Good point, I don’t think I had considered the large number of board spots. That being said, I’d be excited for some senior people who don’t explicitly identify as EA to be on boards of EA orgs, who may have general relevant experience and connections in relevant sectors. So I’d probably stand by my previous recommendation, but would still prefer your idea to heavily overlapping boards.
I generally agree with that, but also think that large board changes can be pretty challenging.
Placing a significant number of people who don’t explicitly identify as EAs on EA boards feels more like a task on the five-year plan for many orgs rather than something that I’d expect them to manage with all the other necessary board-related changes in the next year or so.
Several significant changes are hopefully already in the cards—much more active boards, fewer seats held by the people who have commonly served on boards, more seats overall. I think it’s going to be difficult to make all of those changes happen in the short-to-medium run, and how to prioritize them best will likely vary on an organization-by-organization basis.
I also wonder if many boards would be able to attract better not-explicitly-EA candidates if they waited for a bit more chronological distance from the FTX situation and for the resultant litigation risk to be cleaned up.
Good point, I don’t think I had considered the large number of board spots. That being said, I’d be excited for some senior people who don’t explicitly identify as EA to be on boards of EA orgs, who may have general relevant experience and connections in relevant sectors. So I’d probably stand by my previous recommendation, but would still prefer your idea to heavily overlapping boards.
I generally agree with that, but also think that large board changes can be pretty challenging.
Placing a significant number of people who don’t explicitly identify as EAs on EA boards feels more like a task on the five-year plan for many orgs rather than something that I’d expect them to manage with all the other necessary board-related changes in the next year or so.
Several significant changes are hopefully already in the cards—much more active boards, fewer seats held by the people who have commonly served on boards, more seats overall. I think it’s going to be difficult to make all of those changes happen in the short-to-medium run, and how to prioritize them best will likely vary on an organization-by-organization basis.
I also wonder if many boards would be able to attract better not-explicitly-EA candidates if they waited for a bit more chronological distance from the FTX situation and for the resultant litigation risk to be cleaned up.