Subject: reminder/request for Newcomer's Meet and Greet today

From: Karen O'Donoghue <[email-masked]>
Date: Sat, 12 Nov 2016 22:29:17 +0000

Folks,

Welcome to IETF 97… As you are aware, we are continuing to make incremental improvements to the overall Newcomer experience at IETF. 

As part of that experience we have today’s Newcomer’s Meet and Greet - today from 4-5pm in Atrio Restaurant. As working group chairs, you are obviously invited to attend. 

Please remember that the purpose of this activity is to reach out to newcomers to so let's all be proactive in welcoming the newcomers, actively engaging people with newcomer tags, or simply putting them in contact with the appropriate persons. Also, be sure to clearly label yourselves to help people find those they are interested in meeting. 

We continue to welcome suggestions on how to improve this event. So feel free to send us any comments afterwards. 

Having said that, I believe that due to venue constraints, the event will probably be loud and crowded again (so you can probably skip those comments). Consider yourselves forewarned. It’s all for a good cause! 

Regards,
Karen

P.S. Volunteers to help with any of the newcomer related activities are encouraged and welcome.