Welcome Dinner is an idea that was first started in Sweden and then brought to Germany by the Team of Welcome Dinner Hamburg.
People who already live in a place (often but not always "native" at least to the country) invite people new to that place to a dinner. Thus helping to connect and overcome the initial strangeness that comes with being in a new country. The role of the Welcome Dinner team/website etc. is to bring those two parties together.
The team that coordinated the Welcome Dinner Koblenz from 2015 into 2017 is not doing that anymore. We started this initiative while we were studiying/working at the University Koblenz, but since then our lifes have changed.
Welcome Dinner Koblenz was a success while it operated. We were able to connect a lot of people from different walks of life and with very different experiences and not once had a bad experience.
While the initiative was active, we did not experience any attempt to misuse us or our concept in any way. But the world being like it is I dare not let the domain fall into the wrong hands (scammers, haters etc.). Therefore I will keep it (and pay the anually registration fee) to prevent such misuse.
If someone wants to start a welcome dinner initiative in Koblenz again, please contact me. I am willing to transfer the domain to responsible people and/or help with the technicial side of things myself.
To contact me, please send an email to webmaster (a) welcome-dinner-koblenz.de .