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Re: Mentoring

2013-03-14 09:38:36
Possibly attendance at the "newcomers" meeting would be something that
you could do just once but could be deferred to a later meeting you
attend if you miss on the first one for any reasons.

Thanks,
Donald
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On Thu, Mar 14, 2013 at 9:55 AM, Pat Thaler <pthaler(_at_)broadcom(_dot_)com> 
wrote:
At my first meeting, I wasn't able to arrive on Sunday. At that point, I was 
mainly following work in one working group that was meeting mid-week. At 
later meetings, I wasn't a newcomer any more so I never attended a Newcomer 
meet and greet. That is probably pretty common.

Pat

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Subject: Re: Mentoring

On 3/14/2013 7:30 AM, Adrian Farrel wrote:
Mary,

I need to check but...

[MB]  What I find interesting is that there was 200+ newcomers, but I
certainly didn't find that many at the meet and greet.  I have to
wonder whether this doesn't have to do with the overlap between Sunday
tutorials and this event.  I think that needs to be fixed.

Very right that it would need to be fixed, but I thought that it was avoided 
explicitly and
deliberately. Anyone got a copy of the agenda in front of them?

The second slot for tutorials is listed as 1500-1650. The newcomer's gig
is listed as 1600-1700. So, conflicting.

Maybe we could do a little research on why newcomers don't show at this 
meeting. Are they tired?
Shy? Unaware? Not perceiving the value?

I've been supported by an IETF sponsor who has sent a heck of a lot of
new attendees to the IETF since 2005. One point that's come up
repeatedly is that people show up on Sunday afternoon and evening
because the "real IETF meeting" starts Monday morning.

Some of the newcomers are likely still at the airport during the
newcomer's meet and greet.

Spencer


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