*@GUADEC team* - thanks for inviting me to the call today! Here's a newcomers at GUADEC wiki page <https://wiki.gnome.org/GUADEC/2017/newcomers> [1], where I added details for the newcomers' activities that we talked about.
While the wiki page is meant to be read by a newcomers' audience, I added detailed notes for organizers for each event. *@Engagement team: *Please take a look - feedback and more ideas are very welcome! [1] https://wiki.gnome.org/GUADEC/2017/newcomers On Fri, Jun 16, 2017 at 4:19 AM, Allan <allanp...@gmail.com> wrote: > Nuritzi Sanchez <nurit...@stanfordalumni.org> wrote: > ... > >> I think it's nice to help integrate them into the wider community. Last >> time we tried mixed groups with newcomers and oldcomers. Unfortunately, it >> was too loud and talking together as a group was rather difficult. >> > > Was the volume a result of the format though? I mean, why would it be more > difficult to talk when you have more established members of the community > present? > > > I like the idea of a buddy system! >> > > Would you be interested in helping us to set this up? > > > I wasn't at the GUADEC you're referring to, so do you mind describing it a >> bit more? >> > > From memory, the way it worked was that newcomers were divided into teams, > and they had tasks to do that involved them speaking to established > community members, like bits of information they had to find out. The first > team to complete all their tasks won a prize. > > I'm not saying this is exactly what we should be doing, but I do think it > would be worth us having a discussion to establish our goals, generate > ideas, and decide on a plan. Perhaps we could devote part of one of our > regular GUADEC planning meetings to this? > > Allan > > > > > -- ............................................................ ................. *Nuritzi Sanchez* | +1.650.218.7388 | Endless <http://endlessm.com/>
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