Nonlinear has not been invited or permitted to run sessions or give talks relating to their work, or host a recruiting table at EAG and EAGx conferences this year.
And
Kat ran a session on a personal topic at EAG Bay Area 2023 in February. EDIT: Kat, Emerson and Drew also had a community office hour slot at that conference.
Community office hours are an event that organizers invite you to sign up for (not all EAG attendees can sign up). While not as prominent as a recruiting table or talk, they still signal status to the attendees.
Given that public comments were made as early as November, it seems that there was sufficient time to ensure they were disunited from the event in February. Additionally, even if you don’t table at EAG, you can still actively recruit via 1-1 meetings.
I think the lack of acknowledgement or explanation of how this choice happened—and whether CHT sees this as a mistake—worries me, especially now that the anonymity constraints have been lifted.
I agree with all of this, and hope the CH team responds. I’d also add that the video of Kat’s talk has a prominent spot on the EAG 2023 playlist on CEA’s official youtube channel. That video has nearly 600 views.
In your earlier post, you write:
Nonlinear has not been invited or permitted to run sessions or give talks relating to their work, or host a recruiting table at EAG and EAGx conferences this year.
And
Kat ran a session on a personal topic at EAG Bay Area 2023 in February. EDIT: Kat, Emerson and Drew also had a community office hour slot at that conference.
Community office hours are an event that organizers invite you to sign up for (not all EAG attendees can sign up). While not as prominent as a recruiting table or talk, they still signal status to the attendees.
Given that public comments were made as early as November, it seems that there was sufficient time to ensure they were disunited from the event in February. Additionally, even if you don’t table at EAG, you can still actively recruit via 1-1 meetings.
I think the lack of acknowledgement or explanation of how this choice happened—and whether CHT sees this as a mistake—worries me, especially now that the anonymity constraints have been lifted.
I agree with all of this, and hope the CH team responds. I’d also add that the video of Kat’s talk has a prominent spot on the EAG 2023 playlist on CEA’s official youtube channel. That video has nearly 600 views.