
(03-27-2015, 12:11 PM)Apl_Juice Wrote: There's a couple of public events which anyone can attend, and there is now a pretty large list of mentors/people who are open to being approached whenever they're playing by anyone. I'm not quite sure what else needs to be done, other than just more of what we have now.I definitely agree! There are things we can do to lower the perceived risk of rejection for new people looking to make connections. A list of people who are explicitly approachable and happy to meet new people is a way to minimize someone's concern about rejection. But, in the end, they're still going to have to take that first step, broach that interaction, and introduce themselves to someone.