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<p>An excellent point, but I'd like to highlight that everyone has a
"good reason" for why *they* should be flying. Unfortunately the
end result is a Tragedy of the Commons[1] where everyone has
exempted themselves because they're "special" and their reason is
"just". Consequence: Global air travel persists in rising [2].<br>
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<p>In less diplomatic terms, and simplified down, which is more
important: Forcing more women into FOSS GIS (although again,
diversity is about more than gender), or a planet where those
women's grandchildren will have less climate change consequences
to contend with?<br>
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<p>Personally I don't think the value of attending any conference is
worth a flight. Especially as FOSS4G gets video'd these days
(which is great and something more conferences should do!). That
just leaves "networking", and if you're throwing several tons of
CO2 into the upper atmosphere just to network...<br>
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[1] <a class="moz-txt-link-freetext" href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tragedy_of_the_commons">https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tragedy_of_the_commons</a><br>
[2]
<a class="moz-txt-link-freetext" href="https://www.statista.com/statistics/193533/growth-of-global-air-traffic-passenger-demand/">https://www.statista.com/statistics/193533/growth-of-global-air-traffic-passenger-demand/</a><br>
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<div class="moz-cite-prefix">On 2019-02-11 16:06, Mark Iliffe wrote:<br>
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<div dir="ltr">I would counsel that we prioritise grants to
those where we are underrepresented in both economic and
gender terms - see the OECD Development Assistance Countries
list [1]. While trains can be useful in the short term, we
need to really consider the balance between being
environmentally conscious and bringing those from the
frontier of where we need to be and have the most impact.
This will be achieved through empowering those through the
TGP. In less diplomatic terms, if we're not going to hold
conferences with more regularity in SSE Asia, Latin American
and the Caribbean, and Africa, we need to facilitate their
travel to Europe and North America - that will mean flights
99% of the time.</div>
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<div>Just my $0.02...</div>
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<div dir="ltr">[1] <a
href="http://www.oecd.org/dac/financing-sustainable-development/development-finance-standards/DAC_List_ODA_Recipients2018to2020_flows_En.pdf"
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<div dir="ltr" class="gmail_attr">On Mon, 11 Feb 2019 at 10:13,
Jonathan Moules <<a
href="mailto:jonathan-lists@lightpear.com" target="_blank"
moz-do-not-send="true">jonathan-lists@lightpear.com</a>>
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Any comments on this or ideas on how to define a decision
process?<br>
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I'd suggest one criterion for the decision is to prioritise
sustainable <br>
forms of transport. I.e. flying would be last, trains first.<br>
For official EU numbers:<br>
<a
href="https://www.eea.europa.eu/media/infographics/co2-emissions-from-passenger-transport/view"
rel="noreferrer" target="_blank" moz-do-not-send="true">https://www.eea.europa.eu/media/infographics/co2-emissions-from-passenger-transport/view</a><br>
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Cheers,<br>
Jonathan<br>
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On 2019-02-08 14:07, Till Adams wrote:<br>
> Dear CC!<br>
><br>
> We just got the confirmation from the board, that we have
25k US $ in<br>
> 2019 for our Travel Grant Programmes.<br>
><br>
> The idea is, that we want to dedicate 50-60% of this to
the TGP of the<br>
> global event (so this year for Bucharest - in case they
apply for a TGP<br>
> ;-)).<br>
><br>
> The idea for the rest of the money is to give out a call
to the<br>
> community, that regional events can apply also for some
TGP funding,<br>
> given that they accept the application criteria (as
defined in [1]).<br>
><br>
> I'd like to push out that call quite fast and give a 3 or
4 week<br>
> timeframe for organizers to apply. This gives every event
owner the same<br>
> chance and we do not have a "first comes, first serves" -
which<br>
> definetely would prefer events, that takeplace earlier in
the year... .<br>
><br>
> In case we have more requests than money, we need a clear
and<br>
> transparent decision process, which is the main task I
fear.<br>
><br>
> Any comments on this or ideas on how to define a decision
process?<br>
><br>
><br>
> So far, I wish you all a nice weekend!<br>
><br>
> Till<br>
><br>
><br>
><br>
> [1] Steven and John Bryant workd hard on a draft of the
application<br>
> criteria<br>
> (here <a
href="https://docs.google.com/document/d/1kzu9z_4BRMzCc5y9SsE7--GnShL30kPGnh7gXlqJspQ/edit?usp=sharing"
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> It will go live on the OSGeo wiki over the weekend.<br>
><br>
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