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   Steve Easterbrook (steve@fediscience.org)'s status on Wednesday, 06-Dec-2023 04:57:49 JST Steve Easterbrook

   For my #CHI colleagues: Surely you understand we live in a climate emergency? So how come you're having a discussion about changing the format of your (massive) annual conference without once mentioning its #CarbonFootprint?

   We desperately need to stop flying academics around the world at the drop of a hat. Some of your options would help, but to remain silent on this is truly bizarre.

   It's 2023. Climate Change should factor into *every* operational decision.

   https://chi.acm.org/finances-and-format-shaping/

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     Andrew Millar (a_j_millar@fediscience.org)'s status on Wednesday, 06-Dec-2023 04:58:07 JST Andrew Millar

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     @steve CHI is right in your bailiwick and indeed the two blog posts talk finance and function, not GGEs. But CHI has been far ahead of most in-person meetings in my fields, for its hybrid formats. "In 2022, the conference had about 2000 in-person attendees and 2000 remote attendees [with] $500k in expenses related to AV need." I have learned a lot on Beam 'robots' and other options from CHI blogs, to see how to cut our meeting GGEs (not using Beams btw).