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Re: reception not useful for WG chairs

Christian Hopps <chopps@chopps.org> Thu, 16 May 2019 20:13 UTC

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From: Christian Hopps <chopps@chopps.org>
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Black, David <David.Black@dell.com> writes:

>> What if we had per-topic/area group-tables?
>
> That would be a good move, perhaps for just the first part of the reception..

Right, so that's very similar to my minimal change suggestion:

- Rename "Newcomers" to "Leadership Reception (open)", convert to cash bar, give leadership a couple free drink tickets to incentivize attendance.

Thanks,
Chris.


>
> Thanks, --David
>
>> -----Original Message-----
>> From: WGChairs <wgchairs-bounces@ietf.org> On Behalf Of Wes Hardaker
>> Sent: Thursday, May 16, 2019 1:31 PM
>> To: STARK, BARBARA H
>> Cc: 'Working Group Chairs'
>> Subject: Re: reception not useful for WG chairs
>>
>>
>> [EXTERNAL EMAIL]
>>
>> "STARK, BARBARA H" <bs7652@att.com> writes:
>>
>> > The email that told us the newcomers reception would be discontinued
>> > said this was because the speed-mentoring session was perceived as
>> > being far more valuable/useful and it wasn't necessary to have
>> > both.
>>
>> Yes, and no to the above.  Functionally, it was serving two
>> purposes: 1) the original purpose: allowing newcomers to meet up with
>> chairs and ADs, 2) its transformed purpose: allowing chairs and ADs to
>> meet up with chairs and ADs.
>>
>> It's intended original purpose was #1, and it seems the consensus is
>> that #2 is what everyone is saying they're missing with lots of points
>> about what the general reception can't be used.  However, the problem
>> that #1 wasn't meeting it's purpose is mostly unrelated to the
>> quick-connections session.  The purpose was still not being met,
>> regardless.
>>
>> Here's a turn around question for the crowd: what would it take to make
>> the general reception a viable spot to meet and serve the purpose of a
>> pre-meeting meet-and-greet with people you need to talk with?  What
>> could be done other than "throw out everyone I don't need to talk to",
>> which I don't think is a viable solution.  If it's too loud, what could
>> we do?  If it's too popular, what if we removed food/drink for the first
>> hour (so only the dedicated showed up)?  What if we held it in a bigger
>> room?  What if we had per-topic/area group-tables?  What *would* work?
>>
>> --
>> Wes Hardaker
>> USC/ISI

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