[QGIS-Developer] Environmental policy

[Raymond Nijssen]

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



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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.
>