Agree 100% with 1 and 2. Perhaps broadening 1 to "a relevant conference, such as CIDOC / ICOM". The meeting would need to be shorter than the 4 day marathon pattern however.
Federation via regional meetings is hard, especially amongst a relatively small community, and multiplies the logistics burden. I don't think we have the scale for it at this stage. Rob On Thu, Jul 7, 2022 at 12:59 PM Erin Canning via Crm-sig < crm-sig@ics.forth.gr> wrote: > Dear all, > > I would like to raise three items for discussion, regarding the SIG > meetings and processes. "Make SIG meetings more sustainable" would be the > third of these: > > *Background:* The requirement for online SIG meetings during the past two > years showed that participation to online SIG meetings is much higher than > meeting at a specific place. Securing funding for travel is not possible > for participants outside large and rich institutions. This is in addition > to the inevitable carbon footprint of the SIG especially for long-haul > flights. Online meetings lack the capacity for easy idea sharing and are > perhaps less practical for collaboration in groups. Another drawback of > online meetings is the impossibility of convenient time-zones for all. > > *Proposal - the following are starting points for discussion:* > > 1. The SIG to meet in person once a year at the CIDOC conference (with > some overlap in schedules to avoid extremely long trips). > 2. The SIG to meet online twice a year to accommodate members who > cannot travel and strengthen the community with wider representation across > different time zones. > 3. Consider a federated SIG, where regional meetings take place either > online or at a location thus reducing requirement for travel. These could > be led by a member of the editorial group. Decisions at regional meetings > will be sent for offline review and discussed by the editorial board in > separate meetings either in person or online. Right for veto to remain at > global level. > > > I look forward to your thoughts. > > All the best, > Erin Canning > > _______________________________________________ > Crm-sig mailing list > Crm-sig@ics.forth.gr > http://lists.ics.forth.gr/mailman/listinfo/crm-sig > -- Rob Sanderson Director for Cultural Heritage Metadata Yale University
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