Re: Newcomer advice(s) for 1st Debconf
On Mon, Jul 14, 2025 at 02:32:13PM +0200, Jonas Smedegaard wrote:
> Quoting Alex Lieflander (2025-07-13 21:08:55)
> > Hi everyone,
> >
> > Kind of related, would any other newcomers like to eat breakfast together tomorrow? The Debconf veterans are very friendly, but I think it can be intimidating to approach groups where the other people already know each other.
>
> I am one of the veterans, and do encourage you to simply ask if you may join, if you see what seems like a closed circle. I have only very rarely experience a group not welcoming new people in (and when they did not, there was probably a good cause - e.g. challenge of language barriers).
Echoed; I would be delighted to share breakfast with newcomers and will sit
at an empty-ish table in the morning, if you see spaces at tables take
them!
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