I doubt “EA USA” would be the most practical expansion of this model. The prototype is a country of about 5.5MM people, about the size of New Mexico (although the bulk of the population is more concentrated than that might imply). The organization has a few hundred members and a budget in the low/mid six-figures. My hunch is that EA Norway’s membership and program size may be fairly close to ideal for this model.
Rather, I think the more viable expansion in larger countries would be subnational (e.g., EA Mid-Atlantic would have ~ an OOM larger population in range, with NYC and DC being within a few hours of Philly). Even that might be too big.
You’d have to tweak the model for more geographically diffuse areas, possibly with some sort of federalism / representative governance (e.g., EA Flyover States?) Having local units elect delegates is common (e.g., for associations of congregationist churches).
I think I don’t understand what the purpose of a regional US EA electoral group would be. We had a slack channel for east coast organizers, but there wasn’t much to coordinate about.
I doubt “EA USA” would be the most practical expansion of this model. The prototype is a country of about 5.5MM people, about the size of New Mexico (although the bulk of the population is more concentrated than that might imply). The organization has a few hundred members and a budget in the low/mid six-figures. My hunch is that EA Norway’s membership and program size may be fairly close to ideal for this model.
Rather, I think the more viable expansion in larger countries would be subnational (e.g., EA Mid-Atlantic would have ~ an OOM larger population in range, with NYC and DC being within a few hours of Philly). Even that might be too big.
You’d have to tweak the model for more geographically diffuse areas, possibly with some sort of federalism / representative governance (e.g., EA Flyover States?) Having local units elect delegates is common (e.g., for associations of congregationist churches).
I think I don’t understand what the purpose of a regional US EA electoral group would be. We had a slack channel for east coast organizers, but there wasn’t much to coordinate about.