[ESIP-all] Meeting Venues and Climate Change

[Bruce Barkstrom]

How do we take the quote Christopher Lynnes has put at the bottom of his
message
and do it better?  All virtual participants as avatars?  Use gaming
software approaches?

Bruce b.


On Wed, Feb 5, 2014 at 12:08 PM, Lynnes, Christopher S. (GSFC-6102) <
christopher.s.lynnes at nasa.gov> wrote:

>  On Feb 5, 2014, at 11:56 AM, Erin Robinson <erinrobinson at esipfed.org>
> wrote:
>
>  Hi Bruce,
> This is something near and dear to my heart.
>
>  The entire ESIP meeting is streamed via Webex and available for free. We
> have done this for the last 6 meetings. We also share our webex
> capabilities with other agencies to support remote capacity for their
> meetings too. There is research however that moving entirely virtual all
> the time is not the silver bullet and there is necessity for in person
> meetings.
>
>  There is always space for continued improvement of hybrid meetings. It
> would be helpful to discuss this on next Monday's visioneers call.
>
>
>  I have noticed that if you are just listening/watching, virtual presence
> can be almost as good as the real thing.  But when you are trying to
> contribute/participate/present, the impact difference between a disembodied
> voice and an actual person is quite significant.  Even when the logistics
> work out perfectly.
>
>
>  E
>
> On Feb 5, 2014, at 9:43 AM, "Labrecque, John (HQ-DK000)" <
> john.labrecque at nasa.gov> wrote:
>
>   NASA is increasing its virtual meeting capability.
>
>  Dr. John LaBrecque
> Lead, Earth Surface and Interior Focus Area
> MS 3B74
> NASA Science Mission Directorate
> National Aeronautics and Space Administration
> Washington, DC 20546
>
>  email: John.LaBrecque at nasa.gov
> Tel: +1 (202) 358-1373
> Cell: +1 (202) 341-0078
>
>   From: Bruce Barkstrom <brbarkstrom at gmail.com>
> Date: Wednesday, February 5, 2014 11:32 AM
> To: "esip-all at lists.esipfed.org" <esip-all at lists.esipfed.org>
> Subject: [ESIP-all] Meeting Venues and Climate Change
>
>     Maybe we need to consider the "moral challenge of climate change"
> when planning our
>  meetings.  There's a real challenge in the Slate article
>
>
> http://www.slate.com/articles/technology/future_tense/2014/02/why_a_meteorologist_took_the_bus_for_28_hours_instead_of_flying.html?wpisrc=hpsponsoredd2
>
>  Perhaps it would be appropriate for ESIP to work on ways of improving our
> virtual
>  meeting capabilities to cut down on travel.  I don't know whether
> agencies would consider
>  converting travel funds to improved virtual meeting capability.
>
>  Bruce B.
>
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> "Making the simple complicated is commonplace; making the complicated
> simple, awesomely simple, that's creativity." -- C. Mingus
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