it surely > worked well with 30-40 people. > > Key points of this format are: everybody is standing (thus helping sure > it stays short and everybody pays attention) and forming a circle, where > everyone explains very briefly (1-2 sentences, sometimes just 2-3 words) > what they are doing or would like to do. > > Then, after the circle people can approach each other and say things > like: "you seem to work on foo, i'm also interested in foo..." This feels like you already need to be very much self aware and have a lot of self esteem, and hence I don't think this format is suitable - it might be too exclusive. But! I like what they do at those IETF meetings, where everybody can write on their badge "Talk to me about…" And then all sorts of things, technical or non-technical can be filled in. I believe this lowers the barrier and I'd be very much in favor of such a thing. Cheers! ulrike
