[ESIP-all] Meeting Venues and Climate Change

[Anne Wilson]

2nd!!

Moreover, IMO face to face is more likely to spark new ideas and 
insights than telecons.  Besides being able to see people and other 
visual input, I suspect getting out of our routine and getting away from 
our desks sparks creativity.

The better teleconferencing gets the more everyone would sit at their 
desks to participate.  I've thought about this a lot wrt the BESSIG.  If 
we actually were able to stream our meetings (which we're not), I 
believe fewer people would attend in person.  It would be yet another 
telecon, yuck.

Anne

On 2/5/14 10:21 AM, Armstrong, Edward M (398M) wrote:
> +1 on this statement.  Captures the pros and super big con in two
> sentences.
>
> On Feb 5, 2014, at 9:08 AM, Lynnes, Christopher S. (GSFC-6102)
> <christopher.s.lynnes at nasa.gov <mailto:christopher.s.lynnes at nasa.gov>>
> wrote:
>
>> On 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.
>>
>> 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 <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
>>>> Cell: +1 (202) 341-0078
>>>>
>>>> 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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>> Dr. Christopher Lynnes     NASA/GSFC, Code 610.2    phone: 301-614-5185
>> "Making the simple complicated is commonplace; making the complicated
>> simple, awesomely simple, that's creativity." -- C. Mingus
>>
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