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

Dave Crocker <dhc@dcrocker.net> Sun, 24 July 2016 20:03 UTC

Return-Path: <dhc@dcrocker.net>
X-Original-To: 96attendees@ietfa.amsl.com
Delivered-To: 96attendees@ietfa.amsl.com
Received: from localhost (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by ietfa.amsl.com (Postfix) with ESMTP id 76A1B12D09D; Sun, 24 Jul 2016 13:03:04 -0700 (PDT)
X-Virus-Scanned: amavisd-new at amsl.com
X-Spam-Flag: NO
X-Spam-Score: -1.107
X-Spam-Level:
X-Spam-Status: No, score=-1.107 tagged_above=-999 required=5 tests=[BAYES_00=-1.9, RDNS_NONE=0.793] autolearn=no autolearn_force=no
Received: from mail.ietf.org ([4.31.198.44]) by localhost (ietfa.amsl.com [127.0.0.1]) (amavisd-new, port 10024) with ESMTP id oMcoAmlFQCyu; Sun, 24 Jul 2016 13:03:03 -0700 (PDT)
Received: from simon.songbird.com (unknown [72.52.113.5]) (using TLSv1.2 with cipher ECDHE-RSA-AES256-GCM-SHA384 (256/256 bits)) (No client certificate requested) by ietfa.amsl.com (Postfix) with ESMTPS id A3848128874; Sun, 24 Jul 2016 13:03:03 -0700 (PDT)
Received: from [192.168.1.168] (76-218-8-128.lightspeed.sntcca.sbcglobal.net [76.218.8.128]) (authenticated bits=0) by simon.songbird.com (8.14.4/8.14.4/Debian-4.1ubuntu1) with ESMTP id u6OK3iPe019774 (version=TLSv1/SSLv3 cipher=DHE-RSA-CAMELLIA256-SHA bits=256 verify=NOT); Sun, 24 Jul 2016 13:03:45 -0700
To: 96attendees@ietf.org, ietf@ietf.org
References: <ccb7d8cc-4a16-eb5d-c430-c76f659ac5fe@nostrum.com> <994C5976EA09B556.6D416AD8-F088-424B-A40A-311DFC491B1D@mail.outlook.com> <A999681A59244DAEB4672393@JcK-HP8200>
From: Dave Crocker <dhc@dcrocker.net>
Organization: Brandenburg InternetWorking
Message-ID: <2e46745f-78dd-b0da-b21c-2faf6e045f64@dcrocker.net>
Date: Sun, 24 Jul 2016 13:02:53 -0700
User-Agent: Mozilla/5.0 (Windows NT 10.0; WOW64; rv:45.0) Gecko/20100101 Thunderbird/45.2.0
MIME-Version: 1.0
In-Reply-To: <A999681A59244DAEB4672393@JcK-HP8200>
Content-Type: text/plain; charset="windows-1252"; format="flowed"
Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit
Archived-At: <https://mailarchive.ietf.org/arch/msg/96attendees/j6TzA9LSu7iq0SD6pX6Cqt71j1w>
Subject: Re: [96attendees] Please stop killing trees with pre-printed agendas
X-BeenThere: 96attendees@ietf.org
X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.17
Precedence: list
Reply-To: dcrocker@bbiw.net
List-Id: <96attendees.ietf.org>
List-Unsubscribe: <https://www.ietf.org/mailman/options/96attendees>, <mailto:96attendees-request@ietf.org?subject=unsubscribe>
List-Archive: <https://mailarchive.ietf.org/arch/browse/96attendees/>
List-Post: <mailto:96attendees@ietf.org>
List-Help: <mailto:96attendees-request@ietf.org?subject=help>
List-Subscribe: <https://www.ietf.org/mailman/listinfo/96attendees>, <mailto:96attendees-request@ietf.org?subject=subscribe>
X-List-Received-Date: Sun, 24 Jul 2016 20:03:04 -0000

> if people think that paper/
> tree-killing is significant enough, why not add a "do you want a
> printed agenda" checkbox to the registration form for f2f
> meeting attendance?  Preparing packets individually based on
> whether that was checked would probably be too much trouble, but
> a rough count would at least provide the secretariat with
> guidance about how many paper copies should be printed,


That does seem both simple and practical.  Small effort to put in place, 
easy to use, possibly some benefit.

Of course, if someone is seriously concerned about environmental issues, 
they should compare the costs of that sheet of paper versus the costs of 
traveling to the meeting.

 
http://www.nytimes.com/2013/01/27/sunday-review/the-biggest-carbon-sin-air-travel.html


d/

-- 

   Dave Crocker
   Brandenburg InternetWorking
   bbiw.net