I like it a lot! Starting with IETF-87 I will reserve a breakfast slot for the WG I am co-chairing and invite (in advance, the week before the meeting) the new attendees interested in this WG to attend.
Regards. Dan > -----Original Message----- > From: [email protected] [mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf Of > Ted Lemon > Sent: Thursday, March 14, 2013 4:04 PM > To: Mary Barnes > Cc: John C Klensin; <[email protected]>; IETF-Discussion list; The > IESG > Subject: Re: Mentoring > > I think it might also be worth encouraging working group chairs to have > working group breakfast or lunch meetings (RSVP required) where > newcomers are invited to come meet the chairs and chairs can > strategically invite a few return attendees (but fewer than newcomers so > they don't get crowded out) to establish a connection with the > newcomers. If this became common it would probably require tool work, > but what do folks think of the idea in principle?
