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?