Yes, I think the proposal effectively highlights that EA is significantly more centralized than some claim.
My guess is that you would have to add a claim like “Funders should not fund ‘central convening and coordinating’ functions except as consistent with the community’s will” to get anywhere with your proposal as currently sketched. That’s a negative norm, less demanding than an affirmative claim to funding. But I haven’t exhaustively explored the possibilities either.
My own view is that a member-led organization is probably viable and a good idea, but has to be realistic about what functions it could assume.
Well, you’re not going to fund stuff if you don’t like what the organisation is planning to do. That’s generally true.
I don’t mind the idea of donors funding a members’ society. This happens all the time, right? It’s just the leaders have to justify it to the members. It’s also not obvious that, if CEA were a democratic society, it would counterfactually lose funding. You might gain some and lose others. I’m not sure I would personally fund ‘reformed-CEA’ but I would be more willing to do so.
Yes, I think the proposal effectively highlights that EA is significantly more centralized than some claim.
My guess is that you would have to add a claim like “Funders should not fund ‘central convening and coordinating’ functions except as consistent with the community’s will” to get anywhere with your proposal as currently sketched. That’s a negative norm, less demanding than an affirmative claim to funding. But I haven’t exhaustively explored the possibilities either.
My own view is that a member-led organization is probably viable and a good idea, but has to be realistic about what functions it could assume.
Well, you’re not going to fund stuff if you don’t like what the organisation is planning to do. That’s generally true.
I don’t mind the idea of donors funding a members’ society. This happens all the time, right? It’s just the leaders have to justify it to the members. It’s also not obvious that, if CEA were a democratic society, it would counterfactually lose funding. You might gain some and lose others. I’m not sure I would personally fund ‘reformed-CEA’ but I would be more willing to do so.