Meta-comment: I hope that as the Forum becomes more popular, it becomes an easy way for group organizers and other people who run events to ask questions like this (and be directed to EA Hub/other resources). The movement as a whole can save a lot of effort if we get used to thinking: “There’s a good chance someone did/tried this; I’ll ask a Forum question to see if anyone can help me avoid reinventing the wheel.”
(Of course, Facebook groups are also great for this; I just want someone’s first instinct in cases where this much time is at stake to be “huh, let’s see who’s done this before”, whichever online communities they are a part of.)
I think people usually do ask what resources exist, they tend to use the Group Organisers Facebook or Slack to ask those questions. I think it makes sense so that only interested people see those questions, but that information is not easily available to organisers who aren’t in those groups.
We are working on an FAQ series for EA Hub resources, which will include information on how to start a group, run events, find key content, contact people, graphics and more. The aim is that all basic questions about group resources can by a quick search and reduce community time asking/answering questions. (of course, people can always comment and ask more detailed questions!)
Meta-comment: I hope that as the Forum becomes more popular, it becomes an easy way for group organizers and other people who run events to ask questions like this (and be directed to EA Hub/other resources). The movement as a whole can save a lot of effort if we get used to thinking: “There’s a good chance someone did/tried this; I’ll ask a Forum question to see if anyone can help me avoid reinventing the wheel.”
(Of course, Facebook groups are also great for this; I just want someone’s first instinct in cases where this much time is at stake to be “huh, let’s see who’s done this before”, whichever online communities they are a part of.)
I think people usually do ask what resources exist, they tend to use the Group Organisers Facebook or Slack to ask those questions. I think it makes sense so that only interested people see those questions, but that information is not easily available to organisers who aren’t in those groups.
We are working on an FAQ series for EA Hub resources, which will include information on how to start a group, run events, find key content, contact people, graphics and more. The aim is that all basic questions about group resources can by a quick search and reduce community time asking/answering questions. (of course, people can always comment and ask more detailed questions!)