Strong upvote for a thought provoking read, thanks David.
I’m not entirely sold on the argument as stated, in part due to a different experience with city group attendance—a guess (with no data to support) would say my local group has <25% of attendees attend only one event in a given year, compared to EA London’s 75%; and impact—we’ve had a significant number of regular attendees switch to EA aligned careers in ways that seem less likely had there not been a strong community.
I agree with a weaker form of the argument, that “National EA groups shouldn’t (primarily) focus on city groups” and as a result of reading this will likely think more about how to add value for non group-members in the future.
I strongly agree that community builders thinking/operating on a National level should think about ways to engage with and support EA aligned people who are not part of regularly convening groups (for preference, geography, or other reasons).
Strong upvote for a thought provoking read, thanks David.
I’m not entirely sold on the argument as stated, in part due to a different experience with city group attendance—a guess (with no data to support) would say my local group has <25% of attendees attend only one event in a given year, compared to EA London’s 75%; and impact—we’ve had a significant number of regular attendees switch to EA aligned careers in ways that seem less likely had there not been a strong community.
I agree with a weaker form of the argument, that “National EA groups shouldn’t (primarily) focus on city groups” and as a result of reading this will likely think more about how to add value for non group-members in the future.
I strongly agree that community builders thinking/operating on a National level should think about ways to engage with and support EA aligned people who are not part of regularly convening groups (for preference, geography, or other reasons).