I feel worried that the ratio of the amount of criticism that one gets for doing EA stuff to the amount of positive feedback one gets is too high
Awards are a standard way to counteract this
I would like to explore having some sort of awards thingy
I currently feel most excited about something like: a small group of people solicit nominations and then choose a short list of people to be voted on by Forum members, and then the winners are presented at a session at EAG BA
I would appreciate feedback on:
whether people think this is a good idea
How to frame this—I want to avoid being seen as speaking on behalf of all EAs
Also if anyone wants to volunteer to co-organize with me I would appreciate hearing that
The way they’re usually done, awards counteract the negative:positive feedback ratio for a tiny group of people. I think it would be better to give positive feedback to a much larger group of people, but I don’t have any good ideas about how to do that. Maybe just give a lot of awards?
My gut likes the idea. (but I tend to be biased in favor of community-building, fun, complementary things)
The two concerns that leap to mind are:
How to prevent this from simply being a popularity contest? What criteria would the voting/selection be based off of?
Would this simply end up rewarding people who have been lucky enough to be born in the right place, or to have chosen the right college major?
I suspect that there are ways to avoid these stumbling blocks, but I don’t know enough about the context/field/area to know what they are. Overall, I’d like to see people explore it and see if it would be workable.
EA Awards
I feel worried that the ratio of the amount of criticism that one gets for doing EA stuff to the amount of positive feedback one gets is too high
Awards are a standard way to counteract this
I would like to explore having some sort of awards thingy
I currently feel most excited about something like: a small group of people solicit nominations and then choose a short list of people to be voted on by Forum members, and then the winners are presented at a session at EAG BA
I would appreciate feedback on:
whether people think this is a good idea
How to frame this—I want to avoid being seen as speaking on behalf of all EAs
Also if anyone wants to volunteer to co-organize with me I would appreciate hearing that
The way they’re usually done, awards counteract the negative:positive feedback ratio for a tiny group of people. I think it would be better to give positive feedback to a much larger group of people, but I don’t have any good ideas about how to do that. Maybe just give a lot of awards?
My gut likes the idea. (but I tend to be biased in favor of community-building, fun, complementary things)
The two concerns that leap to mind are:
How to prevent this from simply being a popularity contest? What criteria would the voting/selection be based off of?
Would this simply end up rewarding people who have been lucky enough to be born in the right place, or to have chosen the right college major?
I suspect that there are ways to avoid these stumbling blocks, but I don’t know enough about the context/field/area to know what they are. Overall, I’d like to see people explore it and see if it would be workable.