On Mar 19, 2013, at 6:07 PM, Ben Campbell <b...@nostrum.com> wrote: > > On Mar 14, 2013, at 9:13 AM, Mary Barnes <mary.ietf.bar...@gmail.com> wrote: > >> That's a really good idea! >> >> Mary. >> >> On Thu, Mar 14, 2013 at 9:03 AM, Ted Lemon <ted.le...@nominum.com> 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? >>> > > Hmm. Last I checked there were 10 combined breakfasts and lunches during the > week. How many working groups are there?
[Okay, I should learn not to read a long IETF thread in chronological order.]