Assuming the organizer’s salary is already provided for
That isn’t always the case. For some, the costs included organizer salary which is a significant expense. But yes, I agree the retreats I looked at weren’t super cost-efficient (not that they necessarily should’ve been) and that retreat organizers can aim for lower.
“Projects” are just too vague, but maybe you have something more specific in mind?
Yes, I do mean something like “a project which generated full-time work for at least two people for several months”, not just “updating a website”. Note that I rarely used this scoring so I don’t think the definition here will swing the results much.
I’m going to shape my event in a way that makes starting new projects an especially large (plausibly) the largest focus of my event. Is that your intent?
Tentatively yes; I think new community members should be encouraged to take actions and try things out, though thinking about cause prioritization and engaging with the ideas thoroughly is probably a first step they need to take anyway so I’m not sure that should change how you think about presenting ideas.
Note that, unfortunately, the CEA events team won’t be making grants any more (see later post in the sequence).
Thanks JD!
That isn’t always the case. For some, the costs included organizer salary which is a significant expense. But yes, I agree the retreats I looked at weren’t super cost-efficient (not that they necessarily should’ve been) and that retreat organizers can aim for lower.
Yes, I do mean something like “a project which generated full-time work for at least two people for several months”, not just “updating a website”. Note that I rarely used this scoring so I don’t think the definition here will swing the results much.
Tentatively yes; I think new community members should be encouraged to take actions and try things out, though thinking about cause prioritization and engaging with the ideas thoroughly is probably a first step they need to take anyway so I’m not sure that should change how you think about presenting ideas.
Note that, unfortunately, the CEA events team won’t be making grants any more (see later post in the sequence).