Some metrics for local groups we gathered for this post were:
How welcoming do people find the group?
Do those focused on a non-prioritised cause feel welcome?
Do people from relevant (context-dependent) minority groups feel welcome?
Do group members feel like they are part of a community?
Do group members feel supported by the local group?
Have there been any major community issues?
How were they dealt with?
How did this affect other group membersā perception of the group?
Ideally, you could aggregate these across local groups and get a sense of local group health.
You would also probably want to look at more āEA achieving its system goalsā kind of metricsāi.e. Larkās suggestion of donating 10%, but also career changes and volunteer projects taken on (i.e. organizing a local group, volunteering on an EA-aligned project).
Looking at how the two metrics correlate would be fairly important (for example if it turns out an EA hub haslower community health but higher output, this would be an important finding)
Some metrics for local groups we gathered for this post were:
How welcoming do people find the group?
Do those focused on a non-prioritised cause feel welcome?
Do people from relevant (context-dependent) minority groups feel welcome?
Do group members feel like they are part of a community?
Do group members feel supported by the local group?
Have there been any major community issues?
How were they dealt with?
How did this affect other group membersā perception of the group?
Ideally, you could aggregate these across local groups and get a sense of local group health.
You would also probably want to look at more āEA achieving its system goalsā kind of metricsāi.e. Larkās suggestion of donating 10%, but also career changes and volunteer projects taken on (i.e. organizing a local group, volunteering on an EA-aligned project).
Looking at how the two metrics correlate would be fairly important (for example if it turns out an EA hub haslower community health but higher output, this would be an important finding)