Do we really need a conference to determine whether or not we need more community-based offices and coworking spaces? I mean, common sentiment seen on this forum already indicates that we do.
The 6 months that it would take to plan and enact this workshop/conference are 6 months that could be used pursuing funding and actually making this into a possibility with your small strike team. If it’s something that you think is important, just go do it. From there the people should follow and those are the ones who you’ll will want to be having these conversations with. Build it and they will come and all of that.
Hey, thanks so much for your comment! I also think most people would agree that additional spaces could be useful, so I want to clarify that the conference would not be centered around answering that specific question.
Rather, the conference would focus on how to make those spaces as effective as possible by thinking through high-level strategy, identifying opportunities for collaboration, and sharing best practices + documenting them for posterity, etc.
I think that it’s incorrect to assume that opening a new space will always lead to a positive outcome. In fact, I think that a poorly-launched space could actually be a net negative if it were to fail to attract a sufficient or well-aligned user base, decrease trust in EA projects due to poor management, or simply fall short of fulfilling its full potential—to name a few problems this conference would seek to address.
I hope that helps explain why I believe this conference would be beneficial! Please feel free to share any additional thoughts you might have.
Do we really need a conference to determine whether or not we need more community-based offices and coworking spaces? I mean, common sentiment seen on this forum already indicates that we do.
The 6 months that it would take to plan and enact this workshop/conference are 6 months that could be used pursuing funding and actually making this into a possibility with your small strike team. If it’s something that you think is important, just go do it. From there the people should follow and those are the ones who you’ll will want to be having these conversations with. Build it and they will come and all of that.
Hey, thanks so much for your comment! I also think most people would agree that additional spaces could be useful, so I want to clarify that the conference would not be centered around answering that specific question.
Rather, the conference would focus on how to make those spaces as effective as possible by thinking through high-level strategy, identifying opportunities for collaboration, and sharing best practices + documenting them for posterity, etc.
I think that it’s incorrect to assume that opening a new space will always lead to a positive outcome. In fact, I think that a poorly-launched space could actually be a net negative if it were to fail to attract a sufficient or well-aligned user base, decrease trust in EA projects due to poor management, or simply fall short of fulfilling its full potential—to name a few problems this conference would seek to address.
I hope that helps explain why I believe this conference would be beneficial! Please feel free to share any additional thoughts you might have.