I like this frame of maximizing the learning of the vetting skill.
How can we get as many EA’s as possible to get as much experience as possible on evaluating charities, while also ensuring some minimum level of quality with the charities that actually get funded?
Sounds like we want every (potential) grantmaker to be working on vetting the orgs that are on the edge of their skill. That’s how you maximize learning.
Also re Jan’s comment, some kind of “upward delegation” system where juniors defer to seniors but only if they can’t handle an application sounds like it would have this property, plus it would minimize the time that seniors have to spend.
I also like to imagine sending small teams to the EA hotel to start an org for 3 months, explicitly with the intention to just test an idea, then write up their results and feed this back into the vetters.
Just shooting random ideas. Seems like we have some nice building blocks to create something here.
I like this frame of maximizing the learning of the vetting skill. How can we get as many EA’s as possible to get as much experience as possible on evaluating charities, while also ensuring some minimum level of quality with the charities that actually get funded?
Sounds like we want every (potential) grantmaker to be working on vetting the orgs that are on the edge of their skill. That’s how you maximize learning.
Also re Jan’s comment, some kind of “upward delegation” system where juniors defer to seniors but only if they can’t handle an application sounds like it would have this property, plus it would minimize the time that seniors have to spend.
I also like to imagine sending small teams to the EA hotel to start an org for 3 months, explicitly with the intention to just test an idea, then write up their results and feed this back into the vetters.
Just shooting random ideas. Seems like we have some nice building blocks to create something here.