Re: [OSGeo-Discuss] how did the Paris code sprint go

[Jonathan Moules]

Hi Even,
    I'm not averse to the notion, but given the mixed/tepid response to this 
email thread, it doesn't seem like something the community has any particular 
desire for.
    Cheers,
    Jonathan

---- On Tue, 08 Mar 2016 16:18:32 +0000 Even 
Rouault<even.roua...@spatialys.com> wrote ---- 

Jonathan, 
 
if you feel OSGeo should have an environmental policy, you could certainly 
propose one for consideration by the larger community, and then volunteer to 
champion to make it adopted, and enforce it afterwards. 
 
Even 
 
> 
> 
> ---- On Tue, 08 Mar 2016 15:01:19 +0000 Daniel 
> Morissette<dmorisse...@mapgears.com> wrote ---- 
> 
> On 2016-03-08 8:37 AM, Jonathan Moules wrote: 
> > 
> > Looking at the participant list, that Paris code-sprint entailed 
at 
> > least 10 transatlantic flights and probably at least that many 
> > short-haul (pan-Europe) flights too (which have higher emissions 
> > profiles per passenger mile). I don't doubt a lot of useful work 
was 
> > done, but was the quantity and quality of the work so much 
superior to 
> > the normal-work-from-home/office option that it was worth the 
> > considerable extra pollution that the sprint generated? 
> > 
> > This is obviously not something that can be easily quantified 
> (although > I'm sure a few PhD's are trying), but I believe it 
should 
> be considered > when these sorts of events are sponsored. Otherwise 
you 
> can easily end > up with a Tragedy of the Commons situation. 
> > A quick search doesn't find any sort of 
> > ethical/green/social-responsibility policy on OSGeo's pages... 
> > 
> 
> 
> Um... very good point. On that note, I wonder if we should consider 
> canceling the international FOSS4G which has an even worse impact since 
> we're talking of hundreds of useless flights only to get people to watch 
> a couple of conferences and share their latest project news. 
> 
> Conferences and meetings could be streamed and delivered using hangouts 
> after all. Why did we not think of that before? 
 
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