The guidance I give to EAGx organisers about goals is:
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We support EAGx events primarily to connect the community. Deep collaborations, within and between community members, seem key to achieving many of the goals the community has. We think that we can form more of these collaborations by helping people meet others who might be useful collaborators.
However, there are other important goals that EAGx events are particularly well-placed to serve:
Introducing attendees to ideas which can help them find their path to solving pressing problems. Broadly speaking, events help people navigate both the people and the ideas in the community;
Building the social network of attendees, particularly those who are new to the community; and
Establishing new EA hubs—EAGx events often serve as the seed for future community-building in that country or city.
Feel free to set further goals specific to your conference (“e.g. re-animate the national EA group”).
I thought these goals were reasonable!
The guidance I give to EAGx organisers about goals is:
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We support EAGx events primarily to connect the community. Deep collaborations, within and between community members, seem key to achieving many of the goals the community has. We think that we can form more of these collaborations by helping people meet others who might be useful collaborators.
However, there are other important goals that EAGx events are particularly well-placed to serve:
Introducing attendees to ideas which can help them find their path to solving pressing problems. Broadly speaking, events help people navigate both the people and the ideas in the community;
Building the social network of attendees, particularly those who are new to the community; and
Establishing new EA hubs—EAGx events often serve as the seed for future community-building in that country or city.
Feel free to set further goals specific to your conference (“e.g. re-animate the national EA group”).