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

Tim Chown <tjc@ecs.soton.ac.uk> Thu, 21 July 2016 12:45 UTC

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The printed agendas are still very useful, and the dependency on network access is avoided.
In the first couple of days of a meeting the printed room map part is invaluable.

Tim

> On 21 Jul 2016, at 13:38, Adrian Farrel <adrian@olddog.co.uk> 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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