[ESIP-all] Meeting Venues and Climate Change

[Douglas Nebert]

On 2/5/14 12:08 PM, Bruce Barkstrom wrote:
> Just for the fun of it, take a look at
>
> http://www.slate.com/articles/business/moneybox/2014/01/the_existential_despair_of_the_conference_call_conferencecall_biz_captures.html
>
> This article mentions many of the odd difficulties in virtual meetings 
> that I'm  sure are familiar to all of us.  As usual, the difficulties 
> are not
> necessarily IT caused.  David has a point about face-to-face meetings 
> for sure.
>
Conference calls don't quite cut it as an exclusive medium. Enjoy the 
following video analysis:

http://www.wimp.com/conferencecall/

Doug.

> Also, I think Alice and I will see about taking the Megabus from 
> Asheville to Denver for the summer meeting. We'll have to rent a car 
> after that, but
> it may be a start.
>
> Bruce b.
>
>
> On Wed, Feb 5, 2014 at 11:56 AM, Erin Robinson 
> <erinrobinson at esipfed.org <mailto: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.
>
>     E
>
>     On Feb 5, 2014, at 9:43 AM, "Labrecque, John (HQ-DK000)"
>     <john.labrecque at nasa.gov <mailto: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 <mailto:John.LaBrecque at nasa.gov>
>>     Tel: +1 (202) 358-1373 <tel:%2B1%20%28202%29%20358-1373>
>>     Cell: +1 (202) 341-0078 <tel:%2B1%20%28202%29%20341-0078>
>>
>>     From: Bruce Barkstrom <brbarkstrom at gmail.com
>>     <mailto:brbarkstrom at gmail.com>>
>>     Date: Wednesday, February 5, 2014 11:32 AM
>>     To: "esip-all at lists.esipfed.org
>>     <mailto:esip-all at lists.esipfed.org>" <esip-all at lists.esipfed.org
>>     <mailto: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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Douglas D. Nebert
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