Seeing the other replies, it seems the specific experience of running a national EA organisation is not specifically represented, although, in our (EA Germany) case, Anne Schulze is part of the community. Bigger EA organisations like ours (>100 members, supporting 27 local/​uni groups, providing fiscal sponsorship/​employer of record services, having a community health contact, etc.) might bring an additional perspective.
However, I see that having a representative for each sub-group would make for a big forum and that it’s okay to have people who represent multiple perspectives.
Yeah, every sub-group being present would be ridiculous, but I think one or two people who have previously done the work and are now working full-time supporting people who are still doing it would be a big improvement, e.g. Naomi/​Amarins for national and city groups, or Jessica/​Joris for uni groups (I’m not sure who the equivalent would be for professional groups like High Impact Engineers, etc.).
Perhaps an even better solution would be to have the CBG/​UGAP/​Infra Fund[1] recipients elect one or two people, as Rocky suggested, or even just select random representatives through sortition.
Seeing the other replies, it seems the specific experience of running a national EA organisation is not specifically represented, although, in our (EA Germany) case, Anne Schulze is part of the community. Bigger EA organisations like ours (>100 members, supporting 27 local/​uni groups, providing fiscal sponsorship/​employer of record services, having a community health contact, etc.) might bring an additional perspective.
However, I see that having a representative for each sub-group would make for a big forum and that it’s okay to have people who represent multiple perspectives.
Thanks for sharing your perspective Patrick!
Yeah, every sub-group being present would be ridiculous, but I think one or two people who have previously done the work and are now working full-time supporting people who are still doing it would be a big improvement, e.g. Naomi/​Amarins for national and city groups, or Jessica/​Joris for uni groups (I’m not sure who the equivalent would be for professional groups like High Impact Engineers, etc.).
Perhaps an even better solution would be to have the CBG/​UGAP/​Infra Fund[1] recipients elect one or two people, as Rocky suggested, or even just select random representatives through sortition.
E.g. EA Denmark or EA Philippines