Dear all, I would like to raise three items for discussion, regarding the SIG meetings and processes. "Make SIG meetings more sustainable" would be the third of these:
Background: The requirement for online SIG meetings during the past two years showed that participation to online SIG meetings is much higher than meeting at a specific place. Securing funding for travel is not possible for participants outside large and rich institutions. This is in addition to the inevitable carbon footprint of the SIG especially for long-haul flights. Online meetings lack the capacity for easy idea sharing and are perhaps less practical for collaboration in groups. Another drawback of online meetings is the impossibility of convenient time-zones for all. Proposal - the following are starting points for discussion: 1. The SIG to meet in person once a year at the CIDOC conference (with some overlap in schedules to avoid extremely long trips). 2. The SIG to meet online twice a year to accommodate members who cannot travel and strengthen the community with wider representation across different time zones. 3. Consider a federated SIG, where regional meetings take place either online or at a location thus reducing requirement for travel. These could be led by a member of the editorial group. Decisions at regional meetings will be sent for offline review and discussed by the editorial board in separate meetings either in person or online. Right for veto to remain at global level. I look forward to your thoughts. All the best, Erin Canning
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