[QGIS-Developer] Environmental policy

[Tim Sutton]

Hi

> On 16 Jan 2020, at 11:52, Alessandro Pasotti <apasotti at gmail.com> 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 <cavallini at faunalia.it <mailto:cavallini at faunalia.it>> 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



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