Yes, this is a good point re “firing”. I’m confused about how much it matters when there’s de jure power that’s not in fact exercised [1]but I agree that in principle there’s some real oversight responsibilities from EV. Which from an individual perspective is rather rough; EV can fire us but doesn’t give us money and has no obligation to keep us employed. At some point I’d be interested in interviewing donors about whether they perceive the costs of such oversight is greater or lower than the benefits; I can see it go either way. [2]
From the donor perspective on the one hand having a smaller number of entities to model makes it easier to decide whether to donate, on the other hand having a board to complain to in case of abuse etc seems valuable for mitigating certain types of downside risks.
As another example of this, apparently the EV board banned GWWC from advertising, which suggests they would be willing to exercise that power over your fundraising and branding.
Yes, this is a good point re “firing”. I’m confused about how much it matters when there’s de jure power that’s not in fact exercised [1]but I agree that in principle there’s some real oversight responsibilities from EV. Which from an individual perspective is rather rough; EV can fire us but doesn’t give us money and has no obligation to keep us employed. At some point I’d be interested in interviewing donors about whether they perceive the costs of such oversight is greater or lower than the benefits; I can see it go either way. [2]
I’m not aware of any cases other than CEA.
From the donor perspective on the one hand having a smaller number of entities to model makes it easier to decide whether to donate, on the other hand having a board to complain to in case of abuse etc seems valuable for mitigating certain types of downside risks.
Having the EV board as your board ≠ becoming a coworker of someone at 80k
There is an important sense that EA Funds is “”merely”″ a project of EV, and another important sense in which they are a ~2 person team
Fiscal sponsorship is pretty common
EV’s board has never (to my knowledge) fired an employee of an organization, but they have fired a CEO
This seems to me like the way they should behave (read Holden saying the same thing here)
As another example of this, apparently the EV board banned GWWC from advertising, which suggests they would be willing to exercise that power over your fundraising and branding.