(Speaking as a member of the panel, but not in any way as a representative of CEA).
It’s worth noting the panel hasn’t been consulted on anything in the last 12 months. I don’t think there’s anything necessarily wrong with this, especially since it was set up partly in response to the Intentional Insights affair and AFAIK there has been no similar event in that time, but I have a vague feeling that someone reading Julia’s posts would think it was more common, which I guess was part of the ‘question behind your question’, if that makes sense :)
Sorry, I think we must have had a miscommunication within CEA—I had the understanding that we’d written to the panel last week about something, but apparently that didn’t happen yet. In general, though, it’s true that we’ve only asked the panel for input rarely.
We’ve had this panel for a little more than a year, and haven’t yet have turnover. If looking for a new member, we’d look for someone who had given us helpful outside perspective / criticism in the past.
We’ve asked the panel for feedback primarily when making decisions where CEA’s view of its proper role in the community is especially likely to differ from others’ view of CEA’s proper role. One example is around whether CEA should express views on which other organizations are EA organizations.
Is there a process for joining & leaving the advisory panel, or is that handled informally?
Also, could you say a little more about how & when the panel is engaged for feedback?
(Speaking as a member of the panel, but not in any way as a representative of CEA).
It’s worth noting the panel hasn’t been consulted on anything in the last 12 months. I don’t think there’s anything necessarily wrong with this, especially since it was set up partly in response to the Intentional Insights affair and AFAIK there has been no similar event in that time, but I have a vague feeling that someone reading Julia’s posts would think it was more common, which I guess was part of the ‘question behind your question’, if that makes sense :)
Sorry, I think we must have had a miscommunication within CEA—I had the understanding that we’d written to the panel last week about something, but apparently that didn’t happen yet. In general, though, it’s true that we’ve only asked the panel for input rarely.
That’s interesting background, thanks :-)
We’ve had this panel for a little more than a year, and haven’t yet have turnover. If looking for a new member, we’d look for someone who had given us helpful outside perspective / criticism in the past.
We’ve asked the panel for feedback primarily when making decisions where CEA’s view of its proper role in the community is especially likely to differ from others’ view of CEA’s proper role. One example is around whether CEA should express views on which other organizations are EA organizations.