> -----Original Message----- > From: ietf-bounces@xxxxxxxx [mailto:ietf-bounces@xxxxxxxx] On Behalf Of > Yoav Nir > Sent: Thursday, March 14, 2013 4:30 PM > To: Ted Lemon > Cc: John C Klensin; <adrian@xxxxxxxxxxxx>; IETF-Discussion list; The > IESG > Subject: Re: Mentoring > > > On Mar 14, 2013, at 10:03 AM, Ted Lemon <Ted.Lemon@xxxxxxxxxxx> wrote: > > > 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? > > There's over 100 working groups, and about 5 slots, because lunch is > often busy for WG chairs (*DIR this, and tutorial that, and design team > the other). So where would you hold 25 parallel breakfast meetings? How > would we ever manage conflicts? > > The return attendees you would want to invite would be the leaders in > your group, no? I mean the ones who you'd naturally ask to take > minutes, volunteer to edit the new document, etc. They would also tend > to be overbooked for such slots (and often they are WG chairs > themselves). Hi Yoav, I believe that you are over-designing :-) I actually believe that we need to leave these as informal as possible, without involving tools or booking meeting rooms. At most use wiki for coordination. A breakfast meeting could just be a meeting around breakfast, in the hotel restaurant or in the IETF breakfast space. This IETF has the lounge space which is wonderful (thanks to the organizers!) - this would be ideal and accommodate 10+ such meetings each mornings. Not all WGs will do this, some of the senior members of the WG will have conflicts but other will be available, and not all newcomers will be available. I plan to experiment this at the next IETF meeting with my WG. Regards, Dan