Hi Paolo, thank you for bringing this on.
Here is my very personal opinion: On Thu, Jan 16, 2020 at 12:20 PM Paolo Cavallini <[email protected]> wrote: > Hi all, > following the interesting proposal by Andreas, I'm here starting a > discussion about QGIS.ORG environmental policy: > > * do we need an explicit environmental policy? > yes * probably our greatest impact is travel for Developers Meetings > * do we need in person general meetings, or we can promote more > extensive and structured use of remote connections? > we do need in person meetings * if we need it, do we need two meetings per year? > ideally, yes * do we want to plan our meetings in an optimal location, to minimize > total travel? > yes * do we want a combination between the two: smaller local meetings > that reduce travel, coordinated across the globe? > no * do we want to suggest|gently push|require participants to use low > impact transportation? > gently push * do we want a cap on cost and time difference between transportation > method? e.g. train is to be used when cost or duration are no more than > x times flight cost or duration > no > * do we want to engage in proactive environmental actions? e.g. donating > to the environmental agencies|NGOs|etc. specific tools to evaluate and > reduce impact? e.g. a QGIS ad hoc grant with a specific budget for it > not sure * do we want additional actions? e.g. low impact (vegan) diet on Dev > Meetings? > maybe vegetarian I know it's just a dream and it won't go anywhere but I would add an item to the list: prohibit the use of QGIS to the fossil-fuels industry. It would be a strong message btw. -- Alessandro Pasotti w3: www.itopen.it
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