RE: [69ATTENDEES] Networking at IETF meetings

["Ved Kafle" <[e-mail]>]

The idea of having some volunteers for helping participants to meet each
other is good.
I had met some participants, specially from Asian countries, who wanted
to meet other participants for some research discussions.
But, they could not do that because of the following two possible
reasons:
First, they were shy to introduce themselves to others (in their home
country, usually a third person introduces two persons.)
Second, they were not quite sure whether the person they intended to
meet would respond well when the responder was talking to others. 

We may think of such volunteering jobs as well.

Ved

-----Original Message-----
From: Luigi Iannone [mailto:[e-mail]] 
Sent: Tuesday, July 31, 2007 6:13 PM
To: Stephen Farrell
Cc: Radia Perlman; [e-mail]
Subject: Re: [69ATTENDEES] Networking at IETF meetings


As a newbie 


IMO a web page announcing a meeting point and a most likely target
Pub/Restaurant will be a nice initiative.


If there are volunteers, each evening someone can propose something
different.


Luigi  






Le 31-juil.-07 à 05:04, Stephen Farrell a écrit :




As anti-social as I am (in absolute terms, relatively
gregarious in IETF-terms:-), I think that Radia's is
a great idea.


Some of the best IETF evenings I've enjoyed have involved
outrageously silly misunderstandings of some random person's
opinions (incl. mine:-) - almost all of which have been far
better than any $8 welcome-reception beer.


I'd tweak Radia's suggestion to start from a booze-place from
which expeditions to food could be launched, but basically an
unabmiguous yes to willful dinner mingling at IETFs...


(...so long as each diner is happy to appear silly. I can
offer guidance: IMO, willingness to appear silly is the most
common characteristic of IETF-folks to whom I personallly pay
attention. They, and I, don't of course, always recall this:-)


S.


Radia Perlman wrote:
One of the most valuable parts of an IETF
meeting is meeting people you don't already know. Lunches and
dinners are great opportunities for this.
I notice, though,
that there are a lot of shy people that either wind up eating alone,
or with their colleagues.
Some dinner groups actually want to be exclusive, because they are
specifically there to talk about some arcane thing. But a lot of
groups are happy to include others.
I'd suggest that in future IETFs there be a canonical meeting place
for groups of people that are happy to include other people, and
that it be clear that if you see a group of IETF types hanging around
that spot at approximately mealtimes, it is explicitly encouraged for
people to wander up to groups and say "can I join you for dinner?"
Snooty groups would be encouraged to gather someplace else.
Radia
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