On the one hand, I was accepted to two EAGx’s this year, both in Europe (and could eventually attend one of them). I’m not sure if Israel counts as “in the region” of Oxford or Prague, but I suspect it doesn’t. So some EAGx are probably not really region-specific.
On the other hand, some of these conferences were (or will be) in places which are far away from EA hubs, like India, Latin America, or Kenya. And in that case there’s some trade-off between connecting the local community to other EAs, and strengthening the local community itself. If you let too many people from EA hubs come (and they will), you’ll get another EAG that just happens to be further away, leaving behind the local community that’s being built.
Just to clarify: EAGx conferences earlier this year have been accepting some applicants from outside their region when the applicant’s region doesn’t have a conference yet.
Oxford and Prague were primarily for the UK and continental Europe respectively, but accepted some people from e.g. Israel because there isn’t a conference in Israel (yet...) :)
I’m not answering on their behalf, only guessing.
On the one hand, I was accepted to two EAGx’s this year, both in Europe (and could eventually attend one of them). I’m not sure if Israel counts as “in the region” of Oxford or Prague, but I suspect it doesn’t. So some EAGx are probably not really region-specific.
On the other hand, some of these conferences were (or will be) in places which are far away from EA hubs, like India, Latin America, or Kenya. And in that case there’s some trade-off between connecting the local community to other EAs, and strengthening the local community itself. If you let too many people from EA hubs come (and they will), you’ll get another EAG that just happens to be further away, leaving behind the local community that’s being built.
Just to clarify: EAGx conferences earlier this year have been accepting some applicants from outside their region when the applicant’s region doesn’t have a conference yet.
Oxford and Prague were primarily for the UK and continental Europe respectively, but accepted some people from e.g. Israel because there isn’t a conference in Israel (yet...) :)
There were people from Israel at EAGx Prague. There were also people from further away.