Re: [96attendees] Please stop killing trees with pre-printed agendas

[Charlie Perkins <[e-mail]>]

Hello folks,

I think the printed agendas are great and use them every day during the 
meetings.

I guess I could do print one myself given my limited expertise with 
Microsoft Word.  That's yet another thing to do, during a time when 
there are already so many things needing attention.  I have a hard time 
understanding why it's claimed to be too expensive or wasteful, compared 
to (say) the food we didn't eat.

Regards,
Charlie P.


On 7/21/2016 5:38 AM, Adrian Farrel wrote:
> Please quantify expense.
> Please compare with cost of printing on site.
> I may offer personal sponsorship.
> Adrian
>
>> I am becoming convinced that the small pre-printed folded agendas are
>> doing more harm than good.
>>
>> We've become more dynamic with meeting scheduling - the pre-printed
>> agendas are almost always incorrect at the start of the meeting.
>>
>> We have much better online tools, including smartphone apps that provide
>> better access to non-stale data.
>>
>> We've found it easy to have printers on-site for anyone who really needs
>> to print a copy (and can post instructions in an easy to find place on
>> how to make that happen).
>>
>> Therefore, I would propose that the secretariat be directed to not
>> provide the folded agendas in Seoul, so that we eliminate the printing
>> and shipping expense (and associated environmental impact).
>>
>> RjS
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