re conflict of interest concerns: I’d go ahead and apply for both membership as a donor and for funding for your project. Others may do the same. We are still considering how to weigh COI concerns against potential value of allowing those applications in, and plan to arrive at a more conclusive policy before deciding whether or not to admit members/applications.
Re referring other applications: similar to above, though I think there’s less conflict here and would perhaps unfairly limit many good applications if we excluded merely because you are well acquainted with an applicant, so I would encourage them to apply and encourage you to encourage them too :)
Re $100K minimum: you do not need to donate $100K+ yourself, as long as you are in one way or another influencing $100K+ that could reasonably be expected to go toward applications from our circle. So advisors or grant-makers moving money to meta things are okay, although we prefer to maintain more distance from OP and EA Funds grant-makers. It is also ok if you expect to move slightly below $100K/year or you are uncertain how much it’ll be – it’ll be more of a judgement call from our circle there as to who we admit.
Since we’re just getting started, we expect much of our plans and policies will change, though.
All clear Gage, thanks! Our application is in and I’ll send the opportunity to some who I think should apply. I’ll also apply as a member. I believe I’ll have poor judgement on some areas (and be clear about that) but might add something meaningful to others like business models, economic viability and marketing.
re conflict of interest concerns: I’d go ahead and apply for both membership as a donor and for funding for your project. Others may do the same. We are still considering how to weigh COI concerns against potential value of allowing those applications in, and plan to arrive at a more conclusive policy before deciding whether or not to admit members/applications.
Re referring other applications: similar to above, though I think there’s less conflict here and would perhaps unfairly limit many good applications if we excluded merely because you are well acquainted with an applicant, so I would encourage them to apply and encourage you to encourage them too :)
Re $100K minimum: you do not need to donate $100K+ yourself, as long as you are in one way or another influencing $100K+ that could reasonably be expected to go toward applications from our circle. So advisors or grant-makers moving money to meta things are okay, although we prefer to maintain more distance from OP and EA Funds grant-makers. It is also ok if you expect to move slightly below $100K/year or you are uncertain how much it’ll be – it’ll be more of a judgement call from our circle there as to who we admit.
Since we’re just getting started, we expect much of our plans and policies will change, though.
All clear Gage, thanks! Our application is in and I’ll send the opportunity to some who I think should apply. I’ll also apply as a member. I believe I’ll have poor judgement on some areas (and be clear about that) but might add something meaningful to others like business models, economic viability and marketing.