Hi > On 16 Jan 2020, at 11:52, Alessandro Pasotti <[email protected]> wrote: > > > 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] > <mailto:[email protected]>> wrote: > Hi all, > following the interesting proposal by Andreas, I'm here starting a > discussion about QGIS.ORG <http://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
+1 from me for everything above (besides wondering if we could meet once a year). > > > 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. Interesting idea! Also opens the whole ’should we control our own license’ debate again….. Regards Tim > > > -- > Alessandro Pasotti > w3: www.itopen.it > <http://www.itopen.it/>_______________________________________________ > QGIS-Developer mailing list > [email protected] > List info: https://lists.osgeo.org/mailman/listinfo/qgis-developer > Unsubscribe: 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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