Hi I am glad we have so many bunny huggers in our community. The weird thing about in-person meetings is how it dedicates and focusses people’s time and attention which I could never replicate as a remote participant in these kind of event. Maybe my donkey needs feeding or my wife wants me to stop ignoring her if I am sitting at home staring at the screen. If I am there in person, suddenly the donkey gets fed by someone else and my wife seems to not mind that I am ignoring her for a few days.
https://photos.app.goo.gl/5KgUXSD1QX5om7TSA <https://photos.app.goo.gl/5KgUXSD1QX5om7TSA> <- donkey looking pleased I am not at a hack fest Something more efficient would be to condense our twice yearly get togethers into once a year, longer meeting. We would in a single swoop half the environmental travel cost from our project and maybe still benefit from that oh-so-important face to face time. And combining it with the user conference would mean that we can have a two tribes event, with a nice mingling of users and contributors. I am so glad we are discussing this… Regards Tim > On 16 Jan 2020, at 11:44, Raymond Nijssen <[email protected]> wrote: > > Hi Paolo, > > Good point! Or many good points actually. > > For both the environment and inclusiveness we could think about having a more > decentralized approach for the contributor meetings. Since most developers > are living in Europe, meetings are in Europe, which attracts more European > developers etc. That loop needs a *break*. And of course the pollution of > traveling is there, especially from attendees living far away. > > So I was thinking of a 3-day 24/7 hackfest. From several, somehow digitally > interconnected, places. > > Would miss all the hugging though! :'( > > Cheers, > Raymond > > > > Terglobo > Fahrenheitstraat 1 > 5223 BJ 's-Hertogenbosch > The Netherlands > +31 (0) 6 25 31 49 83 > > On 16-01-2020 12:21, Paolo Cavallini 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? >> * 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? >> * if we need it, do we need two meetings per year? >> * do we want to plan our meetings in an optimal location, to minimize >> total travel? >> * do we want a combination between the two: smaller local meetings >> that reduce travel, coordinated across the globe? >> * do we want to suggest|gently push|require participants to use low >> impact transportation? >> * 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 >> * 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 >> * do we want additional actions? e.g. low impact (vegan) diet on Dev >> Meetings? >> I tried to collect options and ideas, please do not take these as my >> personal preferences. >> Given the wide interest and impact of this theme, I encourage an open >> and friendly discussion involving also non PSC members. Please be gentle. >> Following this I'll call for a vote on specific items. >> Cheers. > _______________________________________________ > QGIS-Developer mailing list > [email protected] <mailto:[email protected]> > List info: https://lists.osgeo.org/mailman/listinfo/qgis-developer > <https://lists.osgeo.org/mailman/listinfo/qgis-developer> > Unsubscribe: https://lists.osgeo.org/mailman/listinfo/qgis-developer > <https://lists.osgeo.org/mailman/listinfo/qgis-developer> — Tim Sutton Co-founder: Kartoza Ex Project chair: QGIS.org Visit http://kartoza.com <http://kartoza.com/> to find out about open source: Desktop GIS programming services Geospatial web development GIS Training Consulting Services Skype: timlinux IRC: timlinux on #qgis at freenode.net I'd love to connect. Here's my calendar link <https://calendly.com/timlinux> to make finding time easy.
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