John McCreesh wrote:
It's approaching the time of year when we start asking for proposals for OOoCon (OOoCon 2011 this time). As our contribution to reducing OOo's carbon footprint, should we go for a virtual conference instead?
Even at the World Climate Conference attendees meet face-to-face, because there are certain aspects of interpersonal communication, that only work that way. Nonetheless the OOoCon 2011 can certainly be a milestone towards an eco-friendlier community. A lot of OOoCon attendees put some money aside over the year, so they will be able to afford the trip. How about asking attendees to spare some carbon footprint during the year for the OOoCon? For example using computers 30 minutes less a day. Of course, candidates could also include measures to protect the environment in their applications for the Call for Papers. In Orvieto it was great, that one was able to reach everything by walking. Providing facilities, like live streaming of sessions, to enable virtual attendance as individual decision is also very important.
But! A virtual only OOoCon will certainly gets a -1 from me. Best regards, Peter --------------------------------------------------------------------- To unsubscribe, e-mail: [email protected] For additional commands, e-mail: [email protected]
