Hi! Tassia Camoes Araujo: > On Wed, Aug 08, 2018 at 10:23:00AM +0000, u wrote: >> Holger Levsen:
>>> 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. >> > Thanks for bringing this up. I agree that some people would not feel > confortable to speak, so it might not be as effetive. But I still think > that having such a space in DebConf would be beneficial, and we would > have a challenge at hands, that is to create a welcoming environment for > all, making sure that people feel safe to speak. Ack. >> 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. >> > This approach has the issue of one needing to get physically close to > someone else to be able to read their badge, and not everyone would be > comfortable with that either. > > Another idea: > > Maybe we could print a huge "map of Debian contributions", set it up > in a convenient place (not hidden in the corner) with enough space > for people to sign in their names beside the areas they work on, or that > they would like to talk to people about. This way people would at least > know who are the people they should talk too, and we could also have > some specific times that people would be encouraged to meet up close to > the map to chat with their peers. > > Do you see any barrier with this approach? This is a *great* idea! Yes please, by all means. This could even extend after DebConf :) Cheers! Ulrike
