Regarding your next steps, my current hypothesis would be that the highest value items from your list are:
Running a retreat: I think retreats just seem like really solid ways to get people excited and connected around a common topic (in this case EA Malaysia), and I’ve heard of examples where even people who are not actively engaged before hand get way more engaged from participating. A low-energy version of this could be a co-working retreat
Very low cost community building: I think it’s very doable to run unstructured socials if you’re really strict about spending less than X hours (e.g. meet at a restaurant instead of cooking or ordering food for a house dinner).
And hopefully 1 & 2 could surface a potential successor, or even just other community members who are willing to run events.
Regarding your next steps, my current hypothesis would be that the highest value items from your list are:
Running a retreat: I think retreats just seem like really solid ways to get people excited and connected around a common topic (in this case EA Malaysia), and I’ve heard of examples where even people who are not actively engaged before hand get way more engaged from participating. A low-energy version of this could be a co-working retreat
Very low cost community building: I think it’s very doable to run unstructured socials if you’re really strict about spending less than X hours (e.g. meet at a restaurant instead of cooking or ordering food for a house dinner).
And hopefully 1 & 2 could surface a potential successor, or even just other community members who are willing to run events.
Oh interesting! I see a few examples of this when Googling. If you have a go-to resource for organising this, would love to check it out.
I’ll DM you a contact (if others reading this are interested feel free to message as well!)